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OUR 1828TH ISSUE 03.07.24

“Four years ago, this week was the last normal week of our lives.”

I saw this unattributed quote on Facebook yesterday. Of course, it’s in reference to the start of Covid, when “lockdown” and “quarantine” crept into our everyday vocabulary. But four years ago this week, I was visiting my friend Kristin Burge in the hospital. I sanitized my hands after touching the elevator buttons to get to her floor, kept my distance from people coughing down the halls — confusion added to an already crippling experience. It wasn’t a normal week for me at all. And her memorial service on March 14th was far from normal. Few were masked in the church; some cautious loved ones opted not to hug. Her death marked the beginning of a year of grief for me, one that started with losing my friend, but one in which the whole world grieved the loss of “normal.”

Below is a condensed version of the piece I wrote for her, “Heroin, the Thief,” which was published in the Flyer on March 19, 2020. May all who’ve loved an addict and all who’ve lost a loved one to addiction find peace.

I lost my friend to heroin this week. It was not quick and painless. She did not push the needle in and float off on a peaceful cloud into the ether. The last sound she made was with her body — heavy and limp, falling to the floor with a thud. She had overdosed on a batch cut with fentanyl. First responders arrived 20 minutes after the 911 call was made. She was without oxygen for too long. She went into cardiac arrest and had to be resuscitated four times the first day in the hospital, her chest and ribs broken to bits from the compressions. She spent nearly a week on life support as tests were run. Scans showed severe brain damage. She was completely unresponsive. A week, unable to communicate, twitch a toe, or even flit an eye. I sat at her bedside, talking about everything and nothing, joking and crying, and holding my phone up to her ear, playing some of our favorite songs. Her family gathered, her mother and children, friends, women from church — praying, pleading, mourning a life cut short … hoping for a miracle.

I lost my friend to heroin two years ago. It was not quick and painless. She was running from a contempt of court warrant for a bogus case that just wouldn’t end. She’d go to jail, 30 days, 60 days, be released. Repeat. Fines piled up. She couldn’t pay them. She was buried by an endless cycle, a broken legal system. She was running from a man who wanted to hurt her and wound up in Louisiana. She fell ill there and went to the emergency room. Diagnosis: endocarditis, likely a result of shooting up. Doctors performed emergency open heart surgery to replace a valve — they gave her a pacemaker. She came back home to heal, but didn’t stay long.

I lost my friend to heroin four years ago. It was not quick and painless. I drove her to Heroin Anonymous meetings. Sometimes she’d be high, but I’d pretend not to know; showing up was the first step. Once, after her boyfriend beat her badly, I took her into my home, where she detoxed for a few days — angry as a hornet, her insides churning, wanting more and more and more of the drug. She took a bunch of generic sleep aid and ibuprofen, hoping it’d knock her out; perhaps she wanted to dream through the worst of it. She slept for days, but the urge remained.

I lost my friend to heroin a decade ago. It was not quick and painless. It started when her dad died from cancer. She couldn’t cope, and his pain pills helped. It progressed with an ATV accident. Surgery, metal pins in her leg. Doctor prescribed pain pills. They helped, maybe too much. She took them for too long; now she needed them. When the doctor said no more, she got what she could from a methadone clinic. At some point, it became easier to get drugs on the streets. Heroin felt good — even better than pills.

I lost my friend to heroin. It was a slow death, and it hurt like hell. Her mother lost a daughter. Her sons lost their mother. The drug took her from them long ago. We mourned her in life, for years. The urge writhed through her blood, guiding her every move for more and more and more. Her kids were taken away, she couldn’t hold a job. She ended up on the streets with who knows who doing who knows what, all for more dope.

She was a good person. She was smart but made bad decisions. Her path kinked along the way and rerouted her aims. In moments of clarity, she tried damn hard to kick it. She loved her kids. She wanted to get better and spend time with them. She wanted to help people with her story of recovery. She’d been in rehab (this time) since December. A couple of weeks ago, she snuck out. The urge won.

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I lost my friend to heroin this week. It was not quick and painless. We watched her die, slowly, for a decade, but she pushed the needle in for the last time. We watched her body swell and convulse on life support as it shut down day by day. As I write this, doctors are doing the necessary work to find donor recipient matches for her salvageable organs and tissues. By the time you read this, she will be at peace.

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MEMPHIS THINGS

Memphis Memes 901 asked Facebook folks last week, “What’s the most Memphis thing you’ve seen?”

ere were potholes, busted cars, pretty sunsets, souped-up cars, cars with drive-out tags, and more. Local slang was on display, too. See above and below.

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2023 WEATHER

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e National Weather Service Memphis created a cool story map outlining all the major weather events of 2023.

Remember the three rounds of ice we got in January and February last year? at was fun. Wind blew hard. Tornados threatened. Drought drained the river. It’s an interesting and scary look back.

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Questions, Answers + Attitude

Edited by Toby Sells

American Queen, Vouchers, & JFK

Company closes, three school voucher proposals discussed, and Cohen wants JFK papers released.

RIVER CRUISER CLOSES

American Queen Voyages (AQV) announced the closure of the company last week, citing the inability to return to pre-Covid operations.

HOUSE UNVEILS VOUCHER PROGRAM

ree school voucher proposals now before Tennessee lawmakers would create a new statewide program that eventually could open eligibility to all K-12 students, regardless of family income. But the similarities end there.

e House version of the school voucher program, led last week by House Majority Leader Rep. William Lamberth (R-Portland), has no testing requirements for students who accept public funding to attend private schools. Gov. Bill Lee’s version doesn’t either, but Senate leaders say that approach is a non-starter. e House plan also would make it easier for middle-class families to access the program during its rst year than under the two versions led last week.

COHEN SEEKS JFK PAPERS’ RELEASE

Last week, U.S. Rep. Steve Cohen sent a letter to President Joe Biden asking him to release the few remaining documents related to the John F. Kennedy assassination. He said some Americans are distrustful of the federal government. Some of that, he said, can be traced back to the perceived cover-up of JFK’s murder in Dallas.

“ e governmental secrecy and recent delay in the release of the documents only perpetuates this type of thinking,” Cohen wrote. “If the papers demonstrate di erent circumstances or additional actors were involved, so be it. If the documents support the Warren Commission’s ndings or further support the work of the House Select Committee on Assassinations, so be it.

“If they implicate or embarrass the CIA, the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), or any other governmental agency, the public has a right to know.”

WETLANDS DEVELOPMENT BILL

A high-stakes battle over the future of Tennessee’s wetlands has been playing out behind closed doors in recent weeks,

with developers and environmental groups furiously lobbying on opposite sides of a bill that would drastically roll back regulations.

e bill by Rep. Kevin Vaughan (R-Collierville) would limit state oversight over more than 430,000 acres of Tennessee wetlands. at’s more than half of the state’s critical ecosystems, which serve as a bulwark against oods and droughts, replenish aquifers, and are prized by hunters, anglers, and nature lovers.

Environmental groups warn that the proposed bill, if enacted by the General Assembly and signed into law by Gov. Bill Lee, could in ict irreparable harm on future generations.

BACKING THE GUN SAFETY BILL

Bennie Cobb, founder of 901 Brothers and Sisters Keepers, the National African American Gun Association chapter in Memphis, supports a bill now before lawmakers in Nashville that would mandate gun safety courses for all Tennessee students. e courses could begin as early as pre-K.

“If you’re educating and introducing all these young people in the city and school system to gun education, gun safety, respecting the gun, not shooting anybody, it’s going to have an e ect on those young people as they get older, and continuing education will help reduce the same gun violence that we’re seeing in the streets now.”

Tennessee Lookout and Chalkbeat TN contributed to this report.

Visit the News Blog at memphis yer.com for fuller versions of these stories and more local news.

PHOTO: MARTA W. ALDRICH | CHALKBEAT Lawmakers speak on upcoming voucher legislation.

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Climate Change Action

From Memphis across the Tennessee Valley region, o cials are getting serious about climate change.

Climate problems are starting to nd solutions, from solar panels at the Memphis Zoo to state o cials readying for potential millions of federal dollars to reduce air pollution.

Memphis

Zoo o cials will soon install solar panels on building roo ops, thanks to a $676,000 grant from the U.S. Department of Energy. Memphis Mayor Paul Young said the panels will be the rst-ever solar panels installed on any building owned by the city of Memphis.

e grant will also expand community outreach at the zoo and clean energy education programs. A portion of the grant will fund a waste characterization study and regional solid waste master plan for Memphis and Shelby County. ose programs will be run by city and county o cials.

climate plan. Memphis has one, as noted above. So do Nashville, Knoxville, and Chattanooga.

Late last year, the state polled public opinion on taking action on climate change. e vast majority (75 percent) said they were motivated to act out of concern for the environment and future generations. e biggest challenge for them to act, though, was the high cost of e cient or sustainable alternatives.

ese programs further the Memphis Area Climate Action Plan. at plan aims to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emission levels here by 71 percent by 2050. e latest gures from 2020 show the plan is mostly on track. It met GHG reduction targets in the transportation and waste sectors, but missed the mark on energy.

Memphis Zoo’s solar panels will be the first on any city-owned building.

Tennessee

State o cials are working to deliver part of Tennessee’s emissions-reduction plan to the feds by March. at’s the deadline for government agencies to get in line for $5 billion in federal grants to develop and implement “ambitious” plans for reducing GHGs, according to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). e funds come from the In ation Reduction Act.

Tennessee’s plan is called the Tennessee Volunteer Emission Reduction Strategy (TVERS). It is truly a “volunteer” program.

“While other states have imposed mandates to reduce emissions, we hope to reach established goals through voluntary measures that may di er throughout the state,” reads the TVERS website.

TVERS will be the state’s rst-ever

To be eligible to get the federal funds, states had to identify low-income communities. State o cials found that 54 percent of its census tracts were considered to be low-income/disadvantaged communities (LIDACs) by federal standards. ose applying for the funds must show their projects will bring signi cant bene ts to these communities.

Tennessee Valley

Last month, a new study from the University of Tennessee (UT) found that carbon emissions throughout the Tennessee Valley fell 30 percent since 2005, a decrease of about 78 million tonnes. e report said half of the decrease was attributable to a 50 percent reduction in emissions from Tennessee Valley Authority’s electricity generation. Another large chunk of the decrease (39 percent) came from agriculture, thanks to the adoption of no-till farming.

e Tennessee Valley region, which covers parts of seven southeastern states, emits about 200 million tonnes of carbon each year, about 3 percent of the nation’s total. Of that, the state said in 2019 it emitted about 112 million tonnes. e Memphis-area emitted about 17 million tonnes.

In Tennessee and the Tennessee Valley, transportation emitted the most GHGs. e UT report said electrifying light-duty vehicles was the single largest carbon reduction opportunity for the Valley. In Memphis, the top carbon emitter came from the energy sector.

PHOTO: DANIEL PRADO | UNSPLASH

POLITICS By Jackson Baker

A Glimmer of Hope

If state auditors can help x the county clerk’s o ce, other clouds might also be parted.

At a time when legitimate issues of state vs. local authority are proliferating — notably in proposed legislation regarding law enforcement and educational vouchers — the long, sad saga of Wanda Halbert is an embarrassing and parallel spectacle.

It is a case study, however, of the need for good-faith cooperation between state and local governments.

is week may see the beginnings of a resolution, through unavoidable state intervention, of the hot mess that is the Shelby County Clerk’s o ce.

On Monday, Jim Arnette, lead auditor in the state comptroller’s o ce and his chief deputy, Nathan Abbott, brought a contingent of six auditors to Memphis at the urgent request of Shelby County Trustee Regina Newman. eir task: to help straighten out the clerk’s fearfully tangled records so that the county can square its own accounts and prepare the way for its annual budget.

e problem, as Newman made clear in public alarms she raised last week, is that Clerk Halbert has failed in several belated tries to submit accurate gures regarding her o ce’s wheel tax receipts over the last several months — speci cally failing to indicate the amount corresponding to a surcharge designated by the county commission last year to help pay for new schools and a multi-purpose center.

summoned for a come-to-Jesus meeting on Wednesday with the county commission — the latest in many such encounters with that body during her tenure, now in a second term. Both the commission and the o ce of Mayor Lee Harris have been persistently thwarted in good-faith e orts to get the clerk’s o ce on the right track.

Halbert, a former member of the city council, where nancial compensation is minimal, was rst elected to her much more lucrative clerkship in 2018 and was re-elected in 2022, a “blue wave” year in which having a “D” (for “Democratic”) by her name on the ballot was helpful.

She was already oundering, however, as was indicated by long lines of desperate people seeking auto-tag renewal at the several county clerk o ces. Worse, the number of those o ces was shrinking, as Halbert, it developed, had failed either to renew the leases at several of them or had defaulted on the rent, incurring eviction.

Her slipshod auditing procedures had meanwhile attracted negative attention both elsewhere in local government, where concerns arose over the county’s credit rating, and from state Comptroller Jason Mumpower, who has pronounced on Halbert’s “incompetence and willful neglect.”

Auto dealers complained that they could not get services, business licenses proved impossible to procure, and so forth and so on.

Once in town, Arnette, Abbott, and their six-person auditing team made a beeline for the county clerk’s o ce where they wasted little time combing through Halbert’s scrambled gures. At the end of the day, Arnette and Abbott departed, leaving behind the six other auditors to spend the week. Newman said she had every reason to hope that the team will generate an accurate compilation of the needed wheel tax gures.

If so, a ray of light will at last have penetrated Halbert’s murky corner of local government, one which has badly needed sunshine.

Also this week, Halbert has been

e list of Halbert’s failings is too numerous to detail in this space but is exhaustively contained in a lengthy document submitted by County Commissioner Mick Wright to Hamilton County DA Coty Wamp, who has been charged with the duty of investigating Halbert’s performance preparatory to possible ouster proceedings.

Whatever the ultimate result of those proceedings, and if Trustee Newman’s optimism over the potential outcome of this week’s state intervention proves to be justi ed, a degree of trust between local and state governments may have been achieved.

Perhaps, we are entitled to hope that will help to allay the current atmosphere of mutual suspicion prevailing elsewhere between the two spheres. at’s what you call a silver lining.

PHOTO: STATE COMPTROLLER’S OFFICE State Comptroller Jason Mumpower

Leaving Your Legacy

Planning now will make for a meaningful transition for your heirs.

To leave a legacy means more than the dollars you leave in the pockets of your children. A legacy is an opportunity to have an impact after your time. You can ask yourself how you want to be remembered and what your core values are — and then put those answers into action. Here are four ways to leave a legacy for those you love.

Give back to your community.

If generosity and acts of service are among your core values, consider participating in volunteer activities with your community, which can be incredibly rewarding. You can take part in a fundraiser or donate your time or talent to a local nonprofit you’re passionate about. If you have an affinity for a particular cause, creating a charitable foundation can be a meaningful way to provide your loved ones with employment or board membership opportunities directly related to the cause you support. While a private foundation is certain to leave a powerful financial legacy, it also promotes collaboration, creativity, and continuity of your philanthropic vision. A foundation can be structured to operate indefinitely so that the lessons you leave to your heirs can be taught for generations to come.

Keep a record.

Record a video message or keep a journal. When a loved one passes away, it’s common to hear sentiments such as, “I wish I could see their face or hear their voice again.” Recording a video message is an opportunity to express your love, share your life experiences and values, and offer guidance to your loved ones. Think about answering questions such as:

• What do you love most about your family?

• What’s something you want your loved ones to remember about you?

• What do you hope the inheritance you leave your heirs will afford them? (This can be material or immaterial.)

• What’s the most important lesson you hope your loved ones take to heart?

If a video feels too formal or induces stage fright, consider keeping a journal. Put it someplace you’ll see it often so that you can jot down daily observations, funny memories, random thoughts, and pieces of wisdom you want to pass along. There’s no need to copy edit or write multiple pages at

once. Keeping a journal can be a lowpressure way of putting your personality to paper — a gift your loved ones will cherish when you’re gone (and possibly even pass along to their heirs!).

Create a will and/or a trust.

The act of creating a will and/or trust gives the absence of chaos to your heirs following your death. These documents outline who will inherit your assets as well as how and by whom they’ll be distributed. Putting your wishes in writing helps to prevent disputes and legal battles among your heirs. Additionally, a trust may be able to protect your assets from creditors, reduce estate taxes, and provide financial support to your beneficiaries. A trust can also prevent your heirs from having to participate in probate, a lengthy and often expensive formal court administration process that “proves” the legitimacy of your will after death. While far from glamorous, creating a will and/ or trust is a generous and loving act of housekeeping that may spare your children from unnecessary additional suffering after your passing.

Start a family tradition.

Whether it be the smell of homemade birthday cake, music coming from the kitchen on Saturday mornings, or counting constellations from a tent under the open sky every summer, a tradition reinforces your family’s values and creates a sense of belonging. Establishing positive family traditions has proven to increase a child’s ability to form a strong sense of identity — an identity you have the opportunity to forever influence.

So, take that annual spring break trip with your loved ones. Contribute to your favorite charity and participate in their fundraising events. Record a legacy video for the important people in your life. A little preparation now will make for a meaningful transition for your heirs down the line.

Gene Gard, CFA, CFP, CFT-I, is a Partner and Private Wealth Manager with Creative Planning. Creative Planning is one of the nation’s largest Registered Investment Advisory firms providing comprehensive wealth management services to ensure all elements of a client’s financial life are working together, including investments, taxes, estate planning, and risk management. For more information or to request a free, no-obligation consultation, visit CreativePlanning.com.

AT LARGE By Bruce VanWyngarden

Learn to Discern

You pick your news, then your news picks you.

“As America faces the most severe border crisis in decades, TN is showing the rest of the country what it means to lead. Today, I joined TN National Guard members who will soon deploy on a voluntary mission to secure the Southern border as the federal government fails to act.”

e quote is from an X post by Tennessee Governor Bill Lee last Friday. He was pictured standing in front of 20 or so camo-clad warriors who were apparently going to Texas to … stand along the border somewhere? No word on who would be giving them orders. e Texas governor? e Texas National Guard commander? President Biden? Doesn’t matter. It wasn’t about governing or policy or real life. It was political theater. A photo op.

Judging from the responses to the post, lots of other people besides me saw it as empty grandstanding. Many pointed out that Tennessee had plenty of problems of its own — gun violence, education, healthcare — that ol’ Bill could be paying attention to instead of doing Kabuki theater in a local gymnasium.

speeches these days and frequently losing his train of thought. And every time it happens, a clip of it gets posted and amplied in all the liberal media. I consume it gleefully because I think Trump is an evil clown and it gives me hope that he may yet disintegrate into a gooey orange puddle of bile.

Likewise, there are lots of clips of President Biden misspeaking or turning the wrong way or stumbling on a stairway that make the rounds in right-wing media. I don’t see as many of these because I don’t visit those sites much. at’s mainly because the algorithm gods have learned I prefer not to consume right-wing stu . at’s how it works: You pick your news, then your news picks you. So, here’s some good advice: Learn how to pick news sources that are trustworthy. Don’t amplify news stories, quotes, memes, or even videos unless you are certain they are legitimate. at juicy clip of Trump being unable to pronounce “Venezuela” may tickle your schadenfreude, but don’t forward it unless it’s from a legitimate source. AI video is real — and, increasingly, a source of disinformation.

Others responded on X, correctly, that House Republicans had declined to support a border bill that could have done much to improve the situation just a week before. Here’s LGilmore: “Good grief. What a freaking waste of time and taxpayer money for political gain. We see your two-faced perpetuation of a problem you refuse to help solve.”

But there were also positive responses to Lee’s post. Here’s one from LITizen JEFF: “ ank you, Sir, and especially, thank you to the patriots in the TN National Guard.” He probably had tears in his eyes while he typed that.

What forms the di ering attitudes of LGilmore and LITizen JEFF? Well, assuming they’re not ’bots, it would be a fair guess to say it’s the sources of news they consume. According to a Pew Research study, conservatives like JEFF head to the right-wing bu et table, where they can get a steady diet of Fox News, Newsmax, OAN, Joe Rogan, Epoch Times, etc. Progressive/liberal thinkers like LG are more likely to be consumers of CNN, MSNBC, NPR, PBS NewsHour, and e New York Times

When it comes to news, what we consume quite naturally shapes what we believe. A great example of this is the current exchange of video- re over which old guy running for president is in worse shape. Call it “Dueling Dodderers.” My social media feeds are now lled with clips of Donald Trump’s verbal miscues. He is slurring a lot of words in his stump

Media literacy is a course that should be taught in every school in America from the seventh grade on. Knowing how to discern reliable sources in the ood of information that deluges us — and our children — needs to be a top educational priority.

For starters, here’s a list of the 10 leastbiased news sources, according to Pew Research: AP News, Reuters News Service, BBC News, Wall Street Journal, Bloomberg.com, New York Times, C-Span, NPR/ PBS, Forbes.com, NBC News. We need to be vigilant. If we consume disinformation and spread it, we’re nothing more than vacuous propagandists. Like Bill Lee.

PHOTO: @GOVBILLLEE | X.COM Gov. Bill Lee stands with Tennessee National Guard for a photo op.

COVER STORY By Abigail Morici

Spring Arts Guide

A NEW SEASON OF THEATER, DANCE, VISUAL ARTS, CLASSICAL MUSIC, AND MORE AWAITS.

With winter melting away, now is the time to spring into the arts as new exhibits, performances, and happenings begin to pop up all over town. So be like the groundhog and come out of your hidey-hole. Spring has sprung, Memphis.

ON DISPLAY

“School of Ool: Whose Views Ooze Muse”

Coe Lapossy revisits artifacts of queerness wedged within a seemingly straight world.

Clough Hanson Gallery, through March 22

“Breaking the Rules”

Seventy- ve paintings, watercolors, and drawings spanning the entirety of Paul Wonner’s and William “ eophilus” Brown’s careers.

Dixon Gallery & Gardens, through March 31

“Marking Time”

Remy Miller’s landscapes and Joe Morzuch’s still-lifes and self-portraits.

Dixon Gallery & Gardens, through April 14

“Radical Jewelry Makeover: e Artist Project”

An innovative community-mining project that repurposes jewelry to create sustainable art.

Metal Museum, through April 14

“Shelby Canopy: Our Shared Connection”

An immersive public art project that aims to raise awareness of natural resources.

Wolf River Greenway, through April 19

“Iliumpta”

Birdcap’s retelling of Homer’s Iliad set in the Southernmost bayous of Mississippi. Crosstown Arts, through April 28

“ e Earthworm and the Hawk”

Melissa Dunn generates drawings intuitively from her imagination.

Crosstown Arts, through April 28

“What Were You Meant For?”

Kevin Brooks uncovers the seldom-seen layers of Black male identity.

Crosstown Arts, through April 28

“Everyday People: Snapshots of e Black Experience”

A photography exhibition showcasing Memphis artist Eric Echols’ photo collection of 20th-century African Americans. Museum of Science & History, through July 14

“Branching Out”

Discover intricate connections between students, teachers, and casting communities.

Metal Museum, through September 8

“A World Apart”

Roger Allan Cleaves’ paintings exist in a rich and wondrous multiverse.

Sheet Cake Gallery, March 9-April 27

“Christian Siriano: People Are People”

Drawing from American designer Christian Siriano’s archive of bold creations.

Memphis Brooks Museum of Art, March 22-August 4

“Rhythm and Hues: A GCA Major Flower Show”

A brief but brilliant display of beauty.

Dixon Gallery & Gardens, April 13-14

“Progression”

Exhibition of work by Sowgand Sheikholeslami.

Dixon Gallery & Gardens, April 14-July 7

“Memphis 2024”

A dazzling array of work by the most creative men and women working in the

Painting on the River Series

With March being Women’s History Month, Cossitt Library has teamed up with ve local women painters for a Painting on the River Series, o ering a painting class each Saturday in March on the riverfront.

Each week, Ariel Cobbert, the series’ organizer, says the library will share in-depth pro les, interviews, and highlights of the featured artist, in anticipation of their class. Sarai Payne, who was the featured artist March 2nd, taught a class that mixed painting with collage work. Teaching the following classes will be Alexandra Baker on March 9th, Rachel Mattson on March 16th, Taylor Jackson on March 23rd, and Amanda Willoughby on March 30th.

“We’re just trying to create an initiative that aligns with our commitment to promoting diversity and just celebrating women’s achievement,” Cobbert says. “I really wanted to highlight a lot of di erent artists. Me being in the art scene, it’s easily noticeable that sometimes the same artists are always on the pedestal, so I like to highlight local artists to just give them a platform. at’s something that the library can contribute since everybody can’t book out larger venues and stu .”

Each artist will introduce their own style, Cobbert says. Baker will do a class on healing through watercolors, for instance, while Willoughby will focus on portraiture. “People should be able to nd their x within this group of ve talented women.”

e classes are completely free, with all supplies provided through the Memphis Library Foundation. “We plan to have tables outdoors, so people can touch the grass a little bit and just paint,” Cobbert says. “It’ll be a way to build community through people who see painting as a hobby or a career and just come and learn.”

Register at memphis.librarycalendar.com, where you can also keep up with other

library programming.

PHOTO: ANGEL LA CANFORA | DREAMSTIME.COM Paint with local women painters on the riverfront this March.

PHOTO: COURTESY KONG WEE PANG Kong Wee Pang,Voyeur Moment, 2023, featured in “Memphis 2024”

Mid-South today.

Dixon Gallery & Gardens, April 21-June 30

“It’s All Relative”

Morgan Lugo’s pieces speak to the lasting e ects of past experiences.

Metal Museum, April 21-July 7

ON STAGE

Little Women

Jo March gives us her greatest story: that of the March sisters, four dreamers destined to be imperfect little women.

Germantown Community eatre, through March 17

Succession

Succession explores the world of Black theater through the actions of Steve Harrison, a promising young actor.

Hattiloo eatre, through March 24

LOCAL: Art Moves Memphis

Dance concert presented by Company d dancers with Down syndrome and inspired by the vibrant urban art and murals throughout the Memphis community.

Wiener eater, Hutchison School, March 23

Beautiful: e Carole King Musical is jukebox musical takes you on a journey that realistically documents Carole King’s rise to fame and superstar status as a songwriter and performer.

eatre Memphis, March 8-30

Peter Pan

Fly with Peter Pan, Tinkerbell, and the Darling children straight to Neverland for a timeless adventure.

Bartlett Performing Arts & Conference Center, March 8-10

Mrs. Doubt re

Everyone’s favorite Scottish nanny comes to Memphis.

Orpheum eatre, March 12-17

You’re A Good Man, Charlie Brown

Experience the magic of childhood and the beloved Peanuts gang in this Tony Award-winning musical.

e Circuit Playhouse, March 15-April 13

Zanna Don’t! A Musical Fairy Tale

Emerald eatre Company presents a play, set in a world where everyone is gay — well, almost everyone.

eatreWorks @ e Square, March 15-24

Opera Memphis: La Calisto

A baroque masterpiece of love, lust, vengeance and … astronomy.

Playhouse on the Square, March 22-23

POTUS (Or, Behind Every Great Dumbass Are Seven Women Trying to Keep Him Alive)

Witness the team of women behind a newly elected president.

e Circuit Playhouse, March 22-April 14

MOMIX: ALICE

Presented by a company of dancerillusionists, ALICE, inspired by Alice in Wonderland, takes audiences on a journey down the rabbit hole.

Germantown Performing Arts Center, March 23

Pink Floyd And e Planets

Memphis Symphony Orchestra presents psychedelic tunes and enchanting melodies.

Cannon Center for the Performing Arts, March 23 | Scheidt Family Performing Arts Center, March 24

Wicked

is Broadway sensation looks at what happened in the Land of Oz … but from a di erent angle.

Orpheum eatre, April 3-21

Fairytales on Ice Presents: Peter Pan and Wendy

e beloved, classic story of Peter Pan and his pal Wendy comes to life with dramatic and imaginative enactment, as the Buckman stage converts into an ice rink.

Buckman Performing Arts Center, April 4

Hamlet

e tragedy by William Shakespeare.

Tennessee Shakespeare Company, April 4-21

Master Class

A erce and clever production about diva opera star Maria Callas.

eatre Memphis, April 5-21

Out in the Woods

Friends of George’s presents a dragni cent adventure.

Evergreen eatre, April 11-20

Blues in the Night

Golden Girls - e Laughs Continue Miami’s sassiest seniors have returned for one more hurrah.

Orpheum eatre, March 28

Feelings & Other Uncomfortable ings

Get in your feels with this artistic experience centered around listening to music and creating a collage.

Shady Grove Presbyterian Church, March 29

Hattiloo eatre Presents: Sing, Sistah, Sing

Hattiloo celebrates the indomitable spirit of Black women with concerts, step routines, original all-women dance performances, and spoken-word from talented Black female artists.

Cannon Center for the Performing Arts, March 30

e soul of the blues wails out full and strong in the scorching, Tony-nominated musical.

Hattiloo eatre, April 12-May 5

Science of Movement: Collage Dance Collective

Witness how a dancer prepares for the stage and experience excerpts from Collage Dance Collective’s repertory.

Museum of Science & History, April 13

Variations on a eme: La Divina: A Tribute to Maria Callas

Featuring music inspired by Maria Callas and eatre Memphis’ Master Class. Opera Memphis, April 13-14

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PHOTO: COURTESY KELLY COOK Kelly Cook, Amber and Ruth, 2023, featured in “Memphis 2024”

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American Roots

Ballet Memphis’ celebration of Americana through dance.

Crosstown eater, April 19-21

ELEVATE

Collage Dance’s spring program.

Cannon Center for the Performing Arts, April 20-21

Celtic Woman

A blend of traditional and contemporary Irish music.

Orpheum eatre, April 25

Steel Magnolias

A touching portrait of women.

eatre Memphis, performances April 26May 12

Your Arm’s Too Short to Box With God

An upli ing musical with gospel-inspired music and inspiring storytelling.

Playhouse on the Square, April 26-May 19

Tchaikovsky’s 5th & Wynton Marsalis Violin Concerto

Presented by Memphis Symphony Orchestra.

Cannon Center for the Performing Arts, April 27 | Scheidt Family Performing Arts Center, April 28

A Monster Calls

New Moon eatre presents this play about a monster that has come walking. eatreWorks @ e Square, May 3-19

May e 4th Be With You - e Music Of Star Wars

Feel the force of the music of Star Wars owing through you with Memphis Symphony Orchestra.

Cannon Center for the Performing Arts, May 4

Orchestra Unplugged: Tchaikovsky’s 1812 Overture

Memphis Symphony Orchestra Music

Director Robert Moody brings you inside the minds and music of composers to discover new connections and meaning to incredible works of art.

Halloran Centre for Performing Arts, May 9

Constellations

Quark eatre presents a play about free will and friendship, but also about quantum multiverse theory, love, and honey. eatreSouth, May 10-26

e Hot Wing King

Katori Hall’s searing new comedy that follows a group of friends as they prepare for the “Hot Wang Festival” in Memphis. e Circuit Playhouse, May 10-June 2

Buckman Dance Conservatory’s Spring Celebration of Dance

An enchanting celebration of ballet and contemporary dance.

Buckman Performing Arts Center, May 10-12

Symphony in the Gardens

e annual Mother’s Day outdoor celebration in a beautiful outdoor setting featuring the MSO Big Band.

Dixon Gallery & Gardens, May 12

Opera Memphis: La bohème

Puccini’s timeless classic of youth, love, and freedom in a brand-new production. Scheidt Family Performing Arts Center, May 17-18

Shrek the Musical is Tony Award-winning fairy tale musical adventure brings all the beloved characters you know from the film to life. Orpheum eatre, May 31-June 2

AROUND TOWN

Resident Artist Talks

Crosstown Arts’ spring 2024 resident artists will present artist talks.

Crosstown Arts, March 20

Metal Petals & Healing Roots

A one-day event where artists will create

art from disassembled gun parts. Metal Museum, March 23

Art by Design

A curated series of events and presentations designed to highlight Memphis’ interior design community and simultaneously support the local arts community. Agricenter International, April 3-7

Barrel to Barrel Grand Auction

Enjoy exclusive wine pairings, premium bourbon tastings, incredible wine and bourbon pulls, and a grand auction lled with unique experiences, rare vintages, and whole barrels of bourbon.

Memphis Brooks Museum of Art, April 6

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Art by Design

A er a pandemic pause, ARTSmemphis is bringing back its Art by Design fundraiser, a ve-day series of events highlighting Memphis’ interior design community. At the core of the fundraiser is the gallery showroom where just over 20 designers will have created vignettes of living spaces. ere will be arts activations, music, food, and more, during the showroom’s hours.

“It’s a great way for people to come and not only maybe get inspiration for their own houses, maybe buy a few things, maybe learn about some new Memphis artists they may not know about, but also to support our process,” says Elizabeth Rouse, ARTSmemphis president and CEO. “Most of our work is really focused on raising money and then granting it out and supporting arts organizations and artists in a variety of ways, and so this is just a really unique opportunity for interior designers, who in some cases are competitors, to come together for Memphis and to showcase their own work, which is very di erent.” is will also be the rst year that Art by Design will implement its Emerging Designers program, through which it will waive the vignette fee for regional emerging designers Colin Chapman, Brittney Murckson, Journee Kelly, and Baylor Pillow. “We really see this as an opportunity to help strengthen the interior design eld in Memphis and bring that community together,” Rouse says.

Designer Carmeon Hamilton created this program in 2020, and even had designers prepared to participate, before the event was canceled due to Covid. Laquita Tate was one of those initial emerging designers, but she will now be joining Art by Design as a “fully emerged designer.”

“We were able to at least get together and plan some things out [in 2020],” Tate says. “I was able to see how some things work behind the scenes, which helped me, and so I’m just really excited to be able to do this even now, four years later. ”

Ultimately, though, Tate hopes that people will come out to the event for the sake of community. “Memphis is rich with a variety of di erent types of arts here,” she says, “and people might miss out on some of that with some of the other things that are going on currently in the city, but that should be the most important piece: Come out, support us, support the city of Memphis, and support the arts.”

Art by Design will have several accompanying events in addition to the showroom, such as Dinner with Designers, e Art of Mahjong game night, Cocktails by Design, and a special speaker. For more information and to purchase tickets, visit artsmemphis.org/art-by-design.

Art by Design will take place April 3rd to 7th at Agricenter International.

PHOTO: LAQUITA TATE

ARTSmemphis’ Art by Design will bring in vignettes of living spaces.

PHOTO: JOAN MARCUS Celia Hottenstein as Glinda and Olivia Valli as Elphaba in Wicked

3/1 THE GREEN ROOM

STEPHEN M. LEE

“IN THE MOMENT” ALBUM RELEASE

3/2 THE GREEN ROOM

MICHAEL SHULTS QUARTET

feat BENNETT WOOD

3/7 THE GREEN ROOM

THE S.C. RAMBLERS

3/8 THE GREEN ROOM

EVERYTHING YES

3/10 CROSSTOWN THEATER

KAFÉ KIRK:

KIRK WHALUM and ERIC DARIUS

3/13 THE GREEN ROOM

MODERN MASTERS JAZZ SERIES: MATT OTTO with the TED LUDWIG TRIO

3/15 THE GREEN ROOM

THE COOPER YOUNG QUINTET REUNION

3/16 THE GREEN ROOM

JOYCE COBB and the BOSCO BAND

3/22 THE GREEN ROOM

ART EDMAISTON and RA KALAM BOB MOSES

3/23 THE GREEN ROOM

STRICTLY JAZZ

THE MUSIC OF SARAH VAUGHAN & ELLA FITZGERALD

3/29 THE GREEN ROOM

PAUL MCKINNEY and the KNIGHTS

feat JAMILLE “JAM” HUNTER

3/30 THE GREEN ROOM

SPRING IS IN THE AIR: PATRICE WILLIAMSON and FRIENDS

CROSSTOWN ARTS

CROSSTOWNARTS

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Central to the Arts Festival

Celebrate the arts with live performances, lm showings, fashion shows, and interactive arts booths.

University or Memphis, April 6

Art in e Loop 2024

A juried artists market, plus cra demonstrations and performances of classical music.

Ridgeway Loop Road, April 12-14

Playhouse on the Square’s 46th Annual Art Auction

Over 150+ local and regional artists have donated their one-of-a-kind masterpieces to be bid on.

Playhouse on the Square, April 20

Chalkfest 2024

Join local artists and transform the Brooks’ plaza into the most colorful work of art.

Memphis Brooks Museum of Art, April 27

Spring to Art with Creative Aging

Activities, performances, and discussions for art lovers 65+ and carers.

Dixon Gallery & Gardens, April 30

2024 Art For All Festival

Arts and culture will showcase performances and art-making from across Shelby County through live performances, artist markets, food trucks, and more.

Memphis Brooks Museum of Art, May 11

Here Comes the Sun Community Day

Enjoy art making, garden tours, musical performances, and more at this community gathering designed for all ages.

Dixon Gallery & Gardens, May 11

“The Concert Photography of Jack Robinson”

In partnership with the Jack Robinson Archive, the Stax Museum of American Soul Music’s latest exhibit presents 15 of Robinson’s nest images from the iconic Soul Together Concert of 1968. Held just two months a er the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., the Madison Square Garden concert raised more than $75,000 for two charities, and Robinson was on the job for Vogue magazine, capturing the star-studded roster of Atlantic recording artists such as Aretha Franklin, Sam & Dave, King Curtis, and more.

“Jack Robinson’s work is so well-known,” the museum’s executive director Je Kollath says, “and he has this incredible connection to Memphis. People have seen Jack Robinson photographs — they just might not know that they’re a Jack Robinson — but we’ve all seen Jack Robinson photographs. … His style and how he practiced his cra is just so unique and interesting and it really shows in these photographs.”

Yet unlike Robinson’s typical portraits and studio shots, the photos in this temporary exhibit are on-the-scene, so they have a di erent kind of “energy and raw power,” Kollath says. “He’s taking photo a er photo a er photo and they show how he’s able to capture movement in a way that still shows so much clarity — especially at a Sam & Dave day concert, where they’re dancing, the band is dancing, and you sense this movement, this speed at which they’re all moving and yet the photos are so clear. He’s a remarkably skilled photographer.”

Robinson’s photographs will be on display through the end of March.

PHOTO: JACK ROBINSON | THE JACK ROBINSON ARCHIVE, LLC “Horns High, Sam & Dave Horn Section, Soul Together”

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Herstory

By Abigail Morici

March is for the ladies, and the SHE 901Tour is ready to celebrate women of the past and present this March, with Downtown tours taking guests to women-owned businesses and historical sites centered around pivotal moments in women’s history.

“ is is really a collaborative e ort,” says Carolyn Michael-Banks, founder and owner of A Tour of Possibilities. For the tour, Michael-Banks partnered with Kristen and Lindsey Archer of ARCHd, a feminist gi shop, and Stephanie Wade of 492 Vance LLC, a rm focused on renovating and rebuilding minority-owned historic properties. e three businesses came together with the goal of highlighting various aspects of women’s empowerment through a dynamic mix of activities and experiences, from arts to food to history.

For the tour, groups of 10 will stop at Muggin’ Co eehouse, ARCHd, Oh Sweets Skin Care, Stock&Belle, and Urevbu Contemporary, where they’ll hear from business owners about the work that they do. Tour guides will also point out other womenowned businesses along the way. “But one of the things I’m so excited that we’ll have a chance to do,” Michael-Banks says, “and it’s a four letter word that I do throw around a bit — it starts with an S … H … O … P — shop, shop, shop, shop, shop.”

A er all, she says, “ e S in SHE 901 stands for ‘support’ because we want to support those who are presently doing the work. e H stands for ‘honor,’ so we honor those who came before us, upon whose shoulders we stand today, and the E for ‘empower.’ We also need to empower each other and ourselves.”

Part of the honoring will be done throughout the tour as guides share stories about historical women who shaped Memphis by challenging norms and empowering those around them. e tour will also stop for even more immersive history lessons at the Equality Trailblazers Monument, Griggs Business College, and Ida B. Wells Plaza. At Griggs Business College, the site of Wade’s current project, guests will learn about the school’s history as a Black- and woman-owned institution, as well as the plans for the building’s future as a mixed-use space.

Altogether, Michael-Banks, the Archer sisters, and Wade hope the tour can inspire and connect, highlighting the diverse contributions of women in various industries and in various moments of history. Two tours will be o ered every Saturday in March, with tours lasting about four hours. Tickets can be purchased at atopmemphis.com/she901tour.

SHE 901TOUR, TN WELCOME CENTER, 119 RIVERSIDE DR., SATURDAYS IN MARCH, 9 A.M.-1 P.M. AND 1:30 P.M.-5:30 P.M., $40.

Science of Wine

Museum of Science & History, 3050 Central, Friday, March 8, 6-9 p.m., $40-$120

Spin It! e Women of Rare Soul

Stax Museum of American Soul Music, 926 E. McLemore, Saturday, March 9, 3:15 p.m., free

“A World Apart” Opening Reception Sheet Cake, 405 Monroe, Saturday, March 9, 5-7:30 p.m.

Science of Wine mixes wine tasting, food pairing, and fun activities that explore the science of making wine. Wine-makers and chefs will be on hand to help you discover which wines go with which foods, and why. Proceeds bene t museum programming for area students.

Tickets are $80 for general admission, $120 for VIP, and $40 for designated driver.

Rainbow Dash 5K

Overton Park, Saturday, March 9, 11 a.m.-1 p.m., $30

Join Mid-South Pride for the 4th Annual Rainbow Dash 5K, the only LGBTQ 5K in the region. All who enter will receive a nisher medal, bib, and shirt.

As part of Stax’s Free Family Day, some very special women are going to be spinning some very special records. Join Memphis’ own DJ Alpha Whiskey in conversation about the role of women in DJ and vinyl collecting cultures with two legendary West Coast women DJs: Spinorita and Double Peas.

Stax’s Free Family Day takes place from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. and will have live music, food trucks, arts and cra s, activities, and more for all ages, plus free admission to the museum all day. In honor of Women’s History Month, this Family Day will celebrate and highlight the in uential women of Stax Records, the campus, and the world.

“A World Apart” is a solo exhibition from Roger Allan Cleaves on view from March 9th to April 27th. Cleaves’ paintings take viewers on epic adventures through the ctional multiverse of e Land of Forget Me Nots, drawing rich references from Afrofuturism, personal experiences, and contemporary culture.

Mar10 Day 2024

Crosstown Concourse, 1350 Concourse, Saturday, March 9, 6-8 p.m., free

Mar10 Day is an annual salute to the entire Mario franchise. For the second year, Crosstown Concourse will celebrate the holiday with retro games, video game-themed mini golf, a DJ, and more, all celebrating classic video games.

PHOTO: KRISTEN ARCHER, ARCHD e SHE 901Tour visits ve women-owned businesses.

MUSIC By Michael Donahue

‘It Ain’t Heavy’

Je Williams has been in two groups since he began playing guitar: Sacrum and his newest band, Light and Shade.

Sacrum was the heavy metal band he was in when he was in his mid 20s, says Williams. “‘Sacrum,’” he says, “sounds heavy. It’s so hard. Every metal band always had some name like ‘Rotting Corpse’ or ‘Rotting Death Carcass.”

ey wanted a name like that, but they didn’t want to “go all horror movie with it.”

Fast forward 13 years to Light and Shade. It’s not heavy metal. It’s all instrumental. It even has a saxophone in it. People have called their sound “modern jazz” and “post rock,” Williams says. “People have called us ‘psychedelic.’”

“Anything can be psychedelic if you take enough,” adds saxophonist Josh Aguilar.

Others have also called them “folk” or “post folk,” Williams says. “I think of ‘folk’ as some dude sitting in an old smoky club singing some Dylan-y stu .”

eir music has “that lm thematic sound to it,” which makes it perfect for movie soundtracks, Williams says.

“Honestly, I just think of it as good instrumental music.”

was just because we were so heavy and my brother was screaming.”

Sacrum, which was together from 2005 to around 2011, “did end up opening for a lot of national acts,” Williams says, adding, “We were going a er it pretty hard. We had a lot of ‘almosts’ and ‘what ifs’ like everybody does.”

But, he says, “It just started to dissipate a er a while of making no money. We all just had to get jobs and do whatever.”

Williams even thought about getting out of music altogether. “ ere was a period where I really thought about saying, ‘Fuck it.’ We’ve done it so long. I’ve made zero dollars. I only put money into it. We were all poor. Nobody had a rich uncle who could be the angel investor and help us make a record.”

Light and Shade, which also includes Harvey Waldman from Sacrum on drums, released its self-titled album in December.

When he was writing songs like “ e Haunting” and “ e Eyes” for Sacrum, Williams also was writing instrumentals similar to Light and Shade material. He didn’t want all his songs to be that “heavy metal gray kind of thing,” Williams says. “I wanted to paint with some di erent colors.”

He wanted to write instrumentals because he wanted to make people feel good. “I wanted to write some stu anybody could listen to and not have to be a music nerd. I wanted people to feel it.”

A native Memphian, Williams “grew up on everything from classic rock, Led Zeppelin, Pink Floyd, e Doors — stu my dad listened to. Grand Funk Railroad.” He also listened to his brother’s tapes. “Anything from your hair metal stu . Your Winger and Warrant. And your Whitesnake and your Dokken.”

Later it was grunge. Stone Temple Pilots and Alice in Chains.

Sacrum was “a power groove metal band,” Williams says. “ e music was kind of progressive. People called us death metal or black metal, but we weren’t. It

ings changed in 2012 when Aguilar got a job at the Jimmy John’s where Williams was working at the time. ey began jamming together. “Anybody could record shitty demos on their computer.” But, he says, “Shit started sounding like something. Sounded better.”

A er more than 10 years of writing new songs, newer versions of the songs, and re ning arrangements, they decided to go into a studio “to get a better sound,” Williams says. “We had the longest preproduction ever.”

ey recorded “the whole album in ve or six days” at Young Avenue Sound. Waldman, who lives in Los Angeles, was still able to add his drum parts. “We recorded the whole album to a click track.” e drummer was “only in town for a couple of days and he knocked everything out at once.”

Light and Shade doesn’t totally get away from his old sound, Williams says. “Jafar,” one song on the album, has “heavy distorted guitars on it.” And, he — perhaps fondly — adds, the song “brings back a bit of the metal.”

PHOTO: MICHAEL DONAHUE

Josh Aguilar and Je Williams

Je Williams’ new band Light and Shade is a departure from metal.

AFTER DARK: Live Music Schedule March 7 - 13

Allman Bros. Tribute by Trouble No More

Saturday, March 9, 8 p.m.

NEIL’S MUSIC ROOM

Alexis Jade

Saturday, March 9, 6 p.m.

CENTRAL BBQ

Battle of the Sexes: A Night in Hip-Hop

Featuring Queen THC and Jakub Trunk. 21+. $15. Monday, March 11, 7 p.m.

RUMBA ROOM

Brandon Lake

Friday, March 8, 7 p.m.

ORPHEUM THEATRE

Brimstone Jones

$5. Saturday, March 9, 10 p.m.

BLIND BEAR SPEAKEASY

Dez Andres

Opening set by Nya Sanders.

Friday, March 8, 9 p.m.

CENTRAL STATION HOTEL

Double Peas

Saturday, March 9, 9 p.m.

CENTRAL STATION HOTEL

High Point

Sunday, March 10, 3-6 p.m.

HUEY’S DOWNTOWN

Spin It! The Women of Rare Soul

Some very special women are going to be spinning special records. Free. Saturday, March 9, 3:15 p.m.

STAX MUSEUM OF AMERICAN SOUL MUSIC

Spinorita

Friday, March 8, 9 p.m.-1 a.m.

CENTRAL STATION HOTEL

The Champagne

Friday, March 8, 10:30 p.m.;

Saturday, March 9, 10:30 p.m.

TIN ROOF

The HawtThorns with Titus Waldenfels

Saturday, March 9, 7 p.m.

SOUTH MAIN SOUNDS

5 for the Kill

$10. Friday, March 8, 8 p.m.

NEIL’S MUSIC ROOM

901/ROX

Friday, March 8, 9 p.m.

HADLEY’S PUB

PHOTO: MACKENZIE RYAN Julie Williams

MusicBoXx Rocks Bike

Night

Wednesday, March 13, 7 p.m.

HADLEY’S PUB

Pretty Boys Band

Saturday, March 9, 9 p.m.

T.J. MULLIGAN’S

The Chaulkies

Sunday, March 10, 3-6 p.m.

HUEY’S POPLAR

The Mixers

$5. Sunday, March 10, 4 p.m.

NEIL’S MUSIC ROOM

The Super 5 Acoustic

Trio

Friday, March 8, 9 p.m.

BROOKHAVEN PUB & GRILL

5 Fridays of Jazz:

Memphis Black Arts Alliance ft. Lannie

McMillan Jr.

Friday, March 8, 6:30 p.m.

BENJAMIN L. HOOKS CENTRAL LIBRARY

Amber McCain Band

Friday, March 8, 6 p.m.

LAFAYETTE’S MUSIC ROOM

Autolith, Gnarwhal, Glassing, Day Job, Crawldrawduiqs

$15. Friday, March 8, 8 p.m.

HI TONE

Bob and Reagan

Sunday, March 10, 3 p.m.

LAFAYETTE’S MUSIC ROOM

Dana, Optic Sink

Saturday, March 9, 9 p.m.

B-SIDE

Drip Edges, Smokin’ Jays, and Life, Explicit Friday, March 8, 9 p.m.

B-SIDE

Everything Yes

$20. Friday, March 8, 7:30 p.m.

THE GREEN ROOM AT CROSSTOWN ARTS

Feticide, Spite House, Fubar

$10. Tuesday, March 12, 8 p.m.

HI TONE

Gasolina Reggaeton Party 18+. $10-$20. Friday, March 8, 9 p.m.

BLACK LODGE

Geoff Tate

$30. Monday, March 11, 7 p.m.

LAFAYETTE’S MUSIC ROOM

Goner Presents PROTEX, Sleeveens, Ryan Kidd $15. Sunday, March 10, 7 p.m.

B-SIDE

Gry’ass

Saturday, March 9, 9 p.m.

THE COVE

Jack Oblivian, Miranda and the Beat ursday, March 7, 9 p.m.

BAR DKDC

Jay Jones Band

Saturday, March 9, 5 p.m.

LAFAYETTE’S MUSIC ROOM

Jed Harrelson, Erin Webb $10. ursday, March 7, 9 p.m.

HI TONE

Jesse Wilcox, Cloudbelly, Runi Salem, Laveda

Saturday, March 9, 8 p.m.

BAR DKDC

Julie Williams

$20. Saturday, March 9, 7:30 p.m.

THE GREEN ROOM AT CROSSTOWN ARTS

Kate Teague, Styrofoam Winos

Friday, March 8, 8:30 p.m.

BAR DKDC

Kierst, Vintage Blonde, Debrief on Board

$10. Friday, March 8, 8 p.m.

GROWLERS

Marauda: Voyage of the Slayer

Saturday, March 9, 8 p.m.

MINGLEWOOD HALL

Medium Walter

Sunday, March 10, 3-6 p.m.

HUEY’S MIDTOWN

Membrains, Opossums, Bluff City Vice

$10. Friday, March 8, 9 p.m.

LAMPLIGHTER LOUNGE

Modern Masters Jazz

Series: Matt Otto and The Ted Ludwig Trio

$10-$25. Wednesday, March 13, 7:30 p.m.

CROSSTOWN THEATER

Mystery Hearsay: A Tribute to the Life and Music of Mike Honeycutt

Free. Saturday, March 9, 5 p.m.

LAMPLIGHTER LOUNGE

Not Your Nails, DJ St.

Faust

$15. Saturday, March 9, 9 p.m.

HI TONE

Oh Boy Records TN to

TX: The Road to Luck Reunion

ursday, March 7, 8 p.m.

MINGLEWOOD HALL

Psymon Spin, Daykisser

Monday, March 11, 7 p.m.

WISEACRE OG

Resistance

DJ sets by Parker, Missy Midwest, DJ James River A, PSYB3R, and Brent Shay. 18+.

$10. Friday, March 8, 8 p.m.

STICKEM

S.C. Ramblers

$15-$20. ursday, March 7, 7:30-9 p.m.

THE GREEN ROOM AT CROSSTOWN ARTS

Seeing Red

Saturday, March 9, 9 p.m.

LAFAYETTE’S MUSIC ROOM

Shara’s Songwriter

Showcase

Wednesday, March 13, 6 p.m.

LAFAYETTE’S MUSIC ROOM

Souled Out

Friday, March 8, 10 p.m.

LAFAYETTE’S MUSIC ROOM

Squib Kick, Accept It, Arthur $5. Wednesday, March 13, 8 p.m.

HI TONE

SXSW Preview Party is preview party will feature performances by Alexis Grace, Blvck Hippie, and Talibah Sa ya. Free. ursday, March 7, 6-9 p.m.

RAILGARTEN

The Broken View, Ghoul School

$10-$15. Monday, March 11, 8 p.m.

GROWLERS

The Mudcats

Saturday, March 9, 8 p.m.

RAILGARTEN

The Pinch

Sunday, March 10, 7 p.m.

LAFAYETTE’S MUSIC ROOM

Titus Waldenfels, Lorette Velvette

Sunday, March 10, 6 p.m.

LAMPLIGHTER LOUNGE

Trash Panda, Frog Mallet, Fubar, Disapproving Father $12-$15. Wednesday, March 13, 8 p.m.

GROWLERS

Basketcase

Saturday, March 9, 4-8 p.m.

HORSESHOE CASINO TUNICA

Memphis Mojo

Friday, March 8, 8 p.m.

SIDECAR CAFE SOUTHAVEN

Sky King Songwriter Round with Oak Walker With Zoe Dominguez, Rachel Maxann, Justin Toland, and Sky King. $8. Friday, March 8, 7 p.m.

HERNANDO’S HIDE-A-WAY

Eye to Eye Band

Friday, March 8, 9 p.m.

TJ MULLIGANS HWY 64

Hairspray Nation

Saturday, March 9, 8 p.m.

THE HAYSTACK CAFE

Memphis Symphony Orchestra Community Performance

Sunday, March 10, 2:30 p.m.

DAVIES MANOR HISTORIC SITE

Memphis Symphony Orchestra “SpringAlong” POPS

Lunchbreak Concert

Enjoy an hour of tunes everyone is sure to know. $10. Friday, March 8, noon-1 p.m.

GERMANTOWN COMMUNITY

THEATRE

Will Sexton Band featuring Amy LaVere

Sunday, March 10, 6-9 p.m.

HUEY’S MILLINGTON

CALENDAR of EVENTS:

March 7 - 13

ART AND SPECIAL EXHIBITS

“Black Resilience/Black Perspective: I Matter/We Matter”

e artwork and artists who are a part of this exhibition speak to what it means to be a part of the Black collective within the American perspective. rough March 23.

THE ARTS CAFE

“China Blues: The World of Blue and White Ceramics” e collection includes a range of objects from the Ming and Qing dynasties. rough May 31.

MEMPHIS BROOKS MUSEUM OF ART

“Come Cruise Alaska”

Exhibition of art by Ann Brown omason. rough March 30.

MEMPHIS BOTANIC GARDEN

“Cosmic Dust”

Exhibition of work by Greely Myatt. rough March 16.

DAVID LUSK GALLERY

“Everyday People: Snapshots of The Black Experience”

A photography exhibition showcasing Memphis artist Eric Echols’ photo collection of 20th-century African Americans. rough July 14.

MUSEUM OF SCIENCE & HISTORY

“Faces & Facades”

rough her portraits, Debbie Likley Pacheco delves into the lives and narratives of the people she encounters. rough March 31.

ANF ARCHITECTS

“It’s a Memphis Thang”

Featuring new works by Anna Kelly and Calvin Farrar. rough March 7.

BUCKMAN ARTS CENTER AT ST.

MARY’S SCHOOL

“Lest We Forget … Images of the Black Civil Rights Movement”

A traveling collection, showcasing 35 powerful portraits and images by Robert Templeton, captures key gures and

moments from the Black Civil Rights Movement. rough May 6.

NATIONAL CIVIL RIGHTS MUSEUM

“Mirrors”

Dylan Spaysky’s simple holographic manipulations of re ection, transparency, and light turn into a public introspectacle. rough March 9.

TOPS GALLERY: MADISON AVENUE PARK

“Nature’s Palette: Art Inspired By the Earth”

Oil landscape paintings by Collierville artist Wes Ashworth. rough May 4.

MORTON MUSEUM OF COLLIERVILLE HISTORY

“Shelby Canopy: Our Shared Connection”

Discover Shelby County’s green spaces and the importance of trees through an immersive public art experience. rough April 19.

8040 WOLF RIVER BLVD.

“Southern Railway”

Discover the national history behind the Southern Railway Company. rough April 20.

MORTON MUSEUM OF COLLIERVILLE HISTORY

“Subliminal”

Amy Hutcheson explores the world and the nature of visual representation through line, shape, and form. rough March 31.

MEMPHIS JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER

“SUE: The T. rex Experience”

Step into the world of Sue the T. rex. rough May 12.

MUSEUM OF SCIENCE & HISTORY

“three left, one right”

Exhibition of work by James Inscho. rough March 9.

TOPS GALLERY

“Twists of Nature”

Exhibition by Sheila Bentley. rough March 31

MEMPHIS BOTANIC GARDEN

“Verdant Stories”

An experience of visual storytelling through paint and ber by Janet Weed Beaver, Melanie Beaver, and Suzanne Martin. rough March 29.

GALLERY TEN NINETY-ONE

ART HAPPENINGS

Art by Rafael Figueroa

Opening Reception

Rafael Figueroa shows his popular editorial cartoons. Saturday, March 9, 3 p.m.

CHURCH HEALTH

“A World Apart”

Opening Reception

A solo exhibition from Roger Allan Cleaves, taking viewers on epic adventures through the multiverse of e Land of Forget Me Nots. Saturday, March 9, 5-7:30 p.m.

SHEET CAKE

See and try the latest in contact lens styles for comfort and optimal vision

ARCHd hosts Hayley

Arceneaux for a special event on Saturday. Attendees will receive a signed book and art print.

“Subliminal” Opening Reception

Amy Hutcheson explores the world and the nature of visual representation through line, shape, and form. Sunday, March 10, 2-4 p.m.

MEMPHIS JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER

The Bunker: Art Show is show represents a testament to oneself through the lens of Kiara Santos and performing artists, via spoken word. Saturday, March 9, 6 p.m.

MEDICINE FACTORY

BOOK EVENTS

Author Talk with Meryl Frank

Learn from Ambassador Meryl Frank, author of Unearthed: A Lost Actress, a Forbidden Book, and a Search for Life in the Shadow of the Holocaust.

ursday, March 7, 7 p.m.

MEMPHIS JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER

Beto O’Rourke: We’ve Got to Try

Beto O’Rourke discussesWe’ve Got to Try: How the Fight For Voting Rights Makes Everything Else Possible. Saturday, March 9, 2 p.m.

NOVEL

Women Make History

Every Day with Hayley

Arceneaux

Meet astronaut Hayley Arceneaux and hear her incredible story. $35. Saturday, March 9, 11:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m.

ARCHD

CLASS / WORKSHOP

Branching Out: Garden Myths

In this talk with Memphis

Area Master Gardener Tom Rieman, learn about several common practices and determine if they are sensible or mythical for your garden.

Saturday, March 9, 1-2:30 p.m.

FRAYSER LIBRARY

Crawford’s Garden Starters with Roz

Crawford

Learn tips and care instructions from seed to starters.

ursday, March 7, 6 p.m.

THE FRAYSER COMMUNITY URBAN

GARDEN

Figure Drawing Class

Artists of all levels can practice and increase their skills drawing the human form. $10-$15. Wednesday, March 13, 5:30-7:30 p.m.

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Floating Shelf Workshop

Create your own floating shelf. $70/single entry. Saturday, March 9, 1-4 p.m.

OFF THE WALLS ARTS

Radically Repurposed Jewelry

Learn how to take apart old jewelry and repurpose it into new jewelry. $120. Sunday, March 10, 1-5 p.m.

METAL MUSEUM

Shake & Sip: St. Patrick’s Day Edition

Learn how to mix and muddle your favorite green drinks with expert mixologists. $72.29. Sunday, March 10, 1 p.m.

310 BEALE

The Witch’s Path: Energy 101

Learn how to do some basic energy work. Free. Saturday, March 9, 2-3:30 p.m.

THE BROOM CLOSET

Watercolor Workshop: Figure and Expression with Kelly Cook

Learn to embrace the sensitive, sometimes unpredictable nature of watercolor to represent the human form. $35, $25/members. 16+. Saturday, March 9, noon-3 p.m.

THE DIXON GALLERY & GARDENS

COMEDY

Billy Sorrells

CALENDAR: MARCH 7 - 13

single ticket price, $25/multiple ticket price.

Thursday, March 7, 5:30-8:30 p.m.

MEMPHIS BOTANIC GARDEN

$20-$60. Thursday, March 7, 8 p.m.; Friday, March 8, 7:30 p.m., 10 p.m.; Saturday, March 9, 7:30 p.m., 10 p.m.; Sunday, March 10, 8 p.m.

CHUCKLES COMEDY HOUSE

Cam Bertrand with Adam Maldonado $20. Sunday, March 10, 8 p.m.

GROWLERS

Mane Who Really Funny?

Comedy competition where the audience decides the winner. Hosted by Eclectic Enigma. $10. Saturday, March 9, 8 p.m.

THE COMEDY JUNT

MAR10 Day Show 2

Bluff City Liars Improv is returning to Black Lodge for improv comedy themed around everyone’s favorite American-based, Japaneseborn, Italian-coded plumber. $10. Sunday, March 10, 3 p.m.

BLACK LODGE

Nate Jackson: Super Funny World Tour $55-$68. Friday, March 8, 7 p.m.

MINGLEWOOD HALL

COMMUNITY

Midsouth Sober Living Charity Art

Auction

Rainbow Book Bus Banned Book Tour

Get free banned LGBTQ books from the Rainbow Book Bus and OUTMemphis. Thursday, March 7, 4-6 p.m.

OUTMEMPHIS: THE LGBTQ CENTER OF THE MID-SOUTH

DANCE

Free Beginner 4-Count Swing Class

You’ll love this fun and easy dance. Saturday, March 9, 6-7 p.m.; Monday, March 11, 7-8 p.m.

FOURTH BLUFF PARK

Line Dancing with Q

Line dancing lessons with “Q.” 21+. Tuesday, March 12, 6-9 p.m.

DRU’S PLACE

Swing for Spring

New beginner swing dance series. Try just one type or learn all four. $80. Tuesday, March 12, 6-7 p.m.

CAT’S BALLROOM

EXPO/SALES

Spring Fever Market

The New York Times Syndication Sales Corporation 620 Eighth Avenue, New York, N.Y. 10018

A market of vintage goods, home plants, arts and crafts, and oddities from artisans alike.

An evening of art, music, and fine food. $30/

For Information Call: 1-800-972-3550

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Saturday, March 9, 2-7 p.m.

GHOST RIVER BREWING

Spring Market

More than 200 merchants will gather for three days of fun and shopping. Friday, March 8, 9 a.m.-8 p.m.; Saturday, March 9, 9 a.m.-5 p.m.; Sunday, March 10, 11 a.m.-4 p.m.

AGRICENTER INTERNATIONAL

FAMILY

Baby and Me

Introductory dramatic play for mothers of young children. Saturday, March 9, 9 a.m.

PLAYHOUSE ON THE SQUARE

Cooking with Diyala

A Middle Eastern cooking class for kids. Saturday, March 9, 2-3 p.m.

BENJAMIN L. HOOKS CENTRAL LIBRARY

Crazy Games & Silly Prizes Family Show

Dive into hilarious and energized kid-friendly trivia and fun challenges with real prizes and good times. $10/advance tickets, $15/day of show. Saturday, March 9, 10:30-11:45 a.m., 1-2:15 p.m.

GERMANTOWN COMMUNITY THEATRE

Discovery Week – Bird Blitz

Learn how to use your eyes and ears to identify birds and get a peek into their not-sosecret lives in the canopy. Tuesday, March 12, 4 p.m.-5:30 p.m.

OVERTON PARK

Discovery Week – Preschool Storytime

Stories and songs at Overton Park. Monday, March 11, 10-11 a.m.

OVERTON PARK

Discovery Week – Scavenger Hunt

Join Overton Park Conservancy staff in a forest scavenger hunt. Sunday, March 10, 2-3 p.m.

OVERTON PARK

Disney on Ice: Find Your Hero

Your favorite Disney stories come to life through world-class ice skating. Thursday, March 7, 7 p.m.; Friday, March 8, 7 p.m.; Saturday, March 9, 11 a.m., 3 p.m., 7 p.m.

LANDERS CENTER

Eat This Book Storytime

Children ages 3-7 and their caregivers will learn how to make their mini pancake mix. Saturday, March 9, 11 a.m.-12:30 p.m.

BENJAMIN L. HOOKS CENTRAL LIBRARY

Family Tunes and Tales with the Memphis Symphony Orchestra

A special visit from the Memphis Symphony Orchestra’s percussion ensemble, with a reading of Giraffes Can’t Dance by Giles Andreae as the musicians play along. Saturday, March 9, 11-11:45 a.m.

BENJAMIN L. HOOKS CENTRAL LIBRARY

Free Family Day

Live music, food trucks, arts and crafts, activities, and more for young people of all ages. Free admission for all. Saturday, March 9, 1-4 p.m.

STAX MUSEUM OF AMERICAN SOUL MUSIC

SciPlay with CAESER & Connect Crew

Unleash your inner scientist while exploring the best playground in the Southeast at SciPlay. Saturday, March 9, 10-11:30 a.m.

TOM LEE PARK

Spring Break Mane:

Bounce houses, video games, free food for kids, jookin’ tutorials by Ladia Yates and L.Y.E. Academy, a petting zoo, mini golf, and bubble play. Free. Monday, March 11, noon-3 p.m.

LIBERTY POCKET PARK

Spring Break Camp Drop In: Clay Creations

For mini makers in third to eighth grade. $45. Wednesday, March 13, 9 a.m.-noon.

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FILM

Academy Awards Party

Watch the awards roll in on the big screen. Fill out your ballots and compete to win a prize.

Free. Sunday, March 10, 6 p.m.

BLACK LODGE

Anime Night: Suzume & Your Name

A Makoto Shinkai double feature. Free. Thursday, March 7, 7 p.m.

BLACK LODGE

Labyrinth

Sixteen-year-old Sarah must solve a labyrinth to rescue her baby brother when he is taken by the Goblin King. Sunday, March 10, 4 p.m.

MALCO PARADISO CINEMA GRILL & IMAX

Shoot & Splice: Music Licensing & Composition

Crosstown Sync’s Mckenzii Webster and Charles Seaton will discuss their process for musicians to have their music licensed for film and TV, plus how filmmakers can best utilize their services. Tuesday, March 12, 7 p.m.

THE GREEN ROOM AT CROSSTOWN ARTS

The Crosstown Arts Film Series presents 8 1/2

A director’s new project is collapsing around him, along with his life. $5. Thursday, March 7, 7 p.m.

CROSSTOWN THEATER

FOOD AND DRINK

Science of Wine

A 21+ event that mixes wine tasting, food pairing, and fun activities that explore the science of making wine. $40/ designated driver, $80/general admission, $120/VIP. Friday, March 8, 6:30 p.m.

MEMPHIS MUSEUM OF SCIENCE & HISTORY

Sip, Style, and Socialize - The Tea Party Edition

Get ready for a chic, tea-rrific soiree where you can sip, style, and socialize with like-minded socialites for high tea at noon. Saturday, March 9, noon-3 p.m.

CHEZ PHILIPPE

HEALTH AND FITNESS

Guided Nature Walk

Join a naturalist on a guided walk. Saturday, March 9, 11 a.m.-12:30 p.m.

LICHTERMAN NATURE CENTER

Rainbow Dash 5K

Join Mid-South Pride for the 4th Annual Rainbow Dash 5K, the only LGBTQ 5K in the region. $30. Saturday, March 9, 11 a.m.-1 p.m.

OVERTON PARK

Spring into Health & Wellness Fair

Hear from expert panelists, try healthy food samples, receive free health screenings, and more. Saturday, March 9, noon-2 p.m.

GREATER NEW LIBERTY BAPTIST

CHURCH

CALENDAR: MARCH 7 - 13

LECTURE

Well-Behaved Women

Rarely Make History: A History Presentation

Buried in Elmwood Cemetery are women who were spies, outlaws, protesters, dreamers, and creative minds. Learn about them in this 45-minute online presentation. $10. Thursday, March 7, 6-7 p.m.

ELMWOOD CEMETERY

PERFORMING ARTS

AFABulous and Friends presents “Sapphic Sundays” Get ready for a Sunday

Funday filled with amazing vendors and a show you won’t want to miss. Sunday, March 10, 4 p.m.

DRU’S PLACE

Prophecies: A Variety Show

Featuring Zoloft, Frankie Lafemme, King Playtonic, Blanca, Barbie Wyre, Sairen Strange, and Ru$ted Electra.

$10. Friday, March 8, 9 p.m.

HI TONE

The Queendom in the Starlight Cabaret

An epic show with the fabulous Brenda Newport as your emcee. Saturday, March 9, 9 p.m.

DRU’S PLACE

SPECIAL EVENTS

Beale Street Monster Club - Zombie March

Jamboree

Tony Kail presents actual fieldwork of the Voodoo religion vs. Voodoo in cinema. Then film historian Michael J. Cox gives a presentation on the history of White Zombie (1932). Sunday, March 10, 2 p.m.

A. SCHWAB

Mar10 Day 2024

Mar10 Day is an annual salute to the entire Mario franchise. Celebrate the holiday with retro games, video game-themed mini golf, a DJ, and more. Free. Saturday, March 9, 6-8 p.m.

CROSSTOWN CONCOURSE

March New Moon Sound

Bath

A meditative sound experience. $20. Monday, March 11, 6:30 p.m.

THE BROOM CLOSET

Shrek Rave

It’s dumb. Who cares? Cool is dead. 18+. $15, $25. Saturday, March 9, 9 p.m.

GROWLERS

SPORTS

Memphis Roller Derby

Doubleheader

An exhilarating doubleheader featuring our home teams in a fierce rematch. Saturday, March 9, 4 p.m.

PIPKIN BUILDING

Memphis Wrestling

The Murderhawk Monster

Lance Archer returns to Memphis Wrestling. $13.73$31.30. Sunday, March 10, 12:30-4:30 p.m.

MEMPHIS WRESTLING WRESTL-

ECENTER

Memphis Grizzlies vs. Atlanta Hawks

Friday, March 8, 6:30 p.m.

FEDEXFORUM

Memphis Grizzlies vs. Charlotte Hornets

Wednesday, March 13, 7 p.m.

FEDEXFORUM

Memphis Grizzlies vs. Washington Wizards

Tuesday, March 12, 7 p.m.

FEDEXFORUM

THEATER

The Sound Inside

When Bella Baird, an isolated creative writing professor at Yale, begins to mentor a brilliant but enigmatic student named Christopher, the two form an unexpectedly intense bond. Through March 17.

THEATRESOUTH

PHOTO: COURTESY NOVEL

Beto O’Rourke discusses his new book and voting rights at Novel on Saturday.

FOOD By Michael Donahue

Mexico in Memphis

Barbecue and Mexican food unite at Tim Shirley’s food truck.

Mexico in Memphis? ink barbecue. en think Mexican food.

e smoked meat — brisket, chicken, and pork — tacos Tim Shirley sells in his Mexico in Memphis food truck are “Memphis style,” says the cook, who, along with his wife Angelica, owns the business.

His Memphis-centric fare also can be found at events inside Agricenter ShowPlace Arena. As sole vendor for Agricenter International, Tim, 50, sells barbecued nachos, barbecue sandwiches, and smoked meat quesadillas — all of which he also sells on the food truck — as well as turkey legs.

“It’s a smaller menu,” Tim says. “It’s all quick food and the kind of food people enjoy for events like that.

… I’m not claiming it’s 100 percent classic Mexican food. We take the Mexican dish and, basically, try to respect the soul of the dish by having pico de gallo and homemade salsa. We try to stay true to the Mexican avors and Memphis smoked meat at the same time. Our slogan is ‘Memphis Smoked Meats, Fresh Mexican Flavors.’”

throughout the region.”

Recreating these experiences when he got home “sort of morphed into the fusion stu as well. Le over smoked meats and making tamales and quesadillas.”

Tim, who was majoring in business management at Southwest Tennessee Community College, changed his major to hospitality management a er the school opened its Culinary Institute. “Around this time I was really into this barbecue thing and Mexican cooking.”

Tim, who did his internship at Hog & Hominy restaurant, says, “I was going to all these barbecue contests, writing articles, and taking pictures for my blog. And I was cooking at home as well. A ‘backyard chef’ kind of thing. Experimenting.”

Tim got the idea when he remembered what his sons ate growing up: “Le over barbecue meat stu ed in a quesadilla for breakfast or lunch.” He barbecued the meat and Angelica prepared the le overs. “We also ate le over barbecue meats in tacos and things like that.”

He got into barbecuing a er calculating how much they spent eating out. “ at led to experimenting with trying to recreate at home what we enjoyed at restaurants. … I got into barbecue and started going to barbecue joints across Memphis. And it became an obsession to go to as many barbecue places as I could.”

A er Tim started his own blog, Memphis Barbecue Guide, he discovered more than 200 barbecue places just in Memphis while visiting “roadside pits and bars and really, any place that had real pit barbecue.”

A native Memphian, Tim says he got into Mexican cooking through Angelica, who was born in Mexico City. Her family taught him how to cook during visits to Mexico. e women let Tim join them in the kitchen and cook fried corn cakes, or sopes, topped with various ingredients.

e men taught him how to grill steak tacos and fried sh tacos outdoors. Tim also tried the fare at “little roadside taco shops, taquerias, panaderias, and torterias

In 2020, while working as a corrections o cer sergeant with the Shelby County Sheri ’s Department, he began operating a food truck on the side for family events. “In 2022, I le the jail and opened the food truck full-time.”

He uses smoked brisket in his tacos. “ at would be our replacement for the carne asada, meat cooked over hot coals like on a grill, or beef barbacoa, meat slow cooked underground with hot coals. It’s all about getting that smoked avor in the beef. But we still have the pico de gallo, homemade salsa, lime, and cilantro, which are all classic taco condiments.

“A little more Memphis would be our Memphis smoked pork taco. at’s meant to be like a barbecue sandwich in a taco. ”

Tim will still be using the Mexico in Memphis food truck, but he will be “focusing on the concessions” at ShowPlace Arena. “As this business grows, we’ll be sending the truck out in coming months.”

People need to follow Mexico in Memphis on Facebook to nd locations, he says.

PHOTO: MICHAEL DONAHUE e Mexico in Memphis family

High Tech

The story about the Alaska Airlines plane that lost a panel while flying at 16,000 feet is all over the news. But it’s the little human-interest stories that really capture us: When the panel flew off and the hole gaped open midair on Jan. 5, someone’s iPhone got sucked out and landed on a roadside in Washington state, Yahoo! News reported. Sean Bates, who found the phone, posted a photo on X showing the phone’s intact screen and a battery life of 44 percent remaining: “Pretty clean, no scratches on it, sitting under a bush,” he posted. Jennifer Homendy of the National Transportation Safety Board said all found phones would be returned to their owners. [Yahoo! News, 1/8/2024]

Inauspicious Award

Kathleen Murray of Sandford, Tasmania, credits bandicoots for helping her win the first-ever World’s Ugliest Lawn competition, The Guardian reported on Jan. 11. The marsupials, Murray said, have “actually liberated me from ever having to mow it again. I’m all for guilt-free weekends, especially since my ex-husband left with the lawnmower back in 2016.” (That must have been a good-looking Toro!) The contest began as Gotland’s (Sweden) Ugliest Lawn, which was conceived to encourage water-saving and environmentally friendly gardening in 2022. “All of [the lawns] were hideous and well worthy of winning, but the winning entry was really, really bad,” said Gotland’s Mimmi Gibson. “It brings me a lot of joy to see all the little creatures who now feel safe to come out during the day in my yard,” Murray said. [Guardian, 1/11/2024]

What’s in a Name?

Or a word? Wayne State University in Michigan has announced its 15th annual list of 10 “long-lost” words that should be resurrected, United Press International

reported on Jan. 10. The Word Warriors program has identified “blatherskite” (nonsense), “curglaff” (the shock felt upon diving into cold water), “rawgabbit” (a person who speaks confidently but ignorantly), and “pawky” (having a cynical sense of humor), among others. Let’s get together and twankle during our kaffeeklatsch! [UPI, 1/10/2024]

But Why?

On Jan. 8, as an Air Canada flight prepared to leave Toronto for Dubai, a passenger who had just boarded opened a cabin door and stepped out, falling about 20 feet to the ground. CTV News reported. The passenger was injured, and emergency services were called, the airline said. The flight was delayed but eventually took off. There was no explanation for why the person jumped out. [CTV News, 1/10/2024]

Crime Report

A 32-year-old woman who had been arrested for assault in Boone, North Carolina, took her aggression out on the police car’s backseat on Jan. 2, The Charlotte Observer reported. Boone Police Sgt. Dennis O’Neal said a “substantial amount of padding” had been chewed away, adding up to $650 in damages. The department’s Facebook post suggested they “may need to invest in Kevlar seat covers.” Authorities were still deciding whether to charge her

in connection with the car’s damages. [Charlotte Observer, 1/8/2024]

That’s One Way To Do It

The Bean Monger, a coffee shop in Indianapolis, Indiana, next to a wedding venue site, was the site of a “pop-up” marriage on Dec. 31 — with no prior notice that the happy couple and their guests were planning to converge, the New York Post reported. Twenty to 30 people, including an officiant, photographer, and guests, crowded into the small store, where they treated the unsuspecting workers as if they were hired staff. “They were asking us to take coats, purses, and watch personal items as if they had rented us out,” one person said. The wedding party blocked the entrance to other patrons, and when a barista asked them to move, the photographer replied, “No, wait at least five minutes.” The store typically charges $500 for private events, which they have requested from the bride, but she deemed the amount “unreasonable.” [NY Post, 1/8/2024]

Send your weird news items with subject line WEIRD NEWS to WeirdNewsTips@amuniversal.com.

ARIES (March 21-April 19): “Everyone has talent. What is rare is the courage to follow talent to the dark place where it leads.” So wrote Aries author Erica Jong. Is that true? Is it hard to access the fullness of our talents? Must we summon rare courage and explore dark places? Sometimes, yes. To overcome obstacles that interfere with ripening our talents, there may be tough work to do. I suspect the coming weeks and months will be one of those phases for you, Aries. But here’s the good news: I predict you will succeed.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20): In October 1879, Thomas Edison and his research team produced the first electric light bulb that was viable enough to be of practical use. In September 1882, Edison opened the first power plant on the planet, enabling people to light their homes with the new invention. That was a revolutionary advance in a very short time. Dear Taurus, the innovations you have been making and I hope will continue to make are not as monumental as Edison’s. But I suspect they rank high among the best and brightest in your personal life history. Don’t slack off now. There’s more work to be done — interesting, exciting work!

GEMINI (May 21-June 20): I watched as the Thai snake charmer kissed a poisonous cobra, taming the beast’s danger with her dancing hands. I beheld the paramedic dangle precariously from a helicopter to snag the woman and child stranded on a rooftop during a flood. And in my dream, I witnessed three of my Gemini friends singing a dragon to sleep, enabling them to ramble freely across the bridge the creature had previously forbidden them to traverse.

CANCER (June 21-July 22): The horoscopes you are reading have been syndicated in publications all over the world: the U.S., Italy, France, Japan, Canada, Mexico, Australia, Netherlands, Russia, Cambodia, Singapore, Hong Kong, Venezuela, Ireland, and Finland. Yet it has never appeared in a publication in the U.K., where there are over 52 million people whose first language is English — the same as mine. But I predict that will change in the coming months: I bet a British newspaper or website will finally print Free Will Astrology. I prophesy comparable expansions in your life, too, fellow Cancerian. What new audiences or influences or communities do you want to be part of? Make it happen!

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): Author JeanDominique Bauby wrote, “Today it seems to me that my whole life was nothing but a string of small near misses.” If you have endured anything resembling that frustration, Leo, I have good news: The coming months won’t bring you a string of small near misses. Indeed, the number of small

near misses will be very few, maybe even zero. Instead, I predict you will gather an array of big, satisfying completions. Life will honor you with bull’s eyes, direct hits, and master strokes. Here’s the best way you can respond to your good fortune and ensure the arrival of even more good fortune: Share your wealth!

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): Virgo advice expert Cheryl Strayed wrote some rather pushy directions I will borrow and use for your horoscope. She and I say, “You will never have my permission to close yourself off to love and give up. Never. You must do everything you can to get what you want and need, to find ‘that type of love.’ It’s there for you.” I especially want you to hear and meditate on this guidance right now, Virgo. Why? Because I believe you are in urgent need of re-dedicating yourself to your heart’s desire. You have a sacred duty to intensify your imagination and deepen your willpower as you define what kind of love and tenderness and togetherness you want most.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): Author Adam Alter writes, “Perfect success is boring and uninspiring, and abject failure is exhausting and demoralizing. Somewhere between these extremes is a sweet spot that maximizes long-term progress.” And what is the magic formula? Alter says it’s when you make mistakes an average of 16 percent of the time and are successful 84 percent. Mistakes can be good because they help you learn and grow. Judging from your current astrological omens, Libra, I’m guessing you’re in a phase when your mistake rate is higher than usual — about 30 percent. (Though you’re still 70 percent successful!) That means you are experiencing expanded opportunities to learn all you can from studying what doesn’t work well. (Adam Alter’s book is Anatomy of a Breakthrough: How to Get Unstuck When It Matters Most.)

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): Sometimes you Scorpios are indeed secretive, as traditional astrologers assert. You understand that knowledge is power, and you build your potency by gathering information other people don’t have the savvy or resources to access. But it’s also true that you may appear to be secretive when in fact you have simply perceived and intuited more than everyone else wants to know. They might be overwhelmed by the deep, rich intelligence you have acquired — and would actually prefer to be ignorant of it. So you’re basically hiding stuff they want you to hide. Anyway, Scorpio, I suspect now is a time when you are loading up even more than usual with juicy gossip, inside scoops, tantalizing mysteries, taboo news, and practical wisdom that few others would be capable of managing. Please use your superpowers with kindness and wisdom.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20):

I invite you to entertain the following theory: Certain environments, companions, and influences enhance your intelligence, health, and ability to love — while others either do the opposite or have a neutral effect. If that’s true, it makes good sense for you to put yourself in the presence of environments, companions, and influences that enhance you. The coming weeks will be an excellent time to test this theory. I hope you will do extensive research and then initiate changes that implement your findings.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): Here’s a little-known fact about me: I am the priest, wizard, rabbi, and pope of Parish #31025 in the Universal Life Church. One of my privileges in this role is to perform legal marriages. It has been a few years since I presided over anyone’s wedding, but I am coming out of semiretirement to consecrate an unprecedented union. It’s between two aspects of yourself that have not been blended but should be blended. Do you know what I’m referring to? Before you read further, please identify these two aspects. Ready? I now pronounce you husband and wife, or husband and husband, or wife and wife, or spouse and spouse — or whatever you want to be pronounced.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): “You don’t have to suffer to be a poet,” said poet John Ciardi. “Adolescence is enough suffering for anyone.” I will add that adolescence is enough suffering for everyone, even if they’re not a poet. For most of us, our teenage years brought us streams of angst, self-doubt, confusion, and fear — sufficient to last a lifetime. That’s the bad news, Capricorn. The good news is that the coming months will be one of the best times ever for you to heal the wounds left over from your adolescence. You may not be able to get a total cure, but 65 percent is very possible. Seventy-five percent isn’t out of the question. Get started!

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): A psychic once predicted that I would win a Grammy award for my music. She said my dad and mom would be in the audience, smiling proudly. Well, my dad died four years ago, and I haven’t produced a new album of songs for over 10 years. So that Grammy prophecy is looking less and less likely. I should probably give up hope that it will come to pass. What about you, Aquarius? Is there any dream or fantasy you should consider abandoning? The coming weeks would be a good time to do so. It could open your mind and heart to a bright future possibility now hovering on the horizon.

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The Reluctant Messiah

When I recently rewatched David Lynch’s 1984 adaptation of Dune with lmmaker Mars McKay, we agreed that Lynch had omitted one of Frank Herbert’s most important themes. In Lynch’s version, Paul Atreides, a nobleman from a decimated great house, is in hiding from his enemies on the desert planet of Arrakis. When he’s rescued by the nomadic Fremen, they discover that he is their prophesied messiah. He leads them to victory over their Harkonnen oppressors, and in the process, installs himself as emperor of the galaxy. It’s a standard Chosen One narrative, like King Arthur or Star Wars

But in his 1965 novel, Frank Herbert makes it clear that the whole situation is a setup. Paul’s mother Lady Jessica is a Bene Gesserit, an all-female order of space witches who are the power behind the throne on hundreds of worlds. Over the course of centuries, the Bene Gesserit spread beliefs in a

coming messiah on many worlds, while they secretly manipulated dynasties in order to breed a psychic superbeing called the Kwisatz Haderach. When their demigod is nally born, he will have an army ready to serve him no matter where he goes.

Paul knows this and wants no part of it. He has visions of billions of people killing and dying in his name, and tries desperately to avoid his fate. His victorious ascendance to the galactic throne is actually a defeat.

Denis Villeneuve understands that Paul’s interior conflict is central to the emotional impact of the story. The mounds of burning bodies from Paul’s visions are the most indelible image of Villeneuve’s 2021 Dune , and the creeping dread of jihad hangs over Dune: Part Two like smoke from the funeral pyres.

e rst installment ended with Paul (Timothée Chalamet) and Lady Jessica (Rebecca Ferguson) joining the Fremen tribe led by Stilgar (Javier Bardem). Part Two begins light-years

away in the palace of Emperor Shaddam IV (Christopher Walken), who is starting to think that helping House Harkonnen ambush House Atreides was a mistake. His daughter Princess Irulan (Florence Pugh) writes in her journal of rumors that Paul survived the massacre.

Meanwhile, on Arrakis, Stilgar’s band ghts o Harkonnen attacks as they head for the relative safety of the deep desert. Paul’s guerrilla war in the desert — which Lynch’s version all but omits — provides some of the most thrilling sci- action in recent memory, even before Paul becomes Muad’Dib by riding a giant sandworm.

Bardem’s magnetic performance proves crucial. Stilgar steps in as a jovial father gure to the grieving Paul. But he’s also a Fremen fundamentalist who takes the prophecies seriously, and Lady Jessica makes sure he sees Paul as the “voice from outside” who will lead them to victory

and make Dune green again. Chani (Zendaya), the beautiful warrior who takes a shine to Paul, sees the wouldbe Mahdi for what he is. “You want to control people? Tell them to wait for the messiah to come,” she spits.

Paul and Chani’s love story is heartrending. ey cling to each other as the currents of history threaten to pull Paul away from his humanity. If they can kick the Harkonnen o Arrakis without calling millions of Fremen fundamentalists to jihad, maybe they could make a life together in the a ermath. But when Baron Harkonnen (Stellan Skarsgard) replaces Harkonnen commander “ e Beast” Rabban (Dave Bautista) with his more competent cousin Feyd (Austin Butler), the Fremen are backed into a corner, and holy

Timothée Chalamet and Zendaya make Dune: Part Two a space epic with heart.

Timothée Chalamet and Zendaya are star-crossed lovers in Dune: Part Two.

FILM By Chris McCoy

war becomes the only way out.

Dune is the product of Herbert’s very 1960s obsessions with religion, desert ecology, and psychedelic mushrooms. Nevertheless, it has only become more relevant over the 60 years since its first publication. One need not look far to find leaders cynically using religion for political gain, or sparking savage wars of extermination by appealing to ancient scripture. The clarity Villeneuve brings to this multilayered story is its own kind of miracle, and he’s able to do it without sacrificing the visceral action blockbuster cinema requires.

None of this heady stuff would mean much without the human element. From Dave Bautista’s petulant man-child Rabban to Josh Brolin’s

crusty warrior Gurney, everyone in the sprawling cast delivers. Rebecca Ferguson is especially creepy as she whips believers into a frenzy while mumbling conversations with her unborn child.

Zendaya and Chalamet are the beating heart of Dune: Part Two. It ain’t easy to draw real human emotions out of such fantastical material, but these two movie stars make it look like it is. Like Humphrey Bogart and Ingrid Bergman in Casablanca, they try to carve out a little solace in the midst of war, only to find out the problems of two little people ain’t worth a hill of beans in this crazy galaxy.

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Running, Jumping, and a Little History

Memphis is My Boyfriend presents another family fun- lled weekend.

It’s time for another tween/teen-friendly Memphis weekend! Keep in mind, my kids are 15, 12, 12, and 10 years old. As littles, there was always something fun for them — playdates, Mommy and Me classes, and park hops. As they crested in tweenhood, there seemed to be fewer fun options, so I’ve set out to nd fun, safe, and engaging activities for the whole family.

Jumping World

A er a long day of Friday testing at school, my teens are ready to let loose! But it’s too cold, so it must be indoors. e teens have been sitting quietly all day and need to be able to get loud. I think of just going home, but I recall the illegal “building” they tried to construct in the past, the crack in the glass door that still needs to be replaced, and the fact that we’ve just spent a whole weekend cleaning the walls and baseboards. So going home was not an option. en I remembered Jumping World.

Jumping World is a trampoline park for kids who someday want to be on Ninja Warrior. ey also have ball pits, slam dunk areas, and tumbling lanes. A er putting on our required socks, my kids headed to the tumbling lanes. ey jumped, bounced, yelled, and laughed from one end of the lane to the other. A er about 15 minutes, they sat down next to me. (Yes, I’m sitting down.

ere’s only so much jumping my “baby bladder” can take.) ey take a short break before it’s on to the next spot. ey bounce and jump to slam dunk a ball. ey bounce and jump to land in a ball pit. ey even bounce and jump just to see if they can bounce higher. Lastly, an obstacle course. We have one child who is naturally competitive. Only no one knows that it’s even a competition until he announces that you’ve lost. A er an hour and een minutes, the teens are o cially worn out!

Memphis Museum of Science History (MoSH, aka e Pink Palace) MoSH is one of the few places where we have a family membership. ( e other is the Memphis Chess Club.) If your kids are nerdy like mine are, you will want to get a membership here. And I love dinosaurs. I have a tattoo of tiny dinos down my arm. So when I heard about the new dino exhibit, I added it to the family calendar. Upon arriving, the teens went to their favorite spot, the gi shop. But a er realizing that they would have to spend their own money, they quickly exited. Next, we went to see Sue. Did you know that dinosaurs can get arthritis? Or have you ever wondered what their breath smelled like? Do you like to watch suspenseful scenes where the predator sneaks up on the prey? All of that can be found in the exhibit. I loved the piece where you could feel the vibrations of a dinosaur’s roar. It was oddly satisfying. A er having our ll of dinos, we went through the historical part. My teens still enjoy the Piggly Wiggly. ey nd it funny that a low-tech Kroger ClickList existed back then. (You see, back then, shoppers would give the clerk a paper grocery list. ey would shop for you and bring it to you. Now, we do pretty much the same thing, but electronically.) Lastly, we went to see the “Everyday People” exhibit. is showcase is by Memphis artist Eric Echols. It shows the life of African Americans from 1900 to 1950-ish. It’s important for my kids to see images that show the history of African Americans in America that doesn’t only end in slavery. While the systemic struggles are real, so is our perseverance. During the rst walkthrough, they just looked at the pictures. During the second, they took time to read some of the captions. ey learned about the Black church, important Black Memphians, and how a picture can provoke a thousand emotions.

Belltower Cafe at Shelby Farms

We are a cafe-loving family! I love the co ees, and my teens love the pastries and free Wi-Fi. Belltower’s newest location at Shelby Farms is perfect. Instead of my typical Lavender Latte, I decided to be daring. (It helps that the featured latte was written all pretty-like, too.) I ordered a Raspberry Nutella Latte. I don’t have the words to express how good this latte is! e teens order their favorite snacks, pair them with hot chocolate, and set up their laptops. While they may look studious, the only thing they’re studying is how to get to the next level of their game. I’ve told you all before the boys love to go out, but to do the same thing they would do at home. But since they’re good kids, I don’t mind at all.

A er about an hour, the sugar has fueled their souls. Now they run! ey go into the open eld and play, laugh, and, well, be teens. As for me, I watch them from the warmth of the central heat. I don’t feel bad not joining them. Because since we arrived, Hubby has been running miles around Shelby Farms and I truly believe he’s burning enough calories for the both of us. Patricia Lockhart is a native Memphian who loves to read, write, cook, and eat. Her days are lled with laughter with her four kids and charming husband. By day, she’s a school librarian and writer, but by night … she’s asleep. @realworkwife @memphisismyboyfriend

PHOTO: COURTESY PATRICIA LOCKHART e tweens and teens at MoSH

THE LAST WORD By Patricia Lockhart