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OUR 1534TH ISSUE 07.19.18 I like to vote. I like the feel of the polling place, the way it brings together Americans from all walks of life. I enjoy standing in line and chatting with my fellow voters, each of us carefully avoiding the subject nearest at hand. I like the unspoken rule that you don’t talk politics while you’re waiting to perform the most important political sacrament of our democracy. And I like the helpful poll workers (usually), the friendly folks who guide you from the sign-in table to the “get your voting card” table to the voting machine itself. And I like how they escort you out after you’ve voted, taking your plastic voting card and giving you an “I Voted” sticker for your shirt. Here’s what I don’t like: I don’t like the mechanics of the system. I don’t like the fact that when I stick that plastic card in the machine, I have to trust that it represents me — my vote — that it’s been properly coded by that nice lady at the table to register a vote in my name. I have to trust that she’s really as nice as she seems, and not “accidentally” failing to code my card correctly because I’m voting for a party she doesn’t approve of — or because I’m the wrong color. I don’t like that after I’ve touched the screen for all my candidates, the machine asks me to a cast a vote for all the candidates at once by pressing yet another button on the screen. I don’t like it that a plastic card popping out of a plastic machine is the only signifier telling me that my vote has been cast. Well, that, and a sticker. And I really don’t like that I have to trust that this mysterious process has correctly registered my vote. The truth is, our current voting system is literally faith-based. Our democracy rests on our faith in pixels and digits and electronics being properly aligned. It rests on our faith that volunteer election workers are competent and honest, and no doubt they mostly are. But it’s incredibly foolish and naïve of us not to challenge that system and change it as soon as possible, especially in light of the knowledge that Russia — and who knows who else — has been hacking away at our voting system for years. In one state, as cited in Robert Mueller’s most recent indictments, Russian hackers got voter registration information for 500,000 people. You can do a lot of mischief with half-a-million votes. And a few rogue poll workers can do the same. As can a corrupt county election commissioner. As can an ideologically driven state election board. We need verifiable voting and we need it now. In this age of advanced technology, it’s absurd that we’ve allowed this clumsy, archaic system to stay in place for so long. When you buy fertilizer at Home Depot, you get a receipt. Why? Because it assures you that you’ve paid the right price, and if the store screws up and charges your card a different amount, you’ve got proof that they screwed up. That same simple technology can be and should be used for voting. Sure, give me a sticker, but also give me a receipt that shows my vote was properly recorded. Seems like a no-brainer, right? Well, speaking of no brains, in February, the GOP-led Tennessee General Assembly rejected a bill that would have required a paper receipt for all ballots cast in Tennessee. The measure was also opposed by state election officials, who said paper ballots were an unnecessary expense and that it would cost $9.5 million to install such a system. That sounds like a lot, except when you learn that the N E WS & O P I N I O N state still has $29 million in unspent THE FLY-BY - 4 federal funds that were allocated in NY TIMES CROSSWORD - 5 2002 to help states upgrade their votPOLITICS - 7 ing systems. EDITORIAL - 8 Huh. Can’t imagine why anyone — VIEWPOINT - 9 or any party — would want to keep COVER - “BLUE WAVE OR citizens from getting a receipt verifying RED WALL” that their vote was counted properly, BY JACKSON BAKER - 10 WE RECOMMEND - 14 can you? Especially if funds are availMUSIC - 16 able. It’s a puzzler. AFTER DARK - 17 Actually, it’s an outrage. And the CALENDAR - 20 only recourse Tennessee voters have to BOOKS - 28 change the voting system so it can’t be THEATER - 29 tampered with is to go vote for change FOOD NEWS - 30 — and trust that your vote will not be SPIRITS - 33 tampered with. FILM 34 Enjoy your sticker. C L AS S I F I E D S - 36 Bruce VanWyngarden LAST WORD - 39 brucev@memphisflyer.com

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f ly on the wall { DAM M IT, GAN N ETT The Gannett-owned Commercial Appeal sees a blurry future for Griz power forward Rabb and has asked readers an important question: “Where will Ivan Rabb fit in?” See, here’s the newspaper’s inquisitive headline situated just above a portrait of Dillon Brooks.

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But did the CA answer its own question? Judging by this blow up of the Brooks photo, the author may be suggesting that Rabb’s role involves being blurry and in the background.

CHIEF BRIEF This isn’t new information, but it’s exactly the kind of weird Memphis connection Fly on the Wall likes to pass along. The internet is full of manipulated images of POTUS — from grotesque to impossibly flattering. This one’s got a red-faced Trump golfing. What’s the Memphis connection? It’s Trump’s head all right. But the body is that of Memphis’ infamous bad-boy pro golfer, John Daly. And yeah, in the original Big John’s teeing off while puffing on a cigarette.

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

Questions, Answers + Attitude Edited by Toby Sells

W E E K T H AT W A S By Flyer staff

Fairgrounds, Strip, & “Right-Sizing” New Fairgrounds plan, Highland improved, and right-sizing the city. F UTU R E FAI R G R O U N D S City officials have a new, less costly “workable plan” for the Fairgrounds. The “wishlist” of amenities discussed in November was narrowed down to bring the total project cost down from $160 million to $100 million. The centerpiece of the site would still be a youth sports complex, which is projected to hold about 50 events in the first year of operation. There are also plans to make improvements to the Liberty Bowl Stadium, Pipkin Building, Creative Arts Building, and site entrances to increase accessibility for pedestrians and cyclists. A 285-car parking garage and a 300-spot lot are also slated for the site. The majority of the funding hinges on state officials approving a Tourist Development Zone (TDZ) for the project. H I G H LAN D OVE R HAU L The Highland Strip could get streetscape improvements, public art, and more after a Memphis City Council committee voted last week, recommending approval to amend the economic plan for the University District. The language of the plan was amended to include bike lanes and racks, public art, landscaping, pet waste stations, interactive water activities, and street furniture. If the plan is approved by the full city council and the Shelby County Commission later this month, university officials said construction will begin in August. The project’s first three areas of focus are traffic calming configurations, security cameras, and better lighting structures. The goal of the project is to create a “more walkable and desirable campus” in order to spur development around the campus, as well as attract and retain students and faculty. The improvements are also “crucial” to the university’s goal of positioning the U of M as the “premiere urban research university in the region,” university officials said.

MATA M O N EY The Memphis Area Transit Authority (MATA) will add 10 electric buses to its fleet thanks to nearly $20 million in grants from the Congestion Mitigation and Air Quality (CMAQ) program. The buses, the first in the city to run solely on electric power, will be used for a new route serving Memphis International Airport and southeast Memphis. MATA will receive $13.9 million over an initial threeyear period to fund the project, and then another $6 million over the next three years to fund the operation of the new route. The timeline for purchasing the buses and exact details for the route have not been finalized, but MATA officials say the route will aim to provide frequent service throughout

the day to major employment centers in the area. R I G HT- S I Z I N G Memphis Mayor Jim Strickland is proposing to de-annex two East Memphis areas, in order to “right-size” the city. Southwind/Windyke and Rocky Point are two of seven areas identified last year by the Strategic Footprint Review Task Force as potential de-annexation candidates. To identify areas for de-annexation, the task force and the administration looked for “areas that were low density, were challenging to deliver municipal services, and specifically asked for de-annexation.” Fuller versions of these stories and even more local news can be found on The News Blog at memphisflyer.com.

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The Commercial Appeal came to “feel like we had a Nashville publication in town,” according to the paper’s former columnist (and probably most wellknown face) Geoff Calkins. He came to Memphis to write for The CA 22 years ago. He fell in love with writing about Memphis, he said, and planned to do it until “I was in my rocking chair.” “That job changed, and I found instead of focusing on journalism, I was focusing on clicks,” Calkins said of the web strategies of the paper’s new owners, Gannett Co. “I was writing for bosses in Nashville for a publication that was produced, laid out, printed, directed all outside the city of Memphis.” But that all ended in May. Calkins left the paper. His was one of three high-profile CA departures around the same time; food writer Jennifer Biggs and columnist Chris Herrington left about the same time. That all signaled that the rumors of some new media venture in town weren’t just true, the owners had money, and meant to compete with The CA. Official details of the venture emerged Monday. The Daily Memphian will launch this fall as an onlineonly news source, “grounded in the high-quality traditions of the printed word,” according to the organization’s president and executive editor, Eric Barnes. Barnes, publisher of The Memphis Daily News, joked that the Memphian project was “the worst kept

secret in Memphis media.” He said Memphians have jokingly approached him for years about the opportunity to compete with The CA. But in the “last three years, people have come to me with a real sense of desperation.” “It’s important you understand this is about Memphis, focused on Memphis,” Barnes said. “We intentionally hired people who have experience in Memphis, who could hit the ground running in Memphis, who know their beats and their people, and can deliver high-quality news on day one.” For now, the Memphian has a staff of about 25. That staff includes seasoned CA reporters like Clay Bailey, Tom Bailey, and Wayne Risher. Memphis Business Journal reporters Elle Perry and Michelle Corbet have also joined The Memphian. The current editorial staff from The Daily News will join The Daily Memphian as well. The news source also has partnerships with High Ground News and Chalkbeat. The Memphian will also enter a joint venture with the University of Memphis’ new Institute for Public Service Reporting, led by former CA investigative reporter Marc Perrusquia and advised by former CA editor Louis Graham.

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The Memphian will be $7 per month (with your first month free). The source will also have sponsorships, events, advertising, and more. But its paywall, Barnes said, is integral to sustain the organization’s business model. “I think what we’ve all seen nationally is what happened when you don’t pay for journalism,” Barnes said. “The CA, some 15 years ago, had a newsroom of over 200 [and now has about 20].” The Memphian’s start-up funding came from a new non-profit called Memphis Fourth Estate Inc., led by Andy Cates, general partner and CEO of RVC Outdoor Destinations. While Cates said it has “significant capital in the bank,” Barnes noted that the organization won’t be “living hand-to-mouth and donation-to-donation.”

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2007, imposed discriminatory principles. It quoted Lenoir as putting beyond the pale “firms that made money from or condoned abortions, from making devices used in the procedure to contributing to Planned Parenthood, as well as firms that dealt in pornography and companies that support the ‘gay and lesbian agenda.’” On a Democratic Party mailer sent out this week, information about the Centurion Fund is coupled with the fact of Lenoir’s membership in the Family Action Council of Tennessee, described in the mailer as having been designated a “hate group” by the Southern Poverty Law Center.

Reports are that party activists, going for broke, are readying other materials attempting to connect Lenoir to the problems of First Mercantile Capital Management, a firm which was owned by Lenoir’s family and in 2003 settled for $18 million a RICO suit filed against it for mismanagement of investment funds. The charge, alleging that Lenoir was the firm’s president of record, is a do-over of sorts of one circulated in 2010 during Lenoir’s successful run for Shelby County trustee but eventually dropped because of the difficulty, said a party operative at the time, of “connecting the dots.” Most other county races are regarded as fairly even: Republican Tom Leatherwood vs. Democratic Tamika D. Gipson for Circuit Court clerk; Republican Criminal Court clerk Richard DeSaussure II vs. Democrat Heidi Kuhn; Republican Bobby Simmons vs. Democrat Janis Fullilove for Juvenile Court clerk; Republican Chris Thomas vs. Democrat Bill Morrison and independent Jennings Bernard for Probate Court clerk; Republican Donna Creson vs. Democrat Wanda Halbert for Shelby County clerk; and Republican Wayne Mashburn, Democrat Shelandra Ford, and independent Lady J. Swift for register of deeds. More next week and at Memphisflyer. com on these races, and on those for county commission and for the Shelby County School Board, as well as a county pay-raise referendum and special elections to fill several judicial vacancies and a city council seat.

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hinterland and designating the Agricenter, located in the heart of suburbia, as a master site of sorts, open for four extra days, local Democrats took umbrage, not merely protesting their belief that the change reflected bias but taking the issue to court. We’re not necessarily endorsing the validity of their charge nor finding culpability in the actions of the Shelby County Election Commission, but we did take satisfaction in the ultimate verdict from Chancellor JoeDae L. Jenkins that the commission needed to further diversify its add-on sites, providing a truer balance between Democratic voting constituencies and Republican ones. And we take additional pleasure in noting that the turnout on the first two days of early-voting at the amended roster of early-voting sites was much brisker than usual. Democrats in particular made a point of turning out in large numbers, but it seemed clear that a Republican response in like measure was due to follow. The bottom line is that the current election has a fair chance of generating authentic results from the community at large. It takes a village, as the saying goes, and it also takes aroused opinion in that village and, if need be, legal action on the part of its tribunals. And who knows? Maybe an equivalent reaction from an American citizenry fed up and embarrassed by the summit surrender at Helsinki can force some overdue reordering on the national political landscape, as well.

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Putin Trumps U.S. Senator Richard Shelby, who led the delegation to Russia over the Independence Day break, offered a Trump-like view of U.S.-Russian relations: “The United States does not want, nor does it need, to resume a Cold War posture with Russia, and our delegation trip was a small step towards trying to ensure that does not happen.” And last week the president distanced himself from U.S. NATO allies. A translated clip from Russian state-run television has gone viral. It shows a Russian commentator marveling at Trump’s trashing of NATO: “I never thought I’d live to see this!” the Russian commentator exclaims. “Neither the USSR nor Russia, who tried many times to drive the wedge between transatlantic allies, but the main player, Washington, and President Trump himself is doing everything to break down the foundations of transatlantic alliance and unity.”

Trump is banking on Sovietstyle propaganda in the U.S. to make Russian hacking and the Mueller investigation into a partisan issue. Trump falsely claimed that Germany was a “captive” to Putin because “60 to 70 percent of their energy comes from Russia.” The insulting mischaracterization drew a sharp rebuke from German Chancellor Angela Merkel. “I myself experienced a part of Germany that was controlled by the Soviet Union, and I am very happy today that we are united in freedom as the Federal Republic of Germany,” Merkel said. But Trump never misses an opportunity to say nice things about Putin. And despite pleas from his aides, Trump congratulated Putin on his election victory earlier this year — legitimizing what international observers believe to be a sham election. Meanwhile, Trump’s campaign manager awaits trial for illicit ties to Russia and his former national security adviser is now a felon for lying about his contacts with Russia. Trump is banking on Soviet-style propaganda in the U.S. to make Russian hacking and the Mueller investigation into a partisan issue. The winner in all of this is Putin, who is dividing Americans against themselves and America against her allies. Only the American voters can stop it. Juan Williams is an author, and a political analyst for Fox News Channel.

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On Monday, President Trump met oneon-one with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Helsinki. On the prior Friday, 12 Russian intelligence operatives were indicted by a U.S. grand jury for a conspiracy to interfere with Hillary Clinton’s 2016 campaign and help Trump win the White House. Right now, the Russians are already busy hacking into the 2018 midterms. “With the U.S. midterms approaching, Russian trolls found ways to remain active on Twitter well into 2018, trying to rile up the American electorate with tweets on everything from Roseanne Barr’s firing to Donald Trump Jr.’s divorce,” the Wall Street Journal wrote last week. Senate Intelligence Committee member James Lankford of Oklahoma recently explained the Russian interference as an ongoing successful propaganda effort intended to “create instability and doubt in governments, because they believe they benefit from the chaos and loss of confidence in U.S. Institutions.” Director of National Intelligence Dan Coats, a former Republican senator, said on Friday that “the warning lights are blinking red again” when it comes to the danger from Russian cyberattacks. But President Trump doesn’t see a problem. “Russia continues to say they had nothing to do with Meddling in our Election,” the president tweeted. Last week in London, Trump was pushed to say he will bring up Russian interference in U.S. politics but he predicted little would come of it. “I don’t think you’ll have any ‘Gee, I did it, I did it, you got me,’” Trump said. “There won’t be a Perry Mason here … But I will absolutely firmly ask the question. And hopefully we’ll have a very good relationship with Russia.” Democrats are pointed in explaining why Trump sees no problem. Putin “supported President Trump over Hillary Clinton,” said Eliot Engel, the top Democrat on the House Foreign Affairs Committee. Engel added, “If we allow foreign interference in our elections so long as it supports our political objectives, then we’ve put party before country and put our democracy in crisis.” That didn’t stop a delegation of seven Republican senators from going to Russia recently on what looked like a water-carrying mission for Trump’s alternative reality. Senator Ron Johnson, the chairman of the Homeland Security Committee, came back to say that Russian interference in U.S. elections is “not the greatest threat to our democracy,” and “we’ve blown it way out of proportion.”

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DEMOCRATIC BLUE WAVE OR GOP FIREWALL?

The August 2nd election could offer some answers — locally, statewide, and nationally.

(above) GOP: Bill Lee, Diane Black, Randy Boyd, and Beth Harwell; (opposite page) DEM: Karl Dean and Craig Fitzhugh

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n truth, there are several elections on the August 2nd ballot in Shelby County. One is a county general election, featuring contests for Shelby County mayor, sheriff, and various other county official positions, as well as for members of the Shelby County Schools board and Shelby County Commission, special elections for three judgeships, as well as a referendum on pay raises for county officials. And, for roughly half the voters of Memphis, a contest for an open at-large position on the City Council. Another election, involving primaries for major statewide and federal offices, includes races for governor, U.S. senator, the U.S. House of Representatives, and legislative positions in the Tennessee General Assembly. The outcomes of the county general election and the state/federal primaries will not only be consequential in themselves but will have significant barometric relevance to ongoing political currents — local, statewide, and even national. In particular, the most closely watched races will indicate the extent to which the current century’s ramparts of Republican dominance in Tennessee and Shelby County are still at full strength or whether, conversely, the much-rumored “blue wave” of 2018 will signal a Democratic revival. Certainly, a Democrat — Lee Harris — is regarded as having a fair chance to prevail as Shelby County mayor, the first to do so since two easy victories in 2002 and 2006 by former county and city Mayor A C Wharton. Harris is a former Memphis city councilman and, more recently, the elected leader of the Democrats’ five-member remnant in the state Senate. He is opposed by David Lenoir, a twoterm county trustee, who won a three-cornered Republican primary over County Commissioner Terry Roland and Juvenile Court Clerk Joy Touliatos in May. The root fact is that the August 2nd county ballot will be the first real test this year of Democrats against Republicans, and might provide a measure of the respective prospects for either party in the months and even years to come. As it happens, of course, balloting in the county general election, as well as in the state/federal primaries, is already underway, in an official early voting period that began last Friday, July 13th, and will continue through Saturday, July 28th. And, because of a controversy over the Shelby County Election Commission’s 10 choice of voting sites that flared up in the couple of weeks before the process

started [see Editorial, p. 8], public attention to the process of early voting was whetted to an unprecedented degree. By the time the controversy was resolved in the courtroom of Chancellor JoeDae L. Jenkins, Democrats and Republicans had seen early voting sites added in pockets of the county dominated by their constituents. The final number of sites was 27, fairly evenly distributed, and five of those sites — also apportioned equably party-wise — were enabled to operate for an extra three days each. When the Shelby County Democrats for Change PAC held a reception and rally for party candidates in the Serenity Events Center in East Memphis on Sunday, the organizers proudly claimed a 68 percent to 32 percent voting ratio in favor of the Democratic state/federal primary versus the Republican one for Friday’s first day of early voting. If that kind of differential should continue and be reflected in the voting results of the county general election, chances for the putative blue wave would be looking good. The two mayoral contestants will have had several public one-on-one matchups by the time final voting ceases on Election Day. In the first one, held last month at a meeting of the Downtown Kiwanis Club, Republican Lenoir seemed to gain some traction by selectively using Democrat Harris’ legislative record to make a “soft-on-crime” attack. In the candidates’ second major encounter, held last week by the NAACP and the ad hoc Voting is Power 901 activist group at the National Civil Rights Museum, Harris made pointed efforts to rebut Lenoir’s charge and clearly found the environment more hospitable to his own message of progressive social change. Score it one-to-one as the opponents prepared to square off again this week before the Downtown Rotary Club. Though this potentially nip-and-tuck mayoral contest will have exposed the two parties’ contrasting attitudes, the real battle was taking place in the political center. Lenoir’s pitch, based essentially on his claim of demonstrated competence, was centrist enough, his supporters hoped, to give him the same shot at independents and Democratic crossovers that current GOP Mayor Mark Luttrell enjoyed in two elections. Similarly, Harris’ professional gloss as a Yale Law graduate and his record in office of simultaneously working across the political aisle, and pursuing cutting-edge Democratic goals gave him a good chance to activate his base,

Consistent with the blue wave theme, the August 2nd election ballot shows three Democrats running for the office of governor, and only one of them — political unknown Mezianne Vale Payne — has the look of a ringer. The other two Democrats — former Nashville Mayor Karl Dean and outgoing Democratic state

House Leader Craig Fitzhugh — are major league, all the way. Most analysts see Dean as the clear favorite, on the basis of his financial edge and backing from traditionalists in the party network, though Fitzhugh has the declared support of party legislators, educators, state employees, and various other rank-and-file groups. There are three Democrats vying in the party primary for the U.S. Senate, too, and one of them is former two-term Governor Phil Bredesen. His party rivals, for the record, are named Gary Davis and John Wolfe, but there is no mystery about who the Democratic nominee will be. Bredesen not only has wall-to-wall support from rank-and-file Democrats in Tennessee, he is counted on by national Democrats of all persuasions to contribute mightily to the party revival that Democratic optimists (and numerous media analysts) have been forecasting. And, just as there is no mystery about Bredesen’s looming victory in the Democratic primary, the identity of his Republican

adversary in November, U.S. Representative Marsha Blackburn of Tennessee’s 7th Congressional district, is also a given, though one Aaron L. Pettigrew also has his name on the primary ballot. Blackburn, who occupies a position on the hard right of the Republican Party, was a Trumpian before there was a Trump, and her alltoo-obvious intent to move on to the Senate was probably a major factor last year in convincing incumbent Senator Bob Corker, a Trump critic, that it was time to bow out. There is something of a coin-toss situation among Republican gubernatorial candidates. Considering the fact that three of the six GOP aspirants — entrepreneur and former state economic development Commissioner Randy Boyd, 6th District U.S. Representative Diane Black, and Williamson County businessman Bill Lee — are multi-millionaires, that metaphor is almost literal. The fourth serious candidate in the GOP primary, state House Speaker Beth Harwell, has been hampered by her relative lack of financial resources. Though only Black has a political profile arguably close to Trump’s (she’s an advocate for building “the wall” on the nation’s southern border, and she veers hard right on most other issues), all of the Republicans call themselves “conservatives” and are at pains not to put too much public distance between themselves and the president. Boyd, in particular, seems determined in that respect, running ads that seem designed to depict him as more rigidly conservative than Black, though in person he is soft-spoken and thoughtful, a near clone in his thinking to current Governor, Bill Haslam, for whom Boyd designed such arguably forward-looking programs as Drive to 55 and Tennessee Promise. Lee, a genial man who campaigns heavily on his Christian faith and his rebound from family tragedies, is clearly a generic conservative, though one with few hard and fast positions. By general consensus (and such reliable polling data as exists), he has been running third and hoping for a stumble by one or both of the acknowledged GOP front-runners, Boyd and Black. There are those who see Lee’s real purpose as building a profile for some future race. Harwell’s is more a case of sink-or-swim in a possible last hurrah, though she is well-liked enough to be called upon for further public duty, possibly by someone’s appointment. In any case, Bredesen vs. Blackburn and the eventual gubernatorial matchup in November will measure the contrary tides of political sentiment in Tennessee. Apropos prospects for a blue wave, a look at the legislative races on the ballot, with Democrats vying for every available position and there being numerous races for which no Republican is contending, would almost suggest that Shelby County has returned to the circumstances of the old Solid Democratic South of the pre-civil rights era, in which the GOP was an outlier party. That, to say the least, would be misleading. What the dearth of Republican candidacies, almost entirely in predominantly black areas, does represent, however, is a continuing lack of indigenous support in the inner city of Memphis, as well as a serious downturn in the party’s outreach results, whether through lack of serious effort or simple failure. In theory at least, the party is still trying, as would be indicated by the presence on the GOP ballot once again of Charlotte Bergmann, an African-American activist and a perennial candidate, once again seeking the 9th District Congressional seat. The omnipresence of Democratic legislative candidates, meanwhile, signals a rekindled zeal among rank-and-file Democrats as well as in the leadership of a local party which was reorganized in 2017, after internal disunion and chaos resulted in the state party’s lifting its charter in 2016. Longtime observers of local and state politics recall a continued on page 12 (above) Phil Bredesen and Marsha Blackburn

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demographically presumed to be a majority, while discouraging crossovers the other way. Even the race for sheriff, not normally one characterized by political extremes, has a discernibly ideological edge this year, as was demonstrated by another NAACP/VIP901 debate last week, this one between Chief Deputy Floyd Bonner, the Democrat, and county homeland security director Dale Lane, the Republican. Among other issues, Bonner’s declared disinclination to cooperate with the Trump administration’s roundups of undocumented immigrants, locally, contrasted with Lane’s professed willingness to assist the operatives of ICE (Immigration and Customs Enforcement) officials as “fellow law officers.” (See Politics, p. 7, for more.)

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time in the 1950s and 1960s when the Republican Party, then a definite minority organization in both Shelby County and Tennessee at large, began fielding candidates in established Democratic fiefdoms. Largely unsuccessful at first, the GOP efforts eventually bore fruit, and, when social changes (most of them national in origin) began to weaken ancestral voting habits, today’s wall-to-wall GOP state government emerged. Locally, though, the situation is far from being static. It should be remembered that the Republican sweeps and near-sweeps in the county elections of the 21st century are counter-demographic, in that they have occurred at a time when Shelby County’s emergent non-white majority has been ever enlarging. If the new flood of Democratic candidates in the suburbs can stimulate a dormant activism there and meanwhile activate the party’s urban base, generally somnolent in non-presidential election years, the political power ratio could transform quickly. Or, as Shelby County Republican chairman Lee Mills put it, in a cautionary message to his party-mates back in February: “Since 2010, we’ve been lucky in Shelby County. Thanks to the leadership we’ve had, we’ve had good organization and we’ve had good candidates. The Democrats, on the other hand, have had just the opposite. They haven’t had good candidates and they haven’t had good organization. But for the first time in a long time, they have both of those things. They have a good organization. They have a good leader. And they have decent candidates at the top that’ll drive all the way down to the bottom. So we have got to turn our voters out.” There are three state Senate seats at risk in the primary, and there are interesting contests in all of them: In State Senate District 29, Tom Stephens is a token Republican entry. The real race is in the Democratic primary, between outgoing County Commissioner Justin Ford, a member of urban Memphis’ best-known political clan, and current state Representative Raumesh Akbari, a rising legislative star who won her House seat in a 2013 special election over Ford’s cousin, Kemba Ford. Three Democrats are on the ballot in Senate District 31, where David Weatherspoon, a chaplain at Le Bonheur Hospital, seeks the party nod over Gabby Salinas, a cancer survivor and scientific researcher. A third Democrat is M. Rodanial Ray Ransom. Salinas’ history of personal triumph over difficult odds makes for a compelling backstory, but Weatherspoon has a serious financial edge and support across party lines. Both Weatherspoon and Salinas are committed to supporting Medicaid expansion, which Republican incumbent Brian Kelsey, unopposed in his primary, has stoutly resisted. No Republican is running in Senate District 31, perhaps because Democratic incumbent Reginald Tate is well-known for his close cooperation with the GOP leadership in the legislature. That fact has also generated a stout challenge to Tate in the Democratic primary from nursing entrepreneur Katrina Robinson, who is supported by several name Democrats, including current state Senators Sara Kyle and Lee Harris. Of Shelby County’s 13 seats in the House of Representatives, only five have races on the ballot, and all these races are between rival Democrats. In House District 85, there is a four-way contest involving Jesse Chism, Ricky Dixon, Brett N. Williams, and Lynette P. Williams. In House District 86, long-term Democratic incumbent Barbara Cooper has two primary opponents: Amber Huett-Garcia and Jesse Jeff. In House District 90, things begin to get truly interesting. Here incumbent John DeBerry — who, like the aforementioned Reginald Tate, is considered by many of his party-mates to be too cozy with Republicans — is challenged by Torrey Harris, a small-business owner. House District 91, vacated by Akbari, is being fought over by Democrats Doris DeBerry Bradshaw, Juliette Eskridge, and London P. Lamar, while House District 93 incumbent Democrat G.A. Hardaway has a contender in the Democratic primary, Eddie Neal. In House District 99, Antonio “Two-Shay” Parkinson, is being challenged by fellow Democrat Johnnie Hatten. House District 99 has a special distinction as a result of the recent untimely death of Republican incumbent Ron Lollar. It was too late to change the ballot; so Lollar’s name remains. Before the November election, the Shelby County Republican Party will be entitled to name a replacement. Some of the Republican names in play: county commission Chair Heidi Shafer, Shelby County GOP Chair Mills, Bartlett Alderman David Parsons, and County Commissioner David Reaves. See Politics, p. 7, for more election preview.

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Marvin Stockwell drops his professional PR guy voice and adopts the vocal mannerisms of Memphis wrestler Jerry Lawler. “I’ll have you know that those scoundrels, the Coliseum Crushers — gluttons for punishment that they are — are back,” Stockwell says, bringing heat. “They’re talking trash,” he says. “They’re running down the Coliseum, and they are running down Memphis. And do you know what I think? I think somebody’s going to have to teach those guys a lesson.” It’s only appropriate. Though famous for its concerts, the Mid-South Coliseum is sometimes called “the house that Lawler built,” and both wrestling and music have been a part of every Roundhouse Revival since the first iteration of the event was staged in 2015 to save the Mid-South Coliseum from demolition. “People need to be reminded,” Stockwell says, explaining why events like Roundhouse Revival 3 matter even though that first mission has been accomplished and demolition is off the table. “We can’t assume everybody remembers the events of 2015,” Stockwell says. “We put on the first Roundhouse Revival out of nowhere, and people just galvanized around the cause. We thought maybe we’d get a couple thousand people to come out, but 4,500 people actually showed up. That’s the moment we realized we were clearly onto something. This was not a bunch of classic rock fans remembering when they saw Van Halen.” Subsequent findings by the Urban Land Institute and National Charrette Institute lent credibility to the preservationist cause. “In 2015, public opinion shifted in favor of reopening the Coliseum,” Stockwell says. “That’s not my opinion, we’ve got data. But we also can’t assume people will remember that.” In addition to the Coliseum Crushers getting what’s coming to them, Roundhouse Revival 3 features performances by The Lucky 7 Brass Band, Los Cantadores, HEELS, Jack Oblivian, Albert King Jr., Marcella and Her Lovers, and more.

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Kenny Chesney BankPlus Amphitheater at Snowden Grove, 7 p.m., $27 A concert by this country music superstar, or the former Mr. Renee Zellweger as we know him around these parts.

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Sunset Skate Pop-Up Tom Lee Park, 7:30 p.m. All about the skates during this evening, which will feature a roller derby demo and free skate rental.

Jaws Shelby Farms, 7:30 p.m., $10 A screening on the great lawn of this classic “don’t go in the water” thriller featuring a bigass shark. Stokley Williams with Kenny Lattimore and Annalé The Orpheum, 7 p.m., $45-$150 Concert with Grammynominated musician Stokley and featuring Kenny Lattimore and Annale.

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It takes time for young arts organizations to figure out what they do best and find their audience. The Femmemphis Collective, on the other hand, has sprung like Athena from Zeus’ noggin, fully formed, wise beyond age, and spoiling for some action. The company’s stated goal is to empower and promote female, female-presenting, and non-binary artistic voices of Memphis. Their method so far has been to produce a mix of writing projects and low-budget, high-concept comedies. Femmephis’ early work winked at classics. Collective Rage: A Play in Five Betties was a mashup of A Midsummer Night’s Dream and Max Fleischer’s enduring cartoon character Betty Boop. Desdemona: A Play About a Handkerchief had similarly Shakespearean roots, doing to Othello what Rosencrantz & Guildenstern are Dead does to Hamlet. Pretty, The Femmemphis Collective’s latest offering, is also the group’s first full-bore foray into producing original material. So what happens when a group of women — varying in age, shape, and background — unite to explore the concept of beauty? That’s what Pretty, an ensemble-devised piece is all about. There will be dance. There will also be sock puppets. Director Leslie Ann Barker says she aspires to “radical inclusiveness,” and that every actor, dancer, and storyteller who brought an idea to the Pretty project has been folded into the work. “It’s a collection of stories and sketches,” Barker says. “We have mothers talking about body experts. We look at weight, skin tone, and all these things. And I feel like we’re just scratching the surface.” FEMMEMPHIS PRESENTS “PRETTY” AT THE UNIVERSITY OF MEMPHIS LAB THEATRE JULY 20-29 $10 FEMMEMPHIS.COM

Nancy Wilson Crosstown Concourse, 6:30 p.m., $15 A tribute to this jazz singer with D’Monet, Darryl Sanford, Carl Casperson, Jonathan Bass, and Michael Assad. Part of the Crosstown Jazz series. WEVL’s Blues on the Bluff Metal Museum grounds, 6-11 p.m. Now in its 30th year, this event is firmly woven into Memphis’ fabric. Featuring Marcella & Her Lovers and the Kenny Brown Band. Includes food from Central BBQ and a silent auction.

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figure out how to make art while psychically unraveling. Not easy.” Through the Trees is part of the first wave of what came to be called “Americana,” a loose genre seemingly defined by artists who self-consciously embraced pre-rock roots music. Audiences now have more context for the band’s idiosyncrasies that might have seemed off-putting and old fashioned in the 1990s. “We still struggle in the U.S.A.,” Sparks says. “People who like country sometimes aren’t fans of Lovecraftian comedy. In Europe, they find us far more American than here. That’s for sure. I feel like dark, vaguely supernatural stories that take place in modern urban worlds — this is a part of Americana that is underserved in our present ocean of Americana bands. We can provide this service.” The Handsome Family’s last album,

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n 1998, Brett and Rennie Sparks, the husband-and-wife duo known as The Handsome Family, released their third album, Through the Trees. The American musical landscape at the time was littered with the wreckage of grunge, an ascendant R&B scene, and generic Nashville music-type product. Through the Trees sounded like none of that. Rennie played the autoharp and wrote lyrics with literary depth. She was both evocative and down to earth, often in neighboring lines. Brett sang the words in a sonorous baritone, while seemingly attempting to do as little as possible on guitar. To get a sense of exactly how weird they are, imagine 1998’s bestselling country act, Shania Twain, writing a chorus like: “This is why people OD on pills/ Or jump from the Golden Gate Bridge/ Anything to feel weightless again.” Nevertheless, the album, recorded with the assistance of Wilco’s Jeff Tweedy, earned The Handsome Family a fierce cult following. Twenty years, tens of thousands of miles, and 10 albums later, the duo is more popular than ever. They got a big boost in 2014 when the HBO Southern Gothic series True Detective used “Far From Any Road” from their album Singing Bones as the main title theme. Now the duo is leaving behind their Albuquerque, New Mexico, home for a few months to take Through the Trees out for a spin on its 20th anniversary. They’ll play the Hi-Tone on Sunday, July 22nd, two decades after they came through town supporting the album the first time around. Through the Trees was written at a particularly difficult time in the Sparks’ life. After years on the road, Brett was diagnosed with bipolar disorder and had to be hospitalized. Did death-obsessed songs like “The Giant of Illinois” (“died from a blister on his toe/after walking all day/through the first winter snow”), and “My Ghost,” about being “strapped to this fucking twin bed,” still feel relevant now that the writers are in a less fraught frame of mind? “We were happy to realize that we still do feel really connected to these songs,” he says. “It was an important time in our lives as people and as artists. We had to

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2016’s Unseen, expanded their sonic palette, as in the tinkling coins that open the ballad of casino salvation, “The Silver Light,” while “Green Willow Valley” brings in a Booker T.-esque organ for some sweet melody duty. “Every record we finish is a minor miracle,” they say. “Unseen was hard. They’ve all been hard, and yet we feel compelled to write and record. I wanted the songs to be stories, and I wanted the stories to concern disappearing. And so we started working.” Even after more than two decades on the road and in the studio, the songwriting that lies at the heart of The Handsome Family is as sharp as ever. As they leave the New Mexico desert behind on this tour, they’re taking a break from working on their 11th album. What is the secret to writing such consistently great songs? “Try a lot. And try to enjoy trying. Fail a lot and try to enjoy failing. It doesn’t get easier.”

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

The King Beez Thursdays, 5:30 p.m.; B.B. King’s All Stars Thursdays, Fridays, 8 p.m.; Will Tucker Band Fridays, Saturdays, 5 p.m.; Lisa G and Flic’s Pic’s Band Saturdays, Sundays, 12:30 p.m.; Blind Mississippi Morris Sundays, 5 p.m.; Memphis Jones Sundays, Wednesdays 5:30 p.m.; Doc Fangaz and the Remedy Tuesdays, 5:30 p.m.

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

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

Blues City Cafe 138 BEALE 526-3637

Blind Mississippi Morris Fridays, 5 p.m., Saturdays, 5 p.m., Thursday, July 19, 8 p.m. and Wednesday, July 25, 7 p.m.; Brad Birkedahl Band Thursdays, Wednesdays, 8 p.m.; John Paul Keith Friday, July 20, 9:30 p.m. and Saturday, July 21, 9:30 p.m.;

Club 152 152 BEALE 544-7011

Sean Apple Thursdays, Sundays, 5 p.m., Fridays, Saturdays, 4 p.m. and Wednesdays, 6-9 p.m.; Live Music Thursdays-Sundays, 7-11 p.m.; Blues Players Club Thursdays, Sundays, 8 p.m.-midnight; DJ Ron Fridays, 11 p.m.; Patty Harper & Faultline Saturday, July 21, 7-11 p.m.; DJ DNyce Saturdays, 11 p.m.; DJ Mad Efx Sundays, midnight; A.M. Whiskey Trio Mondays, 6-10 p.m.; Bonfire Orchestra Tuesday, July 24, 6-10 p.m.

Handy Bar 200 BEALE 527-2687

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

Itta Bena 145 BEALE 578-3031

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

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

Chris Gales Solo Acoustic Show Mondays-Saturdays, noon-4 p.m.; Eric Hughes solo/acoustic Thursdays, 5-8 p.m.; Karaoke Mondays-Thursdays, Sundays, 8 p.m.; Live Bands Fridays, Saturdays, 8 p.m.

King’s Palace Cafe 162 BEALE 521-1851

David Bowen Thursdays, 5:309:30 p.m., Fridays, Saturdays,

King’s Palace Cafe Patio 162 BEALE 521-1851

Sonny Mack Mondays-Fridays, 2-6 p.m.; Cowboy Neil Mondays, Tuesdays, Thursdays, 7-11 p.m. and Saturdays, Sundays, 2-6 p.m.; Sensation Band Friday, July 20, 7 p.m.-midnight and Saturday, July 21, 7 p.m.-midnight; Chic Jones and the Blues Express Sundays, 7-11 p.m.; North and South Band Wednesdays, 7-11 p.m.

King’s Palace Cafe Tap Room 168 BEALE 576-2220

Saturday, July 21, 9 p.m.-1 a.m.; Sensation Band Mondays, 8 p.m.-midnight; Chris McDaniel Tuesdays, Wednesdays, 8 p.m.midnight.

Silky O’Sullivan’s 183 BEALE 522-9596

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

Belle Tavern

Big Don Valentine’s Three Piece Chicken and a Biscuit Blues Band Thursdays, Tuesdays, 8 p.m.-midnight; Baunie Band Friday, July 20, 9 p.m.-1 a.m.; Delta Project Saturday, July 21, 9 p.m.-1 a.m.

The Rusty Pieces- Sundays at Belle Tavern Sunday, July 22, 5:30-8:30 p.m.

Rum Boogie Cafe

119 S. MAIN, PEMBROKE SQUARE 417-8435

182 BEALE 528-0150

Eric Hughes Band Mondays, Thursdays, 8 p.m.-midnight; Pam and Terry Fridays, Saturdays, 5:30-8:30 p.m.; FreeWorld Friday, July 20, 9 p.m.-1 a.m. and Saturday, July 21, 9 p.m.-1 a.m.; Sensation Band Sundays, 7-11 p.m.; Fuzzy Tuesday, July 24, 8 p.m.-midnight; Plantation Allstars Wednesdays, 8 p.m.midnight.

Rum Boogie Cafe Blues Hall 182 BEALE 528-0150

Memphis Bluesmasters Thursdays, Sundays, 8 p.m.-midnight; Vince Johnson and the Plantation Allstars Fridays-Sundays, 4-8 p.m.; Delta Project Friday, July 20, 9 p.m.-1 a.m.; Fuzzy

117 BARBORO ALLEY 249-6580

Blind Bear Speakeasy Live Music Thursdays-Saturdays, 10 p.m.; The Rusty Pieces Saturday, July 21, 11 p.m.-1 a.m.

Brass Door Irish Pub 152 MADISON 572-1813

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

Center for Southern Folklore 123 S. MAIN AT PEABODY TROLLEY STOP 525-3655

OK. Rising Stars Saturday, July 21, 6-8:30 p.m.

Dirty Crow Inn

Purple Haze Nightclub

855 KENTUCKY

140 LT. GEORGE W. LEE 577-1139

Karaoke Night Thursdays, 8 p.m.; Someday Now Friday, July 20, 9 p.m.; Carol Plunk Saturday, July 21, 9 p.m.; The Po Boys Sunday, July 22, 9 p.m.; Bobbie Stacks and friends Wednesdays, 8-11 p.m.

Earnestine & Hazel’s 531 S. MAIN 523-9754

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

Flying Saucer Draught Emporium 130 PEABODY PLACE 523-8536

DJ Dance Music MondaysSundays, 10 p.m.

Rumba Room 303 S. MAIN 523-0020

Salsa Night Saturdays, 8:30 p.m.-3 a.m.

The Silly Goose 100 PEABODY PLACE 435-6915

DJ Cody Fridays, Saturdays, 10 p.m.

Sleep Out Louie’s 150 PEABODY PL SUITE 111 ENTRANCE ON, S. SECOND ST

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

Loveland Duren Friday, July 20, 7-10 p.m. and Saturday, July 21, 7-10 p.m.

Huey’s Downtown

The Peabody Hotel

77 S. SECOND 527-2700

John Paul Keith Band Sunday, July 22, 8-11:30 p.m.

Metal Museum 374 METAL MUSEUM DR. 774-6380

30th Annual WEVL Blues on the Bluff Saturday, July 21, 6 p.m.

The Orpheum 203 S. MAIN 525-3000

Stokley With Kenny Lattimore and Annalé Saturday, July 21, 7 p.m.

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

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

149 UNION 529-4000

Peabody Rooftop Parties Thursdays, 6-10 p.m.

The Vault 124 GE PATTERSON

Heath and Bobbie Thursdays, 7 p.m.; Hillbilly Mojo Friday, July 20, 8 p.m.; Short in the Sleeve Saturday, July 21, 8 p.m.

Your Inner Yogi 10 N. SECOND 470-344-9642

Hip-Hop Yoga with Kandace Stewart Friday, July 20, 6:30-8 p.m.

South Main Loﬂin Yard 7 W. CAROLINA

Electric Church Sundays, 2-4 p.m.

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Gary Hardy & Memphis 2 Thursdays-Saturdays, 6-9 p.m.; Karaoke Thursdays, TuesdaysWednesdays, 9 p.m.-1 a.m. and Sundays-Mondays, 10 p.m.-2 a.m.; Mandi Thomas Fridays, Saturdays, 6-9 p.m.; The 901 Heavy Hitters Fridays, Saturdays, 10 p.m.-2 a.m.; Flyin’ Ryan Fridays, Saturdays, 2:30 a.m.; The Rusty Pieces Saturday, July 21, 1-5 p.m.; Memphis Jazz Orchestra Sundays, 6-9 p.m.

6:30-10:30 p.m., and Sundays, 5:30-9:30 p.m.

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Alfred’s

Earl “The Pearl” Banks Saturdays, 12:30 p.m. and Tuesdays, 7 p.m.; Brandon Cunning Band Sundays, 6 p.m., and Mondays, 7 p.m.; FreeWorld Sundays, 9:30 p.m.

After Dark: Live Music Schedule July 19 - 25 continued from page 17 South Main Sounds 550 S. MAIN 494-6543

Frank McClallen, Steven Sciara and Friends Friday, July 20, 7 p.m.

Spindini 383 S. MAIN 578-2767

Candace Mache Jazz Trio Friday, July 20, 7 p.m., Saturday, July 21, 7 p.m. and Sunday, July 22, 7 p.m.

The Cove 2559 BROAD 730-0719

Jazz with Ed Finney, Deb Swiney, and David Collins Thursday, July 19, 8 p.m.; Whiskey Chute Smuglers Friday, July 20, 9 p.m.; Wayde Peck Saturday, July 21, 6-8 p.m.; The Bluff City Backsliders Saturday, July 21, 10 p.m.; Frog Squad Jam Sunday, July 22, 6-9 p.m.; Timmy & the Jazz Monday, July 23, 6 p.m.; Richard Wilson Tuesday, July 24, 6-8 p.m.; Karaoke Wednesdays, 9 p.m.

Growlers 1911 POPLAR 244-7904

Boscos 2120 MADISON 432-2222

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

Cafe Ole 959 S. COOPER 343-0103

The Rusty Pieces Friday, July 20, 7-11 p.m.

Canvas 1737 MADISON 443-5232

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

Celtic Crossing 903 S. COOPER 274-5151

July 19-25, 2018

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

Wayne Hancock with Scott Biram Friday, July 20, 9 p.m.; Palisades Saturday, July 21, 6-11 p.m.; Fit For An Autopsy Sunday, July 22, 7 p.m.; Crockett Hall Tuesdays with the Midtown Rhythm Section Tuesdays, 9 p.m.; Witchsister with Blood Like Wine & St. John Wednesday, July 25, 9:30 p.m.

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

Big Boogie, Scat Cat, Smokey Da Bandit Thursday, July 19, 8 p.m.; Witch Mountain, Namazu, Devil’s Right Hand Friday, July 20, 8 p.m.; Odwalla1221, Angels in America, Outside Source Friday, July 20, 9 p.m.; The Matters, Grandpa Grew Trees, Bearport Saturday, July 21, 8 p.m.; Louise Page, Aquarian Blood Saturday, July 21, 8

p.m.; The Handsome Family, Chris Crofton Sunday, July 22, 8 p.m.; AJ & the Woods, Megan Carolan Wednesday, July 25, 8 p.m.

Huey’s Midtown 1927 MADISON 726-4372

Dantones Sunday, July 22, 4-7 p.m.; The Amy LaVere Band Sunday, July 22, 8:30 p.m.midnight.

Indian Pass Raw Bar Memphis 2059 MADISON 207-7397

Paul Taylor Jazz Quartet Thursdays, 7-10 p.m.; Brennan Villines Thursday, July 19, 8-10 p.m.; Marcella and Her Lovers Friday, July 20, 7-10 p.m.; Brandon Taylor Saturday, July 21, 8-11 p.m.; Paul Taylor Sunday, July 22, 12-3 p.m.

Lafayette’s Music Room 2119 MADISON 207-5097

Jamie Baker Solo Acoustic Thursday, July 19, 6 p.m.; The Michael Brothers Thursday, July 19, 9 p.m.; Shelby Lee Lowe Friday, July 20, 6:30 p.m.; Almost Famous Friday, July 20, 10 p.m.; Andrew Adkins Saturday, July 21, 6:30 p.m.; Thumpdaddy Saturday, July 21, 10 p.m.; Joe Restivo 4 Sundays, 11 a.m.; Pearl Sunday, July 22, 4 p.m.; Jeff Crosby & the Refugees Sunday, July 22, 8 p.m.; Johnny Mac Monday, July 23, 7:30 p.m.; Columbia Jones Tuesday, July 24, 5:30 p.m.; Mighty Souls Brass Band Tuesday, July 24, 8 p.m.;

After Dark: Live Music Schedule July 19 - 25 An Evening with Paula Cole Wednesday, July 25, 8 p.m.

The Legacy Bar & Grill 11695 HWY. 70, STE. 101

Dantones Friday, July 20, 9 p.m.-1 a.m.

Midtown Crossing Grill 394 N. WATKINS 443-0502

Natalie James and the Professor Saturdays, Sundays, 11 a.m.-3 p.m.; “The Happening” Open Songwriter Showcase Tuesdays, 6:30-9:30 p.m.

Summer/Berclair

Tuesdays.

East of Wangs

Cheffie’s Cafe

Frayser/Millington

6069 PARK 763-0676

483 HIGH POINT TERRACE 202-4157

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

Huey’s Poplar 4872 POPLAR 682-7729

Twin Soul Sunday, July 22, 8-11:30 p.m.

Songwriter Night hosted by Leigh Ann Wilmot and Dave “The Rave” Saturdays, 5-8 p.m.

Maria’s Restaurant 6439 SUMMER 356-2324

Karaoke Fridays, 5-8 p.m.

Bartlett Hadley’s Pub 2779 WHITTEN 266-5006

Full Circle Friday, July 20, 9 p.m.; The Superfive Saturday, July 21, 9 p.m.; Charlie & Juno’s All Star Experience Wednesday, July 25, 8 p.m.

Minglewood Hall

Huey’s Millington 8570 US 51 NORTH,

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

Live Music on the patio Thursdays-Saturdays, 7-10 p.m.

The Pistol & the Queen Sunday, July 22, 6-9 p.m.

North Mississippi/ Tunica

Pop’s Bar & Grill

BankPlus Amphitheater at Snowden Grove

6365 NAVY 872-0353

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

1555 MADISON 866-609-1744

6285 SNOWDEN, SOUTHAVEN, MS (662) 892-2660

Kenny Chesney Thursday, July 19; Tedeschi Trucks Band Wednesday, July 25.

The Crossing Bar & Grill

Willie Harold Manuel OG Saturday, July 21, 6 p.m.

7281 HACKS CROSS, OLIVE BRANCH, MS 662-893-6242

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

Murphy’s 1589 MADISON 726-4193

Rev. Neil Down Friday, July 20.

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

P&H Cafe 1532 MADISON 726-0906

Acoustic Music Tuesdays.

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

Fox and Hound Tavern 6565 TOWNE CENTER, SOUTHAVEN, MS 662-536-2200

Playhouse on the Square

Live Music Thursdays, 5 p.m.; Karaoke Tuesdays.

66 S. COOPER 726-4656

Trap Jazz on the Rooftop Saturday, July 21, 7-9:30 and 10 p.m.-12:30 a.m.

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

Railgarten

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

2160 CENTRAL

DudeCalledRob’s Birthday Luau Friday, July 20, 5 p.m.-3 a.m.; Steve Selvidge Saturday, July 21, 8 p.m.; Roosters & Railcars Brunch Series featuring Brennan Villines Sunday, July 22, noon.

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

Gabriel “Fluffy” Iglesias Saturday, July 21.

Wild Bill’s 1580 VOLLINTINE 207-3975

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

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

3 Mississippi Sunday, July 22, 8-11:30 p.m.

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

Stage Stop 2951 CELA 382-1576

The Bluff 535 S. HIGHLAND

DJ Ben Murray Thursdays, 10 p.m.; Forest Fire & Lost Wages Friday, July 20; Jay Jones Saturday, July 21; Bluegrass Brunch with the River Bluff Clan Sundays, 11 a.m.

590 N. PERKINS 761-9321

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

Poplar/I-240

Casual Pint

Neil’s Music Room

395 S. HIGHLAND

5727 QUINCE 682-2300

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

Bar Misfits Thursday, July 19, 7-11 p.m.; Eddie Smith Fridays, 8 p.m.; Area 51 Friday, July 20, 9 p.m.; Natchez Saturday, July 21, 8 p.m.; Benefit for the Anna Kate Fight Foundation Sunday, July 22, 3 p.m.; Debbie Jamison & Friends Tuesdays, 6-10 p.m.; Elmo and the Shades Wednesdays, 8 p.m.-midnight.

Triple S

Owen Brennan’s

The Rusty Pieces Thursday, July 19, 7-9 p.m.

Oasis Hookah Lounge & Cafe 663 S. HIGHLAND 729-6960

1747 WALKER 421-6239

Friday Karaoke Fridays, 7-11 p.m.

Shelby Forest General Store

Mortimer’s

THE REGALIA, 6150 POPLAR 761-0990

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

South Memphis Stax Museum of American Soul Music 926 E. MCLEMORE 946-2535

Live in Studio A Concert Series Tuesdays, 2-4 p.m.

7729 BENJESTOWN 876-5770

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

Collierville Huey’s Collierville

Whitehaven/ Airport

2130 W. POPLAR 854-4455

Rock-n-Roll Cafe

Cordova

3855 ELVIS PRESLEY 398-6528

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

The Heart Memphis Band Sunday, July 22, 8-11:30 p.m.

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

Five O’Clock Shadow Sunday, July 22, 8:30 p.m.-midnight.

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

The Southern Edition Band

7-11 p.m.

Toni Green’s Palace 4212 HWY 51 N

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

Germantown Huey’s Southwind

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

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

7825 WINCHESTER 624-8911

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

Huey’s Germantown

The New Backdour Bar & Grill

The Sensations Sunday, July 22, 8:30 p.m.-midnight. 7677 FARMINGTON 318-3034

Jamie Baker and the VIPS Sunday, July 22, 8-11:30 p.m.

Ice Bar & Grill

302 S. AVALON 596-7115

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

ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT

Raleigh

University of Memphis

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Live Music Fridays, Saturdays.

4202 HACKS CROSS 757-1423

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

CALENDAR of EVENTS:

July 19 - 25

T H EAT E R

Bartlett Performing Arts and Conference Center Peter Pan, produced by BPACC youth campers. www. bpacc.org. Free. Fri., July 20, noon. 3663 APPLING (385-6440).

Cannon Center for the Performing Arts Broadway’s Fame Jr. www. thecannoncenter.com. $25. Thurs., July 19, 7 p.m.

MEMPHIS COOK CONVENTION CENTER, 255 N. MAIN (TICKETS, 525-1515).

Harrell Theater

Beauty and the Beast, www. colliervilleartscouncil.org. Sun., 2:30 p.m., and Tues.-Sat., 7 p.m. Through July 22. 440 WEST POWELL ROAD.

Theatre Memphis

Ladies & Legends, Songs of Stage & Screen, fun and original cabaret performance. www.theatrememphis. org. $30. Fridays, Saturdays, 8 p.m., Sundays, 2 p.m., and Thursdays, 7:30 p.m. Through July 29. 630 PERKINS EXT. (682-8323).

TheatreWorks

Crib, an African-American professor in the midst of a tenure fight and a star basketball player are reminded by the coach that the school is run on athletic money, not classroom achievement. www.playhouseonthesquare.org. $25. Thursdays-Saturdays, 8 p.m., and Sundays, 2 p.m. Through July 29. 2085 MONROE (274-7139).

Universal Parenting Place

PlayBack Memphis, bringing stories to life in a safe space to unlock healing, transformation, and joy. Families welcome. (207-3694), Free. Third Thursday of every month, 4:30-6 p.m.

July 19-25, 2018

LEMOYNE-OWEN COLLEGE, 990 COLLEGE PARK.

Send the date, time, place, cost, info, phone number, a brief description, and photos — two weeks in advance — to calendar@memphisflyer.com or P.O. Box 1738, Memphis, TN 38101. DUE TO SPACE LIMITATIONS, ONGOING WEEKLY EVENTS WILL APPEAR IN THE FLYER’S ONLINE CALENDAR ONLY.

Keeping Up with the Collections at the Metal Museum, Sunday, July 22nd at 2 p.m.

University of Memphis, Department of Theatre & Dance

Pretty, a bold group of women of all shapes, sizes, ages, and backgrounds come together to explore the concept of beauty. From mirrors and make-up to heartache and scars. (8480111), www.femmemphis. com. $10. Sundays, 6-7:30 p.m., and Fridays, Saturdays, 8-9:30 p.m. Through July 29.

End Awards. www.anfa.com. Through Aug. 2. 1500 UNION (278-6868).

Belz Museum of Asian and Judaic Art

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

3745 CENTRAL (678-2576).

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

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

Amtgard

Crosstown Concourse

The Barony of Soul’s Crossing live-action role-playing game. From arts and science competitions to battle games and quests, a family-friendly group with levels of participation for any physical level. Free. Sundays, 1 p.m. 1372 OVERTON PARK, 1372 OVERTON PARK, WWW.FACEBOOK.COM/ GROUPS/SOULSCROSSING/.

Audition for Disney’s Newsies

By appointment only. A mandatory dance call will be held from both days. Callbacks by invitation only. Audition workshop held on July 15. Visit website for appointment and more information. Fri., July 20, 6-8 p.m., and Sat., July 21, 6-8 p.m. LANDERS CENTER (DESOTO CIVIC CENTER), 4560 VENTURE, SOUTHAVEN, MS (662-280-9120), WWW.DFTONLINE.ORG.

Blue Star Museums Program

Free admission to Pink Palace Family of Museums for the nation’s active-duty military personnel and their families from Memorial Day weekend through Labor Day. Visit website for more information. Through Sept. 3. MEMPHIS PINK PALACE MUSEUM, 3050 CENTRAL (636-2362), WWW.MEMPHISMUSEUMS.ORG.

FocalPoint Art Show, exhibition of new work by Jason Miller, Robert Fairchild, Zoe Nadel, La’Donna Roberts, and Lester Jones inside FocalPoint. Through Nov. 30. N. CLEVELAND AT NORTH PARKWAY.

David Lusk Gallery Casting Demonstration Saturdays, Sundays, 3 p.m.

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

Cu in Summer: Student Showcase+Sale

Support local students by coming to the reception and purchasing works created in this six-week program. Thurs., July 19, 5 p.m.

tions. Sun., July 22, 2 p.m. METAL MUSEUM, 374 METAL MUSEUM DR. (774-6380), METALMUSEUM.ORG.

Lamplighter Variety Show 7: Wild, Wild Life!

Brings together acts that rarely share a stage, supports Cooperative Memphis, packs the Lamp on a Tuesday. $5 suggested donation. Tues., July 24, 8:30-10:30 p.m.

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

LAMPLIGHTER LOUNGE, 1702 MADISON (726-9916).

Girls’ Night Out

Galleries and gardens will be open late. Free with admission. Every third Thursday, 6-8 p.m.

A fun evening of painting. Snack bar included. BYOB. $12. Third Thursday of every month, 6-9 p.m. Through Dec. 31. PITTER POTTER STUDIO, 845 GERMANTOWN PKWY (443-7718), WWW.PITTERPOTTERSTUDIO.COM.

Keeping Up with the Collections

Gallery talk to learn more about latest acquisitions with Museum Registrar and Director of Collections & Exhibi-

Open Late

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

Submissions Open for MCA 68th Annual Holiday Bazaar & Fund-raiser.

Visit website for more information. Through Oct. 1. WWW.MCA.EDU.

O N G O I N G ART

Art Museum at the University of Memphis (AMUM)

“Monster Marks,” exhibition of work from Memphis collections that make us think about how we define monsters. www.memphis.edu/amum. Through July 28. “Africa: Art of a Continent,” permanent exhibition of African art from the Martha and Robert Fogelman collection. Ongoing. 142 COMMUNICATION & FINE ARTS BUILDING (678-2224).

Art Village Gallery

“Somnium (Daydreams),” exhibition of 10 medium to large-scale figurative paintings on reverse canvas by Mario Henrique. www.artvillagegallery.com. Through Aug. 31. 410 S. MAIN (521-0782).

ANF Architects

“The Best of the Best,” exhibition showcasing the winners of the Memphis Camera Club’s 2017 Year

“Arboretum,” exhibition of drawings and sculpture by John Salvest. www.davidluskgallery. com. Through July 27. “Southern Obscura,” exhibition of enhanced photography by Jeane Umbreit. www.davidluskgallery.com. Through July 27. 97 TILLMAN (767-3800).

The Dixon Gallery & Gardens

“In the Garden,” exhibition of over 400,000 photographic objects dating back to the inception of photography as a medium. The collection explores garden imagery and humans cultivating the land. www.dixon.org. Through Sept. 20. 4339 PARK (761-5250).

Eclectic Eye

“Escape to the Sea”, exhibition of acrylic and watercolor paintings by Carolyn Moss. www.eclectic-eye.com. Through July 25. 242 S. COOPER (276-3937).

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Lori James Contemporary Boutique

East Memphis Athletic Club

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C A L E N D A R : J U LY 1 9 - 2 5 continued from page 20 FireHouse Community Arts Center

Mosal Morszart, works by Black Arts Alliance artist. www. memphisblackartsalliance.org. Ongoing. 985 S. BELLEVUE (948-9522).

Graceland

“Hillbilly Rock,” exhibition featuring items from The Marty Stuart Collection. www.graceland.com. Ongoing. 3717 ELVIS PRESLEY (332-3322).

Jack Robinson Photography Gallery

“Eco Prints,” prints on paper. Framed prints are $150, unframed $60. www.robinsoneditions.com. Through Aug. 31. 44 HULING (576-0708).

Jay Etkin Gallery

David Hall, watercolor works on paper. www.jayetkingallery.com. Ongoing. 942 COOPER (550-0064).

L Ross Gallery

“Abstraction,” work by four regional artists. www.lrossgallery. com. Through July 29. 5040 SANDERLIN (767-2200).

Leadership Memphis

“Trolley Night: Music, Messages, and Movements,” exhibition in partnership with The Withers Collection Museum & Gallery. Through Aug. 31. 365 S. MAIN ST. (278-0016).

Marshall Arts Gallery

exhibition of work by Nikki Gardner and Debra Edge by appointment only. Ongoing. 639 MARSHALL (679-6837).

Memphis Brooks Museum of Art

“Black Resistance: Ernest C. Withers and the Civil Rights Movement,” exhibition focuses on and commemorates the 50th anniversary of the events from March 27 through April 8, 1968. Through Aug. 19. “African-Print Fashion Now! A Story of Taste, Globalization, and Style,” exhibition of dynamic traditions of African dress featuring colorful, boldly patterned printed cloth highlighting the interplay between regional preferences and cosmopolitanism. Through Aug. 12. “Arts of Global Africa,” exhibition of historic and contemporary works in a range of different media presenting an expansive vision of Africa’s artistry. Through June 21, 2021. “About Face,” exhibition located in the Education Gallery highlighting the different ways artists interpret the connection between emotion and expression. Ongoing. “Drawing Memory: Essence of Memphis,” exhibition of works inspired by nsibidi, a sacred means of communication among male secret societies in southeastern Nigeria by Victor Ekpuk. www. brooksmuseum.org. Ongoing. 1934 POPLAR (544-6209).

“Love of Art” and “Memphis,”

Metal Museum

“Forge,” work by 15 international metal artists whose practice has been identified as having a significant impact in the field of blacksmithing. Through Sept. 16. “Tributaries: Venetia Dale-Next After the First in Order, Place and Time,” exhibition of installations that refocus attention on overlooked support objects secondary to the items they hold up, contain, or aid. Appreciated as individual creations when removed from context and made in pewter. www.metalmuseum. org. Through Sept. 9. 374 METAL MUSEUM DR. (774-6380).

Playhouse on the Square

“DreamESCAPES,” multi-media series of imagined, constructed landscapes of famous cities, iconic places, and sometimes rural, nondescriptive corners of the world by O. Gustavo Plascencia. www. mca.edu. Through July 29. 66 S. COOPER (726-4656).

Slavehaven Underground Railroad Museum

“Images of Africa Before & After the Middle Passage,” exhibition of photography by Jeff and Shaakira Edison. Ongoing. 826 N. SECOND (527-3427).

St. George’s Episcopal Church

“Summer, Sun, and Art,” exhibition of work in oils, acrylic, watercolor, and photography by 16 local artists from Artist Group of Memphis. (754-7282),

stgchurch.org. Through July 29.

C O M E DY

LECT U R E /S P EA K E R

2425 SOUTH GERMANTOWN (754-7282).

P&H Cafe

Talk About It Tuesday

Stax Museum of American Soul Music

“The Chaos and the Cosmos: Inside Memphis Music’s Lost Decade, 1977-1986,” exhibition of photography by Patricia Rainer. www.staxmuseum.com. Through July 31.

You Look Like, a monthly showcase of spite, battle of bitchery, and competition of “Oh, hell no.” Watch the quickest wits from all over the country talk mad shit. (2833814), $8. Third Saturday of every month, 9-11 p.m. 1532 MADISON (726-0906).

Monthly panel discussion with Q & A designed to bring people from the local community together to inspire discussion about the significant impact of cultural history in movements for economic and social justice. Free. Every fourth Tuesday. Through Dec. 18.

PO ET RY / S PO K E N WO R D

ERNEST WITHERS COLLECTION GALLERY & MUSEUM, 333 BEALE (523-2344), WWW.WITHERSCOLLECTION.ORG.

926 E. MCLEMORE (946-2535).

Trezevant Manor

Anne Hughes Sayle, exhibition of oil on canvas realistic landscapes and figures work and fabric art pieces. www.trezevantmanor.org. Through Aug. 10. 177 N. HIGHLAND (325-4000).

Village Frame & Art

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

Crosstown Concourse

Voices Up! Open Mic, sign up to perform original spoken word about whatever subject you choose. Or simply come and enjoy. To sign up, email jazmin@crosstownarts.org. www. crosstownarts.org. Fri., July 20, 6:30-8:30 p.m. N. CLEVELAND AT NORTH PARKWAY.

540 S. MENDENHALL (767-8882).

WKNO Studio

“The Memphis I Love,” photography by Adarryll Jackson, Sr. (458-2521), www.wkno. org. Through July 27. 7151 CHERRY FARMS (458-2521).

Woman’s Exchange Tea Room

Eighth Annual Woman’s Exchange Art Gallery Open House, approximately 100 local and regional artists’ work in all media. (541-331-0077), www.womans-exchange.com. Through Aug. 24.

WO R KS H O PS & C LAS S ES

Agricenter International

Project WET Water Workshop, appropriate for teachers, but is open to everyone. Visit website to register or for more information. www.agricenter.com. Tues., July 24. 7777 WALNUT GROVE (757-7777).

C O N F E R E N C ES/C O N VE NT I O N S

Neonatal and Pediatric Nutrition

The latest news in neonatal and pediatric nutrition. Thurs., July 19, 8:15 a.m.-8:30 p.m. HAVE A GREAT HAIR DAY SALON, 549 S. HIGHLAND (702-508-5200), WWW.PEDIATRICNUTRITION.PEDIATRICSCONFERENCES.COM.

TO U R S

All the Good: Memphis Architectural Bus Tour

Featuring Jimmy Ogle for a great day taking in the history and architecture of the city. $60-$120. Thurs., July 19, 9 a.m. THE PEABODY HOTEL, 149 UNION (529-4000), WWW.AIAMEMPHIS.ORG.

88 RACINE (327-5681).

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CALLING ALL ARTISTS! Live Creatively at South Main Artspace Lofts. OPEN HOUSE every Tuesday, Thursday, & Saturday of July.

July 19-25, 2018

RIDE MATA’S ROUTE 47 FROM HUDSON TRANSIT CENTER IN DOWNTOWN MEMPHIS TO SHELBY FARMS PARK EVERY SATURDAY. AGRICENTER INTERNATIONAL INCLUDED.

AMENITIES: 1 bedroom units available now • outdoor events and arts plaza • on-site community gallery / performance & event space

Call to schedule your viewing: 901.347.3773 or artspace@ledic.com

True Story:

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Love one another. It’s that simple.

First Congregational Church

They wanted a church where faith was more than talk. Now, each week they feed hungry people.

Life feels better.

www.firstcongo.com Phone: 901.278.6786 1000 South Cooper Memphis, TN 38104 Sunday Worship 10:30 am

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again at the Pink Palace CTI Theater! July 21 - 31, 2018

Freedom Preparatory Academy Charter Schools are looking for new family members! We want mission-minded teachers to help facilitate the educational journey of our K-12 students. Educators will have an opportunity to exercise their creativity and have a MAJOR impact in a supported environment at one of the BEST schools in Memphis! Join our family today. Apply to teach at Freedom Prep. Did we mention: ALL licensed teachers receive a SIGNING BONUS!

All adults get in to the movies for the kids’ price: $8 Promotion includes single tickets to CTI 3D Giant Theater ONLY. Does not apply to exhibits, planetarium shows, or combo rates. Museum members receive a $1 discount.

www.memphismuseums.org 3050 Central Ave. 38117 901.636.2362

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KID

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Everyone’s a

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continued from page 22 City Tasting Tours

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

Elmwood Driving History Tour

Purchase a paper map, audio CD, or download to phone then visit over 60 stops throughout Elmwood in the comfort of your car. $5-$10. Ongoing. ELMWOOD CEMETERY, 824 S. DUDLEY (774-3212), WWW.ELMWOODCEMETERY.ORG.

Graceland Excursions Trips: Musical Landmarks of the Mississippi Delta

Explore the deep roots of blues culture and history, while reliving a musical revolution powered by raw emotion. $119. Saturdays, 8:30 a.m.-6:30 p.m. GUEST HOUSE AT GRACELAND, 3600 ELVIS PRESLEY (332-3322), WWW.GRACELAND.COM.

Graceland Excursions Trips: Tupelo, Mississippi – Birthplace of Elvis Presley

July 19-25, 2018

Experience the rural setting of Elvis’ upbringing and see where it all began. $99. Fridays, 8:30 a.m.-3:30 p.m.

Bidding is

FUN!!

Todd’s Auction Service Personal Property Liquidation

3449 Summer Ave. Memphis TN 38122

Auctions: Every Thurs. & Sat. 6pm Preview opens at 2pm

Antiques, Collectibles & Home Furnishings! D EXPANDE E T A T S E ! SERVICES

Auctioneer: Col. Lamar Todd TAL# 5911 TAF# 5415

901-324-4382 Visit our site for full auction info

www.aquatreasures.com

Yellow Fever Rock & Roll Ghost Tour

Cairo to Memphis with Rev. Omma at The Broom Closet, Saturday, July 21st, 1-4 p.m.

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

7777 WALNUT GROVE (238-6641), WWW.AGRICENTER.COM.

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

Circle of Love F EST IVA LS

30th Annual WEVL Blues on the Bluff

Featuring blues, barbecue, Memphis Made Brewing, silent auction, and more benefiting WEVL. $25. Sat., July 21, 6 p.m. METAL MUSEUM, 374 METAL MUSEUM DR. (774-6380), WWW.WEVL.ORG.

HOUSTON LEVEE COMMUNITY CENTER, 1801 HOUSTON LEVEE (384-3885), WWW.DANCEDIMENSIONINSTITUTE.ORG.

Butcher Board Festival

Freewheel Fourth Bluff

Vendors showcase quality meats, cheeses, accompaniments, and more. Featuring live music from Will Lang Trio and pop-up shop benefiting MidSouth Food Bank. $45. Sun., July 22, 4-7:30 p.m. SOUTH MAIN MARKET, 409 S. MAIN, WWW.BUTCHERBOARDFESTIVAL.COM.

Roundhouse Revival 3

Featuring music, wrestling, basketball, robots, food trucks, community groups, water slides, voters’ registration, and more. Sat., July 21, 2-10 p.m. MID-SOUTH COLISEUM, 996 EARLY MAXWELL (274-3982), WWW.COLISEUMCOALITION.ORG.

Zine Fest IV

Celebrate zines and zinesters. Fri., July 20, 4-7 p.m.

GUEST HOUSE AT GRACELAND, 3600 ELVIS PRESLEY (332-3322), WWW.GRACELAND.COM.

CROSSTOWN CONCOURSE, N. CLEVELAND AT NORTH PARKWAY, WWW.CROSSTOWNARTS.ORG.

Haunted Memphis Bus Tour

S PO R TS / F IT N ES S

Guides will share the dark history of Memphis including murders, hauntings, and interesting history. $25. Wednesdays-Saturdays, 7:309 p.m. Through Sept. 1. THE BROOM CLOSET, 546 S. MAIN (497-9486), WWW.HISTORICALHAUNTSMEMPHIS.COM.

Haunted Pub Crawl

Informative and humorous walking tour of Downtown Memphis restaurants, bars, and taverns. 21+ Bring ID. Alcohol is not provided or required. $20. Fridays, 7:3010 p.m. Through Nov. 30. THE BROOM CLOSET, 546 S. MAIN (497-9486), WWW.HISTORICALHAUNTSMEMPHIS.COM.

Focus on African-derived moves that physically strengthen and tone and engage music, movement, and words to share messages in motion about love and compassion. $40. Mon., July 23, 6:15 p.m.

“The Big Payback” Championship Boxing Fight $25. Sat., July 21, 7-9 p.m.

FEDEXFORUM, 191 BEALE STREET (779-0389), LANKTHEKING.COM/.

Bumpus Bike Nights

In partnership with Bumpus Harley-Davidson, Whitten Road location, and Bumpus’ T-Daddy Speed Shop. Fri., July 20, 7-11 p.m. MEMPHIS INTERNATIONAL RACEWAY, 5500 VICTORY LANE, WWW.RACEMIR.COM.

Cardio for a Cure

Donation suggested, free for St. Jude families. Sat., July 21, 9 a.m.-5 p.m. AGRICENTER INTERNATIONAL,

Ride through the Fourth Bluff and Downtown Memphis for drinks at a nearby watering hole. Register through Eventbrite and visit Facebook link for Explore Bike Share meet-up sites. Every other Thursday, 5:30 p.m. Through Aug. 30. WWW.THEFOURTHBLUFF.COM.

Guilt Free Ride Along Series

Venture through Downtown Memphis and beyond for a fun bike ride that’s suitable for all ages. Free. Fourth Sunday of every month, 8:30-10 a.m. Through Sept. 23. MEMPHIS FARMERS MARKET, PAVILION OF CENTRAL STATION, S. FRONT & G.E. PATTERSON AVE (602-6856), WWW.GUILTFREEPASTRIES.COM.

Hip-Hop Yoga with Kandace Stewart

Experience yoga in an energetic, inspiring, and fun way to favorite Hip-Hop and R&B tunes. $15. Fri., July 20, 6:30-8 p.m. YOUR INNER YOGI, 10 N. SECOND (512-4534), YOURINNERYOGI.COM.

Redbirds v. Colorado Springs

Fri., July 20, 7:05 p.m., Sat., July 21, 6:35 p.m., and Sun., July 22, 2:05 p.m. AUTOZONE PARK, THIRD AND UNION (721-6000), WWW.MEMPHISREDBIRDS.COM.

Redbirds v. Iowa

Mon.-Thur., June 16-19, 7:05 p.m. AUTOZONE PARK, THIRD AND UNION (721-6000), WWW.MEMPHISREDBIRDS.COM.

Sunset Skate Pop-Up

Free skate rental will be available, roller derby demonstrations, course, and a beginner skating rink. RSVP on

C A L E N D A R : J U LY 1 9 - 2 5 Facebook. Fri., July 20, 7:30 p.m.

Mon., July 23, 6 p.m.

TOM LEE PARK, OFF RIVERSIDE DR., WWW.MEMPHISRIVERPARKS.ORG.

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

World Class Boxing

Birds, Bikes, Beer, & Ball

$50. Sat., July 21, 7:30 p.m. FEDEXFORUM, 191 BEALE STREET, FEDEXFORUM.COM.

M E E TI N G S

Candidate Forum for Shelby County Schools Board

Get to know candidates running for the Shelby County Schools board before elections in August. Students and journalists will ask candidates about their stance on education. Thurs., July 19, 6-8:30 p.m. BRIDGES, 477 N. FIFTH, WWW.CHALKBEAT.ORG.

Featuring beer, live music, and pick up ball. RSVP on Facebook. Thurs., July 19, 5-8 p.m.

“Dugout Canoes: Paddling Through the Americas”

Instant Memphian

Object-rich and interactive exhibition featuring American dugouts from ancient times to present. $12.75. Through Sept. 14.

BEALE STREET LANDING, BEALE AND RIVERSIDE.

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

THE BLUFF, 535 S HIGHLAND ST (527-4625), WWW.NEWMEMPHIS.ORG.

Cairo to Memphis: Ancient Egyptian Religion in Modern Memphis

Early Voting for County General, State Primary, and Special Municipal

Nature at Night

WWW.SHELBYVOTE.COM.

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

Join Rev. Omma on a journey back in time to some of the most well-known deities in modern times. Learn about Ancient Egyptian religion and society and celebrate the Gods’ birthdays with cake & wine. $15. Sat., July 21, 1-4 p.m.

Visit website for more information including early voting locations and sample ballots. Through July 28.

THE BROOM CLOSET, 546 S. MAIN (497-9486), WWW.THEBROOMCLOSETMEMPHIS.COM.

Thurs., July 19, 10 a.m.-noon.

HopeWorks Grand Opening HOPEWORKS, 3337 SUMMER (272-3700), WWW.WHYHOPEWORKS.ORG.

Each Thursday night throughout Daylight Saving Time all 96 acres will be open to members at no cost and to guests with daily fee. Thursdays, 6 p.m. Through Oct. 18.

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The Dixon Book Club

Learn about gardens, the arts, Memphis, and France through reading fiction and non-fiction. To request a copy of a book, email lschmidt@ dixon.org Free with admission. Third Thursday of every month, 6-7:30 p.m.

SATURDAY, JULY 28

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

Get Lit Book Club

Discuss monthly selections over a beer. This month, discuss The Talented Mr. Ripley by Patricia Highsmith. Open to public. Join the group on Facebook to learn more. Free. Third Thursday of every month, 7-8:30 p.m.

A HUGE Cash, Prizes & Promo Cash Giveaway featuring 35 winners! Prizes continually get bigger throughout the day.

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

Earn entries July 1 - July 28 Earn 1 entry for every 10 points earned.

KIDS

2018 Kids Summer Film Fest

Participating Malco locations will offer G- and PG-rated movies at a specially discounted price benefiting children’s hospitals across the Mid-South. Visit website for lineup schedule. $2. Tuesdays, Wednesdays, 10 a.m. Through Aug. 1.

Presentation packed with interesting, useful, and strange stuff about Memphis to help transform you into a true Memphian in about an hour. Thurs., July 19, 6-8 p.m.

SUNDAYS MONDAYS TUESDAYS

DRAWINGS EVERY OTHER HOUR FROM 2PM–10PM

15X 10X 5X

ENTRIES ENTRIES ENTRIES

WWW.MALCO.COM.

Fun Fridays

In the Tracks & Trails and Campfire Tales Idea Garden investigate animal tracks in June, travel trail in July, and campfire tales in August. Fridays, 10 a.m.-noon Through Aug. 31. MEMPHIS BOTANIC GARDEN, 750 CHERRY (636-4100), WWW.MEMPHISBOTANICGARDEN.COM.

MCA’s 2018 Summer Art Camp

Choose a camp for children ages 3-17. New camps include The Art of Branding, Comics and Characters, Mobile App Design, Mural Collaborative, and more. Through July 31. MEMPHIS COLLEGE OF ART, 1930 POPLAR (272-5100), WWW.MCA.EDU.

Mini Masters

m e m p h i s f l y e r. c o m

Parent-child (2-4 years) workshop designed for toddlers to explore shape, texture, color, and other sensory possibilities through art making. Free for members, $8 nonmembers. Tuesdays, 10:30 a.m. THE DIXON GALLERY & GARDENS, 4339 PARK (761-5250), WWW.DIXON.ORG.

paint-ology

Young-ologists trace the processes, stories, and inspirations of painters throughout the ages. Must be able to attend all three sessions. Supplies and snack included. Reservations required. $30 members, $45 nonmembers. Saturdays, 1:30-4 p.m. Through July 28.

ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT

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

Small but Mighty Storytime

Recommended for ages 2-5 years. Free. Wednesdays, 11 a.m. Through Aug. 31. NATIONAL CIVIL RIGHTS MUSEUM, 450 MULBERRY (5219699), WWW.CIVILRIGHTSMUSEUM.ORG.

S P E C IAL EVE N TS

“The Big Pay Back” Fight After Party

Ages 21 & up. $60-$100. Sat., July 21, 9:30 p.m.-1 a.m. MEMPHIS COOK CONVENTION CENTER, 255 N. MAIN (779-0389), WWW.LANKTHEKING.COM/.

30 Thursdays: It’s a Plant Party

Design a tiny landscape in a striking terrarium while getting expert advice on plant care. Indoor alt-gardens feature forgiving plants and soil mixed on-site. $30 members, $40 nonmembers.

FitzgeraldsTunica.com • 1-662-363-LUCK (5825) • Must be 21 and a Key Rewards member. See Cashier•Players Club for rules. While supplies last. Tax and resort fee not included in listed price. Advance hotel reservations required and subject to availability. $50 credit or debit card is required upon hotel check-in. Arrivals after 6pm must be guaranteed with a credit card. Management reserves the right to cancel, change and modify the event or promotion. Gaming restricted patrons prohibited. Gambling Problem? Call 1-800-522-4700.

C A L E N D A R : J U LY 1 9 - 2 5 Zine Fest IV at Crosstown Concourse, Friday, July 20th, 4-7 p.m.

continued from page 25 Peabody Rooftop Parties

Live music and beautiful views of the sun setting over the Mississippi River. Ladies get in free before 7 p.m. Visit website for scheduled entertainment. 21+ $10-$15. Thursdays, 6-10 p.m. Through Aug. 16.

Third Thursday Beverage Club

Four beverages paired with a selection of tapas. Other benefits include 50 percent off a bottle of wine in the dining room and one free Happy Hour snack when you purchase a drink at the bar. $45. Third Thursday of every month, 5-7 p.m.

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

“Remembering the Dream”

Exhibit of a chronological story of the civil rights movement covered by the Ernest Withers “I Am A Man” portfolio, including MLK’s involvement in the sanitation workers’ strike. $12.75. Through Jan. 31, 2019.

THE GROVE GRILL, 4550 POPLAR (818-9951), THEGROVEGRILL.COM.

F I LM

Dream Big 3D

MEMPHIS PINK PALACE MUSEUM, 3050 CENTRAL (636-2362), WWW.MEMPHISMUSEUMS.ORG.

Sky Rocket Tournament

$12 per game. Thur.-Sun., July 19-22, 9 a.m.-5 p.m. AGRICENTER INTERNATIONAL, 7777 WALNUT GROVE (737-8087), WWW.AGRICENTER.COM.

FO O D & D R I N K EVE N TS

Bartlett Station Farmers’ Market Saturdays, 8 a.m.-noon Through Sept. 22.

FREEMAN PARK, 2629 BARTLETT BLVD., WWW.CITYOFBARTLETT.ORG.

Beer & Brats Night

Enjoy The Curb’s house-made bratwurst paired with CBC beers at Crosstown Brewing Co. Thursdays, 6-8 p.m. CROSSTOWN CONCOURSE (FORMERLY SEARS CROSSTOWN), N. CLEVELAND AT NORTH PARKWAY, WWW.CROSSTOWNARTS.ORG.

Food Truck Fridays

Fridays, 11:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m. Through Sept. 30. THE DIXON GALLERY & GARDENS, 4339 PARK (761-5250), DIXON.ORG.

Food Truck Thursday Thursdays, 11 a.m.-2 p.m.

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

Memphis Brew Bus Tour Afternoon trip into the amazing Memphis Craft Brewing Scene. Tour three local craft breweries, talk with the brewers, and drink a beer at each stop. IDs required at all stops. $49. Saturdays, 2-5:30 p.m. Through Dec. 8. THE BROOM CLOSET, 546 S. MAIN (497-9486), WWW.MEMPHISBREWBUS.COM/.

Sundays on Tap

Draft beers for $3 each and halfpriced pizzas. Sundays, 1-7 p.m. CORNER BAR AT THE PEABODY, 149 UNION (901 529-9000), WWW.PEABODYMEMPHIS.COM.

Taste of Memphis Vegan Food & Drink Festival

Sat., July 21, 10 a.m.-7 p.m. COOK LAKE, 4249 N. WATKINS.

Taste the Darkness Tea Tasting Experience

Whether you love tea, meditation, or all things dark, this is for you. Bring a teacup or use one of ours for tea tasting meditation by Kimberly Richardson. $15. Sun., July 22, 3-5 p.m. THE BROOM CLOSET, 546 S. MAIN (497-9486), WWW.THEBROOMCLOSETMEMPHIS.COM.

From the Great Wall of China and the world’s tallest buildings to underwater robots, solar cars, and smart, sustainable cities, this film celebrates the human ingenuity behind engineering marvels. Through Nov. 16. CTI 3D GIANT THEATER, IN THE MEMPHIS PINK PALACE MUSEUM, 3050 CENTRAL (636-2362), WWW.MEMPHISMUSEUMS.ORG.

Monthly page-to-screen book club. Screening of the 2017 adaptation (featuring Julia Roberts, Owen Wilson, and Jacob Tremblay) of the R.J. Palacio children’s novel about a 5th grader with facial differences. Discussion following the movie. Free. Sat., July 21, 2 p.m. BENJAMIN L. HOOKS CENTRAL LIBRARY, 3030 POPLAR (415-2726).

Movie Mania

Movies start at dusk. Bring chairs or blankets. For more information including titles, and activities, visit website. Free. Fridays, 6 p.m. Through Aug. 31. CARRIAGE CROSSING, HOUSTON LEVEE & BILL MORRIS PKWY. (854-8240), WWW.SHOPCARRIAGECROSSING.COM/EVENTS/.

Selena

True story of Selena QuintanillaPerez, a Texas-born Tejano singer who rose from cult status to performing at the Astrodome, as well as having chart-topping albums on the Latin music charts. $8. Fri., July 20, 7 p.m. THE ORPHEUM, 203 S. MAIN (525-3000), WWW.ORPHEUM-MEMPHIS.COM.

Summer Movie Series: Jaws

Filmworker

Tues., July 24, 7 p.m. MALCO RIDGEWAY FOUR, 5853 RIDGEWAY CENTER PARKWAY (681-2046), WWW.INDIEMEMPHIS.COM.

Bring blankets to the Great Lawn for the hit movies. Food trucks will be on-site or bring your own picnic. Sat., July 21. SHELBY FARMS, 500 N. PINE LAKE (767-PARK), WWW.SHELBYFARMSPARK.ORG.

Multiple Myeloma Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia Acute Lymphocytic Leukemia Researchers are developing therapies that could program a person’s own white blood cells to target and destroy these types of cancer. If you have been diagnosed with one of these types of cancer, your blood cells may be useful to help with development of new ways of treating the disease in the future. The researchers would use your blood cells only for research and they would not be used to create a therapy for you. Financial compensation is provided.

Email: info@keybiologics.com or call: 901-252-3434

I Read That Movie @ the Library: Wonder

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5069 Sanderlin Ave. Memphis, TN 38117 Over 500 Positions Register Today:

July 19-25, 2018

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Anti-Realism T. Sean Steele’s Tacky Goblin.

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ust when you thought absurdist, humorous fiction was dead, along comes this American Raymond Queneau, T. Sean Steele, with this, his first novel (actually a novella), Tacky Goblin. Of current writers, Jesse Ball and George Saunders, to name a few obvious examples, are working this same vein, but Steele is … weirder. His left-of-center wit is so far left the center does not hold. He walks out onto the tight rope and then lets the tight rope fall. This is absurdist humor that mixes Looney Tunes, Luis Bunuel, Robert Coover, and Donald Barthleme, with something darker, something more disturbed. You laugh because he’s funny — and every joke is set up beautifully like a tiny time bomb — but also because he scares you a bit. Gleefully anarchist, structured like a Mousetrap Game directed by James Wan, this is a novella you will probably read a few times and, perhaps, keep hidden under your mattress for its barbed marvels. The thin story concerns the unnamed, firstperson narrator and his sister, Kim, who leave their parents’ home in Chicago to live in Los Angeles. They cohabitate there for a while, in an apartment building designed by Charles Addams and M. C. Escher. The neighbors are as odd as the siblings. Then they move back to Chicago. That’s the plot. But what Steele does with this light framework is just this side of miraculous. He mines the surreal, the unexpected. Every page has its own oblivion ha-ha. There’s a baby that’s also a dog. There’s a talking mold stain in the ceiling. There are voodoo figurines that Kim employs as if playing a board game called Revenge of the Strange. There are dodgy foreign cinema DVDs. The narrator’s girlfriend, Laurie says, “Your sister loaned me some French movie. I think it might actually have been some kind of CCTV footage of an alley. It never ended. I got way too invested so I shut it off.” Later, Narrator says, apropos of nothing in particular, “My legs worked or they didn’t. Who cared? The facts existed, or they didn’t, whether or not I paid attention to them.” This could be

Steele’s statement of purpose: Facts — who needs them? Who trusts them? It’s tempting to quote endlessly from the book. The conversations are particularly peculiar and hilarious. “‘There’s a guy out there,’ I said. ‘Do you know him?’ “‘Oh, that’s Larry. He’s not real. That’s another thing the pill does. It makes you see Larry.’” Even time goes catawampus: “‘Where the heck have you been?’ my sister asked. “‘I was applying for jobs,’ I said. “‘For a month and a half?’ “‘What? No, like a couple of hours.’ “‘I thought you were dead,’ she said. ‘I even called the cops. There was an investigation and everything.’” Or this delightful exchange between siblings: “‘What’s wrong with the roof of your car? It’s all scraped up.’ “‘High schoolers,’ was all I said … She nodded knowingly. High schoolers were Kim’s least favorite thing and I tossed the blame at them whenever possible. “‘Did they try to talk to you?’ she asked … Never let them talk to you. They’re skinny and they tell a lot of inside jokes and make you feel bad for not understanding even though you don’t really care anyway.’” Admittedly, this kind of writing is not for everyone. But fans of the kind of antirealism, crackpot fiction of the writers mentioned above will find themselves in recognizable territory. For everyone else it may seem like Wonderland after too many mushrooms. “A driver’s license is one of those things people say you need but really you don’t,” Kim says. “Like bedsheets, or protein.” Without spoiling anything: Though they are unchanged by the time the denouement rolls around, the ending is, well, a sort of epiphany. By the end of this wild ride, which you might consume in one afternoon, despite all the U-turns and non-sequiturs, you get to know Kim and her brother. You may even feel affectionate toward them. That is, if you can love a protagonist who describes himself this way: “I have the transplanted legs of a dead man and the last girl I saw put a demon inside me.”

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f you’re paying attention to contemporary critical race theory, you may experience a few cringeworthy moments in Gino DiIorio’s promising new play Crib. I mean, it’s possible that an African-American academic about to publish a book called Black on Blackface might not be familiar with the concept of “racecraft,” the confounding rhetorical trick identifying race as the root trigger for racism, rather than artificial distinctions projected by racists. But placing a line like, “Some of the most racist people I know are black,” in the mouth of an apparently “woke” AfricanAmerican college professor rings false while it perpetuates both the concept of race and the frustrating notion that racism can be a “both sides” issue. It also reveals a hidden, probably unintentional theme running through this Playhouse on the Square New Works @TheWorks winner — all lives matter. Crib introduces us to Tracy, an AfricanAmerican professor fighting an evidently biased system for tenure. Administrators who can’t be bothered to remember the name of her book have Tracy’s phone number on speed dial so she can be invited to photo shoots when the college wants to show off how diverse it is placing the theater prof in a metaphoric position. She knows she’ll be called on the carpet and probably denied tenure if she doesn’t follow the the college’s rules to the letter. She knows she’ll be fired for sure if she doesn’t ignore the rules and go-along-to-get-along. Rajon is the school’s star basketball player. He’s been accused of plagiarism (“the big crib”) and threatened with expulsion. That’s when coach Coach Pari — a possible allusion to former U of M Coach John Calapari — steps in to protect his star player and to remind everybody that athletic money trumps academic honor. Or any kind of honor, really. What follows is a series of power plays that double as a lively debate over whether or not college sports is an exploitative system or the most honest distillation of a much bigger and even more exploitive system. “I make the research grants possible,” he says in a manner both mansplanatory and triumphant. John Maness has been having a great run of late. The seasoned and versatile actor’s always been a favorite but, from The Flick to All Saints in the Old Colony, to his blood and guts performance here as Coach Pari in Crib, Maness has turned in one fully committed performance after

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scoops of pink-dyed vanilla ice cream and dressed with cotton candy, rock candy, and sprinkles. “It’s not as complicated as it looks,” we’re told. Shall we move on to the Milk Vortex, a combo of cereal and vanilla ice cream? Next up is the flight of cookie doughs, which may include dark chocolate pretzel, confetti, peanut butter, and s’mores. There’s banana cream pie and chocolate coconut cake, blue cakes with wave patterns, cereal milk (it is what it sounds like), and cereal by the bowl. Two cookies and a carton of milk can be had for $4.50. And you can get a plain old scoop of vanilla, if you feel like it.

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ada was a short-lived art movement, but it has proven extremely influential. Born in 1915, in the darkest days of World War I, Dada was a response to a world gone mad. Artists like Max Ernst and Marcel Duchamp saw government officials spout murderous nonsense during the war with the same straight face they used to announce mundane facts in peacetime. They were the first to decide it was time for art to stop making sense. The age of reason had led to the birth of monsters, so it was time to explore unreason. Ever since then, even after Dada had curdled into less explicitly political surrealism, times of great uncertainty or change have been accompanied by resurgences of weirdness in art, like the Fluxus movement of the 1960s. In the 1970s, Monty Python brought high dadaism into main-

stream television comedy in an England reeling from its post-imperialist loss of power and influence. A few years later, as things in London got worse, punk took hold of the kids with a gleeful nihilism inherited from dada. Former Python Terry Gilliam struggled mightily to create his surrealist, satirical masterpiece Brazil in 1985. Ten years later, indie film OG Steven Soderbergh almost ended his career with his brilliant detour into dada, Schizopolis. Audiences secure in the post-Cold War glow of the 1990s were less open to world-breaking strangeness. Sorry to Bother You seems like another dada eruption in response to chaotic and senseless times. It is the brainchild of writer/director Boots Riley, who until now has been better known as the founder of Bay area hip-hop act The Coup. The name of The Coup’s second album, 1994’s Genocide and Juice, sums up how different their outlook was from the rest of the West Coast. Instead of rapping about blunts and gangsters, Riley called out racism and extended his critique to American capitalism. He’d read King and Malcom X, but he also read Marx. If Jordan Peele’s Get Out was a horror film for the Black Lives Matter age, Sorry to Bother You is the socialist satire you’ve been waiting for. When we first meet Cassius “Cash” Green (Lakeith Stanfield), he’s so desperate for a job, he’s willing to lie to

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Lakeith Stanfield (above) and Tessa Thompson (below, left) star in Boots Riley’s Sorry to Bother You. a recruiter at RegalView, a sleazy telemarking company. His lies are immediately exposed, but his prospective employer doesn’t care, since he’s going to be lying for a living, anyway. Like Mookie in Do the Right Thing, Cash really only wants to hang out with his best girl, Detroit (Tessa Thompson). She’s a talented artist with a penchant for striking earrings that send messages like “KILL KILL KILL,” but she’s been reduced to twirling signs for a living. Like everyone in the film, Cash and Detroit are stuck in meaningless, alienating jobs with no hope of doing anything except surviving through the next paycheck. It’s no wonder that the bold new startup WorryFree, which offers to take care of every material need for people who sign up for lifetime labor contracts, is having such success. WorryFree, led by superstar entrepreneur Steve Lift (Armie Hammer at his most diabolically charming), is Ri-

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