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OUR 1639TH ISSUE 07.23.20 This country, like most around the world, has its haves and its have-nots. Only a blind fool would argue that those with money, influence, and the right skin color don’t have it easier than those with none of the above. There’s no official caste system in the United States, but there are two Americas — two judicial systems, two kinds of law enforcement, two healthcare systems, two tax systems, two educational systems, two voting systems, two media ecosystems — two kinds of democracy. Our Constitution proclaims lofty ideals, meant to apply to all of the American people. But too often those ideals are circumvented by money and influence. Too often, poverty is a permanent position. Poor and under-educated people are useful to those in power, and can be more easily controlled — or provoked. They can be pushed around, kept in place by sub-standard pay and work conditions and lack of healthcare, kept in place by restricted voting rights, fewer voting locations, and cartoonish gerrymandering. Voting by mail? Don’t be silly. That’s reserved for important people. Those without influence or power have few options for expressing their frustrations. Senators don’t take their calls. Congressmen are at lunch with lobbyists. The people don’t have lobbyists. Most in power pay little attention to the people, until things boil over. The pot is beginning to bubble. Governors and cabinet ministers and federal and state agency heads are not out of work, nor are they particularly or personally impacted by a disease that’s ravaging communities, overloading our hospitals, shutting down small and large businesses of every stripe, putting millions out of work, and disrupting our children’s education. Too often, our leaders sound like Governor Mike Parson of Missouri, who said this week: “These kids have got to get back to school. And if they do get COVID-19, which they will — and they will when they go to school — they’re not going to the hospitals. They’re going to go home and they’re going to get over it.” Because that’s how this virus works. Nobody else will get the disease. Just the children — your children — and they’ll be fine. Nothing to see here. Get your brats in school. And get the teachers and support staff in there, too. Shut up. Move along. This attitude comes from the top, from a president who sees the opening of schools as the critical pivot point to opening the economy, the only chance he sees for his re-election. Betsy DeVos, the Education Secretary who’d like to privatize the education system, echoes the president’s sentiments. Open the schools. Or else. I am the boss of you. I’ve got news for them: Schools are not going to open next month in places where this disease is running rampant. Those that do open in those areas will have very few kids and very few teachers. They will be battling quarantines, shutdowns, and disruptions every day. People will not risk their children’s health, no matter who tells them to do it. Mothers and fathers can take to the streets, too, believe it or not. I’ve seen it. The pot is bubbling. Two systems. In one, convicted felons like Michael Cohen and Paul Manafort are escorted from prison in nice suits and allowed to serve their sentences at home because the threat of COVID is too great for men of their stature to be in prison. The thousands of others who remain behind bars, many convicted of lesser crimes? They’re on the wrong side of the divide. Sorry. No power, no money, no friends in high places. Suck it up. Wash your hands. Two systems. In one, the nice uniformed police officer pulls you over in your nice car and politely issues you a ticket — or a warning. In the other, you’re tackled on the street by unidentified men in camouflage carrying automatic weapons and thrown into an unmarked van. No arrest warrant, no reason given. America! I haven’t seen the country this angry, this divided, since the late 1960s. The pot is bubbling. And the man at the top is preparing to turn up the burner, planning to put more unmarked, unidentified N E WS & O P I N I O N troops from Customs and Border Patrol THE FLY-BY - 4 NY TIMES CROSSWORD - 6 in more American cities, hoping as hard COVER STORY as he can that protesters will come out to “ANOTHER ELECTION!” help make great television for the rubes BY JACKSON BAKER - 8 who fear the scary BLM peril and the SPORTS - 12 Marxists and the Antifa, and who love FINANCE - 13 seeing them get beaten and tear-gassed WE RECOMMEND - 14 on Fox News. Law and order! MUSIC - 16 CALENDAR - 18 We’re living in historic and momenBOOKS - 23 tous times. The choice is coming for all FOOD - 24 of us. Stand and be counted or watch a BREWS - 25 wave of authoritarianism roll over us. SPIRITS - 26 Two systems. Two ways forward. One FILM - 27 future. Our choice. C L AS S I F I E D S - 29 Bruce VanWyngarden LAST WORD - 31 brucev@memphisflyer.com

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MAS K LES S MAN A door-to-door salesman riding a “unicycle, motorized contraption” around Cooper-Young sparked a novel-worthy mystery on Nextdoor last week. He wore no mask, seemed to be selling bug/termite services, had no cards for identification, and was just generally “sketchy,” according to Nextdoor users. Speculation had it that he and his co-workers were from Texas, staying and partying hard at an apartment complex in Germantown, and working for a Mormon-owned company based in Provo, Utah. “Mormons! Texans! A unicyclist! Pest control party animals! Maybe all this will be fodder for a novelist amongst us. Meanwhile I hope they mask up or, better, leave us alone,” wrote one Nextdoor user.

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M O N DAY • Shelby County added 720 new cases of COVID-19 from Friday morning to Monday morning last week. • A Black Lives Matter mural painted on the ground at Health Sciences Park was painted over. The large yellow mural, created June 24th near the spot where a Nathan Bedford Forrest statue once stood, mirrored those painted on streets across the Clockwise from top left: Cooper-Young Fest canceled, case count rises, Rhodes goes virtual, country in recent Elvis Week revised, Pink Palace opens screens, BLM mural defaced, and a risk assessment weeks. Van Turner, executive director of the nonprofit Greenspace that owns the Live performances and group parties were nixed. But park, said he was committed to restoring the mural. introduced was the first-ever Virtual Elvis Week, with attendees able to access a closed Facebook group for TU ES DAY livestreams of Elvis Week 2020 content as well as curated • Shelby County added 700 new cases of COVID-19 last archival content from previous Elvis Weeks. Tuesday — the highest ever recorded in a single day here. • The 2020 Cooper-Young Festival was canceled on COVID-19 concerns. WE D N ES DAY The event was initially moved to October 31st, but • Shelby County added 249 new cases of COVID-19. organizers voted last week to cancel what would have been the festival’s 33rd year. Next year’s Cooper-Young Festival TH U R S DAY will be held on September 11th. • Shelby County added 466 new cases of COVID-19. • Rhodes College announced its plan to continue with F R I DAY remote learning only for its 2020 fall semester. The decision • Shelby County added 408 new cases of COVID-19. The came after heavy deliberation with health experts on the total number of COVID-19 cases here stood at 15,678. New safest path forward for the institution. cases rose by 1,823 from Monday to Friday. Eleven people • With Jaws, black holes, and dinosaurs as lures, the Pink died of the virus last week. Palace Museum announced last week the limited reopening • Georgia Tech’s new COVID-19 Event Risk Assessment of its CTI Giant Screen Theater and AutoZone Dome Planning Tool gives county-level data on the chance Planetarium on July 21st. you may have to encounter someone infected with the The 400-seat theater will be restricted to 50 people and coronavirus when you visit anywhere in the United States. the 145-seat planetarium will admit only 20 people per show Dinner and drinks on a patio somewhere in Shelby to accommodate social distancing. Visitors will be required County? Plug in your area’s number of active cases (5,036 to wear masks at all times and receive temperature checks. on Friday) and the size of the crowd you expect on the patio • Elvis Presley’s Graceland said last week it would (we estimated 15), and the tracker predicted there’d be a 1.1 “significantly modify” Elvis Week 2020. percent chance that one person there would be infected. “The Candlelight Vigil on August 15th will be more But bump the number up to 1,000 (the crowd expected to limited than in past years, and will require free advanced watch soccer at AutoZone Park), and the chance goes up to reservations, but the longstanding tradition will carry on 52 percent. Visit the News Blog at memphisflyer.com for fuller versions of with a socially distanced fan procession to the Meditation these stories and more local news. Garden,” the company said.

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ANOTHER ELECTION! Legislators, school board members, a U.S. senator, and congressmen are on the docket.

ith early voting underway as of last Friday (and continuing through August 1st) and election day itself rapidly approaching, requests for mail-in ballots for the August 6th county general election and federal/ state primaries are being described, alternatively, as “through the roof ” and “spiking.” (To secure a mail-in absentee ballot, you must apply by July 30th; see sidebar.) The election has been hampered by the continuing coronavirus pandemic, which has made for sporadic and low-key campaigning, and it would, in normal circumstances, be regarded as an anticlimactic way station between the Tennessee presidential primary of last March and the forthcoming presidential election in November. There are, however, U.S. Senate and Congressional primaries on the local ballot, as well as school board seats, a clerkship, and legislative primaries. And the unusual amount of absentee voting could inflate the final figures beyond expectation. There have been numerous hitches and obstructive actions by the state or other election authorities in the wake of Nashville Chancellor Ellen

Hobbs Lyle’s June 5th order mandating universal eligibility for absentee ballots during the COVID-19 crisis, but Lyle and attorneys for Memphis’ Up the Vote 901 plaintiffs have persistently pushed them aside. Most recently, as of the weekend, plaintiffs secured a consent order requiring that stickers relating to the COVID circumstances be affixed to an information mailer from the Shelby County Election Commission that had omitted that information.

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The only overtly partisan clash on the August 6th ballot is the battle between former Probate Court Clerk Paul Boyd, a Republican, and Joe Brown, a former long-term member of the Memphis City Council. They’re vying for the office of General Sessions Court Clerk, to succeed the retiring Ed Stanton Jr. The other main races on the county general election portion of the ballot are nonpartisan ones for five seats on the nine-member Shelby County Schools Board. At stake are the District 2 seat, sought only by incumbent Althea Greene, and the seats for: District 3 (candidates Jesse Jeff, Aaron Youngblood, and incumbent

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Republican — Former ambassador to Japan and ex-state Economic Development Commissioner Bill Hagerty is supported by President Donald Trump and by numerous members of the Tennessee Republican establishment to fill the seat being vacated by Lamar Alexander. Not unexpectedly, Hagerty has a roughly two-to-one fundraising edge ($4 million cash on hand to $2 million) on GOP challenger “Dr. Manny” Sethi, a Nashville physician who’s hoping

Candidate Sethi with hand-out mask to be this year’s Bill Lee, running a conservative campaign as a personable new face and staying just this side of Hagerty’s take-no-prisoners Trumpism. Multi-millionaire physician and broadcast entrepreneur George Flinn of Memphis is also once again spending liberally from his personal cashbox, but would not appear to be a serious contender. Democratic — Having failed with former Governor Phil Bredesen’s Senate campaign in 2018, Tennessee Democrats have lower-profile choices this year — James Mackler, the

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Stephanie P. Love); District 4 (Clyde Wayne Pinkston, Tamarques Porter, Kristy Sullivan, and incumbent Kevin Woods); District 5 (Paul Evelyn Allen, April Grueder, Sheleah Harris, and incumbent Scott McCormick). The name of Mauricio Calvo is on the ballot, too, but he has discontinued his race; District 6 (Trevor Johnson Banks and incumbent Miska Clay Bibbs) The only other race on the general election portion of the ballot is one for Collierville Municipal Judge, in which Lee Ann Pafford Johnson is unopposed.

Nashville lawyer and Iraq war vet who dropped out of a 2018 Senate race, deferring to Bredesen; Robin Kimbrough Hayes, a pastor and attorney from Hendersonville; and Marquita Bradshaw, a Memphian who describes herself as an “environmentalist.” Mackler has raised some $2 million in the course of his race; the others in the low thousands.

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9th District: Since winning the 9th District seat in 2006, incumbent Democrat Steve Cohen has ably defended it in every election since, proving by his lopsided margins over a series of African-American challengers that a white candidate can win in this majority-Black district. His main primary challenger this year is Corey Strong, a Navy reservist and former local party chair. Also on the ballot is novelty candidate Leo Awgowhat, whose antics are growing as stale as did those of the all-too-forgettable Prince Mongo. An interesting wrinkle is that Strong, who as party chairman denounced the pay-for-play sample ballot of political entrepreneur Greg Grant in 2018, this year leads Grant’s “endorsement” ballot. He is also writing op-eds for local media and doing what else he can to get

8th District: David Kustoff, the Republican incumbent since the 2016 election, faces no primary opponents in 2020, having easily disposed of a challenge from the aforementioned Flinn in 2018. Assumed to be on the moderate end of the GOP spectrum during his political rise, which included stints as U.S. attorney and statewide director for George W. Bush in 2000, Kustoff has proved to be otherwise and is one of the stoutest cheerleaders around for Donald Trump and the president’s policies. Among the Democrats vying for the right to challenge Kustoff are Erika Stotts Pearson of Cordova, the party’s nominee from 2018; former University of Memphis law professor Lawrence A. Pivnick; Hollis W. Skinner, a Vietnam vet and former Trenton alderman; and Savannah Williamson of Jackson, who ran unsuccessfully for the state Senate in 2018.

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State House — District 83: This ethnically changing southeastern Shelby County enclave, including parts of Memphis, unincorporated Shelby County, and Germantown, has been targeted by Shelby County Democrats as the next district (after adjoining District 96) to throw off Republican domination. There are no primaries, as both parties have already settled on their candidates — incumbent state Rep. Mark White for the GOP and challenger Jerri Green for the Democrats. Their battle is in November, and it promises to be tight. District 84: No Republicans are competing for this seat, embodied in

a district that stretches ribbon-like from Oakhaven to Hickory Hill across the southern rim of Shelby County. Incumbent Democrat Joe Towns is always under challenge, both from the state Election Registry, where fines for his late filings and disclosures have accrued, and from this or that opponent. His latest adversary is Dominique Primer, a civic activist, political newcomer, and proprietor of a swimming school. District 85 sees another situation with no Republicans and two Democratic contestants. They are first-term incumbent Jesse Chism and challenger Alvin Crook, a former local Young Democrats president. Chism is not yet fully embedded via longevity, but he has a supportive network, and Crook is still trying to make his mark. District 86 has been represented for many years by Barbara Cooper, a hardy and well-liked nonagenarian, and her three challengers — Austin A. Crowder, Dominique Frost, and JoAnn WootenLewis — have their work cut out for them. So does Rob White, a political unknown who will be running as a Republican in November. District 87 is the domain of the current Democratic House Leader, Karen Camper, and, for good and obvious reasons, no one of either party dared to venture out against her. District 88 has a thoroughly ensconced Democratic incumbent, too: Larry J. Miller, who is well-prepared to withstand a challenge from one Orrden W. Williams Jr. No Republicans in this one, either. District 90 is an open seat, for the unusual reason that the longtime incumbent, John DeBerry, was denied his party’s bona fides earlier this year by the state Democratic Committee, a majority of whose members thereby expressed continued on page 10

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APPLYING FOR AN ABSENTEE BALLOT The Tennessee secretary of state’s office has been anything but receptive to the case for allowing universal absenteeballot eligibility during the ongoing pandemic, but a judge has ordered it, and they — as well as election offices throughout the state — must comply. Their website, however, buries the necessary information about eligibility in a thicket of confusing prose. The salient point is that, as Chancellor Ellen Hobbs Lyle has decreed, any eligible Tennessee voter who wishes to vote by absentee ballot on grounds of their concerns about COVID-19 may do so. Period. The Secretary of State’s website is relatively forthcoming, however, and very detailed about the method of applying: “You must submit a written request containing the information below to your local county election commission office by the seventh day before Election Day [July 30th, in the case of the August 6th election]. You can use the absentee ballot request form to make sure all required information is provided. “You can submit your written request for an absentee ballot by mail, fax, or e-mail. If e-mailing your request, be sure the attached document contains the information below and your scanned signature. 1. Name of the registered voter 2. Address of the voter’s residence 3. Voter’s social security number 4. Voter’s date of birth 5. Address to mail the ballot 6. The election in which the voter wishes to participate. If the election involves a primary, the political party in which the voter wishes to participate 7. Reason the voter wishes to vote absentee 8. Voter’s signature A request that contains this information will be processed and a ballot will be mailed to the voter.”

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their impatience with DeBerry’s close relationship with legislative Republicans and affinity for GOP issues. Three Democrats are vying for the party label and the right to oppose DeBerry, who — thanks to a special legislative bill on his behalf — is running as an independent, in November. The Democrats are Torrey Harris, Anya Parker, and Catrina L. Smith, all of whom have sources of support and viable campaigns. Districts 91 and 93 are both cases in which a single Democrat is running unopposed, with no Republican entrants in the GOP primary. The candidates are, respectively, London Lamar and G.A. Hardaway. Both are incumbents. District 95 is held down by Republican incumbent Kevin Vaughan of Collierville, whose opponent in November will be Democrat Lynette Williams.

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District 96 bridges portions of Memphis, unincorporated Shelby County, and Germantown, and twoterm Democratic incumbent Dwayne Thompson took the seat away from a Republican incumbent in 2016 and successfully defended it in 2018 against Republican nominee Scott McCormick. Patti Possel, a noted de-annexation activist, lost the Republican primary that year but is unopposed this time and will try to regain the seat for the GOP. District 97, another suburban bridge district, lies just to the north, stretching from Cordova through Bartlett almost all the way east to the Fayette County line. The retirement of veteran GOP incumbent Jim Coley makes it a heady temptation for Democrats, and four of them — all with respectable credentials — are vying for it. They are: Allan Creasy, the Celtic Crossing bartender and activist who ran for the seat in 2018, came reasonably close, and never quite stopped running; Gabby Salinas, the scientific researcher and cancer survivor via St. Jude who came within a hair two years ago of upsetting GOP state Senator Brian Kelsey; Ruby Powell-Dennis, a veteran educational administrator and director of the New Memphis nonprofit;

and Clifford Stockton III, also an educational administrator and scion of a well-respected Memphis family, whose grandfather was a mainstay of the Chamber of Commerce. All have robust campaigns, though Salinas and Creasy, in that order, are the leaders in fundraising. The Republicans are not surrendering the seat without a fight, and they, too, have a competitive primary. One candidate is John Gillespie, who has a background in both banking and Republican politics and is grant coordinator at Trezevant Episcopal Home. Gillespie has a considerable lead both financially and in establishment support over Brandon Weise, an employee of the Shelby County Register’s office. In District 98, incumbent Democrat Antonio Parkinson has an opponent, one Charles A. Thompson, but as a preeminent broker in his Frayser/Raleigh bailiwick, Parkinson would seem secure. No Republican seeks the seat. District 99, which comprises much of the northern and eastern parts of Shelby County, including Millington and Arlington, is the site of a Republican grudge match featuring incumbent Tom Leatherwood and former county Republican chair Lee Mills. Both had sought to be appointed to the seat after the death of its late incumbent, Ron Lollar, in 2018. Leatherwood got the nod from the GOP steering committee then, but Mills grew determined to put Leatherwood out to pasture. Whether it was the intervention of the prolonged COVID break or some other cause, however, Mills’ momentum, rising in March, was broken and never fully repaired. Leatherwood’s fundraising has dwarfed Mills’, and the incumbent seems well-buffeted against the challenge.

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Two Senate seats are on the August 6th ballot, those in Districts 30 and 32. District 30 takes in much of the western half of the county and, unsurprisingly, is largely Democratic. The only race there is between incumbent Democrat Sara Kyle and primary challenger M. Latroy Alexandria-Williams, a perennial candidate and pay-for-play ballot proprietor who was disallowed the Democratic label for a District 9 race by the party’s state executive committee back in April but somehow reacquired it for his state Senate try. He’s still probably whistling in the dark, however. District 32, which is split between eastern Shelby County and Tipton County, has a Republican race, pitting political newcomer Scott Throckmorton versus incumbent Paul Rose of Covington, who is so well-regarded that he outpolled several well-known Shelby Republicans to win the seat, formerly held by U.S. Judge Mark Norris, in a special election in March.

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On Friday, July 24 at 6:30 pm, join us on the Crosstown Arts Facebook page for the full concert video premiere of Chantae Cann performing at The Green Room at Crosstown Arts. The video will also be available at crosstownarts.org after the premiere. Known primarily for her session work, Atlanta-based Chantae Cann is a singer-songwriter who specializes in mature R&B filled with joy and positivity.

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Baseball is Back

July 23-29, 2020

s Major League Baseball opens the first made-forTV season in the sport’s history, 30 clubs will be measured by four components: pitching, hitting, fielding, and what might best be described as bubble management. The defending-champion Washington Nationals return the best one-two pitching punch in the game: Max Scherzer and Stephen Strasburg. They have one of the most exciting young sluggers in the game in Juan Soto. They lost a third baseman when Anthony Rendon departed for the Los Angeles Angels. But here’s the question that may decide the champs’ 2020 fate: How antisocial are the Nats? This is where we are in the age of coronavirus. A baseball team’s starting rotation will only be as strong as the five men in that group are at self-isolation. An urge to stray outside a team’s “bubble” — whether at home or on the road — could prove catastrophic when “quarantine” and “contact-tracing” become part of the box scores we check in the morning. There’s never been required teamwork quite like this. How smoothly your favorite team’s shortstop and second baseman turn the pivot may be less important than how quickly your outfielders don their masks upon leaving the ballpark. AutoZone Park will remain dormant, as the St. Louis Cardinals’ minor-league training camp will be housed in Springfield, Missouri (home of the franchise’s Double-A club). But several former Memphis Redbirds — including skipper Mike Shildt, the 2019 National League Manager of the Year — will help determine if the upcoming 60-game season will be memorable for reasons beyond its brevity. Here are seven to watch. Yadier Molina — The 38-year-old catcher’s remarkable streak of 15 consecutive seasons with more than 100 games behind the plate will come to an end, but Molina has a pair of significant milestones within reach. He needs 37 hits to reach 2,000 for his career, a number that should all but punch a Hall of Fame ticket for the nine-time Gold Glove winner. And when he plays his 17th game this season, he’ll become only the third man — after Stan Musial and Lou Brock — to play 2,000 games for the Cardinals.

Adam Wainwright — Like Molina, Wainwright is climbing some significant charts in the record book. With two wins, Wainwright would move past Bob Forsch (163) for third place on the Cardinals’ career chart. Should he start six games with Molina behind the plate, the two will climb into sixth all-time for games played as battery mates. Jack Flaherty — In a regular season squeezed down to two months, pitching will be more of a premium than ever, and Flaherty enters the season as the Cardinals’ unquestioned ace. Still only 24, Flaherty is coming off a season in which he struck out 231 hitters, the most by a Cardinal since Hall of Famer Bob Gibson in 1970. Tommy Edman — The 25-year-old Edman can be classified as a throwback player, a utility man who can play six positions, bat at the top or bottom of the batting order, and bring speed to the base paths and the field. Look for Edman to play every day, but check the lineup for where. Paul DeJong — Who’s most likely to be a Cardinal in the year 2030? I’d go with DeJong (who turns 27 next month). After two months in Memphis, DeJong took over at shortstop in 2017 and has slugged 74 home Mike runs in the three seasons Shildt since (30 last year). He’s a strong fielder and was the Cardinals’ lone representative in the 2019 All-Star Game. If he can cut down on the strikeouts, DeJong has several more AllStar trips in his future. Matt Carpenter — The designated hitter has arrived in the National League, and Carpenter could be the man to make it a position of impact. Having bounced from second base to third and over to first since 2012, Carpenter has been a hitter without a position. The Cardinals need the 34-year-old Carpenter to find his All-Star form at the plate. After drilling 36 homers and finishing ninth in MVP voting after the 2018 season, Carpenter slumped to a slash line of .226/.334/.392 (with 15 homers) in 2019. Carlos Martinez — The team’s ace starter merely three years ago, Martinez took over closer duty last season when Jordan Hicks went down for Tommy John surgery. While he’d like to start again, Martinez would bring a degree of ninth-inning certainty to a team that will presumably play a lot of low-scoring games.

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Time for Time and Money a road trip. F I N A N C I A L F E AT U R E B y C a r o l L e e R o y e r

The stock market, inflation, and a honeymoon at The Peabody Hotel.

sharing champagne and stories about those early days at “The Meeting Place of the South” and all that had changed since 1949. Today, now 71 years later, the cost of a stay at the hotel has changed, as well. How much? To find the current rate for a standard room, I queried The Peabody’s website. The rate as of July 2020 is $169/night plus tax of $32 and a resort fee of $13.95 for a total of $214.95. In 1949, there were no taxes or resort fees charged, just a flat $8/night. Therefore, over the past 71 years, the total

Average Annual Increase Over 71 Years* Peabody Hotel Standard Room Rates 4.7 percent/year Inflation (CPI) 3.4 percent/year S&P 500 Total Return Index 11.5 percent/year The Peabody is a premium luxury hotel whose cost grew at a faster pace than U.S. consumer inflation during this period. No surprise here. However, what if our newlyweds had invested some of their wedding cash in the stock market? At 11.5 percent/ year compounded growth, $8 would have increased to $18,180. So today, Uncle Joe and Aunt Jean could pay for their room, dinner at Chez Phillippe, an expensive bottle of wine, and still have plenty left over! You will be pleased to know that 11 years ago, The Peabody assisted in the Royer anniversary celebrations with a gracious room upgrade, champagne, and cake. It is no wonder that The Peabody continues to enjoy a worldwide reputation as a destination hotel. * For average annual increase calculations, the past 71 years are measured from the beginning of 1949 through the end of 2019. Carol Lee Royer, CFP, CFA, CDFA, is senior vice president and senior wealth strategist for Waddell & Associates.

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Uncle Joe and Aunt Jean honeymooned at The Peabody, “the South’s Grand Hotel,” for a grand total of $16 for two nights.

cost of a stay at The Peabody has increased 2,687 percent! Ouch! It’s much easier to get a handle on this big number by calculating the average annual increase — 4.7 percent a year. Let’s compare the hotel cost increase with general inflation, as measured by the Consumer Price Index (CPI) tracked by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Just for fun, we will also compare the growth of the U.S. stock market, as measured by the total return of the Standard & Poors 500 index.

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leven years ago, my husband’s aunt and uncle celebrated their 60th anniversary at The Peabody Hotel, where they spent their wedding night on August 5th, 1949. To remember their honeymoon many years in the future, the newlyweds had created a scrapbook that included the invoice for their two-night stay in 1949 — $8/night for a total of $16! In their mid-80s during the summer of 2009, Uncle Joe and Aunt Jean set out on a road trip from their home in Sarasota, Florida, to Tennessee. They were determined to visit their childhood homes in West Tennessee one last time. With the yellowed invoice in hand, they made reservations at The Peabody for August 5, 2009 — 60 years to the day of their first visit. It was a delight to celebrate such a long and happy marriage when they arrived. The family gathered in The Peabody lobby,

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Sharks and Stars

By Julie Ray

Dinosaurs of Antarctica

Just in time to dodge the beastly July heat, opening weekend for Memphis Pink Palace Museum’s CTI Giant Screen Theater offers dinosaurs, sharks, and canines. “We’re going to have an exciting lineup of movies and shows, including daily showings of Dinosaurs of Antarctica and weekend showings of the original 1975 version of Jaws on the giant screen,” says Museum marketing manager Bill Walsh. “In the planetarium, we’ll feature daily showings of the popular Black Holes show.” Guests are highly encouraged to arrive early to purchase tickets to movies and planetarium shows as there are entry protocols including temperature checks, entry questions, and the like that require additional time, along with seating restrictions. As a further safety precaution, guests will be required to wear masks at all times. Concession items will not be available at the theater entrance. However, candy and drinks can be purchased at the Museum Store. “We are limiting seating capacities to 15 percent to ensure safe social distancing and are requiring guests to wear masks at all times and places,” Walsh says. Fifteen percent equates to 50 viewers in the theater and 20 stargazers in the planetarium. Yes, this is opening weekend for the planetarium as well. Both venues will be open Tuesday through Sunday with several showtimes daily. The planetarium will bring back the popular Black Holes along with new shows, Our Sky Tonight and laser animated Legends of the Night Sky. Museum members receive one dollar off ticket price. Individual and family museum memberships are available and can be used in over 360 other ASTC-affiliated museums around the world. MEMPHIS PINK PALACE MUSEUM, VISIT WEBSITE FOR THEATER AND PLANETARIUM SHOW SCHEDULE, MEMPHISMUSEUMS.ORG. WEEKEND SHOWS START ON JULY 23RD AND CONTINUE THROUGH AUGUST 30TH; $6-$16 PER SHOW, $14-$30 INCLUDES MUSEUM EXHIBITS.

VARIOUS DAYS & TIMES July 23rd-29th Leonard Cohen: I’m Your Man + Amy LaVere and Will Sexton Germantown Performing Arts Center, 1801 Exeter, Thursday, July 23rd, 5:30-8:30 p.m., $10 Documentary about the legendary singer-songwriter features performances by musicians he influenced. The Grove will also feature Miss Sharon Jones! on Friday and Standing in the Shadows of Motown on Sunday. Cirque Italia Wolfchase Galleria, 2760 N. Germantown, Thursday, July 23rd, 7:30 p.m.; Friday, July 24th, 7:30 p.m.; Saturday, July 25th, 1:30, 4:30 & 7:30 p.m.; and Sunday, July 26th, 1:30, 4:30 & 7:30 p.m., $10-$40 Featuring a stage that holds 35,000 gallons of water that performers dazzle over while thrilling the audience with every move.

Artist reception for “Yearning Horizons” Medicine Factory, 85 W. Virginia, Friday, July 24th, 5-8 p.m. and Saturday, July 25th, 10 a.m.-2 p.m., free Exhibition of a new body of work by Savannah White inspired by her travel experiences. Memphis Zoo Digital Dinner Party memphiszoo.org, Friday, July 24th, 6-11 p.m., $125 Party includes a four-course meal that is specially crafted by Jimmy Gentry and Erling Jensen and paired with wines. Also featuring animal interpreters, Old Dominick’s master distiller Alex Castle, and an auction.

Babalu Virtual MargaritaMaking Class eatbabalu.com, Friday, July 24th, 6-7 p.m., $25 Babalu’s drink master Michelle Laverty will walk participants through how to whip up a signature Baba Rita and the oh-so-popular Watermelon Margarita in a 30-minute session. Taste of Fitness Memphis Live Online facebook.com/sweat901, Monday, July 27th-Friday, July 31st, 10 a.m., free A 25-minute taste of different workouts available in-person and virtually. Includes cocktail-making demos from Old Dominick, demos and giveaways of health and wellness services and products, and a chance to win prizes from vendors and sponsors.

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MUSIC By Alex Greene

The Last Drag Tyler Keith sets hard truths to a pounding beat.

Tyler Keith

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yler Keith is a living testament to the deep connections between Memphis and North Mississippi, having played here with bands that include the Preacher’s Kids, the Neckbones, and Teardrop City for decades. “I’m from Pensacola, Florida. I moved to Mississippi to go to college and I just stayed. I’ve been in Oxford 30 years or something. But like they say, Memphis is the capital of Mississippi,” he says. “And all this time, I’ve been in awe of Memphis music. The Compulsive Gamblers and the Oblivians and Jack Oblivian and the Grifters. All that weirdness.” Like the bands he names, Keith’s music is raw and rocking. It takes a certain touch to authentically pull that off, but with his ear for perfectly dialed-in guitar tones, stomping beats, and melodies that soar over

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And as you get older, you can make your peace with that. Nostalgia is important, especially in an aesthetic sense, as far as the music

Some people call it classicism, not nostalgia — something about this architecture that’s so powerful it can adapt to the current day. Rock-and-roll is folk music to me. It is adaptable and easily constructed. I grew up learning to play folk music. My dad had a bluegrass band, and he taught me to play bluegrass guitar. And I still use these forms. It’s good when the changes have a kind of naturalness to them. Yeah. That’s where the hook lives! I’ll be 50 in about a month. You really have to let go of what you think and just get on with it, and try to do the best you can without being as dumb. It seems rock-and-roll to not give a shit, but giving a shit is actually way more rock-and-roll. Tyler Keith plays a live-streamed record release show for the newly minted Goner TV at twitch.tv/gonerrecords on Friday, July 24th, at 8 p.m. Autographed LPs available for order.

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Memphis Flyer: Running deep through these songs is the feeling of someone at a crossroads. Tyler Keith: Exactly. I was considering this to be the last thing I did for a while. It has a lot of ideas about growing up — giving up the delusions of grandeur you have when you’re younger, about being an artist, and just getting on with doing it. I just wanna do things. I don’t wanna be something. I don’t necessarily wanna be a musician. I don’t live and breathe it like I used to because it’s already become assimilated into my personality. If I want to take photographs, I do that. If I want to write fiction or something, I just do it. You can’t worry about what happens to it as much.

that I make goes. It’s rock-and-roll of a different kind of era. But I don’t try to make anything that sounds exactly like 1966, or whatever. That’s the basis of it, but I don’t wanna sound like that. I don’t wanna be that.

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slashing chords, Keith clearly gets it. His new LP The Last Drag (Black & Wyatt) may be his finest yet. Combining all the above ingredients with maturity’s hard-won lessons, these songs convey a sense of dread, destiny, and delight, perhaps best expressed in the opening track, “You Can’t Go Home Again.”

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Hattiloo Theatre

God’s Trombone, enjoy the original production of inspirational sermons by African-American preachers reimagined as poetry, reverberating with the musicality and splendid eloquence of spirituals. Free. Ongoing. Sarafina!, past production about human rights in the 21st century, written by Mbongeni Ngema. Ongoing. Iola’s Southern Fields, enjoy an online past performance drawn from the writings of Ida B. Wells. Free. Ongoing. 37 S. COOPER (502-3486).

Kudzu Playhouse

Kudzu Playhouse Virtual, join Kudzu social media for donation-based classes, games, scholarship opportunities, and more. Download the app for more fun theater activities and information. Ongoing. P.O. BOX 47 (888-429-7871).

The Orpheum

Orpheum Virtual Engagement, join Orpheum staff, artists, and students for activities, interviews, and more on Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, and YouTube. Visit website for more information. Ongoing. 203 S. MAIN (525-3000).

Playhouse on the Square

Playhouse on the Square at Home, a series of digital content through POTS website and social media platforms. View past performances, engage in quizzes, enjoy digital playwriting, and more. Free. Ongoing. 66 S. COOPER (726-4656).

Tennessee Shakespeare Company

July 23-29, 2020

Decameron Project, a livestreaming effort from the Tabor Stage in which artists will bring you live readings, inspirational poetry, famous speeches by Shakespeare, fun stories, and more. Inspired by Giovanni Boccaccio, who escaped the plague in the 14th century and wrote 100 stories

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.

while in seclusion. tnshakespeare.org. Free. Ongoing, 10:15 a.m.

on social media and tag the artists and gallery. Brighten your day and stay connected through art. Visit website for art to color. Free. Ongoing.

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Theatre Memphis

Online on Stage, a Theatre Memphis Facebook group that serves as a clearinghouse for performers wanting to share their talents. Featuring storytime, readings, or performance art. Ongoing.

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Metal Museum Online

Cirque Italia, cirqueitalia.com. $10-$40. Thurs., July 23, 7:30 p.m., Fri., July 24, 7:30 p.m., Sat., July 25, 1:30, 4:30 & 7:30 p.m., and Sun., July 26, 1:30, 4:30 & 7:30 p.m.

Peruse the art and craft of fine metalwork digitally. Featuring past gallery talks from previous exhibitions, interviews with artists, and demonstrations, including “Beauty in the Boundary,” the museum’s exhibition of gates and railings. Free. Ongoing.

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Eclectic Eye

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

Closing reception for “Hernando in Nocturne,” exhibition of new work by Max Malcolms. Fri., July 24, 5:30-7:30 p.m.

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242 S. COOPER (276-3937).

Medicine Factory

Artist reception for “Yearning Horizons,” exhibition of a new body of work by Savannah White, inspired by her travel experiences. Fri., July 24, 5-8 p.m., and Sat., July 25, 10 a.m.-2 p.m. 85 W. VIRGINIA (581-5815).

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2020 Virtual Door Dash The annual kickoff for Adapt-A-Door fundraiser in November. Peruse pictures of available doors or other items to make into furniture, art, or other adaptive reuse. Artists can register on website or call. Through July 31. MEMPHIS HERITAGE, 2282 MADISON (272-2727).

3rd Space Online

Visit Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn for exciting activities and relief efforts from the local creative community. Ongoing. 3RDSPACEARTS.ORG.

Arrow Creative Online Store

All sales benefit local creatives. Shop locally made jewelry, candles, greeting cards, soaps, and more. Ongoing. ARROW CREATIVE, 2535 BROAD, ARROWCREATIVE.ORG.

Arrow Creative: Positively Creative Quarantined Convos

Inspiring conversations live on Instagram with creatives. Free. Tuesdays, Thursdays, 11:30 a.m. & 8 p.m. ARROW CREATIVE, 2535 BROAD.

Call to Artists for “Unresponsive”

Seeking work in solidarity

“Chucho,” new mural by MrBbaby, on view at Eclectic Eye, ongoing with the Black community of Memphis. Submit new works of visual art, music, spoken word, and writing to be included in a large-scale, open-call exhibition and performance event when Crosstown Arts reopens to the public. Through July 31. CROSSTOWN ARTS AT THE CONCOURSE, 1350 CONCOURSE, STE. 280 (507-8030).

Call to Artists: “Inspiration from Isolation”

Artists from across the globe are invited to enter a free art competition sponsored by Agora Gallery in New York. Selected artists will receive prizes and opportunities. Free.

Through July 31. NYARTCOMPETITIONS.COM.

Crosstown Arts Residency Program 2021

Multidisciplinary residencies to visiting and Memphisbased artists and curators working in any creative discipline including visual and performing arts, music, film, and writing in all genres. Through Sept. 15. CROSSTOWN CONCOURSE, 1350 CONCOURSE, CROSSTOWNARTS.ORG.

David Lusk Gallery Daily Special

A new piece of art from a gallery artist pops each day at 12:01 a.m. Check daily for new art offerings. Ongoing. DAVID LUSK GALLERY, 97 TILLMAN (767-3800).

“Doodling Around”

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The gallery is giving a work of art to a lucky visitor each month. Drop off your business card or 3x5 card with contact information for a chance to win. Through June 30, 2021. MID-SOUTH ARTIST GALLERY, 2945 SHELBY.

Call to Artists: “Nasty Women Memphis: War Paint”

Seeking work for the Memphis exhibit in fall 2020 at Crosstown Arts in the Concourse, benefiting Planned Parenthood. Visit the website for more information and submission. Through July 31. CROSSTOWN ARTS AT THE CONCOURSE, 1350 CONCOURSE, STE. 280 (270-8409), NASTYWOMENMEMPHIS.COM.

Open on Main: My Memphis View Art & Gallery

Visit artist Mary-Ellen Kelly online for “My Memphis View” products including books, prints, T-shirts, drink coasters, and posters. Featuring virtual gallery tour.

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Pinot’s Palette Virtual Paint

Register online for Zoom invite and an emailed supply list. Don’t forget the wine. Visit website for dates and times, $15. Ongoing. PINOTSPALLETE.COM.

Watercolor Florals 101 Shelby Brown, studio artist at Arrow, has made a PDF of steps, techniques, and a 25-minute video tutorial to teach you how to make watercolor florals. $10-$50. Ongoing. ARROW CREATIVE, 2535 BROAD.

Woman’s Exchange Virtual Art Gallery

Annual fundraiser featuring original work in mixed media, glass, sculpture, jewelry, woodturning, and more. View on website, Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter or make an appointment. Through Aug. 21. WOMAN’S EXCHANGE ART GALLERY, 88 RACINE (327-5681), WEOFMEMPHIS.ORG.

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Art Museum at the University of Memphis (AMUM)

“Africa: Art of a Continent,” permanent exhibition of African art from the Martha and Robert Fogelman collection. Ongoing. “IEAA Ancient Egyptian Collection,” permanent exhibition of Egyptian antiquities ranging from 3800 B.C.E. to 700 C.E. from the Institute of Egyptian Art and Archaeology collection. Ongoing. 142 COMMUNICATION & FINE ARTS BUILDING (678-2224).

ArtsMemphis

“Access Granted,” exhibition of work by ArtsAccelerator grant recipients. Through Aug. 31. “Unfolding: The Next Chapter in Memphis,” exhibition of visual art by local Memphis artists, curated by Kenneth Wayne Alexander. artsmemphis.org. Ongoing. 575 S. MENDENHALL (578-2787).

“Historical Artist Review” at Mid-South Artist Gallery, through Friday, July 24th

Eclectic Eye

“Chucho,” exhibition of painted mural by MrBbaby. Ongoing. 242 S. COOPER (276-3937).

Fratelli’s Clough-Hanson Gallery

“Interiors: A Study of Domestic Quarantine,” exhibition of work by Art 260: Curation in Context artists Paula Kovarik and Sophia Mason. Curated by Jenna Gilley. Visit Facebook page in ticket link to view virtually. rhodes.edu. Ongoing. “Quarantine Couple,” exhibition of work by Art 260: Curation in Context artists Lacy Mitcham Veteto and Gregory Allen Smith. Curated by Ben Aquila. Ongoing. “Second Life, Third Life,” exhibition of work by Art 260: Curation in Context artists Meredith Potter, Melissa Wilkinson, and Emily C. Thomas. Curated by Roland Donnelly-Bullington. “Eyesolation: Seeing and Looking in Quarantine,” exhibition of work by Art 260: Curation in Context artists Melissa Dunn, Alexander Paulus, Emily C. Thomas, Mary K VanGieson. Curated by Katie Clark. Ongoing. “Home is Where the Art Is,” exhibition of work by Art 260: Curation in Context artists Nick Peña, Ryan Steed, and Nancy Cheairs. Curated by Julia Conway. Ongoing. “All by Myself,” exhibition of work by Art 260: Curation in Context artists Jesse Butcher and Emily C. Thomas. Curated by Marlo Morales. Ongoing. “Landscapes in Isolation,” exhibition of work by Art 260: Curation in Context artists Clare Johnson, Maysey Craddock, and Susan Maakestad. Curated by Caroline Koch. “playground,” exhibition of work by Art 260: Curation in Context artists Elizabeth Alley and Susan Maakestad. Curated by Dresden Timco. Ongoing. RHODES COLLEGE, 2000 N. PARKWAY (843-3000).

David Lusk Gallery

“Dualities,” exhibition of works by Don Estes. Through July 31. 97 TILLMAN (767-3800).

“Selections by Sandy,” exhibition of landscapes, still lifes, and animals by Sandy Scruggs. Through Aug. 31. 750 CHERRY (766-9900).

Jay Etkin Gallery

Permanent Collection: “The Flow Museum of Art & Culture.” Ongoing. 942 COOPER (550-0064).

L Ross Gallery

“Finding Birdsong,” exhibition of works by Lisa Jennings. On view limited hours or by appointment. Wed.-Sat., 11 a.m.-3 p.m. Through July 25. 5040 SANDERLIN (767-2200).

Medicine Factory

“Yearning Horizons,” exhibition of a new body of work by Savannah White inspired by her travel experiences. By appointment only. July 26-Aug. 1. 85 W. VIRGINIA (581-5815).

Memphis Botanic Garden

Bartlett Art Association, exhibition of work by members of the Bartlett Art Association. Through Aug. 31. 750 CHERRY (636-4100).

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“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. “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. Ongoing. 1934 POPLAR (544-6209).

Memphis College of Art

“Intrepidly Yours,” exhibition of Spring 2020 BFA work by last graduating class. mca2020bfa.com. Through Feb. 28, 2021. 1930 POPLAR (272-5100).

Metal Museum

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C A L E N D A R : J U LY 2 3 - 2 9 continued from page 19 porary Metal Arts,” exhibition of Japanese metalworking techniques and materials by Japanese and American artists highlighting the influence of Japanese metalworking on contemporary metal arts. Curated by Hiroko Yamada and originating at Penland Gallery. metalmuseum.org. Free. Through Sept. 13. “Tributaries: Sophie Glenn i Rust Never Sleeps,” exhibition of works by furniture maker and metal worker from New York City. Through Sept. 27. 374 METAL MUSEUM DR. (774-6380).

Mid-South Artist Gallery “Historical Artist Review,” exhibition of work from 1896-1940 featuring Joost: 1908; Virginia Ostrand: 1916; L. Dino: 1910; Ada Morrill: 1938; Arthur: 1896; Sean Wu, Scheider, and many others. (409-8705) Through July 24. 2945 SHELBY.

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Stax Museum of American Soul

“Beautiful Souls: Joel Brodsky and the Faces of Stax Records,” exhibition of some familiar faces and famous Stax album cover photographs. Through Sept. 30. 926 E. MCLEMORE (946-2535).

Tops Gallery

“Bleeding to Space,” exhibition of three-dimensional work by Ziba Rajabi. Through Aug. 15. 400 S. FRONT.

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“Bleeding to Space,” exhibition of three-dimensional work by Ziba Rajabi. Through Aug. 15. 151 MADISON (340-0134).

OPERA

“Opera Speed-Runs” Series by Jake Stamatis

Tales of Hoffman on YouTube by Handorf Company artist. Free. Ongoing. OPERA MEMPHIS, 6745 WOLF RIVER (257-3100).

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Walking Tour and Ghost Hunt

Part walking tour and part ghost hunt. Tour of the South Main district and investigate a wellknown site that was the scene of the brutal murder of Patrolman Edward Broadfoot in 1918. 13+. $25. Saturdays, 7:30 p.m.

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Wednesday Opera Time

Join Opera Memphis every Wednesday on Facebook for an assortment of live events including “Opera for Animals,” Bingo Opera, and more. Free. Wednesdays, 7 p.m.

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Featuring up to 50 vendors. All sales will directly support the working uninsured people and families in Memphis who rely on Church Health for their medical and wellness care. Through July 24.

Neko Mew’s Belly Dance Classes

Need to stay active while social distancing? Local artist and belly dancer Jen Russell offers weekly video tutorials via Facebook Live. Donations accepted, payable through Venmo. Available via Facebook group Neko Mew’s Belly Dance Classes. Viewers can also receive individualized instruction by donating $5 for the first video lesson and $10 for each subsequent video. Wednesdays.

Online Dance Class with Steven Prince Tate

Dance, laugh, and shine a light on the current situation. Donations accepted, $SPTate and Venmo: SPTate. Fridays, 1 p.m.

Social DisDancing

Local dance instructor Louisa Koeppel aims to keep people up and moving with her Facebook group where members are encouraged to share videos of made-up dance phrases, routines they’ve known (like the Macarena), or imitations of dance moves seen in viral videos. Free. Ongoing.

University of Memphis Theatre & Dance: Free Livestream Classes Visit the Facebook page for live streaming with student instructors. Free. Ongoing.

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“What You Doin, Nothin?” comedy and parody series created by the artists of Unapologetic, a Memphis based record label and creative company. Visit YouTube for first two episodes and details for more. Ongoing. WEAREUNAPOLOGETIC.COM.

All of the guides are professional Beale Street musicians who play and sing while entertaining you with comedy, history, and behind-thescenes stories of your favorite Memphis personalities. $30. Mondays, Wednesdays, Fridays, Saturdays, 1:30 p.m. Through July 31. BACKBEAT TOURS, 197 BEALE (ALFRED’S PATIO BAR) (1-866-392-BEAT).

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Zoo Dude

Hosted by Chief Zoological Officer Matt Thompson, Memphis Zoo updates. Free. Wednesdays, Sundays, 8 a.m., and Saturdays, noon. MEMPHIS ZOO, 2000 PRENTISS PLACE IN OVERTON PARK (3336500), MEMPHISZOO.ORG.

Metal Museum Audio Tour

Explore the newly updated Sculpture Garden and accompanying audio tour while adhering to safe social distancing. PWYC. Ongoing, 11 a.m.-5 p.m. METAL MUSEUM, 374 METAL MUSEUM DR. (774-6380).

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Ghost Walk

Join the Historical Haunts Investigation Team and explore the macabre and dark history of downtown Memphis. $20. Fridays, Saturdays, 8 p.m. THE BROOM CLOSET, 546 S. MAIN (497-9486), HISTORICALHAUNTSMEMPHIS.COM.

Visit Elmwood’s social media for talks and tours by Elmwood staff, board members, and enthusiasts. Subjects range from nature found at Elmwood to historical events and people. Through Aug. 31. ELMWOOD CEMETERY, 824 S. DUDLEY (774-3212).

“Yearning Horizons” by Savannah White at the Medicine Factory, Friday, July 24, 5-8 p.m.; Sat., July 25, 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Old Forest Hike

Walking tour of the region’s only urban oldgrowth forest. Last Sunday of every month, 10 a.m. OVERTON PARK, OFF POPLAR (276-1387).

Tours for Very Small Groups

Elmwood Cemetery’s staff is ready to take you and your very small group on a tour around the grounds in groups of 9. Masks required. $5. Ongoing, 10 a.m. ELMWOOD CEMETERY, 824 S. DUDLEY (774-3212).

Urban Adventure Quest Virtual Games

Series of small games that will take you on a virtual tour of a state from the safety of your home. Free. Ongoing. VARIOUS LOCATIONS, SEE WEBSITE FOR MORE INFORMATION (805-6035620), URBANADVENTUREQUEST.COM.

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Mobile operas will come to your neighborhood or place of work to perform a themed

concert for you and your neighbors or co-workers. Visit website for details. Ongoing.

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Online Spring Plant Sale Order your plants from the nursery online and pick up curbside. Visit website for available plants and more information. Ongoing. MEMPHIS BOTANIC GARDEN, 750 CHERRY (636-4100).

St. Jude JAM Auction

Bid on items from cars to oneon-one time with celebrities, benefiting St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital. Ongoing. ST. JUDE CHILDREN’S RESEARCH HOSPITAL, 262 DANNY THOMAS PLACE (495-3300).

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Ballet Memphis Online Pilates and Ballet Classes

Classes offered include Espresso Flow, Stretch & Burn, Fascial Fun, Intermediate/ Advanced Ballet, Intermediate Mat Flow, and Get Moving. $10. Ongoing, 7:30 a.m.-5:30 p.m. BALLET MEMPHIS, 2144 MADISON (737-7322).

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Classes will be offered free and online. From mediation and yoga to Bootcamp and kickboxing, find the right class for you. Free. Ongoing. THE SALVATION ARMY KROC CENTER, 800 E. PARKWAY S. (729-8007).

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bootcamp, exercises for active older adults, and Les Mills training. Visit website to join. Free. Ongoing.

DIG Memphis Mysteries While at home, do some investigative work to solve a mystery from a collection of images in the digital archives. New photo posted weekly. Ongoing.

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Live stream Instagram yogi class. Fridays, 6:30 p.m. Through Sept. 4.

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Our Virtual Yoga Downtown

Join Charlie Baxter Hayden for yoga on IG Live, @downtownmemphis. Tues., 6 p.m. DOWNTOWNMEMPHIS.COM.

Sunrise Yoga with Peggy Reisser Bring mat and practice yoga. All levels welcome. Free for members, $5 nonmembers. Wednesdays, 6:15 a.m. THE DIXON GALLERY & GARDENS, 4339 PARK (761-5250).

Taijiquan with Milan Vigil Free with admission. Saturdays, 10:30 a.m.

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

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Combined livestream worship. Visit website for more information and livestream link. Sun., 11 a.m. IDLEWILDCHURCH.ORG.

Memphis Agricultural Club

Meet in the C Wing of the Expo Building. Lunch provided for $10. Fourth Monday of every month, noon. AGRICENTER SHOWPLACE ARENA, 7777 WALNUT GROVE (757-7777), AGRICENTER.ORG.

Read in Peace Book Club: Zoom Edition

Online meeting to discuss monthly book. Register for invite. Proceeds benefit Elmwood Cemetery. $5. Ongoing, 5:30 p.m. ELMWOODCEMETERY.ORG

Virtual-T

Weekly Zoom gathering for anyone 18+ who identifies as a member of the trans or GNC community. For login information, email ahauptman@ outmemphis.org. Tuesdays, 6 p.m. OUTMEMPHIS.ORG.

Cirque Italia at Wolfchase Galleria, Thursday, July 23, through Sunday, July 26 your favorites some love. Through July 31. MEMPHISFLYER.COM.

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Nominate your favorite Memphis businesses and more. Your nominations determine the final ballot, available August 26-September 16. Show

Enjoy treasure hunts, secret agent assignments, and more. Four different box sets can be ordered online to bring the escape room to your living room. $45-$130. Ongoing. DISPATCH.BREAKOUTGAMES.COM.

Summer reading program. Read 20 minutes a day and track your reading online for prizes. It is for all ages but does require an adult to sign up those under 13. Free. Through Aug. 1. BENJAMIN L. HOOKS CENTRAL LIBRARY, 3030 POPLAR (415-2700), MEMPHISLIBRARY.ORG.

Girl’s Night Out

Invite your BFFs and enjoy happy hour featuring half-off bottles of wine and large cheese boards for the price of small. Thursdays, 5 p.m. Through July 30. LOFLIN YARD, 7 W. CAROLINA.

Grind City Designs and Dixie Picker T-Shirt Benefit

Local businesses have put together vintage finds and fresh designs for T-shirts. Each shirt sale provides 24 meals through Mid-South Food Bank. $25-$29. Ongoing. GRINDCITYDESIGNS.COM.

Letters of Love for Senior Citizens

Send positive messages to seniors in quarantine. Mail letters to 4674 Merchants Park Circle, # 432, Collierville, TN, 38017, or drop them into the property’s onsite mailbox located near Barnes & Noble, 4610 Merchants Park Circle, # 521, Collierville, TN 38017. Ongoing, 11 a.m. CARRIAGE CROSSING, HOUSTON LEVEE & BILL MORRIS PKWY. (8548240).

Live at the Garden Online Auction

While the Live at the Garden 20th anniversary season is canceled, special items will be auctioned throughout the season, including a Ron Olson original painting. Visit website to participate. Ongoing. LIVEATTHEGARDEN.COM.

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Matching in Memphis: A Virtual Game Show

Join Kevin Cerrito and Riverset Rye for a virtual game show featuring a panel of Memphis celebrities. Watch, match, and win live online. Thursdays, 7 p.m. Through Aug. 27. CERRITOTRIVIA.COM.

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Memphis Flyer Home Delivery

Have Memphis Flyer delivered to your home bi-weekly. Call or email to subscribe. $5 per month. Ongoing. (521-9000), MEMPHISFLYER.COM.

Memphis: QueerAF!

Variety show with host Lisa Michaels brings LGBTQ+ performers from around the country to share their talents and have a good time in the 901. 18+. $10. Last Saturday of every month, 9-11:30 p.m. Through Dec. 26. BLACK LODGE, 405 N. CLEVELAND (272-7744), LEGENDOFSHELDA.COM.

Nominations for the Quarterly Pick Award

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Use your library card to check out ebooks and audiobooks. Includes Big Library Read connecting readers around the world with the same book at the same time. Ongoing. READS.OVERDRIVE.COM.

Twilight Thursdays

Furry-friendly hours on the second and fourth Thursday of the month. All are welcome, with or without a pet. Fourth Thursday of every month, 6-8 p.m. MEMPHIS BOTANIC GARDEN, 750 CHERRY (636-4100).

United Way of the Mid-South: Driving the Dream

For those impacted by Covid-19. Puts callers in contact with essential services, without individuals having to repeat the circumstances for the call. Follow-up ensures those connections were made. Mondays-Fridays, 8:30 a.m.-5 p.m. (888-709-0630), CALL.DRIVINGTHEDREAM.ORG.

Virtual Wild Encounters Learn about animals at the Memphis Zoo. Hosted by members of the Animal Interpreter Team. MondaysFridays, 12:30 p.m. MEMPHIS ZOO, 2000 PRENTISS PLACE IN OVERTON PARK (3336500), MEMPHISZOO.ORG.

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The Memphis Flyer has created its first-ever coloring book filled with work by local artists and illustrators. Proceeds will be split 50/50 between the Flyer and the artists.

Download River Garden Field and Bird Guides and explore Mississippi River Park. Ongoing.

Saturday, 7 a.m.-5:30 p.m. and Monday-Friday, 7:30 a.m.-5:30 p.m.

Choose an outdoor familyfriendly scavenger hunt. A portion of the proceeds benefit HopeKids. $13-$40. Ongoing.

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Pink Palace Online

Visit website for fun, at-home Museum offerings including The Sun, Our Living Star planetarium show, America’s Musical Journey movie, Curator’s Choice highlighting Museum pieces, activities, and more. Free. Ongoing. MEMPHIS PINK PALACE MUSEUM, 3050 CENTRAL (636-2362).

River Garden Bingo

Download a bingo card or make your own for a fun game while enjoying Mississippi River Park. Free. Ongoing. MISSISSIPPI RIVER PARK (FORMERLY JEFFERSON-DAVIS PARK), OFF RIVERSIDE DRIVE, MEMPHISRIVERPARKS.ORG.

Memphis Zoo Digital Dinner Party

Featuring a four-course meal that is specially crafted by Jimmy Gentry and Erling Jensen paired with wines, animal interpreters, Old Dominick’s master distiller Alex Castle, and auction. $125. Fri., July 24, 6-11 p.m. MEMPHIS ZOO, 2000 PRENTISS PLACE IN OVERTON PARK (3336500), MEMPHISZOO.ORG.

Muddy’s Fun House: Super Fantastic At Home Bake-along and Variety Show Visit blog for a new episode each week hosted by Kat. Thursdays.

MUDDY’S COFFEE & BAKE SHOP, 585 S. COOPER (683-8844), MUDDYSBAKESHOP.COM.

Sunday Drag Brunch

Brunch and show with Holly Walnutz and Friends followed by Pattie O’Furniture & Friends Comedy Drag Bingo co-hosted by Imagene Azengraber. Sundays, 11 a.m.-2 p.m. Through Aug. 23. ATOMIC ROSE, 140 LT GEORGE W. LEE (922-5645).

Sunset Social Hour

Meet on the rooftop for your favorite drink and a spectacular sunset view over the Mississippi River. Fridays, Saturdays, 4:30-8:30 p.m. THE PEABODY HOTEL, 149 UNION (529-4000).

Virtual Happy Hour: Silky O’Sullivan’s

Enjoy live music and a drink recipe of the day. Tuesdays, 5 p.m.

Virtual Margarita Making Class

Led by Babalu’s drink master Michelle Laverty. She’ll walk you through how to whip up a signature Baba Rita and the oh-so-popular Watermelon Margarita in a 30-minute session. $25. Fri., July 24, 6-7 p.m. BABALU TACO & TAPAS, 2115 MADISON (274-0100), EATBABALU.COM.

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Crosstown Food and Grocery Delivery

Meals from Global Café or Saucy Chicken and groceries from Curb Market delivered to your front door. Delivery is free and available within a 4-mile radius of Concourse. To order, visit website to contact the restaurant or market directly. Saturdays, 11:30 a.m.-8 p.m., and MondaysFridays, 11:30 a.m.-7:30 p.m. CROSSTOWN CONCOURSE, 1350 CONCOURSE.

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ometimes the story of the prophecy, for starters, though this a book’s publication time delivered by a levitating saint. can be as exciting as Narrated by the assassin who kills the thing itself. There Salim Agha, the protagonist based on is a story, perhaps Salam, the novel follows Agha from his apocryphal, that birth in a feudal village in the fictional the Maunsel edition of James Joyce’s nation of Pureland through politiDubliners was disposed of by guillotine. cal upheaval, unlucky love, exile, and Whether or not censors were so affrontscientific success. All the while, Agha ed as to slice the offending manuscript is motivated by love — his love for the in half, Ulysses was absolutely shredded, beautiful Laila and for Pureland, the smuggled, and seized. Similarly, Zarrar country that refuses to accept him. Said’s Pureland (Global Collective PubFor a novel completed before 2016 lishers), recently released in the U.S. and and initially published in 2018, it’s reU.K., met with opposition on its original markable how much Pureland resonates publication in 2018, by HarperCollins, today. From the Hindu supremacy movein India and Pakistan. ment in India to the resur“The book itself has gence of white supremacy Zarrar Said similarly gone through in America, the dangers what the protagonist Said warns of in Pureland goes through, a kind are as menacing as ever in of cultural shunning,” 2020. “I didn’t know that says Zarrar Said, the we would be facing these novel’s well-traveled kinds of hatred-driven author, who was born movements that we are in Pakistan, grew up in experiencing right now,” Dubai, and now makes Said says. his home in New York. “My objective is to “It’s been banned by tell the story that societmost retailers in India. ies will suffer from the It’s been taken off the prejudices they keep,” shelves in Pakistan. … Said explains. “Look at My books have been the Nazi party, who rose taken off the shelves through the ballot box in India for no reason and [went] on to destroy other than I was born the very institutions that across the border.” put it in power. Said, a quantitative “You cannot be culmathematician who has turally monogamous,” written for science pubSaid continues. Such a lications, was inspired to uniformity of culture write his first novel when punishes the persecutors he came across the story along with the persecutof Pakistan’s only Nobel ed. It costs Pureland the Prize-winning physicist, genius of Salim Agha — Abdus Salam, who was just as surely as it denies also the first Muslim to Agha the sanctuary of win the Nobel Prize in Physics. “Salam his beloved homeland. was a very enigmatic character,” Said But for all the time spent in the ficsays, explaining why his proposed tional Pureland, Said’s debut is also set nonfiction biography of Salam became in its protagonist’s adopted land of the a work of fiction. Salam’s life, Said says, United States, in New York. “At the end was prophesied by a saint — and that’s of the day, this is an American novel,” just the beginning. “He was born in a Said says. “We come from everywhere small town that didn’t have electricity. in this country, and we bring with us He actually never saw a lightbulb until the luggage of our past.” the age of 15, but he went on to revoluThat thought makes some of the tionize the way we look at energy. narrator’s parting words all the more “He faced extreme racism,” Said foreboding. “The people here, too, have continues. “But the irony is he loved his begun to accentuate the elements that country so much, so I turned it into a love make us different from one another,” story. It was just too magical otherwise.” Pureland’s narrator warns. “There’s a And Pureland is magical — it has destructive branding underway.”

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over and I bonded with it.” He moved to prepping burgers, grilling, hot apps, and vegetable plates. Kramer took him “from the ground up” and taught him. When Hughes thought it was time to move on, Jason Dallas, then Interim’s executive chef, helped him get a job as a room service cook at The Peabody, where Hughes eventually got a crack at making pastries. “They needed 500 duck cookies or something like that. I had to help the lady upstairs bake all the cookies, cut them all out duck-shaped, let them cool down, ice them, decorate them, and hand-bag them up with a gold duck sticker.” Hughes landed a job as a pastry chef at the hotel. “I had no choice but to pick it up really quick,” he says, adding, “It was very confusing at the start. It was tedious work. I had no patience at the time, but pastries have really calmed me down. I’ve learned to prioritize and organize everything and actually take my time as a pastry chef because they’re real delicate. If you move too fast, you mess it up and have to start all over again. “We had to make soufflé batter every day. I had to make giant opera cakes probably once a week. I did all the desserts for tea time. Tea time took up most of my Justin time. I had to make all Hughes the scones, macarons, and key lime tartlets.” Hughes moved on to other restaurants, including Paulette’s, Char Restaurant, and Cafe 1912 before Chickasaw Country Club. The country club is “actually more relaxed,” he says. “You’re not worried about walk-ins like a regular restaurant.” Though he might make 120 crème brûlées for a function, “I don’t really care for the fancy desserts I make all the time. My go-to is chocolate peanut butter cake.” That cake — layers of chocolate cake with peanut butter mousse in between and chocolate ganache on top — isn’t on The Wooden Toothpick menu. But, he says, “It could be. That’ll probably be one of the cakes of the week I do.” To order from The Wooden Toothpick, go to the-wooden-toothpick.square.site.

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Off the cuff, I didn’t trust her — it was the color of her skin. No, not that! Like me, this woman was born white as an Irish potato, but she had spent way too much time in the sun in a body that was, quite frankly, not designed for it. She looked like a leather recliner. As she was saying, the government needed all those ventilators for the underground child sex-trafficking ring it maintained, see? In this grim world, “underground” was meant literally, and the pediatric sex slaves lived so deep underground that they couldn’t breathe regular air. Hence the government’s need for ventilators. Understand? Which, believe it or not, brings us to the problem with those light beach beers: They simply aren’t high enough in alcohol to deal with any level of crazy. Not in the proper style, at any rate. Fortunately, Florida has upped the ante from 3 percent beer — which was great for making pyramids out of the empties but not much else — to that tower of inebriation, 4.5 percent. That

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may not seem like much, but when some deranged Minnie Mouse of a woman careens from government-run pedo-cave-brothels to the obvious conclusion that any COVID vaccine is, actually, just a human-tracking device, every little bit of bracer helps. The reason for the social distancing, by the by, is that the signals from said tracking vaccine (which hasn’t been invented yet — true — but let’s not get bogged down with details) get all wonky if we’re closer than six feet. Understand? Well, ma’am, it is a nice theory, but why would the government go through the time and trouble to inject tracking devices into a citizenry that won’t even go to the bathroom without their GPSenabled smartphone? Even for a top-secret, evil government scheme, the whole thing just seems, well, redundant. Staring off into the surf as this played out, I vividly remember hoping that the science and athletic departments at Ole Miss had teamed up to bioengineer an honest-to-God, actual landshark that just might emerge from the ocean to devour at least one of us. The truth is that you can drink all the 4.5 percent Red Stripe that Jamaica can produce (and at one point in my life I was really trying) and that’s still a pretty heavy theory to lay on a man recovering from setting a landspeed record for book writing. The local Piggly Wiggly had stacks of Apalachicola’s local Oyster City craft beer that weighs in at regular craft beer ABVs. Their IPA is outstanding, but to get a six-pack would have required standing up. What I really needed was Memphis Made’s Uppercut Double IPA — weighing in at a solid 8.5 percent. That, I thought, just might be the thing to brace the medulla in the alcoholic half-grin needed to deal with the nasty vibrations this woman was putting out. It’s bitter as hell, but is nicely leveled off with some lovely citrus notes. It’s pretty good. As my spine had largely turned to jelly for the duration, I wasn’t getting to the St. George Island Piggly Wiggly, much less making the nine-hour drive back to Memphis. I’m a clever boy, so in the end I just trudged up to the house and settled on a bottle of Mount Gay Rum and a bendy straw.

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onestly, I wished I had brought that bottle of mind-erasing Pusser’s Rum from the other week’s column to the secret island compound where I am now. While sitting on the beach, attempting to not string two consecutive thoughts together, I was vexed by a local lady holding court on the sand about how the COVID was a hoax. Well, there is some of that going around, but I was laid out on a halfempty beach a whole lot more than six feet away from anyone, save Mrs. M.

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As for the jump from philosophy to running an alcohol delivery company, Musso says, “It’s a huge jump, but at the same time, it’s kind of nice not having been molded by typical business practices. “Our company right now only employs one person who actually has taken business classes. We have psychology majors, neuroscience majors, math majors. … We value this not really being molded by the typical corporate experience. Because it’s easy for someone who has been molded like that to think of barriers as actual barriers. If you throw a philosophy major at a certain problem, it’s like, ‘Why do you think that’s a barrier? Let’s try to figure out some crazy way around it.’ It’s definitely a jump, but I’m glad I was able to make that progression.” Bluff City Smugglers is currently working to finalize a partnership with a Downtown liquor store — and plan to partner with only one store per delivery area, “to keep it more of a partnership. But also [to avoid] something that our competitors do by partnering with multiple liquor stores; they kind of create price wars within that area, and it ends up being a race to the bottom and who can out-price the other. We’re a local company trying to prop up other local businesses, so we don’t see that as beneficial for anybody.” For now, Smugglers is focusing on the app, with plans to later integrate website ordering. The delivery fee will be $3.50, with no additional service charges. For up-to-date information on launch date and more, follow Bluff City Smugglers on social media — Instagram, Twitter, and TikTok: @901smugglers, and Snapchat: @smugglers901 — or visit 901smugglers.com. Nathan Musso

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Director Dawn Porter’s John Lewis: Good Trouble tells the story of John Lewis (above), the civil rights leader and 33-year congressional representative. In 1963, Lewis, who had ascended to the chairmanship of the SNCC, helped organize the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom. At age 23, he was the youngest speaker on the program that day. Two years later, he was at the head of the line of 600 marchers who attempted to cross the Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma, Alabama, when they were attacked by Alabama State Troopers. Lewis absorbed the first truncheon blows on what would become known as Bloody Sunday. “I thought I was going to die on that bridge,” says Lewis in one of the documentary’s contemporary interviews. The footage from the Pettus Bridge protest comes at about the halfway point in Porter’s documentary, and she wisely lets it play unedited, from the standoff, to the police captain’s order to disperse, to the charge. The scene is shockingly relevant today, as Black Lives Matter protesters continue the tradition of protest pioneered by Lewis, and many civil authorities continue the tradition of shooting themselves in the foot by responding to protests against police violence with more police violence. But that is the purpose of Gandhi- and King-style nonviolent protests — citizens put their bodies on the line to challenge the powers that be. They disobey immoral laws. They disrupt everyday activities to signify the withdrawal of the consent of the governed. Lewis says nonviolence is a “militant position” as Porter shows footage of the training sessions before the Nashville sit-ins. “As he strikes you in the cheek, continued on page 28

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ne of the most remarkable scenes in John Lewis: Good Trouble comes near the end, when the civil rights icon presides over a reunion of his former congressional staffers. Lewis was elected to the House in 1986 to represent Georgia’s 5th district, which includes much of Atlanta, and served until his death last week at the age of 80, so there are a lot of people working in politics and government today who got their start in his office. One of the former staffers asks him to tell the story about the chickens, and Lewis just laughs. Haven’t they heard that story enough? At that point, the audience is already familiar with the story of how the young man from Troy, Alabama, got the nickname “Preacher.” He was born the son of a sharecropper (the third of 100 children) and was 5 years old when his father spent the $300 he had managed to save to buy a farm of his own. The Lewises raised chickens, and John, who was known to wear a tie to school and carry a Bible everywhere, would herd the chickens into a corner of the barnyard and preach to them. Lewis told this part of his own superhero origin story to crowds throughout his political career, often using it to set up the punchline “… and

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FILM By Chris McCoy continued from page 27 look him in the eye,” says the trainer. “We had changed, so we continued to give them the opportunity to change,” says Lewis. “Congressman Lewis gave us the blueprint,” says Rep. Ayanna Pressley. Pressley is not the only politician singing Lewis’ praises in Good Trouble. Bill and Hillary Clinton are interviewed, as are House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Representatives Alexandria OcasioCortez and Ilhan Omar. President Barack Obama is seen giving a fiery speech at the Pettus Bridge in support of the Voting Rights Act. (Lewis says he “cried uncontrollably” when Obama was elected.) Representative Rashida Tlaib recalls how watching Lewis lead a sit-in

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