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OUR 1542ND ISSUE 09.13.18 Memphis City Council members Bill Morrison, Edmund Ford Jr., and Janis Fullilove are having a lucrative 90 days. Since the August 2nd election, in which all three won Shelby County offices, these “public servants” have been taking home two paychecks — one from the county for their new jobs and one from the city of Memphis for their council jobs. That’s because none of the three have done the proper thing and resigned their council seats after winning new offices. But the real issue isn’t the double dipping, as galling as that is. No, the real issue is that by not resigning, these three have created a situation that enables the current city council to appoint their replacements, thereby depriving their constituents of being able to select their own council representatives in the upcoming November election. The next city election after that is October 2019, so the three appointees will have the advantage of nearly a year’s incumbency in that contest. This isn’t how democracy is supposed to work. This city council is also playing games with three referendums on the ballot for November, and you need to know what’s up. The citizens of Memphis in 2008 passed by a 71 percent margin a measure to institute Instant Runoff Voting. They also passed by a similar margin a measure to limit city council to two terms. The council is trying to overturn both of those decisions with deceptively worded referendums. For example, here’s how they’re tackling that pesky two-terms limit: “Shall the Charter of the City of Memphis, Tennessee be amended to provide no person shall be eligible to hold or to be elected to the office of Mayor or Memphis City Council if any such person has served at any time more than three (3) consecutive four-year terms, except that service by persons elected or appointed to fill an unexpired four-year term shall not be counted as full four-year term?” To an uninformed voter, it reads like the council wants to institute term limits — which is clever, because voters have already indicated they favor term limits. But in fact, it’s a blatant power grab to extend council members’ and the city mayor’s alloted time in office to 12 years from the current eight. The language on the other two referendums — which would rescind IRV and eliminate single-district runoffs — is equally deceptive. The council is attempting to rescind measures that have been passed but haven’t even come into effect yet. Vote No on all three. This is some shenanigans. Such shenanigans have also been happening on a national scale. Since the Shelby v. Holder decision in 2013, in which the Supreme Court gutted the Voting Rights Act, there have been hundreds of restrictive voting measures passed, all in the South, and all in Republican-controlled states. The Nation reports that since 2013, there are 868 fewer places to vote in the states affected by the SCOTUS ruling. Arizona, for example, has reduced the number of polling places by 70 percent — to just one polling place per 21,000 registered voters. In the most recent election in that state, voters waited in line for five hours at many polling places. See the map accompanying this column for a full accounting of this nefarious and anti-democratic practice. Why do elected officials want fewer voters and longer terms in office? Simple. Money and power. It’s a plague and it’s spreading from the presidency on down to the local level. I can’t think of any election in my lifetime where it’s been more important to vote than the one coming up in November. We need to throw the rascals out and put a stop to this relentN E WS & O P I N I O N THE FLY-BY - 4 less assault on our democracy. NY TIMES CROSSWORD - 5 Bruce VanWyngarden POLITICS - 7 brucev@memphisflyer.com SPORTS - 9 And speaking of shenanigans. … You COVER - “A MEMPHIS may have seen an insert in last week’s STATE OF MIND” Flyer that appeared at first glance to be BY ANDREA FENISE - 10 WE RECOMMEND - 16 a promo for the Cooper-Young Festival MUSIC - 18 but was in fact a religious tract. The AFTER DARK - 20 insert was sent directly to our printer CALENDAR - 22 without getting properly vetted by the ad FOOD NEWS - 31 department. We trusted someone and SPIRITS - 33 we got duped. Our apologies. FILM - 34 By the way, the Cooper-Young Festival C L AS S I F I E D S - 36 is this weekend, so go. Have fun. Tell ’em LAST WORD - 39 the Flyer sent you.

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DAM M IT, GAN N ETT The Commercial Appeal soldiers on. Though greatly diminished, the Gannett-owned daily newspaper has hired a clutch of new reporters to replace all the institutional memory and talent lost to digital startup, The Daily Memphian. But non-local layout and nonexistent copy editing persists. So, there’s no shortage of bizarre typos. A report on Tropical Storm Gordon shared news out of Destub, Florida, which is kinda like Destin, but shorter.

Finally, as all the local department stores break out their Halloween displays, here’s a terrifying social media share about an “active shooter” who shot multiple people “Downtown.” Careful readers will recognize The Enquirer and recognize that this drama’s unfolding in Cincinnati. But that’s a lot to ask of a headlineresponsive internet culture, and nobody wants to be the little paper that cried “active shooter!”

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Heat Suit, Dog Park, & Bud Chittom Workers file heat complaint, Mud Island goes to the dogs, & restaurateur passes. WAR E H O US E WO ES Employers working in a metal warehouse here with no air conditioning filed a complaint late last month against their employer with the Tennessee Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) for what they say are extremely hot working conditions. At XPO Logistics’ Verizon warehouse here, workers claim to have experienced “instances of extreme heat leading to dizziness, dehydration, and fainting,” according to the complaint. During a recent Clockwise from top right: Hunt Phelan house on the market, bike lanes in the three-day period, the heat Heights, Mud Island dog park, Bud Chittom passes, and workers file heat lawsuit. index near the warehouse exceeded OSHA’s “extreme caution” threshold during the majority of working hours, to the north and the Hampline to the south. However, workers said. members of the community feel the street’s current design is The claims are under investigation by OSHA, who could not accommodating to the majority of users. issue citations or financial penalties for the company’s To address this, the plan is to create the Heights Line, a violations of standards or regulations. multi-use promenade, greenspace, and trail in the middle of This comes after the Equal Employment Opportunity the National Street, making the street safer, more attractive, Commission (EEOC) filed complaints on behalf of two and more functional. female employees at XPO’s Disney warehouse here in June As a part of the community’s ongoing efforts to gather for sexual harassment and discrimination. feedback and suggestions for the street’s future, walking and bike tours took place on the Heights Line route over the H I STO R I C H O US E weekend. Participants had the chance to offer feedback on Wanna buy some Memphis history? Get out your wallet, the proposed designs and generate their own ideas. There’s plunk $3.5 million on the barrelhead, and Beale Street’s also a survey on the proposed design available online. The Hunt Phelan Home can be yours. The home’s current feedback period is slated to continue through the fall before owners listed the property on Zillow about two weeks ago. any permanent changes are made to the street. The house was built in 1828 and has now for years been used as an events space. It has five bedrooms, 10 bathrooms, P U P PAR K more than 10,000 square feet, a fully equipped restaurant Mud Island’s first dog park opened over the weekend in the and bar capable of serving up to 350 people, a 2,500 squareMississippi River Greenbelt Park directly south of the A.W. foot air-conditioned garage, a 180-foot tented patio, and Willis bridge. more, according to the home’s listing on Zillow. The near $500,000 park spans 1.3 acres, and will be open The Hunt Phelan website says the home has hosted five every day from sunrise to sunset. presidents but doesn’t say which ones. But the home is rich with history and was designed by Robert Mills, architect of R ESTAU R ATE U R R ESTS the Washington Monument. Memphis restaurateur Bud Chittom passed away last week. He was 67. R OAD R EVAM P Chittom opened about 50 restaurants in Memphis, Members of the Heights neighborhood are looking to including Blues City Cafe and Earnestine & Hazel’s. Chittom’s redesign National Street, the two-mile road that runs work earned him a brass note on Beale Street in 2011. through the neighborhood north of Summer. For fuller versions of these stories and more local news, check National Street connects to the Wolf River Greenway out The News Blog at memphisflyer.com.

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A new report found some big problems with the Tennessee Historical Commission (THC), the group that tried but failed to block Memphis from removing statues of slave owners. An August audit by the Tennessee Comptroller of the Treasury’s office found that THC members lack the legal training to properly administer the Tennessee Heritage Protection Act (THPA), the law they tried to use to block the removal of the statues. The report said another state agency left the THC with no formal way to communicate with the media during the turbulent Memphis statue-removal process. Also, the report says THC lacks proper oversight of 14 historic sites that are in the group’s care. The THC is “administratively attached” to the Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation (TDEC). While some commissioners informally asked for the assistance of TDEC lawyers through the Memphis statue-removal process, the THC failed to formally ask for the department’s help, the report says. “Without the services provided by [TDEC’s] Office of General Counsel, the commission would not be able to fulfill its duties under the Heritage Protection Act,” according to the audit. New commissioners are given an introductory handbook, the audit says, which has a section about

the Memphis statue-removal process. “In recent months, the commission experienced increased media attention as a result of the Tennessee Heritage Protection Act,” reads the audit. “Simultaneously, [TDEC] management decided to stop providing the commission communication services, including press releases, and media handling in 2017.” The groups are working on a new, formal contract and TDEC has committed three attorneys to the THC.

the Tennessee Heritage Protection Act. But that’s about it. “However, commission staff stated that they do not have the legal expertise to give commissioners training on legal aspects of the waiver process,” reads the report. For this, the comptroller recommends formal training for all THC members. “Members should have some training on legal aspects of their actions, as well as opportunities to ask questions about processes that are unfamiliar to them,” reads the audit. Part of the problem, according to the report, is that THC and TDEC have no formal contract to bind them. The last agreement was signed in 1987. So, THC has no standing to demand help from the department, according to the audit. This became important during

H I STO R I CAL S ITES THC contracts oversight of some historical sites to various nonprofits organizations. The audit found none of the organizations have disaster plans for their sites. Only five of them could show proof of insurance. Only half of them have inventory lists of historic artifacts. Some that do have such lists are out of date. “Specifically, we found that one inventory list was dated 1986 without indication of a more current list,” reads the audit. “In another case, we could not determine whether the inventory list was current as it was missing the date altogether.” Without such lists, “the historic site operators do not know what they have and would not know if an item was lost.”

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Turner’s action in effect provides cover for the process. In announcing his task-force plans, the new commission chair touted Ford’s dual service as an opportunity to “utilize the fact that he’s also a city councilman for these waning months” and “allow us to see what’s going on in the city from the county perspective.” Among the issues to be examined in this way by Ford and whoever else ends up on the task force are MATA and health care, two areas of city/county joint concern. Asked about this de facto seal of approval (which, to be fair, could also be seen as a simple acknowledgement of reality), Commissioner/Councilman Ford denied outright that there was any “controversy” involved in his continuing to serve in two different elected bodies. “The people in my district don’t care,” the commissioner from District 9 insisted, speaking of a forthcoming “meeting” that evening involving the constituents of Council District 6.

at Rhodes College, it is what remains of what was originally intended by the sponsors (including Rhodes, WMC-TV, and the USA Today newspaper chain) to be one of four statewide televised debates between Bredesen and the Republican Senate candidate, 7th District U.S. Representative Marsha Blackburn. For whatever reason, Blackburn demurred at the idea of a debate at Rhodes, and the Bredesen campaign has been making the most of that decision, sending out press release after release accusing the GOP candidate of ducking a joint encounter in Memphis and playing up the newly configured Ideas Forum as a vehicle for their candidate to hold up his end on the matter. At press time, Blackburn could not be reached on the matter of the aborted Memphis debate. Although two subsequent debates have since been arranged between the Senate candidates for Nashville and Knoxville, the only exchanges between the two candidates thus far have occurred via TV ads. Blackburn currently has two attack ads running, one featuring President Trump endorsing her and bad-mouthing Bredesen and another accusing the former governor of favoring additional taxes and of gussying up the governor’s mansion at taxpayer expense. Both claims are somewhat off the mark. As Bredesen maintained in a response ad, he did not raise taxes, and, while the governor’s mansion was renovated during his tenure, he and his wife did not live there, remaining instead in their Nashville residence. While most of his TV commercials to date have featured Bredesen sounding soft-spoken and willing to work across the partisan aisle, at least one ad on his behalf has appeared of late accusing Blackburn of excessive travel and other high-living habits on the taxpayers’ dime.

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Tyler O’Neill, Oscar Mercado, and Adolis García. Mercado was traded in late July and O’Neill and García are now helping the St. Louis Cardinals fight for a big-league playoff spot. In April, Memphis had what appeared to be an electric rotation of starting pitchers: Jack Flaherty, Austin Gomber, John Gant, Daniel Poncedeleon, and Dakota Hudson. Hudson won 13 games for the Redbirds and earned PCL Pitcher of the Year honors. But all five men are now pitching for the Cardinals, leaving the likes of Jake Woodford, former Cardinal Tyler Lyons, and Kevin Herget to take turns in the PCL playoffs. And take their turns they will, now three games from back-to-back championships for a man — already a back-toback PCL Manager of the Year — who may be on to new ventures next spring. When the Toronto Blue Jays announced last week that manager John Gibbons will not return in 2019, Clapp’s name

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instantly became an offseason talking point. (Clapp is a native of Windsor, Ontario.) Would a major-league team hire a manager with no experience in such a role at the game’s highest level? Check out the managers’ offices at Yankee Stadium and Fenway Park as the Yankees and Red Sox prepare for this year’s postseason. For at least three more games, though, Stubby Clapp will command the Memphis Redbirds. (The championship series opens Tuesday night in Fresno, with Games 3 through 5 scheduled for AutoZone Park, starting Friday night.) You can bet against the Redbirds at your wallet’s peril. Clapp has emphasized “never say die” for two seasons now as a Triple-A manager. When relief pitchers are drilling series-winning hits to the wall, perhaps it’s time we all believe in the mantra.

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CEDRIC THE ENTERTAINER OCTOBER 6

LORD OF THE DANCE: DANGEROUS GAMES OCTOBER 19

AN EVENING WITH LYLE LOVETT AND ROBERT EARL KEEN OCTOBER 20

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JEWEL’S HANDMADE HOLIDAY TOUR DECEMBER 21

UPCOMING SHOWS October 12 | The O’Jays November 9 & 10 | The Price is Right Live! November 17 | Patti LaBelle (SOLD OUT)

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fter a pair of heartstopping comeback wins last weekend, the Memphis Redbirds advanced to the Pacific Coast League (PCL) championship series for a second straight season where they’ll defend their title against the TripleA affiliate of the world champion Houston Astros, the Fresno Grizzlies. Battling Mother Nature in both Oklahoma City (where they split the first two games of the best-of-five semifinal series) and Memphis, the Redbirds beat a hot Dodger team in four games, the last two in walk-off fashion. In Game 3 Friday night, Alex Mejia, Lane Thomas, and Max Schrock delivered consecutive RBI singles in the bottom of the ninth inning to erase a 4-2 Oklahoma City lead and give Memphis a 2-1 series advantage. But that comeback served merely as prelude to Sunday’s epic Game 4. The Redbirds tied Sunday’s game at a run apiece in the bottom of the seventh inning on a sacrifice fly by Tommy Edman. (The game had been scheduled for seven innings, as Game 5 would have followed had the Dodgers won.) Oklahoma City took a two-run lead in the top of the 10th inning on a home run by Henry Ramos. But the Redbirds rallied again, this time tying the score at 3 on a two-out, two-strike single by Alex Mejia. Then, things got a little weird. Edman reached second after drilling the ball off the Dodgers’ first baseman, putting Redbirds at second and third. Oklahoma City manager Bill Haselman then seemed to corner Redbirds manager Stubby Clapp by walking Schrock. Out of position players on his bench, Clapp was forced to let relief pitcher Giovanny Gallegos bat with the winning run 90 feet away. Gallegos had exactly one at-bat in his seven-year professional career. Gallegos clubbed the baseball over the leftfielder’s head for a series-clinching walkoff victory. Such is Redbirds baseball in what can now be called the Stubby Clapp era. Pieces of a good team are removed. Others arrive, suit up, and impact victories. The 2018 Redbirds, for a time, had the finest outfield in the minor leagues:

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A Memphis State of Mind A local perspective on men’s style.

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or a certain type of guy, having good style is more than wearing what’s trendy. It is a state of mind. It means being impeccably groomed,

so as to give him the confidence boost to move forward in any way. Because when you feel better, you look better. As we say cheers to

September (fashion month), here’s the perspective of some cool and creative guys in Memphis on personal style, grooming, and fashion.

Thank you to Baron’s Man Cave (www.baronsmancave.com) and barbers Rick, Tito, and Brian; Wardrobe: Lansky Bros.

Stephen - @Iam_the1ndonly

My perspective on style in general is a very simple one and one that I take from fashion designer Tom Ford: “Dressing well is a form of good manners.” I keep that approach daily while preparing for my day. Yes, I want to look professional and respectable for my clients, so when I put on one of my suits every morning, I do not take the approach as if it is a uniform, but more a symbol/statement of who I am as a person. I let it reflect my personality. Here in Memphis, we aren’t known as a trendy or fashion-forward city like L.A., New York, Atlanta, or Miami. We are such a blue collar city. I was able to grow up watching my father dress in a suit, and I realized that I, too, wanted that for myself. Fashion is constantly growing, changing, reinventing, and repeating itself — from the suspenders back in the old speakeasy days to the stockbrokers of the ’80s, and from the wide-peak-lapel blazers in the ’60s being born again in the ’90s and 2000s. But one thing will remain the same … it’s always your personality!

Grooming, in general, influences personal style by subconsciously adding a shot of confidence to the man. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s similar to home and garden upkeep. You have more pride in something when youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve taken the time to tend, grow, and maintain it. continued on page 12

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Gonzo @gone_zo

I’ve only lived in Memphis for a year and I love it! I relish knowing that Memphians push the status quo (the herd look) and proudly express their individuality through a variety of unique styles. It’s seriously appreciated here. Drive three hours out east (Nashville, I’m talking to you), and everybody starts to look the same. If you dare to deviate from the herd, you’re shunned for standing out!

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New Wing Order

Spreading Their Wings By Susan Ellis New Wing Order held a preview tasting way back in March. The wing-centric food truck debuted in Cordova and Downtown last weekend. It’s holding similar opening events in Midtown and Germantown this weekend. The reasoning for the way, way-ahead tasting was that owners Cole Forrest and Jesse McDonald didn’t want to be testing new recipes at the last minute. They wanted everything field-tested and perfected. Some suggestions they took to heart: They turned up the heat on the honey hot wings and tweaked the herbs on the Rajun Cajun. They also changed the menu to denote how truly hot the wings can be. One thing they didn’t touch was their famous Memphis Buffalo wings — their pride and joy and the wing that helped them nab the championship at the Memphis Hot Wings Festival. As they puzzled over where to launch, it occurred to them that the wheels gave them opportunity to be anywhere they chose. “It’s the whole benefit of having a food truck — it comes to you,” says Forrest. It’s no mistake that all four openings are at places with easy access to beer. “Nothing goes better than beer and hot wings,” Forrest says. In any case, they are ready to go, ready to spread their wings. “We just want to get out there,” says Forrest. New Wing Order plans on donating one percent of annual profits to St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital. NEW WING ORDER MIDTOWN GRAND OPENING AT MEMPHIS MADE BREWING, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 14TH, 4-10 P.M. GERMANTOWN GRAND OPENING AT SADDLE CREEK BEER GARDEN, SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 16TH, 2-6 P.M.

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Low Fi Coffee and Cafe SereniTea — delicious drinks in the Bluff City Food, p. 31 FRIDAY September 14

SATURDAY September 15

Pipeline Hattiloo Theatre, 7:30 p.m., $15-$30 A play where motherhood and a devotion to community are at odds.

Rhodes Night at the Shell Levitt Shell, 7 p.m. The Shell is turned over to Rhodes College for this evening of music featuring Joyce Cobb, the Rhodes Jazz Band, the Stax Academy Jazz Ensemble, Rhodes Faculty Jazz, and Stax Faculty Players.

Don Lifted Crosstown Concourse, 8-10 p.m. A performance by multimedia artist Don Lifted/Lawrence Matthews. Snowglobe with Star & Micey Levitt Shell, 7-8:30 p.m. An indie-rock extravaganza.

Agavos Night for the Children Agavos Cocina and Tequila, 7 p.m., $50 Dinner and music benefiting St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital.

Breakfast, square burgers, and a few more ideas besides Beale Street Bucks The Last Word, p. 39

Stranger Fruit 409 S. Main, 2-5 p.m. A screening of this documentary about Mike Brown Jr. and the aftermath of his death in Ferguson. Includes family members of Brown, Alton Sterling, and Justus Howell. Bobby McFerrin Germantown Performing Arts Center, 8 p.m. GPAC’s season opener brings to stage Bobby McFerrin, best known for “Don’t Worry, Be Happy.” Tonight, he performs his interactive Circlesongs.

“It’s a Dog’s Life” Playhouse on the Square, 2-4 p.m. Opening reception for Gere’cho Delaney’s portraits of dogs doing human things. Cooper-Young Festival Cooper and Young, 9 a.m.-7 p.m. Huge, huge arts festival with plenty of food and music from FreeWorld, Faux Killas, Negro Terror, and more.

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Drawing Conclusions By Susan Ellis You’ve seen Greg Cravens’ work on the cover of this paper and most weeks on the Flyer’s editorial page. But, Cravens admits, the times when Jim Davis made bank with “Garfield” in the daily newspapers are over. Now is a time to grab at whatever opportunities present themselves. Thinking about starting a web comic? Give it a shot, just have your ideas in place first. These are just some of the things Cravens will cover in his cartooning class this Sunday at Novel bookstore. He says when he first heard that Novel was opening, he called them about placing his own books in the store. This discussion led to some brainstorming of how they could work together, hence the class, which is open to all ages. According to Cravens, all kids love to draw, but it’s their parents who may be the true comics geeks. Cravens, himself, is a Mad magazine connoisseur and a “Peanuts” fan from way back. Cravens says he often has to break students of what cartooning is, that it’s more than just boxes and talk balloons. He often will start them off with a circle, two dots, and a line — in other words, a smiley face. He’ll ask them what that image is conveying. Happiness, they’ll say. This leads to a discussion of why this is and emotional content. “Cartooning is not about drawing,” he says. “It’s more about communicating.” CARTOONING CLASS WITH GREG CRAVENS AT NOVEL, SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 16TH, 2 P.M.

TUESDAY September 18

Delta Rae Buckman Arts Center at St. Mary’s School, 7 p.m., $35 Southern pop-rock with a heavy dose of soul. Season opener.

Booksigning by William Boyle Novel, 6 p.m. Author signs and talks about his novel Gravesend. Discussion led by author Ace Atkins.

Grand Opening of Aunt Lou’s House Carpenter Art Garden (301 Carpenter), 4 p.m. A celebration of the new educational space.

“Uplift the Vote. Everybody Should Have a Voting Story. This Is Theirs. What Will Be Yours?” Ned R. McWherter Library, 7 a.m.midnight Exhibit on the right to vote.

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Six Degrees to Tennessee New Daisy Theatre, 7:30 p.m. A concert marking the launch of the Tennessee Music Pathways program, which points tourists to places of interest. Music from The Roots (!), Elle King, Dustin Lynch, and The Isley Brothers. Tickets are sold out, but there will be a watch party on Beale.

SUNDAY September 16

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Habitual horror — Bonnie Aarons (above) plays the malevolent specter in Corin Hardy’s The Nun. Film, p. 34.

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he members of Memphis folk-pop band Star & Micey radiate a solidarity that calls to mind a Southern Fab Four-era Beatles, an impression that was driven home for me when I met Josh Cosby and Nick Redmond, the main songwriting duo, for coffee. The two look like an odd couple, the scholar and the handyman, but they field interview questions like an Olympic volleyball team. Cosby sets up a joke, and Redmond spikes it, or vice versa, again and again, putting proof to the fact that the two have spent a decade leaning on and learning from each other on stages and in the studio. All that hard work pays off, as this month, Star & Micey celebrate 10 years as a band, a mile marker few groups ever reach. The festivities kicked off two weeks ago with an anniversary show at Railgarten, and continue this weekend at the Levitt Shell with a long-awaited co-headlining concert with Memphis indie-pop heavyweights Snowglobe.

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“Jeff Hulett from Snowglobe is my neighbor,” Cosby says. “We’ve been throwing it around: ‘When are Snowglobe and Star & Micey going to play together?’” The 10-year mark represents an unusual time in the life of Star & Micey. Having recently amiably ended a neardecade-long contract with Ardent, the band is in uncharted territory. Cosby and Redmond seem happy, open to the possibility of a new direction and pleased with a summer bookended by a spot on the Beale Street Music Fest lineup and a hometown blowout show at the Shell. But after six-and-a-half years of near-constant touring and almost a full decade with the same label, the band is taking stock. “For the first time in 10 years,” Redmond says, “we’re 100 percent free agents — and with

a stack of material.” But let’s back up. Redmond was already working at the famed Ardent Studios when Cosby and bassist Geoff Smith welcomed him into the band, so it was natural that they wound up at the Memphis label when the time came to sign a deal. Star & Micey toured, released an EP and a full-length with Ardent, learned to play drums with their feet, toured some more, and added a drummer, Jeremy Stanfill. Their shows became more extravagant. “It was crazy. There was confetti; there were back flips,” Cosby says. They released a third record, Get ’Em Next Time, in collaboration with Ardent and Thirty Tigers (who handled distribution), made a few laps around the U.S. and Canada, and went back to stomping their feet for a while. “In the meantime, we had recorded five records that just sat on the shelf,” Redmond says. “Contractually, we had to stay,” Redmond says of the label entanglements that left them tied to the studio but unable to release their newest recordings. And after the deaths in 2014 of Ardent founder John Fry and John Hampton, one of the studio’s chief producers, there was no one to let the band go. “I don’t think there’s blame,” Redmond says. “We got lost in the cracks.” Meanwhile, over at Thirty Tigers, the death of vice president and co-founder Bob Goldstone sent the company into a period of drastic change. Star & Micey was locked into a deal with Ardent with no one to handle distribution. Eventually, after years in a sort of limbo, the contract was dissolved. Now it’s back to the band’s origins. “I jumped in the van, and we took off — for 10 years,” Redmond laughs. Those first tours built the band’s chops and taught them how to depend on each other, how to survive long days in a van, and how to roll with the punches. “If something happens, we’ll all show up,” Redmond says, demonstrating the Get ’Em Next Time ethos that so defines the band. “We’ve all decided, all four of us, this isn’t over,” Cosby says, putting words to a feeling that permeated the conversation from start to finish. Never for a moment did I doubt that, even after 10 years, Star & Micey have a lot more to give. Star & Micey and Snowglobe play the Levitt Shell, Friday, September 14th, 7 p.m. Free.

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I had met Dominique in the summer of 2016 at the Williamstown Theatre Festival. I was assisting director Ruben-Santiago Hudson on Dominique's new play ‘Paradise Blue’. The Festival drew lots of celebrities. I remember being stunned one morning when Kevin Bacon and his wife Kyra Sedgwick walked into a coffeehouse and sat at the table beside mine. Another time, I bumped into the actor Glenn Thurmond, who reminds me of my deceased father. It took me two days to actually speak to Blair Underwood who was the star of 'Paradise Blue'. On the third day of rehearsal, we had dinner together, and I found myself finally coming down to the ground with the rest of the stars. Dominique attended a few rehearsals. I was excited that such a young woman had written

such a powerful play as part of her three-part Detroit Series. She was down-to-earth and an open book to all of my questions.

ing. I was Omari’s age 33-years ago, and after so much, conditions between authorities and Black men continue to worsen.

At the Lincoln Center production of ‘Pipeline’, I found myself immediately captivated by the storyline. I’m no stranger to the challenges of public schools. Like the female lead, Nya, my wife is a school teacher. My cousin is an official at the board of education; I share a neighborhood with the superintendent. I have often heard schoolstories that were similar to my own: boys fighting; stairwell love affairs; drug use. There was, to be sure, authoritative violence against Black males during my youth, but in my memory, it was nothing like today: Trayvon Martin. Michael Brown. Alton Sterling. Tamir Rice. Terence Crutcher. Philando Castile. The list goes on.

I said to myself, Hattiloo must produce this play that examines the flimsy barrier between a Black boy’s freedom and his imprisonment, against the force of the white school teacher who dismisses films like ‘Dangerous Minds’ as pure fiction, and screams, “We are at war!” The barrier that his mother, an educator herself, struggles to keep from breaking beneath her son.

The play's teenage lead, Omari, found himself on a path facing his own school-to-prison pipeline, even as he attended an elite boarding school where he was one of only two Black students in his class. After an incident triggered by Richard Wright’s novel ‘Native Son’, Omari was struck with his third disciplinary strike. I sat there outraged, hurting. Not crying, but weep-

'Pipeline' is a beautiful story and a distressing one. It is a realistic account of how a sequence of clashes with authority figures rooted in fear can swerve a young person off a road leading to success, and onto a path that herds thousands of Black boys into the criminal justice system. Hattiloo is producing this play as a call to action that starts with each audience member witnessing how a community of seemingly different people join together to save just one life - Omari’s, in hopes of strengthening our own communal bond to rescue our children from the school to prison pipeline.

Pipeline runs at Hattiloo 14 September - 7 October, 2018. Tickets at hattiloo.org

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Last summer, while performing case studies on arts organizations as part of my DeVos Arts Management Fellowship, I had dinner in New York City with award-winning playwright and Memphian, Katori Hall one night, when she invited me to see the play ‘Pipeline’ written by Dominque Morisseau at the Lincoln Center.

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EMOTIONS RUN THROUGH PIPELINE

JOHN PRINE SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 15TH ORPHEUM THEATRE

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TODD RUNDGREN MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 17TH NEW DAISY THEATRE

After Dark: Live Music Schedule September 13 - 19 162 BEALE 521-1851

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

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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

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King’s Palace Cafe

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; Diversity Band Friday, Sept. 14, 7-11 p.m.; DJ Ron Fridays, 11 p.m.; Thumpdaddy Saturday, Sept. 15, 7-11 p.m.; DJ DNyce Saturdays, 11 p.m.; Brimstone Jones Sunday, Sept. 16, 7-11 p.m.; DJ Mad Efx Sundays, midnight; A.M. Whiskey Trio Mondays, 6-10 p.m.; A.M. Whiskey Trio Tuesday, Sept. 18, 6-10 p.m.

Alfred’s

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Blind Mississippi Morris Fridays, 5 p.m. and Saturdays, 5 p.m.; Brad Birkedahl Band Thursdays, Wednesdays, 8 p.m.; 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.

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

Hard Rock Cafe 126 BEALE 529-0007

Memphis Music Monday Third Monday of every month, 6-9 p.m.

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Sonny Mack Mondays-Fridays, 2-6 p.m.; Cowboy Neil Mondays, Tuesdays, Thursdays, 7 p.m.-midnight and Saturdays, Sundays, 2-6 p.m.; Fuzzy Wednesdays, Fridays, 7 p.m.-midnight; Myra Hall Band Saturday, Sept. 15, 7 p.m.-midnight; Baunie and Soul Sundays, 7 p.m.-midnight.

King’s Palace Cafe Tap Room

Rum Boogie Cafe Blues Hall 182 BEALE 528-0150

Memphis Bluesmasters Mondays, Thursdays, 8 p.m.midnight; James Jones Fridays, 4-8 p.m., Sundays, 9 p.m.-1 a.m. and Wednesdays, 8 p.m.midnight; Pistol and The Queen Friday, Sept. 14, 9 p.m.-1 a.m. and Saturday, Sept. 15, 9 p.m.-1 a.m.; Little Boys Blue Saturday, Sept. 15, 4-8 p.m.; Vince Johnson and the Plantation Allstars Sundays, 4-8 p.m.; Delta Project Tuesday, Sept. 18, 8 p.m.-midnight.

Silky O’Sullivan’s 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.

Big Don Valentine’s Three Piece Chicken and a Biscuit Blues Band Thursdays, Tuesdays, 8 p.m.-midnight; Delta Project Friday, Sept. 14, 8 p.m.-midnight; Fuzzy Saturday, Sept. 15, 9 p.m.-1 a.m.

King Jerry Lawler’s Hall of Fame Bar & Grille 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.

Belle Tavern

Todd Rundgren Monday, Sept. 17, 7 p.m.; Chromeo Tuesday, Sept. 18, 9 p.m.

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The Rusty Pieces Sunday, Sept. 16, 5:30-8:30 p.m.

Rum Boogie Cafe 182 BEALE 528-0150

Eric Hughes Band Thursday, Sept. 13, 8 p.m.-midnight and Monday, Sept. 17, 8 p.m.midnight; Pam and Terry Friday, Sept. 14, 5:30-8:30 p.m.; FreeWorld Friday, Sept. 14, 9 p.m.-1 a.m. and Saturday, Sept. 15, 9 p.m.-1 a.m.; Vince Johnson and Plantation Allstars Wednesdays, 8 p.m.-midnight and Saturday, Sept. 15, 5:30-8:30 p.m.; Memphis Blues Masters Sundays,

Dirty Crow Inn 855 KENTUCKY

Po Boys Friday, Sept. 14, 9 p.m.; Jack Rowell Saturday, Sept. 15, 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

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

Huey’s Downtown 77 S. SECOND 527-2700

The King Beez Sunday, Sept. 16, 8-11:30 p.m.

The Orpheum

Blind Bear Speakeasy 119 S. MAIN, PEMBROKE SQUARE 417-8435

Live Music Thursdays-Saturdays, 10 p.m.; The Rusty Pieces Saturday, Sept. 15, 11 p.m.-1 a.m.

Brass Door Irish Pub

Sleep Out Louie’s 150 PEABODY PL SUITE 111 ENTRANCE ON S. 2ND ST

The Rusty Pieces Friday, Sept. 14, 6-9 p.m.; Brad Webb and Friends Saturday, Sept. 15, 6 p.m.

The Vault 124 GE PATTERSON

Heath and Bobbie Thursdays, 7 p.m.; Chris Hill Friday, Sept. 14, 8 p.m.; Short in The Sleeve Saturday, Sept. 15, 8 p.m.

South Main Folk All Y’all Listening Room 11 W. HULING AVE

Folk All Y’all: An Evening with Aireene Espiritu Thursday, Sept. 13, 7:30-9:30 p.m.

Old Dominick Distillery

Paulette’s

Pure Memphis Music Series presents Alanna Royale Thursday, Sept. 13, 6:30-9 p.m.

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.

305 S. FRONT

Spindini 383 S. MAIN 578-2767

Steve Lee Jazz Trio Friday, Sept. 14, 7-10 p.m. and Saturday, Sept. 15, 7-10 p.m.

Purple Haze Nightclub 140 LT. GEORGE W. LEE 577-1139

DJ Dance Music MondaysSundays, 10 p.m.

Regina’s

152 MADISON 572-1813

Live Music Fridays; Carma Karaoke with Carla Worth

p.m.; Richard Wilson’s Original Blues, Gospel, and Jazz Sundays, 10:30 a.m.-2 p.m.

203 S. MAIN 525-3000

John Prine Saturday, Sept. 15, 8 p.m.

330 BEALE 525-8981

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

Saturdays, 9-11 p.m.

183 BEALE 522-9596

168 BEALE 576-2220

New Daisy Theatre

145 BEALE 578-3031

159 BEALE

David Bowen Thursdays, 5:309:30 p.m., Fridays, Saturdays, 6:30-10:30 p.m., and Sundays, 5:30-9:30 p.m.

7-11 p.m.; Fuzzy Tuesday, Sept. 18, 8 p.m.-midnight.

60 N. MAIN

Open Mic Night Saturdays, 4-7

Bar DKDC 964 S. COOPER 272-0830

Mugen Hoso Wednesday, Sept. 12; Hayley Thompson King Thursday, Sept. 13; Harlan T. Bobo Friday, Sept. 14;

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After Dark: Live Music Schedule September 13 - 19

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 Sunday, Sept. 16, 12-4 p.m.

2059 MADISON 207-7397

Paul Taylor Jazz Quartet Thursdays, 7-10 p.m.; Henry Swain Club Friday, Sept. 14, 7-10 p.m.; Jeremy Stanfill & Co. Saturday, Sept. 15, 7:30-10:30 p.m.; Paul Taylor Solo Sunday, Sept. 16, 12-3 p.m.

Lafayette’s Music Room 2119 MADISON 207-5097

John Shaw’s Magnolia Triangle Thursday, Sept. 13, 6 p.m.; Derryl Perry Thursday, Sept. 13, 9 p.m.;

Shell Saturday, Sept. 15, 7 p.m.; Those Pretty Wrongs Sunday, Sept. 16, 7-8:30 p.m.

Midtown Crossing Grill 394 N. WATKINS 443-0502

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

P&H Cafe 1532 MADISON 726-0906

Rock Starkaraoke Fridays; Open Mic Mondays, 9 p.m.-midnight.

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

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

East Memphis Agavos Cocina and Tequila 2924 WALNUT GROVE

Agavos Night for the Children Saturday, Sept. 15, 7 p.m.

Various locations SEE WEBSITE FOR MORE INFORMATION

30 Days of Opera.

Poplar/I-240 Neil’s Music Room 5727 QUINCE 682-2300

Rustenhaven Thursday, Sept. 13, 8 p.m.-midnight; Eddie Smith Fridays, 8 p.m.; Triple X Saturday, Sept. 15, 8 p.m.; Flashback Sunday, Sept. 16, 4-7 p.m.; Debbie Jamison & Friends Tuesdays, 6-10 p.m.; Elmo and the Shades

1737 MADISON 443-5232

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

Collierville

The Cove

Huey’s Collierville

2559 BROAD 730-0719

2130 W. POPLAR 854-4455

Jazz with Ed Finney, Deb Swiney, and David Collins Thursday, Sept. 13, 8 p.m.; Wayde Peck Friday, Sept. 14, 6 p.m.; Grape with Keith Paluso & the Wolf River Gospel Friday, Sept. 14, 9 p.m.; Bluff City Backsliders Saturday, Sept. 15, 10 p.m.; David Collins Frog Squad Sunday, Sept. 16, 6 p.m.; The Tailored Renegades Monday, Sept. 17, 6 p.m.; Richard Wilson Tuesday, Sept. 18, 6 p.m.; Ben MindenBirkenmaier Wednesday, Sept. 19, 5:30 p.m.; Karaoke with DJ Eggroll Wednesday, Sept. 19, 9 p.m.

Royal Blues Band Sunday, Sept. 16, 8-11:30 p.m.

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

2 Mule Plow Sunday, Sept. 16, 4-7 p.m.; The Heart Memphis Band Sunday, Sept. 16, 8:30 p.m.-midnight; The Pistol & the Queen Tuesday, Sept. 18, 6-9 p.m.

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

The Southern Edition Band Tuesdays.

Crosstown Concourse N. CLEVELAND AT NORTH PARKWAY

Frayser/Millington

Don Lifted Friday, Sept. 14, 8-10 p.m.

Old Millington Winery

Growlers

6748 OLD MILLINGTON 873-4114

1911 POPLAR 244-7904

Handsomebeast, Louise Page, and Terry Prince & the Principles Thursday, Sept. 13, 8 p.m.; At the Heart of the World with The Pop Ritual Friday, Sept. 14, 6 p.m.; Dirty Streets Distractions Album Release Show with Namazu Friday, Sept. 14, 9 p.m.; Cryptic Void, Dawn Patrol, Hollowed Idols, Naildriver Saturday, Sept. 15, 7 p.m.

Huey’s Midtown 1927 MADISON 726-4372

Mike Dinallo Sunday, Sept. 16, 4-7 p.m.; The Amy LaVere Band Sunday, Sept. 16, 8:30 p.m.midnight.

Twin Soul Friday, Sept. 14, 9 p.m.; The Superfive Saturday, Sept. 15, 9 p.m.; Area 51 Sunday, Sept. 16, 5:30 p.m.; A.M. Whiskey Wednesday, Sept. 19, 8 p.m.

Steak Night with Tony Butler and the Shelby Forest Pioneers Fridays, 6-8 p.m.; Highland Duo Saturday, Sept. 15, noon-3 p.m.; Mark Edgar Stuart Sunday, Sept. 16, 12:30-3:30 p.m.

903 S. COOPER 274-5151

412-414 N. CLEVELAND 278-TONE

Hadley’s Pub 2779 WHITTEN 266-5006

7729 BENJESTOWN 876-5770

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

Hi-Tone

Bartlett

Shelby Forest General Store

Canvas

Slate Dump with Punk Bunny Thursday, Sept. 13, 9 p.m.; Songs Against Sex in an Aeroplane with Blvck Hippie Friday, Sept. 14, 8 p.m.; Mountain Tamer Sunday, Sept. 16, 8 p.m.; The Zero Point Star Monday, Sept. 17, 6 p.m.; Crockett Hall Tuesdays with the Midtown Rhythm Section Tuesdays, 9 p.m.

Karaoke hosted by DJ Maddy Wednesdays, 8-11 p.m.

Susie and Bob Salley Sunday, Sept. 16.

Germantown Germantown Performing Arts Center Rumourz - The Fleetwood Mac Experience Friday, Sept. 14, 6:30 p.m.; Almost Elton John Friday, Sept. 14, 10 p.m.; Frankie Hollie & the Noise Saturday, Sept. 15, 2 p.m.; Ashton Riker Saturday, Sept. 15, 6:30 p.m.; Nick Black Saturday, Sept. 15, 10 p.m.; Tom Lonardo Quartet Sunday, Sept. 16, 11 a.m.; Joe Restivo 4 Sundays, 11 a.m.; Pierce Edens Sunday, Sept. 16, 4 p.m.; Jeff Jensen CD Release Party Sunday, Sept. 16, 8 p.m.; The MD’s Monday, Sept. 17, 6 p.m.; Young Dubliners Tuesday, Sept. 18, 8 p.m.; Breeze Cayolle & New Orleans Wednesday, Sept. 19, 6 p.m.; Bonerama Wednesday, Sept. 19, 8 p.m.

Levitt Shell OVERTON PARK 272-2722

Black Umfolosi Thursday, Sept. 13, 7-8:30 p.m.; Snowglobe with Star & Micey Friday, Sept. 14, 7-8:30 p.m.; Rhodes Night at the

Railgarten 2160 CENTRAL

Brothers Griiin Friday, Sept. 14, 8 p.m.; GGOOLLDD with Crown Vox Saturday, Sept. 15, 8 p.m.; Grace Pettis Wednesday, Sept. 19, 7 p.m.

Buckman Arts Center at St. Mary’s School 60 N. PERKINS EXT. 537-1483

Delta Rae Sunday, Sept. 16, 7 p.m.

East of Wangs 6069 PARK 763-0676

University of Memphis The Bluff 535 S. HIGHLAND

DJ Ben Murray Thursdays, 10 p.m.; Bluegrass Brunch with the River Bluff Clan Sundays, 11 a.m.

Wednesdays, 8 p.m.-midnight.

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

No More Drama Sunday, Sept. 16, 8-11:30 p.m.

Mortimer’s 590 N. PERKINS 761-9321

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

1801 EXETER 751-7500

Opening Night at GPAC featuring Bobby McFerrin: Circlesongs Saturday, Sept. 15, 8-10 p.m.

South Memphis

North Mississippi/ Tunica

Memphis Slim Collaboratory

Horseshoe Casino & Hotel

1130 COLLEGE 590-4591

AT CASINO CENTER, SOUTH OF MEMPHIS, NEAR TUNICA, MS 1-800-303-SHOE

From Ghetto 2 Grandeur Album Listening Party Thursday, Sept. 13, 6-9 p.m.

Whitehaven/ Airport Rock-n-Roll Cafe 3855 ELVIS PRESLEY 398-6528

Elvis Tribute featuring Michael Cullipher Thursdays-Saturdays, 8 p.m.; Live Entertainment Mondays-Saturdays, 8 p.m.;

Menopause the Musical Friday, Sept. 14.

Raleigh Stage Stop 2951 CELA 382-1576

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

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Cooper-Young Fest with Faux Killas Saturday, Sept. 15; Devil Train Monday, Sept. 17; Dave Cousar Tuesday, Sept. 18; Sons of Mudboy Wednesday, Sept. 19, 7:30 p.m.

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Pipeline, title refers to the “school-to-prison pipeline,” and in it, Nya, an inner-city public high school teacher, is committed to her students but desperate to give her only son opportunities. www.hattilootheatre.org. $30. Sundays, 3 p.m., Saturdays, 2 & 7:30 p.m., and Thursdays, Fridays, 7:30 p.m. Through Oct. 7.

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Newsies, set in New York City in 1899 and following Jack Kelly and his fellow orphans and runaways who distribute newspapers to the public to survive. www. theatrememphis.org. $35. Thursdays, 7:30 p.m. Through Sept. 16.

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Buckman Arts Center at St. Mary’s School

Opening reception for “Exaltation and the Space Between,” new works by Allyson LeMay. www.buckmanartscenter.com. Fri., Sept. 14, 5-7 p.m.

630 PERKINS EXT. (682-8323).

60 N. PERKINS EXT. (537-1483).

Various locations

Playhouse on the Square

Shakespeare Shout-Out Series: The Two Gentlemen of Verona, performance locations include Collierville train depot, Orange Mound Community Center, Germantown Library, Wiseacre Brewery, Stax, and more. Visit website for more information and schedule. www.tnshakespeare.org. Free. Saturdays, Sundays. Through Sept. 29. SEE WEBSITE FOR MORE INFORMATION.

“It’s a Dog’s Life” by Gere’cho Delaney at Playhouse on the Square, Friday, September 14th

Artist reception for “It’s a Dogs Life,” charcoal and mixed-media drawings of dogs in various humanoid forms by Gere’cho Delaney. Sat., Sept. 15, 2-4 p.m. 66 S. COOPER (726-4656).

OT H E R A R T HAP P E N I N G S

Artists’ Link Meeting

Featuring Jean Holmgren. Third Monday of every month, 6:30 p.m. JASON’S DELI, 3473 POPLAR (324-3181).

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Email full name, phone number, and images of your work with descriptions of art and process, social links, and website if applicable to bealestreetartcrawl@ gmail.com. Through Sept. 15.

ing the land. www.dixon.org. Through Sept. 20.

Fogelman Galleries of Contemporary Art, University of Memphis

EACC Fine Arts Center Gallery

“Split Level,” exhibition of paintings in which traditional rectangle compositions are cut into shaped panels to more accurately reflect architectural forms by artist Dustyn Bork. www.eacc. edu. Through Sept. 28.

Winning authors will be honored with a $200 gift certificate at Novel. For more information, contest rules, and submission, visit website. Through Aug. 31, 2019. WWW.MEMPHISMAGAZINE.COM.

EAST ARKANSAS COMMUNITY COLLEGE, 1700 NEWCASTLE, FORREST CITY, AR.

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

Eclectic Eye

WWW.MCA.EDU.

art from the Martha and Robert Fogelman collection. Ongoing.

O N G O I N G ART

142 COMMUNICATION & FINE ARTS BUILDING (678-2224).

Art Museum at the University of Memphis (AMUM)

Belz Museum of Asian and Judaic Art

“Consuming Passions II: A Collection of Collections,” exhibition showcasing sports paraphernalia, Japanese prints, automobile art, posters and material culture from World War I and World War II, and pop-culture related artifacts. Through Oct. 6. “Africa: Art of a Continent,” permanent exhibition of African

985 S. BELLEVUE (948-9522).

4339 PARK (761-5250).

Memphis Magazine Fiction Contest

Visit website for more information. Through Oct. 1.

Mid-South Maze, Thursdays-Sundays, Agricenter International, through November 3rd

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

works by Allyson LeMay. www. buckmanartscenter.com. Sept. 14-Oct. 15.

and Lester Jones inside FocalPoint. Through Nov. 30.

60 N. PERKINS EXT. (537-1483).

David Lusk Gallery

Clough-Hanson Gallery

“What’s Gone With That Boy I Wonder,” exhibition of drawings, sculpture, and photography by Jared Buckhiester. www.rhodes. edu. Through Oct. 7.

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

RHODES COLLEGE, 2000 N. PARKWAY (843-3000).

Buckman Arts Center at St. Mary’s School

Crosstown Concourse

“Exaltation and the Space Between,” exhibition of new

FocalPoint Art Show, new work by Jason Miller, Robert Fairchild, Zoe Nadel, La’Donna Roberts,

N. CLEVELAND AT NORTH PARKWAY.

“Feral,” exhibition of paintings by Anne Siems. www.davidluskgallery.com. Through Oct. 13. 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 cultivat-

“Through My Lens,” exhibition of high-resolution digital images that capture the beauty of nature in urban culture by Sabrina Turner www.eclectic-eye.com. Through Sept. 19. 242 S. COOPER (276-3937).

Edge Gallery

Mosal Morszart, exhibition of works by Black Arts Alliance artist. www.memphisblackartsalliance.org. Ongoing.

“Niles Wallace: A Retrospective,” exhibition of three-dimensional works, ranging from ceramics to large-scale sculpture and installation, celebrating the artist’s 41-year career as a professor at the University of Memphis. www. memphis.edu. Through Sept. 28. 3715 CENTRAL.

Germantown Performing Arts Center

“A Call to the Wild: Speak to Me of Love,” exhibition of works by Leanna Hicks. www.gpacweb. com. Through Oct. 30. 1801 EXETER (751-7500).

Graceland

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

Folk Artists, exhibition of work by Debra Edge, John Sadowski, Nancy White, Bill Brookshire, and other folk artists. Ongoing. 509 S. MAIN (647-9242).

FireHouse Community Arts Center

“In Living Color: The Butterfly Effect,” work by Yin and Young Soul Artistry. www.mbaafirehouse.org. Through Oct. 20.

Jay Etkin Gallery

“Finds,” unique work by local artists, paintings from the Secondary Market (corporate and private collections), vintage art, Antique Mexican Retablos, and Tribal Art. Through Oct. 6. David Hall, exhibition of watercolor works on paper. www. jayetkingallery.com. Ongoing. 942 COOPER (550-0064).

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CALENDAR: SEPTEMBER 13 - 19 Marshall Arts Gallery

“Love of Art” and “Memphis,” work by Nikki Gardner and Debra Edge by appointment only. Ongoing. 639 MARSHALL (679-6837).

Memphis Brooks Museum of Art

“Arts of Global Africa,” exhibition of historic and contemporary works in a range of different media presenting an expansive vision of Africa’s artistry. www.brooksmuseum.org. Through June 21, 2021. Rotunda Projects: Federico Uribe, exhibition of magical creatures and playful installations from everyday objects. Through Oct. 11, 2019. “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.

Ongoing.

Rhodes College

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540 S. MENDENHALL (767-8882).

WKNO Studio

Memphis Area Modern Quilt Guild Showcase and Sale, quilts with bold contrasting colors, improvisational piecing, abstract and asymmetrical designs, and designs based on a modern aesthetic. www. wkno.org. Through Sept. 28.

Brooks Milongas

Members of the Argentine Tango Society give lessons and tango demonstrations in the rotunda. Included with museum admission. Third Wednesday, Thursday of every month, 6:30 p.m. MEMPHIS BROOKS MUSEUM OF ART, 1934 POPLAR (5446209).

C O M E DY

30 Days of Opera

P&H Cafe

Booksigning by Reed Farrel Coleman

VARIOUS LOCATIONS, SEE WEBSITE FOR MORE INFORMA-

You Look Like, a monthly showcase of spite, battle of bitchery, and competition of “Oh, hell no.” Watch the quickest wits from all over the country talk mad shit. (283-3814), $8. Third Saturday of every month, 9-11 p.m.

TION, WWW.30DAYSOFOPERA.COM.

1532 MADISON (726-0906).

Free opera performances across Memphis and Mid-South. For more information, visit website. Through Sept. 30.

MALLORY GYM, 2000 N. PARKWAY (843-3000).

B O O KS I G N I N G S

7151 CHERRY FARMS (458-2521).

OPERA

All Sing 2018: One Hit Wonder, longest-running philanthropic event on the Rhodes College campus featuring a night of performances to raise money for Prevent Child Abuse America. (337-704-1544), www.rhodes.edu. $5-$7. Fri., Sept. 14, 7-9:30 p.m.

Author discusses and signs Robert B. Parker’s Colorblind. Thurs., Sept. 13, 6 p.m. NOVEL, 387 PERKINS EXT. (922-5526), WWW.NOVELMEMPHIS.COM.

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1934 POPLAR (544-6209).

Memphis College of Art

“Horn Island 34,” exhibition of works by MCA students, faculty, and alumni resulting from annual trip to Horn Island, a barrier island off the coast of Pascagoula, Mississippi. mca.edu. Through Oct. 5, 8:30 a.m.-5 p.m.

INTRODUCING

1930 POPLAR (272-5100).

Metal Museum

“Forge,” exhibition of work by 15 international metal artists whose practice has been identified as having a significant impact in the field of blacksmithing. www. metalmuseum.org. Through Sept. 16. 374 METAL MUSEUM DR. (774-6380).

Morton Museum of Collierville History

“Underwater Worlds,” exhibition created by the layered accumulation of pours, stains and diverse mark-making techniques with acrylic, inks and dyes on canvas and paper by Lauren Coulson. www. laurencoulson.com. Through Oct. 2. 196 MAIN, COLLIERVILLE (457-2650).

National Civil Rights Museum

“I AM A CHILD,” exhibition of photographs to shed light on the immigrant family separation at the U.S.-Mexican border. More than 30 blackand-white images of protesting children. www. civilrightsmuseum.org. Through Dec. 31. 450 MULBERRY (521-9699).

Playhouse on the Square

“It’s a Dogs Life,” exhibition of charcoal and mixedmedia drawings of dogs in various humanoid forms by Gere’cho Delaney. Sept. 15-Oct. 20. 66 S. COOPER (726-4656).

Ross Gallery

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

“Visualizing Nature,” multiple-media work including oil, colored pencil, and photography by Andrea Blevins and Evelina Dillon. www.stgchurch.org. Through Sept. 30.

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2425 SOUTH GERMANTOWN (754-7282).

TOPS Gallery

John McIntire, exhibition of sculptures and drawings. www.topsgallery.com. Sept. 14-Nov. 10. 400 S. FRONT.

Village Frame & Art

“20th Century Memphis Photographs,” by Charlie Ivey and Virginia Schoenster, Wednesdays, 10 a.m.-6 p.m. Gallery Artists, work by Charlie Ivey, Virginia Schoenster, Lou Ann Dattilo, and Matthew Hasty.

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“Earth Ruminations,” exhibition of images and objects drawn directly from the environment, made using traditional, alternative, and hybrid photographic processes by Gustavo Plascencia. www.cbu. edu/gallery. Through Sept. 19. “It’s not personal,” exhibition of multi-media works elevating stories from popular culture, those hidden in the archives, and everyday conversations from passersby and participants by Katie Hargrave. www. cbu.edu/gallery. Through Sept. 19.

HISTORY IS DYING TO MEET YOU. Elmwood residents get all dressed up and tell their stories in person Friday, October 26 OR Saturday, October 27. Suffragist to scallywag, yellow fever to civil rights, lovers and leaders…there’s just no telling who’ll rise before you to tell their tales. Brace yourself with food and drink and venture into history.

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Author discusses and signs Gravesend in conversation with Ace Atkins. Tues., Sept. 18, 6 p.m. NOVEL, 387 PERKINS EXT. (922-5526), WWW.NOVELMEMPHIS.COM.

FFA Field Day

Students who are in FFA chapters with their schools in the tri-state region are welcome to attend. Teachers RSVP through website. Wed., Sept. 19, 9:30 a.m.-1 p.m. AGRICENTER INTERNATIONAL, 7777 WALNUT GROVE (7577777), WWW.AGRICENTER.ORG.

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Formal dinner, drinks, prizes, and more benefiting St. Jude. Tickets can be purchased at Agavos. $50. Sat., Sept. 15, 7 p.m. AGAVOS COCINA AND TEQUILA, 2924 WALNUT GROVE.

Bring Your Plane to Work: Fly in and Career Day

The Dress for Success “Little Black Dress”

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Come show off your personal plane. Free tie-downs, discounted fuel, aviation silent auction benefitting Luke Weathers Flight Academy, TransportationSTEM Academy at East High School. Free. Sat., Sept. 15, 9 a.m.-3 p.m.

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Celebrate new property and unveiling the enhancements built by the U of M architecture department. Light refreshments served. Sun., Sept. 16, 4-5:30 p.m.

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Discover our unique dance program. Sat., Sept. 15, 10:30 a.m.-noon. BALLET ON WHEELS DANCE SCHOOL & COMPANY, 2085

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Author and entrepreneur vendors. Fri., Sept. 14, 10 a.m.-9 p.m., Sat., Sept. 15, 10 a.m.-9 p.m., and Sun., Sept. 16, 12-6 p.m. WOLFCHASE GALLERIA, 2760 N. GERMANTOWN PARKWAY (907-6828), WWW.YVONNEJAMES.COM.

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Benefiting Planned Parenthood of Tennessee and North Mississippi’s health center in Memphis. Featuring keynote speaker Dr. Brittney Cooper, author of Eloquent Rage: A Black Feminist Discovers Her Superpower. Thurs., Sept. 13, 7-9 p.m.

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Mike Conley Bowl n’ Bash Pre-Bash

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Classic and performance cars will be parked along Trimble Place. Experience the best of Memphis shops, restaurants, and car culture. Sat., Sept. 15, 9 a.m.-1 p.m. OVERTON SQUARE, MIDTOWN, WWW. OVERTONSQUARE.COM.

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Featuring hot pirates and wenches, party favors, entertainment, free beer, prizes, talk like a pirate contest, and more. Sat., Sept. 15, noon. THE FITZ, 711 LUCKY LANE (1-800766-LUCK), WWW.FITZGERALDSTUNICA.COM.

Pirate Partee

In the spirit of International Pirate Day eat and drink like pirates. Pirate attire encouraged, but not required. Wed., Sept. 19, 3-4 p.m. TOWN VILLAGE AUDUBON PARK, 950 CHERRY (537-0002).

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Park Life is Brew-tiful

Cold brews and great views with Meddlesome Brewing Company pouring pints in Heart of the Park and local food trucks onsite. A portion of proceeds from each beer will be donated to the park. Saturdays, 11 a.m.-5 p.m. Through Sept. 30. SHELBY FARMS, 500 N. PINE LAKE (767-PARK), WWW.SHELBYFARMSPARK.ORG.

Eat, drink, and enjoy the afternoon. Sat., Sept. 15, 12-3 p.m. GHOST RIVER BREWING, 827 S. MAIN (206-930-5569), WWW.WOKNINMEMPHIS.COM.

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Kicks off Friday, 6:30 p.m. and features 13 feature length films, five documentaries, and 32 short films including a special Latinx Short Films Block. Visit website for schedule. Through Sept. 13. MALCO RIDGEWAY FOUR, 5853 RIDGEWAY CENTER PARKWAY (681-2046), WWW.OUTMEMPHIS.ORG.

I Read That Movie at the Library: Around the World in Eighty Days

Monthly “page-to-screen” book club. Screening of Best Picture Oscar-winning 1956 film adaptation of Jules Verne’s classic novel. Free. Sat., Sept. 15, 2 p.m. BENJAMIN L. HOOKS CENTRAL LIBRARY, 3030 POPLAR (415-2726), WWW.MEMPHISLIBRARY.COM.

Stranger Fruit

A documentary that uncovers the untold story of Mike Brown Jr. and the Ferguson unrest that sparked our modern civil rights movement. Free. Sat., Sept. 15, 2-5 p.m. 409 S. MAIN, SOUTH MAIN ARTS DISTRICT (860-4610).

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ailey Biggers and David Pender of Low Fi Coffee met while working at a coffee shop in California. Both had been hired for their love of the brew and their decided lack of training. The pair eventually moved to Fort Worth, Texas. Then, Pender took a gig in North Carolina. Biggers and Pender would meet in Memphis, the half-way point, to spend time together. (Aw!) Something about Memphis felt right to them. Pender recalls asking Biggers, “You feel that?” of the city. She did. They decided to move here. “It picked us,” says Biggers. They then launched Low Fi through a series of pop-ups, first at Bozwell & Lily and then at the Brooks Museum. They’ve since set up shop at Stock & Belle, the South Main clothing/art/furniture store Downtown on South Main. They are currently transitioning from pop-up to permanent within the store.

Bailey Biggers (left) and David Pender of Low Fi Coffee

Low Fi’s approach is in their name. “It’s our philosophy,” says Pender, “simple instruments and ingredients.” What that means is that they take care to source their beans and they eschew sweeteners. They both feel that sugars and milks are used to make bad coffee taste good. A wellbrewed cup of coffee doesn’t need it. They also let the bean dictate the brew method. Sometimes that’s a machine; other times, it’s pour-over. Part of their what-you-see-is-whatyou-get approach is that they don’t add tax to their prices. So, a $5 cup of coffee is $5. (Though they do add tax to their retail items.) And, if you buy a bag of coffee, you get a complimentary cup of coffee. Low Fi offers three black coffees

(espresso, pour over, and cold brew); three coffees with milk (latte, cappuccino, gibraltar); a number of teas; and novelty drinks, including a matcha cappuccino and a cold brew iced coffee. They are currently selling Hi Fi cookies, a business out of Nashville, run by a couple just like themselves. Biggers and Pender are planning to restructure and remodel the space to make it more of an actual coffee shop. They want to expand their retail offerings — more branded stuff as well as grab-and-go items. Pender says they’ve gathered a few regulars so far. Some have kept a habit from when Stock & Belle served coffee. They say, “Dealer’s choice,” and then they try to guess what they’ve been served. “Coffee deserves respect,” says Pender. Low Fi Coffee, 387 S. Main Jamila Cooper says that she never drank tea, but one day, it occurred to her that peace and serenity would make a pretty great name for a tea house. So, she opened Cafe SereniTea in a cozy little house at 3545 South Third last November. There’s not much to it. A small counter space and some seating in a front room. This is all about the teas. She offers hot teas such as zesty lemon ginger, invigorating peppermint, relaxing chamomile, and classic green teas. Her iced teas are honey mint green, jasmine ginger, and strawberry lime black. SereniTea also offers a small selection of vegetarian sandwiches, pastries, and brunch items on the weekend. They also have coffee. Cooper cops to having a Pepsi addiction, which naturally led to harder stuff — Doritos. She kicked the habit by drinking detox teas. “It took away the cravings,” she says. The tea, with tumeric, anise, fennel, and ginger, helped her lose 27 pounds, she says. You can buy teas at the cafe to take home to brew for yourself, or you can buy them online at cafeserenitea.com. Cooper says that, while she didn’t drink much tea before, she used her background as a teacher and a mathematician to figure out the blends. She says Cafe SereniTea is a nice place to hang out, where no one is in a hurry. “Every day, someone new comes in,” Cooper says. Cafe SereniTea is open Sunday through Friday, 8:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Cafe SereniTea, 3545 South Third, 2818475, cafeserenitea.com

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Change of Habit The Nun is the pumpkin spice latte of horror films.

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to 1952 Romania. It starts with a bang, as two nuns in a Transylvanian castle run frightened through a darkened hallway that ends in a door marked with the grammatically challenged threat “God ends here.” One of them uses an ornate key to open the door and retrieve a holy relic, which she says is the only thing that will save them. Predictably, her errand to the basement of godlessness proves fatal, and her partner runs up to her third floor bedroom and flings herself out the window with a noose around her neck.

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The gruesome suicide of a nun attracts the attention of the Vatican. Why would a bride of Christ commit the ultimate unpardonable sin? And what gives with this creepy abbey where they’ve been praying constantly for the last 500 years? But the red hats in Rome are apparently too busy covering up child sexual abuse to go see for themselves, so they send in Father Burke (Demián Bichir), who is apparently some kind of kick ass combat priest. For no discrenable reason, he is assigned Sister Irene (Taissa Farmiga) as a partner. Sister Irene is not quite yet a nun, and she’s never been to Transylvania, but she is a teacher at an orphanage in London who had some visions of Mary once, so the old priests figure, what they hell? The pair travel to Romania where they meet their guide Frenchie (Jonas Bloquet), who leads them to the abbey with his questionable accent. Everything about the setting is an old school Universal horror cliche. There are the villagers who are scared to silence about the mysterious

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