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BRUCE VANWYNGARDEN Editor SHARA CLARK Managing Editor JACKSON BAKER Senior Editor TOBY SELLS Associate Editor CHRIS MCCOY Film and TV Editor ALEX GREENE Music Editor ANTHONY SAIN Grizzlies Reporter ANDREA FENISE Fashion Editor JULIA BAKER, MICHAEL DONAHUE MAYA SMITH, JON W. SPARKS Staff Writers JESSE DAVIS Copy Editor, Calendar Editor AYLEN MERCADO, JEN CLARKE, RANDY HASPEL, RICHARD MURFF, MEGHAN STUTHARD Contributing Columnists KENNETH NEILL Founding Publisher

OUR 1593RD ISSUE 09.05.19 Last Friday, I received a direct message on Twitter from county commissioner and mayoral candidate Tami Sawyer. I don’t know Tami well, but we’ve met and communicated a few times in recent years. I’ve always found her to be direct, genuine, and likeable. Sawyer was asking me for contact information for the CEO of Contemporary Media, the parent company of Memphis magazine and the Memphis Flyer. She was upset about the cover of the September Memphis magazine. I told her that I hadn’t seen the magazine but that I knew it was about the mayoral race. She messaged me an image of the cover, which consisted of caricatures by artist Chris Ellis of mayoral candidates Jim Strickland, Willie Herenton, and Sawyer. “Lord.” was my response. It was horrible. I made a remark that all three candidates looked equally weird, but there was no getting around it: It was an offensive cover. Sawyer’s face had been distorted with the sort of stereotypical African-American tropes favored by racist cartoonists of the Jim Crow era. It did not look like her, even as caricature. The firestorm around the cover quickly consumed local social media and from there migrated to articles and columns in the Commercial Appeal and Daily Memphian and coverage by local television stations. The magazine editor initially issued a statement on the publication’s website, but it was weak sauce — asking readers to judge the magazine on its progressive history and issuing a more or less “sorry if we offended” apology. The next day, Contemporary Media CEO Anna Traverse issued a full-fledged formal apology, also on the magazine’s website. It was entitled “We Failed The firestorm around the Memphis” and acknowledged the offensiveness of the cover images and cover quickly consumed the responsibility of the magazine to local social media and do better. Traverse also announced that newsstand copies of the magazine would from there migrated to not be distributed. articles and columns in Many critics pointed out, correctly, that the Memphis magazine editorial staff the Commercial Appeal is not diverse and that if, say, an African and Daily Memphian. American were on staff, that cover decision might have been questioned and its intrinsic offensiveness pointed out. They are probably correct. We are well aware of the lack of diversity among editorial employees at CMI. Contemporary Media is facing the same issues that are plaguing many print magazines and newspapers around the country. Shrinking revenues have forced publications to reduce staff sizes. It’s not a great time for making hires, as much as we’d like to. Some publications have forced out older employees via buyouts and layoffs. It’s painful for those employees, but it does open the door to hire a younger and more diverse staff. Contemporary Media has taken a different approach: keeping our staff but, in some cases, reducing their hours. Several editorial staffers have gone to four-days-a-week employment. Other full-time positions have been replaced with permanent part-time jobs, such as those of film editor and music editor. Five years ago, the Flyer had eight full-time editorial employees. Today, we have four — and I’m not one of them. (I voluntarily opted to work four days a week, beginning last January.) That said, the last four people I’ve hired to write for us (all in the last three years) are Maya Smith, staff reporter; Anthony Sain, Grizzlies beat writer; Andrea Fenise, fashion editor; and Aylen Mercado, monthly columnist. Three are African American; one is Hispanic. We are aware of the problem and N E WS & O P I N I O N are trying our best to diversify our THE FLY-BY - 4 editorial voice at a time when we NY TIMES CROSSWORD - 5 aren’t making full-time hires. It’s POLITICS - 7 VIEWPOINT - 8 a struggle, but we’ll get there. The COVER STORY Flyer, for want of a better term, has “BRIDGING THE GAP” been “right-sized,” consistent with BY TOBY SELLS - 10 its revenue. SPORTS - 13 We need to do better, but I’m WE RECOMMEND - 14 MUSIC - 16 convinced that under Traverse, AFTER DARK - 18 who’s been our CEO all of 11 weeks, CALENDAR - 22 Contemporary Media is headed in the ARTS - 30 right direction. We are determined to FOOD NEWS - 32 continue to serve this community and TV - 34 do right by our readers — all of them. C L AS S I F I E D S - 3 6 Bruce VanWyngarden LAST WORD - 39 brucev@memphisflyer.com

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U of M, Green Living, Big River Crossing Fitness center breaks ground, a new, green app, & a play space at the river.

HALF-M I LE H I G H C LU B Roof work on the FedExForum continued hilariously last week as a crane hoisted the porta-potty from the top.

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R E D -HAN D E D M ETA We’ve been caught! A keen-eyed Reddit user noted that someone here at Flyer HQ has been mining the Memphis subreddit for tasty MEMernet morsels. “Memphis Flyer definitely has a Redditor on staff,” read a post last week from u/productiveslacker73. “Kudos for giving the OPs credit.” Keep up the good work, r/Memphis!

M O R E M ETA Last week’s Flyer cover story (“By Air and by Land!”) was the 50th written by our very own sports writer, Frank Murtaugh. 50! Here’s to 50 more, Frank!

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REC RENOVATION The University of Memphis will begin construction on a new $30-million fitness center next month. Construction of the 74,000-squarefoot Center for Wellness & Fitness, which will sit next to the newly constructed parking garage on Southern Avenue, is tentatively slated to be completed by spring 2021. The two-story center will house “new and expanded features not Clockwise from top left: U of M fitness center, StoryCorps, arts hub, previously available Big River Crossing, Green Fee on our campus.” The existing footprint in the community. recreational center will remain in place and get several improvements. The most significant enhancement to the STORY TIME current facility will be the construction of the $10-million Have an interesting story to share with the world? Mike Rose Natatorium. StoryCorps is partnering with WKNO to record and share stories of Memphis here next month. PLAY SPACE The StoryCorps mobile recording booth will be parked The Church of the River is raising funds to upgrade its at Crosstown Concourse September 10th through October playground in hopes of opening it up (and offering water) 9th to gather stories from Memphians. to Big River Crossing visitors. The church sits just below the Tennessee-side gate of ARTS HUB the pedestrian bridge, which spans the Mississippi River. The University of Memphis is working to designate a The church wants to replace its current play structures stretch of Central Avenue as the “Central Arts Corridor.” with larger, more diverse play equipment, install a safe To help brand this part of Central, between Patterson surface, build a concrete walkway from the path to the and Zach Curlin, as an arts corridor, the College of play area, install benches and picnic tables, plant new trees Communications and Fine Arts (CCFA) is taking over the and other foliage, and extend water lines from the church former information kiosk at Central and Patterson and for a water fountain. reopening it as the Central to the Arts Hub. Once open, the arts hub will house pop-up galleries GREEN APP featuring one student’s work for two weeks at a time. A new app created by a professor at the University of The arts hub will also be a place where the public Memphis is meant to encourage green-living activities on can learn about the university’s arts programs and the campus and beyond. upcoming events. Green Fee, developed by Susan Elswick, a professor in Hogan said the goal is for the arts corridor and the the social work department at U of M, is a game-based app new hub to bring attention to the many performances that allows users to track their green-living efforts, as well happening at the university throughout the year. This as green-living issues they encounter. school year, 280 arts events are planned, Hogan said. Elswick hopes the app will raise awareness about and Visit the News Blog at memphisflyer.com for fuller versions of get more students involved in green-living practices. She these stories and more local news. also said the app will help show the university’s green

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It’s been nearly a year since a federal judge ruled that Memphis violated a 1978 consent decree meant to deter police surveillance on activists. U.S. District Judge Jon McCalla ruled that the Memphis Police Department (MPD) violated several areas of the decree, including intercepting electronic communications, using a fake Facebook profile of “Bob Smith” to learn of activists’ activities, and failing to properly inform officers of the parameters of the 1978 ruling. McCalla’s ruling also mandated the creation of a court-appointed monitoring team to track MPD’s progress and adherence to the decree. Last week, that team testified before McCalla at a 90-day update hearing. Paul Garner, organizing director for Mid-South Peace & Justice Center, is one of the activists who was surveilled by MPD. He said some of MPD’s activities are still “questionable.” — Maya Smith Memphis Flyer: What are your takeaways from the hearing? Paul Garner: The hearing was a bit of a mixed bag. I’m glad that there was an acknowledgement of some of the shortcomings that we saw at that community meeting. Having had the opportunity to meet with the monitoring team, I was glad that they have taken a lot of our input into consideration. Hopefully, we will be able to see that tangibly moving forward. MF: What are your concerns about the monitoring

team’s work? PG: One of my concerns and of the community is that just because MPD isn’t using very specific tools that they were using to conduct online surveillance, there are still some activities that are questionable as to whether they are continuing to practice covert-like monitoring that isn’t easily detected by the monitoring team. There are some offline practices we hope the team will take a look at as well. MF: What policy changes are you hoping for? PG: I’m looking for satisfactory policies that reassure the chilling effect will stop. It’s hard on a lot of us. We look over our shoulders when we head to a meeting or a protest, and it shouldn’t be that way. Ultimately, we’d like to see some strong policies and checks and balances. And I’d like to see some form of monitoring continuing to be active for many years. MF: What do you hope the outcome of this entire process will be? PG: It would be nice to know that MPD isn’t engaging in retaliatory and deceptive practices. It’s hard

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to believe that when we’ve seen repeated incidents of harassment. This stuff is super important in these increasingly tense political times when we need our First and Fourth Amendment rights more than ever. People have to be able to speak up without fear of being spied on or their families and friends being put under a microscope simply because they are practicing their First Amendment rights. We will continue to do this work anyway because it’s important to us, but I think I’ll always have a little piece of concern in the back of my head for as long as I do this work in Memphis.

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• Eighth District Congressman David Kustoff addressed a National Federation of Independent Business (NFIB) group at Regions Bank on Poplar last week and, as he has in the past, made a point of backing as many of President Trump’s initiatives as possible, including one that has been

For the Common Cause: Charley Burch (l) with K.C. and Jeff Warren

somewhat overlooked in the crescendo of recent political developments. Said Kustoff: “An issue that I’m going to continue to fight on is the U.S., Mexico, Canada Agreement (CAFTA), which will replace the old NAFTA. The president renegotiated NAFTA, I think, to the betterment of the United States. Mexico’s ratified it. Canada’s ratified it. So we need Speaker [Nancy] Pelosi to put it on the floor. And the challenge that I see right now — should we go back on September 9th in Washington — is that we’ve got 41 legislative days or something like that. “You’ve got some Democrats who say they want to do it. But some who don’t, who say it’d be a win for Donald Trump. It’d be a win for the United States of America. But that’s the mentality. That’s the mindset. And I’m concerned that with the presidential election, which is already in gear, that the longer she waits, the tougher it’s going to be to get it done.” At the same NFIB meeting, state Representatives Ron Gant (R-Rossville) and Tom Leatherwood (R-Arlington) both attested to their belief that Representative Cameron Sexton (R-Crossville), newly nominated by the majority Republican caucus to be speaker of the state House of Representatives, will be a positive antidote to the confusion and mistrust that accompanied the one-year reign as Speaker of Representative Glen Casada (R-Franklin), who lost a vote of confidence in his caucus to remain in that position of leadership. Gant told an effective story about how Casada called him to the front of the assembled House in the last session and tried unsuccessfully to get him to change his “No” vote on the issue of private-school vouchers. Eventually, the then-speaker did manage to get another representative to change his vote, breaking the tie and allowing the voucher measure to progress. As it happens, new Speaker Sexton was a “No” voter on the issue and has expressed a desire to postpone implementation of the new voucher law, which, as written, applies only to Shelby and Davidson counties. Gant allowed as how he thought some “tweaking” on the law might occur in the 2020 legislative session, which begins in January.

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A decision by the presiding officials of the local AFL-CIO on Sunday to prohibit speeches by political candidates at their annual picnic at AFSCME headquarters Downtown — even by those whom the union has chosen to endorse — has stirred some disquiet. It has also prompted some action on the city-council-candidate front. Charley Burch reacted to the unprecedented action by arranging a press conference for Monday afternoon involving himself, state Representative G.A. Hardaway, and fellow council candidate Jeff Warren. The purpose of the press conference? Said Burch: “It’s to make the point that couldn’t get made at the picnic because we didn’t have the opportunity to say it — that those of us friendly to labor have to bond together in support of common goals.” In Burch’s case, those common goals would be served by his using the Monday press conference to endorse Warren, who, along with Burch, Cody Fletcher, and Tyrone Romeo Franklin, is on the ballot for Position 3 in Council Super District 9. Presumably Burch would have availed himself of this option on Sunday if allowed to.

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ICE on Fire

September 5-11, 2019

We, the people, must act.

Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) has earned the condemnation of the American people for aggressively capturing and detaining people in our country. The administration’s overreach on immigration has resulted in images many of us have been trying to unsee: kids in cages, squalid, crowded conditions at detention facilities, some facilities operating at 10 times beyond capacity (in San Diego, for example), kids (six this fiscal year alone) dying in detention, and now the possibility of indefinite detention. ICE, to add to human misery, is now determined to go after immigrant children receiving life-saving medical attention at premier medical facilities in the U.S. — treatments that are not necessarily available in their home nations. How did all this happen? We’ve spent the past two and a half years focused on the Ionesco-inspired Theater of the Absurd that is the Trump Administration. The show is endlessly distracting, but the behind-the-scenes story involves a potent power grab by a nativist far right, which has found an enemy in immigrants who have no real political power and barely any political representation. Undocumented folks and green card holders don’t vote. In theory, these individuals have rights, but in practice, the onslaught against them has been unrelenting. Congress won’t act; they don’t have to. So we, the people, must act. But how do we manifest resistance to such inhumanity when it comes from our own federal government? The vote in 2020 is the most obvious starting point. In the face of what we are seeing at our border, there can be no excuse for rational, decent people not engaging in the next election. On a local level, the Mariposa Collective here in Memphis has offered a hand in the form of food, clothing, and kindness to migrants, asylum-seekers, and refugees, who pass through our city on buses from detention centers. This work continues and still needs committed volunteers and supporters. Advocates and attorneys at organizations like Latino Memphis, the Community Legal Center, and the Tennessee Immigrant and Refugee Rights Coalition are on the frontlines battling to preserve basic rights and the futures of those under siege. Their work is not free, and they deserve our financial support so they can continue and expand their efforts.

We cannot rely on the work of others to fix these problems. Every resident of Memphis needs to understand the full ramifications of what this administration has done and plans to do. Churches, book clubs, and community associations should be educating and informing “the average citizen” about our immigration laws and the rights that all of us have — yes, even those here without documentation. We need good oldfashioned 1960s-style “teach ins” so we all understand that Trump’s efforts to attack our immigration system don’t end at the border, but have real effects on our friends and neighbors here. We need to continually ask whether our local government is doing enough to protect our fellow residents. Our public officials need to be questioned, continuously, about any collaboration between ICE and our local police force. The City, the Memphis Police Department (MPD), and the Shelby County Sheriff have all gone on record as opposing such collaboration, yet the MPD, Shelby County Sheriff, and the Shelby County District Attorney’s Office are all participants in the socalled West Tennessee Multi-Agency Gang Unit or MGU. Included among MGU’s participant agencies is at least one Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officer. MPD officers such as those working in MPD’s Homeland Security operations communicate with ICE and share arrest reports with ICE officers. The full extent of this relationship is unclear. Thus, we wonder whether the walls of separation between federal law enforcement and the local police are as firm as the local agencies have previously declared. This dividing line is critical. If people in our city refuse to report crimes to the police out of fear for their own safety/possible detention and deportation, it threatens the safety of our community as a whole. We should demand that our local officials obtain the clarity we deserve as Memphians as to the extent of ICE’s participation with the MGU. Just when you think the theater is over, a new act begins. The only way to tune out this sorry, surreal production is to take action, collectively and individually, because a nation that allows all of this to occur — including indefinite detention of fellow humans — has taken the turn from the theater of absurd to tragedy.

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Bridging the Gap The Community Foundation has fueled solutions in Memphis for 50 years.

all of these hopes and fond memories reams of Kamp Kiwani go back to Kamp Kiwani. get Kailey Hilton “That’s what gets me through the through the school year. school year,” she says. “I know I get

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The camp is about 75 miles east of Memphis on a massive 1,250-acre site in Middleton, Tennessee. But in her mind, Hilton is swimming or rowing in Lake Okalowa, running the obstacle course, loosing arrows on the archery field, eating in the Thunderbird Dining Hall, or playing Ga Ga Ball with her friends. And she certainly thinks about the horses. “We get to ride them [around] camp and see parts of it we’re not used to seeing,” Hilton says. “We get to learn more about them, too. We get to see how they react and how to handle them if they get stuck in the brush or something.” Hilton has been going to Kamp Kiwani since she was in the third grade, through her Girl Scouts troop with Heart of the South. Next year, she’ll be a Wrangler in Training, a sort of camp counselor. But even now, she likes seeing the younger kids — the Daisy 10 Girl Scouts — and watching them grow up at camp just as she did. For Hilton,

to go to camp and have that sense of community there.” Many of these magical camp moments and memories would not be possible without Theodora Trezevant Neely. You won’t find her name etched on any building in Memphis, but Neely’s name rings loud in the laughter and learning of inner-city kids at outof-the-city summer camps. For more than 40 years, Neely has annually sent 200 Memphis kids to camp. She grew up in Memphis but lived most of her adult life elsewhere. She didn’t have children and didn’t even really know who ran camps around here. It’s not perfectly clear why Trezevant Neely chose Memphis kids and summer camps as her mission, but she did, and Neely’s choice has sent more than 8,000 Memphis kids to summer camp. “I heard that she had a passion for getting kids off the mean streets and onto someplace green in the summer,” says Bob Fockler, CEO of the Community Foundation of

Greater Memphis (CFGM). “She left a significant portion of her estate — that has ended up here at the Community Foundation — to send kids from urban Memphis to places where they can dig in the dirt.”

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This has been the work of the Community Foundation for the last 50 years. It’s not always kids and camp. Over the last 10 years, the foundation has focused on education. But it also works to improve the health of Memphis through community development grants, and the health of Memphians with grants to improve health care. (Think Church Health, MIFA, and the Mid-South Food Bank.) The foundation also invests in support for the arts, the environment, religion, and more. If you’ve ever walked across Big River Crossing or watched a show at Playhouse on the Square or taken a selfie at the I (Heart) Soulsville mural, you’ve reaped the benefits of the Community Foundation’s work. If you’ve ever been thankful for the work of Just City, MLK50, or the Mid-South Peace & Justice Center, thank the

Community Foundation. Over the last 50 years, the foundation has touched nearly every sector and social class of Memphis (and has done work in Mississippi and Arkansas, too). It is the largest grant-making organization in Tennessee and one of the largest in the Southeast. The Community Foundation has invested around $1.5 billion into the Mid-South since the organization was founded in 1969. In its most recent fiscal year, the foundation granted $147.6 million to nonprofit organizations — 6,733 grants to 1,864 organizations — from 618 funds that the foundation manages. The foundation is a conduit between donors and nonprofit organizations. Many donors know they want to help but might not know how. The foundation is plugged into the Memphis nonprofit community and can help donors find the right spot to contribute their support. “Community foundations are important because they centralize donor funds while keeping a pulse on community needs,” says Kevin Dean, CEO of Momentum Nonprofit Partners in Memphis. “They also ensure that

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The CFGM works on some of Memphis’ toughest issues, which is appropriate, since its beginnings sprung from one of the city’s toughest times — the 1968 Sanitation Workers Strike and the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. in that tumultuous year. Memphis had been a battleground for weeks — National Guard tanks literally rolled on Beale Street. When the dust settled, the city was ravaged. It needed help to rebuild. Enter an organization called Future Memphis. The group was a collective of company leaders from across the city that had formed in 1961 to advocate for their vision of Memphis’ future. That vision included pushing for the annexation of huge parts of what is now modern Memphis (Cordova, Whitehaven, and more), liquor by the drink in Tennessee, running I-40 through Overton Park, consolidating the city and county government, and creating what is now the Memphis and Shelby County Airport Authority. But more broadly, the group’s incorporation papers said they wanted to “provide a source of backing for worthy projects” and “coordinate and support the efforts of other organizations.” To help rebuild Memphis after the events of 1968, Future Memphis established what was then simply called The Community Foundation, funded with an initial $1 million grant from pharmaceutical magnate, Abe Plough. “It was a group of people coming together — some wealthy, some not so wealthy — who cared about making Memphis a better place,” Fockler says. “They started with fixing the city, but I think pretty soon they just started pushing for the things they cared about.” Ed Williams was Future Memphis’ last executive director. He talked with Memphis public library historian Barbara Flannery in 1996, when Future Memphis was winding itself down. Williams said the group had, basically, been successful enough to put itself out of business, an oft-stated goal of many nonprofits. “If you jump 34 years into the future from 1961 and think of all the nonprofits that exist today — and I mean that in a positive sense — we literally have a nonprofit organization to deal with almost every conceivable problem,” Williams said in 1996. He called the Community Foundation one of the “real backbones

of charitable giving in the city of Memphis.” Future Memphis and the foundation operated quietly and behind the scenes, Williams said, but touched many parts of Memphis life — from the Memphis Zoo to schools, from economic development to city planning. “Probably the average citizen would have no idea of these accomplishments,” Williams said. “That’s why we felt it was important that you, here in the history department, have access to all of [our papers] because it’s going to be important in years to come. People will look back and say, ‘Well, how did this happen?’”

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Memphis because of these connections forged by CFGM.” In 2014, the foundation worked with the city to establish the Sexual Assault Resource Fund. Private donors to that fund helped the Memphis Police Department clear its backlog of 12,374 untested rape cases. In 2015, assets reached $500 million with more than 1,000 funds. Last year, the foundation launched MLK50: The Next Step Forward, building on Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s platform of effecting real and systemic change. This year is the Community Foundation’s 50th anniversary. But instead of resting on its past successes, foundation leaders are changing how they approach future problems.

Assets for CFGM have grown steadily MOVING AHEAD over the years. It had about $90 The Community Foundation still works million in 1996 when Williams spoke quietly and behind the scenes. Much to historian Flannery. Its assets hit of that work is done at the behest and $100 million in 1997, the same year it direction of the nearly 800 families with moved into its current Union Avenue funds invested. But in the 1990s, the location, formerly the Hinds-Smythe foundation began listening to voices in Cosmopolitan Funeral Home. the community. A group of volunteers In 1997, Carol and Jim Prentiss began helming a committee to decide made the thenwhere to give largest-ever grant collected “We need a community- funds in Memphis — from donors in based voice for $5 million to the the Community Memphis Zoo — Partnership Fund. grant-making because through their fund That volunteer we know that the at the Community committee — Foundation. priorities of the average comprised of (Statues of the people from all person on the street Prentisses can walks of Memphis may be different than still be found by life — had the the wading pool final say on how those of the great, close to the zoo’s to give nearly private foundations,” entrance.) $1 million to In 2000, nonprofits says Bob Fockler. Herman Morris last year. was elected as As a part the foundation board’s first Africanof a new strategic plan approved in American chairman. By 2001, December, the community’s influence will be increased through the newly foundation assets were at $200 million with 800 funds. In 2003, Fockler was created Forever Fund, an endowment named the organization’s third CEO. funded by private donors but with (His father, John Fockler, was the first.) investments directed by members of In 2007, assets reached $300 million the community. “We need a community-based voice with more than 900 funds. In 2009, the foundation was the for grant-making because we know that county’s fiscal agent in purchasing the the priorities of the average person on the street may be different than those of Shelby Farms Greenline. In 2010, the Community Foundation launched the great, private foundations,” Fockler Give 365, a dollar-a-day giving says. “So, our board of governors said program. In 2012, the foundation we really need to secure and grow our was the fiscal agent for the Harahan own grant-making voice.” Sutton Mora Hayes, CFGM’s Bridge Trail Project, which became Big River Crossing. executive vice president, says that Paul Morris was project director allowing those committee members to pick what they fund sets the for Big River Crossing and says the foundation was “instrumental” in Community Foundation apart from the making it happen. “We worked with other private foundations in Memphis. donors who chose the Community “There are times when our Foundation as their vehicle for giving committees make grants, and [Fockler] and I are both like, well, this may not to the project,” Morris says. “That’s what CFGM does — it facilitates a work out,” Hayes says. “That’s another connection between generous donors part of our grant-making. We are responding to what we’re hearing and important community projects. So many great things have happened in from the community and what our

community volunteers are saying they want to fund.” The Community Foundation is poised for another shift, due to its new strategic plan. The foundation has long been a favorite of government entities thanks to its neutral stance, “because we don’t have our own agenda,” Fockler says. But that stance is shifting. “It’s a shift from not having an opinion to having an opinion based on what we’re hearing from our partners in the community,” Hayes says. That opinion is based on feedback from the foundation’s board, its leaders, its community partners, and its volunteer committee members. A blend of those opinions will inform how the foundation’s money is spent. For example, Hayes says the foundation did a grant round last year for the MLK50 event. However, the National Civil Rights Museum wanted the community to look beyond the 50th commemoration of King’s assassination and use it as a springboard to make lasting changes. “We asked applicants of that round questions we’d never outright asked before — questions around diversity of staff, the diversity of your board, the diversity of who you are serving,” Hayes says. “And that’s the shift. Instead of never asking, we asked. It’s important to have that conversation because in this city we need to be having a real conversation around diversity, equity, and inclusion.” The foundation will also change how it measures success. In the past, it was enough to know that the organization was injecting $150 million into the community every year and putting it where its 800 funding donors wanted. Fockler says the foundation is not moving away from supporting its donors or their collective impact, but it is moving toward “a greater responsibility for our community impact.” The Forever Fund will help accomplish part of this mission, he says. But the foundation will take that move toward community responsiveness a step further this fall with a series of community meetings and working with Innovate Memphis and BLDG Memphis. Thoughts from the community at those meetings will inform the future of the foundation’s philosophy and mission, Fockler says. “It gets down to moving the needles on the city’s problems. Did the foundation’s grant really improve poverty or health disparities? Were those grants successful? What even are the needles of success that we need to be measuring? … Then we’ll be in a space where we can say, for example, here are the indicators in 2020,” Hayes says. “We’re going to look at them again in 2025 and see what’s moving, what’s not, and what needs to change.” continued on page 12

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donors’ investments are actually reaching the community. We live in an age where many foundations’ credibility is called into question, as we’ve seen in the Trump Foundation debacle. Community foundations are a way for donors to feel confident that their money is being properly and ethically utilized.”

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In 1960, another Memphis-based foundation began making grants. Abe Plough, the same man who invested early in the Community Foundation, started the Plough Foundation. Since then, the Plough Foundation has made more than $300 million in grants to local nonprofits, according to information it released two weeks ago. The Plough Foundation helped create the Memphis and Shelby County Crime Commission and build the “I Am a Man Plaza” Downtown, among many other projects. Plough — along with the CFGM, the Assisi Foundation, Pyramid Peak Foundation, Hyde Foundation, and Poplar Foundation — is one of the largest foundations in town. But two weeks ago, Plough officials announced the foundation would close within four years. Hayes says the news has the Memphis philanthropic community considering how it will fill the gap. “We’re not going to unplug the remnants of that one billionaire, find another billionaire, and plug it in there,” Hayes says. “How does the community come together and figure out how to balance the loss of the Plough Foundation?” Hayes says it’s an excellent time for the Community Foundation to talk about its community-based funds and its Give 365 program. While those programs may not be invested with Plough-level money, they foster a sense of community. Fockler says it is up to the Community Foundation to answer how the community deals with the loss of the Plough Foundation, adding that they aren’t “waiting for that next billionaire to show up.” The foundation is working hard to groom the next generation of philanthropists in Memphis. “The answer isn’t plug-and-play

billionaires, but it’s a lot of regular Memphians who care about the city, represented by those 800 families, and we’re trying to expand that,” Fockler says. “It’s the dozens and hundreds of families of Memphis who are going to make a difference and step into the shoes of the Ploughs.”

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Memphis was the poorest big city in America in 2016. The U.S. Census Bureau hasn’t updated its data for 2019, but it’s probably safe to say the city is still close to the top of that list. So there’s a real irony in the fact that Memphis was the most generous big city in America in 2017 and 2018. The Chronicle of Philanthropy hasn’t updated its data for 2019, but it’s probably safe to say the city is still close to the top of that list. Much of the city’s generosity in recent years was spurred by matching grants made for education by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. The Community Foundation facilitated much of that giving. Fockler says education will continue to be a big category for the foundation’s donors, but much of the Gates Foundation money has been spent on programs for which it was intended. “Other cities in similar situations, in terms of how their city is made up and their poverty levels, don’t have that same kind of response,” Hayes says. “Our city is very interesting, in that our donors have consistently stepped up and tried to make things better, even though we’re not the richest of cities.” When Theodora Trezevant Neely died in 1961, she never could have guessed that because of her generosity, Kailey Hilton would learn to love horses and Kamp Kiwani. But Neely left a legacy that makes Memphis a better place. And for 50 years, that’s been the Community Foundation’s stock in trade.

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and coaches I’ve spoken to stress “the next game is the biggest game” on the schedule. It’s a quaint notion with Southern coming to town, with the Tigers’ three toughest opponents not appearing on the opposite sideline until November, for crying out loud. But the notion is smart if this team wants to raise its ceiling for achievement in 2019. Wins must be accumulated. The opponents are scholarship players, too, we’ll be reminded. Few Memphis supporters anticipated the 3-1 Tigers traveling to Tulane last season and getting spanked by the Green Wave. That was the first of three losses in four games for a team coming off a Top-25 finish in 2017. Win the next game. The Tigers have two months of football ahead in which this approach must be standard, however quaint.

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preceded Huff ’s sack of Matt Corral for a safety. (The Memphis offense then consumed the game’s final 6:27.) Williams averaged 43.8 yards on his six kicks, almost precisely his average (43.2) as a freshman last year. There will likely be games (blowout wins) in which Williams’ impact is negated. But it’s healthy to recognize that new special teams coordinator Pete Lembo has a legitimate weapon on fourth down. Combined with a stingy Tiger defense, Williams may decide another game or two. • Stick to the “1 and 0” philosophy. Under poor leadership, the Tigers would overlook this week’s opponent (Southern). They might even gaze around their first road game (September 14th at South Alabama) and set their sights on Navy (at the Liberty Bowl, September 26th). I don’t see this happening. To a man, players

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emphis allowed only 10 points against an SEC team. The Tigers allowed only 10 points. To a team from the mighty SEC. You have to go back 14 years to find a game in which Memphis allowed so few points to an SEC foe … and the Tigers lost that game. (Ole Miss won the 2005 contest at the Liberty Bowl, 10-6.) If new defensive coordinator Adam Fuller wanted to make his presence felt in a program built recently on offensive firepower, his unit accomplished the feat in the season-opener. Only once last season did the Tigers allow a team fewer yards than they surrendered (173) against Ole Miss, and that was an FCS program (Mercer). Nine members of the Tiger defense contributed at least three solo tackles against the Rebels. Memphis accumulated an astonishing 10 tackles behind the line of scrimmage (Bryce Huff, J.J. Russell, O’Bryan Goodson, and Joseph Dorceus had two each). The Rebels were one for 10 on third down conversions and held the ball just over 21 minutes of game time. It was a dominating statement game for a defense recently accustomed to giving up at least 30 points, win or lose. The Rebels play in the SEC but they are not Alabama or Georgia. Some perspective should be retained. But for one game, a statement game? The Memphis defense showed up. (Note: The last time the Tigers allowed as few as 10 points and beat an SEC foe: a 19-3 win over Ole Miss in 1993.) • The Tigers have a stud in punter Adam Williams. He won’t appear on the cover of a media guide, as Tom Hornsey did in 2013 (the year he won the Ray Guy Award). But Williams was a difference-maker in Saturday’s win. He narrowly missed pinning Ole Miss inside the Rebel five-yard line twice before finally doing so late in the fourth quarter on the play that

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For more than 40 years, Dixon Gallery and Gardens has been a mecca for art, showcasing horticulture and visual arts with lush botanical gardens and a gallery that displays a range of classic and contemporary arts. Now, the museum fuses the arts of herbology and mixology at its second annual Art on the Rocks tasting event, featuring cocktails inspired by herbs from their gardens. Basil, sage, thyme, and lavender are just a few of the herbs that will be used as ingredients in uniquely crafted cocktails mixed by A Catered Affair. “My favorite one is a play on a spicy lemon cocktail. It has Fever Tree ginger beer, jalapeño juice, mint, and vodka,” says Kristen Rambo, digital communications associate at Dixon Gallery and Gardens. “Another drink, which is kind of on-trend right now, uses Truly hard seltzer with lime juice, ginger, rum, and rosemary.” Other signature drinks served will include frozé (a frozen rosé slushie) and Have a Good Thyme, an Old Dominick vodka drink with fresh thyme, ginger beer, Aperol, and lime juice. Art on the Rocks, which evolved from the former beer tasting event Art on Tap, will also offer craft beers and mocktails; and several local restaurants, including Amerigo, Cheffie’s Café, and Grecian Gourmet, will be present offering food samples. The PRVLG and Josh Threlkeld will provide musical entertainment. Art on the Rocks is the first of a series of events hosted by the Dixon this season. “Art on the Rocks is kind of a kick-off event for us in the fall,” Rambo says. “And as we move into October, we’ll get more into the food tastings like with our Art on Fire event.” ART ON THE ROCKS, DIXON GALLERY AND GARDENS, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 6TH, 6-9 P.M., $40 FOR MEMBERS, $50 FOR NON-MEMBERS AND DAY-OF TICKETS.

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THURSDAY September 5

FRIDAY September 6

Peabody 150th Anniversary Dinner The Peabody Memphis, 149 Union, 6-9 p.m., $150 Celebrate the 150th anniversary of the “South’s Grand Hotel” with dinner, live music, and dancing. Former hotel chefs return to team up with Executive Chef Andreas Kisler and Executive Pastry Chef Konrad Spitzbart to create a five-course meal paired with wine by Peabody Sommelier Priyaank Gupta.

Soulfly Growlers, 1911 Poplar, 5 p.m., $20 (advance), $25 (door) This stirs up memories of a JNCOclad, chain wallet-wearing exboyfriend. The metal band performs along with Unearth, Incite, Prison, and others.

Orrin Evans (of The Bad Plus) Crosstown Arts, 1350 Concourse, Suite 280, 7-10 p.m., $10 The jazz pianist, who embodies “raw-edged vigor and left-field nuance,” performs in the Green Room.

“Mourning Memphis” Exhibition Opening Woodruff-Fontaine House Museum, 680 Adams, 5 p.m., $20 Things are getting spooky with the museum’s mourning collection displayed and staged throughout the mansion. Admission includes a repast-style reception. Tour the halls and hear tales of its first families as you commune with the dead.

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30th Annual International Goat Days Festival 4351 Babe Howard Blvd., Millington, 5:30-10 p.m., $5 (parking) Event kicks off with “The World’s Greatest Goat Parade,” followed by live music, hot air balloon rides, goat-milking demonstrations, and more. Festivities also on Saturday, 7 a.m.-10 p.m. 30 Days of Opera Overton Square, 7-8 p.m. In this free, strolling performance, Opera Memphis singers serenade the square with opera classics. Share #30daysofopera photos on social media for a chance to win a pair of Opera Memphis tickets.

Live Score to Seijun Suzuki’s Detective Bureau Crosstown Arts, 1350 Concourse, Suite 280, 7 p.m., $10 Joe Restivo (guitar), Marc Franklin (trumpet), Landon Moore (bass), Pat Fusco (keys), George Sluppick (drums), and Felix Hernandez (percussion) perform a live score — late ’60s and early ’70s Afro-Brazilian soul jazz-style — for Detective Bureau 2-3: Go To Hell Bastards! King of Jookin Hi Tone, 412 N. Cleveland, 8 p.m., $10 Competitors face off in this freestyle dance form for a chance to win a $100 cash prize. DJ DY3 provides the music.

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Man on the Moon July 20, 1969, became an important day in history when, after days of orbiting the earth on the Apollo 11 spacecraft, Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin landed their lunar module, Eagle, onto new territory and became the first men ever to step foot on the moon. This year marks the 50th anniversary of this prolific moonwalk, but through the years, several conspiracy theories have developed, claiming that this and other moon landing missions were faked. “As many as 20 percent of Americans think that the moon landings were false, which creates a lot of doubt in the minds of the public,” says Jeremy Veldman, president of Memphis Astronomical Society. “The moon landings are a critical piece of American history. Not only was it one of the greatest achievements in the history of science, but also in the history of our democracy. It’s been 50 years since the first moon landing, and we’ve got a generation of people coming up who didn’t witness it. And they think, well, if it didn’t happen in my lifetime, then maybe it is impossible that it happened.” Veldman will lead a meeting this Friday at Christian Brothers University to address a few of the many conspiracy theories that have been generated over the years and debunk them with supporting evidence. Memphis Astronomical Society leads meetings once a month discussing a range of topics that, in the past, have included stellar evolution, dark matter and dark energy, and taking a picture of an exoplanet. THE APOLLO HOAX AND LATE LUNAR LANDINGS, SCIENCE AUDITORIUM OF ASSISI HALL AT CHRISTIAN BROTHERS UNIVERSITY, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 6TH, 8 P.M., FREE.

SATURDAY September 7 Pride Kick Off Benjamin L. Hooks Central Library, 3030 Poplar, 11 a.m. Gear up for Memphis Pride Fest at this event, featuring educational sessions, local nonprofits, and a Rainbow Family Story Time. Visitors will add to a community mural. Hear from keynote speakers Congressman Steve Cohen and Senator Raumesh Akbari. Memphis Kidney Action Day Handy Park, 200 Beale, noon-5 p.m. Free health screenings, fitness activities, healthy cooking demos, and food samples. Entertainment includes Elvis impersonator Brian Lee Howell, Memphis Ukulele Flash Mob, Danzhouse, and more.

SUNDAY September 8 Southern Writers on a Saturday Night Novel, 387 Perkins Ext., 6 p.m. Three authors read from and discuss their books. John W. Bateman: Who Killed Buster Sparkle? T.K. Lee: To Square a Circle. Brandy T. Wilson: The Palace Blues.

43rd Central Gardens Home Tour Central Gardens, 1-6 p.m. A tour juxtaposing historic and newly constructed homes. The event also features food trucks, live music from STAX Academy and Opera Memphis, a Midtown artist market, and more.

Burn the Witch Release Party Meddlesome Brewing Company, 7750 Trinity, Suite 114, 7:30 p.m. Dark beer season is upon us. Fittingly, the Cordova brewery celebrates the release of its sorcerous seasonal Burn the Witch black lager with a free performance by namesake metal band Burn the Witch and rockers Native Blood. Hell yeah!

Harry Potter at Pink Palace CTI Giant Theater, 3050 Central, 4-6:30 p.m., $8-$10 Escape to Hogwarts via Pink Palace’s Platform 9 ¾ … er, the giant screen in the CTI theater, on Saturdays and Sundays in September and October. This weekend’s selection is Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone (2D). Let’s hope we don’t run into He Who Must Not Be Named.

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Memphis Flyer: Being from Vermont, where you studied classical violin, how did the move to this area affect your music? Alice Hasen: The stripping away of elements to their essence, in either writing or playing, has been one of the main things the South has given me. When I came down to the South, it was initially to Clarksdale, Mississippi. That was a change for me, culturally, but it was straight into the thick of things. Both there and in Memphis, there’s something about the energy of the river, in addition to what’s already here. Just being connected to the heartland, the center of the country. It’s sort of a mystical thing. There’s so much power churning past us right now. Was relocating here from Clarksdale a challenge? I’ve been surprised at how much I’ve been able to do here since I moved in 2016. It helped to already be in the South. I don’t think moving to Memphis would have been something I thought of doing otherwise. I wouldn’t have become a professional violinist if I hadn’t come down South. My mother is a flautist in the Vermont Symphony, and she’s influenced me and encouraged me. But she’s also warned me that the life of a musician’s really hard. I majored in music, but I wasn’t confident that I would be a performer. In the classical world, there’s a standard that you have to attain, and there are people that you’re supposed to sound like. Whereas in the non-classical world, you don’t need to sound like

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emphis music fans are well acquainted with violinist Alice Hasen, even if they don’t know it. She keeps busy as a member, with Seth Stroud and Walt Busby, of the Blackwater Trio, whose mix of folk and classic rock can frequently be heard at the Dirty Crow Inn or Lafayette’s Music Room. But she’ll become more well-known soon, as she celebrates the release of her first solo album, Violintro, at B-Side on Saturday, September 7th. Fans of Blackwater’s sounds will be in for a surprise. With Violintro, Hasen gives full rein to her imagination and strives to stretch the boundaries of the fiddle. When I asked her about how the solo album came to be, I found it was the culmination of the lessons she’s learned from living in the South.

somebody else. It’s better if you don’t. One thing I’ve realized here is that I’m the best at sounding like me. Not trying to do what the prescribed role as a fiddler might be. What I’m doing is off the beaten path of the usual fiddle genres. Everything but the kitchen sink, as it were. Isn’t there still a bit of the classical aesthetic in your music? I think so. But what I love doing is keeping the classical technique of intonation and sound, having that as my base pallet, then adding whatever I want. And applying it to genres that are not normally fiddle genres, so rock and jazz and funk and pop. And a little bit of hip-hop and disco on this album. There is one song that’s classical. How would you distinguish your solo album from the Blackwater Trio? The trio plays rock and folk, whereas my group is more jazz, funk, pop, and rock. Still coming from a place of rock but with more freedom to stretch the chords to a more jazzy place. Not all the songs are super fiddly, but there’s a violin stamp on everything. Whether it’s a section of classical strings, or a loop, or just a wandering, folksy sort of melody. The thing that binds the album together is an instrument, versus a single genre. So I feel more free to push the envelope, with ‘Where can I take the violin that it hasn’t been taken before?’ And the album artwork is mostly photos of Memphis locations. I’m really proud that there’s a Memphis element in every panel. Little things that, if you’re not from Memphis, you might not know. And a lot of the songs are about the city, too, or people in the city. It’s my homage to the city that’s made me what I am. Alice Hasen album release show at B-Side, Saturday, September 7th, at 7 p.m.

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After Dark: Live Music Schedule September 5 - 11 Alfred’s 197 BEALE 525-3711

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

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

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The King Beez Thursdays, 5 p.m.; B.B. King’s All Stars Tuesdays, Thursdays, 8 p.m. and Fridays, Saturdays, 9 p.m.; Memphis

Jones Sundays, Wednesdays 5:30 p.m.; Lisa G and Flic’s Pic’s Band Saturdays, Sundays, 12:30 p.m.; Brimstone Jones First Saturday of every month, 5 p.m.; P.S. Band First Wednesday, Sunday of every month, 7 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

Sean Apple Thursdays, 4-7:30 p.m.; Hillbilly Casino Thursday, Sept. 5, 8 p.m.-midnight and Sept. 6-7, 9:30 p.m.-1:30 a.m.; Blind Mississippi Morris Fridays, Saturdays, 5-9 p.m.; Earl “The Pearl” Banks Tuesdays, 7 p.m. and Saturdays, 12:30-4:30 p.m.; Brandon Cunning Band

Sundays, 5-9 p.m.; FreeWorld Sundays, 9:30 p.m.-1:30 a.m.; Landon Lane with Rodney Polk Mondays, 7-11 p.m.; Brad Birkedahl Band Wednesdays, 7 p.m.

FedExForum 191 BEALE

Nickelodeon’s JoJo Siwa D.R.E.A.M. The Tour Tuesday, Sept. 10, 7 p.m.

Handy Bar

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

Lunch on Beale with Chris Gales Wednesdays-Sundays, 12-4 p.m.; Eric Hughes solo/ acoustic Thursdays, 5-8 p.m.; Karaoke Mondays-Thursdays, Sundays, 8 p.m.; Live Bands Fridays, Saturdays, 8 p.m.

King’s Palace Cafe 162 BEALE 521-1851

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

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

Itta Bena

King’s Palace Cafe Patio

200 BEALE 527-2687

145 BEALE 578-3031

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

162 BEALE 521-1851

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 Wednes-

days, Fridays, 7 p.m.-midnight; Baunie and Soul Sundays, 7 p.m.-midnight.

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

Big Don Valentine’s Three Piece Chicken and a Biscuit Blues Band Thursdays, Tuesdays, 8 p.m.-midnight; Hand Grenades Saturday, Sept. 7, 9 p.m.-1 a.m.

Rum Boogie Cafe 182 BEALE 528-0150

Eric Hughes Band Wednesdays, Thursdays, 7-11 p.m.; Pam and Terry Fridays, Saturdays, 5:308:30 p.m.; FreeWorld Fridays, Saturdays, 9 p.m.-1 a.m.; Memphis Blues Masters Sundays, 7-11 p.m.; Vince Johnson and the Plantation Allstars Mondays, Tuesdays, 7-11 p.m.

Rum Boogie Cafe Blues Hall 182 BEALE 528-0150

Vince Johnson and the Plantation Allstars Saturdays, 4:30-8:30 p.m. and Thursdays, 8 p.m.-midnight; Memphis Blues Masters Mondays, Thursdays, 8 p.m.-midnight; Tony Holiday Sept. 6-7, 9 p.m.-1 a.m.; Cowboy Neil Band Sundays, 8 p.m.-midnight; Delta Project Tuesdays, 8 p.m.-midnight.

Silky O’Sullivan’s 183 BEALE 522-9596

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

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After Dark: Live Music Schedule September 5 - 11 Bar DKDC 964 S. COOPER 272-0830

Brass Door Irish Pub 152 MADISON 572-1813

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

Center for Southern Folklore Hall 119 S. MAIN AT PEMBROKE SQUARE 525-3655

Delta Cats, Billy Gibson & Linear Smith First Friday of every month, 11:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m.

Kevin Galloway, Jesse James Davis Friday, Sept. 6, 8-11 p.m.; BENNI Friday, Sept. 6, 10:30 p.m.-1:30 a.m.; Obruni Dance Band Saturday, Sept. 7, 10:30 p.m.; Mary Gagz and Her Gaggle of Drags Mondays, 8:30-11 p.m.

Benjamin L. Hooks Central Library 3030 POPLAR 415-2700

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Frog Squad Sundays, 6 p.m.; Richard Wilson Tuesdays, 6-8 p.m.; Ben Minden-Birkenmaier Wednesdays, 6 p.m.; Karaoke Wednesdays, 8 p.m.

Sept. 10, 8 p.m.; Crockett Hall Tuesdays with the Midtown Rhythm Section Tuesdays, 9 p.m.

Crosstown Theater

412-414 N. CLEVELAND 278-TONE

1350 CONCOURSE

Rebirth Brass Band Sunday, Sept. 8, 7-9 p.m.

Dru’s Place 1474 MADISON 275-8082

Karaoke Fridays-Sundays.

Hi Tone King of Jookin Friday, Sept. 6, 8 p.m.; Folk Family Revival Friday, Sept. 6, 10 p.m.; Mean Streets Fest Saturday, Sept. 7, 5 p.m.; Ezra Bell, Wagoneer Sunday, Sept. 8, 9 p.m.; Alien Space Kitchen, Magnum Dopus

vo 4 Sundays, 11 a.m.; Memphis Ukulele Band Sunday, Sept. 8, 4 p.m.; Madison Line Mondays Monday, Sept. 9, 6 p.m.; Danny Green Band Tuesday, Sept. 10, 7 p.m.; Breeze Cayolle & New Orleans Wednesdays, 5:30 p.m.; Memphis All Stars Wednesday, Sept. 11, 8 p.m.

Levitt Shell OVERTON PARK 272-2722

Shell Yeah: Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit Friday, Sept. 6, 8-10:30 p.m.

East Memphis Huey’s Poplar 4872 POPLAR 682-7729

5 O’Clock Shadow Sunday, Sept. 8, 8:30 p.m.-midnight.

Mullins United Methodist Church 4 N. MENDENHALL 685-8253

Memphis Vocal Arts Ensemble Reunion Concert Sunday, Sept. 8, 3-4 p.m.

Court Square AT N. MAIN AND COURT

Sunset Jazz: Gerard Harris Sunday, Sept. 8, 5-7 p.m.

Whitehaven/ Airport

Dirty Crow Inn 855 KENTUCKY

Wampus Cats Friday, Sept. 6, 8-11 p.m.; Chris Johnson Saturday, Sept. 7, 4-7 p.m.; Outer Ring Saturday, Sept. 7, 9 p.m.midnight; The Accessories Sundays; Bobbie Stacks and Friends Wednesdays, 7-10 p.m.

Graceland Soundstage 3717 ELVIS PRESLEY

The Oak Ridge Boys Thursday, Sept. 5, 7-10 p.m.

Rock-n-Roll Cafe 3855 ELVIS PRESLEY 398-6528

The Halloran Centre

Elvis Tribute featuring Michael Cullipher Thursdays-Saturdays, 8 p.m.; Live Entertainment Mondays-Saturdays, 8 p.m.; Elvis Gospel Music Show Fridays, 1-2:30 p.m.

225 S. MAIN 525-3000

CeCe Winans Friday, Sept. 6, 7:30 p.m.

Huey’s Downtown 77 S. SECOND 527-2700

John D’Amato Blues Band Sunday, Sept. 8, 8:30 p.m.-midnight.

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

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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.

The 45’s Sunday, Sept. 8, 8-11:30 p.m.

The Vault

Cordova

Huey’s Collierville 2130 W. POPLAR 854-4455

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Eric Hughes Friday, Sept. 6, 8-11 p.m.; Mark Bryan Saturday, Sept. 7, 8-11 p.m.

Huey’s Cordova Triple Annie Sunday, Sept. 8, 8:30 p.m.-midnight.

Sunrise

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670 JEFFERSON

Katrina Burgoyne Sunday, Sept. 8, 10 a.m.-1 p.m.

South Main Spindini 383 S. MAIN 578-2767

The Candace Mache Jazz Trio Sept. 6-7, 7-10 p.m.

Huey’s Southwind 7825 WINCHESTER 624-8911

Quartet Sunday, Sept. 8, 3-4 p.m.; Front Porch Music Series: Brooke Fair Tuesday, Sept. 10, 7-8 p.m.

Boscos 2120 MADISON 432-2222

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

B-Side 1555 MADISON 347-6813

Lobby Boxer, Glorious Abhor Thursday, Sept. 5, 9 p.m.; Model Zero, Phsochotic Reaction Friday, Sept. 6, 10 p.m.; Alice HasenSaturday, Sept. 7, 7 p.m.; The Toy Trucks Album Release with Los Psychosis Saturday, Sept. 7, 10 p.m.; Black Tusk, Cloak, Namazu Monday, Sept. 9, 8 p.m.; David Cousar Tuesdays, 9 p.m.; Outer Ring Wednesdays, 9 p.m.

Celtic Crossing 903 S. COOPER 274-5151

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

The Cove 2559 BROAD 730-0719

Ed Finney & Neptune’s Army with Deb Swiney Thursdays, 8 p.m.; Wayde Peck Fridays, 6 p.m.; Big Barton Friday, Sept. 6, 9 p.m.; Turnstyles Saturday, Sept. 7, 9 p.m.; Jazz Jam with

The Green Room at Crosstown Arts 1350 CONCOURSE, SUITE 280 507-8030

The Orrin Evans Trio Thursday, Sept. 5, 7:30-9:30 p.m.; Live Score to Seijun Suzuki’s Detective Bureau 2-3 Friday, Sept. 6, 7:3010:30 p.m.

Growlers 1911 POPLAR 244-7904

Odd World Takeover Part 3 Thursday, Sept. 5, 7 p.m.; Soulfly’s Blood on the Street Tour Friday, Sept. 6, 5:30 p.m.; Future-Everything presents: TEHKAL, Qemist, Strooly, DJ DanceAlone, and MarceauxMarceaux Saturday, Sept. 7, 8 p.m.; Afton Shows Presents Sunday, Sept. 8, 7 p.m.; Joshua Ray, Cody Clark Monday, Sept. 9, 8 p.m.; Sacred Reich, Epoch of Unlight, Hate Doctrine Tuesday,

Monday, Sept. 9, 10 p.m.; In the Whale, Honoré, Hurts to Laugh Tuesday, Sept. 10, 9 p.m.; Deli Kings, Sunweight Wednesday, Sept. 11, 10 p.m.

Huey’s Midtown 1927 MADISON 726-4372

Gary Vincent Sunday, Sept. 8, 4-7 p.m.; Jamie Baker & the VIPs Sunday, Sept. 8, 8:30 p.m.midnight.

Lafayette’s Music Room 2119 MADISON 207-5097

McKenna Bray Thursday, Sept. 5, 6 p.m.; Three Star Revival Thursday, Sept. 5, 9 p.m.; Debbie Jamison Band Friday, Sept. 6, 6:30 p.m.; Aquanet Friday, Sept. 6, 10 p.m.; Suitcase Souls Saturday, Sept. 7, 10:30 a.m.; Loveland Duren Saturday, Sept. 7, 2 p.m.; Lucky 7 Brass Band Saturday, Sept. 7, 6:30 p.m.; WALRUS Saturday, Sept. 7, 10 p.m.; Joe Resti-

Minglewood Hall 1555 MADISON 312-6058

The Band CAMINO, Valley Friday, Sept. 6, 8 p.m.

Murphy’s 1589 MADISON 726-4193

Aktion Kat EP Release Thursday, Sept. 5, 9 p.m.-midnight.

Railgarten 2160 CENTRAL

Mighty Souls Brass Band Thursday, Sept. 5, 6 p.m.; Eric Hughes Saturday, Sept. 7, 8 p.m.; Jubu Smith, Black Cream Wednesday, Sept. 11, 8 p.m.

Soul Shockers Sunday, Sept. 8, 8:30 p.m.-midnight.

Huey’s Germantown 7677 FARMINGTON 318-3034

The Memphis Yahoos Sunday, Sept. 8, 8-11:30 p.m.

North Mississippi/ Tunica Gold Strike Casino 1010 CASINO CENTER, TUNICA, MS 1-888-245-7829

Clint Black Friday, Sept. 6, 9 p.m.

Raleigh

Shangri-La Records

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1916 MADISON 274-1916

2951 CELA 382-1576

The Toy Trucks Album Release Saturday, Sept. 7, 4-6 p.m.

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

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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.

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CLINT BLACK Friday, September 6 • 9PM Millennium Theatre

Circuit Playhouse

The Humans, at Thanksgiving, the Blake family gathers at the rundown apartment of Brigid Blake and her boyfriend. The parents are unhappy that their daughters have left home and have abandoned their religion. www.playhouseonthesquare.org. Through Sept. 8. 51 S. COOPER (725-0776).

Theatre Memphis

Mamma Mia!, set on a Greek island and to the music of the international pop group ABBA, a young girl plans her wedding while trying to discover who of three men may be her father … all to the distress and ultimate joy of her mother. www.theatrememphis.org. $35. Fri., Sat., 8 p.m., Sun., 2 p.m., and Thurs., 7:30 p.m. Through Sept. 8. 630 PERKINS EXT. (682-8323).

TheatreWorks

BOYZ II MEN Friday, October 4 • 9PM Millennium Theatre

Ten Minute Play Festival, the Emerald Theatre Company opens their 23rd season with their fourth-annual festival. This year, the festival explores the theme “The Gift of Pride.” $15. Sept. 6-7, 8 p.m., and Sun., Sept. 8, 2 p.m. 2085 MONROE (274-7139).

Various locations

Pericles, Prince of Tyre, a separated family from another land endures extreme trials before being reunited, encouraging audiences to consider their responses to those they meet in similar need. Various times and locations; see website for more information. (759-0604), tnshakespeare.org. Sept. 11-14. SEE WEBSITE FOR MORE INFORMATION.

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Closing Reception for “Our CHOICES,” exhibition to create an environment where people can come together in solidarity, raise hope, and hope for a future unaccompanied by a constant threat to reproductive rights. (500-7001), Fri., Sept. 6, 6-8 p.m. 144 N. BELLEVUE (274-3550).

Clough-Hanson Gallery

Opening Reception for “Machera Floors,” Johana Moscoso’s “Machera Floors” are a series of large-scale floor sculptures accompanied by process videos in which the artist and her peers dance Colombian cumbia and salsa over unfired porcelain tiles. The exhibition looks at gender and Latinx culture through dance. (843-3000), Fri., Sept. 6, 5-7 p.m. RHODES COLLEGE, 2000 N. PARKWAY (843-3000).

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DCI Gallery

Opening Reception for “Bonnie Gravette,” exhibition of new work by the artist. Fri., Sept. 6, 6-8:30 p.m. 776 BROOKHAVEN.

“Near-Earth Object” featuring Melissa Dunn at L Ross Gallery, Friday, September 6th, 6-8 p.m. Fogelman Galleries of Contemporary Art, University of Memphis

Opening Reception for “Kulcher,” exhibition of photography by Lawrence Jasud. (678-2216), Free. Fri., Sept. 6, 5-7 p.m. 3715 CENTRAL.

L Ross Gallery

Opening Reception for “Near-Earth Object,” exhibition of work by Melissa Dunn. (767-2200), lrossgallery. com. Fri., Sept. 6, 6-8 p.m. 5040 SANDERLIN (767-2200).

WKNO Studio

Opening Reception for “Rural Route,” exhibition of new works by Ellen and Butch Boehm, Deborah Fagan Carpenter, Jimmy Crosthwait, Andrea and Larry Lugar, Geordan Lugar, Marda Lugar Mesler, and Agnes Gordon Stark. Sun., Sept. 8, 2-4 p.m. 7151 CHERRY FARMS (458-2521).

Woman’s Exchange Art Gallery

Opening Reception for “Empowers,” exhibition of new works by Savannah White, Debbie Pacheco, Meredith Olinger, Maggie Hayes, and Anna Bearman. Fri., Sept. 6, 6-8 p.m. 88 RACINE (327-5681).

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Saturdays, Sundays, 1:30 p.m. METAL MUSEUM, 374 METAL MUSEUM DR. (774-6380), METALMUSEUM.ORG.

Cooper-Young Art Tours

For more information, featured artists, and pop-up performances, visit website. First Friday of every month, 6-9 p.m. COOPER-YOUNG DISTRICT, CORNER OF COOPER AND YOUNG, COOPERYOUNG.COM.

A Day of Tasters

What does it feel like to work with metal? These “tasters” are 90-minute workshops designed to give guests an introduction to the metalworking processes of welding, blacksmithing, casting, and enameling. $50 per session. Sat., Sept. 7, 8:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m.

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

Art Village Gallery

“Out of Africa: Inhabitants of the Earth,” exhibition of work by Nigerian artist Uchay Joel Chima. www.artvillagegallery.com. Ongoing. 410 S. MAIN (521-0782).

ArtsMemphis

“Unfolding: The Next Chapter in Memphis,” exhibition of visual art by local Memphis artists, curated by Kenneth Wayne Alexander. (578-2787), www.artsmemphis. org. Free. Ongoing, 5:30-7:30 p.m. 575 S. MENDENHALL (578-2787).

Belz Museum of Asian and Judaic Art

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

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

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

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Buckman Arts Center at St. Mary’s School

Reception for new exhibition. Featuring DJ NYA. Free. Fri., Sept. 6, 6-11:59 p.m. MEDICINE FACTORY, 85 W. VIRGINIA (581-5815).

“Ray of Light,” exhibition of new works by Sydney Gruber. Mon.-Fri., 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Through Sept. 9. 60 N. PERKINS EXT. (537-1483).

O N G O I N G ART

Art Museum at the University of Memphis (AMUM)

“Africa: Art of a Continent,” permanent exhibition of African art from the Martha and Robert

CHOICES Midwifery

“Our CHOICES,” exhibition to create an environment where people can come together in solidarity, raise hope, and hope for a future unaccompanied by a constant threat to reproductive

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Clough-Hanson Gallery

Senior Thesis Exhibition, exhibition of work by Rhodes studio art majors Olivia Rowe, Charlotte Sechrist, Qian Xu, Sara Lynn Abbott, and Melissa Kiker. www. rhodes.edu/events. Ongoing. RHODES COLLEGE, 2000 N. PARKWAY (843-3000).

Crosstown Arts at The Concourse

“Counterpoint,” exhibition of new work by Scott Carter, a former Crosstown Arts resident artist. Through Oct. 20. “Residual Imprint,” exhibition of new work by Jia Wang, a former Crosstown Arts resident artist. Through Oct. 20. “The Sin Park,” exhibition of new work by Wang Chen, a former Crosstown Arts resident artist. Through Oct. 20. 1350 CONCOURSE AVE., SUITE 280 (507-8030).

Crosstown Concourse

“R&D,” a collection of artwork from the fall 2018 University of Memphis sculpture students. Ongoing. 1350 CONCOURSE AVE.

DCI Gallery

“Bonnie Gravette,” exhibition of new work by the artist. Sept. 6-13. 776 BROOKHAVEN.

The Dixon Gallery & Gardens

“Place Shapes,” exhibition of recent work by Elizabeth Alley. dixon.org. Through Oct. 6. “Central to Their Lives: Southern Women Artists in the Johnson Collection,” exhibition spanning the decades between the late 1890s and early 1960s, which examines the particularly complex challenges female artists confronted in a traditionally conservative region during a period in which women’s social, cultural, and political roles were being redefined and reinterpreted. dixon.org. Through Oct. 13.

“Kate Freeman Clark,” exhibition that brings together nearly 40 paintings by Southern-born Impressionist. Clark’s work was defined by her intimate portraits of family and friends, bucolic landscapes, and compelling still life paintings. dixon.org. Through Oct. 13. 4339 PARK (761-5250).

Eclectic Eye

“Nature of the Line,” exhibition of new work by Andrew Williams, whose art embraces the chaotic process of ceramic while creating abstract parts that reference the building blocks of life. Through Sept. 18. 242 S. COOPER (276-3937).

Edge Gallery

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

Epiphany Salon & Gallery

“Seeing Dots,” exhibition of new works by Dale Martin and Julie Nouwen. Through Oct. 23. 726 N. PARKWAY (406-3026).

FireHouse Community Arts Center

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

Fogelman Galleries of Contemporary Art, University of Memphis

“Not Dead Wood,” exhibition of new work by Jean Koeller. Through Oct. 4. 3715 CENTRAL.

Graceland

“Hillbilly Rock,” exhibition featuring items from the Marty Stuart Collection. www.

graceland.com. Ongoing. 3717 ELVIS PRESLEY (332-3322).

Jay Etkin Gallery

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

L Ross Gallery

“Near-Earth Object,” exhibition of work by Melissa Dunn. lrossgallery.com. Tuesdays-Fridays, 10 a.m.-5 p.m., and Saturdays, 11 a.m.3 p.m. Through Sept. 28. 5040 SANDERLIN (767-2200).

Marshall Arts Gallery

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

Memphis Botanic Garden

Twilight Thursdays, extended hours staying open til sunset. Each week will have a different highlight from plants to pets. www.memphisbotanicgarden.com. Thursdays. “Bicentennial Blues Bed,” new, year-long planting celebrating the Bluff City’s bicentennial, located just outside of the Four Seasons Garden. www.memphisbotanicgarden.com. Ongoing. 750 CHERRY (636-4100).

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. “Bouguereau & America,” exhibition of work by the French academic painter William-Adolphe Bouguereau. His modern and highly polished interpretations of classical subjects as well as his intimate and idealized portrayals of peasant life, were avidly sought by American collectors. brooksmuseum.

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Opening Reception for “Kulcher” by Lawrence Jasud at Fogelman Galleries, Friday, September 6th, 5-7 p.m.

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Memphis College of Art “Horn Island 35,” through Oct. 4. 1930 POPLAR (272-5100).

Metal Museum

“40 Under 40: The Next Generation of American Metal Artists,” to continue the celebration of the museum’s 40th anniversary, this exhibition explores the next generation of influential American metal artists. (774-6380), www.metalmuseum.org/40-under-40. Tuesdays-Sundays, 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Through Sept. 15. 374 METAL MUSEUM DR. (774-6380).

Overton Park Gallery

Dorothy Northern and Jennifer Sargent, exhibition of works. Ongoing. 1581 OVERTON PARK (229-2967).

Playhouse on the Square

“Melange,” exhibition of mixed-media work by Re-

suelaymandesigns.com. Ongoing.

becca Chappell. (413-4756), Through Sept. 9. “Art Show,” exhibition of new work by Sue Layman. (4097870), Through Sept. 8, 10 a.m.-5 p.m.

Village Frame & Art

66 S. COOPER (726-4656).

540 S. MENDENHALL (767-8882).

Ross Gallery

WKNO Studio

“Copia”, exhibition of new work by Melissa Wilkinson. Through Sept. 11. “Temple of the Cha-ChaHua,” exhibition of new work by Justin Bowles. Through Sept. 11. CHRISTIAN BROTHERS UNIVERSITY, PLOUGH LIBRARY, 650 E. PARKWAY S. (321-3000).

Slave Haven Underground Railroad Museum

“Images of Africa Before & After the Middle Passage,” exhibition of photography by Jeff and Shaakira Edison. (527-3427), slavehavenmemphis.com. Ongoing. 826 N. SECOND STREET (5273427).

St. George’s Episcopal Church

“September Song,” the Artists’ Group of Memphis is comprised of local artists who get together to show their artwork. Joy Phillips Routt, chairman of the Art Gallery at St. George’s Church, has curated this exhibit which will feature artworks by 18 local artists in oils, acrylic, watercolor, and photography. (754-7282), www.stgchurch. org. Free. Sundays, 9 a.m.12:30 p.m., and Mondays-Fridays, 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Through Sept. 29. 2425 S. GERMANTOWN (754-7282).

Sue Layman Designs

Sue Layman Designs Ongoing Art, exhibition of oil-oncanvas paintings featuring brilliant colors and daring geometric shapes. (409-7870),

125 G.E. PATTERSON (409-7870).

Talbot Heirs

Debra Edge Art, ongoing. 99 S. SECOND (527-9772).

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

“Rural Route,” exhibition of new works by Ellen and Butch Boehm, Deborah Fagan Carpenter, Jimmy Crosthwait, Andrea and Larry Lugar, Geordan Lugar, Marda Lugar Mesler, and Agnes Gordon Stark. MondaysFridays, 9 a.m.-4 p.m. Through Sept. 27. 7151 CHERRY FARMS (458-2521).

Woman’s Exchange Art Gallery “Empowers,” exhibition of new works by Savannah White, Debbie Pacheco, Meredith Olinger, Maggie Hayes, and Anna Bearman. Saturdays, 10 a.m.-2 p.m., and Mondays-Fridays, 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Through Sept. 14. 88 RACINE (327-5681).

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Argentine Tango Society

All level dancers; everyone is welcome. $10. Wednesdays, 6-7:30 p.m. BERT FERGUSON COMMUNITY CENTER, 8085 TRINITY (341-9282).

Ballet Memphis: LAUNCH 2019

An afternoon of free events and classes for all ages. Celebrate with us by participating in free Pilates and ballet classes. Free. Sat., Sept. 7, 12:30-4 p.m. BALLET MEMPHIS, 2144 MADISON (737-7322), BALLETMEMPHIS.ORG.

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org. Through Sept. 22. Rotunda Projects: Federico Uribe, exhibition of magical creatures and playful installations from everyday objects. www.brooksmuseum.org. Through Oct. 11. “Small Passion,” exhibition of work by Albrecht Dürer, who has long been recognized as one of the most influential artists of the European Renaissance and one of the finest printmakers in the history of art. Through Oct. 27. “About Face,” exhibition located in the Education Gallery highlighting the different ways artists interpret the connection between emotion and expression. www.brooksmuseum.org. Ongoing. “Drawing Memory: Essence of Memphis,” exhibition of works inspired by nsibidi, a sacred means of communication among male secret societies in southeastern Nigeria by Victor Ekpuk. www.brooksmuseum.org. Ongoing.

Opening Reception for “Empowers” by Anna Bearman at the Woman’s Exchange, Friday, September 6th

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Tom Segura: Take It Down Tour, a performance from the comedian behind the Netflix specials Disgraceful, Mostly Stories, and Completely Normal. $28-$82. Tues., Sept. 10, 8 p.m. 203 S. MAIN (525-3000).

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Poetry Society of Tennessee: Monthly Meeting, the September program is an evaluation of a poetry form and an oral poetry contest: “You Be the Judge” (bring $1 for the “pot” and a poem to read aloud). The meeting begins with readings (original work, please) and group critiques. poetrytennessee.org. Free. Sat., Sept. 7, 2-4 p.m.

Booksigning by Melissa Davis Baize Author discusses and signs The Waters of the Crystal Lake. Sun., Sept. 8, 2 p.m. NOVEL, 387 PERKINS EXT. (922-5526).

Booksigning by William Kent Krueger Author discusses and signs This Tender Night. Wed., Sept. 11, 6 p.m.

9|21 THOSE PRETTY WRONGS $15 7:30 – 9:30pm

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1350 CONCOURSE AVE. SUITE 280

NOVEL, 387 PERKINS EXT. (922-5526).

Southern Writers on a Saturday Night Multi-author booksigning event. Sat., Sept. 7, 6 p.m. NOVEL, 387 PERKINS EXT. (922-5526).

L E CT U R E / S P E A K E R

Homelessness Here and Now

This forum will feature Kathy Izard and a panel of local

“Rural Route” featuring Deborah Fagan Carpenter at WKNO Studio, Sunday, September 8th, 2-4 p.m. experts on Memphis-area homelessness, including Chere Bradshaw, executive director of Memphis and Shelby County Community Alliance for the Homeless; Reverend Lisa Anderson, director of Room in the Inn-Memphis; and Paul A. Young, director of the City of Memphis Division of Housing and Community Development. Dr. Stephen Cook, senior pastor at Second Baptist Church will moderate. Tues., Sept. 10, 6 p.m. SECOND BAPTIST CHURCH, 4860 WALNUT GROVE (682-3308), COMMUNITY.MIFA.ORG.

TO U R S

Bicentennial History Hikes

Meet at the guest services desk in the Visitor Center. Tuesdays, 2 p.m. LICHTERMAN NATURE CENTER, 5992 QUINCE (767-7322), MEMPHISMUSEUMS.ORG.

Calvary Episcopal Church Tours

Docent-led tours discuss stained glass windows, architecture, and symbols in Christian art. Private tours available upon request. Free. Second Wednesday, Sunday of every month, 11:15 a.m. CALVARY EPISCOPAL CHURCH, 102 N. SECOND (525-6602), CALVARYMEMPHIS.ORG.

Central Gardens Home & Garden Tour

The 43rd annual tour features six homes along or near Central Avenue plus Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception. Three homes are “old,” while three are “new,” showcasing how new homes fit into historic neighborhoods. $15 in advance, $20 day-of, $12 each group of 10 or more. Sun., Sept. 8, 1-6 p.m. CENTRAL GARDENS, ALONG CARR AVE., CENTRALGARDENS.ORG.

City Tasting Tours

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

Cutting Garden Tours

Garden docents will focus on the cutting garden each week on Saturday morning. Meet in the Catmur Foyer to start tour. Saturdays, 10 a.m.-noon. THE DIXON GALLERY & GARDENS, 4339 PARK (761-5250), DIXON.ORG.

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Delta Fair and Music Festival

With live music from rock to bluegrass, the Royal Hanneford Circus, fair food galore(!), livestock shows, competitions, and the Delta Dash 5K and 10K, the fair has something for everyone. $10. Through Sept. 8. AGRICENTER INTERNATIONAL, SHOWPLACE ARENA, 105 S. GERMANTOWN, DELTAFEST.COM.

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Family Fun Hike

Educational recreation for adults and children of all ages. Second Sunday of every month, 2-4 p.m. SHELBY FARMS, VISITOR’S CENTER, 6903 GREAT VIEW DRIVE NORTH (767-7275), WWW.SHELBYFARMSPARK.ORG.

Memphis 901 FC vs. Swope Park Rangers Sat., Sept. 7, 7 p.m.

AUTOZONE PARK, THIRD AND UNION (721-6000), MEMPHIS901FC.COM.

Walk ‘n’ Talk

Listen to Memphians’ stories and share ideas with others. Wednesdays, 6:45-7:30 a.m. RIVER GARDEN, 51 RIVERSIDE DRIVE (312-9190), MEMPHISRIVERPARKS.ORG.

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RIDGEWAY COUNTRY CLUB, 9800 POPLAR (726-6820).

Do Good, Love Well Luncheon

Gotta catch ‘em all, with food trucks Say Cheese, Mama D’s, Smokin’ Hot BBQ, Soi Number 9, Grub, and Kabob Food Truck. Adult cover is $5 for Garden members and $10 for non-members. Wed., Sept. 11, 5-8 p.m.

Ride for Le Bonheur

At this luncheon benefiting MIFA, Kathy Izard will share her journey of personal and community transformation that began with a question, “Where are the beds?” and ended with over one hundred formerly homeless people living in homes of their own. $50. Wed., Sept. 11, noon. UNIVERSITY OF MEMPHIS HOLIDAY INN, 3700 CENTRAL (678-8200), COMMUNITY.MIFA.ORG.

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PAW Patrol: Adventure Play

Exhibit with activities encouraging teamwork, self confidence, and playing the roles of the rescuing heroes. Included with museum admission. Through Feb. 2, 2020, 9 a.m.-5 p.m. CHILDREN’S MUSEUM OF MEMPHIS, 2525 CENTRAL (458-2678), CMOM.COM.

Fund-raiser bike ride for Le Bonheur Children’s Hospital. Fri., Sept. 6, 6 p.m., and Sat., Sept. 7, 9 a.m. FITZ CASINO & HOTEL, 711 LUCKY LN., TUNICA, MS (800-766-5825).

Fourteenth annual golf tournament honors the losses incurred on 9/11. This event helps provide housing to military veterans who desperately

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

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Back to the Moon: For Good

Thistle & Bee’s luncheon with Thistle Farms founder Becca Stevens. Fri., Sept. 6, 11:30 a.m.-2 p.m.

Planetarium show that lets the audience relive the thrills of lunar exploration. Various times, see website for details. Ongoing.

“Empowers” featuring Debbie Pacheco at the Woman’s Exchange, Friday, September 6th

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Fab Fridays Laser Light Show

State-of-the-art laser light shows. Fridays, 7, 8, & 9 p.m. AUTOZONE DOME PLANETARIUM, MEMPHIS PINK PALACE MUSEUM, 3050 CENTRAL (636-2362), MEMPHISMUSEUMS.ORG.

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This gold-themed event will have games, prizes, giveaways, music, and discounts at the shops of Overton Square. Sat., Sept. 7, 7-9 p.m. THE TOWER COURTYARD AT OVERTON SQUARE, 2092 TRIMBLE PLACE MEMPHIS, TN 38104 (491-8099), CHRISHOPEFOUNDATION.ORG.

Making Memphis: 200 Years of Community

Bicentennial celebration, the exhibit illustrates how the threads of Memphis history form a larger story or web of history. Through Oct. 20. MEMPHIS PINK PALACE MUSEUM, 3050 CENTRAL (636-2362), MEMPHISMUSEUMS.ORG.

Memphis Music Listening Party

Music writer Robert Gordon explores musician Charles Hodges’ career through five of his songs. Wed., Sept. 11, 7 p.m.

“Mourning Memphis” Exhibition Opening

The mansion comes alive when there is talk of the dead. Stroll the darkened halls and hear the tales of the first families while viewing the beautiful mourning collection. $20. Fri., Sept. 6, 5-8 p.m. WOODRUFF-FONTAINE HOUSE, 680 ADAMS (526-1469).

Night Out With the Vets

LGBTQ veterans will be offering up Jell-O shots for a $1 donation each benefiting LGBTQ Veterans Alliance. $5. First Saturday of every month, 9 p.m.-midnight. DRU’S PLACE, 1474 MADISON (870-740-2992), LGBTQVETERANSALLIANCE.COM.

TEMPLE ISRAEL, 1376 E. MASSEY (761-3130).

Velvetina’s Blue Moon Revue

Zoo Rendezvous

Live music, burlesque performances. $30. WednesdaysSaturdays, 7-9 p.m. Through Sept. 28.

Put on your dancing shoes for this year’s Zoo Rendezvous: Zoodio 54. The zoo’s largest fund-raiser of will have fare from more than 70 Mid-South restaurants and bars, as well as entertainment on four stages. $200. Sat., Sept. 7, 7-10:30 p.m.

MOLLIE FONTAINE LOUNGE, 679 ADAMS (917-705-0945), BLUEMOONREVUEMEMPHIS.COM.

MEMPHIS ZOO, 2000 PRENTISS PLACE IN OVERTON PARK (3336757), MEMPHISZOO.ORG.

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Botanical cocktail tasting inspired by the Dixon’s herb gardens. Enjoy cocktails, craft beer, and wine, along with bites from restaurants. Admission includes tastings and food. Members $40; non-members $50. Fri., Sept. 6, 6-9 p.m.

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Arrieche was in his first year of law school when he took up breaking. His parents didn’t support him because they thought breaking would interfere with his studies. “I showed everybody I could do both,” he says. “Why not? If you focus, you can do it.” He performed with his first dance crew, Evolution Family Group, while in law school. They breaked to Latin hiphop music in clubs and festivals. Arrieche continued to break after he graduated. “I was working my regular day in a law office and by 4, 5, 6, I was free, and I could go to practice,” he says. “I guess I was kind of famous in my city. All the time, I received invitations to perform in shows.”

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outh of Beale, Memphis’ first gastropub, has always held food as its focus. That’s why Ed and Brittany Cabigao — owners of S.O.B., Interim, and Zaka Bowl — have decided to move S.O.B. into a larger space with a much larger kitchen, something their new head chef, Daniel Gamboa, is thrilled about. “The main reason is that we do need more space,” owner Ed Cabigao says. “We designed this kitchen to do half the business it’s doing now. So basically, the kitchen is really overcrowded, overloaded … I want my employees to have a better space to work in.” The new venue, located on the first floor of the old Ambassador building, will open in spring 2020 at 345 S. Main. The dining room will add about five more tables, the bar will be longer, and the kitchen is expected to be five times its current size. The new location will also feature three private dining rooms that can be transformed into one giant event space for large parties. “We basically decline one event a week, on average, because we just don’t have the space right now,” Cabigao explains. The owners also seek to maintain the integrity of the original S.O.B., that of a cozy Downtown bar with an adventurous, chef-driven menu: “We want it to feel like S.O.B.,” Cabigao says. “We’re still going to keep it quaint and unpretentious but almost like an S.O.B. 2.0.” In addition to more seating indoors, they will be expanding the patio space as well. As they prepare for the move, the restaurant is embracing a new head chef: Daniel Gamboa, the bold and talented 22-year-old who blessed the S.O.B. menu with General Tso’s Cauliflower, which has been the highest-selling appetizer on the menu since it dethroned the Duck Fried Rice last year. Gamboa came to S.O.B. from Interim a year ago to serve as sous chef under Anthony Fenech, and the two did a menu refresh at that time that introduced several unique items, including the cauliflower. The menu redesign led to S.O.B. having its best year yet in 2018. Ed Cabigao says they’re slated to do even better in 2019, and he describes Gamboa as extremely hard-

working, skilled, and full of energy. When asked about stepping up as head chef, Gamboa says, “It’s a little scary, but I think I’m ready for it.” For those wondering if they’ll introduce new menu items again at the relaunch next spring, it’s a likely possibility. “If we can push the food further, that’s what we want to do,” Cabigao says. “But we’re going to let our customers gauge that, too. That’s what we did when we first opened, and we’ll do that again.” But the menu’s staples — like the Duck Patty Melt and the Smoked Gouda Mac & Cheese — aren’t going anywhere. So what’s to happen with the old S.O.B.? The owners are looking for another restaurant tenant to take over the South Main space. Cabigao explains that they’ve had interest from some other bar concepts and burger places, but they “want whoever comes in here to complement not just the new S.O.B. but also Pontotoc, Slider Inn, Green Beetle — and not just be

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roving that everything’s coming up ’80s in 2019, the most relevant show on television right now is HBO’s Chernobyl. The number four reactor at the Vladimir Ilyich Lenin nuclear power plant exploded on April 26, 1986, releasing as much radiation as a smallish nuclear war. The environmental catastrophe that followed killed thousands and rendered roughly 1,000 square miles uninhabitable by humans for the foreseeable future. But it was almost much, much worse. Created by writer/producer Craig Mazin, Chernobyl tells the story of the epic disaster in five episodes. Mazin combed through the official Soviet histories for the big-picture details, but many of the individual incidents depicted came from Voices from Chernobyl by Nobel Prize-winning author Svetlana Alexievich. The first episode, “1:23:45,” begins with the suicide of Dr. Valery Legasov (Jared Harris), the nuclear physicist in charge of first containing and then investigating the accident. Before he hangs himself, he leaves behind a suicide note that states in no uncertain terms who was at fault for the accident. One of the reasons Chernobyl is so successful is

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THE LAST WORD by Maya Smith

Who benefits from community resources?

A lot of development has been happening at the University of Memphis in the past couple of weeks. With all of these new projects come picture-perfect renderings of what the spaces will look like, grand hopes, and, with some, the promise of a great community benefit. The most recent notable development at the university was the completion of the new pedestrian bridge crossing the Southern Avenue railroad track. That project also includes a new five-story parking garage and amphitheater. All together, that’s a $36-million project. Hearing all of the hype, I took a drive to my alma mater’s campus this week to check out the new masterpiece. And I must say, it was quite impressive. I’m all for it. The university also filed a building permit late last month for a new music center. The $35-million Scheidt Family Music Center is going to be state-of-the-art, university officials have said. Along with a number of cool additions, including recording studios and rehearsal spaces, the new center will be about double the size of the existing school of music. Officials say the facility will be an asset for not just the university but the community as a whole. Also last month, the university and the city, along with the Tennis Memphis organization, announced the $19-million renovation of Leftwich Tennis Center. If you’re not familiar, the tennis center sits on Southern, sandwiched between Audubon Park and the Memphis Botanic Garden. I grew up playing tennis in Whitehaven, but I played my fair share of matches at Leftwich. Actually, I’ve played or taught tennis at least once at each of the six public centers around the city. Leftwich, as it is now, is by far the cleanest, safest, and largest of the bunch. Soon it will be “one of the finest in the country,” according to U of M president M. David Rudd. Although the center is sufficient as is, that thought is exciting. Though there are more pressing matters in the city and at the university than nice tennis courts, the Tiger tennis teams needed a new home court, and that’s completely valid. I’m just concerned that recreating this tennis center into something grandiose might be a barrier to some. I hope the city will keep its word and ensure that Leftwich remains open and accessible to the public. Memphis Mayor Jim Strickland has said the new facility will be a “true gem for our community.” The city is investing $3 million into this project, so I truly hope that the community — all of the community — will be able to benefit from this “gem.” Another new project proposed with the promise of community engagement is the $10-million Mike Rose Natatorium. This is a part of the $30-million Center for Wellness & Fitness project. The university is building a new fitness center and renovating the old one. The natatorium will be an enhanced and expanded version of the existing swimming pool. The natatorium was recently in the news after Shelby County Mayor Lee Harris moved to withhold $1 million in county funds for the project until the university presented a plan to pay all employees a livable wage. Rudd said at the time that the university did in fact have a plan to raise hourly wages to $15 an hour over the next two years, but evidence of the actual plan has not emerged. I know nothing about university budgeting, but I do know that people deserve a living wage to support themselves and their families. So if the university can afford state-of-the-art, worldclass facilities, it should also be able to afford to pay its employees what they deserve. We’ll see. I’ve seen a lot of renderings for a lot of projects, and sometimes the final product is not quite what was promised. That can be a bit of a let-down, but that’s okay. We can move past that. It’s not okay, though, for the promised community engagement aspect of these projects to fall short. So when the projects materialize, it’s crucial that the university and the city (in the case of Leftwich Tennis Center) follow through, ensuring that the center is a tangible asset for all of the surrounding residents — those in East Memphis and those in Orange Mound. It’s also important that this new natatorium does in fact “promote water safety and enrich community health among diverse populations,” as the university has said. I think the university should keep growing, developing, and adapting to stay competitive, relevant, and attractive, but at the end of the day, it’s the University of Memphis, so the city should always, in some way, reap the benefits of the school’s growth. The community will be watching and waiting. Make us proud, University of Memphis. We believe in you. Maya Smith is a Flyer staff writer.

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