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Eliza Fletcher. A name I’d not known before last Friday. A mother, wife, sister, daughter, teacher, friend — a woman, who, by many accounts, was a bright light in the lives of those she touched. As a bit of proof, among the memorial posts on my timeline was a video shared to YouTube in March 2020 of her singing “ is Little Light of Mine” as part of a series of videos she must have created for the virtual schooling stage of the pandemic. I did not know Eliza. But I have read many tributes to her over the weekend, from some who did know her — through her teaching, friends, neighbors — and many others who did not but were almost equally as crushed by the horri c news. As all of Memphis, and much of the nation now knows, 34-year-old Eliza was abducted on an early morning run on Friday, September 2nd, at Central Avenue and Zach Curlin Street. Unreleased surveillance video showed her struggle with the assailant; her smashed phone and water bottle were found in front of a home near the scene. University of Memphis students, sta , and faculty received a safety alert that morning describing the incident and the few details known at the time. I later received a text message from a friend asking if I was okay — because I live near the university, one mile from where Eliza was violently forced into an SUV, and I take walks almost daily in the area. e weight of what happened to Eliza, as she carried out, from what I’ve read, her normal morning routine — a bit of self-care before the world awoke, before the scheduled demands of work and motherhood took hold of the day — shook a lot of us, especially women. Many of us have had uncomfortable encounters with strangers: the man asking for a phone number at the gas pump, the guy in line at the grocery store wondering if we’re married (“We can just be friends though”), boys catcalling from car windows, or worse. Women, at times, are treated as prey by those without respect or human decency — or the smallest crumb of common sense to know better. And in even scarier instances by those whose intentions are pure evil, as in Eliza’s case. ese types of things don’t only happen in Memphis, of course, though people are quick to claim it’s commonplace here. From national headlines, in Washington over the weekend, a woman was abducted at knifepoint a er attempting to help a wayward stranger. She jumped from the car as the aggressor slowed down on a dirt road, where she ran to a nearby home for safety. Stories of missing women and young girls saturate the news everywhere, though not all get the same level of publicity. ere may be many reasons for this, but it could be more simply that not all have video footage or physical evidence or a speci c timeline of events to follow up on. I’ve seen some online commenters victim-blaming. “She shouldn’t be out running at 4 in the morning,” they read, in some way or another. Maybe 4 a.m. is an odd hour for you, but does that give a predator the right to grab a living, breathing being o the street and shove them into their vehicle? Pluck them from a morning run and take their life?
Following the story over the past few days, seeing the inundation of speculative commentary from internet sleuths, and learning of the suspect’s criminal past, hope dwindled by the moment — both for the well-being of Eliza and for a thread of empathy from the general public. When did people become so insensitive? Do you not realize this could happen to you or a loved one? How are violent o enders like Cleotha Abston allowed out of prison? Monsters do roam this Earth. ere was, though, an outpouring of love, from those who knew her well and others who didn’t at all — fellow runners who are organizing runs locally and nationally in her honor, mothers whose hugs were a little tighter this morning as they sent their children o to school.Ididnot know Eliza. But she did not deserve to die this way. Her sons deserved their mother. Her family and friends deserved more days with her. May her light continue to shine. Shara Clark e Memphis Flyer is now seeking candidates for its editor position. Send your resume to hr@contemporary-media.com.
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“Tennessee is crushing it with the largest visitor spending national market share for Tennesseans in our history,” said Mark Ezell, commissioner of the Tennessee Department of Tourist Development. “Tennessee is one of the top travel destinations in the world because of our tremendous assets, including our unmatched scenic beauty, diverse cities, and small towns, as well as our world-class attractions, music, cultural, and historical sites.”
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e new gure marks the largest visitor spending nationally in Tennessee history, o cials said. Travelers in the state spent an estimated $66 million per day last year.
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job growth in our industry is welcome news as Memphis and Shelby County also meets and exceeds hotel room night demand seen in 2019,” said Memphis Tourism president and CEO Kevin Kane. “ e biggest challenge now facing our industry on a local level is lling available openings. e Memphis destination has recovered at a rapid pace and our industry is laser-focused on showcasing how a job in tourism and hospitality can also develop into a successful career path.” Ted Townsend, chief economic development o cer with the Chamber, said the pandemic “decimated” tourism and hospitality around the world but said it has made a “full recovery here.” “ is comeback comes as our region continues to set new records for jobs,” he said. “What that tells me is that Memphis has regained its pre-pandemic momentum and is entering a new phase of growth.”
Tourism across the state has bounced back, too, according to state data released this week, but not back to pre-pandemic levels. Tennessee tourism generated $24.2 billion in domestic and international travel spending in 2021, according to data from the U.S. Travel Association and Tourism Economics. e gure is just slightly o the recordsetting $24.5 billion spent here in 2019. at number fell by 32 percent in 2020 to a record-low of $16.8 billion.
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Shelby County tourism bounced back last year, too, according to the report, but not to pre-pandemic levels. Visitors spent $3.4 billion in 2021, compared to the record $3.7 billion spent in 2019. However, spending here was up 35 percent compared to 2020 with a spend of $2.5 billion.
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BACK FROM VACATION Complaining of long wait times, calling her the “Ted Cruz of Memphis,” and laughing at her defensive “don’t be disrespectful” news conference, Memphis Redditors piled on Shelby County Clerk Wanda Halbert last week.
“SAUCY SITUATION” e MEMernet was obsessed last week with the truck accident that spilled enough Bertolli Alfredo sauce to temporarily close I-55. Coverage quotes from FOX13’s Kate Bieri went viral, including a tweet from e New York Times that read: “Unfortunately this is Memphis, and we had some pretty intense sun beating down on that Alfredo sauce, and also humidity. It was just not a great recipe for a highway full of Alfredo sauce.”
Tourism activity in 2021 generated $1.9 billion in state and local tax revenues and made the sector the third-highest employer in the state.
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How do you plan on bringing a new generation of blues in, while also maintaining its already rich history? [We’ll get] the school enrichment programs back in place and do outreach into the community to make sure young folks know the blues is where you got your rap from. e blues is where you got your everything from. at’s going to be one of the major plans. Hopefully, being able to partner with the Recording Academy to do some work with Grammy U, which reaches out to the university capacity for younger folks. Everybody thinks that the blues is sad and drowning, but it’s not. e blues is actually life. So, just getting them re-exposed to where it came from.
imberly Horton was recently named interim president and CEO of e Blues Foundation a er the departure of former president and CEO Judith Black. Horton, originally from Jackson, Mississippi, has served as a manager and agent working with artists like Billy Price, Dexter Allen, Lady A, and more.e Memphis Flyer spoke with Horton as she prepares to move to Memphis to ll this role. Memphis Flyer: What do you think of the state of blues in Memphis right now? Kimberly Horton: e blues is always going to be going strong. It’s just having people in place to have it out on Front Street. I think Memphis is de nitely a place where the blues, in my opinion, will always be going strong. Do you think locals still love the blues? What about tourists? e blues is a part of the culture in Memphis. Not just in Memphis, it’s part of the culture, especially for the African-American race. You know Willie Dixon said it best, “Blues is the root, everything else is the fruit.” So, all of the music that we listen to — whether it’s rap, gospel, R&B — all of that has something to do with the blues in some shape, form, or fashion.
We have some wonderful female artists that are blues artists, and a lot of the time they get overlooked because they don’t play a harmonica or a guitar, but they actually sing the blues. So, bringing diversity in that aspect, as well as making sure that our people — my people — know that we still have an obligation to the heritage of the blues. Are there any other changes that you plan to make at the foundation? Even as interim CEO? My main change is to get the condence of the artists back. ey’ve lost con dence in the foundation, so I want to gain the artists’ con dence back, to make sure they know that we’re there, we’re here, we’re thriving, and we’re intending on making sure that the awareness is available.
I’m saying diversity not just in color, but I’m talking about gender as well.
Piggybacking o of that, you said you’re looking to work with a new generation of blues artists as well and bring more diversity in. Why do you think diversity is so important in blues?
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It’s going to keep going. We’re going to make sure that young people know it’s there, and how and why they got the music that they’re listening to, and hopefully bring interest to the younger generation.
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Turner, who recently le the Shelby County Commission a er serving two terms, had his coming-out on a platform erected on the former long-term site of the grave and statue of Confederate Civil War general Nathan Bedford Forrest. Turner is the president of the nonpro t which, in cooperation with city government, took over the park grounds and authorized the removal and relocation of the statue and the remains of Forrest and his wife.
It was Labor Day weekend, the seam between the dog days of a pit-bull summer and the open road of a hopefully cooler fall, the beginning of a new cycle of county government with the swearing-in of o cials and of a pending city election season with early announcements from mayoral candidates.Still,itfelt like a lull, and then suddenly the vacuum was lled with a sinister event, the kidnapping and apparent foul play wreaked on teacher and young mother Eliza Fletcher while she was jogging on a city street, and, wherever you went, that was all anybody was talking about.Itwas the subject of discussion Saturday night at e Magnolia Room in the Overton Square district, where newly GeneralDistrictinauguratedAttorney Steve Mulroy had invited a few guests to share in an “Almost herdaughterthereenactmentgathering,Newlyweds”theofnuptialsofhisMollyandMoroccanhusband, Abdellah. Mulroy, the perfect host, lost himself in the revelry and line dancing and in a joyous chorus, along with the rest of his Brooklyn-bred family, of “New York, New York.” But some corner of his brain had to be occupied by this ominous new development, joining there such preoccupations as he has about a forthcoming hearing on the fate of two young carjacking suspects accused recently of killing Dr. Autura Eason-Williams, a revered local Methodist cleric. Amy Weirich, Mulroy’s predecessor, whom he defeated in the recent county election, had called for one juvenile suspect, whom she had previously put into a restorative-justice program, to be transferred to adult Criminal Court to be tried for the carjacking murder. e matter broke very late in the election campaign, and Mulroy, as the new DA, in tandem with new Juvenile Court Judge Tarik Sugarmon, will have to make the ultimate recommendation about the transfer, to Criminal Court of one or both juvenile suspects on or a er a hearing on the psychological circumstances of the two, which is scheduled for September 12th in Juvenile Court. A third accomplice in the crime, who has already reached adulthood, is also part of the equation. And now, on top of that conundrum, the Fletcher a air, which has gripped the nation as well as the city, has further dramatized the issue of crime in Memphis. No rest for the weary.
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• Candidates for Memphis mayor in 2022 aren’t getting much rest, either. Two of them made formal entries into the race last week — local NAACP head Van Turner at an organized announcement at Health Sciences Park and Downtown Memphis Commission president/CEO Paul Young via an online post.
• e aforementioned Weirich is already at work as special counsel on the sta of DA Mark Davidson in the 25th judicial district, which serves the several rural West Tennessee counties immediately adjoining Shelby. She began her duties last ursday at a salary, conforming with state guidelines, of $139,908, only 18 percent less than she made as Shelby DA.
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By Jackson Baker
PHOTO: JACKSON BAKER Van Turner with wife Tammie at Health Sciences Park
e late-season lull was, for better or for worse, anything but dull.
Of course, we have no idea what direction bonds (or stocks) will go from here, at least in the short term. In the long term, we are optimistic to see returns of stocks and bonds in line with historical experience. We are also optimistic that in the event of a more intense stock market correction, bonds will likely perform even better in the likely ight to safety reaction of market participants. As bond prices have fallen, bond yields have risen to a more attractive level, which is another silver lining in this challenging year. One of the biggest complaints is that bonds have had “no yield” for quite some time. With bond yields higher and in ation on the way down, we could be set up for a period where bonds provide a meaningful source of real return in addition to their ability to dampen stock market declines. In short, 2022 has been a challenging year for bonds and stocks, but bonds continue to ful ll a very important role in investment portfolios.
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hat’s going on with bonds right now? ough 2022 has been a challenging year for xed income, you might be surprised to learn that the death of bonds has been greatly exaggerated. For context, bonds historically return less than stocks in the long run. From 1926 until the end of 2021, a large cap U.S. stock index returned over 10 percent a year, while a 5-year government bond index returned about 5 percent. Compounded over time, that is a massive di erence. Why would anyone want bonds then? ey have two advantages over a 100 percent stock portfolio that you should care about — they are somewhat uncorrelated to stocks, and they tend to have lessTwovolatility.things that are uncorrelated don’t automatically move in opposite directions — that would be negative correlation. With completely uncorrelated assets, the movement of one has no impact on the movement of the other one. is is something very desirable, since you don’t want everything in your portfolio going down at the same time. Less volatility is also very much a good thing, meaning generally that bonds tend not to uctuate up and down as much as stocks. is year is a great example — the Bloomberg U.S. Aggregate Bond index is down about 10 percent at the time of this writing. at’s one of the worst years on record for bonds, but it would only be a middlingly bad year for stocks. But isn’t this year a bad year for stocks, too? Let’s look at the big picture. For a retiree, one of the worst things that can happen is a large portfolio drawdown in the years just before and a er retirement. A crash just before retirement might force a delay to retirement plans. Worse, a crash just a er retirement could dramatically change retirement lifestyle as assets are spent down while their prices are depressed. We tend to allocate more to bonds around retirement because our best hope for bonds is that in a stock market downturn bonds will likely either go down less or even go up some. You might be surprised to learn that is working, even this year. Looking at our portfolios and also target date portfolios from several major fund families, allocations with more bonds are performing better than allocations with more stocks. In other words, bonds are mostly down, but stocks are mostly down more. Bonds aren’t experiencing tremendous outperformance — it would be nice if they were actually up this year — but if you had a crystal ball and allocated more to bonds at the beginning of 2022 you would likely be better o than being 100 percent stocks at this moment.
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Gene Gard is Chief Investment O cer at Telarray, a Memphis-based wealth management rm that helps families navigate investment, tax, estate, and retirement decisions. Ask him your questions or schedule an objective, no-pressure portfolio review at letstalk@telarrayadvisors.com. Sign up for the next free online seminar on the Events tab at telarrayadvisors.com. a year, but bonds continue to ll an important role in investment portfolios.
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“How long is the wait for people when they come into the o ce?” I asked.
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“Sir, I’m at a call center,” the person responded. “I have no idea.” A call center. Perfect. I decided to drive to the county clerk satellite o ce at Poplar Plaza. e line to get into the o ce snaked around the corner, maybe 100 people deep.
A encounter with the Shelby County Clerk’s o to Ill By Bruce VanWyngarden
Friends, Shelby Countians deserve better. Halbert needs to own this, but she won’t. Her response to all of these issues has been that it’s someone else’s fault. She claimed any criticism of her ill-timed vacation is a “personal attack.”
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No, it is not, Ms. Halbert. You don’t leave your troops — or your constituency — in the middle of a crisis. You were elected to do a job and you’ve failed. All of this is on your plate.
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10 20228-14,September omeone I’m close to inadvertently let their Tennessee vehicle tags expire. Since I have more time on my hands to deal with such situations these days, I decided to help out by tackling the project of getting them one of those snazzy new blue license plates. I didn’t expect to have much trouble, even given the recently wellpublicized problems of Shelby County Clerk Wanda Halbert’s bureaucracy. My optimism was based solely on the fact that in early August I ordered a new plate online and it arrived within a week. Maybe, I told my friend, things are improving. Ha. Ha. Polly? Meet Anna.Let me review the situation for those of you who haven’t been paying attention — and that includes all of you grossly uninformed Shelby Countians who just voted to reelect Halbert despite well-publicized reports on her many problems in executing the duties of her ofce. To enumerate: ere’s an enormous backlog of ordered license plates that has resulted in thousands of people being at risk for being pulled over for expired tags; the local Auto Dealers Association has complained (and complained) that they aren’t getting temporary (or new) plates for their vehicles; the state comptroller has criticized Halbert’s performance, which opened the possibility of a state takeover; Halbert announced that the clerk’s o ce would close for two (nonconsecutive) weeks to “catch up”; and nally the state comptroller con rmed that in the midst of all this chaos and public uproar, Halbert decided it was a perfect time to take a vacation trip to Jamaica.Still,since I’d had no issues getting my own plate and tags, I was hopeful I could handle all of this online and be done with it. So I went to the county clerk website and typed in my friend’s address and the plate number. Oops. “No such plate number exists,” it said. What? A er a little reading, I gured out the issue. e person in question had allowed their tags to expire more than 90 days ago, meaning I had to “contact the county clerk’s o ce.” Ugh. So I called. e voicemail, which helpfully let me know that Wanda Halbert is the county clerk a couple of times, explained that “wait times may be longer than usual” and suggested that I write an email to explain the situation. Dutifully, I shot o an email explaining the situation, giving the address and vehicle license number, and hoped for the best, even though It felt a bit like tossing a sacri cial pineapple into an erupting volcano. en, in the interest of science (and maybe getting a column out of it), I decided to try to get through by telephone. What’s the worst that could happen? At 9:17 a.m., I plugged my phone into a charger, put it on speaker, and dialed back into Wanda World. I got the opening voicemail, clicked through to make a call, then soothing music began, kind of like what you’d hear if Kenny G played guitar through a Jell-O tube amp. (What, no reggae?) Anyway, every 30 seconds I heard: “Your call is very important to us and will be answered in the order it was received. Please continue to hold.” A er the voicemail recording told me this 290 times, I heard a click and someone answered. THANK JESUS, a human! I explained the situation to the person on the phone and she said the issue could not be resolved without the license holder coming into the county clerk’s o ce in person.
OPINION&NEWS upcoming events 2022 9/23-24 – Mighty Roots Music Festival 10/1 – Bad Apple Blues Festival 10/5-8 – King Biscuit Blues Festival Helena, Arkansas 10/9 – Cat Head Mini Blues Fest 10/9 – Super Blues Sunday 10/10-16 – Paint Clarksdale • 10/13-15 – 30th Mississippi Delta Tennessee Williams Festival • 10/13-16 – Deep Blues Festival • 10/29-30 – Hambone Festival & Related Events • 10/29-30 – Cruzn The Crossroads Car & Truck Show • 12/31 – Ground Zero New Year’s Eve Party 2023 1/27-29 – Clarksdale Film Festival & Music Events 4/13-16 – Juke Joint Festival & Related Events 4/16 – Cathead Mini Blues Fest 5/19-20 – Women in Blues Festival 6/17 – B.A.M. (Birthplace of American Music) Festival 8/11-13 – Sunflower River Blues and Gospel Festival 9/2 – Red’s Lounge Old-Timers Music Fest 9/22-23 – Mighty Roots Music Festival • 10/1 – Bad Apple Blues Guitar Festival • 10/12-14 – 31st Mississippi Delta Tennessee Williams Festival • 10/12-15 – Deep Blues Festival • 10/29 – Hambone Festival & Cruzn The Crossroads Car Show • • • • • • 5/6 – Caravan Music Fest • • theDownloadapp!
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TO MEMPHIS’ FAVORITE FAIRS AND FESTIVALS.
Southern Heritage Classic Cultural Celebration
No, but I can tell you that the Southern Heritage Classic, a premier sports and entertainment event, will be a good time. And if you don’t believe me, just take a look at the agenda: e O’Jays are putting on a concert, Landers Center is hosting a Classic Funk Fest, the Classic Parade will roll through Park Avenue, and so much more, including, of course, the Southern Heritage Classic football game featuring Jackson State vs. Tennessee State at the Simmons Bank Liberty Stadium. Various locations, September 8-10
Memphis Rox Yoga Festival is festival is yogalicious, de nition makes yogis go crazy. (It’s hot, hot.) With more than 15 yoga classes, from acro yoga to handstand workshops, this festival also boasts a kids’ zone, live music, and lectures, including topics ranging from nutrition to personalizing yoga through astrology. Memphis Botanic Garden, September 10
Collierville Balloon Festival Enjoy the Wizard of Oz’s preferred mode of transportation at this festival all about the whimsical hot air balloon. Each morning will begin with a breathtaking release of the balloons into the sky, which the family can witness for free before the festival’s activities commence in the a ernoon. e day will include a kids’ zone, food trucks, vendors, carnival rides and games, and of course some hot air ballooning. Once the sun goes down, the balloons will light up the sky with an evening balloon glow. Maynard Way, Collierville, September 17-18
Germantown Festival Some might say weenies aren’t cool by de nition, but at this festival, the weenies will prove you otherwise as they gear up for the annual Running of the Weenies at 11 a.m. on Saturday, September 10th. So don’t be a weenie! Go show your support at this festival of arts that, in addition to the famed race, o ers children’s activities, rides and games, entertainment, a car exhibit, community displays, and more.
Germantown Civic Club Complex, September 10-11 Goat Days Festival Bah-bah-bah, Bah-Barbara Ann, you got me rockin’ and a-rollin’, rockin’ and a-reelin’ from too long without goats. But take my hand and bring me to the Goats Days Festival and I’m yours. Starting at 7 a.m. with the muchbeloved pancake breakfast, the day features goat yoga, live music all day, local vendors, food galore, a car show, an antique tractor show, a barbecue contest, an all-day kids zone, and so much more.
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COVER STORY By Abigail Morici s you ip your wall calendars to the fresh, crisp September page, a er Memphis’ humid, boiling August, you can exhale: It’s almost fall. And that means it’s time for more fairs and festivals, so crack open your planners, pull up your calendar app, tape a sticky note to your head, do whatever you gotta do to make sure you have these fairs and festivals tapped into your autumn plans.
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Can I tell you what a yellow card is or what a running back does?
Aquatseli Bluegrass Festival “Aquatseli” is Cherokee for “our,” so make this bluegrass extravaganza yours and check out the instrument workshops, open jams, square dancing, clogging, vendors, and more.
Whether you’re young or young at heart, when you’re in Cooper-Young, you’re in for some fun with this festival all about celebrating the arts, people, culture, and heritage of Memphis. Bailey Bigger will headline a lineup of great local, original music, and a slew of artisans from Memphis and across the U.S. will be selling handmade, unique, and quirky art.
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If you press your ear to a shell, you’ll hear the ocean for free. If you press your ear to the Shell, you might be too close to the stage, but you might also hear some country blues or powerpop, depending on the weekend, also for free.
OCTOBER Wine on the River Memphis
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50th Annual Pink Palace Cra s Fair
You don’t have to be Carmen Sandiego and glide around the globe and im am every nation just to get a taste of the world. Instead, take your taste buds on a global journey as you sample wine from national and international vineyards
You know it, I know, the music at Mempho always hits the right note. I mean, how could it not with e Black Keys, Portugal.
With the Judge Freeman Marr Panther Pride 5K to kick things o , this festival boasts local music, arts and cra s, a car show, children’s activities, a barbecue cooking contest, concessions, and so much more.
Audubon Park, September 23-25 Mighty Roots Music Festival
Celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month at Cazateatro Bilingual eatre Group’s Latin Fest, where friends and families can listen to and dance to live Latin music, taste Latin food and drinks, enjoy activities for kids, and shop from vendors.
Overton Square, September 24 Memphis Comic Expo e Mid-South’s largest comic-creator con has answered the Bat-Signal and is back in Memphis to celebrate your favorite creators, with over 100 artists and writers, a cosplay contest, more than 50 vendors, panels, and more. It’s going to be a marvel.
W.J. Freeman Park, September 30October 1 Mempho Music Festival
Saddle up your picnic blankets and lawn chairs for this journey to the center of your stomach and your soul as you enjoy food from food trucks and vendors, shop from local artisans, and take in music by Carmen Hicks, Angie P. Holmes, and Courtney Little, plus DJs Zoom and Swagg.
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Orion Free Concert Series
Agricenter International, September 24-25 Wiseacre Oktoberfest
Landers Center, September 22-October 2
If you fancy yourself an old soul, perhaps reincarnated from bygone times, you’ll feel at home at this festival which has been a must-do event since 1856. Fair-goers can enjoy more than 50 rides, a wide array of ground acts, and of course favorite fair fare — funnel cakes, turkey legs, candied apples — you name it, they’ve perfected it.
e Man, Bobby Rush, Amy LaVere, Elizabeth King, and so many more on the lineup? RadiansMemphisAmphitheater,BotanicGarden,September30-October2
Lots of things are celebrating their 50th this year. I mean, 50 years ago, e Godfather premiered its rst installment in theaters, Watergate began to unfold, Jennifer Garner was born, and right here in Memphis, the Pink Palace Cra s Fair took place for the rst time. And now, 150 artists in various mediums are coming from around the country to celebrate the fair’s big 5-0. Attendees can marvel at cra demonstrations, enjoy live music, and entertain the kiddos at the petting zoo and with a ride on the choo-choo train, some rock climbing, and pony rides.
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Zicke zacke, zicke zacke, hoi hoi hoi! Oktoberfest is back, boy oh boy. So dust o your steins and snap on your lederhosen for a day with food trucks, Mighty Souls Brass Band, the Grizzline, and more.
Tiger Lane, September 25 Bartlett Festival
Meeman-Shelby Forest State Park, September 24 Latin Fest
Wiseacre Brewing Company, September 24 Soulful Food Truck Festival
Overton Park Shell, Country Blues Festival, September 17 Memphis Powerpop Festival, September 24
Gonerfest 19 Going, going, gone o to Gonerfest 19 for four days of rocking music, courtesy of Goner Records. e caliber of these artists is too hard to describe in a mere few sentences, which is why I urge you to read our cover story next week because it’s going to be all about Gonerfest. Railgarten, September 22-25
We root for music, the mighty, mighty roots music. No longer a rookie, this music fest is back for year two, taking place at the same spot the famous blues loveWaterssongwritersinger-Muddybeganhisofbluesmusic. Stovall, SeptemberMS,23-24
Mint Cream Market: Fall Fest Shop from vintage collectors, cra goods, and unique art at this fest with live entertainment and food trucks.
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Are you a streetcar? ’Cause you look like your name should be Desire. Oh, is your name Tennessee? ’Cause you’re the only 10 I see. I promise I’m not a player, just a play-lover, and if you are too, meet me at the Tennessee Williams Festival, where we can enjoy screenings, lectures, and performances. Clarksdale, MS, October 13-15
Memphis Brewfest Fi y-something bottles of beer on the wall, 50-something bottles of beer, take one down, pass it around, and you’ll still have 50-something breweries and cideries to sample from. at’s right, at the Memphis Brewfest, you can get unlimited samples from more than 50 breweries and cideries from around the world.
It’s wine o’clock somewhere. Sorry. I know what you’re thinking — that’s so cheesy, borderline o ensive. If you’re of a certain age, you might even invoke the word cheugy. But I bet you’ll quit your whining when you get to wining and dining at this festival which not only bene ts the FedExFamilyHouse but also showcases local chefs alongside acclaimed national chefs and top global vineyards. Memphis Botanic Garden, October 15 Shop Black Fest Support more than 50 local Black-owned businesses of all types at this festival of fun vibes, music, and food. Downtown Memphis, October 15 continued from page 13 continued on page 16
Clarksdale, MS, October 13-16
e Cannon Center for the Performing Arts, October 8 Deep Blues Festival
Mud Island Park, October 8 Edge Motorfest If Cars taught me anything, it’s that life is a highway, and I wanna ride it all night long, and if you’re goin’ my way, well, we’re driving to the Edge, for a day to check out over 150 cool cars, food trucks, vendor booths, and more. Ka-chow, am I right? Edge Motor Museum, October 8 Shell Daze Fall Music Festival e music doesn’t stop when it comes to the folks at Mempho. Hardly a week a er the big shebang, they are putting on a two-day mini fest, with a lineup featuring Moon Taxi, Tab Benoit, Pigeons Playing Ping Pong, Dirty Dozen Brass Band, Daniel Donato, Star & Micey, and Garrison Starr. Overton Park Shell, October 8-9 Southern Soul Music Festival Jam to your favorite soulful hits and songs by Tucka, Calvin Richardson, Sir Charles Jones, Ronnie Bell, eodis Ealey, Karen Wolfe, and FatDaddy.
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Of all the shades of blue, deep blues are my favorite, and you can bet the Deep Blues Festival will be just the right shade of fun as it celebrates traditional and alternative blues with musicians from all over the world.
Mississippi Delta Tennessee Williams Festival
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Riverside Drive, October 1 King Biscuit Blues Festival Hear ye, hear ye, King Biscuit Blues Festival is back for its annual three-day event, complete with the Flour Power 5K, the Tour da Delta bicycle race, and a Kansas City-sanctioned barbecue contest, all in historic Downtown Helena. Oh, and of course, there’ll be blues music — lots of blues music — on ve stages. Helena, AR, October 5-8 Soul of the City Rock around the clock as Elmwood Cemetery’s residents take you through Memphis music history. You’ll meet Sister ea Bowman, Grammy Awardwinners, rock-and-roll stars, blues crooners, and more. Elmwood Cemetery, October 6-8 Memphis Bacon & Bourbon Festival Bacon? Good. Bourbon? Good. Memphis Bacon & Bourbon Festival? Good. at’s all you need to know. Metal Museum, October 7 Big River Fit Fest
Simmons Bank Liberty Stadium, October 15 Memphis Food & Wine Festival
Let’s get physical in an HR-approved way. For the love of all things good and pure, this tness fest is designed to expose (again in an HR-approved way) and educate the Mid-South community of all ages and skill levels on tness, wellness, and health.
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I don’t know if you’ve heard but Taylor Swift is releasing a new album on October 21st, which is worth raising a beer mug to and downing a couple more after. And there’s no better place than the CooperYoung Beerfest the next day.
The Mid-South runneth over with art, and the Mississippi River floweth with inspiration — two phenomena that merge only once a year to create RiverArtsFest, where more than 180 artists from around the country can show off and sell their fine arts. As an added bonus, the festival features artist demonstrations, hands-on art activities for all ages, and local music.
Hambone Festival Presented by artist and musician Stan Street, this music festival features a stellar lineup, a jam night, street par ties, and Cruisin’ the Crossroads Car & Truck Show. Hambone Art Gallery & the Shack Up Inn, Clarksdale, MS, October 29-November 1
Treat your soul to a day of music, food, educational activities, games for kids, and free admission to the Stax Museum of American Soul Music, all to honor the city’s rich spiritual heritage and its roots in soul music.
Indie Memphis Film Festival
Call me a 6- to 12-month-old baby ’cause I’m gonna be crawling down Beale for this artcrawl that welcomes artists of all medi ums and styles from Memphis, Nashville, and surrounding areas. Beale Street, Downtown Memphis, November 5 Memphis Japan Festival
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Memphis Crafts & Drafts Festival: Holiday Market
Soulsville USA District at College and McLemore, October 15
This holly, jolly cocktail festival is sure to get you in the Christmas spirit, with its festive … er … spirits, plus the big man in red himself. The Kent, December 9
DECEMBER Holiday Spirits: A Christmas Cocktail Festival
Soulsville USA Festival
The Indie Memphis Film Festival will screen a range of features, documen taries, and short films from all over the world. Plus, festival-goers can enjoy live music, parties, free panels, meet-andgreets with special guests, and the Black Creators Forum. For more information, be sure to check out our Flyer cover story on October 19th. Various locations, October 19-24 Cooper-Young Beerfest
Crosstown Concourse, November 12-13
Draft your friends and family to the only sporting event that matters — holiday shopping. There are no fantasy leagues, only the real deal, and if you can get it done before Thanksgiving, the glory is leg endary. So get a head start and do it all in one stop at the Memphis Crafts & Drafts Festival where local vendors will show off their goods, and local craft beers will make the experience all the more enjoyable.
Downtown Memphis, October 22-23 World Championship Hot Wing Fest Wing wing wing! Sorry the old chicken can’t come to the phone right now. Why? ’Cause she’s dead. But that’s okay. She died a winner — a winner, winner chicken dinner — well, depending on how things shake up at the World Championship Hot Wing Fest. So don’t let the old chicken’s death be in vain and head on over to sample the competing wings, all while supporting The Ronald McDonald House Charities of Memphis. As always, the con test will kick off with the Memphis Second Line Jazz Band leading a flock of chickens in a parade through Tiger Lane and across the main stage to the tune of “When the Saints Go Marching In.” Simmons Bank Liberty Stadium, October 22 Dia de Los Muertos Parade and Festival Dia de Los Muertos is deadicated to celebrating and honoring ancestors who lived before us. On this day, enjoy a parade beginning in Overton Square with floats and performers making their way to the plaza at the Brooks Museum, where you can enjoy art-making activities, face paint ing, music, costumed performers, dance performances, and more. Memphis Brooks Museum of Art, October 29
Midtown Autowerks, October 22 RiverArtsFest
Why Netflix and chill when you could be less run-of-the-mill at an independent film festival?
Celebrate the history, culture, and people of Japan at this festival featur ing food, entertainment, games, crafts, vendors, exhibitors, and more.
NOVEMBER Fieldaze Memphis Unlike other fields during autumn har vests, Fieldaze doesn’t have any crop circles (or fields for that matter), but it will have UFOs — Unadulterated Fun Outside — with fitness classes, music, food, entertain ment, a half marathon, a bike race, a kayak race, and more. Downtown Memphis, November 4-6 Memphis Tequila Festival Da-DA-dada-DA-da-da-da … Tequila! Da-DA-dada-DA-da-da-da … Tastings! Da-DA-dada-DA-da-da-da … Music! Da-DA-dada-DA-da-da-da … Photo booth (and more)! Overton Square, November 4 Fall Beale Street Artcrawl Festival
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To celebrate the memoir’s launch, Arceneaux will do a Q&A at Novel, followed by a book-signing. Line tickets are required to meet the author and are free with a purchase of the book.
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If, out of the blue, you got a call from your employer asking if you wanted to go to space, would you say that’s out of your job description? Would you ask for a couple days to sleep on it? Well, for physician assistant Hayley Arceneaux, who got that call from St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, the answer was clear and immediate: Yes. e mission Arceneaux would be a part of — SpaceX’s Inspiration4 — launched almost a year ago on September 15th as the rst all-civilian space mission and raised more than $200 million for St. Jude, a cause near and dear to Arceneaux’s heart ever since she was diagnosed with bone cancer at 10 years old. In fact, when she wasn’t even nished with her cancer treatment, Arceneaux began raising money for the hospital and embarked on what would become a lifelong journey in support of St. Jude. By 2020, she began her dream job working with pediatric oncology patients. “I knew I really wanted to work at St. Jude and help support these kids with cancer treatment and help make their experience something positive, and then also show them what their future can look like a er cancer,” Arceneaux says. So when, not even a full year into her job, the hospital asked her about going to space, she couldn’t say no to the once-in-alifetime opportunity. “I wanted to show these kids that anything is possible.”
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Poetic Justice: Works by Incarcerated Youth in Memphis Tennessee Shakespeare Company, Sunday, September 11, 4 p.m., free is surprising 45-minute show features poetry written by the participants in TSC’s Poetry Summer Camp for incarcerated youth. e camp helps juveniles nd their voices and express themselves through poetry while providing them with an opportunity to process their emotions and connect meaningfully with their peers. Due to anonymity concerns for these minors, they are not permitted to perform publicly, so the piece will be performed by TSC’s professional acting company and directed by Stephanie Shine. Light refreshments will be served following the sharing. Reserve your seat at tnshakespeare.org or by calling (901) 759-0604.
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Who Says We Can’t?: A New Musical Works Cabaret Beethoven Club, Saturday, September 10, 7 p.m., free Two local musical theater composers, Spencer Germany and Daniel Ward, have been praised for their works both on and o the stage. “Who Says We Can’t?” captures stories of growth and struggle, as told through the lens of the struggling young (turning not-so-young) adults in America. e evening features premieres of solos, duets, ensemble numbers, and stories, while delivering emotional music and lyrics straight to the heart of Memphis.Admission is free. Donations are accepted at the door. is event is not ticketed, but guests are encouraged to register ahead of time at eventbrite.com. e cabaret will also be streamed virtually.
MEET THE AUTHOR: HAYLEY ARCENEAUX, NOVEL, SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 10, 5 P.M. “Liminality” Beverly + Sam Ross Gallery, on display through October 8 is exhibition of work by interdisciplinary artist Sepideh Dashti attempts to tackle, through a feminist lens, the artist’s experience of living under the rule of the Islamic Republic in Iran and her subsequent immigration and diaspora. Her work makes use of hair and technology and challenges the ideas of femininity and domesticity.
10-Minute Play Festival: A Picture is Worth a ousand Words eatreWorks, Friday-Saturday, September 9-10, 8 p.m.; Sunday, September 12, 2 p.m., $15 Nine 10-minute vignettes will be performed, with one rule that a picture frame or painting must be incorporated in some way.
Once again, Arceneaux said yes, with the hope of reaching children with cancer, girls and women interested in STEM, and anyone needing a bit of hope. “I think writing it really renewed how much gratitude I feel,” she says. “Like, wow, I’m just so fortunate to survive my cancer, have my dream job, have the opportunity to go to space. … e main thing I want people to get out of it, is the importance of hope when you’re going through something hard.”
Her memoir, Wild Ride: A Memoir of I.V. Drips and Rocket Ships, covers her childhood, her diagnosis, getting her dream job, the loss of her father, and, of course, her journey to space. “ e most challenging part of writing for me was describing what it was like to look at the Earth,” she says. When she rst got back from space, only one word came to mind when asked that question: pretty. Now, she has written pages upon pages describing what she meant by “pretty.”
Arceneaux would become the youngest American who has been in orbit, as well as the rst pediatric cancer survivor and the rst person with a prosthetic body part to go to space. Her story would become an inspiration. “Around the time when I was training I was really touched by people who were reaching out, especially on social media, telling me that my story inspired them to get through hard times and take on big challenges,” she says. “ en I was approached by people who wanted me to share my story in book form.”
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tarertinstrument.Robertharmonica,drumsrecord,hearinstrumentout.Hankinsproceedings,presentmuchintheaspoints“EveryyouontheexceptandisaHinsonRobbuilttheguiinaTelecaster style. He built the amps and the bass. He had this large piece of wood in sort of a weird, pink fish-shape. So we call it the ‘bass’ [as in the water-dwelling creature].”Onesuch Hinson instrument was the “banjitar,” played by Martin for noise and feedback. “It’s a crazy, madeup instrument — an electric noisemak er, a block of wood with a banjo neck on it,” he says. “I dropped a penny right on the pickups, and it created all kinds of noise. All of the guys were lined up like raccoons at the door, one head above the other.” These days, Martin turns heads as the singer for True Sons of Thunder, with whom he’ll be playing on Septem ber 24th for a Gonerfest after-party at the Hi-Tone. And he’s still embracing extemporaneous rather than composed lyrics. “If I start making plans, my anxiety stacks up. So rather than plan anything, I just want to have options.” Alex Greene
memphisflyer.com n a city bursting with boundarybreaking music, it’s not unheard of for a band from the past to release archival recordings, their sounds all the more remarkable for sound ing fresh decades later. But it’s more improbable for such a band to have been recorded only on a boom box. Yet that’s exactly how the new — and likely only — release from Richard and the Not Shits, The Sun Comes Out Tonight (HoTard), came to be. The album presents tracks recorded between 1997 and 1998 by a band that never played live. But for a time, the semi-regular jams by Richard Martin (vocals, harmonica, banjitar), Eddie Hankins (bass), Roger Moneymaker (drums), and onetime music writer for the Memphis Flyer John Floyd (guitar) led to some inspired musical moments. Their improvised sounds have a mini malist urgency that transcends most informal jams. And the immediacy of the recording is part of the expe rience. As bassist Eddie ativechronicallyfloor.”endedThat’samp.boxhadatingproachdescribesHankinshisaptorecordengineeringthetime,“WeputaboomuponanItfelloff.howitupontheForthecresingerRichard Martin, that was an opportunity. “With the boom box on the floor,” he recalls, “I was laying down, singing right into that condenser mic. On the thick shag carpet. That’s what gave it its thick, rich sound.” His approach to recording vocals is typical of his approach to songs gener ally. While the entire band was impro vising, it was Martin’s extemporaneous lyrics that brought everything into focus. This sometimes makes for very dark material, a fact that an older and wiser Martin is painfully aware of to day. “It’s not necessarily that I was ine briated,” he says. “I was going through a divorce, staying on friends’ couches. I was miserable, and I sang about it. It’s a sexist record, but it’s real. I don’t feel that way anymore. The other night when I played for the record release show, I said, ‘If you find yourself feeling like the man on this record, there’s a way out, if you want to contact me.’” The lyrical howls of pain are grounded by musical beds that sound more like The Fall than a jam band, due to the players’ devotion to amateurism and DIY rock. This was, after all, the gonzo ’90s in Memphis, a time of allgourd bands and others who thought outside the box. Even the nationally celebrated Grifters were prone to freely improvised noise chaos. Such was the milieu of the Not Shits. “The name rightly implies that we never were a band that was actually going to play out,” reflects Martin, explaining their unique moniker. “We were jamming with Robert Hinson, who has the nickname ‘Hot Licks.’ He can play any instrument. He builds amps and guitars. When we played with Robert, we called ourselves the Hot Shits. But when these tapes came about, Robert wasn’t there, so we became the Not Shits. We thought, ‘It’s not like we’re claiming to be anything. We’re not shit!’” Still, Hinson is very
THE GROVE AT GPAC FAMILY Mad Hatter’s Family Tea Party Enjoy Drink Me teas and Eat Me treats alongside whimsical characters as you create craft projects. $20-$25. Sunday, Sept. 11, 1-3 p.m. MEMPHIS BOTANIC GARDEN Wacky Hollow Solve mysteries in this wacky forest maze. Through Oct. 19.
CLOUGH-HANSON GALLERY “Rise Up: Stonewall and the LGBTQ Rights Movement” Exhibition of artifacts and im ages that shed light on impor tant milestones of gay rights history. Through Sept. 26.
MUSEUM OF SCIENCE & HISTORY “Time’s Circle” Exhibition of work by Emi Brady and Michelle Duck worth. Friday, Sept. 9-Oct. 24.
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METAL MUSEUM “Meet the Dixons” Learn about Margaret and Hugo Dixon’s personal lives, their collections, and their legacy. Through Oct. 9.
THE MID-SOUTH ART GALLERY Community Event: “From Artisans to Artists” This free Art in the Park event will include metalsmith-themed activities for visitors of all ages and skills, metalsmithing demos, and much more. Satur day, Sept. 10, 10 a.m.-2 p.m.
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MEMPHIS BROOKS MUSEUM OF ART “Another Dimension: Digital Art in Memphis” Exhibition exploring the rise of mainstream interest in digi tal art. Through Sept. 11. MEMPHIS BROOKS MUSEUM OF ART “From Artisans to Artists: African American Metal Workers in Memphis” Exhibition that traces the role of Black metal workers from Central and West Africa to modern-day Memphis. Through Sept. 11.
“Action!: Art in Motion” An educational, interactive exhibition that encourages visitors to think about how two-dimensional art can capture dynamic moments of motion. Through Sept. 25.
OFF THE WALLS ARTS “Time’s Circle” Opening Reception Learn more about the art of Emi Brady and Michelle Duckworth. Friday, Sept. 9, 5-7 p.m. BUCKMAN ARTS CENTER AT ST. MARY’S SCHOOL BOOK EVENTS Bookhouse Book Club: Tropic of Cancer by Henry Miller Burke’s Book Store and Black Lodge present a cinema-themed monthly book club. All meetings will include a short discussion on the assigned book, specialtythemed cocktails, and a screen ing. Sunday, Sept. 11, 5 p.m.
MEMPHIS MADE BREWING COMPANY Fortune Feimster Stand-up comedian, writer, and actor, Fortune Feimster, is one of the busiest women working today. Friday, Sept. 9, 8 p.m. ORPHEUM THEATRE
Joe Gatto Joe Gatto, a well-known comedian, actor, and producer, is best known for the hit TV shows Impractical Jokers and The Misery Index. $39.75-$59.75. Sunday, Sept. 11, 7 p.m. ORPHEUM THEATRE
GOLD STRIKE CASINO Lester Bibbs Comedian Lester Bibbs was discovered by Steve Harvey at Sir Laugh Alot Comedy Club in Memphis. Taking on topics related to life, his style is filled with polished appeal. $70. Thursday, Sept. 8-Sept. 11. CHUCKLES COMEDY HOUSE The Brewery Comedy Tour Featuring Corey Knox, who is part of an up-and-coming com edy scene in Nashville. $12-$20. Thursday, Sept. 8, 7-8:30 p.m. GRIND CITY BREWING COMPANY COMMUNITY Bands for a Choice Featuring Brother on Skates, Champion: The Drinker, and Grigenrod. Supporting the Mis sissippi Reproductive Fund. $5. Thursday, Sept. 8, 8 p.m. HITONE Herbal Work Study Learn from herb garden cura tor while helping out at the garden, weeding, grooming, thinning, planting, or what ever else needs help. Thursday, Sept. 8-Sept. 9, 8:30-11:30 a.m. MEMPHIS BOTANIC GARDEN Latin Soul Awards
CHILDREN’S MUSEUM OF MEMPHIS FESTIVAL Delta Fair & Music Festival Bringing the community together with safe, wholesome family entertainment while celebrating and promoting the
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DAVID CARNES PARK “Otherworld” Open House Open house for Kit Reuther’s exhibition that focuses on nonrepresentational fecund landscapes and futuristic geo metric shapes. Saturday, Sept. 10, noon-3 p.m. DAVID LUSK GALLERY “Random Wandering” Opening Reception Opening reception for a col lection of paintings created from beaches and sand dunes of Florida, fields and swamps of Mississippi to mountains of Alaska. Sunday, Sept. 11, 2-4 p.m. MEMPHIS BOTANIC GARDEN “Simple Pleasures” Art Opening Support local artist Herb Thomas, blacksmith and illus trator! Friday, Sept. 9, 6-9 p.m.
BLACK LODGE Meet the DorchelleAuthor:Spence Novel welcomes Dorchelle Spence to celebrate the release of Into the Gathering Clouds Tuesday, Sept. 13, 6 p.m. NOVEL Meet the Author: Hayley Arceneaux Novel welcomes Hayley Arce neaux to celebrate the release of Wild Ride: A Memoir of I.V. Drips and Rocket Ships Saturday, Sept. 10, 5 p.m. NOVEL COMEDY Drafts and Laughs at Memphis Made Presenting some of the best standup comedians from the Mid-South free of charge. Sat urday, Sept. 10, 7:30-9 p.m.
The Premios Alma Latina rec ognizes members of the Latino community and their allies for their achievements, leadership, and support in making the MidSouth a better place to live. $15. Saturday, Sept. 10, 5-8 p.m.
Lee “LA” Lycan As seen on FOX, Lycan is creative, well-written, impro visational and always gets the audience involved. Dubbed “The Sears Tower of Comedy,” he is guaranteed to liven up the stage. $15-$30. Thursday, Sept. 8, 8 p.m.
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THE DIXON GALLERY & GARDENS “POCKETS REX” Collection of new works by Clare Torina presented in the gallery’s windows and gaps. Through Oct. 14.
BUCKMAN ARTS CENTER AT ST. MARY’S SCHOOL ART HAPPENINGS Agnes Stark Pottery Summer Show and Sale Friday, Sept. 9, 11 a.m.-5 p.m.; Saturday, Sept. 10, 11 a.m.5 p.m.; Monday, Sept. 12, noon-5 p.m. AGNES STARK POTTERY “Art and Photography by Jon OpeningWoodhams”Reception Supporting Love Doesn’t Hurt. Saturday, Sept. 10, 1-4 p.m.
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PLAYHOUSE ON THE SQUARE When the Church & the Streets Meet A stage-play loosely based on the book of Hosea. $30. Saturday, Sept. 10, 6 p.m.
BLACK LODGE Overton Square Movie Series: Wayne’s World Free. Thursday, Sept. 8, 7 p.m. OVERTON SQUARE FOOD AND DRINK Science of Wine
Comedian, writer, and actor Fortune Feimster comes to the Orpheum on Friday, September 9th. from
AGRICENTER INTERNATIONAL Germantown Festival Features live entertainment, dachshund race, community displays, car exhibits, rides, games, festival food, arts and crafts, and kid’s activities. Saturday, Sept. 10. GERMANTOWN CIVIC CLUB Goat Days Festival Live music all day, goat yoga, craft and local vendors, mul tiple food vendors, and more. Saturday, Sept. 10, 7 a.m.-6 p.m.
MILLINGTON GYM Memphis Rox Yoga Festival
THEATER 10-Minute Play Festival: A Picture is Worth a Thousand Words Nine 10-minute vignettes will be performed. $15. Friday, Sept. 9-Sept. 11. THEATREWORKS Aloha, Say the Pretty Girls A man moves to write the great American novel. A woman moves to Alaska to start a new life. Babies, wild dogs, komodo dragons, and hula dancers abound in this play about finding your tribe. $20-$25. Wednesday, Sept. 14, 7:30 p.m.
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THE HALLORAN CENTRE TOURS Central Gardens Annual Home & Garden Tour The tour includes a variety of unique and exquisite homes throughout walkable blocks of historic Central Gardens. $20, $30. Sunday, Sept. 11, 1-5 p.m. -
HIGH POINT CLIMBING AND FITNESS West Fight On Featuring three different cycling routes, a 5K, and a one-mile tribute walk to raise awareness and funds for West Cancer Foundation. Saturday, Sept. 10, 7 a.m. SHELBY FARMS PARK LECTURE Yellow Fever History & Elmwood Cemetery: An Indoor Presentation Learn how Memphis was devastated by an opportunis tic vector from Africa called Aedes aegypti, a terrible lack of sanitation or good hygiene, and a stagnant bayou that cut through Downtown. $20. Saturday, Sept. 10, 1-2 p.m. ELMWOOD CEMETERY PERFORMING ARTS
Poetic Justice: Works by Incarcerated Youth in Memphis Featuring poetry written by the participants in TSC’s Poetry Summer Camp for incarcerated youth. Free. Sunday, Sept. 11, 4 p.m. TENNESSEE SHAKESPEARE COMPANY Spillit Slam: Exception to the Rule Join Spillit Memphis for an evening of your stories about being outside the norm. $10. Friday, Sept. 9, 7 p.m. BLACK LODGE Wheel of Fortune Live Guests can audition to go on stage and feel like they stepped into the game show itself. $38$88. Tuesday, Sept. 13, 8 p.m. ORPHEUM THEATRE SPECIAL EVENTS Miss Gay Tennessee America Many queens will battle it out to see will be crowned the new Miss Gay Tennessee America. $25. Saturday, Sept. 10, 7 p.m. THE EVERGREEN THEATRE SPORTS Memphis Redbirds vs. Norfolk Tides Monday, Sept. 5-Sept. 11 AUTOZONE PARK Southern Heritage Classic Jackson State Tigers vs. Ten nessee State Tigers. Saturday, Sept. 10, 10 a.m. SIMMONS BANK LIBERTY STADIUM
HATTILOO THEATRE Something Rotten When Nick and Nigel Bottom decide their theatre troupe rivals that of William Shake speare the best way to beat him is to hire a soothsayer and write a musical about eggs … right? $30. Through Sept. 18.
MEMPHIS BOTANIC GARDEN Southern Heritage Classic CelebrationCultural
2nd Annual Dash and Flash Start with a 5K race followed immediately by a boulder competition. $30. Saturday, Sept. 10, 9 a.m.
This 21+ event offers wine and food pairings with a side of science. $45-$125. Friday, Sept. 9, 6-9 p.m.
This Manhattan-based musi cal romantic comedy tells the overlapping stories of highroller Sky Masterson and rapscallion gambler Nathan Detroit. Through Sept. 11.
Tipsy Tea Party (21+) Sip on some of teas with boozy blend-ins, explore the herb garden, and make your own herbal tea mix. $35-$45. Friday, Sept. 9, 6-8 p.m. MEMPHIS BOTANIC GARDEN HEALTH FITNESSAND
MEMPHIS FILM Deep Cover David Jason is the biggest drug dealer in Los Angeles, and Russell Stevens is an undercover cop who wants to bring him down. $5. Thurs day, Sept. 8, 7:30 p.m.
UNIVERSITY OF MEMPHIS Guys and Dolls
Fifteen+ yoga classes, lectures, vendors, food trucks, medita tion, music, a drop-off kids’ zone, and more! $45-$55. Sat urday, Sept. 10, 10 a.m.-3 p.m.
The mission of the Southern Heritage Classic is to provide an annual cultural celebration as the premier sports and en tertainment event in Memphis. Thursday, Sept. 8-Sept. 10.
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CROSSTOWN THEATER Indie Memphis Film Festival Preview Party Indie Memphis pulls back the curtain to reveal this year’s film lineup! Tuesday, Sept. 13, 6:30-9:30 p.m.
rich art, music, and history of the Delta. Through Sept. 11.
THEATRE MEMPHIS Master Harold & the Boys A white teen, who has grown up in the affectionate company of the two Black waiters who work in his mother’s tearoom, learns that his viciously racist, alcoholic father is on his way home. $35. Through Sept. 25.
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As part of the exhibition, viewers can peer through a “trapdoor” — a sewer cap on the oor — to watch a video of choreographed art. Another piece, King, features a skull wearing a crown and is a 16-panel digital collage inspired by Memphis street art. “I [thought I] should try and do something to recognize and commemorate the city that really helped me become an artist,” says King creator Anthony Sims. “ is city and the community mean a lot to me. e background in the artwork, I actually made it in 2019 when I was living in Memphis,” Sims says. “ e character is kind of an ode to street artist Birdcap. And I usually like throwing an ode to Latin-American culture in my art. e blue squares I liked because that’s the color of Memphis: blues [music], Grizzlies is blue, the University of Memphis is blue — that’s Memphis. I titled the piece King because of the crown, which was inspired by an Inca crown.”
“I started as a physical artist, that is my realm,” Sims says. “I am a physical painter. Just because you are passionate about something doesn’t mean that you need to put yourself in a box and stay in that box. Once I started making digital art, everything in my life changed. I made the most money and [was] met with the most media success through digital art. Never limit yourself as an artist. Don’t be scared of new technologies.”
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“Another Dimension: Digital Art in Memphis” runs through September 11th at the Memphis Brooks Museum of Art. Visit brooksmuseum.org for more info.
s a high school student, the last couple years of my life have been hyper-digitized. e pandemic pushed even my freshman year of learning to a digital platform. Like almost every teen I know, out of a combination of boredom and curiosity, I downloaded many apps that allow me to create my own version of digital art — from the photos I curate to post on Instagram to the short videos I make for TikTok. Digital art abounds in today’s world, whether it’s feats of photography, videography, music, dance, or comedy.“Ashumans and machines become more enmeshed than ever, digital art once again asks us to consider what art can be and how it can be experienced,” says Patricia Daigle, associate curator of modern and contemporary art at the Memphis Brooks Museum of Art. Digital art can be loosely de ned as any art that uses technology as part of the creative or presentation process. Arti cial intelligence (AI), augmented reality, and virtual reality have opened up many possibilities, allowing artists to create surreal, unique experiences and virtual worlds that transcend traditional boundaries.
PHOTO: COURTESY KARL ERICKSON Karl Erickson, Be Almost Miraculous, still of digital video, 2022 Brooks Museum of Art brings digital art to life. of
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With a boom in everything digital, artists can release their artistic skills through many mediums. ere are creative tools from open-source programming to apps that artists can use to hone their skills digitally.
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e “Another Dimension: Digital Art in Memphis” exhibition at the Brooks provides a glimpse into the growing digital art scene in Memphis and features works by Kenneth Wayne Alexander II, Karl Erickson, Coe Lapossy, Sarai Payne, and Anthony Sims. “ e exhibition includes works that are purely digital, a combination of the digital and physical, and work that is made digitally for a material existence,” Daigle says. “ ey range from nely rendered animations to the decidedly low-tech or intentionally glitched. In this context, the digital is not only a tool but a space in which artists can create alternative physical and psychological environments or states of being. “For this exhibition,” continues Daigle, “I wanted to feature [Memphis] artists who were working in digital mediums. ere are several artists in our community engaging with digital art in di erent, interesting ways. Several of the artists in the exhibition — Kenneth Wayne Alexander II, Sarai Payne, and Anthony Sims — were born and raised in the Memphis area and had wonderful, in uential art teachers in the public schools they attended.” e works in the exhibit mark a shi away from traditional art forms and mix the traditional and the digital — the style and content of which re ect changes in society.
Something Rotten!
PHOTO: BILL SIMMERS Justin Allen Tate as the Minstrel e musical within a musical is delightfully tongue-in-cheek.
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s someone who has spent years studying and watching musical theater, I can say that Something Rotten! is like one giant inside joke for the theater crowd, particularly those with a penchant for William PlayhouseShakespeare.ontheSquare’s production is the perfect show for anyone who loves musical theater. But don’t worry, even if the multitude of theater references are ying over your head, you’ll still enjoy it. When I speak to director/choreographer Whitney Branan on the phone, she reassures me, “If you are somebody who is not a musical theater or a Shakespeare — I say this term with pride because I am one — nerd, you will still have the best night at the theater because it is hilarious.” Something Rotten! takes place in the year 1595 during the English Renaissance. Two brothers, Nick and Nigel Bottom, are struggling playwrights living in the shadow of the illustrious Shakespeare. Nick Bottom’s ill-fated plan to enlist a soothsayer to show him the future of theater ends up with him trying desperately to gure out how to pull o a full-scale musical without knowing quite exactly what that is. As Branan puts it, “It is the story of seeing these Renaissance theater troupe members try to create this new art form from kind of hints from the future, and it goes terribly wrong.” And so the Bottom brothers are pitted against Shakespeare, who Branan describes as “the rock star of the day.” William Shakespeare is hilariously portrayed as a man whose fame has gone completely to his head, resulting in a sort of egocentric machismo that makes fun of itself more and more as the show unfolds.
Rife with pop-culture and theater Easter eggs, the show’s musical numbers are all delightfully tongue-in-cheek. e ensemble cast truly shows their comedic chops in this play, as the dances themselves are o en an additional layer in the ongoing musical-within-a-musical joke. e characters even poke fun — multiple times — at iambic pentameter, using modern slang and completely ignoring their Elizabethan setting. According to Branan, “ e concept of the show is really cool because it is set in Shakespeare’s world, but it has this anachronism aesthetic to it.” at aesthetic is a huge part of what makes the show inherently funny, but the performances are what really drive the humor home. Comedy is the force behind this musical, and it’s also where the company shines the most. I laughed out loud throughout the production. Something Rotten! was originally slated to be performed at Playhouse during 2020 but was rescheduled multiple times due to the pandemic. e production that came out of that long interim was absolutely worth the wait. Branan took every opportunity to brag on both her cast and production crew. “ e dancers that were originally cast in this show spent the pandemic upping their game,” she says, explaining that some of the actors used the two-year wait as added time to perfect their tap-dancing skills.One of my favorite things about this speci c production of Something Rotten! is that Memphis theater in particular receives nods throughout the show. Branan shares that she did this with great intention, even reaching out to Christi Hall, the choreographer of Guys and Dolls, which opened at eatre Memphis on the same night as Something Rotten! ere are two eight counts choreographyoffrom Guys and Dolls that make a “special cameo appearance” in Something Rotten! Memphis theater regulars will also spot allusions to Playhouse favorites such Little Shop of Horrors and Kinky Boots For a show that persevered through two years of Covid-19 delays, there is a kind of added a ection attached. Branan puts it beautifully: “ e show is a valentine to Shakespeare, it’s a valentine to theater, it’s a valentine to musical theater, but our work that we’ve done for a couple of years on this show is a valentine to the Memphis theater community.” If you are a theater-loving Memphian, don’t let this opportunity to show your appreciation to local artists pass you by. It’s not every day that you can see a Broadway musical that has been specially personalized to t your community. Something Rotten! runs through September 18th at Playhouse on the Square.
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Lee Harris Shelby County Mayor ScottAttest:Walkup, Administrator Department of Housing
Shelby County Department of Housing (SCDH) is preparing its Consolidated Annual Performance Report (CAPER) for the program year that began July 1, 2021 and ended June 30, 2022. The CAPER is required by the U.S. Department of Housing & Urban Development (HUD) to describe CDBG and HOME activities undertaken by SCDH to address housing and community development needs, especially in low- and moderate-income areas of Shelby County, outside the City of Memphis. SCDH expended approximately $1,338,883.27 in Community Development Block Grant funds, $320,205.13 in Community Development Block Grant – COVID Relief funds, and $306,590.61 in HOME funds for the following activities: low-tomoderate income housing rehabilitation and minor home repair; infrastructure/community development improvements to benefit lowto-moderate income communities within the Urban County; public service activities to benefit Urban County seniors; public service activities to address COVID-impact; administrative expenses; and program delivery costs.
Virtual Attendance Option: A virtual option to join is also provided, and participants can join the meeting with a computer, tablet, or smartphone at https://www.gotomeet.me/DanaSjostrom or dialing in from a phone +1 (224) 501-3412, Access Code 169-900-933 at the above noted meeting time. Written comments or suggestions regarding the CAPER will be accepted through 6:30 p.m. on September 29, 2022. Written comments should be sent to Dana Sjostrom (dana.sjostrom@shelbycountytn.gov) at Shelby County Department of Housing, 1075 Mullins Station Road, Memphis, TN 38134. SCDH will respond to all written comments within 15 working days of receipt. For questions concerning the public hearing or the CAPER, please contact the Department of Housing at 901-222-7600
The CAPER will be available for public review and comment from Friday, September 9, 2022 through Thursday, September 29, 2022 on the Department of Housing website https://www.develop901.com/housing/ planningReporting. The proposed CAPER will also be distributed via email to the City of Memphis main library listserv. To solicit comments on the CAPER, Shelby County Department of Housing will host two public hearings on Thursday, September 29, 2022 at 11:00am and 5:30pm with both in person and virtual attendance options. In Person Attendance Option: Shelby County Code Enforcement, Training Room, 6465 Mullins Station Road Memphis, TN 38134. Attendees should enter the Code Enforcement Building through the Training Room entrance; upon walking up to the building, attendees will need to follow the signage that leads to the Training Room.
PUBLIC NOTICE
FY 2022 CONSOLIDATED ANNUAL PERFORMANCE REPORT
The Shelby County Department of Housing does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, sex, religion, age or disability in employment or provision of services. Equal opportunity/equal access provider.
Those with special needs that plan to attend the public hearing are encouraged to contact SCDH at (901) 222-7600 by 4:30 p.m on Monday, September 26, 2021 and we will work to accommodate you. Para mas información en Español, por favor llame Dana Sjostrom al 901-222-7601.
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imothy “Preacha Tim” Davis mimicked his song title, “Shoot Ya Shot,” when he opened Hood Hibachi, his Japanese cuisine takeout business. It’s one of more than 300 songs written by Davis, a chef as well as an R&B/ soul singer, songwriter, and producer known as Preacha Tim. “Shoot Ya Shot,” which was recorded by Tamara Felix, is about a woman telling a guy she’s “not going to make the rst move,” Davis says. “She’s basically letting him know if he’s interested he needs to go and ‘shoot ya shot.’” Davis shot his shot on February 24, 2022, when he got his business license for Hood Hibachi, which operates out of Memphis Kitchen Co-Op Marketplace. “We’re on DoorDash and Grubhub. You can call us and order, as well. We do teriyaki chicken, steak, shrimp. Each of the meals come with hibachi fried rice and vegetables, which are typically zucchini, mushrooms, and onions. Our cooking style is similar to Osaka, Benihana, Nagasaki [Inn]. I cook on a at-top hibachi grill.” Growing up in Cherokee Heights in Orange Mound, Davis’ rst passion was music. When he was 12, he picked out “End of the Road” by Boyz II Men and “Ribbon in the Sky” by Stevie Wonder on his grandmother’s upright piano. About ve years ago, he recorded “Dear Memphis,’’ a song about growing up in Memphis, which got radio play. “When I rst started doing music, my name was Teddy B,” says Davis. Preacha Tim came later. “I’m a member of a motorcycle club called the High Rollers. e guys who brought me into that club gave me that name. When I rst joined, I had a 1300 Suzuki Hayabusa.” Does Davis own a black leather jacket? “Absolutely.” As far as food goes, he says, “I always enjoyed eating Chinese food. One day I just started asking questions [at] di erent Chinese and Japanese restaurants. I would inquire about how to prep the rice and things like that.” His rst hibachi cooking attempt wasn’t great. e rice was “very mushy and gummy,” but “the meat turned out reallyDavisgood.”didn’t try hibachi cooking again until a few years later. “I started noticing I was getting a little bit better at it.”About a year or so ago, he began posting pictures of his food “as a joke” online. “I started doing this little segment on my Facebook page called Ghetto Gourmet. I would make meals and give them a name a er a street or a neighborhood in Memphis.” Like the Semmes Street Seafood Boil, which included crab legs and shrimp. at turned into the beginning of Hood Hibachi. Davis showcased his hibachi steak meal and his pepper steak and rice meal. He decided to “do this for real” a er he got so many requests from people asking if his meals were for sale. Davis had a Hood Hibachi logo made. “ e logo is an AfricanAmerican guy. He’s kind of chubby with a chef coat and a do-rag. He has a spatula and a knife in hisDavishand.”bought his rst “hibachi grill” — a pancake griddle — at Target, and he began selling hibachi meals online. “We sold so many meals that one day that I couldn’t do it at home again.” at’s when he contacted Memphis Kitchen Co-Op Marketplace, where he’s open for lunch Mondays through Wednesdays. “We probably do about 50 to 60 meals a week.” On weekends, he cooks hibachi meals at people’s homes. Davis, who wants to eventually open a brick-and-mortar restaurant, continues to nd time for his songwriting. “ at’s still a part of who I am and what I want to do. As odd as it may sound, one of my prayers is that even Hood Hibachi in some kind of way will lead me into the ful llment of my musical dreams.” Memphis Kitchen Co-Op Marketplace is at 7942 Fischer Steel Road in Cordova. For info on Hood Hibachi, call 901-5631769 or visit hoodhibachimemphis.com.
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PHOTO: (ABOVE) COURTESY BEN ROTHSTEIN/PRIME VIDEO @ AMAZON STUDIOS Morfydd Clark stars as the elf Galadriel on a path for vengeance for her murdered brother.
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Paint the seat red. Or white. It doesn’t matter. Take a cue from the Pittsburgh Pirates, who painted the upper-deck seats in ree Rivers Stadium where Willie Stargell hit a few of his mammoth shots. If Larry Sutton had hit the 13th-inning home run that won the 2000 PCL championship and capped AutoZone Park’s inaugural season, it would be worth a footnote in the media guide. But the fact that this title-winning, minor-league Mazeroski was delivered by Albert Pujols — this generation’s Frank Robinson — demands acknowledgment. I wrote those words in this space in May 2003, as a 23-year-old Albert Pujols was already rearranging record books for the St. Louis Cardinals. Whether or not the Memphis Redbirds brass read them, by the following April I was able to pose for a picture with my young daughters and what’s come to be known as “ e Pujols Chair” at AutoZone Park. is Saturday, the Redbirds will be giving out miniatures of the chair to the rst 1,500 fans through the gates. It’s a tting, and quite distinctive, tribute to the great Pujols as he winds down his gargantuan career in pursuit of — deep breath here — 700 career home runs. e Albert Pujols Story will never be rewritten. Let’s start with the most signi cant number of his 22 major-league seasons: 6,164 (and counting). On August 20th, Pujols moved past the greatest Cardinal of them all, Stan “ e Man” Musial, for second place in career total bases. It’s a more signi cant number than home runs, one that measures a hitter’s power, consistency, and durability. (A player gets four total bases for a home run, three for a triple, etc.) Pujols will retire looking up only at Hank Aaron on the total-bases chart. Consider, also, that there have been only four players to accumulate 6,000 total bases: Pujols, Aaron, Musial, and Willie Mays. It’s quite a Rushmore. e best part of the Albert Pujols Story here in 2022 is that he is helping his Cardinals toward a memorable season. e 42-year-old designated hitter (a position new to the National League this year), recently had a pair of two-homer games and delivered a pinch-hit grand slam against the Colorado Rockies on August 18th at Busch Stadium. He is making a farewell tour, of sorts, one with the club for whom he starred his rst 11 seasons, but it’s a tour of impact, moments, and profound memories for baseball fans, many of them too young to remember his Rookie of the Year season (2001), to say nothing of a home run that won a minor-league franchise its rst championship. About that home run. I was sitting a few rows behind the Redbirds dugout on September 15, 2000, for Game 4 of the PCL championship series between Memphis and the Salt Lake Buzz. e Redbirds led the best-of- ve series, 2-1, and were on the verge of securing the championship when they lost a lead late in the game, sending the contest to extra innings. In the bottom of the 13th, Pujols — wearing number 6, as Musial did with the Cardinals — slammed a line drive down the right eld line, a ball that will always slice toward the foul pole o the bat of a righthanded hitter. When the baseball dropped into that lucky chair having own just le of the pole, delirium ensued in the packed ballpark. To connect what we’ve seen from Pujols here, 22 years later, with that moment — across what amounts to a pair of baseball generations — is beyond a basis for comparison. It is the Albert Pujols Story, and it’s a thick volume. My rstborn daughter is now a college graduate and lives in Honolulu. Her little sister is a junior at Saint Louis University. When we’re together and there’s a game in town — in Memphis or St. Louis — we go to the ballpark. ( ere are LOTS of red seats at Busch Stadium.) When we visit AutoZone Park these days, we tend to re ect, as families do while squeezing precious hours together. And the Pujols Chair is always there. I actually see it as smiling at us. So thank you, Albert Pujols, from the best seat in the house. Frank Murtaugh is the managing editor of Memphis magazine. He writes “From My Seat” and “Tiger Blue” for the Flyer When the baseball dropped into that lucky chair … delirium ensued in the ballpark.
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