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OUR 1602ND ISSUE 11.07.19 By the time you read this, you’ll probably know who the good citizens of Mississippi have elected as their next governor. Judging from the commercials flooding my television screen in recent weeks, it will be either Democrat Jim Hood, the portly white guy with good hair who baits his own hook, loads his own gun, drives his own truck, and shoots bottles with his rifle. Or it will be Republican Tate Reeves, the slightly less-portly white guy with good hair who drives his own truck, shoots his own rifle, and says Hood is a liberal because he doesn’t support Donald Trump. In Mississippi, even “liberal” politicians have to prove their truck-drivin’, gun shootin’, good-hair, white guy cred, though it doesn’t stop their opponents from insinuating they’re in a polyamorous relationship with Nancy Pelosi and Chuck Schumer. I suppose it’s progress of a sort that Hood claims to be a “moderate” — which means he’ll probably lose in a state full of voters who’ve bought into the transformation of the Republican Party from the party of “conservative family values” and “law and order” to the party of “whatever Trump does is awesome.” And I suppose it’s just coincidence that a group of white supremacists were caught filming themselves in front of the Emmett Till memorial sign at Graball Landing in Tallahatchie County last week. Emmett Till, as you should know, was a 14-year-old boy from Chicago who was visiting relatives in Money, Mississippi, in 1955. Money is home to the famous Tallahatchie Bridge and — to this day — Bryant’s Grocery and Meat Market. In 1955, Carolyn Bryant, wife of the now-deceased grocer Roy Bryant, accused Till of whistling at her, grabbing her by the waist, and “uttering obscenities.” As retribution for this alleged offense, which no one else witnessed, Roy and his half-brother, J.W. Millam, went to Emmett Till’s uncle’s house and kidnapped him. They then tied him up, pistol-whipped him, shot him, tied his body to a heavy cotton-gin fan, and threw him into the Tallahatchie River. Not surprisingly, given the long-established rituals of the Jim Crow era, Till’s murderers were quickly acquitted by an all-white jury. It was a travesty of “justice,” though common at the time. It was made even more heinous by the admission of Carolyn Bryant in 2008 that she’d made it all up. That same year, 2008, a marker was erected near the Tallahatchie River where Emmett Till’s body was recovered. The sign was soon vandalized and thrown into the water. Through the years, two more historical markers were erected. Both suffered similar fates; they were shot through with bullets, burned, and destroyed in one manner or another. Last summer, several male Ole Miss students posted an image on social media of themselves posed with rifles near the bullet-riddled sign. Hotty Toddy, y’all. It’s horrific to think about: An innocent 14-year-old boy was lynched — brutally murdered — 64 years ago, but a small, simple memorial to his brief life on this earth is somehow so offensive to some people that it cannot not be allowed to exist. In October, a new 500-pound, bulletproof marker, donated by a Brooklyn signmaker, was put in place at Graball Landing, along with security cameras and an alarm system. Which brings us to last week, when a group of portly white men carrying the neo-Confederate flags of the League of the South gathered in front of the new sign and began making racist statements as they filmed themselves. They weren’t aware that they were also being filmed by the newly installed security camera. When the screeching alarm sounded, they scattered like cockroaches running from the N E WS & O P I N I O N light, back into their trucks — mission THE FLY-BY - 4 unaccomplished. NY TIMES CROSSWORD - 5 I don’t know if these assholes vote, POLITICS - 11 but if they do, I’m pretty sure it won’t be EDITORIAL - 12 COVER STORY for a “moderate.” “NOSEY” It’s possible Mississippi will surprise BY MICHAEL DONAHUE - 14 the world in Tuesday’s election and move WE RECOMMEND - 18 away from the lockstep Trumpism that MUSIC - 20 has infected so much of the country. It AFTER DARK - 22 doesn’t hurt to hope, though the odds CALENDAR - 28 HOLIDAY EATS - 37 seem long. But the recurring events at FOOD - 40 Graball Landing make it clear we have a BREWS -41 long way to go before the indelible stain FILM -42 of racism can be put behind us. C L AS S I F I E D S - 4 4 Bruce VanWyngarden LAST WORD - 47 brucev@memphisflyer.com

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K I N G S O F GAM E DAY Jerry the King Lawler and ESPN’s Lee Corso joked during the network’s College GameDay broadcast from Beale Street Saturday. GameDay posted this picture to Twitter with the caption, “From one king to another … thank you, Memphis!”

’TI S TH E S EAS O N FM 98.9 The Bridge switched to Christmas music on Halloween day. The Memphis subreddit was equal parts gloom and glee on the decision. But Reddit user u/fennourtine said, “If u mad about it, go write a couple albums about turkey and cornucopias and shit for them to play.”

WALK TH E R AI N B OW The “state’s first rainbow crosswalk” was completed in Cooper-Young over the weekend. A petition for the crosswalk, designed to celebrate LGBTQ+ pride, was started in May by Jerred Price, who was then running for the Memphis City Council’s District 7 seat. After a series of meetings, the project was approved by the council in September. H O US I N G Clockwise from top left: 20<30, Arrow, data hub, Rhodes, Cooper-Young crosswalk, P R O B LE M S and Memphis housing During last week’s inaugural Memphis Housing Summit, Paul Young listed six of the major problems The 80,000- to 100,000-square-foot project is expected to facing housing in the city. They include low housing costs, low take more than a year. Meanwhile, Arrow will remain in its wages, high predominance of single-family homes that are betemporary “concept” space on Broad that has six studios and ing used as rental units, poor-quality and aging housing stock, already has artists working there. the city’s large geography, and the lack of quality middle-income housing alternatives in core city neighborhoods. 20<30 N O M S The Memphis Flyer is seeking nominations for our 20<30 G R ANTS AGAI N ST C R I M E Class of 2020. We’re looking to find and honor 20 of the Rhodes College received a $300,000 grant from the U.S. city’s best and brightest young people. Candidates must be Department of Justice last week to enhance programs meant no older than 30 on January 1, 2020. Send a brief bio/sumto prevent and respond to sexual assault, domestic violence, mary of the nominee’s work and activities and a photo to dating violence, and stalking on campus. Bruce VanWyngarden at brucev@memphisflyer.com. Use According to Rhodes’ 2019 Security and Fire Safety “20<30 Nomination” in your subject header. Report, there were a total of 19 reported sexual offenses on Deadline is December 15, 2019. The issue date for next campus in 2016. In 2017, that number dropped to four, and year’s 20<30 will be January 30, 2020. The awards are it then rose to nine last year. presented by New Memphis and Northwestern Mutual. AR R OW O N B R OAD Arrow, one of the organizations that had bid to take over Rust Hall next year when the Memphis College of Art closes, has pulled out of consideration and will instead set up its headquarters in the Broad Avenue Arts District. Arrow has raised about $2 million toward acquiring the property and will mount a capital campaign to get another $10 million. It will have studios and creative offices, as well as coworking and shared equipment. Arrow has acquired some of the equipment from Memphis College of Art that will be available to the Arrow community.

N EW DATA The city of Memphis introduced a “new and improved data hub” last week. The site, data.memphistn.gov, first launched early last year, but has since been improved. In addition to tracking performance surrounding neighborhoods, public safety, youth, jobs, and good government, the site now allows users to track 311 requests, find ongoing and recent capital projects, locate civic assets near them, and see a real-time crime map. Visit the News Blog at memphisflyer.com for fuller versions of these stories and more local news.

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Memphis is the fastest-growing rental market in the country, and the city faces an “eviction crisis,” according to experts at last week’s inaugural State of Memphis Housing Summit. It was a day of far-ranging discussions around housing that delved into topics like gentrification, redlining, the affordable housing gap, and the connection between housing and health. Those experts described a massive and growing rental market here. That market is largely controlled by out-of-state, Wall-Street-backed investor groups. One speaker compared their business strategies here to the mafia. Memphis was listed as the fastest-growing rental market in the country in a 2018 Zillow study, which found that 56 percent of single-family homes here were rented, not owned. It’s a massive statistic given more than three-quarters of the city’s housing stock is comprised of single-family homes. Investor groups and large corporations own 95,604 of those properties. Of those properties, more than 40 percent of their owners reside outside of Tennessee. With this boom in single-family rentals has come a rising level of evictions from homes. Austin Harrison, a researcher from Georgia State University and a housing consultant, said at the summit last week that the “eviction crisis” here “destabilizes families and communities.”

In 2016, 4,593 evictions were filed in New Orleans, 5,909 were filed in Birmingham, and 17,169 were filed in Richmond. In Memphis that year, 31,633 eviction notices were filed. From 2016 to April 2019, 105,338 eviction notices were filed in Shelby County General Sessions Civil Court, according to Harrison. Renters who got eviction notices were predominantly African-American, Harrison said. Ben Sissman, a Memphis-based foreclosure prevention attorney, said most evictions here happen simply because the tenant does not make enough money to pay rent. But investor groups will use eviction or threat of eviction to squeeze money from tenants. “These Wall Street guys — if you think of them in the same mindset as the mafiosos — they are predatory landlords,” Sissman said. “They’re selling high and doing no work. They deny responsibility for what they’re doing. All they want is the rent money and nothing else.” Sissman described the strategy as “pump and dump.” Harrison called it “milking” the market. They agreed, though, that the strategy is to buy homes in bulk for little, getting as much money for them as they

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Two University of Memphis students were met with homophobic slurs while attending a fraternity party late last month, and now the university is investigating the incident. Luke Chapman, an international student from the United Kingdom, and local student Benjamin Buckley attended an off-campus keg party, but within less than an hour of arriving, the two were told to leave. The two students were called “faggots,” threatened with violence, and made to stand in the rain after being kicked out of the party, as first reported by the university’s newspaper, the Daily Helmsman. Chapman posted about the incident on Facebook. “Tonight I attended a University of Memphis fraternity party, of which I was forcibly removed from for being gay,” Chapman wrote. “Getting shouted ‘fuck off you fag’ and ‘go the fuck back to great Britain you faggot’ isn’t acceptable in many forms, and many might know that.” Two days later, U of M president M. David Rudd sent an email to the university community saying that the incident would be investigated. “An off-campus incident involving possible bigotry has been brought to my attention and has been referred for investigation,” Rudd wrote. “The Office of the Dean of Students is in the process of reaching out to the students and others potentially involved. As a reminder, one of our core values is diversity and inclusion. “The University of Memphis is a community where everyone is respected, included, and given the opportunity to excel. This is a value we embrace with conviction. We will investigate the incident

and respond accordingly.” Chapman said he and Buckley appreciate the way the university has responded to the incident thus far. “The university so far has been very supportive in offering coping mechanisms and their help, and we thank them greatly for that,” Chapman said. “We are now allowing the investigation to take its course and do sincerely hope those responsible for the incident are to be held accountable, as for the definition of accountable we both aren’t sure, we just hope these events become less frequent arising from the university’s interventions.” University officials did not respond to the Flyer’s request for comment on the status of the investigation, what specific disciplinary actions, if any, the students involved could face, or what disciplinary actions the university has taken in the past for such offenses. Based on the university’s Code of Student Rights and Responsibility, students are prohibited from making “verbal threats and/or attempts to intimidate, including but not limited to statements meant to provoke conflict with another person or which cause reasonable fear for a person’s safety.” The code applies to behavior that takes place on the campus and at universitysponsored events, as well as “off-campus conduct in cases in which it is determined that said conduct constitutes a substantial university interest.” Disciplinary sanctions for those found to have violated any of the school’s policies range from a warning to expulsion. Students could also be required to pay fines or make an apology, depending on their violation.

The University of Memphis will get its $1 million from Shelby County for a new natatorium.

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Monday’s meeting of the Shelby County Commission was either an exercise in the art of democratic compromise at its best, or it was wishy-washy pretend legislation at its worst. It may have been both. The centerpiece of the evening was a reprise of debate on the $1-million bounty promised to the University of Memphis to help in construction of its soon-to-be new swimming facility (oops, “natatorium”). In the end, the commissioners got back to where they were in July, when a majority of them voted to override County Mayor Lee Harris’ veto of the milliondollar county grant. Harris had decided to block the funding until and unless he could coax an agreement out of University President M. David Rudd to proceed on a fixed and deliberate course toward a $15-an-hour minimum wage for the university’s custodial workers, now working under an $11 hourly minimum.

U of M’s Townsend inveighing against “undue political influence” Meanwhile, former commission Chairman Van Turner, a Democrat who has tried to tie the bestowal of the grant to a specific commitment to the $15-an-hour minimum on the university’s part, presented a proposed revision of the original grant resolution that would do just that. The substitute resolution contained four additional “whereas” clauses — the first three of which made reference to reputed public statements by President Rudd floating an “achievable … two-year plan to increase custodial wages to $15 per hour.” A fourth “whereas” shied away from an outright mandate, instead putting the commission on record as favoring the “goal” of seeing “more working residents receiv[ing] a living wage of at least $15 per hour,” and further “encourag[ing] organizations, including its grant recipients, that

are able to pay living wages to do so or, if they are unable to do so, to put forward a timeline to reach a living wage within a reasonable period.” Tentative as that was, it was too much for several commissioners, who in the course of further discussion, got Turner to withdraw the first three “whereas” clauses making reference to Rudd. First-term Republican Brandon Morrison then objected to appending the words “of at least $15 an hour” to the term “living wage,” on the grounds that some of the commission’s grant recipients would never be able to pay their employees the $15 minimum and that the definition of “living wage” could rise or fall, depending on the number of dependents in an employee’s family. In support of this key change, Chairman Mark Billingsley, also a Republican, underscored the fact that the amended document was merely “aspirational” in its language — an accurate formulation that he would repeat several times. Ted Townsend, the U of M’s chief economic development official, insisted that the million-dollar matter should not be viewed as having to do with living-wage issues but merely in relation to the “valuable asset” that the new swimming facility would be for the greater community. There was more see-saw commentary and parliamentary action. Amber Mills wondered if requiring “best efforts” from grant recipients was consistent with free-market principles. Edmund Ford thought the same standards should be applied to Shelby County Schools. Reginald Milton, noting that Rudd was forgoing a pay raise, said, “Sometimes good faith is good enough.” The commission got involved in a lengthy sidetrack on the issue of whether the county’s contract with the university should be amended to be consistent with the resolution. Ultimately, after several votes in which amendments were themselves amended — Billingsley expressed himself against making the university a “crash-test dummy,” and Townsend cited an accrediting organization’s warning about “undue political influence” — only the original surviving “whereas” clause was retained, sans any reference to $15 an hour. And there, in the final wash, the resolution stood, approved by all 12 of the members present. (Commissioner Tami Sawyer was absent.) The bottom line: The $1 million is real, but the living-wage goals remain “aspirational.” Reminder: Early voting for District 1 and District 7 council seats ends on Saturday; Election Day is Thursday, Nov. 14th.

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On Following the Law Where matters of law are concerned, it is obviously useful to have a consensus on what this or that law or legal regulation means. We say this at a time when, at the national level of government, we see diametrically opposite approaches to matters of standard legal procedure. Take the word “subpoena,” derived from Latin roots meaning “under penalty,” as in “under penalty of law.” If you and I receive a subpoena to appear in court, we had best have our buttocks down there on a bench or we’ll likely end up sitting on a concrete slab in a jail cell. The word — and the authority behind it — has historically been regarded that way in Washington, as well. When President Nixon was suspected of running afoul of the law, several important members of his administration received subpoenas to appear before a specially appointed congressional investigating committee. They showed up. We still remember the names: Haldeman, Ehrlichman, Mitchell, Dean, and many more. Nixon himself was never asked to testify. He resigned before the then-ongoing impeachment process could compel him to do so. One of his successors, President Bill Clinton, did testify in his own impeachment matter, albeit voluntarily. Had he not — had he declared himself inviolable to the investigatory process — he would likely have been not only impeached (as he was), but convicted by the Senate. Fade to today, when a president suspected of criminal behavior, along with every member of his administration, are total scofflaws to the legal process, treating legitimate congressional subpoenas as (in

President Trump’s words) “cookies,” to be taken or rejected at one’s pleasure. It was in the shadow of such shameless contempt that the chief legal officer of the state of Tennessee, Attorney General Herbert Slatery, came to Memphis this week to address the Rotary Club, and though Slatery never addressed the national impeachment crisis, he clearly made a point of underscoring the sanctity of the legal process that is being so flagrantly violated in Washington. Slatery said enforcing the law is not a matter of right vs. left, but of right vs. wrong. He discussed several ongoing legal cases before the state — Mississippi’s suit against Memphis and the state of Tennessee regarding the water aquifer that the Magnolia State claims for itself; the opioid crisis, in which several overlapping jurisdictions have a stake; and several pending capital cases. With regard to the latter matter, Slatery said that the state constitution and legal precedent mandate that his office “shall” set dates to carry out the sentence of execution, not that it has free will in the matter. Clearly, opinions differ on the viability and morality of capital punishment, and, just as clearly, the issue is always going to be thoroughly litigated. But, whatever the outcome, the attorney general’s opinion is that he has no option but to follow the law. And what’s true in a matter of life and death surely applies as well to the survival of a presidency.

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Artist Brandon Marshall’s journey from graffiti to murals to galleries. COVER STORY BY MICHAEL DONAHUE / PHOTOGRAPHS BY JUSTIN FOX BURKS

“Native Son” (above) showcases the work of muralist and graffiti artist Brandon “Nosey” Marshall (opposite page). “Willie” — a man he never knew — inspired Brandon “Nosey” Marshall to become a graffiti artist. Marshall was 8 years old when his brother showed him graffiti on drainage ditch walls behind their East Memphis home. “It wasn’t artistic,” he says. “It was straight-up vandalism. But that stuck with me.” Most of the graffiti was done by one man. “It was just his name — and curse words and things. ‘Willie.’ I saw his name all over the neighborhood. Lamp posts, dumpsters, alleyways. It was probably just some teenage kid. I never met him. I never knew who he was.

“But after we saw that,” he says, “me and the neighborhood kids were like, ‘Oh, we can do it, too.’ And somebody would get ahold of half a can of spray paint from their dad’s garage, and we’d go down and just mess around. Everyone wrote their name. And cartoons.” Marshall has never stopped painting, but he’s no longer doing much sneaking around. He’s painted hundreds of Memphis signs and murals, including the “I Love Memphis” mural at Cooper and Young and the mural with the “Memphis American vibe” in the alley in front of the Rendezvous. “I think I own more square feet of wall space in this town — illegally and legally — than anyone else.”

He currently is exhibiting his paintings and collages at Soul Owner gallery. “I’m in a weird in-between space. I’m fine-tuning my brush work and learning how to paint smaller so I can continue my studio practice and not just spray paint.” Now living in Detroit, Marshall, who gets high-dollar commissions to do murals for Nike and other companies, travels to Memphis several times a year to paint. His murals can be found from Denver to Melbourne, Australia. “I remember when there wasn’t anybody else doing this,” he says. “And for years, I had to go speak and educate people and convince people why this was a good idea to let me paint murals. Now I

A native Memphian, now 32 years old,

Marshall began painting as a child. “My grandfather bought us some watercolor sets. The cheap ones. One of my earliest memories is him putting newspaper on the kitchen table and setting us up with these brushes. I remember doing that and just spreading the paint around.” Watercolors gave way to spray paint when Marshall discovered Willie’s work. “We would steal cigarettes and go spray paint in the ditch. We were just really destructive kids.” Marshall’s signature piece was “big eyes and a big nose and a smiley face.” “I wasn’t taking it seriously,” he says. “I was a little kid. It was an activity. Like playing pickup basketball or something. We were just passing the time.” Marshall had a rough transition going into Christian Brothers High School. “I had really bad acne and couldn’t get a date and couldn’t make a sports team,” he says. He got his nickname after he joined a breakdancing club and began making friends. “I was always trying not to say anything stupid. I was always quiet and just kind of in the corner listening to everyone. And they were like, ‘Oh, he’s nosy.’ They gave me that name, and I just kept it. “I was painting in the ditch for a few years and then, as soon as I started meeting older graffiti writers who were well out of high school and selling weed, I was like, ‘Oh, man, this is really cool.’ At Christian Brothers, these guys would pick me up on Friday, and I would ride off with them. And then they would drop me back off at my house on Sunday night. “That was everything I was living for,” Marshall continues, “to make it to the weekend so I could go spray paint with these guys who I thought were so cool. We were painting trains in different train yards. We were painting on the highways. We were painting public places, too.” People noticed them painting on interstate overpasses, but, he says, “Most people are just driving. They’re not really looking around. Sometimes cops see you, and sometimes you run. But I was always of the impression that I want to get away more than they want to chase me.” Marshall didn’t yet have his own style. “I was just trying to understand how to use spray paint,” he says. “We were the first generation of native Memphians actively trying to participate in that subculture of graffiti.” He signed his work “Nosy” (originally without an “e”) for a couple of years before he had a “word epiphany” after making his signature on a pay phone. He realized “nosy” stood for “no see — no one sees you.”

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he says. In addition to painting letters, Marshall also was creating “mostly cartoony illustrations. I was referencing things, too. I would go to the Memphis Public Library and take out books on Ralph Steadman and different illustrators who I liked and try to understand how they were coming up with characters.” Marshall and his friends sometimes got permission to paint a building. “If you ask a building owner if you can paint their building and you have permission, you’re painting a mural. ‘Graffiti’ means you do not have permission.” One of Marshall’s earliest murals was the sign at Wild Bill’s with saloon lettering and a portrait “based on a really bad reference photo” of owner William Storey. “I listened to music, and they fed me some food. I made $100, and I did my favorite thing. It was the genesis of me thinking, ‘How can I monetize this?’” That led to more work. “I was getting little odd jobs painting people’s vans or trucks … jobs off Craigslist at 18, 19 [years old] painting people’s garages.” He used various lettering styles. “There is a Tennessee style, and I try to do that. It’s very big and gestural and menacing. It looks mean, with sharp points. “In Memphis all of us were very broke, so we used a lot of bucket paint. It’s a little more sloppy. But there are things that you can’t do with spray paint that you can do with bucket paint and a roller. You can make things taper off and get long, clean edges.” When he was 21, Marshall moved to Olive Branch, Mississippi, to take care

of his grandfather, who had Parkinson’s and dementia and was “going downhill.” Marshall’s life wasn’t going well, either. “Between him dying and me being in this long relationship that fell apart and friends going down scary paths — it’s the South, and I became religious.” He never stopped “painting illegally” during his religious phase. “I was like, ‘Well, maybe these guys won’t understand it, but this is just who I am, and this is what I do. I’m not going to stop doing that for God or man.’” Marshall’s religious phase ended after he began dating a woman he met while he was teaching Bible study at a community center. They eventually married. He applied and got a grant to paint a mural for a new UrbanArt Commission program. “The budget was $30,000 for these murals, which is more money than I’d ever seen,” he says. Marshall painted a white family and a black family in a mural that still survives at Greenlaw Community Center. “We painted Martin Luther King. And Jesse Owens, because it was an athletic center.” He used his grant money to pay his taxes and buy a 1992 Toyota truck and a house in Orange Mound. “I was like, ‘I’m going to paint every day. I’m not going to have a job. I’m just going to survive, and something will happen.’ I knew in my heart I could do this, but I’d never heard of anyone who [called themselves] a full-time muralist.” Marshall began teaching others how to paint murals and graffiti lettering. “It got to the point where I mentored two or three generations of kids under me.” He threw his first Soul Food graffiti art festival in 2005. “It was just about getting everybody together to paint a big mural. And we

Marshall’s marriage lasted five years. “She

was like, ‘You’ve always been married to your art before me,’” he says. He then decided to move out of Memphis. “I love Memphis, and I’m so thankful for everything it’s done and how it’s shaped me, but I want to make world-class art. And it’s hard to be the best muralist in the world when things move so slowly. People are so obsessed with local here. Every commission I get it’s like, ‘Can you put the bridge in it?’ ‘Can you put Elvis on it?’ ‘Can you put barbecue? Rock-and-roll?’ ‘Can you put a guitar on it?’ “I got into this dark cycle of just going to the train yard,” he says. “Then it was like three nights a week, four nights, then six nights a week to go in to paint the trains and drink and wait for my next mural job.” While he was still finalizing his divorce, Marshall got a call from Nike to paint three murals. His subjects included Beale Street signs and Penny Hardaway. “That was like a big-money job, and I felt like God, the universe, whatever you want to call it, was steering me down this path — a new time in my life,” he says. “I got the money from them, and I sold my house in Orange Mound. That was enough money for me to go to Detroit and buy a house there.” He’s starting at “square one” in Detroit. “I’m approaching people and asking, ‘Hey, can I paint your wall? I’ll do it for free under the condition that I get to paint whatever I want.’” Marshall recently completed his

largest mural — 160-feet-long by 20-feettall — for the Imagine Mural Festival in Smoketown, a neighborhood in Louisville, Kentucky. “I painted a collaged timeline of a woman named Elmer Lucille Allen, who is 88, still alive and well, from Smoketown. She was the first African-American scientist at Brown Forman, the liquor conglomerate that owns Jack Daniel’s and many others.” The mural includes samples of photos Allen sent Marshall over the years collaged with teapots and tapestries she makes and newspaper clippings. Marshall combined his love of art, music, and dance when he was chosen in 2018 for a Next Level residency in Nigeria. He spent three weeks teaching muralmaking and graffiti art. After teaching them how to monetize their work, some of his students have gone on to work for Jameson, Guinness, and other companies. “A lot of my students over there are working on big projects and changing the landscape of Nigeria,” he says. “Brandon is more than an aerosol artist to the communities that he serves,” says Junious “House” Brickhouse, Next Level International Music Exchange Program director. “He is a musician, dancer, educator, and tradition-bearer. In Nigeria, it was clear Brandon’s artistic upbringing in Memphis has informed his ability to form a bond with diverse communities. To this day, he continues to maintain the relationships he built during our time in Abuja by sharing his work, advice, and vision with student collaborators.”

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hand-cut collages and three large paintings done in acrylic and aerosol. “Nosey’s strong sense of place impacts his narrative, giving his art an undeniable grit that speaks to the cultural tenacity of Memphis,” says gallery owner Ashlee Rivalto. “The work is so captivating because there is more to each story than what meets the initial glance. There is a nuanced pulse of contrasting energy that keeps me looking for more in each piece. It is cryptic yet familiar, and you can find a different side of the tale every time you look.” Moving back to Memphis isn’t out of the question, Marshall says. “It’s like an Otis Rush song. He says, ‘I can’t quit you, baby, but I got to put you down for a while.’ That’s how I feel about Memphis.” He still paints abandoned buildings and trains, but, he says, “I’m really trying to put more of my energy into being taken more seriously as a visual artist. When you say ‘I’m a graffiti artist’ or ‘street artist,’ people in the gallery world put you in a box. I’m not trying to be a cool, edgy teenager anymore. I’m trying to make murals that would be in a museum. I want to be like Diego Rivera. I don’t want to be Willie anymore.” “Native Son: Collection of Artworks by Nosey42” is on view from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Saturdays and 4 to 7 p.m. on Wednesdays, now through November 13th at Soul Owner at 579 N. McLean.

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would get permission, generally.” He opened his home to the artists. If someone wanted to come to Memphis to paint, Marshall says, “They pretty much had a place to crash and someone to show [them] around. I’ve been an ambassador for Memphis graffiti art from the earliest days.” The only Soul Food mural that still exists is a “mostly abstract typography” on one of the Chelsea flood walls. Marshall often left for weeks to paint in other cities. “Nashville, Atlanta. I was riding the Greyhound bus everywhere. I rode it all through Texas out to California. Anywhere I would get invited, I would try to go.” In 2015, Marshall was chosen to be in a Meeting of Styles mural festival in Melbourne, Australia. His mural “was about American crime because a lot of people I was talking to over there were talking about Trump and guns and crime.” He painted his “I Love Memphis” mural in 2010. The mural, done in red and black with a heart standing for “love,” has become something of a landmark. Marshall, who plays blues guitar, is the originator of “Bluesman,” an omnipresent drawing of a man with a guitar on his back. “It’s just about being alone, really,” he says. “I would spend a lot of time listening to blues music by myself at night. Something about the blues maybe intersects with my art in that it’s simple, honest, and it’s profound in its simplicity.” A lot of the short phrases he writes next to “Bluesman” are “lines from blues songs that speak to me in that moment.”

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Peabody Hotel celebrates its 150th anniversary this year, offering room package deals, selling special merchandise, and hosting events like the upcoming Jack Daniel’s Tasting and Dinner. “Without Jack Daniel’s, there might not be Peabody ducks,” says Kelly Brock, director of marketing and communications at The Peabody Memphis. “It was Jack Daniel’s that our general manager Frank Schutt and his friend Chip Barwick were drinking in 1933 when they decided to play a prank and put ducks in the fountain.” The ducks have been a staple in the hotel ever since this event, often referred to as “the taste that started a tradition.” “Over the years, we’ve created a connection between ourselves and Jack Daniel’s,” says Brock. “We have now had two teams of ducks that have retired to the Jack Daniel’s distillery’s cave spring. So they swim around in the same water that is used to make Jack Daniel’s, and they feed off the corn from the back of the truck.” On the 75th anniversary of the Peabody ducks in 2008, The Peabody and Jack Daniel’s developed an official partnership when Jack Daniel’s began supplying single barrels of whiskey, carefully selected by the hotel staff with the guests in mind, called Jack Daniel’s Peabody Select Single Barrel. The whiskey has been a centerfold in the hotel’s menu ever since, and now, JD’s Master Distiller Jeff Arnett leads a drink tasting, featuring the Jack Daniel’s Peach Sour, limited edition whiskeys (including Jack Daniel’s own 150th anniversary variety), and whiskey-inspired hors d’oeuvres. Afterward, guests will enjoy a three-course dinner paired with whiskey-infused glazes and sauces. JACK DANIEL’S TASTING AND DINNER, THE PEABODY MEMPHIS, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 7TH, 6-10 P.M., $150.

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THURSDAY November 7

FRIDAY November 8

Fall Movie Night: Black Panther Overton Square, 2101 Madison, 7-9:30 p.m. The final show of the fall Chimes Square Movie Nights season features Black Panter. Free popcorn and giveaways. Drinks for sale from The TapBox.

Whiskey, Wine, and Dine Tower Center, 5100 Poplar, 33rd Floor, 6:30 p.m., $125 Culinary — and wine — experience benefiting the Special Olympics of Greater Memphis. Attendees will sample dishes from participating chefs, including Max Hussey of Folk’s Folly, Michael Patrick of Rizzo’s, Tim Bednarski of Elwood’s Shack, and many more.

The Dude Ranch Growlers, 1911 Poplar, 8-11 p.m., $10 A Blink-182 tribute band! The trio of Blink fanatics aims to accurately recreate classic music from the Mark, Tom, and Travis Show era. Say it ain’t so, I will not go. Wait … yes I will, even though there’s work early the next morning. Well, I guess this is growing up.

Shamanic Journey Workshop Art•Body•Soul, 1024 S. Yates, 6:30-9:30 p.m., $40 Led by Teresa Brown and Elaine Canepa. Learn to explore your subconscious and receive guidance from spiritual allies and the divine aspect of your own being.

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Rock ‘n’ Soul Memphis Music Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony The Cannon Center for the Performing Arts, 255 N. Main, 7 p.m., $50-$100 A star-studded lineup of performers will take to the stage in celebration. Inductees include Don Bryant, Steve Cropper, Tina Turner, and Charlie Musselwhite. Corey Holcomb Live Chuckles Comedy House, 1770 Dexter Springs Loop, Cordova, 7:30 or 10 p.m. show, $32.50-$50 See the comedian, who’s appeared on improv shows Def Comedy Jam and Last Comic Standing and sitcoms Everybody Hates Chris and Tyler Perry’s House of Payne.

BuckRagga: The Coalition of Dopeness Railgarten, 2166 Central, 8 p.m. Hear what happens when reggae meets rap and jazz meets trap, with music from Chinese Connection Dub Embassy and The Que’Ludes. Gin & Tonic: Gin Blossoms + Tonic Horseshoe Tunica, 1021 Casino Center Dr., Robinsonville, 8 p.m., $34.50-$64.50 Anywhere you go, I’ll follow you down … Even down South to Mississippi for a dose of nostalgia with these two bands who dominated the ’90s radio waves with songs like “Hey Jealousy” (Gin Blossoms) and “If You Could Only See” (Tonic).

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Alzheimer’s is the sixth leading cause of death for Americans, and because there’s no known treatment or cure for the disease, the Alzheimer’s Association seeks to fund and conduct research to end this growing health crisis. “Tennessee has the fourth-highest death rate from Alzheimer’s in the country,” says Bailey Curtright, manager of development for the West Tennessee Chapter of the Alzheimer’s Association. “So as a state, and as a chapter, we are more committed now than ever to make sure that we are working hard to serve our people who are impacted and to make sure that other people in the future don’t have to worry about it.” The West Tennessee Chapter offers free services throughout the area for people impacted by the disease, including trials, support groups, and care consultations. And to help carry along their mission of providing these services and getting closer to a cure, the chapter is hosting the 2019 Memphis Walk to End Alzheimer’s this Saturday. Registration to participate in the walk is free, but walkers are encouraged to raise money for the organization, receiving incentives like free T-shirts and access to the champion’s club on race day. During the opening ceremony, all participants will receive pinwheel flowers, called Promise Flowers, to plant in the Promise Garden. Flowers come in four different colors to represent attendees’ connections to Alzheimer’s, whether that’s no personal connection but to the cause in general, losing someone to the disease, caring for a loved one, or having the disease oneself. “It’s really humbling, coming around that finish line and seeing the garden of all 1,600 flowers and their colors showing how many people in Memphis are connected to this disease,” says Curtright. WALK TO END ALZHEIMER’S, TIGER LANE, SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 9TH, 9-11 A.M., FREE, BUT DONATIONS STRONGLY ENCOURAGED.

SATURDAY November 9 Saturday Series: Companhia Urbana De Dança Halloran Centre, 225 S. Main, 10 a.m., $15 A boldly original mix of contemporary Brazilian dance and hip-hop. Artistic director Sonia Destri Lie locates the true heart of hip-hop, bringing it back to its original emotional depth, expressive rage, and poetic integrity. Artist Market Metal Museum, 374 Metal Museum Dr., 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Shop from more than 25 vendors, including Tootsie Bell, Andy Denton Sculpture, and Brave Design, at this free-to-attend market. Food trucks on site.

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he word “songwriter” is thrown around freely in the music business, but such ubiquity fails to convey the full spectrum of the craft. Memphis, of course, has had more than its share of great songwriters who transcend the more mundane world of tunesmiths who compose as a committee to fit certain demographics, but even in this rarefied world, some stand out as among the city’s finest. Dan Penn is one such composer, and, despite his being a native of Alabama, so much of his finest work was done here that it’s fitting he’ll be inducted, along with Tina Turner, Steve Cropper, Charlie Musselwhite, Dee Dee Bridgewater, The Memphis Boys, Don Bryant, and Florence Cole Talbert-McCleave, into the Memphis Music Hall of Fame this week. Then, on Saturday, November 9th, he’ll have the spotlight all to himself when he plays an intimate show at Bar DKDC. Dan It’s a rare perforPenn mance by this icon, and a chance to hear the classic songs he’s had a hand in creating, from “Dark End of the Street” to “Do Right Woman, Do Right Man,” “I’m Your Puppet,” “It Tears Me Up,” and more, in a fresh, more personal way. I tracked Penn down to the farm in Alabama that’s been in his wife’s family for over a century, to find out what we can expect to hear this weekend and how he continues to listen to that inner voice that asks, “What have you done lately?” Memphis Flyer: Do the old songs still come back to you pretty easily when you do shows like this? Dan Penn: When I play gigs, I sing ’em and remember ’em, but as soon as the gig’s over, they’re gone. I don’t dwell on what I have done. You’re forever looking for a new song, you know, so I don’t have room in my brain for all the old stuff. Now, when I play, I got the lyrics right in front of me. I’ve seen a lot of writers who just like to make them up halfway through. And that’s all right, but that ain’t me. I like to sing the real words. Are you still writing new songs, though? Yeah, I’m still writing. I’m not hitting it

every day, like I used to. I’ve got a lot going on. I’ve got a couple old cars here in Alabama, and I beat around on ’em and fix them. It’s a good hobby and keeps me busy. When I go back to Nashville, I turn back into an engineer and a songwriter. I mean, I’m writing all the time. I may not be putting anything to paper, but my brain’s writing it. I’ve written a lot of songs, but I’ve always had a little voice saying, “What have you done lately?” It’s a bad guy, but he kind of reminds you that you need to come up with something, you know? When I play a gig, I play the old songs exclusively, pretty much. That’s what people want to hear. And I appreciate them and thank God for them. But after the gig’s over and that goes away, I’m looking for another song. William Bell talked to me about being a people watcher and building his songs out of seeing and overhearing people’s interactions. That’s as good a place as any. On the street or coffee shop, whatever. I don’t do that exactly. But as I interact with people, I guess I’m looking for something. Some people actually carry the song titles around with them, almost. It becomes apparent. You can pick it up anywhere. It can come out of your head, or it can come out of somebody else’s mouth. But William Bell’s got the right idea. When you do perform these days, you’re mostly playing the songs as a solo artist. It’s pretty different from the full band arrangements they have in the original recordings. One thing about it, when it’s just the guitar and vocals, you can hear the song. You can hear the singer. Ain’t nowhere to hide. When you got a guitar going and a piano and everything else, sometimes the song gets shuffled to the side and it comes down to a performance. I guess I’m performing when I play on my own, but basically I’m just singing the songs. It’s the song’s night out. 2019 Memphis Music Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony, Friday, November 8th, at The Cannon Center, 7 p.m. $50 and $100 tickets available. Dan Penn solo show, Saturday, November 9th, at Bar DKDC, 8 p.m. (sold out).

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

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BuckRagga: The Coalition of Dopeness featuring Chinese Connection Dub Embassy, Trap Jazz Friday, Nov. 8, 8 p.m.; Obruni Dance Band Saturday, Nov. 9, 8 p.m.

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University of Memphis, Harris Concert Hall INSIDE THE RUDI E. SCHEIDT SCHOOL OF MUSIC 678-5400

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

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Ubee’s 521 S. HIGHLAND 323-0900

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Beethoven’s Symphony No. 4 and Mozart’s Concerto No. 21 Saturday, Nov. 9, 7:30 p.m., and Sunday, Nov. 10, 2:30 p.m.

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

Ethan Bortnick’s Celebration of Music Sunday, Nov. 10, 1-5 p.m.

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Folk’s Folly Prime Steak House 551 S. MENDENHALL 762-8200

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Summer/Berclair Barbie’s Barlight Lounge 661 N. MENDENHALL

Possum Daddy’s Karaoke Saturdays, 9 p.m.-2 a.m.

Shelby Forest General Store

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

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Bartlett Bartlett Performing Arts and Conference Center 3663 APPLING 385-6440

Los Lobos Saturday, Nov. 9, 7:30 p.m.

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Jazz in the Box: Marvin Stamm Friday, Nov. 8, 7-8 and 8:30-9:30 p.m.; The Silkroad Ensemble Saturday, Nov. 9, 8-9:30 p.m.

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Royal Blues Band Sunday, Nov. 10, 8:30 p.m.-midnight.

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Ross Gallery

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Opening Reception for “#millennialproblems,” exhibition of new work by Natalie Tyree. Fri., Nov. 8, 5-7 p.m. Opening Reception for “small_ bars,” exhibition of new works by Ry McCullough and Nick Satinover. Fri., Nov. 8, 5:30-7:30 p.m.

Friday, November 22 • 9 P.M. Millennium Theatre

CHRISTIAN BROTHERS UNIVERSITY, PLOUGH LIBRARY, 650 E. PARKWAY S. (321-3000).

WKNO Studio

Opening Reception for “Paintings by Carl Scott,” exhibition of work by Carl Scott. wkno.org. Free. Sat., Nov. 9, 2-4 p.m. 7151 CHERRY FARMS (458-2521).

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Artist Market

Market hosted with Memphis Current, featuring food truck fare and refreshments, an open-air market, and a pop-up sale of works by local artists. Free. Sat., Nov. 9, 10 a.m.-5 p.m. METAL MUSEUM, 374 METAL MUSEUM DR. (774-6380).

ENGELBERT HUMPERDINCK

Crafts & Drafts

It’s the fifth annual Memphis Flyer’s Crafts & Drafts — a shopping experience showcasing a curated group of 80-plus local artists, crafters, and makers — and making a great day even better, local craft beers on tap. Sat., Nov. 9, 10 a.m.-5 p.m.

Friday, January 17 • 9 P.M. Millennium Theatre

CROSSTOWN CONCOURSE, 1350 CONCOURSE, MEMPHISCRAFTSANDDRAFTS.COM.

St. George’s Independent School Annual Art Show

Annual show featuring painter Fred Cox and others. Thurs., Nov. 7, 7-9 p.m., Fri., Nov. 8, 6-8 p.m., and Sat., Nov. 9, 10 a.m.-3 p.m. ST. GEORGE’S INDEPENDENT SCHOOL, 1880 WOLF RIVER (457-2000).

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Agape Heartlight: Walk Humbly, centered around scripture from Micah 6:8, the evening will include three performances by Hattiloo Theatre. (323-3600), agapemeanslove.org. $25. Sat., Nov. 9, 7-9 p.m. 3717 ELVIS PRESLEY.

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Eclipsed, story of the captive wives of a commanding officer in the rebel army during the Second Liberian Civil War. A young woman simply referred to as “The Girl” has recently been abducted by the C.O., and two of his older wives do what they can to help and care for her. Just as The Girl begins to adjust to life at the compound, the entire community is thrown off balance when a fourth wife returns from the battlefield, after having escaped the army camp to fight as soldier in the resistance. Through Nov. 10. 37 S. COOPER (502-3486).

“uneXpected/ juXtapositions” featuring Juan Rojo at Jay Etkin Gallery, Friday, November 8th, 6-9 p.m. Theatre Memphis

Ruthless! The Musical, talented 8-year-old Tina declares her showbiz ambition. Enter Sylvia St. Croix, an overbearing, sleazy talent agent with a secret, who encourages her to audition for the school play. Tina “accidentally” hangs her major rival to get the part … only to be sent up the river and swept aside by her mother, who finds her own voice and soars to stardom. Nov. 8-23. 630 PERKINS EXT. (682-8323).

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Eclectic Eye

Opening Reception for “Life Visions,” exhibition of new work by Ollie Rodriguez. Fri., Nov. 8, 6-8 p.m. 242 S. COOPER (276-3937).

Jay Etkin Gallery

Opening Reception for “uneXpected/juXtapositions,” exhibition of new works by Kenneth Wayne Alexander and Juan Rojo. Fri., Nov. 8, 6-9 p.m. 942 COOPER (550-0064).

Memphis Botanic Garden

Opening Reception for “Landscapes from a Different View,” exhibition of new work by Jim Henderson. Sun., Nov. 10, 2-4 p.m. 750 CHERRY (636-4100).

Mid-South Artist Gallery

Opening Reception for “Works by Featured Artist Nancy Adair,” exhibition of works by Nancy Adair, along with other area artists, including Sandy Swett, Frederick Lyle Morris, Daniel Rudolph, Becky Ross McRae, Jon Woodhams, and more. Free. Sun., Nov. 10, 2-4 p.m. 2945 SHELBY.

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Art Museum at the University of Memphis (AMUM)

“Catalyst,” exhibition about the Memphis art scene surrounding the artist, writer, and South Main preservation and arts champion Robert McGowan (1947-2012). In 1987, he co-founded the arts journal Number: Inc with fellow artists Don Estes and Cory Dugan (the founding editor). In 1988, he opened the Memphis Center for Contemporary Art. Mondays-Fridays, 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Through Jan. 11. “Africa: Art of a Continent,” permanent exhibition of African art from the Martha and Robert Fogelman collection. Ongoing. “IEAA Ancient Egyptian Collection,” permanent exhibition of Egyptian antiquities ranging from 3800 B.C.E. to 700 C.E. from the Institute of Egyptian Art and Archaeology collection. Ongoing. 142 COMMUNICATION & FINE ARTS BUILDING (678-2224).

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Art Village Gallery

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

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

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“RiverArtsFest Invitational Exhibit,” exhibition presented by Bass Berry Sims and featuring the work of eight local artists. Ongoing. 1500 UNION (278-6868).

Belz Museum of Asian and Judaic Art

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

11.10

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

Buckman Arts Center at St. Mary’s School

“From Texas to Tennessee,” exhibition of new work by Susan Mahoney Crook. Through Dec. 16.

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

Clough-Hanson Gallery

“Queens and Monsters,” exhibition of new work by Melissa Wilkinson, which deconstructs and remixes pop and personal iconography, from Golden Era Hollywood to ’70s and ’80s tomboys, from the glamour of disco to the digital distance of private Tumblr accounts. Through Dec. 4. Senior Thesis Exhibition, exhibition of work by Rhodes studio art majors Olivia Rowe, Charlotte Sechrist, Qian Xu, Sara Lynn Abbott, and Melissa Kiker. rhodes.edu/events. Ongoing.

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

David Lusk Gallery

HOPS FOR HOMES: NIGHT AT THE BREWERY

“Earth and Water,” exhibition of new work by Carroll Todd. Through Nov. 16. “Touch the Sky,” exhibition of new work by Terry Lynn. Through Nov. 16.

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97 TILLMAN (767-3800).

DCI Gallery

“New Works by Sydney Gruber,” exhibition of new works by the artist. dcimemphis.com. Through Nov. 8.

Crafts and Drafts: A unique local shopping experience showcasing a curated group of 85 local artists, crafters, and makers, and brewers!

Bluegrass Brunch: Making Strides Against Cancer will be slinging great beers and their house bluegrass band, The Late Greats, will play some great tunes. 10% of sales come back to Making Strides!

Hope for Homes: United Housing, a nonprofit providing quality housing opportunities to MidSouth residents is hosting its annual fundraising event presented by Regions. Tickets are $25.

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Eclectic Eye

“Life Visions,” exhibition of new work by Ollie Rodriguez. Through Jan. 2, 2020. 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.

11.05

509 S. MAIN (647-9242).

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FireHouse Community Arts Center

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

Flicker Street Studio

“Marks and Objects,” exhibition of work by Ed Rainey. Through Nov. 9. 74 FLICKER (767-2999).

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“Friedel Dzubas: The Ira A. Lipman Family Collection,” exhibition of 26 large-scale, fully resolved abstract paintings by German-born American artist Friedel Dzubas (1915-1994). Through Jan. 5, 2020. “Abstract Expressionism: A Social Revolution,” exhibition of selections from the Haskell Collection. Through Jan. 5, 2020. “Laurel Sucsy: Finding the Edge,” exhibition of work by Sucsy, a Memphis-based artist. Inspired by nature and the objects she encounters in her daily life, she explores abstraction in a variety of media, including painting, sculpture, and photography. Through Jan. 5, 2020.

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“Chatter in the Skull,” the MFA Thesis Exhibition of Christopher Davis. Influenced by the unique landscape of Southern Illinois where he grew up, Davis forms fragments of beauty into monuments, fetishes, markers, and relics. Mon.-Fri., 9 a.m.-4 p.m. Through Nov. 8. “Hold the Door,” part I of the Fall 2019 BFA Thesis Exhibition, featuring the work of four graduating seniors: Ivy-Jade Edwards, Jeff Carter, Robert Fairchild IV, and Nicholas Svoboda. Mon.-Fri., 9 a.m.-4 p.m. Through Nov. 8. 3715 CENTRAL.

Germantown Performing Arts Center “Interwoven,” new work by Angi Cooper. gpacweb.com. Mondays-Fridays, 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Through Dec. 2. 1801 EXETER (751-7500).

Kenneth Wayne Alexander and Juan Rojo. Nov. 8-22. David Hall, exhibition of watercolor works on paper. jayetkingallery.com. Ongoing.

“Hang Zone Vol. 2,” exhibition of works by Kristen Rambo, Jonah Westbrook, and Nick Hewlett. (576-0708), Free. Mondays-Fridays, 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Through Nov. 20. 44 HULING (576-0708).

Jay Etkin Gallery

L Ross Gallery

“Circumnavigation,” exhibition of new work by Pam Hassler. Through Nov. 23.

826 N. SECOND (527-3427).

5040 SANDERLIN (767-2200).

St. George’s Episcopal Church

Memphis Botanic Garden “Landscapes from a Different View,” exhibition of new work by Jim Henderson. Through Nov. 30. Twilight Thursdays, extended hours staying open till sunset. Each week will have a different highlight from plants to pets. memphisbotanicgarden.com. Thursdays. “Bicentennial Blues Bed,” new, year-long planting celebrating the Bluff City’s bicentennial, located just outside of the Four Seasons Garden. memphisbotanicgarden.com. Ongoing.

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. brooksmuseum.org. Through June 21, 2021. “Claire Van Vliet: Illustrating Babel,” exhibition of an unbound book of 17 lithographs and one

woodcut by Claire Van Vliet. Through Jan. 12, 2020. “Ernest C. Withers: Baseball Photographs,” exhibition that examines African-American identity and representation as captured through the lens of noted civil rights-era photographer Ernest C. Withers. Through July 5, 2020. Rotunda Projects: E.V. Day’s “Divas Ascending,” artist E.V. Day has repurposed costumes from the New York City Opera archives to make a series of sculptures that transform familiar icons of women’s empowerment and entrapment into new objects that confound conventional readings of these clichés. Through July 5, 2020. “About Face,” exhibition located in the Education Gallery

November 7-13, 2019

“uneXpected/juXtapositions,” exhibition of new works by

“Images of Africa Before & After the Middle Passage,” exhibition of photography by Jeff and Shaakira Edison. slavehavenmemphis.com. Ongoing.

942 COOPER (550-0064).

750 CHERRY (636-4100).

Jack Robinson Photography Gallery

Slave Haven Underground Railroad Museum

highlighting the different ways artists interpret the connection between emotion and expression. brooksmuseum.org. Ongoing. “Drawing Memory: Essence of Memphis,” exhibition of works by Victor Ekpuk inspired by nsibidi, a sacred means of communication among male secret societies in southeastern Nigeria. brooksmuseum.org. Ongoing. 1934 POPLAR (544-6209).

Metal Museum

“Master Metalsmith: Sarah Perkins,” exhibition of work by

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the 2019 Master Metalsmith. For over 30 years, this exhibition series has honored the most influential metal artists of the day, bringing the work of internationally acclaimed metalsmiths to Memphis for solo exhibitions. Ongoing. 374 METAL MUSEUM DR. (774-6380).

Ross Gallery

“#millennialproblems,” exhibition of new work by Natalie Tyree. Nov. 8-16. “small_bars,” exhibition of new works by Ry McCullough and Nick Satinover. Nov. 8-Dec. 16. CHRISTIAN BROTHERS UNIVERSITY, PLOUGH LIBRARY, 650 E. PARKWAY S. (321-3000).

“MGAL Juried Winter 2019 Exhibition,” exhibition of works by the MemphisGermantown Artists’ League, juried by gallery owner Laurie Brown. stgchurch.org. Free. Mondays-Fridays, 10 a.m.-4 p.m., and Sundays, 9 a.m.12:30 p.m. Through Nov. 24. 2425 SOUTH GERMANTOWN (754-7282).

Stax Museum of American Soul Music

“Run This Town: Memphis Women of Soul,” exhibition of never-before-seen costumes, photographs, and other memorabilia, which tells the stories of 12 Memphis women and how they continue to shape the Memphis music landscape in the 21st century. Through March 31, 2020. 926 E. MCLEMORE (946-2535).

TOPS Gallery

“Tree of Life,” group exhibition featuring the works of Hawkins Bolden, Margaret

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“Paintings by Carl Scott,” exhibition of work by Carl Scott. wkno.org. Free. Mondays-Fridays, 9 a.m.-4 p.m. Through Nov. 26. 7151 CHERRY FARMS (458-2521).

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Artistic director Sonia Destri Lie’s original mix of contemporary Brazilian dance and hip-hop infuses both forms with new rigor, meditative one moment, explosive the next. $15. Sat., Nov. 9, 10 a.m.

Memphis Next Top Comic, returning champs battle it out in a challenge of chuckles for the crown of Memphis Next Top Comic. $5. Wed., Nov. 13, 7-9:15 p.m. 535 S. HIGHLAND (454-7771).

Chuckles Comedy Club

Corey Holcomb, the comedian who’s appeared on improv shows Def Comedy Jam and Last Comic Standing and sitcoms Everybody Hates Chris and Tyler Perry’s House of Payne. $32.50-$50. Fri., Nov. 8, 7:30 & 10 p.m.

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Featuring half-time show, vendors, games, VIP tent, DJ, celebrity judges, and more benefiting the Humane Society of Memphis and Shelby County. Competitions open to all neutered, well-behaved dogs with an early entry fee donation. This year’s theme — The Big Bark Theory: Harbor Town Dogs Go to Comic Con. Free, VIP $20. Sun., Nov. 10, 12-4 p.m.

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An American Odyssey: The Life and Work of Romare Bearden

Lecture by Dr. Mary Schmidt Campbell about the artist Romare Bearden, whose iconic collages transcended the visual stereotypes of African Americans and conveyed the richness and

Companhia Urbana De Dança at The Halloran Centre, Saturday, November 9th, 10 a.m. complexity of African-American life in the civil rights era. Thurs., Nov. 7, 6 p.m. NATIONAL CIVIL RIGHTS MUSEUM, 450 MULBERRY (521-9699).

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Ken Reardon, PhD, will discuss his recent book Building Bridges. Mon., Nov. 11, 4:30 p.m.

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With live music, great food, a silent auction benefiting the museum’s many educational programs, and an open bar. $75/ person, $125/couple in advance; $100/person, $150/couple at the door. Sat., Nov. 9, 7-11 p.m. VISIBLE MUSIC COLLEGE, 200 MADISON (381-3939), MEMPHISCOTTONMUSEUM.ORG.

Howl at the Moon

This fund-raiser for rescue group Streetdog Foundation features food, drinks, live and silent auctions, and live music. $70 ($80/door). Sat., Nov. 9, 6-11 p.m. THE WAREHOUSE, 36 G.E. PATTERSON (526-5747).

Palladio Christmas Open House

The event will benefit Milla’s House, a Baptist Grief Center. Free. Fri., Nov. 8, 10 a.m.-5 p.m., and Sat., Nov. 9, 10 a.m.-5 p.m. PALLADIO GARDEN, 2231 CENTRAL AVENUE, PALLADIOMEMPHIS.COM.

Rock the Runway

The Memphis Alumnae Chapter of Delta Sigma Theta will present a fashion show. Proceeds

support the Maggie McDowell Scholarship Fund. $50 and $75. Fri., Nov. 8, 7-9 p.m.

cheese lovers in an array of styles. $5-$25. Sun., Nov. 10, noon. HI TONE, 412-414 N. CLEVELAND (278-TONE).

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Culinary experience benefiting the Special Olympics of Greater Memphis. Attendees will receive samples from participating chefs. $125. Fri., Nov. 8, 6:30 p.m.

A star-studded lineup of performers take to the stage in celebration. Inductees include Don Bryant, Steve Cropper, Tina Turner, and Charlie Musselwhite. $50-$100. Fri., Nov. 8, 7 p.m.

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Share a slice of cake to celebrate the first birthday of River Garden and River Line, with a “Year in a Day” featuring programs that River Garden has hosted since it opened. Free. Sat., Nov. 9, 3:307:30 p.m. RIVER GARDEN, 51 RIVERSIDE (312-9190).

Storytelling and Music Festival

Performances from storyteller Donald Davis and musicians Tom Schneider and Katie Pollorena. Free. Fri., Nov. 8, 7-9:15 p.m., and Sat., Nov. 9, 7-9:15 p.m. BALMORAL PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH, 6413 QUINCE.

Fall Movie Night: Black Panther

YWCA Greater Memphis: Celebrating a Century of Service YWCA Greater Memphis is celebrating 100 years with an exhibit of vintage photos and reception in the Goodwyn Gallery. Guests are encouraged to wear period clothing — think platform shoes and poodle skirts. There will be food, music, prizes, and possibly an Elvis sighting. No charge. Sat., Nov. 9, 6-8 p.m. BENJAMIN L. HOOKS CENTRAL LIBRARY, 3030 POPLAR (323-2211), MEMPHISYWCA.ORG.

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Gifts of Green at the Garden

Seasonal pop-up shop featuring holiday, hostess, home décor, and membership gifts. Through Dec. 29. MEMPHIS BOTANIC GARDEN, 750 CHERRY (636-4100).

Madonna Learning Center Holiday Market

Annual market with one-ofa-kind items made by trainees in the Adult Program and see other local vendors. Sat., Nov. 9, 9 a.m.-4 p.m. MADONNA LEARNING CENTER, 7007 POPLAR (752-5767).

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Mellotron Variations Concert Film Premiere

Performance of new works and collaborations for the Mellotron by Robby Grant, Jonathan Kirkscey, John Medeski, and Pat Sansone. Fri., Nov. 8, 7:30 p.m. CROSSTOWN THEATER, 1350 CONCOURSE.

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There’s much to look forward to during the holidays. Warm camaraderie to keep the cold outside at bay. Toasts with family, friends, and coworkers to raise the spirits. A seasonal smorgasbord. Of course, no one looks forward to the extra cooking, shopping, and dishes, though. That’s where we come in. For some ideas on how to help get the holiday gathering started (and avoid the extra cooking), read on.

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Mulan offers traditional Chinese and authentic Szechuan cuisine, as well as sushi and hibachi. Mulan provides catering, delivery services, and has a private party room available for special events. Contact us today to start planning your holiday celebrations. • Mulan Asian Bistro East 4698 Spottswood, (609-8680) • Mulan Asian Bistro Midtown 2149 Young, (347-3965) • Mulan Asian Bistro Collierville 2059 Houston Levee, (850-5288) • mulanbistro.net

Pueblo Viejo - Mexican Restaurant & Buffet

3750 Hacks Cross, (751-8896) • puebloviejorestaurantandbuffet.com Let us host your holiday parties and special events. We have karaoke and DJs every Thursday, Friday, and Saturday. We offer catering and event space.

Restaurant Iris / Second Line

Place your Iris order for the holidays — herb-brined chicken, $25 (serves 4); roasted honey duck, $35 (serves 4); and sides, which include fettuccine casserole (no veggies), stuffing with sage, sausage, and apples, sweet potato casserole, green bean casserole, apple cobbler, $20 each (serves 8-10). Book your holiday event for the main room or entire restaurant. Email pgilbert@chefkellyenglish.com for orders or reservations. • Iris, Etc. irisetc.com • Second Line 2144 Monroe, (590-2829) • secondlinememphis.com • Restaurant Iris 2146 Monroe, (590-2828) • restaurantiris.com

Soccer City 901

5560 Shelby Oaks Drive, (240-1415) • soccercity901.com Soccer City 901 has you covered for all your holiday festivities. Play soccer in our indoor and outdoor soccer fields. Enjoy food and drinks throughout our spacious restaurant. Watch your favorite games on our many TVs. Our mission is to provide the No. 1 spot in the city where all communities come together to embrace sports, Latin culture, and quality time with their families and friends. November 7-13, 2019

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The Vault

124 GE Patterson, (591-8000) • vaultmemphis.com Give us a call to plan your holiday party needs. We have an upstairs space available that will hold up to 70 people. We can create a menu for you, or you can choose items off our menu. Happy holidays!

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2119 Young, (278-0034) • youngavenuedeli.com Pick Young Avenue Deli for your holiday parties this season! We have pool tables, games, and great food, and we can accommodate large groups — we will rent out the entire restaurant. Please email tessa@youngavenuedeli.com for details.

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coffee in Memphis in particular. And the community itself is great. We’ll meet for cocktails and just sort of talk about the things we’re doing with coffee, what’s fun, what’s exciting to us — any technical stuff that we’re having problems with, we can reach out and communicate.” Members of the Memphis coffee community seem less competitive and more collaborative and supportive, Billings explains. Billings’ and Bean’s hard work has been paying off, too: Dr. Bean’s is winning awards across the country, including second place in Coffeefest’s best American espresso competition. “We also participate every year in one of the biggest roaster competitions in the country, which is called Golden Bean North America. This year, we came home with 17 medals — three silver and 14 bronze,” he says.

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r. Bean’s Coffee Roasters, which is coowned by Dr. Albert Bean and Charles Billings, imports coffee beans from around the world and “roasts them with care” to ensure an unparalleled coffee-drinking experience. “We have always been looking for a customer-facing location,” Billings says. “When the food hall approached us about the opportunity [to move in], we thought it was the best of both worlds.” As an incubator, Puck Food Hall offers a safe space for culinary minds to show off their creations with very little overhead, as well as a sense of camaraderie among the chefs and creators involved. “I guess it’s like culinary heaven,” Billings says of Puck Food Hall. “It’s sort of like this beautiful melting pot of everything going on in the culinary side of Memphis.” Bean, an E.R. doctor at Methodist University Hospital, had always wanted to start a coffee business. “Where do young doctors spend most of their time when they’re studying? Coffee shops,” Billings explains. “Because they’re going to class for 12, 13, 20 hours a day in hospitals. So [Bean] had always had the idea to it.” Billings and Bean met as neighbors when they were young, and it wasn’t long before the two started to develop Bean’s vision. “We had always talked about wanting to do something together. And then he took a tour of a coffee farm when he was in Panama, and that sort of rekindled that fire for doing coffee,” Billings says. “Three weeks later, he’s at a medical conference in Portland and met the guys from Water Avenue Coffee. They’re sort of coffee royalty and really great people who started to inspire us.” Billings and Bean realized that there was a burgeoning coffee community right here in Memphis and wanted to be part of it. “For the last five years, we’ve been sort of hyper-locally growing and building our coffee community,” Billings says. “Memphis has always had that local feel to it. Now there are six or seven local coffee roasters. “It’s just a really, really big coffee community and a really neat time for

A large part of their success comes from their commitment to sourcing coffee beans from only the most reputable and prestigious farms in the world, including the Elida Estate in Panama. And as head roaster, Billings takes his duties seriously. “We are the stewards of all of those farmers’ hard work, and then it’s my job as a roaster to highlight the best I can of that and then to train the baristas to really tell the story behind the coffee,” he says. Both through their kinship with the local coffee community and by participating in national competitions, Billings says that they’re “always learning, always teaching. “You’re always challenging yourself to do a little bit more and be a little bit better.” Stop by Dr. Bean’s Tuesday through Sunday at 409 S. Main, and be sure to try the Spiced Sweet Potato Latte before it’s gone.

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When most people say a beer is unfiltered, craft beer lovers mean a modicum of cloudiness and say things like “It’s authentic.” Murffbrau was, well … Have you ever had that live kombucha where the label tells you NOT to shake it up because you don’t want to disturb that half an inch of settled, all-natural sludge at the bottom? With this stuff, that’s what I mean by “unfiltered.” You really needed to pour the stuff into a glass slowly, to leave the crud in the bottle. Later you could use the leftover stuff to spackle drywall. While Murffbrau was topfermented, serving it chilled was ill-advised. Frigid is more like it. Cold temperature is an effective hedge against an awful-tasting beer. It doesn’t do anything to the beer as much as it does to your taste buds. Getting the temperature right — that is, to very, very cold — was crucial. This is hard to do in the shower.

In the working adult world, problem drinking is relatively easy to pinpoint. You might be able to hide it, but the mere fact that you are covering up your drinking makes the problem fairly obvious. In the undergraduate world, with its weird schedules and persistent lack of reality, this is trickier. A beer at lunch isn’t much of a red flag, but if you didn’t wake up until 11:30 a.m. … It’s okay to tie one on during the weekend, but if the weekend starts at 3:30 p.m. on Wednesday. … Well, you see the slippery slope. We had a general rule of thumb to tell whether someone was just having a drink or if they were drankin’: If you brought booze into the shower, it was pretty damn clear you were on a mission. The parameters of said mission may have been hazy, but you were on one, dammit! So there I was, standing in the shower, in exactly what I came into the world wearing, with a pewter tankard balanced precariously on the soap dish (I’d been banned from breaking any more glasses in the shower), when in walks someone from down the hall who took one look at the scene and disappeared, only to come back with a Murffbrau of his own. And this story, I realize, is getting weirder in the retelling. Getting back to the point, I stocked one of the old Dr. Pepper machines from the early ’60s with Murffbrau because it was fortifying and I’d told the girls that my pewter mug was stylish and clever. The hitch was that if brewing your own beer in Alabama was illegal, the selling of it must have been more so. But I just couldn’t resist. Because unless you were from California, in those days, craft beer meant homebrew. If you got sick of Miller or Bud, you were on your own. Sure, today’s crafts, made in sterile conditions by people who know what they are doing, are better by every conceivable metric, but there really was something satisfying about owning your beer. Of course, we’d do well to remember the last line of “Everything’s Legal in Alabama”: … “just don’t get caught.”

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probably should have known something was up when the place didn’t have a name on the door. I’d driven in from Tuscaloosa and went to one of those blank, nondescript office buildings that look like they used to be a hotel. According to the Bob Wayne song, “Everything’s Legal in Alabama,” this should have been fine. The truth is, no one ought to rely on outlaw country singers for legal advice. The brew supply shop didn’t have a sign because homebrewing was illegal in the state until 2013. I was in college long before 2013. Murffbrau was an institution, started at the University of Alabama by my brother and — when I inherited the equipment — continued by me. It was flavorful and unfiltered. A little chewy for some, but it tasted like carbonated bourbon and was a mild hallucinogenic.

FILM REVIEW By Chris McCoy

Springtime for Hitler Taika Waititi takes on fascism in the brilliant Jojo Rabbit.

s it just me, or has real life started to seem a lot like The Producers? In Mel Brooks’ classic directorial debut, two Broadway producers set out to bilk investors by coming up with a scheme that would pay off for them, even if they had a flop. So they hire a hopelessly inept playwright, who happens to be a Nazi, to write a musical called Springtime for Hitler. But the play turns out to be so bad it’s good, and the producers are hoisted by their own petard when it actually makes money. They lose by “succeeding.” Likewise, it’s arguable that Donald Trump never really wanted to be president. His campaign was a long-form grift. Once he lost — which, since he was a hopelessly inept candidate, was surely inevitable — he would start his own conservative TV network and get on with his real passion, which is being a jerk on television. But to the surprise of everyone, Trump included, he won — and may yet lose by “succeeding.” The resurgence of racist, nationalist authoritarianism that accompanied Trump’s 2016 campaign has produced a lot of new art in response. Fascists famously hate art: “When I hear the word ‘culture,’ that’s when I reach for my revolver,” goes the famous

quote. That those words came from the pen of Nazi playwright Hanns Johst from a play originally performed for Hitler’s birthday the year he took power is another in the long string of ironies associated with the Nazis. Fascists don’t do self-reflection very well — probably because of what honest self-reflection would reveal. The best way to disarm a fascist leader is to make him look ridiculous. Charlie Chaplin knew that in September 1939, when he started filming The Great Dictator the same month the Nazis kicked off World War II by invading Poland. The Little Tramp’s expert skewering of Hitler is a big part of the DNA of Jojo Rabbit. New Zealand director Taika Waititi brought some much-needed humor to the MCU with the wildly successful Thor: Ragnarok, and if you haven’t seen Hunt for the Wilderpeople and What We Do in the Shadows, you’re missing out on two of the best comedies of the era. Like Chaplin, Waititi’s comedy is all about empathy. The rural weirdos of Wilderpeople and the uptight vampires of Shadows are both quirky outsiders whose misadventures are played for laughs, but the communities of choice they create for themselves where their weirdness can flourish are Waititi’s preferred model for society. It’s natural that

Taika Waititi (left) and Roman Griffin Davis skewer fascism in Waititi’s Jojo Rabbit. the director would take on fascism, where the only communities that matter — race and nationality — are those you can’t choose. Making fun of Nazis by directly portraying Hitler onscreen is making comedy with the difficulty level turned up to maximum. There probably aren’t five people in the whole world who could pull it off in our fraught moment, but Waititi is up to the challenge. His secret weapon is 10-year-old Roman Griffin Davis, who plays Jojo Betzler, a young boy living with his mother Rosie (an absolutely brilliant Scarlett Johansson) in 1945 Berlin. His father disappeared into the war, and his sister died on the home front, so his relationship with his mother is very close. Like most young boys, he is impressed by uniforms and the masculine camaraderie of soldiers, so he is an enthusiastic member of the Hitler Youth — so enthusiastic, in fact, that his imaginary friend is actually Hitler. Like Chaplin, Waititi plays the dictator himself, and it is a hell of a performance. Since this is not actually supposed to be Hitler, but rather a 10-year-old boy’s projection of the

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FILM REVIEW By Chris McCoy Führer, his movements mirror Jojo’s hapless awkwardness. Making the fascist leader an imaginary father figure is a stroke of comedic genius, as it echoes the real psychological dynamics within authoritarian movements. Fascists want to be seen as fearsome warrior types because otherwise they just look like buffoons, and nobody wants to follow a buffoon. Sure enough, the highestranking real-life Nazi in Jojo Rabbit, Captain Klenzendorf (Sam Rockwell) is a drunken, disgraced Wehrmacht officer who ended up commanding a summer camp because of his role in “Operation Screwup.” The road to hate runs through seeing people as abstractions, and the cure for hate is meeting the real people behind the stereotypes. When Jojo, the good German boy, discovers his mother has

been hiding Elsa (Thomasin McKenzie), a Jewish girl, in their attic, he is faced with her undeniable humanity. His attempts to interrogate her to learn the evil secrets of his race enemies only leads him to the inevitable conclusion that she’s not the evil one in this picture. But as he starts to doubt his poorly formed convictions, his imaginary Führer grows more strident. By his final scene, Waititi is not funny anymore. He’s scary and inhumanly angry in the way of the demagogue, forcing young Jojo to finally choose between humanity and barbarity. It is the same choice that we all now face. Jojo Rabbit Opens Friday Studio on the Square

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