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OUR 1604TH ISSUE 11.21.19 Back in April, The Commercial Appeal’s Daniel Connelly broke a story about Criminal Court Judge Jim Lammey’s reposting of numerous racist articles on his Facebook page. The repost that got the most attention was a column called “Stop With the Golems Already” by noted Holocaust denier David Cole. Cole called Muslim immigrants “foreign mud,” went on to denounce Jews for encouraging such immigration, and said they should “get the f--- over the Holocaust.” Other anti-immigrant and racist articles that Lammey reposted were from altright websites, including breitbart.com. He also posted a mugshot of a Hispanic man alongside text that claimed, incorrectly, that immigrants were responsible for more crimes than American citizens. How did we learn all this? It seems Lammey accidentally made his Facebook page public. Oops. OK, Boomer. Compounding the problem is the fact that Lammey is regularly called upon to render judgment on Hispanics and other immigrants in his courtroom. The Tennessee Board of Judicial Conduct looked into the situation and issued a ruling this week that stated: “After a complete and thorough investigation, and under the limited and specific facts of this case, the Board acknowledges that there is no proof that you made any statements that were anti-Semitic, racist, or anti-immigration. … However, during the investigation it appears that some of your Facebook posts were partisan in nature, which is a clear violation of the Code of Judicial Conduct.” In legal terms, this is called a slap on the wrist with a wet piece of linguini. And it’s appalling, frankly. But Lammey’s actions pale in comparison to what was discovered about presidential advisor Stephen Miller this week. A cache of 900 emails between Miller and a former breitbart.com staffer (who had a change of heart about her racist views) was released to the Southern Poverty Law Center. Simply put, the emails revealed Miller to be an unStephen abashed white supremacist. In the emails, which were Miller sent in 2015 and 2016 when Miller worked as an aide for former Alabama Senator Jefferson Beauregard Sessions, he persistently urged Breitbart to publish anti-immigrant and white supremacist propaganda, pushing specific authors, articles, and racist screeds from alt-right websites. Miller often referenced a Calvin Coolidge-era policy that lowered immigration numbers by using discriminatory eugenics-based quotas aimed at Italians, Poles, and other Eastern Europeans, who at the time were considered nonwhite and inferior. Miller also sharply criticized the removal of Confederate monuments and flags after alt-right killer Dylann Roof murdered nine people in a South Carolina church. What a great guy. In 2016, Sessions came to the White House as Trump’s attorney general, and for two years led the enaction of the administration’s immigration “reform” policies, which famously included a Muslim ban, a horrific (and ongoing) family separation policy at the Southern border, the mythical border wall with Mexico, restrictions on “sanctuary cities,” and other measures designed to reduce immigration from “brown” countries. After Trump fired Sessions, his aide de Mein Kampf, Miller, took over and continued the administration’s assault on immigration — legal and otherwise — including such measures as deporting undocumented veterans of our armed services, doubling the cost to complete the process for obtaining citizenship, and petitioning the Supreme Court to reject the DACA program for undocumented immigrants who were brought into the U.S. as children. When the news broke about Miller’s emails, 75 congressmembers called for his resignation. The White House responded by saying the attacks on Miller were “antiSemitic,” which, while unsurprising, takes a particular kind of gall. N E WS & O P I N I O N Miller is unfit to hold public office. THE FLY-BY - 4 Every day he stays in the White House NY TIMES CROSSWORD - 5 is a stain on this presidency. But in POLITICS - 8 a world where most Americans are COVER STORY suffering from “scandal fatigue” and “LA LUCHA LIBRE” BY MICHAEL DONAHUE - 10 an ongoing impeachment process WE RECOMMEND - 14 that’s dominating the news cycle day MUSIC - 16 after day, Trump’s in-house Nazi may AFTER DARK - 18 get a pass. CALENDAR - 21 Miller’s racist emails are the kind of SPORTS - 30 CANNABEAT - 31 thing that would, and should, get you FOOD NEWS - 32 fired from pretty much any job you can BREWS - 33 think of — except maybe a Criminal TELEVISION - 34 Court judgeship in Memphis. C L AS S I F I E D S - 3 6 Bruce VanWyngarden LAST WORD - 39 brucev@memphisflyer.com

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Cops, Trump’s ‘Guardian,’ & Dreamers City denied change on decree, a gun violence initiative, and DACA goes to court.

S N O WAY Snow surprised many in Memphis last week. One University of Memphis student asked school president David Rudd to call off classes. He responded with a classic Rudd tweet.

D EC R E E DEFENDED Last week, U.S. District Judge Jon McCalla denied the city’s request to modify the 1978 consent decree prohibiting police surveillance by the Memphis Police Department (MPD). The city argued that the decree “unduly burdens legitimate investigative activities” and hinders MPD from working with other law enforcement agencies like the Joint Terrorism Task Force, the Tennessee Fusion Center, the MultiAgency Gang Unit, and CrimeStoppers. It also Clockwise from top left: police consent decree, charter review, prevents sharing and William Barr in Memphis, Memphis Dreamers at U.S. Supreme Court receiving intelligence with federal agencies and the Shelby County Sheriff ’s Department, the city said. Guardian expands and strengthens partnerships between McCalla denied the city’s motion, writing that modifying federal, state, and local law enforcement agencies. But the the decree in that way would “eviscerate the core goals of gun-violence-reduction group Brady said the plan makes the Kendrick consent decree.” A change could come after a “no serious effort to address the supply of guns and how “thorough review of evidence,” McCalla said. That process is they fall into the hands of individuals who have proven slated to get underway in January. themselves a danger to themselves or to others.”

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N EW S ITE, I N S I G HTS A new site launched last week by the Community Foundation of Greater Memphis (CFGM), livegivemidsouth.com, is designed to help donors easily find the issues they care about and then find what organization they could fund to help fight for it. The site will also help nonprofits use data to measure success and to write better grant proposals. “We’ve always said that people respond when they understand what the problems are,” said CFGM president Bob Fockler. “To the extent that the problems are informed by data and the better access people have to the data, the more willing they are to step up and get involved.”

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‘TO OTH LES S’ G UAR D IAN The Trump adminstration’s new gun-violence-reduction initiative announced here last week is “toothless,” according to a gun-violence-reduction advocacy group. U.S. Attorney General William P. Barr used Memphis as his backdrop to launch Project Guardian. Memphis earned the announcement, it seemed, as Barr described the city’s gun violence levels as stubborn, more than five times higher than the national average.

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D R EAM I N G O N Yuritza Sanchez, a 20-year-old student from Memphis, was one of the Dreamers — a recipient of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program — who rallied outside the U.S. Supreme Court last week when it began hearing arguments in the case that will decide the program’s fate. “Having DACA has meant the world to me because I can accomplish my dreams, have a good job with benefits, and finally get my driver’s license, which was big for my family,” Sanchez said. “As the first person who could drive without fear of deportation, it’s made our whole family a little bit safer.” C HARTE R R EVI EW Ranked Choice Tennessee began an effort last week that may launch a review of the city’s charter. An official with the group said, “We might have the best, up-to-date charter in the world, but if we don’t, the people of Memphis should have the right to know what could be changed.” Proposed charter amendments could be on a ballot here by 2022. Visit the News Blog at memphisflyer.com for fuller versions of these stories and more local news.

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Former Playhouse employee says she was fired after being subjected to a “hostile work environment.” The curtain is about to rise on another act in the legal drama surrounding Playhouse on the Square (POTS) during the heyday of its since-retired founder and executive producer, Jackie Nichols. Leanna Keyes, a former production manager at POTS, filed suit in federal court, charging the company with “retaliatory” termination of her services following her role in addressing “allegations of sexual assault” against Nichols. Amid accusations by several women of past sexual improprieties, Nichols took a voluntary leave of absence in January 2018 and resigned in March. The resignation came after an investigation by the law firm of Burch, Porter & Johnson. The investigation, whose results were never made public, was requested by the executive board of POTS. The Playhouse, under its assumed name of Circuit Playhouse, Inc., is defendant in the current suit by Keyes, who asserts that she was dismissed after “a perfunctory review because she did not fit in the ‘family culture’ of the theater company, which ‘family culture’ was to tolerate unlawful employment practices and protect predatory sexual assaults.” Keyes seeks relief of $750,000, litigation costs, attorneys’ fees, and more. In her first month of employment after being hired by the Playhouse in November 2017, Keyes was “touched inappropriately by a senior staff member,” the suit says, and was “warned … of Jackie Nichols’ predatory behavior and told … specifically not to be

alone with him.” Later, she learned of specific public accusations of sexual improprieties against Nichols. Along with “another newly hired staff member, Mr. William GibbonsBrown, undertook an informal investigation with [POTS] interns and staff.” Keyes would later prepare a series of demands and goals pertaining to the work environment at POTS and present them to the Playhouse board on behalf of some 30 interns and staff members. Subsequently, according to the suit, “Whitney Jo and Mike Detroit called an all-staff meeting where they announced that Jackie Nichols had taken a voluntary leave of absence and advised all staff members of the Handbook’s prohibition on any discussion of Playhouse business.” Though she was never subject to negative evaluations or disciplinary action, the suit alleges that Keyes “noticed that Mike Detroit and Whitney Jo began ignoring and marginalizing her within the workplace.” Later, Keyes was given a “perfunctory”

The suit against Playhouse follows sexual abuse allegations that surfaced last year.

review and was told “that she did not fit in the ‘family culture’ of POTS and was presented with her termination letter.” Keyes went on to file a charge of discrimination with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) on February 27, 2018, and was issued a “right to sue letter” by the EEOC. Her suit alleges that “as a result of Defendant’s conduct in terminating Ms. Keyes’ employment, Ms. Keyes has suffered — and will continue to suffer — lost income, lost fringe benefits, damage to her reputation, humiliation, loss of economic advantage and has incurred expenses in searching for replacement employment.” One count of the suit alleges that Keyes was subjected to a “hostile work environment.” A second count attests to an “unlawful retaliatory discharge.” Keyes is represented in her action by Bruce Kramer, Jake Brown, and Melody Dernocoeur of the Apperson Crump legal firm.

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approved by the state. Wright plans to present the petition to the SCS board in January. In the meantime, she is looking for SCS students who have taken the cosmetology classes to speak about their experiences. Wright hopes her effort will also help break down the stereotypes surrounding natural African-American hair, as well as start conversations on policies around natural hair in the workplace. In July, Tennessee Representative Antonio Parkinson (D-Memphis) introduced the Tennessee Creating a Respectful and Open World for Natural Hair (CROWN) Act to address natural hair in the workplace. Like similar bills passed in California and New York, the legislation would prohibit workplace policies that discourage certain hairstyles. Having been discriminated against because of his hair in the past, Parkinson said this issue is “near and dear to [his] heart.” As a lieutenant in the Shelby County Fire Department, Parkinson said he nearly lost his job because of his dreadlocks. “I myself have been a victim of discrimination in the workplace for wearing dreads,” Parkinson said. “My job was threatened. Disciplinary action was threatened. And at the time there was no policy against wearing certain hairstyles.” Parkinson was written up for his hairstyle of choice and, as a result, eventually cut his dreadlocks. “A lot of people don’t understand African-American hair,” Parkinson said. “People have one idea of what beauty is and what the standard should be. And in a lot of cases, the standard is European. African Americans are born with a certain type of hair, and there should be no discrimination whatsoever.”

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A former Shelby County Schools (SCS) student started a petition last month asking that ethnic hair be a part of the elective cosmetology courses at SCS high schools. Jazmyne Wright, a freshman at the University of Memphis studying political science and African-American studies, started the petition on change.org to address the lack of inclusion of lessons on natural, African-American hair in the courses. “I think ethnic hair should be just as much a default in cosmetology as any other hair texture or origin,” the petition reads in part. “Black students should be able to learn about their community’s hair and even how to take care of their own hair. The cosmetology course of Shelby County Schools is not diverse or inclusive of ethnic hair.” As a junior at Germantown High School, Wright took one cosmetology course for half of a semester before realizing the course would not include instruction on ethnic hair and dropping the class. “The fees for the class were $170,” Wright said. “It came with two mannequin heads. I was under the impression that one would be European and the other African-American. They were both European.” Wright said this “perpetuates the normalization of only one type of hair.” An SCS spokesperson said that the curriculum for the four-course cosmetology program currently offered in 14 of its high schools is created by the Tennessee State Board of Education as a part of its College, Career, and Technical Education (CCTE) program. The spokesperson added that SCS only offers CCTE programs

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Lawyer John Marek, a candidate for Memphis City Council in the recent city election, the Shelby County Democratic Party, and the Young Democrats of Shelby County all joined on a request for an injunction against circulation of the ballots. Acree wound up hearing the case when all local judges, most of whom had previously patronized such ballots, recused themselves. With three hours to go before the polls closed on election day, October 3rd, the judge issued a temporary restraining order against further circulation of the ballots and scheduled a follow-up hearing for last Wednesday, November 13th, to consider a permanent ruling on the matter. Judge Acree’s heart attack was not the only event to intervene against that schedule. Defendant AlexandriaWilliams, as was his right, filed a notice of removal of the case from state to federal jurisdiction. For his part, Grant has of yet not made a decision to join in the notice of removal. The case now rests in the hands of U.S. District Judge Sheryl Lipman, who has not yet ruled on whether she intends to keep the case or remand it back to state court. Nor have the attorneys for the plaintiffs — Bruce Kramer, Jake Brown, and Melody Dernocoeur at Apperson Crump — decided on whether to seek the remand

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So what’s the status of the “bogus ballot” question, which was due to be given a postelection judicial hearing last week? “On hold” is the answer. Several factors have intervened to postpone a final reckoning about the legality of sample ballots circulated at election time by entrepreneurs on behalf of candidates willing to pay potentially thousands of dollars to have themselves “endorsed” by shell organizations. One factor was a heart attack suffered by retired Circuit Court Judge William B. Acree of Jackson, who was imported before the election to rule on the propriety of “pay-for-play” ballots circulated by organizations calling themselves the “Greater Memphis Democratic Club” and the “Shelby County Democratic Club,” respectively. The former is operated by Greg Grant, the latter by M. Latroy Alexandria-Williams. Neither organization has an actual connection to any official organ of the Democratic party, and both “endorsed” candidates with demonstrable Republican connections in sample ballots mailed and handed out to prospective voters.

Democrat Edmund Ford Jr. (left) and Republican Amber Mills (right) co-sponsored County Commission resolutions providing $80,000 to the County Health Department for testing children for alleged exposure to lead in water sources at Shelby County Schools and adding to the Commission’s legislative agenda an official notice of the issue to the General Assembly and Governor Bill Lee. The Commission approved both resolutions unanimously.

POLITICS themselves. A goal of the attorneys, incidentally, in whatever is the final court of record, is a ruling of “unjust enrichment,” whereby the ballot entrepreneurs would be required to forfeit the profits they made from the sale of their endorsements. • The 2019 Memphis city election may have come to a finish with the conclusion of last Thursday’s runoff elections for two city council positions in District 1 and District 7, won by Rhonda Logan and Michalyn EasterThomas, respectively. But 2020, which will be chock-full of elections, is just two flips of the calendar away, and one of the races sure to draw much attention will be that for the position of General Sessions Court clerk, which will be vacated by current longtime clerk Ed Stanton Jr. (father of former U.S. Attorney Ed Stanton III). Three of the known contenders for the clerkship are, like Stanton, Democrats and well known to followers of local politics. The first name in the hat was that of Shelby County Commissioner Eddie Jones, who filed two weeks ago. At about the same time, Commissioner Reginald Milton began informing people of his interest in the race. The two commissioners were just joined on the ballot by former longtime state Senator John Ford, who filed for the race on Monday. Yes, that John Ford, the controversial member of the Ford political clan who ran afoul of the FBI’s Tennessee Waltz sting in 2005, was convicted of bribery, and served a term in state prison. Ford formerly served a term as General Sessions clerk, simultaneous with holding his Senate seat. Having long since regained his citizenship

rights, Ford aims to re-establish himself as a public official. Despite his notoriety, he was regarded as someone with an in-depth knowledge of the ins and outs of state government and as a go-to legislator for mental health and various other public issues. Milton, a community organizer and chairman of the commission’s community grants committee, which he brought into being, was a veteran of several political races before his 2014 election to the commission and his 2018 re-election. He greeted the news of Ford’s filing by saying, “I’ve never run an easy race. I’m used to it.” Confiding that he would make a formal announcement next week, Milton said, “I appreciate those willing to offer themselves for public office, and I look forward to sharing with the public why I feel I would be best suited for this position.” • As was noted in this space recently, state Representative Jim Coley (R-District 97) has decided to retire and won’t seek re-election in 2020. So far, two Democrats have made known their interest in seeking the seat — Allan Creasy, who got 45 percent of the vote in District 97 in a race against Coley last year, and Gabby Salinas, who gave Republican State Senator Brian Kelsey a close race in his 2018 re-election bid. Republicans will try to hold on to the seat, of course, and there is an active GOP candidate in the field — John Gillespie, who works as a grant coordinator at Trezevant Episcopal Home and is making his first try for political office. Gillespie issued a press release this week claiming receipts of $47,000 at a recent East Memphis fundraiser — not a bad first-time haul.

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hen he’s not stitching up car seats at Reyes Customs, Enrique Reyes is busy stitching up colorful lucha libre Mexican wrestler masks. Reyes, 39, also puts together la lucha libre matches in Memphis. Lucha libre, which means “free fight,” is the Mexican version of professional wrestling. “It started back in the 1930s,” Reyes says. “The difference is all the Spanish wrestlers use masks, like back in the days of the Aztecs, who also wore masks.” The Mexican wrestling technique is different from American professional wrestling, Reyes says. “The Mexican wrestlers, they fly a lot. They don’t do like the American wrestlers. They do a lot of high-flying air moves.” During a recent lucha libre event in Hickory Ridge Mall, enthralled members

of the audience munched snack bar chicharrones between cheers, as masked wrestlers did back flips off the ropes and front flips off the mat. The obvious favorite was bare-chested Blue Angel, who wore blue tights and a blue mask with wings made by Reyes. Asked what draws people to lucha libre, the Dallas-based Blue Angel, 30, says, “I believe it’s the pace. The flexibility of the match. The match can be either comedic — jokes and laughs — or it can be fast-paced and serious, very acrobatic. It’s always fun to watch.” Blue Angel says he has a “very traditional style. I’ve incorporated some of the new-school with strong styles — little flips here, a little flip there — but I always keep it very basic old-school: a little ground work, a little air, a little bit of everything, just to keep it interesting.” Blue Angel’s father wrestled in Mexico. “He came to the United States and started wrestling under ‘Blue Angel.’ So I grew up going and watching him wrestle with other great wrestlers. I’ve gotten to train with each one of them. And taking the good out of each one just by watching

them and practicing with them in my father’s gym. I’ve been on the ring since I was 3 years old. And I think that’s one of the advantages that I have. That really helps me draw the crowd when I wrestle.” His mask was one of several Reyes has made for him. “I started off with one of the local mask-makers down in Texas. The first time I came out to Memphis, Reyes took a liking to my mask. Then he designed a better mask, added a little of his style to it, and this is the result.” Blue Angel says he likes the stitching in a Reyes mask. “It fits really well. It hugs my chin really tight. It’s a very clean, wellmade mask.”

eyes’ office and workshop at Reyes Customs — where his work ranges from window tinting to making car upholstery — is a shrine to lucha libre. About 100 masks line shelves on all four walls. Some are masks Reyes has made himself, and others are masks he has collected or been given. Reyes’ interest in Mexican wrestling continued on page 12

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continued from page 11 began when he was a child in Mexico City, watching lucha libre matches on Saturday morning TV. “The real heroes in those days — you’re talking about El Santo, Blue Demon, Rayo de Jalisco,” he says. He bought comic books based on his wrestling heroes, but he couldn’t afford to go to live matches, which were a couple of hours from his home. “We didn’t have that type of money to go all the way to watch those types of shows,” Reyes says. His interest in lucha libre was rekindled when he began going to American wrestling matches after he moved to Memphis in 2001. “When I saw this, I said, ‘Damn. I need to start doing something.’ That was my dream when I was a kid — meet one of the big wrestlers like the Mexican luchadores.” Tattoo, an American wrestler/ promoter, helped Reyes get into wrestling promotion, but Atlantis, “one of the legends from Mexico,” was the first luchador Reyes contacted. “I found him on Facebook,” he says. When Reyes told the wrestler he wanted to start doing some lucha libre shows, Atlantis said he’d come to Memphis to wrestle, but Reyes would have to pay for his flight and hotel room. It cost more than $1,500 to bring Atlantis to Memphis, but he told Reyes, ‘‘You’ll make your money back.” He almost did. Reyes held his first lucha libre event — a match between Atlantis and Tattoo — in November 2013 at Porter Junior High School. Atlantis was the victor at the event, which drew around 300 people. “I didn’t make money,” Reyes says, “but I didn’t lose money.” His next match, held in May 2015, featured “little people” wrestlers from Mexico, as well as wrestlers from around the country, including Memphis wrestlers Precious and American Gladiator. Reyes, who spent around $4,000 for his professional wrestling ring, now presents his Memphis Lucha Libre Wrestling (MLLW) events once or twice a year at 3766 Ridgeway Road next to El Mercadito, a Mexican grocery store. “A lot of people show up to my shows because this is a family show. The kids,

they love it. The adults, they already know who it is because they watched it when they were kids.” He also brings in women lucha libre wrestlers, including Lady Shani, who gave Reyes one of her complete outfits. Memphis American-style wrestler Dustin Starr has participated in most of Reyes’ events. Starr and his wife, Maria, co-host Championship Wrestling Presented by Pro Shingle at noon on Saturdays on CW30. Starr enjoys the Mexican style. “It’s different. Faster paced,” he says. “You see a lot of unique offensive and defensive maneuvers. It’s very colorful, especially the masks and the outfits. Those are always over-the-top and elaborate.” Starr wrestles luchadores when he participates in Reyes’ lucha libre events. The Mexican wrestler usually is the victor, Starr says. “Whatever we do, people boo us like crazy. It’s an interactive crowd. They want to see the luchadores kick our butts. We’ve tagged up a couple of times, but most of the time, I’m the bad guy who wrestles with the good guy luchadores. “Let me tell you,” he adds, “they can hit you whether you’re in the ring or out of the ring. You never know where they’re going to come from. Literally, nowhere is safe. If you’re in the ring, they’ll dive on top of you. If you’re out of the ring, they’ll dive on top of you. You’re not safe anywhere with those guys. They’re daredevils.”

eyes began making masks after he asked Atlantis if he could buy his mask during his first MLLW event. “I said, ‘How much do you want for your mask?’ He says, ‘$300.’” The professional masks Atlantis wore sell for hundreds of dollars, but he also wore semi-professional masks. He sold Reyes one of the semi-professional ones for $50. “When I saw the masks, I thought, ‘I can make these,’” says Reyes. The first mask Reyes made was called the Rey Mysterio Mask, in honor of the wrestler of the same name. Reyes even got Mysterio to sign it for him. Reyes then began getting requests for masks from other wrestlers. He told Hijo de Fishman, son of the

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one. You’re talking about another $30, $40 on material. That’s a lot of time and money. That’s why the wrestlers go to Mexico. Because in Mexico they pay like $40, $50 for the full mask.” Reyes makes masks when he needs a break during his work day. “When I’m stressed, got a lot of things on my mind, I say, ‘Let me do one of these masks.’ Basically, that’s what I do for a hobby.” He has also made complete outfits for wrestlers, including Starr, who says he “felt like a kid in a candy shop” the first time he saw the masks lining the walls in Reyes’ office. “The quality of work, all the colors, the designs he makes, they all look really, really good,” Starr says. “So, he exclusively makes my gear now. He’ll do my kick pads, knee pads, jackets, shorts. He puts the designs on, the whole nine yards. And they look great.” Asked what his mask would look like if he was a Mexican wrestler, Reyes says, “Maybe some Aztec warrior or something like that.” Reyes’ passion for lucha libre has rubbed off on his 17-year-old son, Luis, who wants to be a wrestler. “He practices because we have a ring at my house,” says Reyes. There’s probably a nice mask or two in his future.

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legendary luchador Fishman, who died in 2017, that he’d make a mask for him. “He says, ‘How much will you charge me?’ I said, ‘Nothing. I’ll make one, and you can use it.’ He gave me one of his masks to get the pattern, and I did the mask.” Reyes says the vinyl green-and-yellow mask he made for Hijo de Fishman is his favorite. It includes gold lamé, which he attached to the mask with shoe glue and fancy stitches made with his sewing machine. Every mask means something, Reyes says. Hijo de Fishman was “supposed to look like a fish,” which is why Reyes used green and yellow. A mask featuring a dragon on top was a copy of one worn by El Ultimo Dragon. A pink and purple-ish mask covered with numerals is a copy of one that belongs to a wrestler named El Matematico. Reyes has made about 30 masks, which he either keeps or sells to mask collectors for about $150. Many of the masks in his collection are ones he bought from luchadores, including Huracan Ramirez and Aguila Solitaria. Reyes says he doesn’t want to open a mask business because it’s not costefficient. “I take maybe 10 hours to make

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Memphis College of Art hosts its 69th and final Holiday Bazaar this Saturday, offering an eclectic mix of handmade goods for sale by more than 120 local artists. Wares produced by these artists will encompass a large selection of gift ideas for loved ones, with everything from handmade jewelry, textiles, pottery and ceramics to paintings, prints, photography, mixed-media pieces, ornaments, metalwork, and woodwork. “Most of the proceeds will go directly to the artists, and that’s a great way for us to help the local arts community,” says Olivia Wall, coordinator of external engagement. “And a small portion will go toward the school’s budget to teach our current students.” The Holiday Bazaar tradition began in 1949 under the guidance of Edwin “Ted” Rust, director of what was then called Memphis Academy of Arts. The event took off and became a staple of the school’s holiday celebrations. And by 1957, the eighth annual Bazaar grew substantially enough to help fund the school’s move from its campus at the James Lee House on Adams Avenue into its current building, aptly called Rust Hall, at Overton Park. Sadly, Memphis College of Art calls an end to the time-honored tradition this year as the school’s days conclude in May 2020. “Like a lot of events we’re doing this year, they’re a little bit bittersweet in that they are our last one,” says Wall. “But we’re also very proud that we are able to continue the traditions that have been with the college for a number of years. We feel that it really adds and continues that Memphis College of Art community spirit, both for our current students and faculty, as well as the greater community we serve.”

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Graceland Lighting Ceremony Graceland, 3734 Elvis Presley, 6 p.m. Kick off the holidays at Graceland with the illumination of the mansion’s holiday lights. Country music star Chase Bryant performs, and cast members of Christmas at Graceland: Home for the Holidays join for the celebration. A premiere screening of the movie (ticketed) takes place after the ceremony, which is free to attend.

Holiday Market Boxlot, 607 Monroe, 4-8 p.m. Holiday market featuring retailers Kickspins and Majik+Co, plus local makers, live music, and Central BBQ and Mama Pugs food trucks on site. Also on Saturday, beginning at 4 p.m., with tree lighting at 5 p.m.

Whose Live Anyway? Minglewood Hall, 1555 Madison, 8 p.m., $35-$55 Current cast members of the Emmy-nominated TV show Whose Line Is It Anyway? present an improv show.

Opening Receptions Crosstown Arts, 1350 Concourse, Suite 280, 6-8 p.m. Three exhibition openings: “Color Schemes: The Value of Intensity,” featuring work by 32 artists, in the west gallery; “Asiko: Moments,” work by resident artist Olaniyi R. Akindiya Akirash, in the east gallery; and “Ezra Johnson: Selected Animations” in the screening room.

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Holiday Spirits Cocktail Festival Overton Square, 2101 Madison, 6-9 p.m., $34 Hosted by the Memphis Flyer in support of Memphis Farmers Market. Ticket includes 12 samplesized holiday-inspired cocktails, photos with Santa, access to crafter gift market, and more festive fun. Food and full-sized drinks will be available for purchase. Moonshine Ball Graceland Exhibition Center, 3734 Elvis Presley, 6:30 p.m., $150/ticket Celebrating the moon landing, benefiting Rock ‘n’ Soul Museum. Featuring Rev. Al Green & Full Gospel Tabernacle Choir, Wendy Moten, and more. Call 527-5683.

Fab Friday Laser Light Show Pink Palace, 3050 Central, 7-10 p.m., $9 Three spectacular laser light shows in the AutoZone Dome at the Sharpe Planetarium, featuring electro-pop (hits from the 2010s) at 7 p.m., Metallica at 8 p.m., and crowd favorite Pink Floyd: Dark Side of the Moon at 9 p.m. A sensory explosion you don’t want to miss. Shine on, you crazy diamond! Snatch Game! Dru’s Place, 1474 Madison, 9 p.m.-3 a.m., $5 Drag queen Snatch Game challenge à la RuPaul’s Drag Race, featuring song, dance, and improv comedy. 21 and up event.

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This year marks the bicentennial of not only our city, but of Shelby County, as well. And, to commemorate the occasion, Memphis in May (MIM) hosts Celebrate Shelby at Shelby Farms this Sunday. “We wanted to take it up to Shelby Farms since that’s kind of the jewel of Shelby County,” says Robert Griffin, vice president of marketing for MIM. “We wanted to be able to have it centrally located for all the municipalities, whether it’s Collierville, Germantown, Millington, Bartlett, Arlington, Lakeland, and of course, Memphis — right in the heart of it.” Local musicians Marcella & Her Lovers, Kevin and Bethany Paige, and Savannah Brister will perform. “Shelby County has got a lot of local talent, and this gives us an opportunity to highlight that,” Griffin says. Children and adults will remain occupied with a cornucopia of activities like cornhole, rock climbing, face painting, fireworks, free birthday cake, and Touch-a-Truck. “The different municipalities will be bringing emergency vehicles, like fire trucks, police cars, and ambulances,” says Griffin. “Kids and adults alike will enjoy this, because, let’s be honest — adults would probably like to check out some of the equipment the local first responders are using.” Attendees will receive passports to be stamped at each of the seven municipalities’ tents, where pieces of history will be displayed. “Lakeland used to be an amusement park,” says Griffin. “Someone in the community found one of the cars from one of the amusement park rides, and it’s going to be on display in the Lakeland center.” Ultimately, Griffin says it’s important to go celebrate. “I mean, the bicentennial only comes around once every 200 years,” he says. CELEBRATE SHELBY, SHELBY FARMS PARK, SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 24TH, 1-5:30 P.M., FREE.

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SATURDAY November 23 Brooks Museum Holiday Pop-Up Shop Brooks Museum, 1934 Poplar, noon-5 p.m. In coordination with the final Memphis College of Art Holiday Bazaar, market features artisan gift items from regional artists and designers. Shop while supporting the local arts community. Taste & Tea My Cup of Tea, 3028 Carnes, 6-9 p.m., $60 Culinary experience with Esther Elizabeth of Make It Taste Good, featuring live jazz, food, and cocktails. Benefits My Cup of Tea, a nonprofit serving women in crisis in Orange Mound.

Mystery Science Theater 3000 Live The Orpheum Theatre, 203 S. Main, 7:30 p.m., $32.50 and up Joel Hodgson and movie-riffing robots take you on a hilarious ride, filled with jokes, sketches, and songs, through some of the cheesiest films ever made. The Three Bs! Cannon Center for the Performing Arts, 255 N. Main, 7:30 p.m., $15-$90 Benjamin Beilman, one of the world’s top violinists, joins Memphis Symphony Orchestra for a journey through the music of Bach, Beethoven, and Brahms. Also a performance at GPAC on Sunday, November 24th, at 2:30 p.m.

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irk Whalum is a native Memphian, and, although he’s lived around the world and traveled widely as a star saxophonist, he’s living back in his hometown these days, and he’s a primary force in helping reinvent Memphis as a true city of the world. Nowhere is that more apparent than on his latest release, Humanité (Artistry Music), and the accompanying film, Humanité: The Beloved Community. The new album is a truly global effort. It exudes a sort of international cosmopolitan spirit that could sound at home on radios from Jakarta to New York, evoking a sense of connectedness with the wider world, as experienced through the struggles of its least powerful citizens. Precisely because of its global vision, it may be his most personal record to date. Memphis Flyer: How would you describe the sound of your new record? I see it’s been produced using artists and studios all over the world. Kirk Whalum: It’s definitely groovin’. That was one of the objectives. The narrative might lead you to believe it was kind of world music. But it’s only world music in the sense that there is really a world platform behind the idea of it. But sonically, it’s definitely pop, in the sense that it’s danceable and, you know, groovy. How did this album come to be? It started with this recurring scenario where I was encountering these artists, whether emerging or established, in some faraway lands. And I came to this point where I was looking at turning 60, and I was like, “Geez, wait a minute. That happened way too fast.” And that really sobered me. I said, “All right, dude, what are you gonna be doing? What you intended to do right now, are you doing it?” And the answer was no. You know, I consider myself kind of a global citizen, but I just didn’t feel like I was living that. So I was like, “Man, I’m gonna be all about it.” That’s when this project kind of coagulated, and I was off to the airport. I didn’t wait for a record company. I just started going. And I

told my friend John Hanon, an awardwinning filmmaker, about the project, and he said, “Well, let’s go. We’ll deal with the business later, but let’s get this done.” And sure enough, he made an amazing documentary, Humanité: The Beloved Community. The things that you and I do to help facilitate a global perspective are more important than ever. I would be remiss to not mention this reactionary space we’re in as a country, and in our world right now. We need all the help we can get to just keep each other reminded. Are there any of these songs in particular that address that need for global awareness? I would point out two: “Now I Know” and “Kwetu.” “Now I Know” features the No. 1 artist in South Africa, Zahara. She lives in Johannesburg, and yet her story is about being from a little village out in the bush. The main thing you get in English is, “Now I know who you are,” and for me that would be God and Christ. “I’ll never be afraid again. Now I know who I am, I’m never letting go of love.”

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And the other song, “Kwetu,” features the children of a neighborhood in Nairobi called Korogocho — and by the way, there’s another song called “Korogocho” — but on “Kwetu,” these kids are playing their instruments. And they live next to the city dump. When they burn all that refuse, the toxic smoke wafts over to their little school. But this little ray of hope is their music program, called Ghetto Classics. To have them in the studio was just precious, man. Those two songs really get to the heart of what the music’s about. You’ll feel a little more in touch with the global reality we’re in, in a positive way. Hear Kirk Whalum with his regular concert series, Kafé Kirk at Crosstown Theater, with special guest Wendy Moten, Sunday, December 1st, 6 p.m.

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Big Don Valentine’s Three Piece Chicken and a Biscuit Blues Band Thursdays, Tuesdays, 8 p.m.-midnight; Delta Project Fridays, Saturdays, 8 p.m.midnight.

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Tin Roof 315 BEALE

Nick Wayne Thursday, Nov. 21, 7:30 p.m.; Alex Butler Band Thursday, Nov. 21, 10 p.m.; SemiAverage Joe Friday, Nov. 22, 6 p.m.; Wayne Harper Band Nov. 22-23, 10 p.m.; Rodelle McCord Saturday, Nov. 23, 6 p.m. and Wednesday, Nov. 27, 8 p.m.

182 BEALE 528-0150

Belle Tavern 117 BARBORO ALLEY 249-6580

Rum Boogie Cafe Blues Hall

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

King’s Palace Cafe Patio Sonny Mack MondaysFridays, 2-6 p.m.; Cowboy Neil Mondays, Tuesdays, Thursdays, 7 p.m.-midnight and Saturdays, Sundays, 2-6 p.m.; Fuzzy Wednesdays, Fridays, 7 p.m.-midnight; Baunie and Soul Sundays, 7 p.m.-midnight.

Vince Johnson and the Plantation Allstars Saturdays, 4:30-8:30 p.m. and Thursdays, 8 p.m.-midnight; Memphis Blues Masters Mondays, Tuesdays, 8 p.m.-midnight and Fridays, 4-8 p.m.; Tony Holiday Nov. 22-23, 8 p.m.-midnight; Cowboy Neil Band Sundays, 8 p.m.-midnight; Soul Street Mojo Wednesdays, 8 p.m.-1 a.m.

Silky O’Sullivan’s 183 BEALE 522-9596

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

Cannon Center for the Performing Arts MEMPHIS COOK CONVENTION CENTER, 255 N. MAIN 525-1515

The Three Bs: Bach, Beethoven, and Brahms Saturday, Nov. 23, 7:30 p.m.

Flying Saucer Draught Emporium 130 PEABODY PLACE 523-8536

Eric Hughes Band Wednesdays, Thursdays, 7-11 p.m. and; Memphis Blues Masters Sundays, 7-11 p.m.; Vince Johnson and the Plantation Allstars Mondays, Tuesdays, 7-11 p.m.

182 BEALE 528-0150

162 BEALE 521-1851

King’s Palace Cafe Tap Room

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

Rumba Room 303 S. MAIN 523-0020

Salsa Night Saturdays, 8:30 p.m.-3 a.m.

The Silly Goose 100 PEABODY PLACE 435-6915

DJ Cody Fridays, Saturdays, 10 p.m.

The Vault 124 GE PATTERSON

Alexis Taylor Friday, Nov. 22, 8:30 p.m.; Chris Johnson Saturday, Nov. 23, 9 p.m.

The Halloran Centre

The Rusty Pieces Sundays, 6:30-9 p.m.

Southern Avenue Saturday, Nov. 23, 7:30 p.m.

225 S. MAIN 525-3000

Medical Center

Blind Bear Speakeasy

Huey’s Downtown

670 JEFFERSON

119 S. MAIN, PEMBROKE SQUARE 417-8435

77 S. SECOND 527-2700

Live Music Thursdays-Saturdays, 10 p.m.

The Heart Memphis Band Sunday, Nov. 24, 8:30 p.m.midnight.

Brass Door Irish Pub

Mesquite Chop House

152 MADISON 572-1813

88 UNION

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

John Shaw Saturdays, 7-10 p.m.

Brinson’s

RIVER INN, 50 HARBOR TOWN SQUARE 260-3300

341 MADISON 524-0104

Come Sunday: A Sip of Sunday Songs Sunday, Nov. 24, 4 p.m.

Paulette’s Live Pianist Thursdays, 5:30-8:30 p.m., Fridays and Saturdays, 5:30-9 p.m., Sundays, 11 a.m.-2 p.m., and Mondays-Wednesdays, 5:30-8 p.m.

Regina’s 60 N. MAIN

Sunrise Andrew Cabigao Sunday, Nov. 24, 10 a.m.-1 p.m.

South Main South Main Sounds 550 S. MAIN 494-6543

Songwriter Night with Alexis Taylor, Davy Ray Bennett Friday, Nov. 22, 7-9 p.m.; Nashville Songwriter’s Assn. Intnl. (NSAI) Memphis Chapter Meeting Every third Tuesday, 6:30-8:30 p.m.

Spindini 383 S. MAIN 578-2767

Candace Mache Jazz Trio Nov. 22-23, 7-10 p.m.

Richard Wilson Saturdays, 3-5 p.m.; Open Mic Night Saturdays, 4-7 p.m.

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LIT AF Tour 2020 hosted by Martin Lawrence with special guests Rickey Smiley, Deray Davis & more. Tickets on sale Friday, November 22 at noon!

After Dark: Live Music Schedule November 21 - 27 Dru’s Place 1474 MADISON 275-8082

Karaoke Fridays-Sundays.

B-Side 1555 MADISON 347-6813

One Year Anniversary Party Thursday, Nov. 21, 9 p.m.; Lamar Avenue Love Friday, Nov. 22, 10 p.m.; Dan Montgomery Sunday, Nov. 24, 7 p.m.; Devil Train Mondays, 8 p.m.; David Cousar Tuesdays, 9 p.m.; Outer Ring Wednesdays, 9 p.m.

Bar DKDC 964 S. COOPER 272-0830

Mark Edgar Stuart Friday, Nov. 22, 8 p.m.; Redondo Beat, The Sheiks Friday, Nov. 22, 10 p.m.; Lucky 7 Brass Band Saturday, Nov. 23, 10 p.m.; Mary Gagz and Her Gaggle of Girlz Mondays, 8:30-11 p.m.; Lahna Deering Tuesdays, 8:30 p.m.; Alicja Pop Wednesday, Nov. 27, 10:30 p.m.

Black Lodge 405 N. CLEVELAND 272-7744

Leftover Crack, Daze and Daze, Cop/out! Thursday, Nov. 21, 8 p.m.; Ascendance Friday, Nov. 22, 8:30 p.m.; Memphis: QUEER AF! Saturday, Nov. 23, 9 p.m.

Blue Monkey

1350 CONCOURSE, SUITE 280 507-8030

L.A.P.D. Thursday, Nov. 21, 7:3010 p.m.; The Music of James Austin Jr.: Songs in the Key of Wonder Saturday, Nov. 23, 7 p.m.

Huey’s Midtown

394 N. WATKINS 443-0502

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

Minglewood Hall

1927 MADISON 726-4372

The Buggaloos Sunday, Nov. 24, 4-7 p.m.; The 45’s Sunday, Nov. 24, 8:30 p.m.-midnight.

1555 MADISON 312-6058

TRAP Karaoke: Memphis Friday, Nov. 22, 8 p.m.

Craft Republic

University of Memphis

5101 SANDERLIN 763-2013

The Bluff

6069 PARK 763-0676

535 S. HIGHLAND 454-7771

William Clark Green Thursday, Nov. 21, 7 p.m.; DJ Ben Murray Thursdays, 10 p.m.; Bluff City Bandits Saturday, Nov. 23, 9 p.m.; Bluegrass Brunch with the River Bluff Clan Sundays, 11 a.m.

Karaoke Tuesdays, 9 p.m.

East of Wangs Eddie Harrison Tuesdays, 6:30-9 p.m.; Lee Gardner Wednesdays, 6:30-9 p.m.

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

Larry Cunningham ThursdaysSaturdays; Aislynn Rappe Sundays; Keith Kimbrough Mondays-Wednesdays.

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Huey’s Poplar 4872 POPLAR 682-7729

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The Settlers Sunday, Nov. 24, 4-7 p.m.; Gary Escoe’s Atomic Dance Machine Sunday, Nov. 24, 8:30 p.m.-midnight.

Mortimer’s 590 N. PERKINS 761-9321

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

T.J. Mulligan’s 1817 KIRBY 755-2481

Karaoke Tuesdays, 8 p.m.

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

2012 MADISON 272-BLUE

Karaoke Thursdays, 9 p.m.midnight.

Eddie Smith Fridays, 8 p.m.; Debbie Jamison & Friends Tuesdays, 6-10 p.m.; Elmo and the Shades Wednesdays, 8 p.m.midnight.

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Boscos 2120 MADISON 432-2222

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

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Cafe Ole 959 S. COOPER 343-0103

The Rusty Pieces Sunday, Nov. 24, 12-4 p.m.

Canvas 1737 MADISON 443-5232

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

THE REGALIA, 6150 POPLAR 761-0990

Lannie McMillan Jazz Trio Sundays, 10 a.m.-2 p.m.

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

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

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Celtic Crossing 903 S. COOPER 274-5151

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

The Cove 2559 BROAD 730-0719

Ed Finney & Neptune’s Army with Deb Swiney Thursdays, 8 p.m.; Wayde Peck Fridays, 6 p.m.; Second Chance Band Friday, Nov. 22, 9 p.m.; The Skitch Saturdays, 6 p.m.; Hope Clayburn & the Soul Scrimmage Saturday, Nov. 23, 9 p.m.; Jazz Jam with Frog Squad Sundays, 6 p.m.; Gayland Grooms Tuesdays, 6 p.m.; Ben Minden-Birkenmaier Wednesdays, 6 p.m.; Karaoke Wednesdays, 8 p.m.

Growlers 1911 POPLAR 244-7904

This Will Destroy You Thursday, Nov. 21, 8 p.m.; William Elliott Whitmore, Samantha Crain, Chris Hamlett Friday, Nov. 22, 8 p.m.; The Brook & the Bluff: First Place Tour Saturday, Nov. 23, 8 p.m.; Sean Coray, Denver Massey Sunday, Nov. 24, 7 p.m.; My Chemical Monday: Memphis Emo Night Monday, Nov. 25, 9 p.m.; Pre-Thanksgiving Show: Dirty Streets, Greasy Tree Wednesday, Nov. 27, 8 p.m.

Hi Tone 412-414 N. CLEVELAND 278-TONE

Lashes, Big Clown, Wine Witch Friday, Nov. 22, 10 p.m.; What We Do in Secret, Weeping Hour, Jadewick Saturday, Nov. 23, 7:30 p.m.; Whoa Dakota,

Lafayette’s Music Room 2119 MADISON 207-5097

David Kurtz Thursday, Nov. 21, 6 p.m.; McKenna Bray Thursday, Nov. 21, 9 p.m.; Brooke Fair Saturday, Nov. 23, 10:30 a.m.; Blackwater Trio Saturday, Nov. 23, 2 p.m.; Briarcrest Soundscape Saturday, Nov. 23, 6:30 p.m.; Thumpdaddy Saturday, Nov. 23, 10 p.m.; Joe Restivo 4 Sundays, 11 a.m.; Rick Camp & the Suburban Trunk Monkeys Sunday, Nov. 24, 4 p.m.; Madison Line Mondays Mondays, 6 p.m.; Cyrena Wages Tuesday, Nov. 26, 7 p.m.; Jason D. Williams Wednesday, Nov. 27, 8 p.m.

Lamplighter Lounge 1702 MADISON 726-9916

Jeffrey Lewis & the Voltage Thursday, Nov. 21, 8 p.m.; Ghetto Blasters, Musclegoose, General Labor, Data Drums Saturday, Nov. 23, 9 p.m.

P&H Cafe 1532 MADISON 726-0906

Rockstar Karaoke Fridays; Mein Schaft Saturday, Nov. 23, 10 p.m.; Open Mic Music Mondays, 9 p.m.-midnight.

Rec Room 3000 BROAD 209-1137

PXLS Sonic Set Saturday, Nov. 23, 9:30 p.m.

Wild Bill’s 1580 VOLLINTINE 207-3975

The Wild Bill’s Band with Tony Chapman, Charles Cason, and Miss Joyce Henderson Fridays, Saturdays, 11 p.m.-3 a.m.; Memphis Blues Society Juke Jam Sundays, 4 p.m.

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

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

Triple S 1747 WALKER 421-6239

Friday Karaoke Fridays, 7-11 p.m.

Ubee’s 521 S. HIGHLAND 323-0900

Karaoke Wednesdays, 9 p.m.-2 a.m.

Whitehaven/ Airport Guest House at Graceland 3600 ELVIS PRESLEY 332-3322

Rob Haynes ThursdaysSaturdays, 7-11 p.m.; Live Music Mondays-Wednesdays, Sundays, 7-11 p.m.

Marlowe’s Ribs & Restaurant 4381 ELVIS PRESLEY 332-4159

Karaoke with DJ Stylez Thursdays, Sundays, 10 p.m.

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BJ the Chicago Kid Saturday, Nov. 23, 8 p.m.

The Green Room at Crosstown Arts

East Memphis

Midtown Crossing Grill

ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT

1884 Lounge 1555 MADISON 609-1744

Louise Page Saturday, Nov. 23, 9 p.m.; David Newbould, Black Bettie Monday, Nov. 25, 8 p.m.; At the Heart of the World, Knoll, Killameter Davis Wednesday, Nov. 27, 8 p.m.

After Dark: Live Music Schedule November 21 - 27 continued from page 19 Rock-n-Roll Cafe 3855 ELVIS PRESLEY 398-6528

Elvis Tribute featuring Michael Cullipher Thursdays-Saturdays, 8 p.m.; Live Entertainment Mondays-Saturdays, 8 p.m.; Elvis Gospel Music Show Fridays, 1-2:30 p.m.; Karaoke hosted by DJ Maddy Wednesdays, 8-11 p.m.

Collierville

Huey’s Millington

Huey’s Southwind

Hollywood Casino

Rockstar Karaoke with Charlie Belt Thursdays, 8 p.m.; Twin Soul Nov. 21-22, 9 p.m.; Area 51 Sunday, Nov. 24, 5:30 p.m.; Hadley’s Holiday Kick-Off Bash with Lance McDaniel All-Stars Wednesday, Nov. 27, 8 p.m.

8570 HWY 51 N.

Highlander Restaurant & Pub

JAVA Trio Sunday, Nov. 24, 6-9 p.m.

7825 WINCHESTER 624-8911

1150 CASINO STRIP RESORT, TUNICA, MS 662-357-7700

78 N. MAIN

Pop’s Bar & Grill

Huey’s Germantown

6365 NAVY 872-0353

7677 FARMINGTON 318-3034

Old Whitten Tavern

2130 W. POPLAR 854-4455

Hadley’s Pub 2779 WHITTEN 266-5006

2465 WHITTEN 379-1965

Live Music Fridays, 9 p.m.-1 a.m.

RockHouse Live 5709 RALEIGH-LAGRANGE 386-7222

Arlington/Eads/ Oakland/Lakeland Rizzi’s/Paradiso Pub 6230 GREENLEE 592-0344

Live Music Thursdays, Wednesdays, 7-10 p.m.; Karaoke and Dance Music with DJ Funn Fridays, 9 p.m.

Bartlett Faith Baptist Church of Bartlett 3755 N. GERMANTOWN 386-4785

Alicia Diallo: Live Recording “The Sound of Deliverance” Friday, Nov. 22, 6-10 p.m.

Live Bands Fridays, Saturdays, 8 p.m.; Karaoke Mondays, Tuesdays, Sundays, 8 p.m.2:30 a.m.; Live Band Karaoke Wednesdays, 8 p.m.-midnight.

Shelby Forest General Store 7729 BENJESTOWN 876-5770

Steak Night with Tony Butler and the Shelby Forest Pioneers Fridays, 6-8 p.m.

Richard Wilson Every other Friday, 8-10 p.m.

Huey’s Collierville Frankie Hollie & the Noise Sunday, Nov. 24, 8-11:30 p.m.

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

Fingertrick Sunday, Nov. 24, 8:30 p.m.-midnight.

My Favorite Place 880 N. GERMANTOWN PKWY.

Richard Wilson Wednesdays, 6-8 p.m.

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

The Southern Edition Band Tuesdays.

Possum Daddy or DJ Turtle Thursdays, 5-9 p.m.; CeCee Fridays, 8 p.m.-1 a.m.; Possum Daddy Karaoke Wednesdays, 6-10 p.m. and Saturdays, 7-11 p.m.

Soul Shockers Sunday, Nov. 24, 8:30 p.m.-midnight.

Jamie Baker & the VIPs Sunday, Nov. 24, 8-11:30 p.m.

Russo’s New York Pizzeria & Wine Bar 9087 POPLAR 755-0092

Live Music on the patio Thursdays-Saturdays, 7-10 p.m.

Germantown

North Mississippi/ Tunica

Germantown Performing Arts Center 1801 EXETER 751-7500

Peanut Butter & Jam: Mömandpöp Saturday, Nov. 23, 9:30-10:15 and 10:30-11:15 a.m.; Béla Fleck and the Flecktones featuring Victor Wooten, Roy “Futureman” Wooten, and Howard Levy Saturday, Nov. 23, 8-9:30 p.m.; The Three Bs: Bach, Beethoven, and Brahms Sunday, Nov. 24, 2:30 p.m.

Live Entertainment Fridays, Saturdays, 9 p.m.-1 a.m.

Huey’s Southaven 7090 MALCO, SOUTHAVEN, MS 662-349-7097

Roxi Love Sunday, Nov. 24, 8:30 p.m.-midnight.

Mississippi Ale House 9211 HWY 178

The Rusty Pieces Saturday, Nov. 23, 7-10 p.m.

Raleigh

The Crossing Bar & Grill

Stage Stop

7281 HACKS CROSS, OLIVE BRANCH, MS 662-893-6242

2951 CELA 382-1576

Karaoke with Buddha Tuesdays, Thursdays, 8 p.m.-midnight.

Dan McGuinness

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

3964 GOODMAN, SOUTHAVEN, MS 662-890-7611

Acoustic Music Tuesdays.

West Memphis/ Eastern Arkansas

Fox and Hound Tavern

Southland Casino Racing

6565 TOWNE CENTER, SOUTHAVEN, MS 662-536-2200

Frayser/Millington Harpo’s Hogpen

Live Music Thursdays, 5 p.m.; Karaoke Tuesdays.

4212 HWY 51 N. 530-0414

Live Music Saturdays, 9 p.m.

1550 N. INGRAM, WEST MEMPHIS, AR 800-467-6182

Live Music Fridays, Saturdays, 10 p.m.; Live Band Karaoke Wednesdays, 7 p.m.

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DUE TO SPACE LIMITATIONS, ONGOING WEEKLY EVENTS WILL APPEAR IN THE FLYER’S ONLINE CALENDAR ONLY. fact true.” NewWorks@TheWorks finalist by Lucy Wright and William Downs. Sun., Nov. 24, 7 p.m. A Story About a Girl, once upon a time, there was a girl who had no words. She met a boy who had no friends. They make their own language of love, friendship, and ultimate betrayal as they journey through life with and without each other. NewWorks@TheWorks finalist by Jacquelyn Reingold. Mon., Nov. 25, 7 p.m. Seeing Eye, overwhelmed by the world of hook-up apps and dating profiles, Jason Ramirez, goes looking for love in person at a gay bar. While smoking outside, he strikes up a conversation with the self-deprecating Robbie. Despite the protestations of his overprotective sister, Jordan, Jason initiates a whirlwind romance with Robbie that tests whether both men are ready to be fully seen by someone else. NewWorks@TheWorks finalist by Nick Malakhow. Tues., Nov. 26, 7 p.m.

ENTERTAINMENT AT GOLD STRIKE

ENGELBERT HUMPERDINCK

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

2085 MONROE (274-7139).

Universal Parenting Place

PlayBack Memphis, bringing stories to life in a safe space to unlock healing, transformation, and joy. Families welcome. (207-3694), Free. Third Thursday of every month, 4:30-6 p.m.

BILL ENGVALL Saturday, February 22 7 P.M. & 9 P.M. Millennium Theatre

LEMOYNE-OWEN COLLEGE, 990 COLLEGE PARK.

A R T I ST R E C E PT I O N S

Circuit Playhouse

Junie B. Jones: The Musical, it’s Junie B.’s first day of first grade, and a lot of things have changed for her: Junie’s friend, Lucille, doesn’t want to be her best pal anymore and, on the bus, Junie B. makes friends with Herb, the new kid at school. Also, Junie has trouble reading the blackboard, and her teacher, Mr. Scary, thinks she may need glasses. Throw in a friendly cafeteria lady, a kickball tournament, and a “TopSecret Personal Beeswax Journal,” and first grade has never been more exciting. Nov. 22-Dec. 22. 51 S. COOPER (725-0776).

Hattiloo Theatre

Urban Nativity, Joe and his pregnant wife Mary are headed home to partake in the census. When their car breaks down in a dangerous neighborhood, a man known as Landlord ushers the couple into a rundown, condemned apartment house. Landlord and a woman known as Neighbor help the couple prepare a filthy two-room

apartment for the delivery of their child. But Joe is struggling to accept that his wife’s pregnancy is divine and not from an affair. hattiloo.org. Nov. 22-Dec. 15. 37 S. COOPER (502-3486).

McCoy Theatre

Hissifit, a punk-rock retelling of the Medusa myth about an all-girl, all-gorgon band, by Krista Knight and Barry Brinegar. The year is MCMLXXVI, and a brood of shesnakes are about to take Olympus by storm with an irreverent new sound and a stage presence both repulsive and seductive. hissifit.tv. Free. Thurs., Nov. 21, 7:30-9 p.m., Fri., Nov. 22, 7:30-9 p.m., Sat., Nov. 23, 7:30-9 p.m., and Sun., Nov. 24, 2-3:30 p.m. RHODES COLLEGE, 2000 N. PARKWAY (843-3000).

Playhouse on the Square

Peter Pan, life will never be the same for Michael, John, and Wendy Darling after Peter Pan visits their nursery window offering to take them to the magical world of Neverland. They meet

the Lost Boys, fairy Tinkerbell, Princess Tiger Lily, and Captain Hook. playhouseonthesquare.org. Through Dec. 29. 66 S. COOPER (726-4656).

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. Through Nov. 23. 630 PERKINS EXT. (682-8323).

TheatreWorks

Ivanka vs. Reality, Sylvia is losing her grip as her career slides into middle-aged female oblivion. Desperate for work she takes a job writing a movie “based on a true story” only to learn that Ivanka Trump was right, “If someone perceives something to be true, it is more important than if it is in

Opening Reception for “Color Schemes: The Value of Intensity,” exhibition of new works by by Anthony Lee, Suzy Hendricks, Justin Bowles, and more. Fri., Nov. 22, 6-8 p.m. Opening Reception for “Asiko: Moments,” exhibition of new work by Olaniyi R. Akindiya Akirash. Fri., Nov. 22, 6-8 p.m. Opening Reception for “Selected Animations,” exhibition of new work by Ezra Johnson. Fri., Nov. 22, 6-8 p.m. 1350 CONCOURSE AVE., SUITE 280 (507-8030).

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Opening Reception for “uneXpected/juXtapositions,” exhibition of new works by Rahn Marion and Chris Dickson. Fri., Nov. 22, 6-9 p.m. 942 COOPER (550-0064).

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Hissifit by Krista Knight and Barry Brinegar at Rhodes College’s McCoy Theater, Thursday, Nov. 21st, through Sunday, Nov. 24th

Holiday Artist Market

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Nov. 29 - Dec. 24

Casting Demonstration

3484 Poplar Avenue, Poplar Plaza (formerly Spin Street Records)

hours: Mon-Sat: 10:30-6:30 Fri: til 7:00; · Sun: 12:00-5:00 opening reception

nov. 29 6 - 9 pm

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

Final Holiday Bazaar: Open Market

A Memphis tradition since 1950, MCA’s 69th and Final Holiday Bazaar is a one-stop shop for holiday gifts with a curated collection of works from over 120 artists and makers. Sat., Nov. 23, 10 a.m.-5 p.m. MEMPHIS COLLEGE OF ART, 1930 POPLAR (272-5100), MCA.EDU.

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Program, led by Stephen Black, delves into the restorative powers of art and meditation to help participants quiet the mind, observe art, and let go of mental clutter to experience art in new ways. Free. Fourth Saturday of every month, 10 a.m. THE DIXON GALLERY & GARDENS, 4339 PARK (761-5250), DIXON.ORG.

The Memphis Potters’ Guild Holiday Show & Sale

Annual exhibition and sale featuring works by local artists, in porcelain, stoneware, and earthenware. Fri., Nov. 22, 5-8 p.m., Sat., Nov. 23, 9 a.m.-6 p.m., and Sun., Nov. 24, 11 a.m.-5 p.m. ST. ANN CATHOLIC CHURCH, 6529 STAGE (373-6011).

Metal Casting with Resin Sand

Learn how to use resin sand to make a two-part mold. You will pour several aluminum and bronze molds, either custom-made or from the museum’s patterns. Ages 15+. $360. Sat., Nov. 23, 9 a.m.-4 p.m., and Sun., Nov. 24, 9 a.m.-4 p.m. METAL MUSEUM, 374 METAL MUSEUM DR. (774-6380), METALMUSEUM.ORG.

“Selected Animations” by Ezra Johnson at Crosstown Arts, Friday, November 22nd, 6-8 p.m. Mystery Science Theater 3000 Live! The Great Cheesy Movie Circus Tour

Show creator and original host Joel Hodgson and the world’s only movie-riffing robots, Tom Servo, Crow, and Gypsy, host a ride through some of the cheesiest films ever made. $32.50 and up. Sat., Nov. 23, 7:30 p.m. THE ORPHEUM, 203 S. MAIN (525-3000).

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“Catalyst,” exhibition about the Memphis art scene surrounding the artist, writer, and South Main preservation and arts champion Robert McGowan (1947-2012). In 1987, McGowan 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).

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,” visual art by Memphis artists, curated by Kenneth Wayne Alexander. artsmemphis.org. Free. Ongoing, 5:30-7:30 p.m. 575 S. MENDENHALL (578-2787).

Belz Museum of Asian and Judaic Art “Chinese Symbols in Art,” ancient Chinese pottery and bronze. belzmuseum.org. Ongoing.

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

Crosstown Arts at The Concourse

“Asiko: Moments,” exhibition of new work by Olaniyi R. Akindiya Akirash. Nov. 22-Feb. 9. “Color Schemes: The Value of Intensity,” exhibition of new works by by Anthony Lee, Suzy Hendricks, Justin Bowles, and more. Nov. 22-Feb. 9. “Selected Animations,” exhibition of new work by Ezra Johnson. Nov. 22-Feb. 9. 1350 CONCOURSE, SUITE 280 (507-8030).

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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. Through Jan. 5, 2020. 4339 PARK (761-5250).

Eclectic Eye

“Life Visions,” exhibition of new work by Ollie Rodriguez. Through Jan. 2, 2020. 242 S. COOPER (276-3937).

Edge Gallery

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

FireHouse Community Arts Center

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

Germantown Performing

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

Graceland

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

Jay Etkin Gallery

“uneXpected/juXtapositions,” exhibition of new works by Rahn Marion and Chris Dickson. Tuesdays-Saturdays, 11 a.m.-5 p.m. Through Dec. 5. David Hall, exhibition of watercolor works on paper. jayetkingallery.com. Ongoing. 942 COOPER (550-0064).

L Ross Gallery

“Circumnavigation,” exhibition of new work by Pam Hassler. Through Nov. 23. 5040 SANDERLIN (767-2200).

Marshall Arts Gallery

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

Memphis Botanic Garden “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

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“Photography in Memphis,” exhibition presents 41 works from the museum’s permanent collection by 26 artists — including William Eggleston,

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Ernest C. Withers, and William Christenberry — alongside 62 works by 30 artists who live in, have left, or visited Memphis. Through Jan. 19, 2020. “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.

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Metal Museum

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

Overton Park Gallery

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

Ross Gallery

“small_bars,” exhibition of new works by Ry McCullough and Nick Satinover. Through Dec. 16. CHRISTIAN BROTHERS UNIVERSITY, PLOUGH LIBRARY, 650 E. PARKWAY S. (321-3000).

Slave Haven Underground Railroad Museum

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

St. George’s Episcopal Church

“MGAL Juried Winter 2019 Exhibition,” exhibition of works by the Memphis-Germantown Artists’ League, juried by gallery owner Laurie Brown. stgchurch.org. Free. MondaysFridays, 10 a.m.-4 p.m., and Sundays, 9 a.m.-12:30 p.m.

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“Color Schemes,” featuring Lake Newton, at Crosstown Arts, Friday, November 22nd, 6-8 p.m.

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

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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.

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Sue Layman Designs Ongoing Art, exhibition of oil-oncanvas paintings featuring brilliant colors and daring geometric shapes. suelaymandesigns.com. Ongoing. 125 G.E. PATTERSON (409-7870).

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Featuring a new work by guest artist Amy Miller, senior company director of Gibney Dance Company, NYC. $5-$25. Thurs., Nov. 21, 7:30-10 p.m., Fri., Nov. 22, 10 a.m.-noon & 7:30-10 p.m., and Sat., Nov. 23, 7:30-10 p.m. UNIVERSITY OF MEMPHIS, DEPARTMENT OF THEATRE & DANCE, 3745 CENTRAL (678-2576), MEMPHIS.EDU/THEATRE.

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Rod Man Live, writer, actor (Funny People), and comedian Rod Man brings his stand-up act. $27.50-$45. Sun., Nov. 24, 8 p.m. 1700 DEXTER.

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Whose Live Anyway?, the current cast members of Whose Line Is It Anyway?, Greg Proops, Jeff B. Davis, Dave Foley, and Joel Murray, present their new improv tour. Audience participation is key to the show, and audience members might be asked to join the cast onstage. $35-$55. Thurs., Nov. 21, 8 p.m.

Village Frame & Art

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

WKNO Studio

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

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“Tree of Life,” group exhibition featuring the works of Hawkins Bolden, Margaret Coleman, Floyd “Pussum” Glover, Edwin Jeffrey, Eddie Lee Kendrick, Joe Light, Georgia Speller, and Henry Speller. Through Dec. 21.

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Charlie Vergos Comedy Album Recording, comedian Charlie Vergos hits record while he brings the chuckles. $8. Thurs., Nov. 21, 7:30 & 9:30 p.m. 412-414 N. CLEVELAND (278-TONE).

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Cedric the Entertainer and Friends, one of the original Kings of Comedy and a consistent crowd-pleaser brings his comedy routine to The Orpheum. $61-$91. Thurs., Nov. 21, 7:30 p.m. 203 S. MAIN (525-3000).

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Booksigning by Martheus and Janet Wade

Memphis-based authors discuss and sign copies of their graphic novel, Shinobi: Ninja Princess. Sat., Nov. 23, 2 p.m. NOVEL, 387 PERKINS EXT. (922-5526).

Booksigning by Sonja Livingston and Susan Cushman

Authors in conversation about writing, religion, and Livingston’s new book The Virgin of Prince Street: Expeditions into Devotion. Sun., Nov. 24, 2 p.m. NOVEL, 387 PERKINS EXT. (922-5526).

Whitman at 200

Illustrator Brian Selznick and Walt Whitman scholar Karen Karbiener will discuss the book Live Oak, With Moss. The event will feature Selznick presenting the images he created for the book, while Karbiener will discuss Whitman’s significance. Thurs., Nov. 21, 6-8 p.m. RHODES COLLEGE, HARDIE AUDITORIUM, 2000 N. PARKWAY (843-3000).

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Dennis Lynch will give a presentation on the current climate crisis. Free. Thurs., Nov. 21, 6:30-8 p.m. BENJAMIN L. HOOKS CENTRAL LIBRARY, 3030 POPLAR (415-2700).

What Do Porn and the Environmental Crisis Have in Common?

University of Texas professor, author, and activist joins Memphis Freethought Alliance to speak about the environmental crisis and the link mainstream pornography shares with this crisis. Sat., Nov. 23, 1:15-3 p.m. BENJAMIN L. HOOKS CENTRAL LIBRARY, 3030 POPLAR (216-2626).

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World-class mixed martial arts experience. $30. Sat., Nov. 23, 7 p.m. MINGLEWOOD HALL, 1555 MADISON (312-6058).

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Final Holiday Bazaar: Preview and Purchase Party

MCA will host a Preview and Purchase Party for its 69th and Final Holiday Bazaar. Get first dibs on all artwork and gifts, with refreshments and hors d’oeuvres served and works from over 120 artists and makers. $50. Fri., Nov. 22, 5-10 p.m. MEMPHIS COLLEGE OF ART, 1930 POPLAR (272-5100).

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Chilly Chili 5K

Fifth annual fundraiser 5K to benefit Concord Academy Sat., Nov. 23, 9 a.m. CONCORD ACADEMY, 4942 WALNUT GROVE (682-3115).

Memphis Grizzlies vs. Los Angeles Lakers

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BGCM 2019 Toy Drive Drive with a mission to provide at least one gift this holiday season for every member of the Boys & Girls Clubs of Greater Memphis. By doing so, the burden that many parents feel during the holiday season is relieved, and they can focus on their family. Through Dec. 12.

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The Dixon Book Club

Interactive discussion on great reads. For more information, email lschmidt@ dixon.org. Free with admission. Third Thursday of every month, 6-7:30 p.m. THE DIXON GALLERY & GARDENS, 4339 PARK (761-5250), DIXON.ORG.

Get Lit Book Club

Discuss monthly selections over a beer. Join the group on Facebook to learn more. Free. Third Thursday of every month, 7-8:30 p.m. GHOST RIVER BREWING, 827 S. MAIN (278-0087).

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PAW Patrol: Adventure Play

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

Peanut Butter & Jam: Mömandpöp

Parents and children ages 8 and under are invited to interactive performances held on scheduled Saturdays at 9:30 and 10:30 a.m. (unless otherwise noted) in the Watkins Studio Theater. Sat., Nov. 23, 9:3010:15 & 10:30-11:15 a.m. GERMANTOWN PERFORMING ARTS CENTER, 1801 EXETER (751-7500), GPACWEB.COM.

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Back to the Moon: For Good

Planetarium show that lets the audience relive the thrills of lunar exploration. Various times, see website for details. Ongoing. AUTOZONE DOME PLANETARIUM, MEMPHIS PINK PALACE MUSEUM, 3050 CENTRAL (636-2362), MEMPHISMUSEUMS.ORG.

Barber Motorsports Museum Presents: A Century of the American Motorcycle

Exhibition, curated by the Barber Vintage Motorsports Museum, exploring a century of the American motorcycle. Mon.-Sun., 11 a.m.-7 p.m. Through Nov. 23. GRACELAND EXHIBITION CENTER, 3717 ELVIS PRESLEY BLVD. (332-3322), GRACELAND.COM.

City of Hope: Resurrection City and the 1968 Poor People’s Campaign

The Poor People’s Campaign — a grassroots, multiracial movement — drew thousands of people to Washington, D.C., to demand social reforms while living side-by-side on the National Mall in a tent city known as Resurrection City. This poster exhibition explores the history and legacy of this important moment in U.S. history. Through June 30, 2020. MEMPHIS PINK PALACE MUSEUM, 3050 CENTRAL (636-2362).

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

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$16-$333. Wed., Nov. 27, 7 p.m. FEDEXFORUM, 191 BEALE.

Moonshine Ball

High-class event celebrating the 50th anniversary of the moon landing and honoring Tennessee musicians. Supports the Memphis Rock ‘n’ Soul Museum. Fri., Nov. 22, 6:30 p.m. Call 527-5683 for more info. GRACELAND EXHIBITION CENTER, 3717 ELVIS PRESLEY BLVD. (332-3322).

Snatch Game!

Drag queen Snatch Game challenge à la RuPaul’s Drag Race, featuring song, dance, and improv comedy. 21 and up event. $5. Fri., Nov. 22, 9 p.m.-3 a.m. DRU’S PLACE, 1474 MADISON (275-8082).

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Brooks Museum Holiday Pop-Up

In coordination with the final Memphis College of Art Holiday Bazaar, market features artisan gift items from regional artists and designers. Shop while supporting the local arts community. Sat., Nov. 23, 12-5 p.m. MEMPHIS BROOKS MUSEUM OF ART, 1934 POPLAR (544-6209).

The Clairvoyants Christmas

The holiday-themed show features illusions performed by the World Champions of Mentalism. $24-$62. Fri., Nov. 22, 8 p.m. HORSESHOE CASINO TUNICA, 1021 CASINO CENTER, TUNICA, MS (800-357-5600).

Enchanted Forest Festival of Trees

Teddy bears beckon, elves are busy at work, and penguins play in the snow. Santa cheerfully greets guests at the end of the forest and poses for holiday photos. Nov. 23-Dec. 31. MEMPHIS PINK PALACE MUSEUM, 3050 CENTRAL (636-2362).

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).

Illumination of the mansion’s holiday lights, music by Chase Bryant, and cast members of Christmas at Graceland: Home for the Holidays join for the celebration. A premiere screening of the movie (ticketed) takes place after the ceremony. Thurs., Nov. 21, 6 p.m. GRACELAND, 3717 ELVIS PRESLEY (332-3322).

Holiday Book Drive

Barnes & Noble Collierville invites customers to give the gift of reading to children in need. Through Dec. 31.

the mini crafter gift market. Food and full-sized drinks will be available for purchase as well. This event supports the Memphis Farmers Market, so every sip gets you closer to the nice list. $34$44. Fri., Nov. 22, 6-9 p.m. THE TOWER COURTYARD AT OVERTON SQUARE, 2092 TRIMBLE PLACE.

Memsgiving: A Feast with Friends

A fund-raiser for the Jay Uiberall Foundation, with brunch,an afternoon feast, and games and entertainment. $75 for BFF Brunch; $50 for GA Friend Feast. Sat., Nov. 23, 10:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m.

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Lights Up at Carriage Crossing

Month of Madness Bottle Release

Santa is visiting Carriage Crossing for kid-friendly activities, hot cocoa, photos with the jolly ol’ man himself, and more. Sat., Nov. 23, 2-5 p.m. CARRIAGE CROSSING, HOUSTON LEVEE & BILL MORRIS PKWY. (854-8240).

Santa’s Landing

Santa Claus is taking to the sky and flying in by helicopter to the front lawn of the museum. His arrival marks the beginning of the Enchanted Forest Festival of Trees, an annual fund-raiser for Le Bonheur Children’s Hospital. There will be kids’ activities and an art project for children to create a holiday craft. Metro Eats from the Pink Palace Museum will sell coffee, hot chocolate, and breakfast sandwiches. Plus, Le Bonheur will have donut holes for the kids. Sat., Nov. 23, 9 a.m. MEMPHIS PINK PALACE MUSEUM, 3050 CENTRAL (636-2362).

The Polar Express

Bring your lawn chairs and blankets, and come dressed in your most festive pajamas. Get your golden ticket and sleigh bell for a train ride around Saddle Creek, and enjoy complimentary photos with Santa and Mrs. Claus. Fri., Nov. 22, 6-9 p.m. SHOPS OF SADDLE CREEK, POPLAR AND WEST FARMINGTON, SHOPSOFSADDLECREEK.COM.

Youth Village Holiday Heroes

Make a brighter Christmas for the children at Youth Villages. Sign up to be a Holiday Hero and donate a gift to a child. For more information, visit website or email, kcarl@ bartlettchamber.org. Through Dec. 6. (372-9457), YOUTHVILLAGES.ORG.

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Old Dominick Distillery and Meddlesome Brewing Co. teamed up to create five unique beers all aged in freshly emptied bourbon barrels. New release each Saturday in November. Saturdays, 12-10 p.m. Through Nov. 30. MEDDLESOME BREWING COMPANY, 7750 TRINITY (207-1147).

Wine Taster

Evening of elegance with a wine taster featuring Alfred Garrett with Stemmed Glass, gourmet chocolates, a free cocktail hour, and light hors d’oeuvres. $40. Fri., Nov. 22, 7-8:30 p.m. SOUTHERN ELEGANCE EVENTS, 654 CHURCH (662-469-6191).

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Desperate to erase his origins, Yoav sees becoming French as his only hope for salvation. Step one is to replace his language. From now on, he will not utter a single word of Hebrew and his dictionary becomes his constant companion. $5. Thurs., Nov. 21, 7:30 p.m. CROSSTOWN THEATER, 1350 CONCOURSE.

Home Alone

After the McCallisters leave for vacation without 8-year-old Kevin, he realizes that he alone must protect the family home. Saturdays, Sundays, 3 p.m. Through Nov. 30. CTI 3D GIANT THEATER, IN THE MEMPHIS PINK PALACE MUSEUM, 3050 CENTRAL (636-2362).

Wonder Woman

Raised on a sheltered island paradise, Diana of the Amazons meets an American pilot who tells her about the massive conflict that’s raging in the outside world. Convinced that she can stop the threat, Diana leaves her home for the first time. Fri., 7-9:45 p.m. Through Nov. 22. CTI 3D GIANT THEATER, IN THE MEMPHIS PINK PALACE MUSEUM, 3050 CENTRAL (636-2362).

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Trevor Lawrence, a player many said was ready for the NFL last year, when he led his Tigers to the national championship as a freshman. White has completed 67 percent of his passes on his way to 2,852 yards, 28 touchdowns, and only five interceptions. Should the Tigers achieve the unachievable — a New Year’s Six bowl berth — it will be largely thanks to the underappreciated “game manager” we’ll soon be able to call Dr. White.

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win for the ages … or at least the decade. Their 45-27 win at Houston Saturday has the Memphis Tigers on the cusp of the fourth 10-win season in the 104-year history of the program. (If you remember the first such season — 1938 — you belong in the president’s suite at the Liberty Bowl.) A win Saturday at USF would make it three 10-win seasons in six years for Memphis, an absurd sentence to write, much less say if you’ve waved a blue-and-gray flag for as long as a decade. And speaking of decades, the win over the Cougars clinched a winning decade for Memphis, its first since the 1970s. A winning decade after putting up a 3-21 record the first two years of the period and being 28 games under .500 (10-38) after the 2013 campaign. Since 2014, though, the Tigers have gone 54-22. The 64 wins this decade are actually the most since the 1960s, when the Tigers, led by coach Spook Murphy, went 70-25-1. (College teams played fewer games — and there were fewer bowl games — in the 1970s, a decade that saw the Tigers go 60-48-1.) The program’s ascendance under, first, Justin Fuente and now Mike Norvell has been historic by measures both empirical and aesthetic. If you call yourself a Memphis football fan, count your blessings this month — this decade — for living in the right time.

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• Downfield deliveries. Part of White’s brilliance has been utilizing a corps of receivers unlike many seen in these parts before. Memphis has five players who have caught at least 19 passes and averaged at least 12.5 yards per catch. Consider that. When White finds Damonte Coxie (15.9 yards per catch), Antonio Gibson (25.0), Kedarian Jones (14.1), Joey Magnifico (17.5), or Kenneth Gainwell (12.5), the result is, on average, a first down. Add Calvin Austin into the mix, and the numbers get silly: The sophomore from Harding Academy has only caught 12 passes but is averaging 21.6 yards per catch. It’s a bounty of weapons at White’s disposal, with merely a 1,000-yard rusher (Gainwell) standing behind him in the Tiger backfield. We should have a degree of sympathy for the defensive coordinators at USF and Cincinnati. Or maybe not. Let the aerial show continue.

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Doghouzz is open from 11 a.m. until 3 a.m. every day except Sunday, making it one of the few places for super-late-night eats in the area — especially on weeknights. “People need an addition to our constellation of bar-hops,” Betterton says. Doghouzz is also available to host events, and they’ll offer food delivery via apps like DoorDash and BiteSquad. They’re also continuing to flesh out the space itself: “We have this library ladder that we have yet to install, so we’ll be able to glide across the bar and reach everything really well,” says Betterton. “It’s going to be really whimsical. I like that a lot. “It’s been a long time coming, but we love this space,” Betterton adds. “Everything we did in here, we did ourselves. So it’s all made with love.” The Doughouzz is at 1349 Autumn, 207-7770.

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oghouzz is finally open, bringing gourmet hot dogs to the Crosstown neighborhood. The humble hot dog has long been a fixture of birthday parties, baseball games, and 4th of July barbecues, so it’s easy to equate them with summertime. But after stumbling into Doghouzz on a cold, rainy November afternoon, it’s clear that hot dogs are more than just summer food — they’re comfort food in its purest form, and no one does comfort food quite like Memphis, no matter the season. “Everybody loves hot dogs,” says Joey Betterton, manager of Doghouzz. “But Memphis didn’t really have any good hot dog spots before.” So restaurant partners Ray Rico, Steve Murphy, and Robert Taylor sought to fill that void by bringing a gourmet hot dog bar to the old Metro space across from Crosstown Concourse. The 4,400-square-foot space is equipped with a full bar, a pool table, a jukebox, and a patio in the back. “Renovations have been going on since about May,” Betterton says. “The roof fell in at the beginning of the year. After that, we got everything rolling, but it’s been an endeavor.” The menu features a number of specialty hot dog selections, including a Chicago-style dog and a New York-style dog, but there’s also the option to build your own hot dog by choosing from a variety of toppings like bacon, veggies, avocado, and different slaws. Doghouzz currently serves three types of dogs: a classic Hebrew National all-beef frank, a slightly spicy andouille sausage, and a vegan braised carrot dog (served on your choice of vegan bun). “Get the cheese,” Steve Murphy whispers to me as I’m perusing toppings, but it’s not a hard sell. I’ll put cheese on just about anything. It was the right choice. In fact, everything I tasted at Doghouzz was outstanding. As someone who lived in Illinois for a year and New York for six years, I’m no hot dog novice — and it’s worth noting these are not your typical boiled, bland, movie theater-style hot dogs. Doghouzz dogs are closer to what you’d find at a family cookout: each dog bursting with the smoky, savory flavor you’d expect of a hot dog plucked straight from the grill. It tastes like everything you’d want a hot dog to taste like: Americana. Murphy, who is originally from Illinois, oversees the kitchen and brings

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he 1990s were a time of peak irony, but the three comedies that defined the sarcastic tone of the decade all started inauspiciously in the late 1980s: The Simpsons began as an animated segment on The Tracy Ullman Show in 1987. Daniel Waters’ caustic teen comedy, Heathers, was a box office disappointment in the spring of 1989, only to gain a cult following on home video. And on Thanksgiving 1988, KTMA, a small cable channel in the MinneapolisSt. Paul area premiered a homegrown show called Mystery Science Theater 3000. TV stations frequently licensed old movies to squeeze a few extra ad dollars out of their (frequently stoned) late-night viewers. Occasionally, these films were great, such as It’s a Wonderful Life, which became a Christmas staple because it was a box-office flop that was cheap to license. But they were usually terrible. Hiring a regular local host to introduce lowbudget horror and sci-fi films was a frequent local

TV gimmick, such as Memphis’ favorite ghoul, Sivad, who ruled the WHBQ airwaves in the 1960s. Mystery Science Theater 3000’s innovation was that the host stayed on the screen and pointed out exactly how bad the movie was. The creator and original host of MST3K was Joel Hodgson. The Minnesota comedian spent much of the 1980s trying to get his aggressively eccentric prop comedy noticed in Hollywood, with some success. But after an NBC deal fell through, he returned to Minneapolis and got a job at a T-shirt shop, hoping to revamp his act. He pitched the concept of a movie host who spiced up the questionable films by doing comedy riffs over them to Jim Mallon of KTMA, and he built the props — two sarcastic androids named Crow T. Robot and Tom Servo — himself. The show was an instant local hit, seemingly springing from the id of the blunted late-night audience who were already hate-watching the movies. By Thanksgiving 1989, the show was airing on the startup cable outfit The Comedy Channel, and when they merged with

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to last?’” says Hodgson. “I feel like it’s just so much a part of my life I can’t really get outside of that.” Hodgson will bring his blockbuster live show, The Great Cheesy Movie Circus Tour, to The Orpheum Theatre on Saturday, November 23rd. “It’s a live version of the TV show with 1,000 people in the room,” he says. The film that will provide the backbone of the evening’s festivities is No Retreat, No Surrender, a notoriously awful martial arts movie from 1986 starring Jean-Claude Van Damme. The audience can also expect lots of songs and skits from Hodgson — who says this is his final tour — and his talented cast. “I found a lot of good people to help me,” Hodgson says. “That’s the secret — it’s just finding people who care about it like I do.”

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Nobody should have to live like this: to have to go about your daily business while in the back of your mind there’s a constant nagging concern that the psychotic sonofabitch who occupies the White House will do something else insane. As the mounting evidence of his criminal activities creeps closer to the president during the impeachment hearings, expect his conduct to grow even more aberrant, lashing out madly at everyone or anyone who dares criticize him. The latest victim of a Trump tweet-trashing is Fox News correspondent Chris Wallace, who dismantled Representative Steve Scalise’s GOP talking points justifying Trump’s conduct toward the Ukrainian government on Fox News Sunday. In response, Trump tweeted professorially, “Steve Scalise blew the nasty and obnoxious Chris Wallace (will never be his father, Mike!) away on Chris’ lowest rated (unless I’m on) morning show. This kind of dumb and unfair interview would never have happened in the Fox News Past.” Well, Roger Ailes died and Shepard Smith quit, so maybe some of the reporters over at Big Brother Central are developing consciences. Trump can still count on folks like Fox & Friends and the other halfwits who spew propaganda and lies on behalf of this president, but two scholastic studies, one by the University of Maryland, the other by Fairleigh Dickinson University, have determined that people who watch only Fox News are less informed than all other news consumers — and are much more inclined to believe false information. There is a federal law called the Truth in Advertising Act, which states that “all ads must be truthful, not misleading, and, when appropriate, backed by scientific evidence.” The Federal Trade Commission enforces the law, whether it’s an ad online, in the mail, or on billboards and buses. For punishment, a federal court can demand a desist order, freeze the assets of the offender, and get compensation for the victims. Why can’t we have a Truth in Broadcasting law as well, to halt the torrent of lies that create the dual realities in which we live? Basically, people who follow politics fall into two major categories: those who watch and read the news from a variety of sources, and those who watch Fox News. If you’re reading this, you most likely fit in the former category. During the Nixon nightmare, the president railed against the media, charging the media with all manner of lies and slander, right up until the time it was proven that Nixon was the liar and the journalists had it right. Anyone who saw All the President’s Men knows that there are rules that professional journalists must follow to protect their paper’s integrity and abide by the First Amendment. If there were a Truth in Broadcasting law, Fox News would either have to change its name, like World Wrestling Entertainment, or conform to the principles that govern legitimate news organizations. Any real journalist worth his salt would love to work for The New York Times or the Washington Post. Since those papers have been proven right many times before, I’d believe them before I would the inane tweets coming from the carbuncle on the posterior of humanity. While the impeachment hearings into Trump’s phone calls with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky make for great television, there’s an undercurrent of questionable behavior that’s much worse than trying to dirty up the Bidens. The Trump gang’s conspiracy theories about Joe Biden and his son, Hunter, are based on allegations already debunked by State Department officials. Far more ominous is this continual stream of information concerning Ukraine’s natural gas industry. The firing of Ambassador Marie Yovanovitch was less about opening investigations on Biden and Clinton and more about clearing the way for Trump’s allies to set up business deals with Naftogaz, the Ukrainian state-owned oil company. Trump initially tried to blame his disastrous call to Zelensky on Rick Perry, the secretary of the Energy Department he once vowed to dismantle. Trump claimed, “The only reason I made the call was because Rick asked me to. Something about a liquefied natural gas plant.” This is where Lev, Igor, and Rudy Giuliani enter the plot. Igor Fruman and Lev Parnas were at the center of efforts to turn their ties to Trump into revenue-producing gas sales. The two were also instrumental in disseminating rumors about the Biden family and also behind the push to remove Ambassador Yovanovitch. The Associated Press reported, “This circle of businessmen and Republican donors touted connections to Giuliani and Trump while trying to install new management at the top of Ukraine’s massive state gas company. Their plan was to then steer lucrative contracts to companies controlled by Trump allies.” Perry urged Zelensky to fire the Naftogaz advisory board and came up with a list of suggested replacements approved by the president. Perry only recently announced his resignation, and Parnas hinted he may testify before the House Judiciary Committee. There’s another federal law called the RICO statute (Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act), which says the leaders of a criminal syndicate can be tried for any crimes they order. This makes asking a foreign leader to smear a political rival pale in comparison. It’s all about the gas. If the Judiciary decides to look into this, you can say goodbye to the GOP $1 million donor, Ambassador Gordon Sondland, and goodbye to Perry, Giuliani, Lev, Igor, Bill Barr, Mick Mulvaney, Don Jr., Mike Pompeo, and Donald J. Trump. The revolution will be televised. Randy Haspel writes the “Recycled Hippies” blog.

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