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OUR 1606TH ISSUE 12.05.19 I’ve made so many new friends lately on Twitter. Most of them are showing a little (or a lot) of cleavage in their pictures and have names like “William8093107” or “James91270599.” It seems a little weird that so many cute-looking girls have boys’ names and long numbers attached to their Twitter accounts. It’s almost like they’re fake or something. And, of course, they are fake. There are millions of bogus Twitter accounts. They appear faster than they can be eliminated. They are part of various cyber armies being created to originate or amplify messages and to monitor people’s tweets and retweets. They’re being used to sell products and push ideologies and spread disinformation. They are being mobilized for the next election cycle. We now live in a world where everyone gets to choose their “news” sources and where so little of our information is vetted or fact-checked. Millions of people are being fed horse puckey created to satisfy their confirmation biases — and eating it up and passing it along. As an example, consider a meme that was widely circulated on Facebook among GOP/Trump circles this week. It began, “For all the people who fell asleep in civics class … ” The post then went on to claim that Hillary Clinton won only 57 counties nationwide in 2016 and won the popular vote by only 1.5 million votes, and then went into a riff about the vast number of acres that Trump won. It ended with, “And this, children, is why you have an Electoral College.” The post crammed more misinformation and lies into 300 words than I would have believed was possible, but the comments were all supportive and the meme was being shared by hundreds of people as gospel. Welcome to tribal America. Facebook recently unveiled its “Today in Memphis” local news feature. On Tuesday, Facebook’s version of Memphis news featured stories about the death of “Internet cat sensation Lil Bub,” a Fox 13 story about a molester in a Walmart bathroom in Washington state, a Channel 3 story about rapper Casino Jizzle being shot in a Cordova Chuck E. Cheese, and two other crime stories. The New York Times, this is not. Facebook is feeding us tabloid garbage masquerading as legitimate news. Surprise. We used to have an understanding about what was real and what was fake, what was legitimate news and what was sensationalistic crap. We once shared basic values and concepts of truth. We read and viewed the same news sources, agreed on what was fact and what was propaganda. Now we are bobbing like corks in uncharted and turbulent seas of disinformation, unable to connect with each other, no land in sight. A survey last week revealed that 53 percent of Republicans thought Trump was a greater president than Abraham Lincoln, which means the “party of Lincoln” is now officially the “party of Trump.” Which is terrifying. Thankfully, a savior has arrived, someone who will take us back to the glory years of truth, justice, and the American way. Yes, it’s Joe Biden, and he is riding around Iowa on a bus — the “No More Malarkey” tour — bringing hope to the country by reviving the hep slang of the 1940s. They apparently came up with that slogan after rejecting as too edgy, “No More Hooey,” “No More Bunk,” and “No More Applesauce.” Lord help us. The system is broken, beginning with an absurd nomination process that has candidates for the highest office in the land spending weeks in one of the least-diverse states in America, driving through cornfields, pressing the flesh in high school gymnasiums, trying to woo rural Iowans to come to “caucuses” and vote for them, so they can get “momentum” to go to New Hampshire — another lily-white state — and do it all over again. This is no way to select a nominee. Sure, I joke about Joe Biden, but I will no doubt vote for his ancient posterior N E WS & O P I N I O N if he gets the nomination. I just hope THE FLY-BY - 4 NY TIMES CROSSWORD - 5 the Democrats can somehow manage to POLITICS - 8 come up with a candidate who doesn’t COVER STORY talk about the dangers of marijuana as a “HEMP HAVEN” “gateway drug” and drift off into telling BY TOBY SELLS - 10 high school lifeguard stories. But the SPORTS - 14 truth is I’ll cast my ballot for anyone who WE RECOMMEND - 18 MUSIC - 22 can rid the country of this Putin-linked AFTER DARK - 24 liar-in-chief who’s helped make “fake CALENDAR - 26 news” real and turned Russian propaganFOOD NEWS - 32 da into talking points for the GOP. BREWS - 33 And that’s no malarkey. FILM - 34 Bruce VanWyngarden C L AS S I F I E D S - 3 6 brucev@memphisflyer.com LAST WORD - 39

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Holly Whitfield, the culture sage behind the I Love Memphis blog, asked her many Twitter followers last week for what Memphis things they were thankful. A love fest ensued. @ALEXBARDOS — Cash Saver fried chicken. @JFTutko — @NBCBluffCityLaw actually filming here. @Agricenter_Intl — We are thankful for our local farmers and for a good harvest! @MFD99official (Memphis Fire Services Director Gina Sweat) — Thankful for the awesome Fire & EMS Responders @MEM_Fire. @Hitonecafe — Very thankful that we’ve only had to replace 4 toilets this year! Which is well below the average of 9.

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Glice Skating, Thanksgiving, and ioby Eco-friendly skating rink opens, record travel numbers, and community projects seek funds. O N G LI C E Shelby Farms Park installed the region’s first and “only eco-friendly outdoor skating rink” last week. The “Glice” rink is the park’s newest addition to Starry Nights, which opened on Friday, November 29th, and runs until January 3rd. The synthetic rink is made to look and feel like ice but is actually made from heat-pressured polymers. This means it doesn’t require water or electricity to operate. Additionally, all of the materials used for the rink are 100 percent recyclable. And because Clockwise from top left: Glice rink, holiday travel, Thanksgiving dinner cost, ioby projects it’s synthetic ice, it can be used in any temperature. P R OJ ECT F U N D S Organizers of three community projects are seeking to raise R EC O R D N U M B E R S funds through the site ioby. More than 1.3 million Tennesseans were expected to hit the The Community Table Food Bank Garden, an organic road this Thanksgiving holiday in what AAA projected to vegetable garden in Midtown that donates all of its vegetabe the second-highest Thanksgiving travel volume since the bles to local food pantries and soup kitchens, wants to add auto group began tracking in 2000. fruit to its crop. More than 55 million Americans were expected to travel Organizers are seeking to raise $2,610 by the end of the 50 miles or more away from their homes over the holiday, year in order to add fruit trees, a row of blueberry bushes, according to AAA’s annual report. The figure is up by 1.6 and native pollinator plants to the garden. million travelers over last year and just shy of the record set Treadwell Partners in Education seeks to raise $20,635 in 2005. In all, an estimated 49.3 million Americans made to build the Treadwell Natural Playground by the end of the trips on the roads, according to AAA. school year. Memphis International Airport (MEM) anticipated more The playground will use creative landscaping to “give than 170,000 passengers during the Thanksgiving holiday, a kids an outdoor experience with some fun twists to enfigure up 5 percent over last year. hance their innate curiosity and allow them to interact With most aircraft expected to be close to 100 percent with nature.” capacity, MEM deemed this to be the busiest Thanksgiving Residents of High Point Terrace are looking to raise travel period since 2007. $8,799 by March 2020 for a pilot pocket park. The park will be located at Highland and Mimosa, A P E N NY M O R E restricting vehicle access from Highland. The organizers Thanksgiving dinner cost one penny more this year than it anticipate this will cut down on cut-through traffic, as well did last year, according to an annual survey by the American as crimes in the neighborhood, such as car theft, break-ins, Farm Bureau Federation (AFBF). and porch-pirate thefts. The agriculture advocacy group tapped more than 250 The pilot will run for six months and, if successful, a volunteer shoppers for the survey. They reported prices at permanent park could be constructed. grocery stores in 38 states for this year’s survey. AFBF has All three projects are a part of the city and county’s New conducted the survey since 1986. Century of Soul Challenge, meaning the funds donated will This year, the average American Thanksgiving Day dinbe matched up to $10,000. ner for 10 cost $48.91, or less than $5 per person, according Visit the News Blog at memphisflyer.com for fuller versions of to the survey. these stories and more local news.

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Neither the Memphis Zoo nor, apparently, the city of Memphis will release surveillance video of a man shooting himself in the leg in October as he tried to enter the zoo with a gun. Police said the man was walking across the parking lot, put his hand in his pocket, and his gun went off, hitting him in the upper thigh. He was taken to Regional One Medical in noncritical condition, according to a story from WREG. Guns are legal at the zoo, but guests are required to check in at the front gate and present a gun permit. Zoo officials said last month the policy will change but haven’t yet said publicly how it will change. The Flyer requested a copy of the shooting footage the week it happened but got no response from Nick Harmeier, the zoo’s chief marketing officer. The Flyer emailed Harmeier a week later, asking, “Do you have any intention of fulfilling my request for the video?” Harmeier responded, “We do not plan on releasing any footage.” The Flyer asked a public information official at Memphis City Hall for guidance on the issue and, perhaps, for the video itself if it was, indeed, public record. On October 30th, Dan Springer, deputy director of media affairs in Mayor Jim Strickland’s office, responded to the request by saying, simply,

State law allows city offcials to keep such videos confidential, but they can release them. “Checking.” Springer did not respond to follow-up requests in following weeks. In February, Strickland publicly committed to transparency in government. At the time, though, he was launching a new city data site that offers information on city priorities like jobs, public safety, good government, youth, and neighborhoods. “Memphians deserve an open and honest government they trust, and when I ran for mayor, I promised that I would measure results of how we’re performing, share those results with the public, and hold the city accountable,” Strickland said.

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Of course, public officials have latitude to make decisions on what information is shared with the public on a case-by-case basis, thanks to state law. A review of the state’s open records law last year found 538 exceptions to the rule. Lee Pope, Tennessee open records counsel in the state comptroller’s Office of Open Records Counsel, said state law allows government entities to make confidential information and records related to the security of government property, including surveillance recordings. But he said an exemption to state law allows such footage to be made public when they include an act or incident involving public safety, security, or possible criminal activity. Ultimately, he said, the decision is up to government officials whether or not to release such recordings. Law enforcement officials here released graphic video footage of the shooting death of Terrance Deshun Carlton earlier this year. So, while a legal exception for confidentiality is possible in the case of the video of a man shooting himself in the leg at the zoo, neither the city nor the zoo offered any reason why the video was not made public. What We Can’t Know is an occasional series on what government officials hide from taxpayers.

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Given the number of shootings in Memphis and Shelby County, issues of firearms are never very far from public consciousness. One matter of more than usual relevance to the subject was scheduled for consideration by the Shelby County Commission this week. This is the matter of gun shows in the county. At intervals during the year, large exhibitions of weapons for sale are staged at Agricenter International in East Memphis — and are ballyhooed in advance on billboards. As gun fanciers and area motorists must surely know by now, the next such gun show, a two-day affair, will be held at the Agricenter on December 14th and 15th. Current gun laws allow the sale of weapons on such occasions without the invoking of backgound checks or other regulations in effect at other venues selling weapons. The existence of gun shows, therefore, is regarded by many as constituting a loophole in laws to control the sales of firearms. If Shelby County Commissioner Tami Sawyer has her way, the Agricenter (aka the ShowPlace Arena) will soon cease to be a site that can be used for gun shows. She is offering a resolution for discussion at Wednesday’s meeting of the body’s law enforcement committee requesting “that the administration decline the use of property owned and operated by Shelby County Government for purposes of hosting gun shows, effective January 1, 2020, with the exception of any contract already in place at the adoption of this resolution.” Sawyer’s resolution notes that “from January 1, 2016 through November 1, 2019, a total of 4,449 weapons offenses (misdemeanor and felony) were reported in Memphis,” and the U.S. attorney for the Western District said that “in the first three quarters of

Tami Sawyer the use of public arena space for gun shows,” Sawyer’s resolution seeks that “gun shows be banned on property owned and operated by Shelby County Government, effective January 1, 2020, with the exception of any contract already in place at the adoption of this resolution.” Preliminary debate on the resolution is scheduled for this Wednesday, with further discussion and a vote on the measure expected on Monday, December 9th. • The latest in a series of legal efforts to force a revamping of Shelby County’s

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This week’s hearing is a follow-up to previous legal efforts, including one that was rebuffed in October 2018 by U.S. District Judge Thomas Parker, who turned down a request for a temporary restraining order against the use of the county’s current voting machines for that year’s November elections. Judge Parker declared that “the mechanism of elections is inherently a state and local function and federal courts should be cautious” and ruled that the plaintiffs lacked legal standing to sue regarding the matter. The plaintiffs appealed and were ultimately granted this week’s hearing. Their suit alleges the touchscreen voting machines used by Shelby County are outdated, insecure, and unable to produce a voter-verifiable

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paper trail, and that a variety of other security mechanisms are necessary to prevent possible distortion of election results. Weinberg, a long-familiar presence in local efforts to amend the county’s voting procedures, said the plaintiffs are seeking something beyond the possible introduction of “paper-trail” technology to append to the present Diebold voting machines or to any other computerized machines that might be acquired. In a speech to the Kiwanis Club of Memphis in September, county Election Administrator Linda Phillips declared that Shelby County should be able to hold elections with paper-trail capabilities by August 2020. Phillips said the county is in the process of acquiring equipment that would make possible a process combining electronic scanning with paper trail records. Plaintiff Weinberg said this week, however, that only a reversion to the use of hand-marked paper ballots would reliably limit potential abuse. “Basically, anything digital can be hacked, including ballot-marking devices or the scanner you might use with paper ballots.” Phillips had said in September that there would be disadvantages to a return to voting by paper ballot alone. The chief problem, she said, would be the high rate of voter error. As an example, she said that “4 to 5 percent” of absentee ballots, which are executed on paper, contain some kind of error. She added, “How many elections can you recall in which the margin of victory was 5 percent or less?” The failure of attempts to persuade local and state election officials to make voluntary changes made necessary the suit against the County and State Election Commissions, Weinberg said.

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tep inside the world’s largest bag of cannabis. That’s what it was like walking into the International Hemp Auction & Market (IHAM) in Franklin, just south of Nashville. A dense but invisible cloud of that unmistakable marijuana scent shot straight to your brain, with notes that were heady, piney, sharp, and somehow undeniably green. The smell was so pervasive, so plainly out in the open, that no doubt was left that hemp had arrived in the mainstream in Tennessee, especially given that sheriff ’s deputies quietly patrolled the corridors. But that’s old news to the hemp buyers, farmers, and agricultural agents who’ve been working with hemp since 2014, when it became legal in the state. For them, any outlaw sheen of the plant’s seedier self has worn off. They are, instead, trying to peek around the 10 corner, to the future of an industry that is still trying to get off the ground here.

The auction was created to secure one basic element of any new market: price. IHAM founder and CEO Mark Case says he wanted the market to be a “fair playing field of transparency” for hemp farmers. “For the last few years since we’ve been able to grow hemp, brokers have been able to control the market price for the most part,” Case says. “Of course, supply and demand always does, too, but brokers have a lot to do with it. They can negotiate one-on-one with farmers, and farmers will oftentimes sell out too cheap. Sometimes they’re given bad information and are just manipulated, frankly. This is commonly known throughout the whole country.” So, Case says he founded IHAM to give the hemp market a “professional, transparent platform” that would force buyers to bid openly and compete with one another. The buyers, Case says, have resisted his auction idea “all the way.”

Three Days of Green During IHAM’s three-day run (November 19th to 21st) each general hemp product — biomass, smokeable flower, and oil — was given its own auction day. The halls were subdued and the energy was low in the early hours of the first auction day. Prices just weren’t getting high enough, and the auction officials had halted the action to find a solution. During that pause, dusty farm boots mingled with loafers on a hardpacked dirt floor, the bottom of the massive bowl that is the Williamson County Ag Expo Park arena. Farmers in ball caps and hoodies watched as buyers in chinos and polos pulled handfuls of green hemp buds from huge, white bags that sat in long rows on the dirt floor. Buyers would crunch the buds, hold them to their noses, inhale deeply, give the buds another look, and toss them back in the bag. And, maybe, write something in a notebook or on a smartphone. Buyers took note of the information

on a white certificate attached to each lot of hemp. Each IHAM lot was given a formal, uniform analysis to establish a level playing field for buyers and sellers. Each certificate gave the bud’s strain (think Cherry Cherry or Hurricane), the THC level (had to be less than .3 percent to make it into the market), and the levels of each cannabinoid found in the strain (22 percent CBD, for example). But Tyler Dickman wasn’t looking for CBD (cannabidiol) Tuesday. He was on the hunt for strains with high amounts of CBG (cannabigerol). “The research is showing there are some pretty good opportunities for cancer research [with CBG] and uses for depression, anxiety, and pain,” Dickman says. “I think those are the big kickers that are gaining a lot of interest.” Dickman’s company, Candera, is a Salt Lake City-based hemp processing plant. Whatever biomass (hemp bud, stick, and stems) he would buy at the auction would be shipped to Candera’s plant to be juiced,

essentially. Candera then sells the juice — hemp distillate — to companies that make consumer hemp products such as oils, tinctures, or lotions.

Market Problems Dickman got into hemp about two years ago. The total market is about $1.5 billion now, he says, but he cites projections for a $22 billion industry by 2022. That market realization, he says, would happen more quickly if the U.S. Food & Drug Adminstration (FDA) would formally allow CBD into edible products. This complaint was repeated by almost all of the people interviewed for this story. “You have the supplement brand market that’s been sitting on the sidelines,” Dickman says. “That’s where the majority of the growth is going to come into play, where mass distribution is already in place. You can go from zero to 30,000 store shelves in a month.” Case, the auction founder, put the complaint more plainly: “Once the FDA permits it to be a true, edible food product, you’re going to have CBD in cereal. Kellogg’s will have a sticker: ‘CBD inside.’ Pillsbury will have it. It’ll be in milk, bread, everything. That’s when hemp will become a real, stable product.” So far, the FDA has approved only one CBD product to treat rare, severe forms of epilepsy. New CBD products are flooding markets anyway, says the FDA, because of changes in state laws and the 2018 Farm Bill, which legalized CBD. The FDA says on its website that it “recognizes the significant public interest in cannabis and cannabisderived compounds.” However, it is now working to answer many questions about the drug, like its toxicity to the liver, the effects of using many CBD products at once, and the effects of CBD on special populations like children, the elderly, or pregnant women. Another common gripe at IHAM about the hemp market in Tennessee was the lack of processors in the state, companies or individuals that can juice

hemp stalks and buds. Many farmers have gotten into hemp farming recently; the state has gone from 360 licensed farmers in 2017 to more than 3,300 at last count. But without processors to move the product through the market, a glut of hemp remains available, pushing prices down. Recruiting more processors to the state is one of the major goals of Tennessee Department of Agriculture officials working in the hemp space, says Kyle Hensley, a business development consultant in the department. One of his colleagues works on recruiting “big fish” processors, while Hensley says he works with smaller operations, which was one of his goals for attending the IHAM in the first place. “If you’ve got a processor in a rural county, and they can process for 10 to 15 farmers, that’s economically impactful,” Hensley says. James “Tad” Fuller, owner and operator of Electric Farms in Camden, is a processor in West Tennessee, as well as a grower. “People have come up to me, specifically, just to say, ‘What do people expect? To come here and have their biomass sold so easily?’” Fuller says, adding, “There’s no infrastructure for processing.” Fuller hopes to use that market weakness as a strength for his company. Once they bought a 20,000-pound bud dryer, he says they immediately had calls for jobs to process 60,000 pounds. “Now we know the demand is there, just like with the food industry,” Fuller says. “So we’re going to be able to scale up and be able to help more farmers obtain a better market price for their products.”

Kailee Howard was working the table for her family’s company, New River Botanicals. She says her family went all in on hemp, despite what some others in Scott County thought about it. Her family grew 70,000 hemp plants on several acres of Howard Farms this year. They extracted the distillate themselves with another family-owned company, HKH Industries, which sits about six minutes from their farm. They also make and sell end-user products (oils, rubs, and lip balms) through their brand, New River Botanicals, which they bottle in-house.

Recruiting more processors to the state is one of the major goals of Tennessee Department of Agriculture officials.

The Howard-family operation is truly a farm-to-bottle CBD business, an inspiring feat in the fledgling hemp industry in Tennessee. But not everyone in Scott County approves. “We’re a very Christian-based, Biblebelieving, Baptist community,” Howard says. “So, people were overthinking the process of what hemp really is and taking it to the next level. And that’s not what it is.” She says the education that CBD is “good for you” is ongoing. Using it and finding its benefits, Howard says, is “trial and error,” much like learning to fly in the state’s young hemp industry. Kolton Williams admits folks weren’t Hemp Pioneers initially sure about the 18 acres of hemp In the ringed concourse above the auction he’d planted on his Kentucky farm this floor, hemp growers sold pre-rolled CBD year. “The first three weeks, everybody joints, CBD-infused lip balms, smokeable would stop in the middle of the road and flower, and more. Hemp-industry look at our field,” says Williams, chief companies were there, too, pushing their operations officer for Kentucky Haze hemp-testing services, soil additives, hemp Hemp Co. “As the months went on, they buckers, dryers, trimmers, and harvesters. [drove by] faster. By the end, no one was

stopping anymore.” Diane Williams, the company’s chief financial officer, says hemp was an experiment for them. They’ve grown (and still grow) typical row crops like corn, soybeans, and tobacco, and still have cattle. “The market’s not good for any of those, really,” Kolton Williams says. “So, [hemp] is our glimmer of hope.” That glimmer is shown in the darkgreen nuggets snuggled together in several Mason jars arranged in neat rows on the table before them. They are the smokeable flower of a strain called Hurricane the couple raised this year. A single bud sample of Hurricane is $20, 20 grams sell for $100, and a one-pound package is $250. Back on the auction floor, Cameron Franklin sniffed at a jar of buds, held it up to the light, and then held the jar up for inspection by his friend, Chaz Akers. Franklin is a native Memphian now living in La Vergne, south of Nashville. That’s where he tends a plot of hemp for his company, Gryndhouse CBD. “It’s Grynd with a ‘y,’” Franklin says. “The ‘y’ is because we work hard. “An event like this gives people like myself an opportunity to meet more experienced people,” says Franklin, who describes himself as a “small grower, just starting out.” He adds, “It also helps point grassroots people in the right direction and to see the beginning of the process and the beginning of the industry with numbers and finances.” That’s, in part, how Franklin hooked up with Akers. His company, Image, is primarily an e-cig manufacturer that also helps hemp companies like Franklin’s get off the ground with branding and labeling. “When [the hemp industry came] along, we saw all of its uses as an alternative and possible cure for disorders like anxiety and others that cause kids to have seizures,” Akers says. “I want to do something to help those people. This plant can help people.” For quality CBD bud, Franklin says he continued on page 13

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looks at the numbers, but he also looks for smells of fruit or pinecones and “you want to see some bright colors.” Fuller, the owner and operator of Electric Farms, says people around Camden (close to the Tennessee River, between Jackson and Nashville) “love us.” The locals were used to seeing the company’s aquaponically grown lettuce in grocery stores, so they were a known entity when the farm added hemp products to their product line. Electric Farms has about 10,000 square feet of indoor growing space, including some plots in Memphis. They also offer services to other hemp farmers, such as bucking (separating flowers from stems), trimming, and drying. The company is also a sales rep for the aquaponic systems and dryers they use. Fuller is quick to tout the benefits of his products and the systems he sells, but it’s not a facade, just a salesman’s pitch. Fuller says his heart is in the hemp industry. “The thing with growing hemp is I don’t have to ask myself if what I’m doing is affecting someone in a bad or good way,” Fuller says. “I know it’s helping them in a good way. There are a lot of people [in the hemp business] focused on the shortterm and money. I really don’t like it, but I can’t change it. They may look at it like a stock market or some other thing, but it shouldn’t be represented that way.”

Back at the Auction The trading floor’s quiet was broken later in the afternoon with a booming voice from the white dome above announcing that the auction would resume. Buyers and growers had buzzed around the floor in the nearly two-hour break, making phone calls, scribbling notes, or just “bullshitting,” farm jargon for “networking.” The auctioneer urged buyers and sellers to get closer to him in one corner of the auction floor as he introduced the first lot — thousands of pounds of green hemp biomass lumped into several large, white industrial bags. He started the bidding at $1 per percentage point of CBD. The first lot rang in at nearly 13 percent CBD. Buyers checked their phones’ calculators and began punching numbers. If the lot was 7,980 pounds at $1 per point (for 13 percentage points), the lot’s starting price was $103,740. The bidder repeated the opening price again for all. Satisfied that all buyers were on the same page, he began that unmistakable machine-gun, auctioneer chant. The chant — meant to pump energy (and, thus, more money) into a live sale — is usually punctuated with a pointing finger and a high note, letting people know who the high bidder is. The price fell, first to 80 cents per point, then to 75 cents, then to 70. But neither the price nor the chant were enough for the afternoon’s first lot, and the auctioneer went silent. “Tell you what,” the auctioneer said

plainly. “What will you give? We have to have a starting price. 50 cents? 35 cents? We’ve got to start somewhere.” But no one bit. So, since no buyer could be found for the first lot, the auctioneer moved on. The next lot of hemp was listed at 15 percent CBD but had been shredded into an unrecognizable mass of green, like an enormous bag of oregano. One buyer walked to the bag, grabbed a handful of the stuff, smelled it, and proclaimed, “This shit is dirt” to no one in particular. The auction also started at $1 per point, fell to 35 cents, but, ultimately, found no buyer. As the chant rang out over the next lot, buyers paced, talked into AirPods, or texted into cell phones, possibly to money people back at their headquarters. None looked eager to jump into the fray. After maybe an hour, the auctioneer’s chant hit a punctuation note — an offer had been made. His chant rose higher but lured no other buyers. The afternoon’s first sale (for 50 cents per point) was made and met with a gentle smattering of applause.

``Hold Out´´ The biomass auction crawled into the evening hours. Prices fluctuated from 50 cents to a high price of $1.35 per point. “We were a little surprised at some of the auction prices,” says Darlene Gunther, secretary of the Tennessee Hemp Industry Association (TNHIA). “They were not what we’d hoped for, obviously.” The auction’s second day focused on

smokeable CBD flower. The product had been bucked, trimmed, dried, and was ready for consumption. The bags of the buds on the auction floor were smaller, but that big, green smell struck like a hammer. The auction had gotten off to a late start, as officials wanted another check of product information. In the calm, a pastor offered prayer that included an anecdote about how CBD helped his wife, that it’s a misunderstood product but one “given by God.” His prayer came with a request for “fair market prices” of the products. Gunther was patient with the wait. “It’ll be interesting to see how it all washes out, this being the first of its kind,” she says. “Everybody’s interested in supporting this crop. It has such a phenomenal value to the farmer and the consumer.” Case, the auction’s founder, says he knows that evidence of CBD’s benefits are, so far, anecdotal. But anecdotal evidence is all anyone ever had of being healed by Jesus, he says. He notes that “zero people have died from CBD,” unlike the tens of thousands who die from prescription drugs each year. So, for the “countless testimonies” he’s heard about CBD, he believes the drug “is here to stay in Tennessee.” “It’s also valuable — far more valuable than most buyers are willing to pay,” Case says. “It is in oversupply here, but CBD reduces in value very, very slowly. It can be held for a year or two if it’s packaged right. So, I’m encouraging farmers to hold out.”

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Curious about bike tours? So were Ana Duran and Will Hanlon. The power couple wanted to combine their love for beer, business, bikes, and the city, so they came up with the idea of Curious Bike Tours. “Bikes and beer go really well together,” says Hanlon. “We had participated in Tour de Brewer, and we were impressed by the turnout. But it only happened once or twice a year at most. So we just wanted to do that more often.” So, this spring, the pair struck up partnerships with various breweries in the city, so they could start hosting their own brewery bike tours. Every Sunday, Hanlon guides riders throughout the city, alternating between the Midtown and Downtown areas each week to explore landmarks and breweries key to those areas. This weekend, the group will cruise around Downtown Memphis, stopping in at Crosstown Brewing Company, High Cotton Brewing Company, and Ghost River Brewery & Taproom to sample some beer. In between these stops, riders will learn about significant Memphis landmarks, like Crosstown Concourse, the Pyramid, and St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital. “I was actually a patient at St. Jude,” Duran says. “That’s what brought me to Memphis. So we always like to add personal touches to the places we go by. And this place saved my life.” Duran and Hanlon say that locals and visitors alike can reap the benefits of this tour. “It’s about the camaraderie — meeting people, sharing stories, and learning from others,” says Duran. “And also, I’m sure we can feature a fact or two along the way.” DOWNTOWN MEMPHIS BREWERY BIKE TOUR, CROSSTOWN BREWING COMPANY, SUNDAY, DECEMBER 8TH, 12:30 P.M., $45.

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A Christmas Story Trivia Memphis Made Brewing Co., 768 S. Cooper, 7-9 p.m. What is the name of the Lone Ranger’s nephew’s horse? (Everybody knows that!) Don’t shoot your eye out, but we tripledog-dare you to join in some holiday fun with this trivia night. Free to play; pre-registration recommended. Space is limited.

Santa, Snow, & Elf Overton Square, 2101 Madison, 5:30-9 p.m. I just like to smile; smiling’s my favorite! You’ll be grinning ear to ear at this event, where you can visit Santa, enjoy faux snow, and cozy up with friends and family alongside outdoor heaters. Elf plays on the big screen in Chimes Square at 7 p.m.

Local Xmas Growlers, 1911 Poplar, 6:30-11:30 p.m., $10/advance, $12/door Refreshing Shows and LOCAL X Radio present this event featuring a lineup of Memphis rock bands, including Skinny Powers, Sleeping Seasons, Oceans Divide Us, and Everdeens.

Opening Reception Art•Body•Soul, 1024 S. Yates, 6-8 p.m. Opening reception for “Spirit of Nature,” a collection of ceramics and drawings by visual artist, landscape architect, modern dancer, yoga teacher, and freelance teaching artist, Anne J. Froning.

FM100 Deck the Hall Ball starring Rob Thomas The Orpheum Theatre, 203 S. Main, 7:30 p.m., $42.50 and up Kick off the holiday season in style with this performance by Matchbox Twenty singer Rob Thomas (solo) and special guests Walk Off The Earth and JOHN.k.

Drag Queen Bingo The Liquor Store, 2655 Broad, 7-9 p.m. Get your daubers ready. Drag queen Imagene Azengraber hosts this oneof-a-kind bingo night and dishes out prizes. O-72? That’s my missing number! BINGO!

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Martin Nievera The Cannon Center for the Performing Arts, 255 N. Main, 7:30 p.m., $75-$100 Multi-platinum recording artist, Filipino singer, and television host Martin Nievera, known in the Philippines as the Concert King, brings his live show to Memphis. Stax Music Academy Alumni Band Railgarten, 2166 Central, 8-10:30 p.m. 926, the Stax Music Academy Alumni Band, performs a free outdoor concert at Railgarten. Bring the family (and the dog) for a night of dancing to soulful, Stax-inspired tunes.

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For Laughs Bluff City Liars, an improv comedy troupe in Memphis, returns to the Brass Door this Friday to improvise an entertaining mix of short-form and long-form scenes at its sixth Improv Underground (iU). The group will start the evening off with a few games of short-form scenes similar to what can be seen on Whose Line Is It Anyway? “We always open the show with a game called Change,” says Brandon McAninch, director of Bluff City Liars and producer of Improv Underground. In this game, two comedians will play out a scenario, and at any point McAninch can call for one of the players to change the last thing they did or said. “That’s always fun because I think that kind of encapsulates the idea of improv,” he says. “The players say something, and then the rug is pulled out from under them, and they have to improvise something new off the cuff.” After that and other short-form games like Freeze Tag and line games, the troupe will move on to their specialty: long-form. “A common joke is that long-form is for improvisers,” McAninch says. “It’s kind of like improvising a pilot episode of a TV show.” One of the group’s favorite scenes involves asking an audience member to tell them something amusing about the town they grew up in, whether that’s an interesting person or town lore. “Then, we’ll try to show the audience what we think a typical day in that small town looks like,” says McAninch. “Of course, it’s always far from typical.” And, in true holiday spirit, the troupe is changing it up for this show with a new format and a new holiday twist.

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Memphis Maker Holiday Market Muddy’s Bake Shop Midtown, 585 S. Cooper, 11 a.m.-4 p.m. This juried, curated shopping event brings together some of the region’s top makers and purveyors. Shop handmade gifts from more than 20 booths and tick some folks off your list. Food trucks will be on site.

Suds & Cinema Holiday Party Wiseacre Brewing Company, 2783 Broad, 7-10 p.m. Free-to-attend showcase of multigenre holiday-themed short films, hosted by CinemaSlice. Support craft beer and independent cinema while watching shorts, including “Shelf Elf ” and “Crushed Kringle.”

Rec Room Rumble: Round III Rec Room, 3000 Broad, 7-9 p.m., $5 Memphis Armored Fight Club hosts this epic battle, featuring medieval-style armored combat with real steel — and quite dangerous! — weapons. Pray thee not forget, the Black Knight always triumphs! Have at you! Come on then!

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Important Facts About DOVATO This is only a brief summary of important information about DOVATO and does not replace talking to your healthcare provider about your condition and treatment. What is the Most Important Information I Should Know about DOVATO? If you have both human immunodeficiency virus-1 (HIV-1) and hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection, DOVATO can cause serious side effects, including: • Resistant HBV infection. Your healthcare provider will test you for HBV infection before you start treatment with DOVATO. If you have HIV-1 and hepatitis B, the hepatitis B virus can change (mutate) during your treatment with DOVATO and become harder to treat (resistant). It is not known if DOVATO is safe and effective in people who have HIV-1 and HBV infection. • Worsening of HBV infection. If you have HIV-1 and HBV infection, your HBV may get worse (flare-up) if you stop taking DOVATO. A “flare-up” is when your HBV infection suddenly returns in a worse way than before. Worsening liver disease can be serious and may lead to death. ° Do not run out of DOVATO. Refill your prescription or talk to your healthcare provider before your DOVATO is all gone. ° Do not stop DOVATO without first talking to your healthcare provider. If you stop taking DOVATO, your healthcare provider will need to check your health often and do blood tests regularly for several months to check your liver. What is DOVATO? DOVATO is a prescription medicine that is used without other antiretroviral medicines to treat HIV-1 infection in adults: who have not received antiretroviral medicines in the past, and without known resistance to the medicines dolutegravir or lamivudine. HIV-1 is the virus that causes Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS). It is not known if DOVATO is safe and effective in children. Who should not take DOVATO? Do Not Take DOVATO if You: • have ever had an allergic reaction to a medicine that contains dolutegravir or lamivudine. • take dofetilide. What should I tell my healthcare provider before using DOVATO? Tell your healthcare provider about all of your medical conditions, including if you: • have or have had liver problems, including hepatitis B or C infection. • have kidney problems. • are pregnant or plan to become pregnant. One of the medicines in DOVATO (dolutegravir) may harm your unborn baby. ° You should not take DOVATO if you are planning to become pregnant or during the first 12 weeks of pregnancy. Your healthcare provider may prescribe a different medicine if you are planning to become pregnant or become pregnant during treatment with DOVATO. ° If you can become pregnant, your healthcare provider will perform a pregnancy test before you start treatment with DOVATO. ° If you can become pregnant, you should consistently use effective birth control (contraception) during treatment with DOVATO. ° Tell your healthcare provider right away if you are planning to become pregnant, you become pregnant, or think you may be pregnant during treatment with DOVATO.

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Tell your healthcare provider about all of your medical conditions, including if you: (cont’d) • are breastfeeding or plan to breastfeed. Do not breastfeed if you take DOVATO. ° You should not breastfeed if you have HIV-1 because of the risk of passing HIV-1 to your baby. One of the medicines in DOVATO (lamivudine) passes into your breastmilk. ° Talk with your healthcare provider about the best way to feed your baby. ° Tell your healthcare provider about all the medicines you take, including prescription and over-the-counter medicines, vitamins, and herbal supplements. Some medicines interact with DOVATO. Keep a list of your medicines and show it to your healthcare provider and pharmacist when you get a new medicine. • You can ask your healthcare provider or pharmacist for a list of medicines that interact with DOVATO. • Do not start taking a new medicine without telling your healthcare provider. Your healthcare provider can tell you if it is safe to take DOVATO with other medicines. What are Possible Side Effects of DOVATO? DOVATO can cause serious side effects, including: • Those in the “What is the Most Important Information I Should Know about DOVATO?” section. • Allergic reactions. Call your healthcare provider right away if you develop a rash with DOVATO. Stop taking DOVATO and get medical help right away if you develop a rash with any of the following signs or symptoms: fever; generally ill feeling; tiredness; muscle or joint aches; blisters or sores in mouth; blisters or peeling of the skin; redness or swelling of the eyes; swelling of the mouth, face, lips, or tongue; problems breathing. • Liver problems. People with a history of hepatitis B or C virus may have an increased risk of developing new or worsening changes in certain liver tests during treatment with DOVATO. Liver problems, including liver failure, have also happened in people without a history of liver disease or other risk factors. Your healthcare provider may do blood tests to check your liver. Tell your healthcare provider right away if you get any of the following signs or symptoms of liver problems: your skin or the white part of your eyes turns yellow (jaundice); dark or “tea-colored” urine; light-colored stools (bowel movements); nausea or vomiting; loss of appetite; and/or pain, aching, or tenderness on the right side of your stomach area. • Too much lactic acid in your blood (lactic acidosis). Lactic acidosis is a serious medical emergency that can lead to death. Tell your healthcare provider right away if you get any of the following symptoms that could be signs of lactic acidosis: feel very weak or tired; unusual (not normal) muscle pain; trouble breathing; stomach pain with nausea and vomiting; feel cold, especially in your arms and legs; feel dizzy or lightheaded; and/or a fast or irregular heartbeat. • Lactic acidosis can also lead to severe liver problems, which can lead to death. Your liver may become large (hepatomegaly) and you may develop fat in your liver (steatosis). Tell your healthcare provider right away if you get any of the signs or symptoms of liver problems which are listed above under “Liver problems.” You may be more likely to get lactic acidosis or severe liver problems if you are female or very overweight (obese).

SO MUCH GOES INTO WHO I AM HIV MEDICINE IS ONE PART OF IT. Reasons to ask your doctor about DOVATO: DOVATO can help you reach and then stay undetectable* with just 2 medicines in 1 pill. That means fewer medicines† in your body while taking DOVATO You can take it any time of day with or without food (around the same time each day)—giving you flexibility DOVATO is a once-a-day complete treatment for adults who are new to HIV-1 medicine. Results may vary. *Undetectable means reducing the HIV in your blood to very low levels (less than 50 copies per mL). † As compared with 3-drug regimens.

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A Tribute to Mose A star-studded homage to a Mississippi great.

here’s sweet irony in the fact that Mose Allison of Tippo, Mississippi, ascended the heights of jazz and blues acclaim with the humblest of voices. With Mose, there was no bluster, only his unaffected, conversational delivery of the piquant lyrics that were his trademark. Incredibly, he somehow evoked both Tippo and Manhattan in equal measure, remaining true to this unique alchemy through all his days. Since his death in November 2016, just four days after his 89th birthday, there have been numerous live tributes to his work. But now, thanks to Fat Possum Records, a fully conceived tribute album has dropped that serves as a testament to Allison’s influence across so many genres. Of course, music history itself has already proven this. Like many, my first exposure to his work was through the Who (“Young Man Blues”) and the Clash (“Look Here”). Later, I took a lifelong dive into his many LPs, but the new If You’re Going to the City: A Tribute to Mose Allison has surprised even a nerd like me with its heretofore unknown deep cuts. Case in point: “Monsters of the Id,” a duet by Elvis Costello and Mose’s daughter, Amy. With Amy Allison, the apple did not fall far from the tree, though her penchant for dark country songs makes the Long Island

native more rural than her old man. In this cover of a 1970 Mose tune, which inexplicably features Mose himself on piano (no doubt through the miracle of recording technology), Amy and Elvis revel in the unique timbres of their voices, complementing lyrics too well-suited to our times: “Prehistoric ghouls are making their own rules, and resurrected Huns are passing out the guns …” And this isn’t the only beautifully sung meditation on grim humanity. The subtly wrought fragility of “The Way of the World,” sung by Richard Julian with John Chin on piano, froze me in my tracks. This tune and “Monsters of the Id” are surely the clearest nods to Mose’s deep grasp of jazz. Yes, he was a bluesman, but one not cowed by the greater complexity of jazz composition — and he pulled off both with a natural touch. A bit of those wild jazz changes are also heard on Fiona Apple’s version of “Your Molecular Structure,” a surprising delight. While I’m predisposed to dislike big-name celebrities staking their claim on a beloved slice of history, Apple’s somewhat rattled delivery is a perfect match with the song, especially as backed by “the Tippo All Stars,” including keyboard great Benmont Tench. Others revel more directly in the blues and folk idi-

oms that also color Allison’s work. Taj Mahal and band turn in a version of “Your Mind is On Vacation” that you might hear on Beale Street. A similar approach is taken by Jackson Browne, Peter Case, and Dave and Phil Alvin (of the Blasters) in their respective contributions — all garnished with laudable servings of grit and mud. The collaboration between Ben Harper and Charlie Musselwhite on “Nightclub” is arguably the standout in this crop. A smoother sound is offered by Bonnie Raitt, with her live reprise of a Mose tune she first covered in 1973 (inexplicably titled here as “Everybody’s Crying Mercy”). Then there are the truly gonzo covers, where artists as diverse as Robbie Fulks, Iggy Pop, and Frank Black let their imaginations run wild, setting Mose’s work in wholly unpredictable worlds. Fulks begins his track intoning the lyrics seemingly in an attic full of rattling, scratching stringed instruments, until it gradually takes shape as off-kilter bluegrass. Frank Black, of Pixies fame, presents a more conventional indie-rock setting for “Numbers on Paper,” but the weird chords and Black’s own voice, forever threatening a nervous breakdown, give it an intriguingly neurotic edge. And Iggy Pop offers the true outlier here, with a track sounding like both the Art of Noise and the Art Ensemble of Chicago. The fact that the singer can’t seem to find the downbeat makes it especially disarming and idiosyncratic. Surely Mose wouldn’t want it any other way. Proceeds from If You’re Going to the City: A Tribute to Mose Allison, released November 29th, will be donated to the Sweet Relief Musicians Fund.

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Charvey Mac’s Six String Lovers Sunday, Dec. 8, 6-9 p.m.

1801 EXETER 751-7500

Nowhere FM, Sleeping Fit, Edgewood Arsenal Thursday, Dec. 5, 7 p.m.; Local Xmas Friday, Dec. 6, 6:30 p.m.; Amigo the Devil, King Dude, Twin Temple Saturday, Dec. 7, 8 p.m.; The Get Up Kids, Hembree, Sontalk Sunday, Dec. 8, 8 p.m.; Diamante: Blue Balls Holiday Tour Tuesday, Dec. 10, 8 p.m.

2400 UNION 458-8506

Huey’s Millington

Raleigh Railgarten 2160 CENTRAL

926 Stax Music Academy Alumni Band Friday, Dec. 6, 8 p.m.; LAPD Saturday, Dec. 7, 8 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.

Young Avenue Deli 2119 YOUNG 278-0034

Stolen Faces Grateful Dead Tribute Band Saturday, Dec. 7, 9-11:30 p.m.

Stage Stop

Oasis Hookah Lounge & Cafe

2951 CELA 382-1576

663 S. HIGHLAND 729-6960

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

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

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

Howard Vance Guitar Academy 978 REDDOCH 767-6940

Coffee House Concert: Holiday Music First Friday of every month, 5 p.m.

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

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

Hernando’s Hide-A-Way 3210 OLD HERNANDO 398-7496

Chuck Mead Friday, Dec. 6, 8 p.m.

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

Sandi Patty Wednesday, Dec. 11, 7:30 p.m.

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

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

T.J. Mulligan’s Cordova

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

West Memphis/ Eastern Arkansas EACC Fine Arts Center Gallery EAST ARKANSAS COMMUNITY COLLEGE, 1700 NEWCASTLE, FORREST CITY, AR

Arkansas Symphony Orchestra’s Home for the Holidays Saturday, Dec. 7, 6 p.m.

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First Congregational Church

Earl “The Pearl” & the People of the Blues Friday, Dec. 6, 6 p.m.; Richard James Friday, Dec. 6, 10 p.m.; Eric Lewis Wednesday, Dec. 11, 6 p.m.

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The Bad Plus Sunday, Dec. 8, 8-11 p.m.

Frayser/Millington

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The Southern Edition Band Tuesdays.

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DECEMBER 5 - 11 Circuit Playhouse

The 12 Dates of Christmas, Mary remembers her cast of family, friends, and suitors during one year — from Thanksgiving to another year’s Thanksgiving, and every holiday in between. playhouseonthesquare. org. Through Dec. 22. 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. Through Dec. 22. 51 S. COOPER (725-0776).

The Evergreen Theatre

Tia Pancha: a Christmas Story, Tia Pancha learns about the true meaning of the Christmas spirit, as well as its traditions, music, and food. $15. Fri., Dec. 6, 7:30-9 p.m., and Sun., Dec. 8, 2:30 p.m. 1705 POPLAR (274-7139).

The Halloran Centre

A Cup of Tea at Christmas, each character is looking for a special present to help this Christmas be the best one ever. The one thing they forget is that Christmas won’t be Christmas without love, joy, and peace, no matter how many presents you get. $15-$25. Sat., Dec. 7, 3 p.m., and Sun., Dec. 8, 5 p.m.

Hattiloo Theatre

December 5-11, 2019

Corey Smith

Thursday, January 16 8pm

PERPETUAL GROOVE

THURSDAYJANUARY 308PM

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. Through Dec. 15. 37 S. COOPER (502-3486).

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).

Sweetpea’s Table and Event Center

Dinner Theatre: It’s A Wonderful Life, kudzuplayers.com. $45. Dec. 5-12, 7 p.m. 4646 HWY 305 (662-895-7743).

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225 S. MAIN (525-3000).

FEATURING PEARL AND WALRUS

Send the date, time, place, cost, info, phone number, a brief description, and photos — two weeks in advance — to calendar@memphisflyer.com or P.O. Box 1738, Memphis, TN 38101.

Opening Reception for “Holiday Group Show,” featuring Randy Akers, at L Ross Gallery, Friday, December 6th, 6-8 p.m. Tennessee Shakespeare Company

Miss Bennet: Christmas at Pemberley, a sequel to Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice, Mary Bennet has grown tired of her role as the dutiful sister, and as the family gathers for the seasonal celebration, an unexpected guest sparks her hopes for independence and possibly even love. tnshakespeare.org. $15$39. Wednesdays-Saturdays, 7:30 p.m. Through Dec. 22. 7950 TRINITY (759-0604).

Theatre Memphis

A Christmas Carol, miserly Ebenezer Scrooge is approached by the ghostly vision of his former business partner, Jacob Marley, who warns him of an upcoming spiritual journey. An eye-opening exploration leads to happiness and enlightenment, not to mention song, dance, and holiday cheer. Dec. 6-23. 630 PERKINS EXT. (682-8323).

TheatreWorks

Cabaret Noel Five: Here We Come A’ Caroling, join Topsy and Turvey, your elf hosts, as they welcome you and the holiday season with their annual cabaret. Christmas melodies and twists on some of

the classics with lots of laughs. etcmemphistheater.com. $15. Fri.-Sat., Dec. 6-7, 8 p.m. and Sun., Dec. 8, 2 p.m. 2085 MONROE (274-7139).

A R T I S T R EC E PT I O N S

Art Body Soul Studio

Opening Reception for “Spirit of Nature,” exhibition of ceramics and drawings by Anne J. Froning. Sean Murphy will play live music during the opening. artbodysoulstudio.com. Free. Fri., Dec. 6, 6-8 p.m. 1024 S. YATES (207-4161).

Corner of Poplar and Highland

Memphis Arts Collective Holiday Artist Market Opening Reception, benefiting the Vance Avenue Youth Development Center, and food, drink, and holiday shopping. Through Dec. 24. UNIVERSITY OF MEMPHIS AREA.

L Ross Gallery

Opening Reception for Holiday Group Show. Fri., Dec. 6, 6-8 p.m. 5040 SANDERLIN (767-2200).

WKNO Studio

Opening Reception for “Works by Members of the Bartlett Art Association,” the Bartlett Art Association is a nonprofit organization chartered in 1988 to encourage, educate, improve, exhibit, and support fine art. wkno. org. Free. Sun., Dec. 8, 2-4 p.m. 7151 CHERRY FARMS (458-2521).

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

Agnes Stark Pottery Show and Sale

The show features pottery by Agnes Stark. She has been a potter since 1970 and works in high-fired stoneware pottery. Free. Fri., Dec. 6, 10 a.m.-5 p.m., Sat., Dec. 7, 10 a.m.-5 p.m., and Sun., Dec. 8, 10 a.m.-5 p.m. AGNES STARK’S STUDIO, 12675 DONELSON, STARKPOTTERY.COM.

Holiday Open House

Design your own cookie cutter, make an ornament from cast pewter, and browse unique handcrafted gifts in the museum store. Free. Sun., Dec. 8, 12-4 p.m. METAL MUSEUM, 374 METAL MUSEUM DR. (774-6380).

O N G O I N G ART

Art Body Soul Studio

“Spirit of Nature,” exhibition of ceramics and drawings by Anne J. Froning. Dec. 6-31. 1024 SOUTH YATES (207-4161).

Art Museum at the University of Memphis (AMUM)

“Catalyst,” exhibition about the Memphis art scene surrounding the artist, writer, and South Main preservation and arts champion Robert McGowan (1947-2012). In 1987, McGowan co-founded the arts journal Number: Inc with fellow artists Don Estes and Cory

CALENDAR: DECEMBER 5 - 11 Collection. Through Jan. 5, 2020. “Laurel Sucsy: Finding the Edge,” exhibition of work by Sucsy, a Memphis-based artist. Inspired by nature and the objects she encounters in her daily life, she explores abstraction in a variety of media, including painting, sculpture, and photography. Through Jan. 5, 2020. 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, exhibition of work by Debra Edge, John Sadowski, Nancy White, Bill Brookshire, and other folk artists. Ongoing. 509 S. MAIN (647-9242).

FireHouse Community Arts Center

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).

ArtsMemphis

“Unfolding: The Next Chapter in Memphis,” exhibition of visual art by local 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

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

Crosstown Arts at The Concourse

“Asiko: Moments,” exhibition of new work by Olaniyi R. Akindiya Akirash. Through Feb. 9, 2020. “Color Schemes: The Value of Intensity,” exhibition of new works by by Anthony Lee, Suzy Hendricks, Justin Bowles, and more. Through Feb. 9, 2020. “Selected Animations,” exhibition of new work by Ezra Johnson. Through Feb. 9, 2020. 1350 CONCOURSE, SUITE 280 (507-8030).

David Lusk Gallery

“Broad Strokes,” exhibition of new work by Jared Small. Ongoing. 97 TILLMAN (767-3800).

Decadent Avenue

“WinterArts,” eleventh annual showcase of unique hand-crafted works by regional artists. winterartsmemphis.com. Sundays, 12-5 p.m., Saturdays, 10 a.m.-6 p.m., Thursdays, 10 a.m.-7 p.m., and Mondays-Wednesdays, Fridays, 10 a.m.-9 p.m. Through Dec. 24. 888 WHITE STATION.

The Dixon Gallery & Gardens

“Friedel Dzubas: The Ira A. Lipman Family Collection,” exhibition of 26 large-scale, fullyresolved 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

DEC 21 & 22

6:00 PM & 1:30 PM

JESSE COOK

985 S. BELLEVUE (948-9522).

Germantown Performing Arts Center “This is My Time: Clouds, Ghosts, and Other Musings,” exhibition of new work by Kerry Peeples. gpacweb.com. Mondays-Fridays, 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Through Jan. 3. 1801 EXETER (751-7500).

Graceland

“Hillbilly Rock,” exhibition featuring items from The Marty Stuart Collection. graceland.com. Ongoing.

THURSDAY JAN 9 7:30 PM

3717 ELVIS PRESLEY (332-3322).

Jack Robinson Photography Gallery

“Averell Mondie: Five Years,” retrospective show of the artist’s photographs from the past five years. Through Jan. 2, 2020. 44 HULING (576-0708).

JAZZ SERIES

Jay Etkin Gallery

“uneXpected/juXtapositions,” exhibition of new works by Rahn Marion and Chris Dickson. Tues.-Sat., 11 a.m.-5 p.m. Through Dec. 5. “Finds & Beyond,” group exhibition of unique, rare, vintage, and contemporary works. Tuesdays-Saturdays, 11 a.m.-5 p.m. Through Jan. 4. David Hall, exhibition of watercolor works on paper. jayetkingallery.com. Ongoing. 942 COOPER (550-0064).

L Ross Gallery

Holiday Group Show. Through Jan. 4, 2020. 5040 SANDERLIN (767-2200).

Marshall Arts Gallery

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“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

“Rawlinson Atelier Exhibition,” husband and wife artists Gary and Diane Dixon will be featured in their first two-person exhibition.

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“Map Series” by Kay Coop at St. George’s Episcopal Church, through Friday, January 10th

SATURDAY & SUNDAY

ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT

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. “MASKS: The Art of Disguise,” exhibition curated by the Honors Forum students in consultation with their professor Dr. Leslie Luebbers and the AMUM staff. Through Jan. 11, 2020. “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.

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

CHILDREN’S BALLET THEATER NUTCRACKER

CALENDAR: DECEMBER 5 - 11 continued from page 27 Mondays-Saturdays, 11 a.m.-2 p.m. Through Dec. 31. Twilight Thursdays, extended hours staying open till sunset. Each week will have a different highlight from plants to pets. Thursdays. “A Painter’s Journey,” exhibition of landscape paintings by Matthew Lee. Through Jan. 5, 2020. “Bicentennial Blues Bed,” new, year-long planting celebrating the Bluff City’s bicentennial, located just outside of the Four Seasons Garden. Ongoing. memphisbotanicgarden.com. 750 CHERRY (636-4100).

Memphis Brooks Museum of Art

“Photography in Memphis,” exhibition presents 41 works from the museum’s permanent collection by 26 artists — including William Eggleston, 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. Through June 21, 2021. “Claire Van Vliet: Illustrating Babel,” exhibition of an unbound book of 17 lithographs and one woodcut by Claire Van Vliet. Through Jan. 12, 2020. “Ernest C. Withers: Baseball Photographs,” exhibition that examines African-American identity

and representation as captured through the lens of noted civil rights-era photographer Ernest C. Withers. Through July 5, 2020. Rotunda Projects: E.V. Day’s “Divas Ascending,” artist E.V. Day has repurposed costumes from the New York City Opera archives to make a series of sculptures that transform 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. 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. Ongoing. brooksmuseum.org. 1934 POPLAR (544-6209).

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.

March 31, 2020.

1581 OVERTON PARK (229-2967).

Sue Layman Designs

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 N. SECOND (527-3427).

St. George’s Episcopal Church

926 E. MCLEMORE (946-2535).

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

Talbot Heirs

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

TOPS Gallery

“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.

Solo Exhibit by Kay Coop, exhibition of work by by Kay Coop: “Map Series” and “Wandering in Color.” stgchurch.org. Free. Sundays, 9 a.m.-12:30 p.m., and Mondays-Fridays, 9:30 a.m.-4 p.m. Through Jan. 10.

400 S. FRONT.

2425 S. GERMANTOWN (754-7282).

540 S. MENDENHALL (767-8882).

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

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

“Works by Members of the Bartlett Art Association,” gallery Ten Ninety-One presents Works by Members of the Bartlett Art Association at the WKNO Digital Media Center. The Bartlett Art Association is a nonprofit organization chartered in 1988 to encourage, educate, improve, exhibit, and support fine art. wkno.

org. Free. Mondays-Fridays, 9 a.m.-4 p.m. Through Dec. 27.

3717 ELVIS PRESLEY.

7151 CHERRY FARMS (458-2521).

B O O KS I G N I N G S

Booksigning by Ace Atkins

DAN C E

Buckman Dance Conservatory’s Nutcracker: Land of Sweets

The timeless tale of Clara and her beloved Nutcracker. Fri., Dec. 6, 6 p.m., and Sat., Dec. 7, 2 p.m. BUCKMAN ARTS CENTER AT ST. MARY’S SCHOOL, 60 N. PERKINS EXT. (537-1483).

Karsilama Winter Raqs: A Variety Show and Workshops

Family-friendly show with appetizers, live music, dance, shopping, and pirates. $15-$20. Sat., Dec. 7, 6:30-8:30 p.m. CORDOVA COMMUNITY CENTER, 1017 SANGA, KARSILAMADANCE.COM.

C O M E DY

The Bluff

Memphis Next Top Comic, a challenge of chuckles to see which Memphis comic will wear the crown. $5. Wed., Dec. 11, 7:30-9:15 p.m. 535 S. HIGHLAND (454-7771).

Graceland Soundstage

Heather McMahan, a comedic high-functioning hot mess; she’s live, liberated, and lubed up. (7770606), gracelandlive.com. Thurs., Dec. 5, 7-10 p.m.

Author discusses and signs copies of his new book, Robert B. Parker’s Angel Eyes. Thurs., Dec. 5, 7 p.m. BARNES & NOBLE, 2774 N. GERMANTOWN (386-2468).

Booksigning by Jan Brett Author discusses and signs her new book, The Tale of the Tiger Slippers. Thurs., Dec. 5, 10 a.m. BENJAMIN L. HOOKS CENTRAL LIBRARY, 3030 POPLAR (415-2700).

LECT U R E /S P EA K E R

Memphis Astronomical Society: What Telescope Should I Buy?

Ric Honey will open with a brief survey of the types of telescopes and some of the things to think about before picking one. The meeting will be held in the Assisi Hall Science Auditorium. Fri., Dec. 6, 8 p.m. CHRISTIAN BROTHERS UNIVERSITY, 650 E. PARKWAY S. (321-3335).

KIDS

PAW Patrol: Adventure Play

Free-flowing exhibit with activities encouraging teamwork, self confidence, and playing the roles of the rescuing heroes. Included with museum admis-

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CALENDAR: DECEMBER 5 - 11 CHILDREN’S MUSEUM OF MEMPHIS, 2525 CENTRAL (458-2678).

Teacher, Teacher Holiday Party

Join Teacher, Teacher and Clifford the Big Red Dog for WKNO Kid’s party with cocoa, painting, and activities. $10$20. Sat., Dec. 7, 10 a.m.-1 p.m. WKNO STUDIO, 7151 CHERRY FARMS (458-2521), WKNO.ORG.

MEMPHIS PINK PALACE MUSEUM, 3050 CENTRAL (636-2362).

Youth Makers Guild: Mini

Memphis Modern Market

Students will make a wire drawing that focuses on line. They will use pipe cleaners to learn some simple wire working techniques. Ages 3–6. $10. Wed., Dec. 11, 3:45-4:45 p.m.

Brews from Railgarten and holiday shopping from Modern Market, with more than 30 local art and vintage sellers. Sat., Dec. 7, 11 a.m.-5 p.m. RAILGARTEN, 2160 CENTRAL.

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

F U N D -R AI S E R S

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. BOYS & GIRLS CLUB OF MEMPHIS, 1100 VOLLINTINE (527-7994).

Pitch Night: LITE Memphis

Event where 50 high school students pitch their entrepre-

Rec Room Rumble: Round III

neurial ideas to the community. Finalists launch their ventures and sell their products and services to hundreds of community members. $10. Thurs., Dec. 5, 5-8 p.m. PIPKIN BUILDING, MID-SOUTH FAIRGROUNDS, LITEMEMPHIS.ORG.

Stumbling Santa Pub Crawl

The largest pub crawl in Memphis returns. Join 3,000 Santa Clauses, reindeer, elves, and other Christmas characters to collect toys for Porter-Leath preschool children while touring Downtown bars. Participants should bring a cash donation or a new, unwrapped

toy that promotes early learning for children age 6 weeks to age 5. Sat., Dec. 7, 7-11 p.m. FLYING SAUCER DRAUGHT EMPORIUM, 130 PEABODY PLACE (523-8536).

Leath

Toy Truck benefiting Porter-

Toy Truck puts a new toy under the Christmas tree for over 6,200 children, age 6 weeks to age 5, served by Porter-Leath’s preschool program — creating countless opportunities to learn through play. You can drop off new, unwrapped toys as well as cash, check, or credit card donations. Please bring dolls,

LIVE MUSIC

12/4 Speak Easy Happy Band 3pm-7pm Honky Tonk Wednesdays w/ Dale Watson 9pm 12/5 Dale Watson & his Lone Stars 9pm 12/6 Dale Watson & James Intveld 9 pm 12/7 Elmo and Shades 9pm 12/8 Chicken $#!+ Bingo 3pm-7pm 12/11 Honky Tonk Wednesdays w/ Dale Watson 12/13 Derek Hoke 9pm 12/14 Rosie Flores 9pm 12/15 Chicken $#!+ Bingo 9pm 12/18 Honky Tonk Wednesdays w/ Dale Watson 12/20 Derek Hoke 9pm 12/21 Carson McCone 9pm 12/22 Chicken $#!+ Bingo 3pm-7pm

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Delight at Concourse: Holiday Lighting at Crosstown Concourse, Friday, December 6th, 5-8 p.m. puzzles, balls, blocks, and other toys that promote early childhood learning. Through Dec. 7, 8 a.m.-6 p.m. STAKS, 4615 POPLAR (901 509-2367).

S P E C IA L E V E N TS

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

Memphis Armored Fight Club hosts this battle, featuring medieval-style armored combat with real steel weapons. $5. Sat., Dec. 7, 7-9 p.m. REC ROOM, 3000 BROAD (209-1137).

Toy Train Show

The Casey Jones Chapter of the Train Collectors Association is kicking off their 2019-2020 train show season. There will be lots of O-gauge trains and accessories available to browse. There will also be activities for young children. $5 per family. Sat., Dec. 7, 9 a.m.-2 p.m. ST. GEORGE’S EPISCOPAL CHURCH, 2425 S. GERMANTOWN (754-7282), MEMPHISMODELRAILROADERS.COM.

H O LI DAY EVE NTS

Choose901 Holiday PopUp Shop

Shop new Memphis-themed short- and long-sleeved tees, mugs, and various outerwear, plus a new line of Corkcicle® drinkware, new Nordic knit pom-pom beanie hats, and smaller items ideal for stocking stuffing. Fri., Dec. 6, 4-8 p.m., and Sat., Dec. 7, 10 a.m.-3 p.m. CROSSTOWN CONCOURSE, 1350 CONCOURSE.

Delight at Concourse: Holiday Lighting and Open House

Crosstown will flip the switch on a 100-foot-tall tree, with a party featuring live music, familyfriendly activities, holiday photo booth by Amurica, and more. Fri., Dec. 6, 5-8 p.m. CROSSTOWN CONCOURSE, 1350 CONCOURSE, CROSSTOWNARTS.ORG.

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Holiday-themed performance by queer country band. Featuring Santa’s Naughtiest Elf and a visit from the 3 Wise Women: drag performers Bela d’Ball, Goldie Dee, and Hunny Blunt. $10. Sat., Dec. 7, 7:30 p.m. CROSSTOWN ARTS AT THE CONCOURSE, 1350 CONCOURSE, SUITE 280 (507-8030), CROSSTOWNARTS. ORG.

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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.

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Gifts of Green at the Garden

Seasonal pop-up shop featuring holiday, hostess, home décor, and membership gifts. Through Dec. 29, 9 a.m.-4 p.m. MEMPHIS BOTANIC GARDEN, 750 CHERRY (636-4100), MEMPHISBOTANICGARDEN.COM.

Holiday Wonders at the Garden

Seasonal community favorite featuring a nightly LED light show incorporating old growth oak, sassafras, and elm trees towering above the Live Garden area. Through Dec. 30. MEMPHIS BOTANIC GARDEN, 750 CHERRY (636-4100).

Memphis Maker Holiday Market

Curated holiday market with handmade gifts. Sat., Dec. 7, 11 a.m.-4 p.m. MUDDY’S COFFEE & BAKE SHOP, 585 S. COOPER (683-8844).

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Family-friendly holiday experience. Drive through thousands of twinkling lights plus magical Mistletoe Village benefiting Shelby Farms Park. $15-$50. Fridays, Saturdays, 6-10 p.m., and Mondays-Thursdays, Sundays, 6-9 p.m. Through Jan. 3. SHELBY FARMS, 500 N. PINE LAKE (767-PARK), SHELBYFARMSPARK.ORG.

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Wed., Dec. 11, 5:30 p.m. NOVEL, 387 PERKINS EXT. (9225526), NOVELMEMPHIS.COM.

Victorian Yuletide Exhibition

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ongshot is technically in the basement of the Arrive Hotel, but to find the main entrance to the restaurant, you’ll need to take a short stroll down Butler off S. Main. When you walk in, the inspiration for the name becomes readily apparent: The entire space is just one long, narrow room with booths on the left and a bar on the right. In between, there are five long shuffleboard tables placed prominently in the center. “As best I understand, the story behind the name is that when they were looking at this building, when they were looking at all the different spaces, this space was like a ‘long shot,’ like a long hallway,” says head chef David Todd. “And I think that’s probably where somebody had the natural urge to want to do shuffleboard here. That’s kind of where the genesis of the name and all that was, and I think it’s really a cool thing.” Longshot serves elevated bar food and specializes in housemade sausages inspired by world cuisine. They source their ingredients from local farmers and suppliers. Todd says of the menu, “We make and grind all the sausages in-house. When they hired me on, they wanted to go in the direction of house-made sausages, which I was fully on board with. And then I came to the table a little bit late in the game, just a couple months before we were going to open, so James, who is the director of the hotel and formerly a chef, already had direction on a few of the sausages. And then the rest of it’s me. “The only real constraint that they’ve put on me is they don’t want me to do anything Southern,” he adds. “They wanted it to be world cuisine and be interesting, which, honestly, that’s right up my alley.” Todd describes working at Longshot as a dream job, and, in many ways, he’s a perfect fit for the role. “I was at Interim, and immediately before I was at Interim, I was at the Green Beetle. So I’ve definitely kind of dabbled back and forth from fine dining to bar food throughout my

career,” Todd says. “This is kind of like the perfect mash-up of both. This is probably the job I’ve been trying to have for the last six or eight years. Really good ingredients, really strong flavor profiles, really interesting food, but at the end of the day, we don’t want it to be too pretentious. We want it to be accessible.” Many of the sausages on the menu represent different parts of the world. There is a Vietnamese sausage, a Korean barbecue sausage, and an al pastor sausage. The shareable items are just as imaginative: They offer a smoked catfish dip, crispy duck legs, whipped pimento cheese, and more. There are even a few vegetarian items, like a butternut squash salad with mustard feta dressing and a charred curry carrot sausage.

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