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LETTER FROM THE EDITOR • OUR 1409TH ISSUE 02.25.2016 One of Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders’ core policy proposals is to make public colleges and universities tuition-free. This stance has gained Sanders a lot of support from younger voters, which is understandable given that seven in 10 seniors who graduated from public and nonprofit colleges in 2014 had an average student loan debt of $28,950. Nationwide, student loan debt totals $1.2 trillion. That’s the kind of money that could fix a lot of problems in this country if it were put to better use. Millions of our best and brightest are being saddled with long-term debt in their early twenties. And that debt is keeping many of them from making big-ticket purchases — housing and cars — the kind of consumer spending that drives and sustains the economy. It takes the average student-loan borrower 20 years to pay off their loan. But despite ample evidence that this massive loan debt is crippling the buying power of young adults and hurting all of us in the process, blowback from opponents of Sanders’ proposal has been considerable. A favorite tactic is to call this generation “entitled” for wanting more affordable college education. Which is profoundly unfair and inaccurate. And profoundly hypocritical. My college tuition at the University of Missouri in 1973, the last year I attended, was around $750 a semester. I paid around $100 a month in rent. I was able to work part-time, go to school full-time, and graduate debt-free. Most of my college jobs — fast food, janitorial work, school bus driving — paid $2.50 to $4.00 an hour. After college, I was free to travel, to work minimum-wage jobs, and to explore different life options without having to jump immediately into the rat race to start paying off some terrifying debt. Back then, that freedom to take off a couple of years (or six) to “find ourselves” after finishing our education was the norm. Now, it’s called being “entitled.” If that’s entitled, then, yes, we do need to entitle this generation. While it’s true that many more students are attending college now than did during the baby boomer years, that doesn’t explain why the average college tuition has ballooned so incredibly. Billions of dollars in state and federal money are getting poured into public higher education, yet fees keep rising and administrative costs have grown at an even faster pace. The only people happy about this are the college presidents and top administrators (who now make the kinds of salaries once reserved for captains of industry), and the banks and loan corporations making billions of dollars on fixed-interest student loans — loans N EWS & O P I N I O N LETTERS - 4 for which there is no relief except THE TIMES CROSSWORD PUZZLE - 4 declaring bankruptcy. THE FLY-BY - 6 This generation isn’t entitled. It’s POLITICS - 10 getting royally screwed. As are their EDITORIAL - 12 VIEWPOINT - 13 parents, if they are helping foot the bill. COVER STORY Sanders is raising a very important “THE WILD WORLD OF issue, one that deserves consideration NEXTDOOR.COM” even after the fires of this heated political BY FLYER STAFF - 14 SPORTS - 19 campaign die back. Whether or not STE P P I N’ O UT “free” tuition is possible is open to WE RECOMMEND - 20 debate. That we need to find a way to MUSIC - 22 get the expense of a college education AFTER DARK - 24 back to a level that doesn’t cripple our BOOKS - 28 CALENDAR OF EVENTS - 29 economy and put our young people in FOOD - 37 hock for decades shoudn’t be. FILM - 41 Bruce VanWyngarden THE LAST WORD - 47 brucev@memphisflyer.com C LAS S I F I E D S - 43

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Letters and comments from Flyer readers About Toby Sells’ post, “Parking, Traffic Proposals Unveiled for Overton Park” … “Reinforce the Greensward with Grasscrete, a concrete structure that allows grass to grow through it.” I am not surprised this statement elicited a negative response. It is completely out of phase with the primary concern of many park-goers; i.e., the preservation of the Greensward. Sidewinder

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About Jackson Baker’s post, “Local Reactions to Passing of Justice Antonin Scalia” … Justice Scalia was not allowed to rest in peace before Ted Cruz and Marco Rubio made statements that the next president should name his replacement. Mitch McConnell said that the nomination should be delayed until after the next presidential election because the “American people J E W E L RY should have a voice” in the selection of their next Supreme Court justice. Memphis • 61 South McLean • 901.725.4200 The American people had a choice when they elected President Obama twice, and each time he received over 50 percent of the vote. It is the president’s right and constitutional duty to nominate a successor to Justice Scalia. The New York Times Syndication Sales Corporation 620 Eighth Avenue, New York, N.Y. 10018 There is no historical precedent to leave For Information Call: 1-800-972-3550 a vacancy unfilled during a presidential For Release Friday, May 22, 2015 election year. There have been several nominations by Democratic and Republican presidents, and confirmations during Edited by Will Shortz No. 0417 Crossword 40 Chicken ACROSS 64 Flower parts thatelection 1 years, 2 including 3 presidential the ACROSS 34 Ashcroft’s 58 Repeatedly preference? nomination and confirmation in 1916 of predecessor in open to release reposted item 1 Plague, with “at” ending 1 Rule the cabinet in 59 Brand operated 5 Handmade sign 14 one of the greatest Supreme Court justices, Basket by Imperial their contents at a stadium 1947 3536 One 41 Counter making you Louis Brandeis. 10 Warrant, e.g.: 60 With 51-Across, do your duty? Abbr. early adopter of intelligence? 37 World Heritage is all dirty politics with the Repub17 the A.D. dating 4onSharp 65 It’s “sim” inIt São 14 Gift el día de Site since 2013 los enamorados method licans. But the Republican majority in 38 Boobs 15 Eyelike designs 61 Black ring42 On no occasions, Paulo the Senate shame themselves 39 Direction 11 Whammy material 16 Tennis’s Nastase and the21 seeker’s query 20 to Nietzsche 17 Similar 41 “u can’t b Constitution if they refuse to consider serious!” 20 ChargeChief leader? DOWN 14 John President Obama’s nominee to replace 42 Stories of a 21 Unspecified 1 Box-office figure 24 43 1990s collectible lifetime? degrees Duncan, e.g. 2 Like a buzzkill Justice Scalia. DOWN 43 Side with a dog 22 Lover of Jane 3 Something that’s Porter 44 Budget, in Philip Williams brilliant 44 Move like a fly 15 Port adspeak 23 Man who went alternative

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LAWLE R TR U M P E D Who needs wrestling when there’s social media? Earlier this month, Memphis wrestling legend Jerry “The King” Lawler learned that there are no “faces” on Twitter, only heels, when he tweeted his support for Donald Trump. What followed was a flurry of tweets wherein Lawler was described as everything from a “fat scumbag” to a “slimy sexist scumbag” and just about every other kind of scumbag you can imagine. Other commenters just wished he’d die, resulting in the kind of high-drama media heat wrestlers usually thrive on. But instead of pulling down his shoulder strap, throwing fire, or calling his critics a bunch of toothless hillbillies, Lawler told WMC’s Kontji Anthony the tweet was probably ill-advised, and he’d be staying out of politics. Sadly, this probably means Trump isn’t considering the King as a potential running mate. By Chris Davis. Email him at davis@memphisflyer.com.

An understaffed Memphis Police Department works to get more officers on the streets. Homicides in the first couple months of 2016 have nearly doubled from where the numbers were at this time last year, with 33 homicides so far compared with 19 by mid-February last year. Other serious crimes, such as robbery and aggravated assault, are up slightly from last year. As a result, the Memphis Police Department (MPD) is attempting to beef up their presence in areas considered “crime hotspots,” but they’re doing so with a handicap. The MPD is about 400 officers shy of a full complement. Memphis Mayor Jim Strickland recently authorized interim Memphis Police Director Michael Rallings to rearrange staffing to make sure as many officers as possible are on the streets. According to Rallings, that means more officers are working overtime. “We have allocated additional overtime to put more boots on the ground. We’ve also made some adjustments in our Organized Crime Unit, and we’ve employed some more of our special operations units to targeted areas,” Rallings said. Rallings said citizens are already beginning to take notice of an increased police presence. “I’ve had some positive feedback from several citizens who said they’ve seen more officers in some of these problematic areas,” said Rallings, referring to areas identified as hotspots through the MPD’s use of data-driven policing. Once the MPD’s police service technician (PST) program

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gets off the ground, that should also free up more patrol officers to deal with serious crimes, Rallings said. Police service technicians are trained to handle minor issues, like fenderbenders and directing traffic. The MPD had a PST program years ago, but it was eventually phased out. The program is being revived this year, and the first class of PSTs will begin on April 4th. The program takes six weeks to complete.

“We have allocated additional overtime to put more boots on the ground.” — Michael Rallings Currently, the MPD has 2,063 commissioned police officers, down from 2,450 officers when staffing levels peaked in November 2011. “Data that we’re getting from exit interviews have shown that the change in the pension was a big deal,” Rallings said. “We had spousal carve-out on insurance benefits, and not fully funding retiree healthcare caused a lot of folks to seek jobs elsewhere.” continued on page 8

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One tenant of the troubled Warren Apartments speaks out. A Warren Apartments tenant will appeal what she says is a wrongful eviction following an altercation with a property manager that stemmed from a years-long black mold infestation and neglect on behalf of LEDIC Management and the Global Ministries Foundation (GMF). “I have been dealing with black mold since day one,” said Warren Apartments Tenant Association co-founder Cynthia Crawford, who moved into the complex with her two children in February 2013. “I went to the maintenance office and asked [about it]. They told me to use bleach. Every time I did, it came back. In June of 2015, the previous property manager had a code enforcement retiree inspect the apartment, who said it was black mold.” continued on page 8

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While Rallings admits the pension situation still isn’t ideal, he said Strickland is working with the city’s human resources director Alexandria Smith to “lay out a plan to improve benefits.” Rallings said the MPD is working on a new ad campaign to recruit more officers, and he hopes the department can bring in 400 more over the next few years. Of course, Rallings may not be around in the top job to oversee that hiring. Strickland will soon sign a contract with the International Association of Chiefs of Police to serve as a search firm to identify a new police director to replace former director Toney Armstrong, who left the MPD last month to take a job at St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital. Though it’s not been formalized, Strickland has suggested raising the MPD director salary to $250,000, up from $150,000. The higher figure is on par with what police directors make in several other large cities, such as Chicago, Oakland, Seattle, and Atlanta. Rallings won’t confirm if he’ll be seeking the position. “I’m just here to serve as the interim and assist with that process any way I can and keep the ship floating,” Rallings said. “I have not said one way or another [if I will apply], but I have consistently said that it’s premature for me to talk about that because people are dependent on us to get it right today.”

Crawford’s complaints come as a voice among a chorus of tenants at the Warren and Tulane apartment complexes. Despite GMF spending more than $300,000 on repairs, both complexes failed twice last year to meet the minimum score of 60 required to pass a federal inspection — falling eight points below at 52. Hundreds of residents from the Section 8 housing will now be forced to relocate as the U.S. Housing and Urban Development (HUD) cracks down on GMF for failure to maintain livable conditions. LEDIC did not respond to a request for an update on the relocation. Residents will receive a relocation voucher. HUD officials met with residents last week and said the process would likely begin in March. GMF is an affordable housing initiative that seeks to provide shelter to low- and moderate-income residents around the United States. GMF CEO Reverend Richard Hamlet proposed a multi-million-dollar rehabilitation program for the two complexes that would use private capital funds. HUD denied the request. “We’re all on poverty level, but I think we should at least have decent housing,” Crawford said. “We’re not asking for mansions or gold fixtures. We’re just asking for basic, decent housing.” Three maintenance workers visited Crawford’s unit on Nov. 30th to repair water damage in her bathroom and attend to the mold. Property manager Betsy Waugh entered her apartment around 6:30 p.m., according to Crawford, and asked, “What’s the holdup?” When a senior maintenance attendant told Waugh about the mold, Crawford, unseen in the hallway, allegedly overheard Waugh say, “Don’t say that, just go ahead and cover it up [with sheetrock].” Waugh, Crawford said, returned an hour later. Waugh

allegedly became argumentative and started videotaping Crawford, which led Crawford to “get in [Waugh’s] face and curse her” before asking her to leave the unit. Waugh left and called the police, allegedly claiming Crawford assaulted her, which Crawford says did not occur. A police report was filed, and LEDIC Management issued Crawford a threeday eviction notice on Dec. 2nd. Crawford will appeal the eviction on March 3rd. The Mid-South Peace and Justice Center (MSPJ) helped the Warren Apartments Tenants’ Association create a strategy to bridge the gap between management and tenants. The Association has 26 members. Members who have spoken up at Shelby County Commission meetings have been threatened with eviction, says MSPJC executive director Brad Watkins. “As most tenants do not know their rights, many landlords get over on people all the time for things that the law clearly states are landlord responsibilities,” Watkins said. Renters often mistakenly make verbal agreements, Watkins says. People don’t fully understand their renter’s rights and other resources available to them. “We see so many cases where if a person had just known what their rights were they could have avoided being taken advantage of by an unethical landlord,” Watkins said. MSPJC will attempt to change this through their new renters’ rights project. The immediate goal is to train tenants on how to better understand their rights as renters and form their own associations. Watkins would like to create a Memphis Tenants Union. “We have allowed slumlords to run amok for so long that now all of our chickens are coming home to roost, and Memphis is on the verge of a crisis in affordable housing,” Watkins said.

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• No gas tax for bike lanes A new bill would prohibit spending any gas tax revenues on bike lanes, pedestrian walkways, and “other non-vehicular facilities.” Portions of the state gas tax are required to go to cities and counties. Those governments sometimes use the gas tax funds for matching dollars to get federal money for bike and pedestrian projects. The new bill says all of the money would have to be used for “highways, bridges, and other transportation infrastructure for public vehicular use.” The bill is sponsored by Rep. Mike Carter and Sen. Todd Gardenhire, both from the Chattanooga area. Carter told the Chattanooga Times Free Press that he simply wanted more transparency on gas tax spending if the state is on the cusp of raising the tax. Bike Walk Tennessee executive director Matt Farr told the paper that the backlash against the bill has been the largest mobilization of bicycle advocacy in state history. The Tennessee Department of Transportation said the bill would likely violate the Americans with Disabilities Act and could jeopardize more than $1.7 billion for the state over the next two years

from the Federal Highway Adminstration. • No removal of military history markers Last week, the House voted 71-23 for a bill that would prohibit the removal of any historical markers that honor military conflicts. Three years ago, state lawmakers rushed to pass the Tennessee Heritage Protection Act of 2013 to stymie the Memphis City Council from re-naming several parks that were named in honor of the Confederacy. The council changed the names anyway. The lawmaker behind that rule was Rep. Steve McDaniel, a West Tennesseean who lists “Southern historic preservation” as a personal interest on his legislature homepage. McDaniel now sponsors the Tennessee Heritage Protection Act of 2016, which completely replaces the 2013 law. The bill says “no statue, monument, memorial, nameplate, or plaque” erected to honor a military conflict located on public property, may be “relocated, removed, altered, renamed, rededicated, or otherwise disturbed…”

Only the Tennessee Historical Commission can approve the removal of such markers, and the bill would lay out a new, more open process for those votes. To Nashville lawmakers, the bill would help forecast the future of a bust of Nathan Bedford Forrest in the Tennessee State Capitol building. In Memphis, the bill could help direct the next moves on a plan to, perhaps, remove the statue of Forrest from Health Sciences Park. Mayor Jim Strickland’s plans for the statue are not yet known, and a spokesman in his office said the mayor had no comment on the new bill. However, Strickland voted to remove the statue in August as a member of the council. • Skunk ownership If Sen. Paul Bailey has his way, you can soon legally own a skunk in Tennessee. Skunk ownership is now a Class C misdemeanor here, but Bailey’s bill would remove that offense. Bailey told members of the Senate’s Energy, Agriculture, and Natural Resources Committee that 17 other states allow skunk ownership, including bordering states of Alabama, Kentucky, and Georgia.

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at the Holiday Inn at the University of Memphis, beginning at 6 p.m. Yet another Republican candidate made a fund-raising stop in Memphis last month. This was Florida Senator Marco Rubio, whom many observers now see as the Republican establishment’s favored candidate against GOP front-runner Donald Trump, the Manhattan real-estate billionaire and reality-TV host whose bizarro tactics and populist appeal have upended advance expectations and made him the Republican candidate to beat. According to Shelby County Commissioner Terry Roland, honorary chairman of the Trump campaign locally, candidate Trump will hold a rally at 6 p.m. on Saturday in Millington at the Regional Jetport. Roland says a large crowd is anticipated. On Sunday, fading contender Ben

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Come next Tuesday, March 1st, or “Super Tuesday,” as it is known in the political lexicon, the next president of the United States might well be sped unstoppably on his — or her — way to victory. Or the current indecisive muddle could continue a mite longer. It all depends on what happens in the 13 states where presidential primaries or presidential-preference caucuses are being held by one or both of the two major parties. Up until now, voting has been relatively piecemeal, beginning with the Iowa caucuses of February 1st and continuing with voting in New Hampshire on February 8th and in Nevada and South Carolina last week. But now a sizeable hunk of the nation — including Tennessee — gets to express its opinions all at once. And that could establish trend lines that will hold the rest of the way until the party conventions this summer. Although other, more populous states will play a major role in next Tuesday’s voting — Massachusetts, Minnesota, and Texas, for example — what happens in Tennessee will be significant, too, both because the Volunteer State has appreciable voting blocs of various kinds, and because the state has traditionally played a bellwether role in national elections. It may be, as Tennessee Senator Bob Corker pronounced on a visit to Memphis last weekend, that Tennessee’s identity as a “red state” (i.e., Republican state) is “a given,” but its Democratic and Republican voting populations could each shift the direction of the political consensus for the primary contests in both parties. As for Memphis, one sign of the city’s perceived importance was a much-ballyhooed speaking visit to Whitehaven High School two weeks ago by former President Bill Clinton on behalf of his wife, Democratic candidate Hillary Clinton. The visit — on February 11th — was two days after candidate Clinton had taken a shellacking from Bernie Sanders in the New Hampshire primary. (She has since rebounded with a victory in the weekend’s Nevada caucuses.) Another sign will be the visit here on Friday of Republican presidential hopeful John Kasich, the governor of Ohio who scored a strong second in New Hampshire’s GOP primary and is looking for another bounce to keep his candidacy alive. Kasich will hold a town hall event

Tennessee’s two Republican U.S. Senators, Bob Corker (l) and Lamar Alexander, were in Memphis last weekend but shied away from picking a favorite in the GOP presidential race. Carson will attend services at Highpoint Church in Memphis, according to an announcement on the church’s Facebook page. Local backers of various candidates are busy setting the stage for next week’s crucial vote. Within days of each other recently, large crowds showed up for the local headquarters openings of, respectively, Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders and former First Lady, Senator, and Secretary of State Clinton. GetOut-the-Vote efforts of various kinds were proceeding in earnest on behalf of

and Cruz, who has made a systematic effort to organize the state through developing a base among Christian evangelicals, are given some chance of doing well in Tennessee. But Republican lieutenant governor, state Senator Ron Ramsey of Blountville, while maintaining neutrality, is on record as saying that Trump will likely win both the Republican nomination and the presidency. • Super Tuesday voters in Shelby County will see a ballot that asks them to vote by presidential candidate for one of 14 Republican candidates or for one of three Democratic candidates (the names of numerous Republican dropouts will

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those two candidates and several of the Republican candidates as well. • As it happened, two influential Republicans — Corker and Senatorial colleague Lamar Alexander — were appearing on the platform of the Shelby County Republican Party’s annual Lincoln Day dinner at the Holiday Inn on Central Avenue Saturday night, in the immediate wake of Trump’s primary victory in South Carolina. In a joint encounter with reporters, and later, on the stage of the event, both Senators avoided making any direct comment on Trump’s victory, which, among other things, chased out of the race former Florida governor Jeb Bush, a symbol of the national Republican establishment, and opened the way to a serious claim on the GOP’s nomination by Trump himself, an outlier’s outlier and the surprise front-runner among Republicans this year. “My experience is that Tennesseans didn’t elect me to tell them how to vote,” Alexander said in the meeting with reporters. The state’s senior senator stressed the importance of nominating an acceptable conservative so as to ensure that a GOP president, not a Democrat, has the choice of filling the Supreme Court vacancy left vacant by the death of Antonin Scalia. To win the presidency, a Republican nominee has “got to get a few Democrats and independents” to vote for him, Alexander said. And he, like Corker, made a point of pooh-poohing early contests — Iowa and New Hampshire, as well as South Carolina — as guides to the matter of who should be nominated. Alexander likened the nomination contest to an NFL season, in which the decision comes down to a final two teams after a long winnowing-out process. Corker used a a similar metaphor in the meeting with reporters, comparing the Iowa caucuses and the New Hampshire primary — and, by implication, South Carolina — to “preseason games” but suggesting that the forthcoming multiple primaries, including Tennessee’s, on Super Tuesday, amounted to a real “Showtime.” “The citizens of our state have the tremendous opportunity of seeing so much and taking it in, and now we have to decide,” said Corker, who, unlike Alexander, hinted broadly that he would be making his preference public in a matter of days. Acknowledging that “we’ll be getting some calls tomorrow” from various candidates’ camps — and perhaps from party dignitaries — Corker said he would “have to decide first who I’m going to support,” either by Monday, the last day for early voting in the primary, or by Tuesday,

March 1st, itself. Repeating that formulation to attendees at the Lincoln Day banquet, Corker said the ideal Republican candidate whom he might support would have to demonstrate prowess in three specific ways: a determination to deal with fiscal issues, a plan for dealing with “a growing wealth gap” between rich and poor, and an ability “to lead the world.” As it happened, Monday came and went without any statement of support for a candidate by the senator. Rubio, who made an appearance in Nashville over the weekend, and who stands to inherit some of the establishment support from dropout candidate Jeb Bush,

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Russia — have joined in a plan to implement a cease-fire in Syria, one which, if successful, could abate the unprecedented flood of refugees to the United States and various countries in western Europe. Neither effort is a slam dunk. Both, in fact, have built-in contradictions. The legislative effort is exemplified in Monday’s vote in the state Senate directing state Attorney General Herb Slatery to join in a multi-state suit against the federal government’s resettlement plan. The resolution, by Senate majority leader Mark Norris (R-Collierville), posits that resettlement of refugees in Tennessee violates provisions of the state constitution requiring legislative approval for spending the tax money that accommodating the refugees will require. The problem with the state action is embedded in what is known as “the supremacy clause,” which mandates that, in instances where state law and federal law conflict, the federal writ is the overriding authority. This is a doctrine that has prevailed in case after case since the most glaring example of a clash between regional and national authorities, that of the American Civil War. For that matter, the pending U.S.Russian agreement is in not much better stead. One fact is that the two signatory countries are pursuing

contradictory policies vis-à-vis the Syrian conflict, with the Russians backing the embattled regime of Syrian dictator Assad and the U.S. trying to pick and choose its allies from among the assorted groups attempting to overthrow Assad. Some of the rebel groups can be regarded, more or less legitimately, as “freedom fighters.” Others, however, owe their allegiance to radical Jihadist entities such as ISIS or al-Qaeda and have no intention of observing any cease-fire dictated by the erstwhile superpower adversaries. Manifestly, the proposed agreement would be difficult to enforce. So it seems obvious that, to purloin a phrase made famous more than a generation ago in the film Cool Hand Luke: “What we got here is a failure to communicate.” Or, to put that into Washington/journalist jargon, a pair of quagmires, into which a great deal of hope or desperation will be invested, without much hope, in either case, of a productive result. We will say that, of the two circumstances, the latter one, in which two powerful former adversaries are at least trying to find common cause, has more chance of turning hopeful than yet another pointless effort by a state government to nullify the constitutional prerogative of the federal government. We settled that argument almost two centuries ago.

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As a social media expert, Carrie Brown-Smith has the same biases and prejudices and membership numbers, but Burke said seen just about everything the internet has to offer human behaviors that we use when the figure has doubled in Memphis Nowadays, — trolls, racists, ranters, flamers — you name it. we’re interacting face to face.” over the last year. misdemeanor hot-tub But it was a comment from a Midtown neighbor Founded in 2010, Nextdoor is “It’s something that on Nextdoor.com that broke her social-media pain a relative newcomer compared Memphis residents have dumping is a job threshold. to Facebook (founded in 2004) quickly adopted,” Burke said. “I for Nextdoor. “This woman compared homeless people to or Twitter (launched in 2006), think that’s a reflection of the ― Central Gardens stray cats,” Brown-Smith said. “I participate in a and it still has some growing up to fact that Memphis has tightlot of social media, and I usually have a pretty high do. It’s doing just that. Last month, knit communities already, and threshold, but this … I just couldn’t believe that this the company issued new guidelines on Nextdoor is a platform that allows person would compare a homeless person to a stray racial profiling, a topic so pervasive on the them to connect even more easily.” cat in this neighborhood. It was so bad that I just network in Memphis that it’s widely understood The Memphis and Shelby County Office of couldn’t stand it anymore. So, I sort of stopped using that in many instances “suspicious person” is code for Planning and Development (OPD) began to use [Nextdoor] regularly.” “black male.” Nextdoor last year to connect to the entire Memphis Don’t get the wrong idea. Brown-Smith isn’t But Nextdoor, like Memphis itself, also has a lot Nextdoor network. Using the site, the office some pearl-clutching internet granny posting puppy going for it. Nextdoor is the place where you can ask broadcasts the upcoming cases before the Board of pictures and inspirational memes. She’s a seasoned, your neighbors if they know a good car repair shop, Adjustment and Land Use Control Board, which thick-skinned social-media maven. She left Memphis a great barbecue place, or the best bank. It’s the place make decisions on real neighborhood-level issues, in 2014 to lead the new social media journalism where you help your neighbors find lost dogs, tell like where a new gas station can be built or if an alley program at the City University of New York. So, even them about an issue at city hall, or give them advice can be closed. she was surprised that something said on social media on lawn care. It’s the place where your neighbors OPD director Josh Whitehead says his office once could make her avert her eyes. will sell you just about anything: washing machines, used two neighborhood association email lists to get It’s the kind of thing that’s sometimes happens shoes, furniture, tools, toilets, arts and crafts, an the word out. He says OPD now e-blasts on Nextdoor. on Nextdoor, just as it does on almost any social Uzbekistan folding hat, or duck eggs. com and reaches about 40,000 people. media site. The difference is that on Nextdoor home, Or leave just about anything out on the street and “We found that many neighborhood associations real names, and neighborhood residency must be issue a “curb alert.” were not being properly notified through [the confirmed by the site before anyone can join. These East Buntyn was Nextdoor’s pioneer neighborhood previous] system,” Whitehead said. “Nextdoor has people are real, you know where they live, and, they in Memphis, back in 2011. Now, nearly 300 helped fill a gap in neighborhood notification of still don’t hesitate to, well, compare a homeless person neighborhoods (about 70 percent of all Memphis pending land-use cases.” to a stray cat in front of the whole neighborhoods) are Brown-Smith said she thought the Nextdoor neighborhood. connected to the network in her new Jersey City neighborhood would Brown-Smith is quick site, according to be vastly different from the one she left in Memphis, Nextdoor is diﬀerent than other social to add that Nextdoor (or Jennifer Burke, but it’s “remarkably similar,” she said, even though networks in that you're dealing with people any other social media a Nextdoor there’s “super weird stuff ” like people nursing pigeons who are around you in real life. site) isn’t to blame. Social spokesperson. The back to health and an ongoing battle between people company wouldn’t who like children in restaurants and those who don’t. 14 media sites are tools, she said, and “we bring to [them] all of release total As an academic, she wondered about the long-

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Trashy Hot Tubbin’ (Central Gardens) One Saturday night last December, my wife, Laura Jean Hocking, and I were returning from Project Motion’s holiday dance show, when we saw the thing in the street. It was a tangle of brown foam insulation and plumbing. At first, Laura thought our house had exploded, but it turned out to be a jacuzzi tub that had been ripped from its installation and left sitting in the street. We discovered it was filled with what appeared to be trash from a roofing job: old shingles, hundreds of nails, and big bags of various household debris. After poking it with a stick to be sure there wasn’t a dead body in it, we called the cops to report an illegal dumping incident. The officer who responded was the model of professionalism and friendliness. “I got the call about a hot tub in the street, and I thought, a tub of boiling water? In the street?” she said. “Then I saw it and said, yeah, that’s a hot tub in the middle of the street.” At her order, we moved the heavy tub and its halo of garbage to the curb as best we could, and she told us to call waste management first thing Monday morning and have it removed. The next morning, Laura posted our story on Nextdoor Central Gardens. She said we had nothing to do with the traffic-blocking agglomeration of unlikely objects, and she felt it was important that the online guardians of neighborhood virtue understood that the situation was being handled. Ten years ago, we wouldn’t have done anything to notify anyone. Five years ago we would have posted the news on Facebook and hoped we were friends with enough neighbors. Nowadays, misdemeanor hot-tub dumping is a job for Nextdoor. On Wednesday, Laura got a call from Jason Miles, a reporter at WMC-TV. He had read about the now-infamous hot tub on Nextdoor and wanted to know if it was still there. Assured that it was, he asked if we would talk on camera about our experience. Soon I was holding a microphone and yelling “Come get your crap!” at the faceless scofflaws who illicitly deposited a bathing apparatus in a public right-of-way. Once Miles got his shots, he called the city for comment. Before the segment aired, a city crew arrived with a crane to haul away the offending jacuzzi. As I was thanking the public servant in charge, she said she thought it was our hot tub she was hauling away.

“Oh no!” I said. “Check Nextdoor!” So what did we learn? That we actually care about what the people on Nextdoor think about us, and that local news is more powerful than social media. Also, I got to say “crap” on television. — Chris McCoy Coyote Ugly (Central Gardens) Midtowners, you need to hide your cats and hide your chickens, because the elusive Midtown coyote is on the loose. At least, that’s according to Central Gardens resident Toby Cole, who made the following post on Nextdoor in January: “Last night around 10:30, I saw a coyote walking east down Central west of Willett. He was just strolling along and turned into one of the streets between Melrose and Willett.” A little background is in order for non-Midtown residents. Coyote sightings around Midtown over the years — in the Central Gardens neighborhood and Overton Park — have become the stuff of urban legend. At least one coyote was captured in Midtown in 2010, and wildlife officials have said there are likely several coyotes living in the area. But Midtowners tend to refer to the collective coyotes as “the Midtown coyote.” “Anyone still have their ‘I saw the Midtown coyote in Central Gardens’ T-shirt from the early ’90s?” one Nextdoor commenter asked. What happened next was typical Nextdoor chatter: Someone suggested people should keep their cats inside, and a couple of folks hinted that responsible pet owners should never let their cats out. Said one commenter (all errors their own): “For some reason people think it’s. Alright to let cats run loose. Just because they have been going out for years & nothing. Well in this century, if they get into fight they can easily get Leukemia & aids. Lots do & its heartbreaking plus cars & especially evil kids & adults think it’s so much to torture a cat. If you actually car about your pets, you won’t let them run loose.” Central Gardens resident Joey McPeak said his cat had been acting weird lately, “like she’s seen a ghost or something,” and hadn’t wanted to go outside much. He also warned Midtowners to “keep an eye on your chickens if you have any.” Interviewed later by the Flyer, McPeak revealed that he’s pretty certain his last cat became prey for a coyote. “We had a cat before this one named Newton, and he was killed by the Midtown coyote. He had this really wiry gray fur under his claws, and I found him on the sidewalk. It was very sad. The next day, our neighbors’ cat was mauled by the Midtown coyote,” McPeak said. On the thread, which went on for several days, others said they, too, had spotted a coyote. Someone posted an article about aggressive coyotes in Northern California being high on ‘shrooms with the comment, “It could be worse. We could have trippin’ coyotes.” While the thread was highly entertaining, it did accomplish what the original poster, Toby Cole, intended. Cole told the Flyer “When we had trouble before with coyotes, in the ’90s, there was one killing continued on page 16

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term effects of Nextdoor. “Are we building more social capital?” Brown-Smith wonders. “Because we now know our neighbors better, does that mean we can all work together for better schools or all the great things that can happen when people come together. Or, is [Nextdoor] going to become more polarizing and make us feel more disconnected with our neighbors?” While pondering Nextdoor’s future, we took an anecdotal look at the present. Flyer staff writers found their favorite stories from the social media site and spoke to some of those involved. These are their stories (DUN-DUN). — Toby Sells

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Painting Yellow, Seeing Red (Mud Island) What would you do if, after a long day at work, you returned home to discover your beautiful park-like neighborhood had been covertly transformed into an enormous Walmart parking lot? Not an actual Walmart parking lot, mind you. But imagine your neighborhood turned into something so tacky it merits fair comparison to the retail giant. If you live on Mud Island and are a part of Nextdoor’s Uptown community, chances are you know exactly how it feels, and have stated keen displeasure on a thread titled, “Welcome to your Walmart parking lot … I mean home.” The “Welcome” thread was posted December 10, 2015, after the city of Memphis “deemed it necessary to paint a huge, double yellow line down the middle of Island Place,” making the street exactly like a Walmart parking lot, somehow. Many Mud Islanders were “disgusted” by the “aggressive” yellowness of the paint. According to one critic, “the workmanship is just hideous.” One selfidentified runner said she was hopeful that the lines might turn out to be a good thing for the neighborhood, which had experienced problems with speeders and parking, but she wondered if a “less glaring” color might be substituted. Someone else helpfully suggested a “soft gray or baby blue” might be preferable. Many of the original respondents to the “Welcome” thread said they’ve grown accustomed to their new normal, though nobody seems to like it. Others remain angry and think the online service helps to keep people from becoming complacent with changes that are so clearly against the wishes of the homeowners association. David Tobin, a Mud Islander of nine years, says the problem on Island Place goes back at least five years before the striping, when he was calling the police every day to complain about speeders. “We’ve got people driving into houses and people hitting cars,” he said. Then one morning last June, Tobin left his house for work and noticed a crew preparing to stripe the road. “I was disgusted,” he said, describing the event that turned him into an activist. “I parked my car in the middle of the road. I was like, ‘I don’t have time to go back and get my cheaper car that they can just run over. I’m parking the Mercedes right in the middle of the road. And I’m not moving.” He did have to move eventually, however, and in December, while Tobin was working out of town, the city crews returned. He sees the move as a breakdown of local government. “If you’ve got a speeding problem and you want to fix it, you can do bump-outs or speed bumps or put up speed limit signs,” Tobin said. “Or, you can paint lines on the road. What do you think the city did?” They painted paradise — and made it a parking lot. — Chris Davis Suspicious Minds (Avon) Jay Purdue could not have known that when he sent his “suspicious person” alert on Nextdoor that he, himself, would be targeted by another vigilant Nextdoor

neighbor as a person of suspicion. Nextdoor is the place where Purdue was driving his your neighbors will sell you daughter to a friend’s house one Friday night, when he saw just about anything: washing a man walking down a street machines, shoes, furniture, (not the sidewalk) of his leafy tools, toilets, arts and crafts, Avon neighborhood. He walked an Uzbekistan folding hat, slowly, Purdue said, looking into or duck eggs. the windows of the cars parked on the street. To make one thing perfectly clear, it was the man’s behavior — not his race — that Purdue said merited his listing in the “suspicious person” category. “You can tell when when someone is on their way somewhere and walking with a purpose, versus someone who is just poking around looking into driveways,” Purdue said. Purdue watched the man for a while and then drove away. Then he remembered the Nextdoor app on his phone. He pulled quickly to the curb, pulled out his phone, tapped an alert, and zapped his message to hundreds of his surrounding neighbors. When he got home, Purdue checked the app again to see if anyone had responded to his post. What he found puzzled him, frightened him a bit, and then made him laugh. Another alert — sent only moments after his — reported a suspicious vehicle: a black Honda with tinted windows. The alert said the car had “pulled quickly up to the curb in front of our house, frightening my daughter who went running to her friend’s house next door.” “As I read it, I realized she was talking about me,” Purdue said. He admits he was little worried at first, wondering if someone would recognize his car from the post and call the cops. Then, he realized the whole thing was “hilarious” and quickly replied to the post, explaining his erratic behavior. — TS Taking the “Lead” (Central Gardens) The Nextdoor network utilizes neighborhood residents known as “leads,” who are responsible for monitoring posts on the site. Duties include removing offensive or deliberately provocative posts and posters, and basically serving as referee when discussions get heated. Tracy Wiswell is a Nextdoor lead for the Central Gardens neighborhood.

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Flyer: When did you become a lead? Wiswell: I joined Nextdoor in October 2013 and became a lead the next month. I saw the potential benefits for crime and safety monitoring right away. When I started there were around 50 members in the Central Gardens group. Now we’re at around 1,600 members. That’s one of the best parts of being a lead — seeing that growth.

What’s the most difficult thing you’ve had to deal with? Well, there have been plenty of controversial posts, and it’s difficult knowing where to draw the line between allowing a difference of opinion and taking it too far, making it too personal. And you have to stay vigilant. People try to hack into the site with a fake name or address, so you have to check new users. What’s the most beneficial thing about Nextdoor? Crime and safety, I think. Having more people in the know about criminal activities is always better. Also the sharing of recommendations for plumbers, electricians, etc. is great. I like knowing that the recommendation is coming from a neighbor who’s actually had work done by the service person.

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What’s the most popular subject? Pet stuff might be the No. 1 most-discussed topic: strays, found animals, lost pets. What’s been the funniest post? To me, the funniest one was when the police caught a criminal that one of our members had caught on video. When he was arrested, he was wearing the same clothes, and when police asked the guy to take his hands out of pockets, two laptops fell out of his jacket. The comments were really funny on that one. That, and the guy who posted a “curb alert” for the Ole Miss football season after the Memphis game. — Bruce VanWyngarden

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What are some of the biggest benefits of the site? Nextdoor is different than most other social networks in that you’re dealing with people who are around you in real life. It’s unlike Facebook or other sites where you might have contacts from around the country or the world. On Nextdoor, you’re all dealing with the same real-life issues, and it’s very transparent; you know who everyone is.

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Hardaway would be made-to-order as the university’s new promotional centerpiece. YES: Hardaway would sell out FedExForum. He would bring star power to the head coach’s position greater than any of his predecessors, including Calipari. In a sport where the coach is the face, body, and spirit of a team, Penny Hardaway would be made-to-order as the university’s new promotional centerpiece. As a recruiter, Hardaway would be pursuing players born after his NBA peak. But he’d have a hook very few of his competitors share: YouTube. Few players in basketball history pack five minutes of highlights the way Penny Hardaway did. When high school stars check out the bona fides of Coach Hardaway, they’ll find themselves staring at plays they can but dream of making. If Hardaway could see a basketball court the way he did as one of ten players on the floor, perhaps he can see the court differently from the sideline, too. That would be a vision worth following. A charming component to Hardaway’s candidacy is his legwork: building his credentials, first at Lester Middle School (where he answered the call of a dying friend), and now at East High School. Should he take the Tiger job, it would not be mere entitlement, the most famous basketball player in Memphis agreeing to coach his alma mater back to glory. A college coaching position is, in fact, the next logical step in Hardaway’s post-playing career. If he’s to take such a job anywhere, why not Memphis?

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NO: I covered the Tigers over a four-year run (under Calipari) that saw the team win 137 out of 151 games. That’s a winning percentage of 91 percent. And there were Tiger fans who never liked Calipari. And Calipari, love him or loathe him, was a salesman in ways Penny (or Pastner) will never be. The day he takes the seat, Penny goes from being a first-team All-America, firstteam All-NBA superstar to first-team Media Magnet. He’ll be expected to answer every question and absorb every criticism with dexterity. He will have to cater to the whims of 18-year-old boys, every one dreaming of being “the next Penny” in a town where we’ve already seen the last Penny. He’ll have to make promises he

knows can’t be kept, whether it’s punching a recruit’s ticket to the NBA or a sponsor’s request to attend his son’s birthday party. Hardaway has been as generous to his hometown as any sports celebrity Memphis has produced. (See the Hardaway Hall of Fame on the U of M campus.) Having made more than $100 million in an NBA career sadly abbreviated by lingering knee trouble, Hardaway is sharing his wealth with the community that helped raise him. But he’s done all this good on his own schedule, at his own pace. That changes the day he becomes head coach at his alma mater. Expectations must be met. Penny Hardaway would start his college coaching career with the same number of wins Pastner had: zero.

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he dots are easy to connect. One of this city’s most prominent jobs, currently held by a man under the kind of public scrutiny unfamiliar to most people not living in the White House. One of the city’s most famous and popular citizens, doing precisely the same job (and doing it well) a tier below. There are Memphians who would claim Anfernee ‘Penny’ Hardaway was born to coach the Memphis Tigers. And many of those same Memphians would say the Tigers’ current coach, Josh Pastner, was a fish out of water the day he took the job in 2009 upon John Calipari’s departure for Kentucky. Now in his seventh year in a seat that’s always hot, Pastner is enduring a season that, barring an AAC tournament championship, will end short of an NCAA tournament bid. At most home games, sitting directly across the FedExForum court from the 38-year-old Pastner is the 44-year-old Hardaway, his retired jersey hanging from the rafters above. Will Hardaway coach the Memphis Tigers? The question has certainly occurred to U of M athletic director Tom Bowen. If Pastner is dismissed at the end of the current season, the university will owe him $10 million, money committed to the coach (through the 2019-20 season) in the contract extension he signed in 2013. That’s a lot to pay a man not to work for you. But at what point does Pastner end up costing the university more than $10 million in lost revenue from ticket sales, sponsorships, donations, and advertising? Let’s ignore that math and focus on the Tigers’ coaching needs. Should Hardaway be hired to fill the vacancy?

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Books & Brews is a new series of events for book lovers, music fans, and java junkies. The first installment also doubles as a launch party for Devault-Graves Agency, which is re-releasing a pair of critically acclaimed but long-out-of-print fiction titles using the life and legacy of Elvis Presley to spin dark-edged yarns about jukebox heroes and American dreams. Publisher Tom Graves (also the author of Getting Naked with Harry Crews and Pullers: A Novel) describes Stark Raving Elvis by William McCranor Henderson and That’s All Right, Mama by Gerald Duff as “Two of the finest rock-and-roll novels ever written.” He says the double release is also just the beginning of an ongoing project to resurrect great out-of-print books about music. When it comes to satirical depiction Elvis is low-hanging fruit. Fictional versions abound, often in the form of puffy, whitejumpsuited grotesques, but the authors of Stark Raving Elvis and That’s All Right, Mama have avoided most of the usual pitfalls. Henderson’s novel tells the story of Byron Bluford, a nobody factory worker from Portland, Maine, whose one great achievement in life was his teenage performance as Elvis in an Elk’s Club talent contest. Following a brief backstage encounter with the King, Bluford comes to believe he’s been called to take care of Elvis’ unfinished business. That’s All Right, Mama has a classical edge and a Southern Gothic heart. It imagines a world where Elvis’ stillborn twin Jesse Garon lived, becoming a secret stand-in for his weaker brother. Duff and Henderson will both be available to answer questions and discuss their work at the inaugural Books & Brews. Everybody who buys a book will also receive a complimentary Devault-Graves coffee mug and a free cup of coffee.

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Wine for Wishes Cadre Building, 6:30-9:30 p.m., $55 A wine tasting for young professionals benefiting Make-AWish. Includes a silent auction, live entertainment, and food.

Booksigning by Devin James Barnes & Noble Germantown 6-7 p.m. Devin James signs and discusses his book Inside Ferguson: A Voice for the Voiceless.

Peace, Love, Soulsville: Memphis to Motown Minglewood Hall, 6:30 p.m., $15-$20 A concert by students from the Stax Music Academy celebrating Black History Month.

Oscar Shorts: Live Action Memphis Brooks Museum of Art, 11 a.m.-12:45 p.m. A screening of the Oscarnominated shorts in preview of the Oscars ceremony. Animated shorts program starts at 1 p.m.

Opera Memphis Wild Game Dinner Clark Opera Memphis Center, 6:30 p.m., $175 Popular annual dinner featuring wild game dishes from area chefs, benefiting Opera Memphis. Big Dipper Campfire Party Memphis Botanic Garden, 6-8 p.m., $12 A star show at the guest house, plus a night hike, hot dogs, storytelling, and more. Reservations required: 636-4131.

Oklahoma! Theatre Building, University of Memphis, 7:30 p.m., $20 Rodgers & Hammerstein musical about the cowboy Curly and Laurey, the girl of his dreams. Moby-Dick Halloran Centre, 7 p.m., $15-$30 Live-action version of the Melville novel featuring three actors, a double bass, and a cello. Ernest Hemingway in Key West Location: 759-0620, 6-8 p.m., $55 A reading of Hemingway’s Keyinspired writings. Part of the Tennessee Shakespeare Company’s Southern Literary Salon.

SATURDAY February 27 Johnny Cash 84th Birthday Party Galloway House (1015 S. Cooper), 7 p.m., $5 suggested donation Presented by the Johnny Cash Statue Project and featuring music by Amy LaVere and Will Sexton, cake, and a “Cash Rising” — a recreation of the first performance of Cash in 1954. Lettice and Lovage TheatreWorks, 8 p.m., $20 New Moon Theatre Company presents this play about a tour guide of a historic house and an inspector from the Preservation Trust.

Brew Movement Against Multiple Sclerosis Memphis Pink Palace Museum, 7-10 p.m., $40 Annual event with food, live music, a silent auction, and plenty of craft beer. Benefits the Mid South Chapter of the Multiple Sclerosis Society.

Mix-Odyssey III Bridges, 7-10 p.m., $65 Seven bartenders mix up their best cocktails for this contest benefiting Volunteer Odyssey. Sushi Making Class Memphis Made Brewing Company, 6-9 p.m., $40 Birmingham Sushi Classes presents this event during which students will learn how to make sticky rice, sauces, how to buy fish, and how to roll a flawless piece of sushi. More info: birminghamsushiclasses.com.

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In January, the Emanuel AME Church in Charleston, South Carolina, was nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize for the congregation’s response to 90 seconds of terror. Six months earlier, a lone, white guman named Dylann Roof entered the historically black church and started shooting. He was a disturbed white supremacist who wanted to start a new civil war. Days after the deadly event that killed nine, families of the victims attended Roof’s bond hearing in a gesture of forgiveness. “History can seem far away, and, all of a sudden, it’s just right there,” says Facing History and Ourselves director Marti Tippens Murphy, comparing recent events to things that happened in and around Emanuel AME dating back to its founding in 1818. Look What a Wonder, the gospel musical Facing History brings to Memphis for a one-night-only performance this week, tells the story of the church’s founder Denmark Vesey, a slave who literally won a lottery and bought his freedom. With spiritual-inspired music composed by Walter Robinson, Look What a Wonder also tells of the slave insurrection Vesey planned and the terrible suppression of that rebellion. Early members of the church were terrorized and 30 black conspirators hanged. Robinson and Facing History have worked together in the past, touring Look What a Wonder around the country. The show was eventually produced off-Broadway as part of the New York Musical Theatre Festival in 2007. “It still resonates with our work,” Murphy says, “with scenes about identity, voice, and decision-making during times of injustice. Art is such a powerful way to explore that … It’s not about blame and shame, but about what we can learn. And how we can use it to create a stronger and more just society.”

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The Wait Is Over A handful of must-see bands at Beale Street Music Fest 2016.

eale Street Music Festival recently released the complete musical lineup for this year’s weekend-long concert. Here’s a small sample of some of the talent that will be rockin’ on the river this year. Friday, April 29th Neil Young + Promise of the Real Neil Young. On the river, the first night of Beale Street Music Fest. Do I really need to tell you to be there? Do you like music? Good answer. I thought we were about to have a problem. In all seriousness, if this doesn’t get you excited, you may need to check your pulse. Weezer These platinum-selling pop-punkers have been at it for over 20 years, releasing hit after hit in between throwing parties on cruise ships and collaborating with current stars like Best Coast. Weezer will be on tour with Panic! At the Disco, who are also playing Friday night.

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Julien Baker Memphis’ biggest breakout star of 2015 keeps killing it, landing a spot on Beale Street Music Fest after a solid year of touring and seeing her name on every music-media outlet that’s relevant. Her first album, Sprained Ankle made plenty of year-end lists, but we were already onto Baker before she became a media darling. See our cover story on her from last summer for proof. Trampled by Turtles Minnesota’s Trampled by Turtles have seen their fair amount of success since forming in 2003, and the alt-country band will be setting out on a long tour with the Devil Makes Three shortly after their performance on Friday night. No stranger to festivals, the band has also played San Francisco’s Outside Lands Music and Arts Festival, Bonnaroo, Lollapalooza, Austin City Limits Music Festival, Firefly Festival, Rock the Garden, and the All Good Music Festival. Saturday, April 30th Yo Gotti The king of Memphis has been on a tear lately, releasing hit after hit of clubready, social-media-referencing rap songs. If Yo Gotti keeps up his summer show at Mud Island, this could mean that two epic outdoor Gotti concerts are heading your way soon. Yo Gotti put the city on his back,

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and his love for Memphis is well-known. Don’t miss Yo Gotti, and remember, it goes down in the DM. Violent Femmes Violent Femmes are no strangers to Memphis, having played the iconic Antenna club and, more recently, the Mud Island Amphitheater. The band has been active since 1980 and are best known for their quirky hit “Blister in the Sun,” although they’ve also had hits with “Kiss Off” and “Gone Daddy Gone.” Cypress Hill Who can forget the group that sang “Tell Bill Clinton to go and inhale?” Other than Snoop Dogg, no other artist or group personifies what it means to be a stoner better than Cypress Hill, the group that brought you songs like “Hits from the Bong,” “Superstar,” and “Dr. Greenthumb.” Cypress Hill were the first Latino-American rap artists to go platinum, and their music is immediately recognizable, as is B-Real’s high-pitched vocal approach. Get ready to go insane in the membrane.

knows that Beck is not to be missed. Paul Simon Paul Simon has been a hit factory since the ’60s, cranking out songs like “Mrs. Robinson,” “The Sounds of Silence,” and “Bridge Over Troubled Water.” He was awarded the first Library of Congress Gershwin Prize for Popular Song in 2007 and has written music for Broadway and television. He’s been on Saturday Night Live 14 times and has 12 Grammy awards, making him one of the most successful artists on the entire Music Fest lineup. Zedd Grammy award-winner Zedd plays the last night of Beale Street Music Fest, and if the hype around this artist is any indication, his set should be a gigantic dance party. Mixing elements of electronic music with pop sensibilities, Zedd makes music larger than life, and he’s got the hardware to prove that he’s making some of the most influential music of the genre.

Moon Taxi Nashville’s Moon Taxi also earned a spot on Coachella, and their Day Breaker tour sees the band getting a slot on Beale Street Music Fest. Active since 2006, the band played the David Letterman Show and has had television placements from companies like BMW, HBO, the MLB, and the NFL.

Alex da Ponte Alex da Ponte just released her latest album, and the local artist is one of many worth catching over Music Fest weekend. On All My Heart, da Ponte wears her emotions on her sleeve, making for an earnest and honest album that will get stuck in your head after only a couple listens. Her song “Nevermind” is already a local hit, but don’t expect da Ponte to stay local for long.

Sunday, May 1st Beck Beck is back, only this time he’ll be at Tom Lee Park instead of the Mud Island Amphitheater. The Los Angeles singer/ songwriter always puts on a great show, and his collaboration with Jay Reatard was proof that while Beck is definitely big time, he still keeps his ear to the underground. Anyone who was at his Mud Island show

Courtney Barnett Courtney Barnett had a spectacular 2015 due to her amazing album Sometimes I Sit and Think and Sometimes I Just Sit. We had her album and her Third Man Records single as some of our favorites of the year, so we’ll take credit for this one. You’re welcome. Tickets are available now. For the complete lineup, visit Memphisinmay.org.

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Cash Comes Home “Every Neighborhood Has a Hero.”

Why do you think CooperYoung needs this statue? Every neighborhood has a hero, and in Memphis that’s especially true. I look back at what Memphis offered in the 20th century in terms of pop culture, and a lot of it has gone away. A lot of it isn’t being promoted anymore. We see Mississippi taking advantage of their cultural identity, the MidSouth identity, and that’s something we could have. I think if we claim ownership of our cultural identity, it could change the perceptions of these poor or bad neighborhoods. What’s the neighborhood response been like so far? I’ve had a lot of encouragement from Zac Ives (co-owner of Goner Records) and the Cooper Young Business Association. They agreed to give 10 percent of all revenue from their sales on Thursday, and they’ve already given $3,000 or so. Who owns the church where you’d like to put the statue? As of the last couple weeks, Mark Lovell, who runs the Delta Fair.

Tell me more about the play based on the performance that’s happening on Friday. The play was written by Daniel Lee Perea. He’s from Mississippi, and he’s a filmmaker. He was originally going to play Luther (Perkins), and then it turned out he couldn’t do it. Russell Rainey had played Cash in a play called Ring of Fire that Germantown Performing Arts Center had put on, and he’ll be playing Cash in this play too. Robbie House, who was in Sin City Scoundrels, is playing Luther. Cash played the Galloway Church in December 1954, and he called his mother and told her he was very proud to play the church at Christmastime. That information will be on the historic marker that we unveil on May 1st. They had a ladies club there that raised money to send missionaries different places, and that night was the first time they ever played as Johnny Cash and the Tennessee Two. We are trying to be historically accurate with the songs for the play, and Rainey will perform the same songs those church ladies heard years ago in the same place.

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Memphis Flyer: How long have you been working on this project? Mike McCarthy: I went to the initial owners of the church about a year ago and pitched them the idea after I finished doing a similar project in Tupelo and realized how under-statued Memphis was. I’ve lived in Cooper-Young for 17 years, and I started thinking about how cool it would be to have statues of neighborhood heroes. Johnny Cash being the hero of Midtown, Otis Redding the hero of Soulsville, and so forth. You could look at [the former] Forrest Park and see it as Sam Phillips park. I started the ioby site about a year ago, and we are asking for $75,000 in total.

How many people do you think know that this location in Cooper-Young was where Johnny Cash played his first show with Marshall Grant and Luther Perkins? For the last 10 years I’ve worked on various tourist jobs, and it was always common knowledge within those circles. This is something that’s going to be more known once the statue is up, especially if the Galloway House is banking on this being a place to see live music. When I worked for Backbeat Tours, we’d always slow down by the church. It has been esoteric, but that has to do with people trying to figure out how to promote the idea. Every neighborhood in Memphis is pivotal to the history of music here. Some neighborhoods have more than one hero. You go into these places, in this case into this basement room, and the young punk rock scene or the young high school music scene has been playing in there, but the history goes back much further. I had the pleasure of interviewing Marshall Grant there, and we all assumed that the stage in there was the stage they played on because it looks 100 years old, but Marshall Grant turned me around 180 degrees and pointed to a corner and Johnny said, “That’s where we played.” I Cash thought that was very Memphis — Cash playing in a corner. I want to show people that corner and show that it doesn’t have to be perfect for it to be historically significant.

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In December, 1954, Johnny Cash, Marshall Grant, and Luther Perkins stepped into the Galloway Methodist Church on the corner of Cooper and Walker for their first performance together for the Pioneers Club, a ladies church function. Over the past year, Mike McCarthy has been raising money in hopes of erecting a statue to commemorate this historical event. I sat down with McCarthy to learn more about the Johnny Cash Statue project, which has raised over $16,000 of the $75,000 needed to erect a statue in front of the newly-bought Galloway House. –Chris Shaw

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The King Beez Thursdays, 5:30 p.m.; B.B. King’s All Stars Thursdays, Fridays, 8 p.m.; Will Tucker Band Fridays, Saturdays, 5 p.m.; Lisa G and Flic’s Pic’s Band Saturdays, Sundays, 12:30 p.m.; Blind Mississippi Morris Sundays, 5 p.m.; Memphis Jones Sundays, Wednesdays 5:30 p.m.; Doc Fangaz and the Remedy Tuesdays, 5:30 p.m.

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Queen Ann and the Memphis Blues Masters Fridays, Saturdays, 8 p.m.-midnight.

Brad Birkedahl Band Thursdays, Wednesdays, 8 p.m.; Blind Mississippi Morris Friday, Feb. 26, 9:30 p.m., and Saturday, Feb. 27, 9:30 p.m.; The Memphis 3 Sundays, 6 p.m., and Mondays, 7 p.m.; FreeWorld Sundays, 9:30 p.m.; Earl “The Pearl” Banks Tuesdays, 7 p.m.

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1st Floor: Mercury Blvd. Mondays-Thursdays, 711 p.m.; 1st Floor: Super 5 Fridays, Saturdays, 10:30 p.m.-2 a.m.; After Dark Band Sundays, 7-11 p.m.

Flynn’s Restaurant and Bar 159 BEALE

Eric Hughes Thursdays, Fridays, 5-8 p.m.; Karaoke ongoing, 8:30 p.m.; Chris Gales Tuesday-Saturday, noon-8 p.m.

Handy Bar 200 BEALE 527-2687

Bad Boy Matt & the Amazing Rhythmatics Tuesdays, Thursdays-Sundays, 7 p.m.-1 a.m.

Hard Rock Cafe 126 BEALE 529-0007

All the Little Pieces Friday, Feb. 26, 8-10 p.m. and Saturday, Feb. 27, 8-10 p.m.

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Susan Marshall Fridays, Saturdays, 7-10 p.m.

Jerry Lee Lewis’ Cafe & Honky Tonk 310 BEALE 654-5171

The Johnny Go Band Thursdays, Sundays, 7-11 p.m.; Rockin’ Rob Haynes & the Memphis Flash Fridays, Saturdays, 7-11 p.m.; Live Band Karaoke Fridays, Saturdays, 11 p.m.-3 a.m.; The Memphis House Rockers Saturdays, 3-7 p.m. and Wednesdays, 7-11 p.m.; Gary Hardy & Memphis 2 Sundays, 3-7 p.m. and Mondays, 7-11 p.m.

King’s Palace Cafe 162 BEALE 521-1851

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’s Patio 162 BEALE 521-1851

Mack 2 Band Mondays-Fridays, 2-6 p.m.; Fuzzy Jeffries & the Kings of Memphis Thursdays, 6:30-10:30 p.m.; Nate Dogg and the Fellas Fridays, Saturdays, 6:30-10:30 p.m.; McDaniel Band Saturdays, 26 p.m.; Cowboy Neil Sundays, 2-6 p.m., and Mondays, 6:30-10:30 p.m.; Chic Jones Sundays, Tuesdays, 6:30-10:30 p.m.; Sensation Band Wednesdays, 6:30-10:30 p.m.

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

Don Valentine Thursdays, Tuesdays, 8 p.m.-midnight; Delta Project Friday, Feb. 26, 9 p.m.-1 a.m.; Cowboy Neil Saturdays, 8:30 p.m.-midnight; Vince Johnson and the Plantation Allstars Wednesdays, 8 p.m.-midnight.

New Daisy Theatre 330 BEALE 525-8981

Mondays, 8 p.m.-midnight; McDaniel Band Tuesdays, Wednesdays, 8 p.m.-midnight.

Double J Smokehouse & Saloon

Silky O’Sullivan’s

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Barbara Blue Thursdays-Fridays, Wednesdays, 7-9 p.m., Saturdays, 5-9 p.m., and Sundays, 4-9 p.m.; 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.

Whitey Morgan and Cody Jinks Friday, Feb. 26, 9-11 p.m.; Ghastly Saturday, Feb. 27, 10:30 p.m.

Rum Boogie Cafe 182 BEALE 528-0150

Vince Johnson and the Boogie Blues Band Thursday, Feb. 25, 8 p.m.-midnight; Pam & Terry Friday, Feb. 26, 5:30-8:30 p.m., and Saturday, Feb. 27, 5:308:30 p.m.; FreeWorld Friday, Feb. 26, 9 p.m.-1 a.m. and Saturday, Feb. 27, 9 p.m.-1 a.m.; Memphis Blues Society Jam Sundays, 711 p.m.; Brandon Santini Monday, Feb. 29, 7-11 p.m.

Rum Boogie Cafe’s Blues Hall 182 BEALE 528-0150

Memphis Bluesmasters Thursdays, 8 p.m.-midnight; Plantation Allstars Fridays, Saturdays, 3-7 p.m.; Brian Hawkins Blues Party Friday, Feb. 26, 8 p.m.-midnight, and Monday, Feb. 29, 8 p.m.-midnight; Little Boys Blue Saturday, Feb. 27, 8 p.m.-midnight; Low Society Sundays, 8 p.m.-midnight; The Dr. “Feel Good” Potts Band

Earnestine & Hazel’s 531 S. MAIN 523-9754

Amber Rae Dunn Hosts: Earnestine & Hazel’s Open Mic Wednesdays, 8-11 p.m.

Huey’s Downtown

77 S. SECOND 527-2700

Juno Marrs Sunday, Feb. 28, 8:30 p.m.-midnight.

Blind Bear Speakeasy 119 S. MAIN, PEMBROKE SQUARE 417-8435

Live Music Thursdays-Saturdays, 10 p.m.

Brass Door Irish Pub 152 MADISON 572-1813

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

Live Pianist Thursdays, 5:308:30 p.m., Fridays and Saturdays, 5:30-9 p.m., Sundays, 11 a.m.-2 p.m., and MondaysWednesdays, 5:30-8 p.m.

Live Music Fridays.

The Plexx

Brinson’s

380 E.H. CRUMP 744-2225

341 MADISON 524-0104

Melting Pot: Artist Showcase Thursdays, 7-11 p.m.

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

Memphis Symphony Orchestra: Messiah Friday, Feb. 26, 7:30 p.m.; The Beach Boys: Pet Sounds Turns 50 Saturday, Feb. 27, 7:30-9:30 p.m.

Old School Blues and Jazz Fridays, Saturdays, 9 p.m.

Purple Haze Nightclub 140 LT. GEORGE W. LEE 577-1139

DJ Dance Music ongoing, 10 p.m.

Riverfront Bar & Grill 251 RIVERSIDE

Local Music Fridays, 6-8 p.m.

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Lafayette’s Music Room

The Phoenix

1368 MONROE 278-0909

2119 MADISON 207-5097

1015 S. COOPER 338-5223

AGENT ORANGE AT THE HI-TONE Agent Orange bring their classic West Coast punk to the Hi-Tone this Friday night, alongside In the Whale and locals SVU. Formed in 1979 in the boom of the Southern California punk scene, the band was one of the first to mix hardcore punk with surf guitar licks, proving that while you didn’t have to know how to play your instrument to gain notoriety (see the Germs), it certainly didn’t hurt. The original lineup that cranked out the band’s best LP did so at an incredibly young age, and one of the most impressive aspects of Living in Darkness is the lyrics. The album’s title track perfectly captures the spirit of the early punk mentality, but while most firstwave California punk songs about defying authority usually involve some sort of violent element, Agent Orange took a more philosophical approach to their disdain for society. Their song “Bloodstains” is one of THE California punk classics, and ranks right alongside any other hit from that era. But that was all very long ago at this point. What has the band been up to since then? The answer is not a lot. After releasing Living in Darkness on Posh Boy Records (Black Flag, Adolescents, JFA) the band didn’t release another record until 1986, when they teamed up with Enigma Records for This Is the Voice. Fast forward another 10 years and Virtually Indestructible was released, making it one of the last times the band would release an album of all new material. While punk rock and especially hardcore are considered a young person’s game, Agent Orange are still touring on the strength of their first album, a classic that holds as much resonance today as it did over 30 years ago when it was first released. The show is 18 and up. - Chris Shaw Agent Orange, In the Whale, SVU, Friday, February 26th at the Hi-Tone, 9pm $15 Rumba Room

Blue Monkey

303 S. MAIN 523-0020

2012 MADISON 272-BLUE

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

Bar DKDC

The Silly Goose

964 S. COOPER 272-0830

100 PEABODY PLACE 435-6915

DJ Cody Fridays, Saturdays, 10 p.m.

Robby Grant Friday, Feb. 26, 10:30 p.m.; Marcella & Her Lovers Saturday, Feb. 27, 10:30 p.m.

Bhan Thai

Karaoke Thursdays, 9 p.m.midnight; John Paul Keith Friday, Feb. 26; 901 Blues Band Saturday, Feb. 27.

Boscos

2120 MADISON 432-2222

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

1324 PEABODY 272-1538

Two Peace Saturdays, 7-10:30 p.m.

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DJ Tree Fridays, 10 p.m.; DJ Taz Saturdays, 10 p.m.; Jeremy Stanfill and Joshua Cosby Sundays, 6-9 p.m.; Candy Company Mondays.

The Cove 2559 BROAD 730-0719

Jazz with Ed Finney and Friends Thursdays, 9 p.m.; Chinese Connection Friday, Feb. 26, 10 p.m.; Bluff City Backsliders Saturday, Feb. 27, 10 p.m.; Justin White Mondays, 7 p.m.; Richard James Tuesdays, 7 p.m.; Anne Schorr Wednesdays, 7 p.m.; Karaoke Wednesdays, 10 p.m.

Evergreen Presbyterian Church 613 UNIVERSITY 274-3740

First Tuesdays at 4 Concert Series: Music of Samuel Barber featuring Rhodes College music faculty first Tuesday of every month, 4 p.m.

Hi-Tone 412-414 N. CLEVELAND 278-TONE

Nightingail with Adam Naylor and Travis Roman Thursday, Feb. 25, 8 p.m.; Agent Orange w/ In the Whale and SVU Friday, Feb. 26, 9 p.m.; Pujol, China Gate, Small Saturday, Feb. 27, 9 p.m.; Open Mic Comedy Night Tuesdays, 9 p.m.; Cave of Swimmers, Sunfather, Joybomb Tuesday, March 1, 9 p.m.; Charles Ellsworth, the Swansons, and PT Phone Home Wednesday, March 2, 9 p.m.

Huey’s Midtown 1927 MADISON 726-4372

Midtown Crossing Grill 394 N. WATKINS 443-0502

Memphis Ukelele Meetup Tuesdays, 6-7:30 p.m.

Minglewood Hall

Rhodes College, Hardie Auditorium 2000 N. PARKWAY 843-3000

Scenes from Musical Theatre and Opera Monday, Feb. 29, 7:30 p.m.

St. John’s Episcopal Church 3245 CENTRAL 323-8597

Luna Nova & Memphis BoyChoir and GirlChoir Winter Concert Sunday, Feb. 28, 3-4:15 p.m.

Wild Bill’s 1580 VOLLINTINE 207-3975

The Soul Connection Fridays, Saturdays, 11 p.m.-3 a.m.

Young Avenue Deli 2119 YOUNG 278-0034

Tree Tops Saturday, Feb. 27, 10 p.m.

1555 MADISON 866-609-1744

Stax Music Academy Black History Month Concert Thursday, Feb. 25, 7:30-9:30 p.m.; Zoogma & Turbo Suit “Zoot Suit Tour” Friday, Feb. 26, 8 p.m.; Sister Hazel Friday, Feb. 26, 8 p.m.; Gary Clark, Jr. Saturday, Feb. 27, 8 p.m.; Artistik Lounge featuring Devin Crutcher every third Sunday, 7-11 p.m.

Murphy’s 1589 MADISON 726-4193

Longtooth with Rattlesnake Whip Thursday, Feb. 25; Terry Prince & the Principles, Woodteeth, and the Renault Brothers Friday, Feb. 26, 9:30 p.m.-1 a.m.; Gloryholes with Hormonal Imbalance Saturday, Feb. 27.

P&H Cafe 1532 MADISON 726-0906

Rock Starkaraoke Fridays; Open Mic Music with Tiffany Harmon Mondays, 9 p.m.midnight.

Davis Coen and the Change Sunday, Feb. 28, 4-7 p.m.; Jimbo Mathus & Them Durty Crooks Sunday, Feb. 28, 8:30 p.m.-midnight.

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University of Memphis East Memphis Dan McGuinness Pub 4694 SPOTTSWOOD 761-3711

Acoustic with Charvey Tuesdays, 8:30 p.m.; Karaoke Wednesdays, 8 p.m.

El Toro Loco 2809 KIRBY PKWY. 759-0593

Karaoke and Dance Music with DJ Funn Mondays, 7-10 p.m.

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

Intimate Piano Lounge featuring Charlotte Hurt Mondays-Thursdays, 59:30 p.m.; Larry Cunningham Fridays, Saturdays, 6-10 p.m.

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Young Petty Thieves Thursday, Feb. 25, 6 p.m.; Lord T & Eloise, the Sideways, and Tori WhoDat Thursday, Feb. 25, 10 p.m.; Reba Russell Trio Friday, Feb. 26, 6:30 p.m.; Ghost Town Blues Band Friday, Feb. 26, 10 p.m.; Susan Marshall & Friends Saturday, Feb. 27, 11 a.m.; Scott & Vanessa Sudbury Saturday, Feb. 27, 6:30 p.m.; Eleanor Tallie “Cd Release Party” Saturday, Feb. 27, 10 p.m.; Joe Restivo 4 Sundays, 11 a.m.; Memphis Ukulele Band “CD Release Party” Sunday, Feb. 28, 4 p.m.; Marcella & Her Lovers Sunday, Feb. 28, 8 p.m.; John Paul Keith & Friends Monday, Feb. 29, 6 p.m.; Travis Roman Tuesday, March 1, 5:30 p.m.; Breeze Cayolle and New Orleans Wednesday, March 2, 5:30 p.m.

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Scott Kelly, Holy Gallows Thursday, Feb. 25; Jacob Metcalf, Siamese, Strong Martian Friday, Feb. 26; Bulgerz, Richard James Saturday, Feb. 27; Danny Schenrer, Timothy Few, Goodbye Skyline Saturday, Feb. 27, 5-7 p.m.; Faith Evans Ruch Sunday, Feb. 28, 5-7 p.m.; Devil Train Mondays, 8 p.m.; Dave Cousar Tuesdays, 11 p.m.

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The Settlers Sunday, Feb. 28, 4-7 p.m.; Six String Lovers Sunday, Feb. 28, 8:30 p.m.midnight.

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Hadley’s Pub

7945 WINCHESTER 751-2345

2779 WHITTEN 266-5006

Family-friendly Poetry and Open Mic last Saturday of every month, 8-10 p.m.

Mortimer’s 590 N. PERKINS 761-9321

February Music Lineup Wednesdays-Sundays.; Scott and Vanessa Sudbury Unplugged Thursday, Feb. 25, 8 p.m.; Almost Famous Friday, Feb. 26, 9 p.m.-1 a.m.; The Nuttin’ Fancy Band Saturday, Feb. 27, 9 p.m.; The Line Up Sunday, Feb. 28, 5:30 p.m.

Collierville Huey’s Collierville 2130 W. POPLAR 854-4455

Gary Escoe’s Atomic Dance Machine Sunday, Feb. 28, 8-11:30 p.m.

Huey’s Germantown

The Fillin Station

7677 FARMINGTON 318-3034

4840 VENTURE DR., SOUTHAVEN, MS 662-510-5423

The Dantones Sunday, Feb. 28, 8-11:30 p.m.

Ice Bar & Grill 4202 HACKS CROSS 757-1423

Unwind Wednesdays Wednesdays, 6 p.m.-midnight.

Live Entertainment Wednesdays-Sundays, 6 p.m.

T.J. Mulligan’s

Hollywood Casino

1817 KIRBY 755-2481

The Windjammer Restaurant

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

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Horseshoe Casino & Hotel

Karaoke ongoing.

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Randy Houser Saturday, Feb. 27.

East Tapas and Drinks 6069 PARK 767-6002

Huey’s Southaven

Carlos & Adam from the Late Greats Thursdays, 7-9 p.m.; Elizabeth Wise Tuesdays, 7-9 p.m.

7090 MALCO, SOUTHAVEN, MS 662-349-7097

Neil’s Music Room

Owen Brennan’s 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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Karaoke Saturdays, 9 p.m.1 a.m., and Wednesdays, 8 p.m.-midnight.

Old Whitten Tavern 2800 WHITTEN 379-1965

Arlington/Eads/ Oakland 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.; Slap Junior Saturday, Feb. 27, 9 p.m.-1 a.m.

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Grif ’s Gifts Live - Welcome to the Stage Mondays-Sundays, 6-7:30 p.m.

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

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Fitz Casino & Hotel 711 LUCKY LN., TUNICA, MS 800-766-5825

Van Duren Thursdays, 6:308:30 p.m.

Karaoke Tuesdays, 8 p.m.

Roxi Love Thursday, Feb. 25, 7-11 p.m.; Full Effect Friday, Feb. 26, 9 p.m.-1 a.m.

Tony Butler Fridays, 6-8 p.m.

Cordova

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Huey’s Cordova

3165 FOREST HILL-IRENE 249-5661

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Pam and Terry Wednesdays, 7-10 p.m.

T.J. Mulligan’s Cordova

Russo’s New York Pizzeria & Wine Bar

8071 TRINITY 756-4480

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Young Petty Thieves Sunday, Feb. 28, 8:30 p.m.-midnight.

The Lineup Tuesdays, 8 p.m.midnight.

Germantown

Live Music on the patio Thursdays-Saturdays, 7-10 p.m.; Half Step Down Fridays, 7-10 p.m.

Germantown Performing Arts Center

North Mississippi/ Tunica

1801 EXETER 751-7500

IRIS Orchestra: Project Trio Saturday, Feb. 27, 8 p.m. and Sunday, Feb. 28, 2 p.m.

Huey’s Southwind 7825 WINCHESTER 624-8911

The Kymistry Band Sunday, Feb. 28, 8:30 p.m.-midnight.

Bally’s CASINO CENTER DRIVE IN TUNICA, MS 1-800-38-BALLY

Jamie Baker & The VIP’s Friday, Feb. 26, 9 p.m.-1 a.m., and Saturday, Feb. 27, 9 p.m.-1 a.m.

JoJo Jeffries & Ronnie Caldwell Sunday, Feb. 28, 8 p.m.-midnight.

Maria’s Cantina 6717 AIRWAYS BLVD, SOUTHAVEN, MS (662) 772-5926

Full Effect Saturday, Feb. 27, 9 p.m.-1 a.m.

Mesquite Chop House 5960 GETWELL, SOUTHAVEN, MS 662-890-2467

Pam and Terry Thursdays, 7-10 p.m.

Raleigh Stage Stop 2951 CELA 382-1576

Open Mic Blues Jam with Brad Webb Thursdays, 7-11 p.m.

West Memphis/ Eastern Arkansas Southland Park Gaming & Racing 1550 N. INGRAM, WEST MEMPHIS, AR 800-467-6182

DJ Crumbz Thursdays, 8 p.m.; Club Night Fridays, Saturdays, 9 p.m.; Roxi Love Friday, Feb. 26, 10 p.m.-2 a.m. and Saturday, Feb. 27, 10 p.m.-2 a.m.; Live Band Karaoke Sundays, 7:30 p.m.; Karaoke Tuesdays, 7 p.m.; Boot Scootin’ Wednesdays, 7 p.m.

The New Backdour Bar & Grill 302 S. AVALON 596-7115

Ms. Ruby Wilson and Friends Sundays, 7 p.m.midnight; Karaoke with Tim Bachus Mondays, 8 p.m.1 a.m.; DJ Stylez Wednesdays, 8 p.m.-1 a.m.

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B O O KS By Richard J. Alley

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evin S. James’ story is all too familiar. Raised in a single-family home with four siblings, his father spent much of James’ childhood behind bars. His mother spiraled into abuse, and he recalls in his new book, Inside Ferguson: A Voice for the Voiceless, a time when he stole a garden hose from a local hardware store: “That night, I hooked it up to our neighbor’s spigot and filled a bucket with water so we could wash up. I boiled whatever water we had left using a stolen kerosene heater, and that served as our water supply for the next day.” He never attended the fourth and fifth grades and viewed his opportunity to attend Ridgeway High School as a second chance. He left that school, though, after being involved in a gang-related fight. James was homeless for a while and learned to hustle on the streets, had his heart broken when his first child was stillborn, and was falsely convicted of reckless homicide. He tells these stories, not to shift focus on himself, but to give context for the rest of his story, and to reiterate the sentiment heard around the world in the summer of 2014: I am Michael Brown. Brown, an African American, was unarmed and shot by white, Ferguson, Missouri, police officer Darren Wilson in August of 2014. The ensuing media coverage, show of police force, and bungled public relations by the city gave rise to the “Black Lives Matter” movement. Ten years before the incident in Ferguson, James was shot during a robbery attempt at his place of business. He survived and would go on to graduate from Southwest Tennessee Community College summa cum laude and work in biomedical research with Dr. Paul Herron at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center. He eventually founded his own consulting and PR firm, the Devin James Group (now known as DJG), and that August in 2014, he was living in St. Louis and working with the St. Louis Economic Development Partnership on research to determine how to market and put together a program to spur economic growth in an area that had been historically disenfranchised. When Brown was killed, the leaders of St. Louis County called DJG in to be paired

with other firms to facilitate community engagement in Ferguson. “There was no communication. There was a huge divide. There was a lot of distrust,” James said by phone from St. Louis where he is on a speaking tour. “The community basically felt like their voice wasn’t heard.” His team tried to get a consensus on the requests from the community and protesters, synthesize that message, and take it back to the city to make recommendations. What he found was that the city leaders said they would take his recommendations into consideration, yet nothing would come of them. “But then if I would package it and send it to one of my white friends or white business owners or nonprofits, and have them send the exact same thing that I said, they [the city] would jump and do it,” he said. “It was a very crazy situation, and we dealt with a lot of old mentalities and unwillingness to take my advice on reform and changes and things that needed to take place to turn things around.” As evidence of the city’s unwillingness to change, the Department of Justice filed a civil rights lawsuit against Ferguson earlier this month after the city rejected an agreement to overhaul its criminal justice system and address the abuse within its police department. After months of work, months of coming up against brick walls and institutional racism, DJG was suddenly released from its contract and his reputation, he writes, was left in tatters. Despite what he experienced in Ferguson, James remains a positive person looking to the future and the progress to be made. “The good thing about it for me is that it brought it to life for the world to see, so now I get a chance to defeat stereotypes and all types of discrimination that devalue black men,” he said. James is on the public speaking circuit and looking to address the issues at an academic level. “We definitely have a need for more black, male role models in the community and education,” he says. “I think it’s a win-win for the community and me. I get a chance to inspire people and to be inspired by their stories.” James will read and sign his book at Barnes & Noble in Germantown on Thursday, February 25th.

CALENDAR of EVENTS:

Send the date, time, place, cost, info, phone number, a brief description, and photos — two weeks in advance — to calendar@memphisflyer.com or P.O. Box 1738, Memphis, TN 38101. DUE TO SPACE LIMITATIONS, ONGOING WEEKLY EVENTS WILL APPEAR IN THE FLYER’S ONLINE CALENDAR ONLY.

February 25 - March 2

Sunday Morning, a soul-stirring performance that meets today’s issues by taking the audience to the early 1800s when AfricanAmerican families’ morals and values were cultivated through spirituals and church. (6902377). Sun., Feb. 28, 5-8 p.m. 3939 RIVERDALE (795-9677).

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

Buckman Arts Center at St. Mary’s School

Playhouse on the Square

Godspell, musical parables of the Gospel According to Matthew come to life through the magic of Tony Award-winner Stephen Schwartz. www.buckmanartscenter.com. $15. Through Feb. 27, 7 p.m., and Sun., Feb. 28, 2 p.m. 60 N. PERKINS EXT. (537-1483).

Landers Center (DeSoto Civic Center)

The King and I, www.dftonline. org/. $18-$30. Through Feb. 28. 4560 VENTURE, SOUTHAVEN, MS (662-280-9120).

The Evergreen Theatre

Marriage to an Older Woman, comedy that charmingly inverts the usual gender dynamic of May-December romance. Sunday Feb. 28, $5 special honoring Memphis actors. Wine reception to follow. www. theatreworksmemphis.org. $15. Sundays, 5 p.m., and Fridays, Saturdays, 8 p.m. Through March 6. 1705 POPLAR (274-7139).

Harrell Theater

My Son Pinocchio: Geppetto’s Musical Tale. Student weekday matinees and weekend public performances. (457-2780), $7$20. Sun., 2:30 p.m., Fri., Sat., 7 p.m., and Through Feb. 26, 10 a.m. Through Feb. 28. 440 WEST POWELL ROAD.

The Salvation Army Kroc Center

Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland , all performances are pay-what-you-can. www. stagedoormemphis.org. Sun., 2:30 p.m., and Thurs.-Sat., 7 p.m. Through Feb. 28.

Eclectic Eye

Good Boys and True, Brandon Hardy is Ivy Leaguebound and has his life plan set. An explicit sex tape begins a city-wide scandal. An equally disturbing possibility emerges. www.rhodes.edu/mccoy. $5. Thurs.-Sat., 7:30 p.m., and Sun., 2 p.m. Through Feb. 28.

Opening reception for “Shaken, Not Stirred,” exhibition of mixed-media works by Mary-Ellen Kelly. Fri., Feb. 26, 6-8 p.m. 242 S. COOPER (276-3937).

FireHouse Community Arts Center

Closing reception for Mosal Morszart, exhibition in honor of Black History Month. www. memphisblackartsalliance.org. Fri., Feb. 26, 6 p.m.

4th Annual “NewWorks @ TheWorks” competition, two scripts will receive full productions during the 2017-18 season and cash prizes. See website for full details. www.playhouseonthesquare.org. $15. Through May 30.

985 S. BELLEVUE (948-9522).

Hyde Gallery

Opening reception for 2016 Art Education Thesis Exhibition, www.mca.edu. Fri., Feb. 26, 6-9 p.m. INSIDE THE MEMPHIS COLLEGE OF ART’S NESIN GRADUATE SCHOOL, 477 S. MAIN.

66 S. COOPER (726-4656).

Poplar Pike Playhouse

The Little Mermaid, www.ppp. org. $15. Thursdays-Saturdays. Through March 12.

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

GERMANTOWN HIGH SCHOOL, 7653 POPLAR PIKE (755-7775).

Applications Accepted for 2016 Scholarships

Theatre Memphis

Jim Anderson Legacy Scholarship and Kudzu Heritage Scholarship available to graduating high school seniors and current and rising college freshmen and sophomores with less than 50 semester hours at the time of application. Through April 15.

Mothers and Sons, a mother visits her dead son’s former lover in this drama by Terrence McNally. www.theatrememphis. org. $25. Through Feb. 28. 630 PERKINS EXT. (682-8323).

TheatreWorks

Lettice and Lovage, Lettice Douffet is an enthusiast of history and the theater. As a tour guide at Fustian House, she theatrically embellishes its historical past. (494-8657), www. newmoontheatre.org/. $15-$20. Fridays, Saturdays, 8-10 p.m., and Sundays, 2-4 p.m. Through March 13.

WWW.KUDZUPLAYERS.COM.

Art Trolley Tour

Tour the local galleries and shops on South Main. Last Friday of every month, 6-9 p.m. SOUTH MAIN HISTORIC ARTS DISTRICT, DOWNTOWN.

Artist Market

2085 MONROE (274-7139).

University of Memphis

Oklahoma!, musical that celebrates the American frontier spirit of community, optimism, and patriotism. www.memphis. edu/theatre. $20. Thurs.-Sat., 7:30 p.m. Through Feb. 27. THEATRE AND COMMUNICATION BUILDING, 3745 CENTRAL.

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

AIA Memphis Office

“On the Boards: Work by Memphis Architects,” selection of digital and hand-drawn renderings featuring work currently in the design phase from AIA Memphis architectural member firms. www.aiamemphis.org. Last Friday of every month, 6 p.m. 511 S. MAIN (525-3818).

800 E. PARKWAY S. (729-8007).

Circuitous Succession Gallery

Juan Rojo, artist will present and talk about new works. www.circuitoussuccession.com. Fri., Feb. 26, 6-8 p.m. 500 S. SECOND.

David Lusk Gallery Temporary Location

Artist reception for “OPENING: David Lusk Gallery 97 Tillman,” exhibition of a group

Juan Rojo talks about new work at Circuitous Succession Friday of work specifically showcasing the history and future of the building. Fri., Feb. 26, 6 p.m. 64 FLICKER (767-3800).

African carvings, crafts, jewelry, dolls, paintings, artwork, and more. Sat., Feb. 27, 10 a.m.-4 p.m. SLAVEHAVEN UNDERGROUND RAILROAD MUSEUM, 826 N. SECOND (527-3427).

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ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT

TH EAT E R

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Seeking new members to be a part of art exhibits and stage productions. All positions are volunteer. See website for more information and sign-up. Through Feb. 29. CRITTENDEN ARTS COUNCIL, 1800 N. MISSOURI, SUITE 14C (870-732-6260), WWW.HARRELLTHEATRE.ORG.

Call to Artists: ArtWorks Exhibition

Fine-craft and art disciplines only (no soap, candles, or food) for show Mar. 3-6. Exhibition fee is $250, no application fee. Email four photos of work and a booth shot, winterarts@bellsouth.net. Through Feb. 29. VARIOUS LOCATIONS, CALL FOR INFORMATION.

Call to Artists for “Secret Artwork in the Medicine Cabinet”

Seeking artwork for exhibitions held the last Friday of every month. $15 submission fee. Ongoing. CIRCUITOUS SUCCESSION GALLERY, 500 S. SECOND, WWW. CIRCUITOUSSUCCESSION.COM.

Hands-On Activity

Family-friendly, all-ages handson activity. Learn how to etch on aluminum using similar techniques as exhibiting artist, Douglas Harling. $10. Last Saturday of every month, 10 a.m.-2 p.m. METAL MUSEUM, 374 METAL MUSEUM DR. (774-6380), WWW.METALMUSEUM.ORG.

Hustle: Professional Development for Artists Writing about your art practice with Joel Parsons. Tues., March 1, 6 p.m. CROSSTOWN STORY BOOTH, 422 N. CLEVELAND (507-8030), WWW.CROSSTOWNARTS.ORG.

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“We Have Issues” winning poster design by Kelley Hayes University of Memphis Student, English Department

Accepting work through Feb. 19 from art teachers for exhibition. Opening reception Feb. 26 and viewing during regular gallery hours Feb. 27. See website for submission information. Fri., Feb. 26, 6-9 p.m., and Sat., Feb. 27, 12-6 p.m.

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CROSSTOWN ARTS, 430 N. CLEVELAND (507-8030), WWW.CROSSTOWNARTS.ORG.

Jazz-A-F!RE: The Chocolate Cabaret

Featuring Cequita Monique, a series of Memphis’ Finest Chocolate Entertainers and Prime Cut Trio including Audie Smith, Andre Holman, and Kent Suggs. $12. Sun., Feb. 28, 4-7 p.m. MEMPHIS SOUNDS LOUNGE, 22 N. THIRD (590-4049),MEMPHISBLACKARTSALLIANCE.ORG.

Johnny Cash Statue Project

Dine or shop in CooperYoung. Participating businesses will donate 10 percent of revenue to help fund Johnny Cash Statue Project. See Sponsors list at Experience Cash in CooperYoung Facebook page. Thurs., Feb. 25. COOPER-YOUNG DISTRICT, CORNER OF COOPER AND YOUNG.

PechaKucha Night

Narrative presentation program in which participants give casual and fun presentations of 20 slides/images, with 20 seconds allowed per slide. Free. Thurs., Feb. 25, 6:30 p.m. CROSSTOWN ARTS, 430 N. CLEVELAND (507-8030), WWW.CROSSTOWNARTS.ORG.

Wild Fire Wrestling - A Night of Heartbreaks Sun., Feb. 28, 6 p.m.

MINGLEWOOD HALL, 1555 MADISON (866-609-1744).

O N G O I N G ART

The Annesdale Park Gallery

“Viewfinders: Music & Motion,” exhibition featuring work by Peter Barta, SJulian Jenkins, Jenn Billy Brandt, Dr. Tom Gettelfinger, Fred Toma, and Ebet Roberts. A portion of the proceeds benefit Church Health Center. www.annesdaleparkgallery.com. Through March 8. 1290 PEABODY (208-6451).

Art Village Gallery

The Dixon Gallery & Gardens

“Amalgamations,” exhibition of digital reimagining of the Dixon Gallery and Gardens permanent collection by Joshua Brinlee. Through April 3. “Painting American Progress: Selections from the Kattner Collection and More,” incredible examples of American art. Through April 3. Pinkney Herbert, exhibition of abstract paintings. Through April 3. “The Voyage of Life,” exhibition of four allegorical landscapes by Thomas Cole (1801-1848). www.dixon.org. Through April 3. 4339 PARK (761-5250).

Fogelman Galleries of Contemporary Art, University of Memphis

“The Marketing of Perception,” exhibition of recent works exploring issues of race, image, and appropriation by Lawrence Matthews III. www.memphis. edu. Through March 4. 3715 CENTRAL.

“Out of Africa,” exhibition kicking off Black History Month with work by Noel Jones, Kayode Karunwi, Anthony Lee, Zeinu Mudeser, Joshua Strydom, and Kiersten Williams. www.artvillagegallery.com. Through Feb. 26.

Fratelli’s

410 S. MAIN (521-0782).

David Hall, www.jayetkingallery.com. Through March 10.

Box Gallery

“Psi Ops,” exhibition of photography by Jesse DeLira. Through March 8. 3715 CENTRAL.

Buckman Arts Center at St. Mary’s School

“Artworks by EMYO,” exhibition of works by Emily Ozier. www.buckmanartscenter.com. Through April 4. 60 N. PERKINS EXT. (537-1483).

Circuit Playhouse

Dale Anderson, exhibition of new photographic works. www.playhouseonthesquare. org. Feb. 26-April 10. 51 S. COOPER (725-0776).

Circuitous Succession Gallery

Lawrence Jasud, www.circuitoussuccession.com. Through March 14. 500 S. SECOND.

Crosstown Arts Gallery

“Blind Navigator,” exhibition of new individual and collaborative work by New York-based artist Clare Torina and Memphis-based artist Alex Paulus. www.crosstownarts. org. Through Feb. 28. 422 N. CLEVELAND.

David Lusk Gallery Temporary Location

“Works on Paper,” exhibition of works by Anne Siems. www. davidluskgallery.com. Through Feb. 27.

“Perchance 2,” exhibition of paintings by Chere Labbe Doiron. www.memphisbotanicgarden.com. Through Feb. 27. 750 CHERRY (766-9900).

Jay Etkin Gallery 942 COOPER (550-0064).

The Salvation Army Kroc Center

Memphis Camera Club, exhibition of photographs. (729-8029), www.krocmemphis.org. Through Feb. 29. 800 E. PARKWAY S. (729-8007).

L Ross Gallery

10th anniversary exhibition, paintings, sculpture, and mixed media by gallery artists. www. lrossgallery.com. Through Feb. 27. 5040 SANDERLIN (767-2200).

Memphis Botanic Garden

“Light and Shadows,” exhibition of painting and sculpture by Agustin Díaz and Francisco Gonzalez. Through Feb. 27. “The Memphis 10,” exhibition of paintings by a group of artists. www.memphisbotanicgarden.com. March 2-28. 750 CHERRY (636-4100).

Memphis Brooks Museum of Art

“Clare Leighton and Thomas W. Nason: Common Threads,” exhibition by masters in the medium of wood engraving, exceptional in expressing the simplicity and integrity of rural subjects. Through March 13. “Wonder, Whimsy, Wild: Folk Art in America,” exhibition of American folk art from New England and the Midwest made between 1800 and 1925. www.brooksmuseum.org. Through Feb. 28. 1934 POPLAR (544-6209).

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1930 POPLAR (272-5100).

Memphis Jewish Community Center’s Shainberg Gallery

“Tennessee Craft: Southwest Show.” www.jccmemphis.org. Through Feb. 28. MGAL Star Artist Exhibition, www.mgal.org. March 2-30. 6560 POPLAR (761-0810).

Metal Museum

“Residence of the Heart,” exhibition of jewelry using contemporary gold granulation techniques by Douglas Harling. Through March 6. “Taiwan International Metal Crafts Competition,” exhibition of objects and jewelry promoting the metal crafts of Taiwan. www.metalmuseum. org. Through March 13. 374 METAL MUSEUM DR. (774-6380).

Morton Museum of Collierville History

“Slaves and Slaveholders of Wessyngton Plantation”, exhibition of personal accounts, artifacts, and films from a 13,000-acre tobacco plantation in Robertson County examining the institution of slavery and its impact on the state and the nation. www.colliervillemuseum.org. Through March 5, 10 a.m.4 p.m. 196 MAIN, COLLIERVILLE (457-2650).

National Civil Rights Museum

“Cultural Heroes,” exhibition of oversized sculpture by Alan LeQuire. www.civilrightsmuseum.org. Through Feb. 25. 450 MULBERRY (521-9699).

Moby-Dick at the Halloran Centre Friday Ross Gallery

“Interwoven,” exhibition of textiles and drawings by Jennifer Sargent. (321-3243), www.cbu. edu/gallery. Through Feb. 25. CHRISTIAN BROTHERS UNIVERSITY, PLOUGH LIBRARY, 650 E. PARKWAY S. (321-3000).

Soulsville, USA Towne Center Building

“Frozen Landscapes,” exhibition of multi-media work by Judith Dierkes. www.judithdierkes.weebly.com. Through March 31. 915 E. MCLEMORE.

WKNO Studio

“Trophies Through the Lens: African Wildlife Safari,” exhibition of over 50 photographs by Jack Kenner and students taken in South Africa, Botswana, Zimbabwe, and Kenya. www.wkno.org. Through Feb. 29. New Works by Tim Andrews and Joel Hilgenberg, www. wkno.org. March 2-31. 7151 CHERRY FARMS (458-2521).

OPERA

Scenes from Musical Theatre and Opera

B O O KS I G N I N G S

Booksigning by Julia Claiborne Johnson

Author discusses and signs Be Frank with Me. Tues., March 1, 4 p.m. THE BOOKSELLERS AT LAURELWOOD, 387 PERKINS EXT. (683-9801),THEBOOKSELLERSATLAURELWOOD.COM.

Booksigning by Bob Mehr

Author discusses and signs Trouble Boys: The True Story of the Replacements. Tues., March 1, 6:30 p.m. THE BOOKSELLERS AT LAURELWOOD, 387 PERKINS EXT. (683-9801),THEBOOKSELLERSATLAURELWOOD.COM.

Booksigning by Devin James

Author discusses and signs Inside Ferguson: A Voice for the Voiceless. Thurs., Feb. 25, 6-7 p.m. BARNES & NOBLE, 2774 N. GERMANTOWN (386-2468), STORES. BARNESANDNOBLE.COM.

Booksigning by Jonathan D. Sarna

Author discusses and signs The Jewish Experience, Our Jewish Identity with Ayelet Tsabari and Gal Beckerman. $10 members, $13 nonmembers. Wed., March 2, 7:30-9:30 p.m. MEMPHIS JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER, 6560 POPLAR (761-0810), WWW.JCCMEMPHIS.ORG.

Mon., Feb. 29, 7:30 p.m.

RHODES COLLEGE, HARDIE AUDITORIUM, 2000 N. PARKWAY (843-3000), WWW.RHODES.EDU/MUSIC.

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

C O M E DY

Genealogist and DNA specialist will discuss how to find ancestors through DNA testing, the various genetic tests available, and the type of information each test provides. Free. Thurs., Feb. 25, 11 a.m.-noon.

Midtown Crossing Grill

Blunt. Force. Comedy., evening with some of our funny friends from across the mighty Mississippi River. $5. Sat., Feb. 27, 7:30-9:30 p.m. 394 N. WATKINS (443-0502).

P&H Cafe

Open Mic Comedy, Thursdays, 9 p.m. 1532 MADISON (726-0906).

DNA Testing for Genealogy with Kathryn Graehl

MORTON MUSEUM OF COLLIERVILLE HISTORY, 196 MAIN, COLLIERVILLE (457-2650), WWW. COLLIERVILLEMUSEUM.ORG.

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“Blood Works,” self-portrait paintings by Tim Andrews addressing personal and societal implications of living with hemophilia for 54 years and HIV and hepatitis C for more than 30 years. Feb. 26-March 26. “Littoral Drift,” exhibition of works by photographic artist Meghann Riepenhoff. www. mca.edu. Feb. 26-March 26.

ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT

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memphis Wed, Mar 2 7:30pm $13 fee for community $10 for MJCC members The JBC Sami Rohr Prize Speakers Series is an opportunity for Jewish communities throughout the globe to become familiar with emerging Jewish authors and their stories of the vast Jewish experience. The pilot project for the Speaker Series will take place at the Memphis Jewish Community Center in cooperation with

The Jewish Experience

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Our Jewish Identity

A SPECIAL LITERARY EVENT

The Jewish Book Council’s Sami Rohr Prize Speaker Series WITH

Jonathan D. Sarna, Panel Moderator Author of Lincoln and the Jews: A History and When General Grant Expelled the Jews Leading Commentator on American Jewish history, religion, and life.

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Ds Specialist Educator Training and Breakfast Ayelet Tsabari

2015 Sami Rohr Prize Winner Author of The Best Place on Earth: Stories

Gal Beckerman

2012 Sami Rohr Prize Winner Author of When They Come for Us, We’ll Be Gone

Terri Couwenhoven speaks about sexuality education for individuals with cognitive disabilities. Fri., Feb. 26, 7:45-11 a.m. MARSH BUILDING, 1000 RIDGEWAY LOOP, TERRICOUWENHOVEN.COM.

Forum on Islam

John Kaltner will conduct a two-part forum on Islam. Kaltner is the Virginia Ballou McGehee Professor of MuslimChristian Relations at Rhodes. Free. Sun., 9:30-10:30 a.m. Through Feb. 28. FIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH, 166 POPLAR (525-5619), WWW. FIRSTPRESMEMPHIS.ORG.

“How to Become a Great Leader”

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Join BizDb.co.uk team of experts on a journey toward becoming a great leader at your organization. $200. Tues., March 1, 10 a.m.-2 p.m. MADISON HOTEL, 79 MADISON (333-1200), WWW.BIZDB.CO.UK.

How to Create a Hit Record with Grammy Winner Brett James

Workshop on how to create hit records to kickoff the Consortium MMT’s Speaker Series 2016. Free. Mon., Feb. 29, 7-9 p.m. TALENT DEVELOPMENT COMPLEX, 119 S. MAIN (435-6509).

Parent Workshop

Terri Couwenhoven speaks about sexuality education for individuals with cognitive disabilities. Snacks and childcare available. Fri., Feb. 26, 6:15-8:15 p.m. BAPTIST WOMEN’S HOSPITAL, 6225 HUMPHREYS BLVD. (RESERVATIONS, 578-9346), WWW.TERRICOUWENHOVEN.COM.

Mixed-media works by Mary-Ellen Kelly at Eclectic Eye Understanding Botanical Names and Basic Pruning

Learn how botanical names work and why they’re useful. Pruning will also be demystified. Free. Sat., Feb. 27, 9:3010:30 a.m. & 1-2 p.m. THE URBAN EARTH, 80 FLICKER (323-0032), WWW.URBANEARTHMEMPHIS.COM.

Weekend Warrior: Childbirth Preparedness Guide for expectant mothers and their partners to have a positive pregnancy and birth experience. An alternative to a traditional 5-9 week course. $350. Fri., Feb. 26, 6-9 p.m., and Sat., Feb. 27, 10 a.m.4 p.m. and 1-4 p.m. TRILLIUM WOMANCARE, 2610 AUTUMN (292-5354).

TO U R S

Eagle Tours

Through Feb. 29, 10 a.m. REELFOOT LAKE STATE PARK, 2595 HWY 21 E, TNSTATEPARKS.COM.

Old Forest Hike

Walking tour of the region’s only urban old-growth forest. Last Sunday of every month, 10 a.m. OVERTON PARK, OFF POPLAR (276-1387).

Tour de Midtown

Join Breakaway Running for a group run starting from 2109 Madison. Free beer after the run. All paces are welcomed, and the distance of runs varies from 3-5 miles. Thursdays, 6 p.m. OVERTON SQUARE, MIDTOWN, WWW.OVERTONSQUARE.COM.

E X POS/SA LES

Gun Show

Sat., Feb. 27, 10 a.m.-3 p.m. BUMPUS HARLEY DAVIDSON COLLIERVILLE, 325 S. BYHAILIA (316-1121), WWW.BUMPUSHDCOLLIERVILLE.COM.

S PO R TS / F IT N ES S

31st Annual “Bowlin’ on the River” Bowl-AThon

Participating bowling centers include Billy Hardwick’s All Star Lanes and Winchester Bowl. Proceeds benefit Junior Achievement. Sat., Sun. Through Feb. 28. VARIOUS LOCATIONS, CALL FOR INFORMATION (507-2068), WWW. JAMEMPHIS.ORG.

Let’s Square Dance

Open house for beginners. Saturdays, 7 p.m. Through March 5. BARTLETT UNITED METHODIST CHURCH, 5676 STAGE (373-4497).

Wild Fire Wrestling: A Night of Heartbreaks $20. Sun., Feb. 28, 6 p.m.

MINGLEWOOD HALL, 1555 MADISON (866-609-1744), WWW.MINGLEWOODHALL.COM.

Yoga Tune-Up Tuesday: “Slow Flow” Gentle Yoga $10. Tuesdays, 5:45 p.m.

QUAN AM MONASTERY, 3500 S. GOODLETT (679-4528), WWW.BUDDHISTMEMPHIS.COM.

M E ETI N G S

Cultivating Positive Relationships

Improve an existing relationship, break the cycle of picking the wrong partners, or start a new relationship off on a firm, healthy foundation. Tuesdays, 6:30 p.m. MEMPHIS GAY AND LESBIAN COMMUNITY CENTER, 892 S. COOPER (278-6422), MGLCC.ORG.

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Available to qualifying families at Binghampton Development Corporation, Streets Ministries, Ed Rice Community Center, and Church Health Wellness Center. Through April 15. VARIOUS LOCATIONS, CALL FOR INFORMATION (844-8293786), WWW.IMPACTAMERICA.COM/FREE-TAX-SERVICES/.

Meditation and Dharma Talk

Featuring chanting, silent “sitting meditation,” and dharma talk with Q&A or book discussion. Fridays, 6 p.m., and Sundays, 10 a.m. QUAN AM MONASTERY, 3500 S. GOODLETT (679-4528), WWW.BUDDHISTMEMPHIS.COM.

Participants for Athena Project

Research clinic for women ages 18 and over who have experienced intimate partner abuse. Receive a free evaluation and possible treatment of posttrauma stress. Call for more information. Ongoing.

SmART Kids

Children ages 4-5 are introduced to the Dixon through exciting art and horticulture activities enjoying science, art, literature, horticulture, and more. Snack included. Reservations required. Free for members, $8 nonmembers. Thursdays, 10:30 a.m. THE DIXON GALLERY & GARDENS, 4339 PARK (761-5250), WWW.DIXON.ORG.

Social Skills Class

Build the foundation for play and social interaction for children on the autism spectrum. $150 per month. Saturdays, 10 a.m.-noon. ABA DEVELOPMENT, 7953 STAGE HILLS (634-8005), WWW.ABADEVELOPMENT.ORG.

Storytime: Hedgehugs

“Astronaut”

BARNES & NOBLE, 2774 N. GERMANTOWN (386-2468), STORES.BARNESANDNOBLE.COM.

SHARPE PLANETARIUM, MEMPHIS PINK PALACE MUSEUM, 3050 CENTRAL (636-2362), WWW.MEMPHISMUSEUMS.ORG.

Horace and Hattie are hedgehogs, and they are best friends. They do everything together, but they can’t hug. They are just too spiky. Can they find a way to give each other a hug? Tues., March 1, 11-11:30 a.m.

Experience a rocket launch from inside the body of an astronaut. Explore amazing worlds of inner and outer space. Through June 3.

Collecting the Missing Pieces

S P E C IA L E V E N TS

Applications for the Step Ahead Scholarship

Available to female Shelby County residents aged 17 to 30 with plans to attend an accredited university, community college, licensed career college, or technical school. See website for more information. Through April 15.

Exhibit showcasing artifacts purchased for RACE Collecting Plan, including the I AM A MAN placard, slave shackles, “Jim Crow” alphabet plate, 1930s handmade quilts, Harper’s weekly, and more. $12.25. Through May 1. MEMPHIS PINK PALACE MUSEUM, 3050 CENTRAL (636-2362), WWW.MEMPHISMUSEUMS.ORG.

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VARIOUS LOCATIONS, SEE WEBSITE FOR MORE INFORMATION, WWW.ASTEPAHEADFOUNDATION.ORG.

UNIVERSITY OF MEMPHIS, PSYCHOLOGY AUDITORIUM, 3890 CENTRAL (678-3973), WWW.MEMPHIS.EDU.

Perpetual Transition Meeting

Support and social group for transgender folks. Mondays, 7-9 p.m. MEMPHIS GAY AND LESBIAN COMMUNITY CENTER, 892 S. COOPER (278-6422), WWW.MGLCC.ORG.

Pruning Club

Work with horticulture staff aesthetically pruning trees and shrubs featuring occasional speakers and demonstrations from MBG staff and local professionals regarding pruning. Every other Thursday, 9 a.m.-noon. MEMPHIS BOTANIC GARDEN, 750 CHERRY (636-4100), WWW.MEMPHISBOTANICGARDEN.COM.

The Republican Women of Purpose Club

David Lenoir will talk about his focus as trustee on operational efficiency, proactive collection of delinquent taxes, and efforts to stabilize the tax base. Includes lunch. Reservations required. $25. Wed., March 2, 10:30 a.m. TPC AT SOUTHWIND, 3325 CLUB AT SOUTHWIND (413-1262), WWW.REPUBLICANWOMENOFPURPOSE.COM.

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Big Dipper Campfire Party

Cozy campfire and stargazing activities for the whole family. Learn about the winter skies with a real-time star show in the guest house. Hot dogs, s’mores, and drinks will be provided. $8 members, $12 nonmembers. Fri., Feb. 26, 6-8 p.m.

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Celebrate the beloved Dr. Seuss’s birthday (March 2). Pin the tail on Horton, decorate a Cat in the Hat hat, and more. Free. Sat., Feb. 27, 11-11:30 a.m. BARNES & NOBLE, 2774 N. GERMANTOWN (386-2468), STORES.BARNESANDNOBLE.COM

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Multicultural School Choice Fair

Opportunity for parents to learn about K-12 options and interact with representatives from charter, private, and optional Shelby County Schools. Thurs., Feb. 25, 5:30-7:30 p.m. TREADWELL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, 3538 GIVEN, WWW.LATINOMEMPHIS.ORG.

Pinocchio’s Children’s Workshop

Meet, sing, and dance with the cast of My Son Pinocchio: Geppetto’s Musical Tale. Participants will have the opportunity to perform on stage. Performance ticket not included. $20. Sat., Feb. 27, 10 a.m.-noon. HARRELL PERFORMING ARTS THEATRE, 440 POWELL, COLLIERVILLE (457-2780).

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Dine on the stage where the stars perform. Meet the new President and CEO, Brett Batterson, and get an inside peek into the stories and history of the Orpheum. $50-$75. Thurs., Feb. 25, 6-8:15 p.m. THE ORPHEUM, 203 S. MAIN (525-3000), WWW.ORPHEUM-MEMPHIS.COM.

Drive It Home Vehicle Raffle

Benefiting Ronald McDonald House of Memphis and presented by Memphis Area Ford Dealers. $20. Through May 18. RONALD MCDONALD HOUSE, 535 ALABAMA (312-7466), WWW.DRIVEITHOMEMEMPHIS.COM.

“Firefall”

Journey throughout Earth’s violent history and see the impacts from comets and asteroids that have shaped earth’s surface. A reminder of our own humble beginnings in the hostile environment of space. $7. Through June 3. SHARPE PLANETARIUM, MEMPHIS PINK PALACE MUSEUM, 3050 CENTRAL (636-2362), WWW.MEMPHISMUSEUMS.ORG.

Hands of Hope Auction Party

Featuring food, wine, champagne, and beer. Emceed by Ron Childers and Philip Spinosa benefiting the Exchange Club Family Center. Sat., Feb. 27, 7 p.m. UNIVERSITY CLUB OF MEMPHIS, 1346 CENTRAL (722-3700), WWW.EXCHANGECLUB.NET.

Johnny Cash 84th Birthday Party

Birthday cake and songs. $5 suggested donation. Fri., Feb. 26, 7 p.m. GALLOWAY CHURCH, 1015 S. COOPER (272-7210).

Mid-South Scholastic Art Awards Ceremony

Honors exemplary artworks by students in grades 7-12, recognizing their outstanding achievements in a competitive annual exhibition and providing cash prizes and scholarship opportunities. Sat., Feb. 27, 11 a.m.-4 p.m. MEMPHIS BROOKS MUSEUM OF ART, 1934 POPLAR (544-6209), WWW.BROOKSMUSEUM.ORG.

Morning Meditation

There will be a meditation altar set up with floor pillows and chairs, or bring your own pillows, mats, or blankets. Donations are welcome. Free. Saturdays, 10 a.m.-noon. THE BROOM CLOSET, 546 S. MAIN (497-9486), WWW.THEBROOMCLOSETMEMPHIS.COM.

Music at St. Mary’s

Hear Wednesday Morning Musicians at Eucharist in Sisters’ Chapel followed by a community breakfast. The program will feature a wide variety of musical styles with instruments and vocals. First Wednesday of every month, 8 a.m. ST. MARY’S CATHEDRAL, 700 POPLAR (527-3361), WWW.STMARYSMEMPHIS.ORG.

Nature Photography Garden Cleanup

Sign in at the horticulture before heading out to the garden. Participants/volunteers should bring hand tools (bypass pruners, loppers, hand saws), water, and a hat. For more information, email chris.obryan@ memphisbotanicgarden.com. Every other Wednesday, 9 a.m.-noon.

Noir Fashion Show Events “IV Play”

Promotion of black-owned beauty and fashion businesses in honor of Black History Month, showcasing some of the best in the city through three artistically curated events. $25. Fri., Feb. 26, 7:30 p.m.-midnight, Sat., Feb. 27, 4:30-7 p.m., and Sun., Feb. 28, 5:30-8:30 p.m. THE GALLERY AT MADISON SQUARE, 1819 MADISON (249-4986), WWW. NOIRIVPLAY.EVENTBRITE.COM.

One World, One Sky: Big Bird’s Adventure

Join Big Bird and Elmo as they explore the night sky with Hu Hu Zhu. Together they take an imaginary trip from Sesame Street to the moon, where they discover how different it is from Earth. $7. Through June 3.

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Nature Unleashed: Inside Natural Disasters

“Peace, Love, Soulsville: Memphis to to Motown”

IMMENSE GEOLOGICAL AND METEOROLOGICAL FORCES SHAPED OUR PLANET AND OUR WORLD. EXPLORE THE FASCINATING SCIENCE BEHIND NATURAL PHENOMENA AND THEIR IMPACT ON HUMAN LIVES. $12.75. THROUGH MAY 1. MEMPHIS PINK PALACE MUSEUM, 3050 CENTRAL (636-2362), WWW.MEMPHISMUSEUMS.ORG.

Celebrate Black History Month at the Stax Music Academy show. $15-$20. Thurs., Feb. 25, 6:30 p.m.

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Privet Pull

Help remove unwanted plants. See website to register and complete release forms. Not suitable for ages under 12 years old. Sat. Through Feb. 29. LICHTERMAN NATURE CENTER, 5992 QUINCE (767-7322), WWW.MEMPHISMUSEUMS.ORG.

“Voices of the Civil Rights Movement”

Interactive exhibit featuring two video archives within a walk-up kiosk combining two media projects and commemorating the 50th anniversary of the march on Washington. Ongoing. NATIONAL CIVIL RIGHTS MUSEUM, 450 MULBERRY (521-9699), WWW.CIVILRIGHTSMUSEUM.ORG.

Submissions for Redefining Home Challenge

Monetary awards will be made to three juried-winning entries. The first place winner’s designs will be incorporated into a currently existing home, and publicly unveiled to provide an experiential learning opportunity for the general public. See website for more information and submission guidelines. Through April 19. AIA MEMPHIS OFFICE, 511 S. MAIN (525-3818), AIAMEMPHIS.ORG.

Seasonal Stargazing

Hop through constellations, learn cool star names, and groove to planetarium space music in this full-dome audiovisual experience. $7. Through June 3. SHARPE PLANETARIUM, MEMPHIS PINK PALACE MUSEUM, 3050 CENTRAL (636-2362), WWW.MEMPHISMUSEUMS.ORG.

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Preaching Series and Waffle Shop

Talks by spiritual leaders from all denominations and a menu featuring waffles and salad plates. Waffle Shop After Dark will be offered every Wed., speaker beginning at 6:30 p.m. See website for more information. Wednesdays, 5:15 p.m., and Tuesdays-Fridays, 11 a.m.1:30 p.m. Through March 18. CALVARY EPISCOPAL CHURCH, 102 N. SECOND (525-6602), WWW. CALVARYMEMPHIS.ORG.

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Documentary of one of the most significant artists of his generation, David Hockney has given access to his personal archive of photographs and film, resulting in a visual diary of a long life. $9. Wed., March 2, 7-9 p.m.

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Brew Movement Against Multiple Sclerosis Featuring food, live music, a silent auction, and beer. $40. Fri., Feb. 26, 7-10 p.m.

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Despite being challenged by Tourette’s syndrome at a very young age, Brad Cohen defies all odds to become a gifted teacher. $5 members, $7 nonmembers. Sun., Feb. 28, 1-2:30 p.m.

February Wine Dinner Four-course dinner and wine pairing. Thurs., Feb. 25, 710 p.m.

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Mix-Odyssey: A Mixology Contest Benefiting Volunteer Odyssey

Grab your passports, and tour craft cocktails from the best mixologists in Memphis. Includes cocktails, beer, and gourmet food pairings. Fortune Teller’s Tent reveals your volunteer future. $65-$85. Sat., Feb. 27, 7-10 p.m. BRIDGES, 477 N. FIFTH.

Opera Memphis Wild Game Dinner

Join Opera Memphis for a culinary throw-down featuring food by local restaurants and businesses. $175. Fri., Feb. 26, 6:30 p.m. CLARK OPERA MEMPHIS CENTER, 6745 WOLF RIVER PARKWAY.

Sushi Making Class

Learn how to make your own sushi while enjoying local beer. $40. Sat., Feb. 27, 6-9 p.m. MEMPHIS MADE BREWING COMPANY, 768 S. COOPER (207-5343).

Stax Music Academy Black History Month show at Minglewood Hall Thursday Uncorked for Kids

Wine, food, and fun benefiting Grizzlies Prep. $25. Fri., Feb. 26, 6:30-10 p.m. GRIZZLIES PREP CHARTER SCHOOL, 168 JEFFERSON (474-0955 EXT. 104), WWW.GRIZZLIESPREP.ORG.

Wine for Wishes

Wine-tasting event featuring silent auction, live entertainment, and food. $55. Thurs., Feb. 25, 6:30-9:30 p.m.

Apples from the Desert

A single daughter born into an Orthodox Jewish family is tired of the lifestyle that her father, Reuven, has forced upon her. She and her mother, Victoria, go on a life-changing journey. $5 members, $7 nonmembers. Sat., Feb. 27, 8-9:30 p.m. MEMPHIS JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER, 6560 POPLAR (761-0810), WWW.JCCMEMPHIS.ORG.

Disney’s Aladdin

A street urchin uses a genie’s magic power to make himself a prince in order to marry a beautiful princess. $9. Fri.-Sun., 4 p.m. Through Feb. 29.

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The Morris and Mollye Fogelman International Jewish Film Festival

See website for a full lineup, trailers, and to purchase tickets. $5 members, $7 nonmembers. Through Feb. 28. MEMPHIS JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER, 6560 POPLAR (761-0810), WWW.JCCMEMPHIS.ORG.

Nicky’s Family

The story of Nicholas Winton, an Englishman who organized the rescue of 669 Czech and Slovak children just before the

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Oscar Shorts: Animated Opportunity to see the nominated films prior to the 88th Academy Awards ceremony. Not suitable for young viewers. $9. Thurs., Feb. 25, 1 p.m., and Sun., Feb. 28, 3-4:30 p.m. MEMPHIS BROOKS MUSEUM OF ART, 1934 POPLAR (544-6200), BROOKSMUSEUM.ORG.

Oscar Shorts: Live Action

Oscar-nominated short film program and opportunity to see the nominated films prior to the 88th Academy Awards ceremony. $9. Thurs., Feb. 25, 11 a.m., and Sun., Feb. 28, noon. MEMPHIS BROOKS MUSEUM OF ART, 1934 POPLAR (544-6200), BROOKSMUSEUM.ORG.

Outflix Shorts at Studio $10. Mon., Feb. 29, 6:30 p.m.

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Walking with Dinosaurs: Prehistoric Planet 3D

Experience a year in the life of dinosaurs. $9. Through March 4. CTI 3D GIANT THEATER, IN THE MEMPHIS PINK PALACE MUSEUM, 3050 CENTRAL (636-2362), WWW.MEMPHISMUSEUMS.ORG.

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would be like having two alpha males in the same room. Potentially rough, and at the very least, awkward and uncomfortable. It turns out that another one of my favorite foods — chili pepper, aka chiles — can smooth over this tension. Like wine and coffee, chiles go exceptionally well with fat, from the jalapeño popper and its elder, the chile relleno, to the requisite squirt of hot sauce upon your big greasy breakfast. Like coffee and wine, chiles produce their own kind of buzz — an adrenaline rush, to be exact. And like the others, chiles have many proven and suspected medical benefits, including reducing body inflammation and improving lipid levels in the blood. But unlike coffee, wine, or fat, there are few apparent reasons not to indulge one’s chile-tooth to its fullest. For years, I took it as a given coffee and wine simply don’t mix. It’s an either/or situation. But this assumption was discredited when I bit into a piece of pork belly that had been braised with red wine, coffee, and red chile. Amazingly, the coffee and wine were able to join forces and forge a common flavor all their own. This union was mediated by the chile, the sharp bitterness and sweetness of which formed a narrow bridge between the normally disparate flavors of wine and coffee. That all this flavor alchemy came together in the context of a succulent piece of pork made the experience all the more mouth-melting. This revelation went down at the magical, and sadly defunct Casa Vieja in Corrales, New Mexico, where I consumed this dish next to a crackling fire of fragrant desert wood. Since then I’ve endeavored to recreate this recipe, and somewhere along the line I think I actually surpassed the original, stealing tricks from similar recipes I found online. My current version combines pork and venison, but any meat will work, even chicken. Bones, whether in oxtail, osso buco, or ribs, will improve the result. The tougher the meat, the better. But if using very lean meat, there needs to be some fat, like bacon or olive oil. The wine and coffee-based broth tastes kind of disharmonious when you first combine the ingredients. But it eventually cooks into something special, a flavor that is deep and darkly delicious and thoroughly unique.

Fatty meat cooked in coffee and wine 2 lbs meat 1 cup wine, of a quality you would drink 1 cup of strong coffee (no greasy spoon brew here) 3 bay leaves 1 large onion, chopped 2 cloves garlic, chopped 2 tablespoons mild red chile powder 2 Santa Fe-style dried mild red chiles, seeded and crumbled 2 mild pasilla chiles (or more red chiles), seeded and crumbled Salt, pepper, and garlic powder Olive oil Brown the meat in whole chunks under the broiler. In a pan, sauté the onions, garlic, and bay leaves in oil. When onions are translucent, add chiles. Cook a minute, stirring, then add the coffee and wine. Cook until the volume reduces by half. Season with salt, pepper, and garlic powder. Add the meat. Cover meat with stock or water, and slow cook or braise for four-to-eight hours, until meat is completely tender. Add water, wine, or stock as necessary to replace any evaporated liquid. Season again. Serve in a bowl with minced onions and a hunk of bread, which will absorb the mysterious broth and deliver it to your mouth, where no further adjustments will be necessary. This dish won’t give a caffeine high or a wine buzz, but it provides a kick all of its own. It was, after all, the pursuit of a flavor fix along these lines that got me into coffee and wine to begin with.

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hanks to the impact that coffee and wine have on my taste buds, breakfast turns me into a speed freak. Steak, meanwhile, converts me into a temporary alcoholic — at least until it’s gone. Put me in front of a greasy or sweet breakfast, and I’m going to drink coffee like it’s oxygen. This is how my body extracts maximum pleasure from the muffin or omelet I’m chewing — by bathing my mouthful in coffee. The coffee’s acidic bitterness makes the flavors of the food stand out and completes the meal. I’ve researched this relationship at many a greasy-spoon diner, where servers endlessly circle to keep your cup full. What the coffee lacks in quality, it makes up for in quantity. That’s important when you’re eating with a beverage condiment, because the last thing you want is for that well to dry up. Later in the day, there are many foods that essentially command me to drink wine. If I’m chewing a succulent piece of meat, for example, I need to be drinking wine at exactly the same time. Otherwise I get distressed, like an addict in withdrawal. While there are many foods that go well with wine, only one, meat, will make me drink wine like a dehydration victim would drink Gatorade. When meat and wine are available, it is a scientific fact that I will be stuffed and wasted. And that is pretty much the only time you will see me wasted. Other than producing buzzes, coffee and wine otherwise seem completely different. But if you look beneath the surface you can see that they are competing for the same niche in the ecosystem of your dining table: the acidic beverage niche. Acidity serves to enhance the pleasure derived from fatty foods. The fat coats your taste buds and the acid washes that fat away, exposing and stimulating the taste buds and creating fireworks of juxtaposition. If necessary, you may have to adjust fat levels to achieve this balance. I generally do so with mayonnaise. This principle of creative tension is at the heart of established pairings like wine with cheese, coffee with cream, and 10,000 other flavor combinations. One thing you rarely see is coffee and wine together. One of them always needs to be there, but having both

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Sow Your Oats Oatmeal: the least effortful way to change your life.

ith turning 40 on the horizon, we realized that some things had to change. Our diets definitely needed some rethinking, and that was the easiest place to begin. We started to fit more superfoods into our meals, and whole grains like oats were at the top of the list. Our latest recipes don’t turn trying to be healthy grown-ups into drudgery. Sneaking in more servings of whole grains is an easy fix, and capitalizing on oatmeal’s magical ability to sweep out the bad stuff from one’s digestive system is a great start. We propose a new way for us all to deal: Eat power foods like oats whenever possible, and, well, just sprinkle a little denial and avoidance on all the less palatable stuff that comes with getting older.

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mixture to cool. Add the uncooked quickcooking oats, and knead the mixture until everything is well-incorporated. Add salt and pepper to taste. Cover and set aside in the fridge for at least 15 minutes to allow the moisture to distribute. Next, pinch about 2 tablespoons of the mixture off, roll it into a ball, and flatten it to for a patty. Repeat. In a medium pan over medium heat, pan-fry disks in enough canola oil to coat the bottom of the pan until nicely browned. Drain on paper towels. Serve hot. This recipe makes about 2 dozen sausage patties. Freeze uncooked patties in a single layer then store them in a storage bag in the freezer for up to 3 months. Energy Cookies 1 cup rolled oats 3/4 cup almond flour 1 teaspoon baking powder 2 teaspoons iodized salt 1 1/2 teaspoons cinnamon 1 teaspoon ground ginger 1/2 teaspoon nutmeg 1/2 cup honey 1/2 cup coconut oil (melted and cooled) 2 large eggs (beaten) 2 teaspoons vanilla 3/4 cup raisins (golden and regular) continued on page 40

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S O W Y O U R O AT S continued from page 39 1/3 cup dried cranberries 2 tablespoons rum 1 cup grated dried coconut 2 tablespoons crystallized ginger (finely diced) 1 cup raw walnuts Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Stir together the oats, almond flour, baking powder, salt, cinnamon, ginger, and nutmeg. Set aside. Combine the honey, coconut oil, eggs, and vanilla. Microwave the raisins, cranberries, and rum for one minute, let them cool a bit, microwave for one more minute, and set aside. Combine wet and dry ingredients and then add the fruit and rum mixture, coconut, ginger, and walnuts. Shape into large, flat cookies and place on a parchment-lined baking sheet. Bake for 10-15 minutes until edges are lightly browned. Buttermilk Oatmeal with ButterPoached Peaches and Sorgum 2 cups low-fat buttermilk 1 cup rolled oats 1 heaping tablespoon light brown sugar 1/8 teaspoon kosher salt 4 ripe peaches (pitted, peeled) 1 tablespoon unsalted butter 1 tablespoon sorghum syrup (or maple syrup) In a medium pot over medium heat, warm the buttermilk, and stir in the oats. Add the brown sugar and salt and stir. Cover, reduce heat to low, and continue to cook for 10 minutes; stir it occasionally to prevent sticking. Next, cut peaches into bite-sized wedges. In a medium frying pan over medium-high heat, melt the butter, and just as it starts to brown, add the peaches. Allow them to cook for 3 minutes to lightly color on one side before turning them. Cook another 3 minutes and remove from heat. Divide oatmeal and peaches between 2 bowls and garnish with sorghum. (Serves 2.)

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beets and the dressing are proportioned correctly for this recipe, but the granola will make more than you need for this dish. I guarantee it will be eaten. That stuff is addictive. Once your components are made, all that’s left to do is assemble the salad. Layer beets and lettuce together like you would a Caprese salad. Each serving should get about 5-6 slices of beet. Next, drizzle the assemblage with about a tablespoon of the Honey Tarragon Dressing. Finish with an ounce of crumbled goat cheese and 1/8 cup Sea Salt Granola. Roast Beets: 5 medium red beets 1/2 cup white wine 4 cloves garlic (smashed) 2 tablespoons soy sauce 8 sprigs thyme 1/4 teaspoon black pepper 1/4 teaspoon salt 2 tablespoon olive oil Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Trim 1/8 inch from both the stem end and root end of the beet. Place beets in a small casserole dish along with the wine, garlic cloves, soy sauce, thyme, pepper, salt, and olive oil. Cover tightly with aluminum foil and bake for 1 1/2 hours. Allow beets to cool completely. Peel skin from the beet by rubbing it with a damp paper towel — the outer skin will rub right off. Slice beets in 1/4-inch slices. Sea Salt Granola (makes about 5 cups) 1/4 cup brown sugar 1/4 cup brown rice syrup* 1/3 cup canola oil 2 tsp. vanilla 2 cups oats 1/3 cup sliced almonds 1/3 cup pecans 1/3 cup pepitas/pumpkin seeds 1 tablespoon sea salt Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Whisk the sugar, syrup, oil, and vanilla. Add oats, nuts, and salt and combine. Spread it all out on a baking sheet. Bake it for 10 minutes, stir it up, and then bake it for 10 more minutes. It should be toasted and ready by then. It’ll last about a week. *Brown rice syrup is a key ingredient here, so make the effort to find it. It is always in stock at Whole Foods and natural foods stores. Honey Tarragon Dressing 1 tablespoon lemon juice 1 tablespoon honey 1/2 teaspoon minced tarragon 1.2 teaspoon minced chives 1/4 teaspoon Maldon salt 1/4 teaspoon cracked black pepper 1/4 cup olive oil In a small bowl, add the lemon juice, honey, tarragon, chives, salt, and pepper together. Drizzle the olive oil into the mixture as you whisk to emulsify the dressing. Set mixture aside.

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Holy Terror The Witch is a chilling slab of historical horror.

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want to do the devil’s bidding by messing with good Christians. The Witch of the Woods sinks her talons deep in William and systematically deprives him of everything he holds dear. It’s an epic slow burn that makes flawless use of the film’s 93-minute running time. Like the ornate Hammer films of the early 1960s, the production design puts us in the characters’ world from the beginning, but Eggers is going for a strict realism that makes the magical elements more creepy and unnerving. The low-light photography of Jarin Blaschke, such as the extended sequence around a tense dinner table lit only by dripping, homemade candles, takes a page from Kubrick’s groundbreaking work on Barry Lyndon and transforms the domestic scene into a Dutch Masters painting. The controlled, almost serene pacing of The Witch goes against the grain of contemporary horror, but, taken with work like last year’s instant classic It Follows, it seems to point toward a new subgenre of arthouse horror. For fans of the creepy, it’s the year’s first must-see movie. The Witch Now playing Multiple locations

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The family is grief-stricken, with the burden falling heaviest on the mother, Katherine, who struggles to stay upright as conditions on the farm worsen. The crops are failing, and the animals are either getting sick, or, in the case of the huge goat named Black Phillip, developing a Satanic mean streak. Suspicion falls on Thomasin, the beautiful young daughter who is coming of age and inadvertently tempting her little brother with lustful thoughts. Taylor-Joy is riveting as the noose tightens around her, causing herself to question her own innocence. The high point of her performance comes when, pressured by her father to give a false confession, she snaps and suggests that maybe the reason why his farm is failing and his kids are dying is that he’s an arrogant religious nut who sucks at farming and is generally unprepared for the harsh life of the frontier. From the safe and rationalist point of view of the 21st century, that sounds like a pretty accurate description of the conditions surrounding the Salem witch trials, but The Witch’s point of view is stuck firmly in the puritanical 17th century, where witches are real and

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very year around Halloween, I get a hankering for Hammer horror. Atmospheric films like The Gorgon or Christopher Lee’s Dracula, made before slasher pictures gave the genre a bloody sameness, have a certain pleasing gothic creepiness that transcends their screenplay and acting faults. The Witch, which won Robert Eggers a directing award at last year’s Sundance Film Festival, seems like it was created out of the Platonic ideal of a Hammer-period horror film, with all of the creep and none of the camp. It begins with a family of five being expelled from an unnamed New England plantation that looks a lot like Salem circa 1690. The cause of the schism is some obscure doctrinal dispute between the family patriarch William (Ralph Ineson) and the town council of puritans led by the Governor (Julian Richings). Significantly, it is William who denounces the townspeople as being insufficiently pure, claiming his family are the only ones who practice true Christianity. William takes his wife Katherine (Kate Dickie), daughter Thomasin (Anya Taylor-Joy), tween son Caleb (Harvey Scrimshaw), elementary-aged twins Mercy (Ellie Grainger) and Jonas (Lucas Dawson), and infant Samuel into the forest to build a new life for themselves where they can worship free from the corrupting influences of the world. But the woods they chose for their new home already has an inhabitant: a shapeshifting witch played in various forms by Bathsheba Garnett and Sarah Stephens. A card at the end of the film notes that it was based on historical accounts of witchcraft trials from the late seventeenth century, when there weren’t any witches with magical powers, just women whom the patriarchy had deemed too unimportant to feed and who used the magical thinking of theology to justify getting rid of. But there’s no doubt black magic is real in the world of The Witch: No sooner has the family built their farm than the witch snatches baby Samuel in the midst of a peekaboo game with Thomasin, grinds him up, bathes in his innocent blood, and goes for a flight on her broomstick.

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World’s Fastest Man Jesse Owens comes alive. The 2016 Olympics in Rio will mark the 80th anniversary of Jesse Owens’ historic wins at the 1936 Berlin Olympics. Hitler meant for the games to provide proof of his racial theories of Aryan dominance, but instead, Owens set world record after world record and showed the world that racial harmony is possible by befriending his German rival Carl “Luz” Long. I’m a self-described Olympic geek, and it’s stories like Owens’ that are the reason why I find the games so compelling in ways that most professional sports leave me cold. At their best, the games celebrate our common humanity and suggest

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Jason Sudeikis (left) and Stephan James finish strong in Stephen Hopkins’ triumphant biopic Race. in their scenes together, pulling him out of his shell and challenging him into greater performance. The sources I consulted listed Race’s budget at $5 million, but that seems like a lowball considering all of the period production design on display. Like Straight Outta Compton, director Hopkins plays it straight, favoring wellexecuted but conventional images over any sort of psychological impressionism. When the movie concentrates on the Owens/Snyder story of the struggle for athletic excellence, it soars. But it gets bogged down in some unnecessary digressions, such as the story of the Nazis’ favorite filmmaker Leni Riefenstahl’s (Carice van Houten) struggle to make Olympia, her documentary about the games. But at least that subplot gives us opportunity to see Danish actor Barnaby Metschurat’s ice-cold portrayal of Joseph Goebbels. Race’s biggest weakness is its editing, which is often jittery and unsure when it needs to be steady and clear. I guess it’s supposed to be a modernist stylistic choice when it takes five cuts to show Snyder pour a single shot of whiskey from a bottle, but it made me want to scream, “Pick a shot and stick with it! There are Nazis to triumph over!” If this job has taught me anything, it’s that a movie doesn’t have to be perfect to be emotionally effective, and ultimately, Hopkins and Sudeikis carry the day, with a little help from the heroic story of the World’s Fastest Man. Race Now playing Multiple locations

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Last night I was indulging in one of my favorite pastimes, watching compilations of road-rage fights on YouTube. It used to be that in a traffic-related fight, two guys would get out, maybe with a pipe or a bat, and duke it out. Now these guys go straight for the gun. It’s horrifying to watch some punk getting a well-deserved pounding from an outraged driver, but instead of manning up, they dive straight for the glove compartment. Now if you find yourself in a roadrage incident, the other person will just shoot your ass. I must confess that I’ve been afflicted with road rage for about 30 years or so, and there ain’t no cure for those boulevard blues. It begins during the daily obstacle course on city streets. Here’s a guy trying to make a left from the center lane. Here comes some fool barreling out of a fast food joint and pulling too far into the street so that you have to swerve quickly and pray someone’s not in the other lane. Here’s a tiny lady who can barely see over the steering wheel driving 25 mph during rush hour. And that guy that speeds past you, cuts over three lanes, and ends up at the same red light as you. They’re all just playing their parts assigned for that day to make driving a harrowing experience. You would not believe the words that come out of my mouth, words that could never be used in any other setting. It usually begins as an irritant from observing another driver’s behavior. When something crucially stupid happens, I begin by saying, “You blanking blank. Idiot blankerblanker. Wake the blank up and drive, you blanking blankhole.” From there it only gets worse. Once I was driving east on Peabody, and, as I drew near South Cooper Street, where the road dead-ends and splits either left or right, some knucklehead in front of me couldn’t pick a lane. I thought I’d help him by laying on the horn, but he flipped me a particularly vulgar looking bird. Infuriated, I did the old trick of moving my hand in a back and forth motion near my mouth and poking my cheek out with my tongue. Certain that my gesture was far more disgusting than his, he went south and I went north. I stopped in the old record store in the Poplar Plaza, and, while I was perusing the CDs, this scrawny-looking guy in overalls comes up to me and says, “You’re the guy that just told me to ‘blank a blank’ in the street out there.” Not wishing to disrupt anyone’s business, I took the gentlemanly approach and apologized. I told him that something inexplicable comes over me when I get behind the wheel of a car, but I’m really not that person. He seemed to accept my atonement and left. It was either that or throw down in the middle of the rhythm and blues racks. That’s how I learned to keep my vulgarities and hand gestures more discreet. My wife, Melody, has refused to ride with me for several years now. I don’t mind if she wants to drive, but I’m not that great of a passenger either. I enjoy explaining the psychology of traffic. If she passes some massive SUV, I tell her to just watch. Psychologically, the other driver resents being passed by a smaller car and will invariably speed up. She also hates it when I stomp on the passenger’s side brakes. I have noticed, however, that she’ll occasionally cut loose with a tirade that could peel paint from a dry wall. I have to remind her that we don’t go for “blue” language. Still, the horror is unending. The interstates have become endless ribbons of aggravation. Believe it or not, there was a time when long-haul truckers were considered the most courteous drivers on the road. They moved over to allow you to pass, and, if you made a pulling motion with your arm, they might even let you hear a little airhorn. No longer. Since the petroleum industry lobbyists have stopped all railway progress in this country, the highways are choked with big rigs, and the old Eisenhower expressway system is too obsolete to handle it. That’s why I try not to complain when the old 5:15 a.m. train rolls through the center of town. I know that every boxcar is at least one less truck on the highway. Today’s truckers pass you at 80 miles an hour and blow your car off the road. There was also a time when you could hitchhike on the interstate, and invariably a trucker would pick you up. I thought nothing of being dropped off at an exit ramp in Nashville and thumbing it to Knoxville. Even women once trusted truckers enough to hitchhike. I knew this musician who was around 5’4”, thinner than a dime, with long blonde hair flowing down his back. Once, he was hitching with his thumb out and his back to oncoming traffic when an 18-wheeler pulled over. My friend jumped into the cab revealing his mustache and sternum-length beard and said, “I bet you thought I was a girl.” The trucker answered, “Don’t matter. Imma f**k you anyway.” If I were your president, I would begin building 21st-century super-highways exclusively for automobiles and leave the old interstate to the truckers. What would it take? Four more lanes? We need some auto-friendly roads and not these corkscrew flyovers that claim a life a week. And the next Congress should make drivers’ education courses mandatory. That would thin the herd from some of these damn fools out there, and you know who you are. Just today, I saw some monster truck pull to a sudden stop behind me at a red light, and, when I looked into the rearview mirror, some slob was eating something out of a bowl with a spoon. I thought it must be ice cream, but he was eating it much too fast to avoid brain freeze. I assumed it was either ramen noodles or soup and said loudly, to no one, “You idiot blankblanker.” Sometimes I just wish I had a giant yellow backhoe to cruise down the road, so when I saw someone driving like a selfish idiot bastard I could just crush their roofs and push them to the curb. Oh yeah, I saw that on YouTube too. Randy Haspel writes the “Recycled Hippies” blog, where a version of this column first appeared.

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