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OUR 1514TH ISSUE 03.01.18 Mark Cuban, the outspoken owner of the NBA’s Dallas Mavericks, got in trouble last week for remarks he made during a podcast interview with Hall of Fame great Julius Erving. Cuban’s statements were so out of line that Commissioner Adam Silver fined him $600,000 for “public comments detrimental to the NBA.” What was Cuban’s speech-crime? He told the truth. He said he told his players the best thing for them to do for the rest of this season was to lose: “I sat down and I explained it to them,” he told Erving. Pretty expensive blasphemy. The preferred term for trying to lose is “tanking.” The problem is that at least eight, and maybe nine, teams besides the Mavericks are tanking right now, including our beloved Memphis Grizzlies. That’s because the NBA’s draft lottery system rewards teams that finish the season with the worst records with the early picks in the post-season player draft. In short, the worse a team’s record, the better their odds of picking a good player in the draft. Hence this unseemly race to the bottom. But with nearly one-third of the teams in the 30-team NBA now playing to lose, the regular season has simply become a farce. Consider: The nine openly tanking teams had lost a combined 44 games in a row, as of last weekend. That means if you’re a team that’s actually trying to win, your odds on any given night are about one in three that you’ll be playing a team that will be quite happy to let you do so. Throwing games on purpose used to be called cheating. Now it’s “strategy.” Tanking is not so obvious as teams intentionally missing shots or making purposeful turnovers. Players would never “try to lose,” we are assured by everyone affiliated with the NBA not named Mark Cuban. No, the methodology is slightly more subtle. A team’s best players get lots of “rest”; they experience prolonged bouts of “illness” or suffer from “sore knees” that just don’t get better, darn it. Meanwhile, young bench-warmers and end-of-career veterans get most of the court time. They hustle and scrap, but they are cannon fodder — the Washington Nationals versus the Harlem Globetrotters — and they know it. It’s a strategy that cheats everyone: The fans see a lot of non-competitive basketball games, often absent the stars they come to see. Teams that are actually fighting for playoff positioning get hosed when a team they are competing with in the standings gets to play a tanker while they’re playing against a team trying to win. In this week’s cover story, Kevin Lipe offers five ways that Grizzlies fans can “enjoy” watching our tanking Grit ’n Groaners. You know, watch the young players develop, celebrate their hustle, get excited for those nights when comebacks fall just short. Yada yada, yada. I say, if we’re going to tank, let’s tank. Let’s go all in. Let’s have fun with it. Let’s be like Cuban and tell the truth. First, we need stop with the Kabuki theater of the pre-game shows, wherein Brevin Knight, Rob Fischer, and Chris Vernon assess the team’s chances on a given night and offer “three keys to victory.” Seriously? Everybody knows we’re trying to lose, so just go ahead and embrace it. Knight: “Here are my three keys to a loss against the Magic tonight, fellas: 1) We need to have Devonta Davis take as many three-pointers as possible; 2) No jumping; 3) Foul, foul, foul. Vernon: “Good points there, Brevin. And I’d add we’re really going to have to resist the urge to take open shots.” N E WS & O P I N I O N They could also analyze upcoming THE FLY-BY - 4 games a bit more honestly. NY TIMES CROSSWORD - 5 Fisher: “We’ve got some tough mustPOLITICS - 7 lose games coming up, fans. It doesn’t EDITORIAL - 8 get any easier from here on out. The VIEWPOINT - 9 Griz shouldn’t have any problem losing COVER - “TANK COMMANDOS!” BY KEVIN LIPE - 10 to Houston tonight, but there are a few WE RECOMMEND - 14 contests coming up that will put the Griz MUSIC - 16 to the test. Home against Atlanta, for AFTER DARK - 18 example. The Hawks are streaking with CALENDAR - 22 14 straight losses and the Griz have lost BOOKS - 28 11 in a row, so something’s got to give. FOOD NEWS - 30 Should be a helluva game. … ” SPIRITS - 33 Break out the “Grit ’n Grind” towels, FILM - 34 y’all. We can do this! C L AS S I F I E D S - 36 Bruce VanWyngarden LAST WORD - 39 brucev@memphisflyer.com

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S U P E R STU F F Memphis loves Black Panther. With a big opening weekend and evident staying power, the Marvel property is on its way to becoming one of the motion picture industry’s top earners. According to Disney’s breakdown of the numbers, much of that success can be attributed to African-American audiences and cities like Memphis where opening week box office was 81 percent higher than average.

VE R-TWE ET-I M You can count on Andy Holt to be Andy Holt. In the wake of the Orlando nightclub massacre in 2016 Tennessee’s gun-happy House member gave away AR-15 rifles at a fundraiser/turkey shoot called HogFest. Last week, he tweeted his support for arming teachers and authorizing deadly force.

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Executions, Greensward, & Murals Lethal injection cocktail questioned, a new Greensward plan, and murals scrubbed. “B U R N E D ALIVE O N TH E I N S I D E” Attorneys for 33 Tennessee death row inmates filed a lawsuit last week to stop the state’s new method of lethal injection, saying inmates receiving it would “needlessly experience terror, pain, and suffocation during execution.” Tennessee is set to resume executions this year, after a hiatus from the practice since 2009. Last month, state officials adopted a new protocol for executions by lethal injection that included a new cocktail of three drugs to replace a lethal dose of one drug. The new drug cocktail has never been used here and will leave inmates “aware and sensate during execution” and will cause a “searing, burning, sensation in the veins [and] plaintiffs will feel like being burned alive from the inside.” A “R EC K LES S C O U R S E” The Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) should reverse its “reckless course” of using Memphis’ drinking water to cool a new power plant here and should allow the public to weigh in on other options, according to the Southern Environmental Law Center (SELC). The environmental group demanded TVA “use a more reasonable and responsible alternative source” and said that TVA is “turning a blind eye to the risk of polluting Memphis’ primary source of drinking water,” in a letter last week. TVA said it is working through an investigative process and that its findings will be soon sent to state officials. Tests by Memphis Light, Gas & Water (MLGW) did not turn up any contamination around the well site last year, TVA said. Also, TVA won’t use the “wells until it is safe to do so and is making other arrangements with MLGW to provide water in the interim.” G R E E N S WAR D P LAN M OVES O N Parking on the Greensward would not end on January 2019, and establishing a new timeline will likely be weeks away, according to city officials and those designing a new parking lot for the Memphis Zoo.

Officials with Powers Hill Design, the firm hired by the city to craft the zoo’s new lot, delivered their most recent plan to the public last week. Officials said Memphis Mayor Jim Strickland wanted to ensure the public had time to comment on the new design. A new timeline will likely be revealed in early March, according to a city hall official. The new design takes 2.4 acres of parkland. Designers said their plan focused on an existing ridge line that already separates the park from the zoo lot. The design also includes a perimeter drive, or “ring road,” around the lot, a new pay-on-entry system for zoo visitors, new sidewalks, and pedestrian and bike entrances to the zoo. But it also includes the removal or relocation of several trees. M U R ALS S C R U B B E D Six Paint Memphis murals will be scrubbed after a Memphis City Council vote last week. The decision came after a heated council committee meeting with council members and Paint Memphis executive director Karen Golightly. Council chairman Berlin Boyd said there was a “disconnect” between his constituents and Paint Memphis. Boyd raised his voice when Golightly said she was there to “educate” the council, saying he doesn’t like to be “insulted in this committee.” The council voted later that day to paint over the murals. Fuller version of these stories and even more local news can be found on The News Blog at memphisflyer.com.

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Developer sought to paint Brooks’ blank canvas. City leaders are looking for developers to repurpose the Brooks Museum of Art building, which is slated to be vacated by 2023. Brooks officials announced in September that the museum could be moving from its Overton Park home of 102 years to a riverfront spot downtown. Now, the city is issuing a request for qualifications (RFQ) to find a developer to “rehabilitate, adaptively reuse, and manage” the 86,000-square-foot building that sits on a 3.14 acre site in Overton Park. The city is open to all creative proposals that will “maintain the character of the site as a public amenity” while taking a “sensitive approach to the historical nature of the 1916 building,” according to the RFQ. “With all the talented and creative people in our city, I’m hopeful we will get a viable proposal to allow the Overton Park site to continue to thrive and be used by the public,” Memphis Mayor Jim Strickland said. The adaptive reuse should be “in context with the other offerings of Overton Park,” while “contributing to Overton Park’s future as a thriving, active center of culture, recreation, family activities, and civic events,”

the RFQ states. Some examples of ideal reuses listed in the RFQ guidelines include a performance space for music, theater, dance, or film; an entertainment venue for adventure sports, esports, or live music; a conference and event space; or activation through restaurants and retail stores. In December, Ekundayo Bandele, CEO and founder of Hattiloo Theater, told a city council committee that he wants to turn the building into a national black theater museum. Bandele said the museum, costing anywhere from $50 to $100 million, could be “of the future,” equipped with touchscreen and virtual reality exhibits featuring black playwright manuscripts and archives from the

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that Shelby Countians “need a mayor with drive and determination.” Lenoir has ample funding and will be able to play that ad, and subsequent ones, abundantly in the face of Roland’s newsmaking skills and hot-button pushing, and his other GOP opponent, Joy Touliatos, whose pleasant countenance is displayed on several well-placed billboards on county roadways. No doubt each of them has a TV campaign in mind as well. Meanwhile, Boyd, a pleasant, mildmannered man who was a highly successful businessman (Invisible Fences) before his service in state government, where he was known as a moderate, is up against a primary opponent in U.S. Rep. Diane Black who is as well-funded as he is and has a strong hold on her party’s ultra-right constituency. So Boyd, who has run a couple of TV ads already, stressing his business success, his grit as a distance runner, and his ambitions on behalf of economic development and education, has belatedly decided to contest Black (one of whose ads boasts her readiness to “stand up to the weak-kneed people in my own party”) on her own ground. Accordingly, while the images in Boyd’s new ad are similar to those in his previous ones, a voice-over Lenoir as Crimson Tide intones that the candidate “believes that athlete the right to life comes from God, not the government,” and that people “who can work should work and not permanently live on welfare,” while a subscript on the screen blasts the notion of sanctuary cities. The ad concludes, “What really matters is faith, families, and a good-paying job. A conservative businessman, not a politician.” Asked about the ad over the weekend in Memphis, where he attended the GOP’s Lincoln Day banquet, Boyd said, “If I’m asking Republicans for their votes, I need to assure them that I share their values.” The ad, an effort to co-opt an opponent’s issues, is clearly a gamble, and it remains to be seen whether it serves the candidate’s purposes or, alternatively, could backfire with GOP voters looking for a moderate candidate.

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Anybody who’s been raised since the advent of television (which is everybody now alive) knows the importance of TV ads in political races. The advertising phase of several campaigns is just now coming into prominence. In the case of Shelby County political races, there are but two months to go before the May 1st election day in the Republican and Democratic primaries. Statewide races, which culminate in August, have a bit more lead time. Two new ads that are just now getting to be seen by the public indicate wholly different strategies. One is on behalf of Shelby County Trustee and GOP county mayor candidate David Lenoir. The other is for gubernatorial candidate Randy Boyd of Knoxville, the former state Commissioner of Economic Development. Though Lenoir is well known in local government circles, he is not exactly a household name. Accordingly, his new 30-second TV spot attempts to fill a name-ID gap between himself and primary opponent Shelby County Commissioner Terry Roland, a firebrand who is adept at gathering free media coverage for himself. Lenoir’s spot begins with an image of a football helmet, which fades into a shot of the candidate as a young man, wearing the crimson uniform of the University of Alabama, and clearly game-ready. A voice-over then explains, “When an injury ended his dreams to play in the NFL, David Lenoir refused to stand on the sidelines.” In fact, Lenoir, whose athletic career ended prematurely due to injury, was once a highly touted defensive end for the fearsome Crimson Tide. The duration of the ad shows images of Lenoir at work and on the campaign stump, looking both accessible and able, while the voice-over speaks of his “reduc[ing] county debt and saving taxpayers millions.” The ad promises that Lanier will “fight to protect our neighborhoods and strengthen our schools” and contends

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massacre, to consider ending the favorable discounts it offers members of the National Rifle Association. Even Donald Trump has addressed the point. The president, speaking to the nation’s governors on Monday, advised them to remember that, for all the “great people” who make up the NRA, it might be neceseary “to fight ’em” on guncontrol issues. As a statement indicating intentionality, of course, that one is right up there with his quickly withdrawn pledge to a bipartisan group of Senators back in January that he would support whatever pro-Dreamer immigration bill they might come up with — hopefully an honest-to-God “bill of love.” On matters relating to promises of action, Trump has a tendency, in Jonathan Swift’s phrase, to “say the thing that is not.” A somewhat surreal version of that came this week when the president, in the course of vilifying a security officer’s apparent inaction at the site of the Parkland High School slaughter, swore that had he been on the scene, he himself, armed or unarmed, would have rushed into the school building to confront the crazed shooter. Right. Nothing quite so heroic is required, of course. All that Trump needs to do is follow through on his vow to contradict Wayne LaPierre and the NRA gun lobby by actually pushing for some of the serious legislative measures he has championed in his verbal bravado — a raised age limit for firearms purchase, a ban on bump stocks, stiffer and more universal background checks, etc.

The task incumbent on FedEx is even less demanding. All the giant shipping corporation needs to do is follow the example of Hertz, Delta, Symantec, MertLife, United Airlines, and a growing number of other large companies that have ended their discount offers for NRA members in the past week or so. Surely the powersthat-be at FedEx, now threatened with an organized national boycott, realize that the small profit margin forsworn by ending its NRA discounts could easily be absorbed, and that the moral example of taking a stand against gun fetishism would likely translate into a bounty of new-customer approval from the population at large. Instead, FedEx has vowed to continue with its program for NRA members on the disingenuous grounds that it “does not or will not deny service or discriminate against any legal entity regardless of their policy positions or political views.” Nobody has asked FedEx to deny service to anyone or to suppress anybody’s views or to practice any form of customer discrimination. It is a matter, rather, of putting the NRA on notice for its decades-long policy of undermining any and all commonsense gun reforms. And, as far as the politics of the matter, it is clearly the NRA itself, not those who resist it, which maintains a political stranglehold on the nation and its lawmakers. In this hour of decision, FedEx absolutely, positively should take a stand.

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Three to Get Ready? At this point, the top Democratic challengers to President Trump’s re-election are black women. Minutes,” he tweeted. “The questions were biased and slanted, the facts incorrect. Hope Oprah runs so she can be exposed and defeated just like all of the others!” Oprah responded last week by telling Ellen DeGeneres: “I woke up, and I just thought — I don’t like giving negativity power. I just thought, ‘What?’” Oprah said that she asked CBS to add a response from a pro-Trump member of the focus group to give the piece more balance. “So I was working very hard to do the opposite of what I was hate-tweeted about,” she told DeGeneres. Longtime Trump political adviser Roger Stone recently told the Oxford Union that Michelle Obama would be the strongest Democratic candidate. The then-first lady’s “When they go low, we go high” speech was one of the most memorable of the 2016 Democratic National Convention. The big question with Obama is whether she is willing to go low and put her family through another brutal presidential campaign.

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Harris lacks the name identification of Winfrey or Obama, but California’s junior senator comes from the most influential state in Democratic politics. Harris would have a strong claim to the deep-pocketed donors in Hollywood and Silicon Valley who helped fund her Senate election in 2016. The former state attorney general’s unflinching television interviews and TV grilling of Trump administration witnesses at congressional hearings have given her national visibility. Former Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa said in an interview last August, “She’s going to be knocking on doors in Iowa.” In 1968, New York’s Shirley Chisholm became the first black woman elected to Congress. Four years later, she became the first black candidate to run for a major party’s presidential nomination. “I am not the candidate of black America, although I am black and proud,” Chisholm told supporters at her announcement. It’s looking more and more likely that 2020 might be the year that a woman finishes the journey — and shatters not one but two glass ceilings. Juan Williams is an author, and a political analyst for Fox News Channel.

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Currently, the three strongest Democratic challengers to President Trump’s reelection are all black women: talk show queen Oprah Winfrey, former first lady Michelle Obama, and Senator Kamala Harris of California. Former White House chief strategist Stephen Bannon has said Oprah and the #MeToo movement pose an “existential threat” to the Trump presidency. Michelle Obama left the White House with a 68 percent approval rating, and got a new wave of positive attention this month when record crowds showed up to see her newly unveiled official portrait at the National Gallery of Art. As for Harris, conservative columnist and Trump booster Ann Coulter confidently predicted last fall that if she ran, she would be the Democratic nominee. A black female candidate would attract a lot of attention with a challenge to Trump. Ninety-four percent of black women voted against Trump in 2016, as did 69 percent of Latina women and 43 percent of white women. Women of all races have led the biggest anti-Trump marches. April Reign, an activist who founded the #OscarsSoWhite campaign, worried during a recent NBC interview that the clamor for a black female presidential candidate could be a trap. “Stop begging strong black women to be president: Michelle, Oprah, whatever,” Reign said. “It’s weird. And Lord knows when black women try to lead, y’all attempt to silence and erase us. So how would that work, exactly?” Well, black women are already thriving at the top of the political ladder in lots of places. For example, black women are in charge as mayor of at least seven big cities: Atlanta; Baltimore; Charlotte, N.C.; Flint, Michigan; New Orleans; Toledo, Ohio; and Washington, D.C. In addition, a record 21 black women are serving in Congress, including Harris. All but one — Representative Mia Love of Utah — are Democrats. Winfrey and Obama stand out among these black women because their political strength is only a subset of their power as cultural icons. They have fans among Republicans and Democrats. They attract people of all races. Their broad appeal, including among suburban white women, crosses the nation’s deep political divide. Trump is already attuned to a potential challenge from Winfrey. After Winfrey conducted a focus group on Trump for CBS’s 60 Minutes, the president quickly lashed out at her via Twitter. “Just watched a very insecure Oprah Winfrey, who at one point I knew very well, interview a panel of people on 60

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1. THEYʼRE MORE FUN THAN THEY SHOULD BE There is not a column in the NBA standings for “moral victories,” but if there were, the Grizzlies would have racked up quite a few already. They may not be winning games, but they’re certainly not getting blown out with the regularity one might expect from a team no longer interested in playing basketball. This is not as true after the All Star Break as it was before; they lost the first two games back by a combined total of 49 points. But that doesn’t mean interesting things aren’t happening. If you listen to what interim head coach JB Bickerstaff says after losses this year, he’s very consistently delivering one message: We are trying to build a culture of players who play a certain way, and that takes years. Little glimpses of that culture are available in every game: the ball movement is sometimes phenomenal. The defense sometimes holds when normally it wouldn’t. The young players — especially Jarell Martin and James Ennis III before he was traded to

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Detroit at the deadline — are getting better at transition play-making, and occasionally that leads to monster dunks. Watching a bad NBA team is all about finding things to enjoy at the micro level, because the macro level is garbage. Fans who only want the Grizzlies to win probably stopped watching some time around Thanksgiving. Those of us who are left have to take solace in little plays, in neat developments, in solid comeback attempts that fizzle out before the Grizzlies get over the hump. There are fun moments in most of these games; you just have to watch for small victories instead of, well, victories that actually count. 2. DILLON BROOKS AND IVAN RABB The Grizzlies’ two rookies, both drafted in the second round last offseason, have both been surprisingly good, and both look like major wins for the Griz front office staff. Brooks has proven himself to be scrappy, unafraid of the big moment, a cerebral player who sometimes makes things happen through sheer … shall we say “fortitude.” He’s played more minutes than any Griz rookie in recent memory with the possible exception of Andrew Harrison (more

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rizzlies fans have had it pretty easy since the 2009-10 season: Since acquiring Zach Randolph, the team has been in the playoffs every season but his first one, and in that one, they were only eliminated after Marc Gasol went down with an injury. For seven seasons in a row, the Grizzlies have been playing well into April, and sometimes well into May, and even in the years where it was clear they wouldn’t advance — such as 2016’s injury-gutted roster or last year’s hopeless matchup against the Spurs that somehow went six games — getting there felt like enough for the fanbase. They just wanted the Grizzlies to be competitive. This year, the Grizzlies are not competitive. They’re not even close to competitive; at the time of this writing, they’re the fourth-worst team in the Western Conference (only because Phoenix, Dallas, and Sacramento have more losses; all four teams have only 18 wins). This is the worst Grizzlies season since 2008-09, when they won 24 games. They fired David Fizdale, only 18 months after hiring him. Mike Conley has only played in 12 games. Chandler Parsons has only played in 27. Just about everything that could go wrong for them has gone wrong, and now it’s clear that they’re far more interested in developing young players and trying to maintain a good draft pick than actually winning games. It’s not a pretty picture. Judging from Internet ire, many people don’t understand why the Grizzlies are “tanking” the season away — losing on purpose — but regardless, they certainly didn’t enter the season expecting to be this bad. As fans of a plucky underdog franchise that has no pluck and is certainly dogging it, why does it matter what happens the rest of the season? Why even watch these games? Why not just do something else, like watch the Tigers or drink on a patio somewhere or take up cross-stitching? Here are five reasons:

on him farther down the list): 1,634 minutes spread across a team-leading 58 games, 50 of which he’s started. Brooks’ development has been fun to watch, and the whole league has taken notice. A native of the Toronto area, he was selected to play on Team World in the Rising Stars Challenge at All Star Weekend, the new-fangled version of the old Rookie/Sophomore Game. Not many second-round guys get to play in that game. The Grizzlies struck paydirt with Brooks. Ivan Rabb is a bit farther away from having the kind of NBA impact that Brooks has had so far, but he’s shown considerable promise. Rabb is undersized, but he makes up for it (mostly) with his skill, and while it’s a little hard to tell whether he’s a center or a power forward, it’s clear that he has the tools to become a rotation player if he can get stronger. Rabb was projected to be a lottery pick before returning to Cal for an ill-advised second season, and it’s clear that he (and Brooks alike) have outsized talent for their humble draft positions. Both of these guys will be NBA players, and they’re both growing in small ways every time the Grizzlies take the floor. Guys only learn now to be NBA players by playing minutes in NBA games — something previous Griz coaches haven’t always seemed to understand — and it’s fascinating to watch guys like Rabb and Brooks add new weapons and new strategies to their respective toolkits each time they touch the ball. 3. WHICH YOUNG GUYS WILL MAKE IT? Brooks and Rabb aren’t the only young Grizzlies players worth watching, but for the rest of the younger players (Cubs? Can we call them Grizzly Cubs?) the question of what they’ll learn is a bit more existential. Jarell Martin, Andrew Harrison, and Deyonta Davis each need to prove that they can be NBA players next year, and they each only have 20odd games left in which to do so. Harrison has made the strongest case, so far. He and Martin were both consensus picks to be waived during training camp, but played their way on to the final 15-man roster. Since then, Harrison has shown himself to be a better shooter than last year, and a smarter and somewhat faster decision-maker. He’s still slow, but he’s a very good defender and a very heady player, seeing things no other Grizzly Cubs see and capitalizing on them. If he can raise his shooting percentages just a bit more — he’s now 42.3 percent from the field, and 35.3 percent from three-point range — both improvements over last year — I think Harrison could have a very long career as a useful third point guard on a good team. He’s this close to being there now, especially since setting a new career high of 28 points just before the All Star Break.

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Martin and Davis are harder nuts to crack. Martin has developed into a very good transition finisher, and has used his uncommon athleticism to good end on offense and defense. He’s become a much more aware and skilled player on offense, but he still doesn’t have a good handle on what to do when the game slows down into half-court sets (which is often). “Good in transition” isn’t good enough to stick in the NBA past a rookie contract, and Martin’s getting short on runway to prove he’s more than that. Davis has more upside than Martin and probably more than Ivan Rabb, also. At his natural position, he’s an intinctively good defender, and he’s developing a bit of a touch farther away from the basket, but the issue with Davis is his focus and his motor. He often seems distant or lost on the court, especially if he’s not involved in the offense early after taking the floor. By any objective measure, Davis should be farther along in his development than he is, and if the Grizzlies are going to continue to invest time and money into his NBA education, he’s got to start showing signs of learning some of these lessons. Whether that happens or not is one of the things worth watching for the rest of the year. 4. THE 2018 DRAFT There’s a reason the Grizzlies aren’t very interested in winning, and that so many other teams are trying to race them to the bottom of the standings: The 2018 draft class seems very promising at the top, and after trading last year’s pick to dump Marreese Speights’ salary and trading next year’s pick for Jeff Green, the Griz actually control their own pick in this year’s draft. There are intriguing prospects all over the floor in the top of the lottery: Luka Doncic is probably the best Euro prospect (other than Giannis Antetokounmpo, who appeared out of nowhere) since Pau Gasol. Mohamed Bamba promises to be a fearsome rim protector, but his offense is a work in progress. Arizona’s Deandre Ayton and Marvin Bagley are great scoring and rebounding bigs. Michael Porter Jr. has a very promising skill set but hasn’t played all year because of injuries (making him a natural choice for the Grizzlies to pick, and I hope you can visualize how hard I’m rolling my eyes while typing that) so he’s a bit of a risk. Trae Young could be an elite scorer or he could be fool’s gold, a college Steph Curry who might be too small to make it work at the pro level. It’s anybody’s guess as to which of the two it’ll be. Watching the Grizzlies means you’re watching to see how bad they’ll be — and which continued on page 12

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continued from page 11 of these coveted young talents they’ll be able to add to the roster. Doncic is probably my favorite at the moment, but I don’t think the Grizzlies will actually be bad enough to draft him, because I think he’ll probably be the number one or two pick. But miracles happen to the Grizzlies all the time, if not in the draft, so who knows. It’s a race to the bottom because adding one of these guys to a team that (hypothetically) also returns a healthy Gasol and Conley with a core of “young vet” players who have all come up together could make things very interesting next year. I have to think that’s the Grizzlies’ plan. 5. OWNERSHIP: THE MOST KNOWN UNKNOWN As has been discussed in these pages before, there’s a big open question hanging over this season like a dark cloud that may or may not rain: Who’s going to own the team next year? Any ownership change would likely mean a change in the basketball leadership as well, which means making decisions about coaches and players is also hampered by the sense of uncertainty around what’s going to happen going forward. The last I heard, the ownership situation might not be settled until after the regular season (which ends on April 11th), and until it’s all settled, none of the other decisions explored in this piece may be finalized. Whether Robert Pera or Steve Kaplan is the controlling owner of the Grizzlies after this season, just having that closure will be clarifying for the long-term course charted by the franchise, and that charting will have to start this offseason. They won’t be in the Conley/Gasol era for much longer, and now is the time to lay the groundwork for the next phase of Grizzlies basketball, and that can’t truly be done until there’s someone in charge who knows he or she (it’s the pro sports business, so it’ll probably “he”) will be there for longer than one more year. There are players whose development is worth watching, losses to pile up so the Griz have a better shot at taking a great player in the draft, and there’s still a great deal of fight in this team, given that this group knows that many games will be a hopeless struggle. The Grizzlies will not be continuing their playoff streak this year — that much seems obvious — but if fans can embrace pulling for a bad team trying to learn its place, there’s plenty worth watching for the rest of the season. Bad basketball can be just as interesting as good basketball, just in different ways. That’s a lesson Grizzlies fans will have to re-learn, because it’s been many years since they’ve had to endure anything quite like this season.

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When religious scholar Phyllis Tickle’s cancer diagnosis was made public, a friend of Jon Sweeney, author of Phyllis Tickle: A Life, asked if he was going to write her biography. “It didn’t occur to me,” says Sweeney. In fact, he thought Tickle, who passed away in 2015, would poo-poo the idea. But she didn’t. Sweeney came to see writing the book as a way to spend quality time with his longtime friend and colleague. Tickle was an author, poet, book publisher, and lay theologian with vast influence. After she founded St. Luke’s Press, she then became the founding religion editor at Publisher’s Weekly and wrote several books, The Divine Hours and The Great Emergence: How Christianity Is Changing and Why, among them. A couple things surprised Sweeney while he was working on the book. First, Tickle’s marriage to Sam Tickle, a prominent doctor, was a difficult one, Sweeney says. The couple had seven children and lived on a farm in Lucy, Tennessee. Sweeney delves into Sam’s sexuality. Second was the depth of Tickle’s spirituality. Sweeney refers to it as mysticism. He points to her embracing of speaking in tongues as an example. Through the book, Sweeney is still spending time with his dear friend. “She was a cheerleader, a poet, a friend, supporter, and a real figure of historical importance [in spiritual studies],” says Sweeney.

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Ballet Memphis choreographer Steven McMahon remembers struggling to strike the right tone with his assignment. He was tasked with developing the title work for I Am, a collection of four short identity-focused dance pieces all loosely inspired by an important piece of civil rights iconography. “Obviously, the ‘I am a man’ statement is particularly important to our city,” he says. Reggie Wilson’s “I Am a Man: Grace and Dignity” uses a dozen dancers and repetitive abstract gesture to reflect on the Memphis sanitation workers strike, how movements grow, and how messages struggle to be understood. Other works like Gabrielle Lamb’s “I Am a Woman,” used “I Am” as a springboard to essay the male gaze and how women dress for themself vs. how they dress for others. Julia Adams’ “I Am a Child,” was inspired by artist Cornelia Parker’s suspended sculpture Anti-Mass, which is built entirely from the charred remains of a Baptist Church destroyed by arsonists. “I think Julia tried to put herself in the position of someone who lost a child in the 16th Street Baptist Church bombing in Birmingham, Alabama, and to take us through the five stages of grief,” McMahon says. “It’s heavy, but it’s special. And now it’s maybe more relevant now than ever. “It’s difficult to sum up an evening of heavy material,” McMahon says. He finally found his inspiration for his concluding work in Mahalia Jackson’s live recording of “You’ll Never Walk Alone” and the African humanist philosophy, ubuntu. “It roughly translates, ‘I am because we are,’” McMahon says. “I thought that was a pretty powerful and succinct way to bring together all these other things we’re trying to share.” BALLET MEMPHIS PRESENTS “I AM” AT BALLET MEMPHIS, FRIDAY, MARCH 2ND AT 7:30 P.M., SATURDAY, MARCH 3RD AT 4 P.M., AND 7:30 P.M. AND SUNDAY, MARCH 4TH AT 2 P.M. $15. BALLETMEMPHIS.ORG

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so much work at the ages of 13 and 15, yet didn’t make his debut album until he was 18 or 19. It’s par for the course, and it continues to build the legend.” Citing the three EPs that EarthGang have released on Dreamville — the latest, Royalty, dropped last Friday — Venus says the duo strives to be “passionate about what we’re saying: Be deliberate, but don’t take it too seriously.” “We just want to amplify life,” Dot says, likening the listener’s experience to “walking through an art gallery. You’ll make your own assumptions based on what you hear. We just put these paintings in front of you. We hope y’all enjoy it.” Royalty, which features shrewdly intuitive autobiographical lyrics rapped over jazzy riffs, soulful harmonies, and gospel-inflected chords, has already reaped comparisons to Atlanta hip-hop pioneers like OutKast and Goodie Mob. Those kind of parallels “don’t matter, to be honest,” says Venus. “There’s a whole generation of adults right now who were born in 1999, and they don’t even know OutKast. We make our own stuff. We have our own sound and our own producers who we work with. We’re moving forward.” “Whether it’s brushing my teeth or taking a shower, I’m going to do it uniquely,” Dot says. “It’s going to fully be an expression of myself, no matter what my influences might be. I love doing what I do, purely for the sake of doing what I do.” Anything less, he asserts, and “you’re basically a fraud. “With our deal at Dreamville,” Dot continues, “we’re more hands-on than ever. We like to have things the way we like to have them, and nobody else understands [EarthGang] enough to do it the right way. These days, everything is copied and pasted, everything is posted, and everything is recorded. And right now, we need “FOR MUSIC ?FOR MUSIC? authenticity.” LOVERS ? EarthGang and J.I.D. perform at Minglewood Hall’s 1884 Lounge on Friday, March 2nd at 8 p.m. ANTHONY SUPREME

hen I catch up with current boom-bap revival, Venus and Dot are EarthGang, they’re in garnering national recognition. They formed the band Albuquerque, New Mexico, as high school students in southwestern Atlanta in halfway through their first 2008 and continued the project as they both completed headlining U.S. tour. It began degrees at Hampton University. With likeminded on February 1st in Seattle and Atlanta artists J.I.D., Jordxn Bryant, and Hollywood JB, winds through Memphis for a gig at Minglewood Hall’s they formed the indie imprint Spillage Village before 1884 Lounge on Friday, March 2nd before ending in signing to J. Cole’s Dreamville label in late 2017 and Vancouver, Canada, nine days later. immediately releasing a pair of EPs, Rags and Robots, The Atlanta-based hip-hop duo, individually known that propelled them to the top of many best new as Doctur Dot (real name: Eian Parker) and Johnny artists lists. Venus (Olu Fann), takes a moment to reflect on their Along the way, EarthGang built a devout following last major road stint, 52 dates with AbSoul that began in 2014. EarthGang “Last time we were supposed to play Albuquerque, we couldn’t even afford to get to the New Mexico show,” Dot says. “It really was a grind,” Venus adds. “Some shows, we pulled up moments before getting onstage. We were changing clothes in the car, or just pulling up and hopping on stage. It was about being out on the road and getting our music out there — getting our feet wet, getting onstage, getting our fan base.” The two are looking forward to arriving in Memphis. They namecheck Juicy J on their newest single, “Nothing But the Best,” and are fans of local trap artist Blac Youngsta, and count Three 6 Mafia and Al Green among their influences. of music critics, crate diggers, and fellow musicians. “We have fun on the road,” Venus says. “Right now, Way back in 2014, 2DopeBoyz, the blog bible for rap the most challenging thing is creating downtime, fans, posted a headline that read “Meet EarthGang, sanctuary, self-care — looking into yourself and an Atlanta Duo Who We’ve Been Sleeping on for Far looking after yourself. When you’re traveling through Too Long.” The four years that have elapsed since all of these different time zones and everything around — an eternity in the music business — might have you is moving, getting five minutes of silence, or just crushed lesser artists, yet Dot and Venus refuse to be two minutes here and there to take a walk, balances out flummoxed. the constant influx.” “People say that overnight sensations take 10 years,” As EarthGang, a cosmically clever, ambitiously Dot says. “Jimi Hendrix played with the Isley Brothers intellectual, and highly-textured deviation on the for years before he became Jimi Hendrix. Prince did

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Live Music WednesdaysSundays, 7-11 p.m.; Live DJ Wednesdays-Sundays, 11 p.m.; Third Floor: DJ Tubbz Fridays, Saturdays, 10 p.m.

FedExForum

King’s Palace Cafe Tap Room

191 BEALE STREET

168 BEALE 576-2220

Winter Jam 2018 Tour Spectacular Saturday, March 3, 6-10 p.m.

Handy Bar 200 BEALE 527-2687

The Amazing Rhythmatics Tuesdays, Thursdays-Sundays, 7 p.m.-1 a.m.

B.B. King’s Blues Club

Itta Bena

143 BEALE 524-KING

145 BEALE 578-3031

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.

Blue Note Bar & Grill 341-345 BEALE 577-1089

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

Blues City Cafe 138 BEALE 526-3637

Silky O’Sullivan’s 183 BEALE 522-9596

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

King Jerry Lawler’s Hall of Fame Bar & Grille 159 BEALE

Chris Gales Solo Acoustic Show Mondays-Saturdays, noon-4 p.m.; Eric Hughes solo/acoustic Thursdays, 5-8 p.m.; Karaoke Mondays-Thursdays, Sundays, 8 p.m.; Live Bands Fridays, Saturdays, 8 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 Patio Sonny Mack Mondays-Fridays, 2-6 p.m.; Cowboy Neil Mondays, Thursdays, 7-11 p.m. and Saturdays, Sundays, 2-6 p.m.; Sensation Band Tuesdays,

George Clinton & Parliament Funkadelic Thursday, March 1, 7 p.m.; The SteelDrivers Friday, March 2, 7 p.m.; Beth Hart Saturday, March 3, 7 p.m.

Rum Boogie Cafe 182 BEALE 528-0150

Young Petty Thieves Thursdays, 8 p.m.-midnight; Pam and Terry Friday, March 2, 4:30-7:30 p.m. and Saturday, March 3, 4:30-7:30 p.m.; Sensation Band Friday, March 2, 8 p.m.-midnight, Saturday, March 3, 8 p.m.-midnight and Sunday, March 4, 7-11 p.m.; Eric Hughes Band Mondays, 8 p.m.-midnight; Gracie Curran Tuesdays, 8 p.m.-midnight; Plantation Allstars Wednesdays, 8 p.m.-midnight.

Rum Boogie Cafe Blues Hall 182 BEALE 528-0150

Memphis Bluesmasters Thursdays, Sundays, 8 p.m.-midnight; Vince Johnson and the Plantation Allstars Fridays, Saturdays, 4-8 p.m. and Sundays, 3-7 p.m.;

Center for Southern Folklore Hall 119 S. MAIN AT PEMBROKE SQUARE 525-3655

Delta Cats, Billy Gibson & Linear Smith First Friday of every month, 11:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m.

Dirty Crow Inn 855 KENTUCKY

Nancy Apple Thursdays, 8 p.m.; FreeWorld Saturday, March 3, 9 p.m.; Cosmic Hate Destroyers Sunday, March 4, 9 p.m.; Bobbie Stacks and friends Wednesdays, 8-11 p.m.

Earnestine & Hazel’s

New Daisy Theatre

531 S. MAIN 523-9754

330 BEALE 525-8981

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

162 BEALE 521-1851

Big Don Valentine’s Three Piece Chicken and a Biscuit Blues Band Thursdays, Tuesdays, 8 p.m.-midnight; Myra Hall Band Friday, March 2, 8 p.m.-midnight; Juke Joint Allstars Saturday, March 3, 8 p.m.-midnight.

Cowboy Neil Friday, March 2, 8:30 p.m.-12:30 a.m.; Myra Hall Band Saturday, March 3, 8:30 p.m.-12:30 a.m.; Brian Hawkins Blues Party Mondays, 8 p.m.midnight; Chris McDaniel Tuesdays, Wednesdays, 8 p.m.midnight.

Belle Tavern 117 BARBORO ALLEY 249-6580

Bourbon and Jazz with Quelude Sundays, 2:30-5:30 p.m.

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

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

Flying Saucer Draught Emporium 130 PEABODY PLACE 523-8536

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

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

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

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

DJ Dance Music MondaysSundays, 10 p.m.

Rumba Room 303 S. MAIN 523-0020

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

The Silly Goose 100 PEABODY PLACE 435-6915

DJ Cody Fridays, Saturdays, 10 p.m.

The Vault 124 GE PATTERSON

The Amber Dunn Band Friday, March 2, 8 p.m.; Chris Hill Saturday, March 3, 8:30 p.m.

Live Music Thursdays-Saturdays, 10 p.m.

The Halloran Centre

Brass Door Irish Pub

Raul Midón Friday, March 2, 7:30 p.m.

South Main

Live Music Fridays.

Huey’s Downtown

7 W. CAROLINA

Cannon Center for the Performing Arts

Memphis All Stars Sunday, March 4, 8:30 p.m.-midnight.

152 MADISON 572-1813

MEMPHIS COOK CONVENTION CENTER, 255 N. MAIN TICKETS, 525-1515

Bernstein at 100 Saturday, March 3, 7:30-9:30 p.m. and Sunday, March 4, 2:30-4:30 p.m.

225 S. MAIN 529-4299

77 S. SECOND 527-2700

Mollie Fontaine Lounge 679 ADAMS 524-1886

ECOUTEZ! Sound Recordings Curated by DJ Mark Richens Friday, March 2, 11 p.m.; Dim the Lights featuring live music and DJs First Saturday of every month, 10 p.m.

Loﬂin Yard Electric Church Sundays, 2-4 p.m.

South Main Sounds 550 S. MAIN 494-6543

The Please Please Me, Phillip Beasley, Kyle Bailey, Marcella Simien Friday, March 2, 7 p.m.

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Blind Mississippi Morris Fridays, 5 p.m. and Saturdays, 5:30 p.m.; Brad Birkedahl Band Thursdays, Wednesdays, 8 p.m.; Earl “The Pearl” Banks Saturdays, 12:30 p.m. and Tuesdays, 7 p.m.; Brandon Cunning Band Sundays, 6 p.m., and Mondays, 7 p.m.; FreeWorld Sundays, 9:30 p.m.

Fridays, 7-11 p.m.; Fuzzy and the Kings of Memphis Saturdays, 7-11 p.m.; Chic Jones and the Blues Express Sundays, 7-11 p.m.; North and South Band Wednesdays, 7-11 p.m.

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After Dark: Live Music Schedule March 1 - 7

Blue Monkey

2149 YOUNG AVE 347-3965

Five Shot Jack Thursday, March 1, 6 p.m.; Derryl Perry Thursday, March 1, 9 p.m.; Memphis Funk-N-Soul Friday, March 2, 6:30 p.m.; Circus Friday, March 2, 10 p.m.; The Cold Stares Saturday, March 3, 6:30 p.m.; Twin Soul Saturday, March 3, 10 p.m.; Joe Restivo 4 Sunday, March 4, 11 a.m.; Jeffrey and The Pacemakers Sunday, March 4, 4 p.m.; Marcella and Her Lovers Sunday, March 4, 8 p.m.; John Paul Keith & Co. Monday,

Senses Nightclub 2866 POPLAR 249-3739

East Memphis

Chris Gales Sunday Brunch First Sunday of every month, noon-3 p.m.

Unique Saturday Saturdays, 10 p.m.-3 a.m.

Agavos Cocina and Tequila

Murphy’s

Wild Bill’s

1589 MADISON 726-4193

1580 VOLLINTINE 207-3975

Miguel Angel Valdez Sunday, March 4, 5:30-8 p.m.

Jimmy Daddy Davis Friday, March 2; Those Far Out Arrows with No Comply Friday, March 2, 10 p.m.; Capgun with ShameFinger and the Big News Saturday, March 3.

The Wild Bill’s Band with Tony Chapman, Charles Cason, and Miss. Joyce Henderson Fridays, Saturdays, 11 p.m.-3 a.m.

2924 WALNUT GROVE

Buckman Arts Center at St. Mary’s School River Bluff Clan Friday, March 2, 8 p.m.

3663 APPLING 385-6440

Boscos

Hadley’s Pub 2779 WHITTEN 266-5006

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

Furious George Friday, March 2, 9 p.m.; Full Circle Saturday, March 3, 9 p.m.; Brian Johnson Band Sunday, March 4, 5:30 p.m.; The No Hit Wonders Wednesday, March 7, 8 p.m.

Canvas 1737 MADISON 443-5232

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

Collierville Huey’s Collierville

Celtic Crossing

2130 W. POPLAR 854-4455

903 S. COOPER 274-5151

The Dantones Sunday, March 4, 8-11:30 p.m.

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

Cordova

The Cove

T.J. Mulligan’s Cordova

2559 BROAD 730-0719

8071 TRINITY 756-4480

Jazz with Ed Finney, Deb Swiney, and David Collins Thursday, March 1, 8-11 p.m.; Big Barton Friday, March 2, 9 p.m.; Outerring Saturday, March 3, 9 p.m.; David Collins & Frog Squad Sunday, March 4, 6-9 p.m.; Russell Lee Wheeler Monday, March 5, 6 p.m.; Richard Wilson Tuesday, March 6, 6-9 p.m.; Ben Minden-Birkenmaier Wednesday, March 7, 6-8 p.m.; Karaoke Wednesdays, 9 p.m.

The Southern Edition Band Tuesdays.

Germantown Germantown Performing Arts Center 1801 EXETER 751-7500

TAO: Drum Heart Saturday, March 3, 7 p.m.; Bernstein at 100 Sunday, March 4, 2:30-4:30 p.m.

Huey’s Germantown

Growlers

7677 FARMINGTON 318-3034

Ghost Town Blues Band Sunday, March 4, 8-11:30 p.m.

1911 POPLAR 244-7904

Nefarious Damn Thing, Th3 Numb3r5 Friday, March 2, 8 p.m.; Wax to the Future Presented by Wick-it the Instigator Friday, March 2, 9 p.m.; Lost Dog Street Band Saturday, March 3, 9 p.m.; Jack Donovan, Accidental Fieldtrip, Tigerlake, St. John Sunday, March 4, 8 p.m.; Sun Seeker, Liza Anne Wednesday, March 7, 8 p.m.

Huey’s Midtown 1927 MADISON 726-4372

Davis Coen and the Change Sunday, March 4, 4-7 p.m.; Royal Blues Band Sunday, March 4, 8:30 p.m.-midnight.

Bartlett

The High Kings Friday, March 2, 7:30 p.m.

2120 MADISON 432-2222

Hi-Tone

Songwriter Night hosted by Leigh Ann Wilmot and Dave “The Rave” Saturdays, 5-8 p.m.

Bartlett Performing Arts and Conference Center

Karaoke Thursdays, 9 p.m.-midnight; Dantones Band Friday, March 2, 10:30 p.m.-1:30 a.m.

412-414 N. CLEVELAND 278-TONE

Cheffie’s Cafe 483 HIGH POINT TERRACE 202-4157

60 N. PERKINS EXT. 537-1483

2012 MADISON 272-BLUE

Tyler Keith with Jeremy Scott Thursday, March 1, 9 p.m.; Kofi Baker’s Cream Experience Friday, March 2, 9 p.m.; Citizens to Preserve Overton Park 10 year Anniversary Jamboree Sunday, March 4, 3 p.m.; Dilicus Tuesday, March 6, 9 p.m.; Crockett Hall Tuesdays with the Midtown Rhythm Section Tuesdays, 9 p.m.; Belle Adair Wednesday, March 7, 9 p.m.

Summer/Berclair

North Mississippi/ Tunica Hollywood Casino March 5, 6 p.m.; Brandon Taylor & Radio Ghost Tuesday, March 6, 5:30 p.m.; Memphis Soul Remedy Tuesday, March 6, 8 p.m.; Breeze Cayolle & New Orleans Wednesday, March 7, 5:30 p.m.; Tony Manard Wednesday, March 7, 8 p.m.

Midtown Crossing Grill 394 N. WATKINS 443-0502

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

Minglewood Hall 1555 MADISON 866-609-1744

Wild N’ Memphis: Jacob Williams, Emmanuel Hudson, Shawty Shawty Saturday, March 3, 6 p.m.; Ron Pope Sunday, March 4, 7 p.m.

Otherlands Coffee Bar

Howard Vance Guitar Academy

641 S. COOPER 278-4994

Graham Winchester, Mark Edgar Stuart and Jack Oblivian Saturday, March 3, 8-11:30 p.m.

P&H Cafe 1532 MADISON 726-0906

978 REDDOCH 767-6940

University of Memphis

First Friday at Five Coffee House Concert First Friday of every month, 5 p.m.

The Bluff

Poplar/I-240

Rock Starkaraoke Fridays; LUNG, Nonconnah, Glorious Abhor Saturday, March 3; Open Mic Music with Tiffany Harmon Mondays, 9 p.m.-midnight; When Particles Collide, HEELS, Joybomb Wednesday, March 7.

Memphis LIVE MondaysSundays, 8 p.m.-midnight; DJ Ben Murray Thursdays, 10 p.m.; Bluegrass Brunch with the River Bluff Clan Sundays, 11 a.m.

Railgarten

University of Memphis Holiday Inn

2160 CENTRAL

Steve Selvidge Friday, March 2, 8 p.m.; Waker Saturday, March 3, 8 p.m.; Susan Marshall Sunday, March 4, 12-2 p.m.; Live Band Karaoke with Public Record Wednesdays, 7 p.m.

535 S. HIGHLAND

3700 CENTRAL 678-8200

2018 Hooks Institute Join Hands for Change Benefit Thursday, March 1, 6-9 p.m.

Neil’s Music Room 5727 QUINCE 682-2300

Jack Rowell’s Celebrity Jam Thursdays, 8 p.m.; Eddie Smith Fridays, 8 p.m.; No Hit Wonders Friday, March 2, 9 p.m.; Led Zeppin Saturday, March 3, 8 p.m.; Reba Russell Trio and Cary Morin Sunday, March 4, 5-9 p.m.; Debbie Jamison & Friends Tuesdays, 6-10 p.m.; Elmo and the Shades Wednesdays, 8 p.m.midnight.

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

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

Hopson Plantation Commissary 8141 HWY. 49 S., CLARKSDALE, MS 662-664-5756

Brian Johnson Band Saturday, March 3, 9:30 p.m.-1:30 a.m.

Tunica Roadhouse 1107 CASINO CENTER, TUNICA, MS 662-363-4900

Live Music Fridays, Saturdays.

Raleigh Stage Stop 2951 CELA 382-1576

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

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DJ Nya Thursday, March 1; Katy Guillen and the Girls Friday, March 2; Faux Killas Saturday, March 3; Devil Train Monday, March 5; Dave Cousar Tuesday, March 6; Sean Murphy and the 1Breath Quartet Wednesday, March 7, 7:30 p.m.

Mulan Asian Bistro

2119 MADISON 207-5097

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T H E AT E R

Cannon Center for the Performing Arts

Tolton: From Slave to Priest, performed live by Jim Coleman with a prelude attributed to Dr. King from a Catholic experience. Based on the life of Fr. Augustus Tolton, the first African-American priest. www.thecannoncenter.com. $15. Tues., March 6, 7 p.m. MEMPHIS COOK CONVENTION CENTER, 255 N. MAIN (TICKETS, 525-1515).

Hattiloo Theatre

Selma: A Musical Tribute to Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., originally written in 1976 to honor Dr. King’s bravery, many of the messages still resonate with activists today. www.hattiloo.org. Through March 18. 37 S. COOPER (502-3486).

The Historic Ruffin Theater

Spamalot, comedy that follows King Arthur and his knights on their quest for the Holy Grail. On their journey, they encounter strange places, even stranger characters. (6106076), ruffin.theater/. $10. Fridays, Saturdays, 7-10 p.m. Through March 17.

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

Landers Center

Disney’s Aladdin Jr., based on the animated film with an Academy Award-winning score by Alan Menken, Howard Ashman, and Tim Rice. Soar on a flying carpet ride filled with romance and adventure. www.dftonline.org. $10. Fri., Sat., 7 p.m., Sun., 2 p.m., and Sat., March 3, 2 p.m. Through March 4. 4660 VENTURE, SOUTHAVEN, MS (662-280-9120).

The Orpheum

Wicked, www.orpheum-memphis.com. $49. March 7-25. 203 S. MAIN (525-3000).

Playhouse on the Square

Laughter on the 23rd Floor, take a trip inside the writer’s room to witness the wacky antics and crazy arguments that happen on the 23rd floor. www.playhouseonthesquare. org. $25-$40. Sundays, 2 p.m., and Thursdays-Saturdays, 8 p.m. Through March 25. 66 S. COOPER (726-4656).

TheatreWorks

Asleep and Awake, highly visual journey through the subconscious realm of dreaming. What if we could wake up in our dreams? What would we encounter? What could we create? lonetreelive.com. PWYC. Thurs., March 1, 8-9 p.m., Fri., March 2, 8-9 p.m., Sat., March 3, 8-9 p.m., and Sun., March 4, 2-3 p.m. 2085 MONROE (274-7139).

113 W. PLEASANT (504-8889).

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

The Salvation Army Kroc Center

Buckman Arts Center at St. Mary’s School

Into the Woods Jr., www.stagedoormemphis.org. PWYC. Sun., 2:30 p.m., Sat., 2:30 & 7 p.m., and Thurs., Fri., 7 p.m.

3050 Central Ave / Memphis 38111

Through March 4.

Opening reception for “Modern Take on a Fresco and marciART,” exhibition of paintings by Lou Ann Dattilo and jewelry by Marci Margolin

Hirsch. www.buckmanartscenter.com. Fri., March 2, 5-7 p.m. 60 N. PERKINS EXT. (537-1483).

Crosstown Arts

Artist reception for “Family Trees,” new work by Joy Murray and Timothy Allen. Mark Allen will play classical guitar. www.crosstownarts.org. Sat., March 3, 4-8 p.m. 430 N. CLEVELAND (507-8030).

L Ross Gallery

Opening reception for “Glimpses of the Space Between,” exhibition of paintings and drawings by Anne Davey and Jil Evans. www.lrossgallery. com. Fri., March 2, 6-8 p.m. 5040 SANDERLIN (767-2200).

Memphis Botanic Garden

Opening reception for 2018 MGAL Star Artist Juried Exhibition, www.memphisbotanicgarden.com. Sun., March 4, 2-3:30 p.m. 750 CHERRY (636-4100).

Memphis College of Art

Artist reception for “Art of Science,” exhibition showcasing the beauty of science and the power of art. Featuring scientific imagery reinterpreted by local area fine artists. www.mca.edu. Fri., March 2, 6-8 p.m. 1930 POPLAR (272-5100).

Metal Museum

Artist reception for Coppersmith Soren Zachariassen, exhibition of newly acquired coppersmith work by Soren Zachariassen. www.metalmuseum.org. Sun., March 4, 3-5 p.m. 374 METAL MUSEUM DR. (774-6380).

Two Rivers Book Store

Opening reception for Kristina Lloyd Taylor, exhibition of abstracts in acrylic, watercolor, and colored pencil inspired by outer space, sci-fi novel cover art, and an engaging imagination. www.tworiversbookstore. com. Sat., March 3, 5-8 p.m. 2171 YOUNG (630-8088).

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Featuring local artists Cherie Robinson, Joy Phillips Routt, Missy George, Lynn Reed, Phyllis Boger, Libby Anderson, James Blythe, and Caroline Brown showcasing their artwork. Free. Through March 18, 10 a.m.-4 p.m. ST. GEORGE’S EPISCOPAL CHURCH, 2425 SOUTH GERMANTOWN (7547282), WWW.STGCHURCH.ORG.

Ag Day Student Art Contest

Calling all third through 12th graders in Shelby and DeSoto Counties. Seeking entries in six categories: drawing, painting, collage, photography, graphic design and short video. Theme is “Farm of the Future.” Through March 9. AGRICENTER INTERNATIONAL, 7777 WALNUT GROVE (757-7777), WWW.AGRICENTER.COM.

Artist Talk: Pam McDonnell

Discusses work on view through March 11 Sat., March 3, 11 a.m. CROSSTOWN CONCOURSE, N. CLEVELAND AT NORTH PARKWAY, WWW.CROSSTOWNARTS.ORG.

Artist Talks: Terri Phillips & Emily C. Thomas

Resident artists Terri Phillips and Emily C. Thomas will discuss their work currently on view through March 11. Thurs., March 1, noon. CROSSTOWN CONCOURSE, N. CLEVELAND AT NORTH PARKWAY, WWW.CROSSTOWNARTS.ORG.

“Beneath the Surface: Life, Death, & Gold in Ancient Panama”

How to achieve realistic (and safe!) movie action sequences. Clips from his films, insights, and a live fight demonstration for exciting and realistic movie action. Tues., March 6, 6:309:30 p.m. CROSSTOWN ARTS, 430 N. CLEVELAND (507-8030), WWW.CROSSTOWNARTS.ORG.

Talk: Tom Lee, Decorative Arts Trust’s Board President

Offers insight on this fellow Brooks Museum support group, history, DAT-supported programs, and art pieces DAT has contributed to the museum over the years. Brief tour to follow. Fri., March 2, 10:30 a.m. MEMPHIS BROOKS MUSEUM OF ART, 1934 POPLAR (544-6209), WWW.BROOKSMUSEUM.ORG.

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“Africa: Art of a Continent,” permanent exhibition of African art from the Martha and Robert Fogelman collection. Ongoing. 142 COMMUNICATION & FINE ARTS BUILDING (678-2224).

Art Village Gallery

“Out of Africa,” exhibition of contemporary artwork by four emerging artists, including Nigerian-born artists, Adewale Adenle and Norbert Okpu, and international rising stars, Robert Pruitt and Miles Regis. www.artvillagegallery.com. Through March 3. 410 S. MAIN (521-0782).

Exhibition of finds from Precolumbian cemetery of Sitio Conte in central Panama, a mysterious and complex society that thrived there more than 1,000 years ago. Ongoing.

Belz Museum of Asian and Judaic Art

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

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

Bernstein at 100

Celebrate the 100th birthday of Leonard Bernstein. Live narration by Bernstein’s eldest daughter, Jamie. Conducted by Music Director Robert Moody and featuring Memphis Symphony Chorus, UofM Chorus, and Coro Rio. Sun., March 4, 2:30-4:30 p.m. GERMANTOWN PERFORMING ARTS CENTER, 1801 EXETER (537-2500), WWW.MEMPHISSYMPHONY.ORG.

Cooper-Young Art Tours For more information, featured artists, and pop-up performances, visit website. First Friday of every month, 6-9 p.m. COOPER-YOUNG DISTRICT, CORNER OF COOPER AND YOUNG, WWW.COOPERYOUNG.COM.

Headwraps by Gift Wraps

In conjunction with current exhibition, Gift Wraps will teach you how to wrap and wear different headwrap adornment styles, share history of Ankara prints, and headwraps in fashion. Sun., March 4, 2-4 p.m. MEMPHIS BROOKS MUSEUM OF ART, 1934 POPLAR (544-6209), WWW.BROOKSMUSEUM.ORG.

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

Bingham and Broad

“My Kin Is Not Like Yours,” exhibition of works by Debra Edge. Ongoing. 2563 BROAD (323-3008).

Buckman Arts Center at St. Mary’s School

“Modern Take on a Fresco and marciART,” exhibition of paintings by Lou Ann Dattilo and jewelry by Marci Margolin Hirsch. www.buckmanartscenter.com. March 2-April 16. 60 N. PERKINS EXT. (537-1483).

Clough-Hanson Gallery “The CLTV,” exhibition motivated by the question, “What does liberation mean for a young black artist in Memphis?” www.rhodes.edu. Through March 23.

“Imprismed,” exhibition of paintings, sculpture, and digital objects that constructs a dialectic between the repression and cultivation of psycho-sexual energies through the ages by Emily C. Thomas. Through March 11. “Material Equivalence,” exhibition of new work by Memphisbased artist Pam McDonnell. Curated by Anna Wunderlich. Through March 11. “Two Stories of Iceland,” exhibition of small paintings and drawings, a narrative exploration of Icelandic stories and landscape by Elizabeth Alley. www.crosstownarts.org. Through March 11.

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David Lusk Gallery

“Talk Talk Talk: Late ’70s,” exhibition of wood sculpted canvas paintings and woodcuts from 1970s by Ted Faiers. www.davidluskgallery.com. Through March 17.

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“The Real Beauty: The Artistic World of Eugenia Errázuriz,” exhibition traces the life of the Chilean expatriate patron of the arts and her impact on 20thcentury design through her belief in high-quality minimalism. Through April 8. “Dixon Dialect: The Susan and John Horseman Gift,” exhibition of 28 works by 25 American and European artists donated to the Dixon’s permanent collection by Susan and John Horseman. Showcases each work in the gift. Through April 1. Paula Kovarik, exhibition of fiber art. www.dixon.org. Through April 1.

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“Collections”, exhibition of works by Alonzo Ford of Lexa. www.eacc.edu. Through March 2. EAST ARKANSAS COMMUNITY COLLEGE, 1700 NEWCASTLE, FORREST CITY, AR.

Eclectic Eye

“Spirit Animal,” exhibition series of wildlife portraits and silhouettes captured by acrylic paint on canvas by Karen Mulford. www.eclectic-eye. com. Through April 11.

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FireHouse Community Arts Center

“I Am Here,” exhibition of work by Najee Strickland, Immon Johnson, Rahn Marion, and Naima Peace. www.mbaafirehouse.org. Through April 30. Mosal Morszart, exhibition of works by Black Arts Alliance artist. www.memphisblackartsalliance.org. Ongoing.

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Crosstown Concourse

“The Good. The Bad. The Ugly,” exhibition of mixed media works and paintings not previously displayed from Memphis College of Art BFA show. Through April 4.

“Don’t Look for My Heart,” exhibition of a canopy of black garments that loom over a pond of demolished confections, evoking a scene of quiet despair and a state of ruin by Terri Phillips. Through March 11.

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“Celebration, Appeal, Devices,” exhibition of paintings by Sammy Peters. Through March 2. 942 COOPER (550-0064).

L Ross Gallery

“Glimpses of the Space Between,” exhibition of paintings and drawings by Anne Davey and Jil Evans. www.lrossgallery. com. March 1-31. 5040 SANDERLIN (767-2200).

Marshall Arts Gallery

“Love of Art” and “Memphis,” exhibition of work by Nikki Gardner and Debra Edge by appointment only. (647-9242), Ongoing. 639 MARSHALL (679-6837).

Memphis Botanic Garden

2018 MGAL Star Artist Juried Exhibition, www.memphisbotanicgarden.com. March 1-28. 750 CHERRY (636-4100).

Memphis Brooks Museum of Art

between regional preferences and cosmopolitanism. Through Aug. 12. “Rotunda Projects: Lisa Hoke,” exhibition of over-the-top installation of recycled and repurposed materials reflecting aspirations for the work and fears of expecting too much. Through June 3. “About Face,” exhibition located in the Education Gallery highlighting the different ways artists interpret the connection between emotion and expression. Ongoing. “Drawing Memory: Essence of Memphis,” exhibition of works inspired by nsibidi, a sacred means of communication among male secret societies in southeastern Nigeria by Victor Ekpuk. www.brooksmuseum. org. Ongoing. 1934 POPLAR (544-6209).

Memphis College of Art

“Art of Science,” exhibition showcasing the beauty of science and the power of art. Featuring scientific imagery reinterpreted by local area fine artists. www.mca.edu. Through April 18.

“Black Resistance: Ernest C. Withers and the Civil Rights 1930 POPLAR (272-5100). Movement,” exhibition focuses Metal Museum on and commemorates the 50th “Alchemy4,” exhibition of conanniversary of the events from temporary enamels produced March 27 through April 8, 1968. in the last two years with 150 Through Aug. 19. objects created by 98 students “African-Print Fashion Now! A in accredited degree programs Story of Taste, Globalization, and throughout the world. Through Style,” exhibition of dynamic traApril 29. ditions of African dress featuring “Everyday Objects: The colorful, boldly patterned printed CXA-memflyer-OnView-halfpg-mech.pdf 1 2/23/18 Evolution and Innovations of cloth highlighting the interplay

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Emily C. Thomas — Imprismed

a.m.-6 p.m. Gallery Artists, exhibition of work by Charlie Ivey, Virginia Schoenster, Lou Ann Dattilo, and Matthew Hasty. Ongoing. 540 S. MENDENHALL (767-8882).

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MLK 50 presentation featuring four short works. Pre-show talk on Friday, 6 p.m. and special movement workshop on Saturday, 4-6 p.m. $15. Fri., March 2, 7:30 p.m., Sat., March 3, 7:30 p.m., and Sun., March 4, 2 p.m. BALLET MEMPHIS, 2144 MADISON (737-7322), BALLETMEMPHIS.ORG.

The Scarlet Cord

Joseph Anderson,” exhibition of works by artist-blacksmith and sculptor highlighting utensils and functional objects. www. metalmuseum.org. Through April 22. 374 METAL MUSEUM DR. (774-6380).

Ross Gallery

“The Sunny Side,” exhibition of recent porcelain and stoneware by Niles Wallace. Through March 1. “Forge Cast Fabricate,” exhibition of work by Lewis Body, Sarah Dorau, Kacy Ganley, Kevin Burge, Lori Gipson, Anastasia Green, Eva Langsdon, Jim Masterson, Jeannie Tomlinson Saltmarsh, and James 9:38 AM Vanderpool. www.cbu.edu/

gallery. Through March 1. CHRISTIAN BROTHERS UNIVERSITY, PLOUGH LIBRARY, 650 E. PARKWAY S. (321-3000).

Slavehaven Underground Railroad Museum

“Images of Africa Before & After the Middle Passage,” exhibition of photography by Jeff and Shaakira Edison. Ongoing. 826 N. SECOND (527-3427).

TOPS Gallery

“La Bohème,” exhibition of new film and sculpture works by Brooklyn-based artist Motoko Fukuyama. www.topsgallery. com. Through March 10. 400 S. FRONT.

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“La Bohème,” exhibition of new film and sculpture works by Brooklyn-based artist Motoko Fukuyama. www.topsgallery. com. Through March 10. 151 MADISON (340-0134).

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“20th Century Memphis Photographs,” exhibition of work by Charlie Ivey and Virginia Schoenster, Wednesdays, 10

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Monkeystrong Madness Weekend, comedy/spoken word variety shows. www.theatreworksmemphis. org. $10-$25. Fri., March 2, 7 p.m., Sat., March 3, 7 p.m., and Sun., March 4, 2 p.m.

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Mono-Slam, open to all performers. Select your own or choose from a list of monologues. Visit website for more information. www.hattiloo.org. $5. Mon., 7 p.m. Through March 5.

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Enjoy happy hour, take a tour with Jimmie Tucker, and learn about the history of the ULIB. $15. Thurs., March 1, 5:30 p.m. UNIVERSAL LIFE INSURANCE BUILDING, 480 DR. MLK DRIVE, WWW.MEMPHISHERITAGE.ORG.

Benefits Serenity Recovery Center with opportunities to be a runner/walker, a vendor, or donate something for participant bags. $30. Sat., March 3, 8 a.m.-noon. SEMMES MURPHEY CLINIC, 6325 HUMPHREYS (522-7700), WWW.REDEEMERSGROUP.COM.

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Soccer teams will take the field at Tom Lee Park. Free to watch, so bring a picnic basket and cheer on the players of our adult, co-ed teams. Registration is open through Feb. 18. Free, $150 team entry. Sundays. Through March 25. TOM LEE PARK, OFF RIVERSIDE DR., WWW.MEMPHISRIVERFRONT.COM.

Combination of virtuoso manipulation, humor, pathos, and poetic insight, set to music. $28, $20 students. Sun., March 4, 7-8:30 p.m. BUCKMAN ARTS CENTER AT ST. MARY’S SCHOOL, 60 N. PERKINS EXT. (537-1483), BUCKMANARTSCENTER.COM.

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Author reads and signs Phyllis Tickle: A Life . Mon., March 5, 5:30 p.m. BURKE’S BOOK STORE, 936 S. COOPER (278-7484), WWW.BURKESBOOKS.COM.

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Author discusses and signs Cross of a Different Kind: Cancer & Christian Spirituality. Sun., March 4, 2 p.m. NOVEL, 387 PERKINS EXT. (922-5526), WWW.NOVELMEMPHIS.COM.

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have been plenty of room. But being in the building would have meant driving beer through an atrium and down a hall to access a loading dock. Concourse pillars would have to be removed to accommodate the brewery. Chris Miner of Crosstown suggested building their own space on land behind the concourse. They’ve got 10,000 square feet. At front is the taproom, designed by Hope Martin of gbsn Design. The mood is industrial, the furniture modular — the better to make room when crowds reach from the bar to the back wall. The beer is brewed in a large brew room with gleaming equipment — 600 gallons at a time. The beer is available in retail spots, restaurants, and bars. Currently on tap are Crosstown’s two signature brews that will always be available: the Siren Blonde Ale, what

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THE LAST WORD by Randy Haspel

Honor the 3rd Amendment!

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For most of my adult life, I have been a staunch and passionate supporter of the 3rd Amendment. If I’m a single-issue voter, I’m a 3rd Amendment guy. No matter what else Congress or the courts say, I refuse to allow anyone or anything to trample upon my 3rd Amendment rights. So, the next time the government tries to force me to quarter a soldier in my home during peacetime, they can pry the front door keys from my cold, dead hands. The feds don’t provide rent or board, nor bath supplies or uniform cleaning services, not to mention how those troops scruff up your rugs with their boots and cigarettes. I don’t care what the dad-blamed gub’ment says, I ain’t quartering no damn soldiers in my house. I am protected by the 3rd Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, which states, “No soldier shall, in time of peace be quartered in any house, without the consent of the Owner (sic), nor in time of war, but in a manner to be prescribed by law.” My mother used to invite a couple of sailors from Millington over for Passover every few years, but that was a far cry from quartering. In fact, after my mother’s Passover meal, the sailors probably would have preferred to have been quartered. And due to the density of the matzo balls, when they awoke, they may have felt like being drawn and quartered. If this all sounds ridiculous, it is. The Supreme Court has never decided a case on the basis of the 3rd Amendment. Since Congress passed the amendment in 1789, constitutional scholars and politicians alike have conceded that the law is too antiquated to be applicable today. For a bit of history, however, we have to crack open our American history textbooks to Chapter One and check out the French and Indian War of 1754. When the Brits, with the help of their colonial musketeers, finally kicked out the French in 1760, they decided they needed to stick around for a while to police the new territories. Americans chafed at having to billet the Redcoats. They preferred local militias for their protection rather than professional soldiers. To further incite the colonists, the British Parliament passed the Quartering Act of 1765, which not only required the settlers to provide housing, but also “provisions, firewood, bedding, and beer.” The resulting rebellion against the presence of British troops and the high taxes imposed by the Crown to pay for the war culminated in the Boston Massacre of 1770 and led to the American Revolution. Before the Bill of Rights was ever written, the state of Virginia passed their own Declaration of Rights in 1776, declaring “That a well-regulated militia, composed of the body of the people, trained to arms, is the proper, natural, and safe defense of a free state.” The Founding Fathers trimmed it down for the 2nd Amendment, passed in 1789, which said, “A Well-regulated militia, being necessary to the security of a free state, the right of the people to keep and bear arms, shall not be infringed.” Do you see what’s happening here? The 2nd Amendment is merely a watered down version of the Virginia Declaration, which dealt with the regulation of militias and never once mentioned a Constitutional protection for firearms. The colonists believed that full-time, paid soldiers were only necessary to fight foreign enemies. For other emergencies, a militia of ordinary citizens who supplied their own weapons and received part-time training, could be depended upon. Even then, there were laws for the registration of civilian-owned guns deemed appropriate for the militia, sometimes with inspectors going door-to-door. Because of the fear of standing armies living among them, there were even certain laws requiring firearm ownership. The kicker is that the antiquated and forgotten 3rd Amendment was passed by Congress, and then ratified by the states, on the exact same two dates as the 2nd Amendment. So, if we’re to apply the same logic to the 2nd Amendment that the founders used for the 3rd, everyone is required to purchase a musket, which must be properly cleaned and registered with the Federal Government. The owners of same weapon must periodically assemble for inspection and military training. In time of war, the government has the power to press them into service and regulate the militias. I didn’t say that; the Constitutional Convention did. So the entire NRA argument about the absolute American right to own any type of firearm is bullshit. The gun cultists conveniently forget the “well-regulated militia” part, ignore the context of the times, and revere the “shall not be infringed” phrase. Even with all the Founders’ brilliance, none could have envisioned modern military-style weapons or allowed them to fall into the hands of the untrained and unregulated. Since the most recent slaughter in Parkland, Florida, a new consciousness has arisen. Young people are rightly appalled at the ease with which any social misfit can acquire a killing machine. After each mass shooting, gun sales go up, weapons manufacturers’ profits rise, shareholders reap financial rewards, and the NRA is handsomely funded by the all-American gun cartels. It’s really not about the 2nd Amendment at all. It’s about profit margin. The NRA is now merely a lobbying group for American arms dealers. The “most popular rifle in America,” according to the NRA, is the Colt AR-15, with over eight million sold. This semi-automatic rifle, and other brands similarly designed, were prohibited by the Assault Weapons Ban of 1994, along with large capacity magazines. Since the ban was allowed to expire in 2004, mass shootings have spiked. Consider the most recent stomach-churning massacres: 26 babies at Sandy Hook; 14 murdered at an office Christmas party in San Bernardino; 49 killed at the Pulse Nightclub in Orlando; 58 slaughtered at a Las Vegas music festival; 26 gunned down in a church in Sutherland, Texas; and now, 17 teenagers murdered in their school. They all share something in common. Each heartless killer used an AR-15 styled rifle as the weapon of choice. Yet the NRA rolls out the same tired defenses to protect gunmakers and their profits. The 2nd Amendment is as primitive as the 3rd when it comes to guns, but this is the year the NRA may finally have met its match. Who could have believed it would arrive in the form of a children’s crusade? Go ahead and keep your long gun or handgun. But if nothing is done to re-instate the Assault Weapons Ban, your children are coming to bust up the NRA and send their paid congressional lackeys packing. Randy Haspel writes the Recycled Hippies blog.

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