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547-7997 LETTER FROM THE EDITOR • OUR 1411TH ISSUE 03.10.2016 Exactly seven years ago this week, I wrote a column decrying a proposal by city engineers to turn the Overton Park Greensward into an 18-foot-deep “detention basin” designed to stop flooding in Midtown. The engineers claimed we’d hardly notice the football-field-sized bowl. “Except,” I wrote then, “when it rains hard, at which time, users of Overton Park would probably notice a large, 18-foot-deep lake in the Greensward. Or afterward, a large, muddy, trash-filled depression.” It was a horrible idea, and it was opposed by all the same groups that now oppose allowing the Memphis Zoo to take over half the Greensward for parking on “peak days.” The basin was debated for a while, but in June of that year was rejected in favor of finding another solution — which turned out to be building a parking garage in the new Overton Square development with a water-detention basin underneath. Brilliant. Innovative. Win-win. It was the second time in Memphis history that park activists had stopped city leaders from destroying the Greensward, the first time, of course, being when “little old ladies in tennis shoes” went to the Supreme Court to stop the construction of I-40 through the middle of Overton Park and Midtown in the late 1960s. Many contend, and I agree, that stopping that interstate from splitting the park — and the established old neighborhoods of the center city — made possible the housing and retail renaissance that is now happening. Oh, and, by the way, those activists also saved the Memphis Zoo. Which makes the latest assault on the Greensward even more ironic. Had the very activists the zoo is now dismissing as self-interested dilettantes not stopped the detention basin, the zoo would have had to come up with another idea for parking by now. By taking the backdoor action it took last week, the Memphis City Council showed it has little awareness of the park’s history and no sensitivity to residents who have waged a decades-long battle to preserve the city’s premier public space. The spectacle of wealthy white councilmen, most of whom belong to country clubs that are, shall we say, less than diverse, playing the race card is beyond hypocritical. I take my dog to Overton Bark almost every weekend, and finding a place to park is always difficult. The playground, the dog park, and the Greensward draw large — and diverse — crowds. Toss in visitors to the Brooks Museum, students at the Memphis College of Art, and golfers, and you’ve got peak usage of public space. And when N EWS & O P I N I O N the increasingly popular Levitt Shell LETTERS - 4 concerts happen, the parking problem THE TIMES CROSSWORD PUZZLE - 4 extends into the evening hours. THE FLY-BY - 6 POLITICS - 10 Parking for Overton Park isn’t just a EDITORIAL - 12 zoo problem. It’s a Memphis problem. VIEWPOINT - 13 And it’s only going to get worse as COVER STORY more and more people move back “SPRING FORWARD” BY SOPHORN KOUY - 14 into the center city. Finding a solution STE P P I N’ O UT will require cooperation from all park WE RECOMMEND - 20 tenants and innovative thinking by our MUSIC - 22 mayor and council, who need to put AFTER DARK - 24 aside loyalties to their financial patrons CALENDAR OF EVENTS - 28 FOOD - 38 and do the right thing for all of us. FILM - 40 Don’t make us put you in detention. THE LAST WORD - 47 Bruce VanWyngarden C L AS S I F I E D S - 43 brucev@memphisflyer.com

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Letters and comments from Flyer readers create something that’s so innovative, inviting, and beautiful that people come from all over to experience it, along with the park and the zoo? We could transform a contentious conflict into a fantastic, positive experience that brings us together and demonstrates what a wonderful, creative place Memphis is. Roy Tamboli

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About Toby Sells’ reporting on the Memphis Zoo/Greensward controvery … Since it appears that certain members of the city council and Memphis Zoo administration are seeking to manipulate the Greensward situation into a racial/ class issue, I am curious: How many members of the city council and zoo board are members of country clubs? Not everyone can pay tens of thousands of dollars annually to enjoy protected, well-maintained greenspace within the city limits. I would wager that at least half of the zoo board, if not more, are members of country clubs. And I would bet that Reid Hedgepeth, Philip Spinosa, Kemp Conrad, and Worth Morgan are also country club members, many of which to this day do not allow non-white members — or parking on their golf courses. Such irony. Ost on Mary purpose

I cannot believe that the city council would even consider giving land that belongs to and is used by the citizens of Memphis to the Memphis Zoo. I have always loved and supported the zoo, but since the zoo has displayed a total lack of respect toward nature and toward me, as a citizen, I do not feel the same way. Overton Park is public land. I am an owner and financial supporter of public land, so I am being disrespected by the zoo’s and the city council’s refusal to get off my lawn! The citizens of Memphis fought to keep the interstate from going through the park, and now we’ve been thrown into another battle against an organization that, up until now, I have always considered to be a great asset to Memphis. Overton Park is also a great asset to Memphis, and the zoo and city council need to acknowledge and respect that. A parking garage needs to be built so that the zoo will have parking and our public land will still be ours. Funds can be found for a garage. A corporation in 7 to 8put their name 9 town 5would6be willing on it. Just think how warm and fuzzy 16 people15would feel about the corporation that was smart enough to build it. 18 It’s time the city council started 19 listening to the people who put them in office. We want the zoo to get off our 21 lawn, get out of our Old Forest, and stay away from Rainbow Lake! 22 23 Linley Schmidt

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Dust settles around the Greensward issue while leaders look forward for solutions.

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Evergreen resident Brantley Ellzey directs zoo patrons away from the Greensward and into on-street parking spaces in his neighborhood last Saturday.

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D E M O N WEAVES According to WMC Action News 5, thieves have murdered four people while attempting to steal hair weaves, “and now many Memphians say demonic spirits could be to blame.” That’s right, folks. WMC has scooped the rest of Memphis media on this important story about vanity, greed, consumer hair products, and secret doorways to realms infernal, where ancient evil lurks, waiting to swoop down and snatch a wig right off your damn head. Even anchors Joe Birch and Kontji Anthony, who’ve introduced so many ridiculous segments by now you’d think they’d be used to it, looked to be passing kidney stones as they tossed the story to WMC’s Senior Satanic Hair Correspondent Jerica Phillips, who implored viewers to perform a Google search for “cursed hair.” “The prophesies are plenty,” she said before sharing a YouTube video of an unidentified woman claiming, “Whose-ever hair I was wearing on my head, that heifer had a bad omen and that bad omen followed her from India and came on top of my head, and I took on her spirit.” One woman Phillips quoted asked, “Do you know the history of the hair’s original owner? What type of spirit did that person have? You may be buying a person’s hair and their demonic spirit.” “It may sound bizarre,” Phillips said, “but some people believe virgin hair from India may be possessed during a ritual called tonsuring, the cutting of hair for religious reasons, or sacrifices to idol Gods.” At least Phillips reached a conclusion upon which we can all agree: “Whatever the root cause of a beauty trend-turned-crime trend, we can all agree the war spawned by weave must stop.” Truth.

The week following the Memphis City Council’s decision to give control of most of the Overton Park Greensward to the Memphis Zoo was heavy on backlash but light on much else to change the game. The move was widely criticized but not just from those booing and jeering in the city council chambers last Tuesday. Hundreds took to social media, mostly registering disgust with the move. Some were angling for a legal maneuver that could possibly reverse it. Newspaper editors and columnists — professionals of thought and opinion prose — formalized their complaints against the move. Memphis Business Journal editor Greg Akers called the move “appalling.” Memphis magazine managing editor Frank Murtaugh laid out parking suggestions and reminded the zoo that it “is the park’s guest, not the other way around.” David Waters, a columnist for The Commercial Appeal, said the “wayward” city council failed to mention many things to the public in its passage of the resolution and “seemed to be in a big hurry.” As the dust settled around the issue, not much changed. The beautiful weekend weather brought scores of visitors to the zoo and, thus, scores of cars parked on the Greensward. There were, however, independent volunteers who stationed themselves around the zoo with homemade signs pointing zoo visitors to free parking in the neighborhoods just outside of Overton Park. Chuck Brady, zoo president and CEO, said visitors should not expect big changes on the Greensward. He’s said

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Transit Authority plans service changes ahead of uncertain fiscal year. Following an announcement from Memphis Area Transit Authority (MATA) CEO Ron Garrison that the city’s bus system could collapse without additional funding, the transit authority will vote on various service changes as MATA prepares for an upcoming fiscal year looming with uncertainty. “We are mostly concerned with the future,” said Sammie Hunter, the co-chair of the Memphis Bus Riders Union. “This is nothing compared to what we might face in July if MATA does not receive the funding request they made to the city. People need access to the whole city to have better options and improve their situation.” Three timing changes, six service changes, eight routing changes, the removal of the President’s Island route (which carried less than five riders for all of February), and five new routes are tucked away in MATA’s proposed changes. MATA’s board will vote on the changes on March 21st, and, if approved, the changes will go into effect on May 1st. The changes are a cost-neutral plan to address

Memphians’ concerns about on-time performance and bus connections while MATA awaits Mayor Jim Strickland’s budget proposal in April. “Additional funding would negate the need to cut bus service in July 2017,” Garrison said. “Instead, continued on page 8

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the zoo will not use “grasscrete” (concrete that allows grass to grow through) to shore up the field but will continue to use those blaze orange cones to section off overflow parking. “The short answer is nothing will change,” Brady said. “As we always have, the zoo will use a portion of it as a last resort for overflow parking on our busiest days, or only about 65 days per year.” Meanwhile, the Overton Park Conservancy (OPC) has been finalizing a draft of the recommendations from its weeks-long parking and traffic study. OPC executive director Tina Sullivan said she will share the final draft with park partners first and roll it out to the public in mid-March. Also, Sullivan said her group was gearing up for the first round of mediation with the Memphis Zoo leaders, slated to start Tuesday. “We will never turn down an opportunity to try to come to the table and come up with solutions together,” Sullivan said. “As long as that avenue is open to us we’re going to pursue it vigorously.” Brady has said he will drop the zoo’s lawsuit against the city and OPC if OPC will also drop its suit. Both claims were still pending in Shelby County Chancery Court as of press time. Many of those protesting the move at city hall last Tuesday felt the city council moved too quickly, that the public did not have an opportunity to be heard on the matter. Many wondered if the move was legal. It was, according to the city charter. Cut-off for new legislation is the Thursday morning before a following Tuesday meeting. Council members can bring a piece of new legislation at Tuesday meetings if it is in writing, as was the Greensward resolution. But there’s a catch to that. “Only items involving extreme emergencies may be added to the agenda after the Thursday, 10:00 a.m. deadline,” reads the city charter.

MATA will be able to improve on-time performance and make service more reliable.” Garrison has been vocal about MATA’s need for increased capital funding, as they have relied on capital dollars to satisfy operational needs. When the new fiscal year begins on July 1st, Garrison said MATA would need an increase of $8 million for the operating budget and $5 million in capital funding. “Not only are we way underfunded, but we have buses that should have been retired years ago — probably to the tune of about 60 buses,” Garrison said. “Some of them have over 200,000 miles. We had to borrow money from the city twice last year and bridge funding we had to pay back just to make payroll.” The bus rider’s union’s worries center around route cuts and inadequate shelters at the new transfer locations, Hunter said. One proposal would make the Frayser Plaza Shopping Center a major connection point. Hawkins Mill Route 18, a new feeder route, would replace the north end loop on Crosstown Route 42, which has the second highest ridership, according to Hunter. “Without increasing service and building adequate shelters at these new transfer locations, folks will be waiting for their transfers out in the elements,” Hunter said. “Those who can only afford a one way pass will be forced to pay twice as much as they normally pay per day or walk the rest of the way.” MATA touts 9.3 million passenger trips per year and currently operates 109 buses. Justin Workman, a 31-year-old food industry worker, has relied on the bus system since the age of 18. Scheduling a trip across town is often unpredictable, Workman said. “The routing and scheduling make it nearly impossible to rely on it as a sole means of transportation,” Workman said. “Try to take a bus to Wolfchase Galleria from downtown or Midtown — I hope you have the entire day.” The bus system could see a few positive changes by the end of year with MATA’s Short Range Transit Plan, which was announced last week. It would streamline routes, add express service, and make the system easier to navigate and understand, and they say those changes can be made without significantly increasing operating costs. But, overall, MATA’s service will abate or improve based on the city budget when the clock restarts this fiscal year, Hunter said. Solutions, such as having Shelby County chip in, he says, need to be addressed. “The city has got to look at its budget with compassion for the working class people,” Hunter said. “No amount of police or downtown development will solve the problems we have. We can start by allocating the funds to MATA that it needs to make it through this fiscal year without more cuts. Then we can look at long-term solutions.” The Egyptology Graduate Student Association Presents

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an attorney and go through the same process,” Reed said. “Why should these businesses have to go through this expense?” As for Sabillon, he can sell beer now, but he says business is still slow. “Business has picked up very little, because I got a reputation for not having beer.” Reed says word is slowly spreading in the Hispanic community that Sabillon fought the city. “Most Hispanic business owners would rather keep a low profile, so what Marco did shocked the Hispanic community. He stood up and went to war.”

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Honduras native and long-time Memphis resident Marco Sabillon fought the beer law. And he won. Sabillon, who owns a Berclair-area Hispanic grocery store called Guadalupe Tienda Hispana at 658 Stratford, filed a lawsuit against the city back in November, alleging that the ordinance that prevents beer sales within a 250-foot radius of a church or school is discriminatory. And by mid-December, the city had granted Sabillon a permit. He’s now being hailed as a hero in the local Hispanic community, according to Garland Reed, founder of the Mid-South Hispanic Chamber of Commerce. Sabillon, who purchased the store two years ago, had been operating it without beer sales, but he said business was slow because he couldn’t sell beer, due to his proximity to Grimes Memorial United Methodist Church. “In the Hispanic community, when people go grocery shopping, they don’t want to go to five different stores. They want to do their shopping in one place, and they drink beer. They want to buy their beer where they buy their tortillas,” Reed said. “But he didn’t sell beer, so they stopped shopping there.” After Sabillon opened his store, he learned that the previous business owner at that location had been turned down by the Memphis Alcohol Commission for a permit to sell beer because the store was too close to a church. But when Sabillon realized the Walgreens at Summer and Perkins, just a block from his store, was selling beer, he said he felt that the city was discriminating against Hispanic business owners. “One day, I went into Walgreens to make a payment, and I discovered that they had beer. Walgreens is next to the church, and I’m further from the church,” Sabillon said through an interpreter. Turns out there is a provision in the city ordinance that excludes businesses located along interstates and state highways from the church/school provision. The Walgreens faces Summer, also known as Highway 70. But with so many small mom-and-pop businesses located on side streets in Berclair and so many churches in the neighborhood, Sabillon believes the ordinance unfairly impacts the Hispanic community. Sabillon contacted attorney Drayton Berkley and filed a lawsuit against the city, and then Sabillon applied for a permit. “Once we got down to the [permit] hearing, and the city’s lawyer found out there was a lawsuit pending, they found a way to grant him a permit,” Berkley said. The lawsuit was subsequently dropped, but Sabillon says he believes the church/ school provision should be changed.

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Matters of Tenure County Commission: rough sailing for an anti-term limits ordinance; maneuvering to fill a possible mayoral vacancy. No suggestion at Monday’s regular meeting of the Shelby County Commission could have been treated with more courtesy than the request by longserving Democratic member Walter Bailey for an ordinance to amend the County Charter so as to eliminate all reference to term limits for county officials. And no suggestion had so little chance of passage as Bailey’s ordinance, which, on the first of three readings, gained the votes of only three members — Bailey and fellow Democrats Justin Ford and Van Turner — on the 13-member body. The ordinance allows for a public referendum of county voters, and that provision allowed several members to abstain from voting on the premise that they would meanwhile consult their constituents, but this was largely a face-saving mechanism for Bailey and perhaps for themselves. The fact is, as a number of commissioners say privately, and as David Reaves said out loud on Monday, most members of the current commission would not have been able to run successfully for their seats on the body if term limits had not been imposed. In arguing for the ordinance, Bailey noted for the record that members of Congress and the state legislature are not bound by term limits and that the imposition of them on the commission arbitrarily deprives the public of needed experience on the part of members. Bailey himself, a member of a distinguished political family that included his late brother, author/civil rights icon D’Army Bailey, is the longest-serving member of the commission and, as he put it last week in committee, where his ordinance was first vetted, maybe the longest-serving public official in the state. He won office first in 1971, has served as chairman twice, and has served continuously, with the exception of four years, from 2006 to 2010, when the charter’s then-new term-limit requirement caused him to step down temporarily. He is now serving his second term since being returned to the commission in 2010 and faces another mandatory withdrawal from service.

• More local backdrop for the 8th District congressional race: As indicated last week, a victory by Shelby County Mayor Mark Luttrell in the crowded Republican primary field would occasion some frenetic maneuvering on the part of the county commissioners, inasmuch as Luttrell would thereby vacate his county position, opening it up to a reappointment process. Luttrell, if victorious in the congressional race, would presumably resign his mayoralty sometime between the general election in November and his January swearing-in in Washington. Meanwhile, the commission would have selected a new chair in September, according to its normal schedule. And whoever is chair when Luttrell ceases to be mayor automatically becomes interim Shelby County mayor for a maximum of 45 days, after which the commission will select a new one by majority vote. As Commissioner Mark Billingsley of Germantown reminded his colleagues with copies of a handout he distributed Monday, the county charter makes no provision for an election to fill a vacancy in the mayor’s office “until a successor is elected and qualified at the next countywide election allowed by the state election laws.” Hence, whoever is selected by the commission upon the completion of the interim mayor’s service will serve as a fully pledged county mayor until the county general election of 2018. There is no doubt that current commission chairman Terry Roland, a Millington Republican, wants to be the next county mayor. His intentions of running for the position in 2018 have been clear for months, and, in case anyone should forget the fact, he announces it periodically during meetings of the commission. (Roland pointedly did so at last Wednesday’s committee sessions and did so again at Monday’s regular commission meeting.) It now appears, however, that Roland sees no need to seek reappointment to a second consecutive term as commission chairman in September (as numerous commission chairs have done in the last several years, with former member Sidney Chism, a Democrat, having brought off the trick). Roland is content to allow things to take their natural course in September, with Democratic member Turner the favorite to become the next chairman. But Roland is certain to be front and

Walter Bailey center as a candidate for appointment as mayor when the commission convenes, sometime early in 2017, to serve as a successor to Luttrell through the election of 2018. And word has it that he believes he already has most of the votes in hand to overcome other candidates, including possible opponent David Lenoir, the county trustee, who intends to run for the office in the regular 2018 election cycle. Another possible contender for the commission’s mayoralty selection would be GOP Commissioner Steve Basar, whom Roland bested for the chairmanship last year in a hastily called revote after Basar had held the position for roughly an hour. All of this would be moot, of course, should someone other than Luttrell win the congressional race. There are five other Shelby County Republicans in the field — Basar; radiologist/ broadcast executive George Flinn; state Senator Brian Kelsey; County Register of Deeds Tom Leatherwood; and former U.S. Attorney David Kustoff. And Jackson businessman Brad Greer must be delighted at the prospect that so many Shelby Countians in the race, dividing up the local vote, creates the real mathematical possibility of his winning. (Something like that happened in the 7th District congressional race of 2002, when Kustoff, then city council member Brent Taylor, and then County Commissioner Mark Norris split the Shelby County vote, allowing for an easy victory by Marsha Blackburn of Williamson County, who still represents the 7th District.) Outlook on Convention Delegates Some 400 Democrats betook themselves to First Baptist Church Broad last Saturday to make themselves eligible for formal Shelby County

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conventions on Saturday, March 19th, that will select from this pool of eligible members the delegates to the Democratic National Convention at Philadelphia this summer. Yes, there will be two conventions on March 19th — one to be held at First Baptist Broad that will determine the identity of the delegates and alternates who will go to Philadelphia to represent the 9th Congressional District; and another, to be held the same day in Jackson, that will determine who goes to the national convention to represent the 8th Congressional District, which takes in a generous hunk of eastern Shelby County. At both locations, the delegates to be selected will conform to the pattern of the two districts’ voting in last week’s “Super Tuesday” presidential primary in Tennessee, with the lion’s share of delegates and alternates going to Hillary Clinton, who won the primary vote handily, and a handful going to Bernie Sanders. In the case of the 9th District, that would be six delegates and one alternate for Clinton, with one delegate apportioned to Sanders. In the case of the 8th, it’s four delegates for Clinton and one for Sanders. Insofar as the math permits, the delegates are apportioned, half and half, by gender. For the record, Clinton beat Sanders statewide by a two-to-one ratio. The ratio in Shelby County, whose AfricanAmerican demographic (generally very supportive of Hillary Clinton) is higher, was four to one: Clinton, 66,465; Sanders, 15,985. The Democratic Party’s ex post facto process for selecting delegates differs from that of the Republicans, which required would-be delegates to the Republican National Convention in Cleveland to file for election on the Super Tuesday ballot on behalf of the specific presidential candidate they chose to represent. The chief vote-getters on each list became convention delegates in a ratio proportionate to how well their candidates did in head-to-head voting. For the record, Donald Trump won 39 percent of the statewide Republican primary vote; Ted Cruz won 25 percent; Marco Rubio, 21 percent, Ben Carson, 8 percent; John Kasich, 5 percent. (Results rounded off.) The preliminary delegate list released last week by the state Republican Party did not include the apportionment for Shelby County, but the county’s GOP primary results went as follows: Trump, 30 percent; Cruz, 29 percent; Rubio, 26 percent, Kasich, 8 percent, Carson, 6 percent, and “others,” 2 percent. (Again, results rounded off.) If all of this appears to be a mite complicated, that’s because it is. Updates will be provided by the Flyer as they are received.

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“Active shooters” is a law-enforcement term for the kinds of armed mass murderers who have plagued our society from Columbine to Kalamazoo and who seem to be multiplying in sync with the welldocumented “anger” at large in the U.S. of A. these days. And, Archie Bunker or Donald Trump or Wayne LaPierre notwithstanding, the term definitely does not apply to the kind of amateur would-be gunslinger hero who imagines that he could successfully intervene in a mano-a-mano shoot-out against the real deal: the marauders who invade our private and (increasingly) public spaces and permanently deprive those who are dear to us of the life, liberty, and pursuit of happiness guaranteed to them by the Constitution. In a succinct and compelling address to a luncheon meeting of the Memphis Rotary Club on Tuesday, Robert Carlson, who heads the Active Shooter Program of the Memphis Police Department and coordinates local training with the FBI, scrupulously avoided commenting on the politics of gun control or its converse, open carry. In outlining the steps that ordinary citizens are advised to follow in the case of armed and murderous intruders, he said that armed citizens have seldom demonstrated any usefulness in such situations. He added that the citizen vigilantes who happen to be packing when an active shooter arrives on

the scene are far more likely to get in the way of law-enforcement efforts to deal with the threat than to help the situation. In fact, “Don’t go trying to hurt the bad guy” is one of the precepts of the MPD’s “Avoid, Deny, Defend” model for citizens. The recommended steps? “Avoid” means to get the hell out, as far away from the action as possible, through a window or by whatever means puts the most distance between you and the armed threat. “Deny” involves remedies such as locking or barricading doors. And, finally, “Defend” means to try to disarm or disable the intruder and “put the pain train” on him when avoidance or escape are impossible. The one rule in such circumstances is to guarantee, by any means necessary, that “you will go home.” Then, and only then, is when a firearm on your person becomes a viable key to survival. Meanwhile, as citizens are presumably following these rules, law enforcement units will be rushing to the scene, with two main rules of their own in mind: 1) Stop the killing; and 2) Stop the dying — the latter involving efforts to aid the injured and wounded. “Active Shooter” incidents are regarded as “the Super Bowl of law enforcement,” the ultimate challenge for specialized training, Carlson said. And surely he’s right. The bottom line? Whenever possible, we should leave law enforcement to the pros.

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a problem in Memphis, but, in this case, it was a red herring, meant to divert attention from solving the real issue. Wade finally “summarized” the resolution in biased terms worthy of Fox News. Ironically, the upper-income white people associated with the zoo board and its representatives on city council are the ones benefiting most from manipulating those who played the race card. If any of those favoring parking on the Greensward actually cared about creating zoo access for low-income people, they’d work toward fixing our public transportation system. As it is now, good luck finding a bus that will take you to the zoo. It’s time to take zoo parking and expansions to satellite locations and create a Memphis Zoo system. Postdebacle spin from the council and zoo advocates is still painting park supporters as uninformed, when it’s been the Overton Park Conservancy that’s been bending over backwards to cooperate and provide noninvasive solutions to the problem. It takes a long time to fix the big problems you accused us of not caring about. But maybe if you try, you can resolve them as fast as you “resolved” the park issue on Tuesday — in under eight hours without bothering the public with the pesky details. The lack of on-topic council discussion preceding the vote revealed that you are unfamiliar with the value of free, urban greenspace, as is made clear in the Alta study, which is nearly finished and commissioned for the benefit of the city, the zoo, and Overton Park. Your refusal to discuss the issue thoroughly also highlighted the fact that the council members, whose constituents filled the chamber Tuesday, are not answering to the people who elected them, but to political pressure and big money. In closing: Cheers to Councilman Martavius Jones, the lone “No” vote, and to Councilwoman Patrice Robinson, who ultimately voted “Yes,” but only after trying to give the public more time to review the resolution. And jeers to Chairman Kemp Conrad for “trying to move this thing along” by refusing pleas from Jones, Robinson, and Memphis citizens for more time. This isn’t over. Mary Norman is a noted Memphis artist and Overton Park lover.

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To the Memphis City Council: What I witnessed in council chambers last week is the kind of behavior that makes the public mistrustful and apathetic toward their government. You pretended to listen to us, but then did what the moneyed interest (the Memphis Zoo) dictated and voted to give them the Overton Park Greensward. (Before the meeting, I saw zoo CEO Chuck Brady walk up to a councilman and give him a shoulder squeeze. That spoke volumes.) Introducing this drastic resolution and voting on it the same day was meant to keep the public in the dark. But much to your disappointment, we found out and showed up to voice our opposition. Despite pretending to consider parking options, mediation, an expert study, and hearing dozens of informed pleas, despite your duty to all Memphians to preserve free, wholesome recreational space, the council demonstrated that it was all a charade orchestrated by the zoo and its council supporters: a landgrab, pure and simple. Clearly, the zoo and its council supporters never intended to find a mutually agreeable solution to the parking problem. Handing over the Greensward was put forth as an convenient “resolution” to the issue. It’s not. We have a great zoo, but their leadership is 100 percent wrongheaded in its efforts to devour the beautiful and historic park that is their home. Overton Park is so historically significant that it’s featured in the upcoming PBS documentary 10 Parks that Changed America. So now we’re going to park cars on its primary public space? After approximately 25 park advocates spoke, the last two slots (with extended time) were given to the only zoo advocates present, Barbara Holt-Ware and a Rev. Brown. Both of them, in a blow to Memphis race relations, bizarrely insisted that parking on the Greensward was something only bigots could oppose. Next, Councilman Berlin Boyd and City Attorney Allan Wade chastised the citizen attendees, painting us as indifferent to unrelated issues simply because we rallied to prevent this landgrab from sneaking through council. Public comments were closed at that point, so no one in the audience could address the errors and oversights in these accusations. Racism is still

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Terry Manning’s best known for the records he’s made as a music engineer and producer working with artists like the Staples Singers, ZZ Top, and Led Zeppelin. Before cofounding the storied Compass Point recording studio in the Bahamas, Manning spent time in Memphis, working with both Stax and Ardent studios, and he can spin terrific yarns about things like dating Stevie Nicks before she was Stevie Nicks or the time he walked into Chips Moman’s American Studios on Danny Thomas to discover grown men chasing a rat around the room. Manning’s also a dedicated photographer and has been since the 1960s. “It’s as much a part of my mind or soul as music,” he says. Manning’s back in Memphis this week to perform a concert at the Hard Rock Cafe on Beale and more intimate shows at Stax and in “Elvis’ Living Room” on Audubon, in conjunction with Rhodes College’s Mike Curb Institute for Music. He will also open his photography exhibit “Scientific Evidence of Life on Earth During Two Millennia” at Stax. The exhibit showcases Manning’s urban landscapes Terry Manning alongside portraits of people he’s known and worked with, ranging from British soul diva Dusty Springfield to civil rights hero Martin Luther King Jr. “Stax was such an island of racial harmony,” Manning says, recalling how he took a series of 13 extreme close-ups of MLK on the day before he was assassinated. Manning had just purchased a brand new wine-red Ford Fairlane with some assistance from Ardent Studios founder, John Fry. Stax’s operations director Al Bell called one morning hoping Manning might drive his new car to the airport to help transport King and his entourage to the Lorraine Motel.

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“Trending Geometric” David Lusk Gallery (97 Tillman), 6-8 p.m. An exhibit of abstract paintings and sculptures in search of order by Nashville artist Kit Reuther. Also opening is Huger Foote’s “Now Here Then,” a selection of photographs taken all over the world. Southern Women’s Show Agricenter International, 10 a.m.-8 p.m., $10 Annual show and expo featuring fashion, cooking classes, makeovers, and seminars. Two highlights: an appearance by Pretty Little Liars’ Keegan Allen and the Fido Fashion Show.

Dirty Rotten Scoundrels Germantown Community Theatre, 8 p.m., $26 Musical comedy based on the 1988 film about a pair of con artists trying to out-swindle the other. Young Collectors Memphis Crosstown Arts, 6-10 p.m., $15 Arts fair for young collectors and emerging artists. Continues Saturday, noon-10 p.m.

Songwriter Fest The Halloran Centre, 7-10:30 p.m., $10 Country music songwriters Shane Minor, Phil O’Donnell, and others talk about the stories behind their songs. Presented by 94.1 the Wolf and BMI. 43rd Annual Silky O’Sullivan St. Patrick’s Day Parade Beale Street, 3 p.m. Bagpipes, floats, the raising of the goat — what’s not to like?

Transcend TheatreSouth, 8-10 p.m., $10 Latest project from Elaine Blanchard featuring stories from 13 transgender and gender-fluid Memphians performed by area actors. Danú Germantown Performing Arts Center, 8-10 p.m., $35 A performance of Celtic music with flute, tin whistle, fiddle, button accordion, and bouzouki.

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Canadians and Mormons are practically the same thing, right? That’s why Ryan Bondy, formerly of Canada, was literally born to play Elder Price in The Book of Mormon, Trey Parker and Matt Stone’s relentlessly profane musical. “If you mean we’re really nice, and we like to talk then, yes, we’re exactly alike,” Bondy affirms. The Book of Mormon is a satirical buddy story in the spirit of the old Bob Hope/Bing Crosby road pictures. It tells the story of two missionaries with conflicting personalities who are sent to Uganda to recruit more Mormons. Their efforts are challenged by famine, disease, and a warlord with an unprintable name. “Out of all the shows that I’ve done in my career, this is absolutely the most fun I’ve ever had,” Bondy says. “Anybody who’s familiar with Parker and Stone and South Park knows that those guys don’t necessarily write anything that’s not funny. And it’s not just about the humor. There’s so much heart and real character opportunity. This is a reality of what Mormons have to go through in regards to their mission and the reality of their journey and the reality of what was going on in Uganda, a godless place full of poverty, AIDS, and starvation.” The Book of Mormon opened to rave reviews in 2011. The show picked up 14 Tony nominations and nine wins, including Best Musical. After all this time, and in spite of near-universal praise, Bondy says people still come out to protest the show. “They don’t necessarily do their research as to what The Book of Mormon is really about,” he says. “A good indication should be that the Mormons themselves love the show. Now when they go out on their missions, they’re not allowed to see it. But there are a lot of elders standing outside the show afterwards, handing out books and talking to people. And they have seen it. The Book of Mormon does the very first thing Mormons need — it starts a conversation. So they even take ads out in our programs that say, ‘You’ve seen the play, now read the book.’”

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f you’re anything like me, you may be known to frequent certain bars where live music is played at high volume while all sorts of Memphis creeps wiggle and writhe around in between spilling their drinks and annoying whatever unlucky soul is behind the bar. If those things sound like your idea of a good time, then you probably are familiar with Jack Yarber (aka Jack Oblivian), the Memphis wizard who’s been kicking out the jams for years in bands like the Oblivians, the Knaughty Knights, the Compulsive Gamblers, and Johnny Vomit and the Dry Heaves, just to name a few. For the better part of the last 15 years or so, Yarber’s main gig has been his solo outfit: Jack Oblivian and the Tennessee Tearjerkers, and most recently, Jack Oblivian and the Sheiks. The Sheiks have their own tale to tell, one full of debauchery, home-studio genius, and enough trips to the Tip Top liquor store to make Harry Dean Stanton blush. But that’s another story for a different time. I recently moved into a new apartment, and, like any self-respecting music journalist, the first thing I set up was my stereo. Rummaging through boxes that were definitely not meant to transport an entire collection of vinyl that I’ve been collecting over the past 15 years, Jack Oblivian’s latest effort, The Lone Ranger of Love, was one of the first albums I pulled out. The needle hit the record. The neighbors didn’t complain, or at least not to me. I was either way too into this record or just too busy trying to be an adult and unpack what little belongings I own, but I listened to the album all

weekend long. This is a song-by-song breakdown of what I heard. “Boy in a Bubble” The lead-off track for The Lone Ranger of Love sounds a lot like it could have been on the Oblivians’ last album, Desperation, which is not a complaint in the slightest. The one-two punk-punch of the Oblivians has always been my favorite aspect of that super group, so to see it represented on this album was a welcome treat. We’re off to a good start so far. “Hey Killer” This track was actually written by Shawn Cripps, the man behind the band Limes and other projects that get together whenever Cripps has the time or feels inclined. This one is a short yet catchy number, and I’m not positive, but I believe Yarber is singing something about being happy in the grave. Only two songs in and we’re already getting dark. Cool by me. “Fast Friends” A perfect jam for when your “friends” drag you to that party at 4 a.m. The guitar twang is predicting the impending hangover. This one has a Stones-y vibe, something that the Sheiks probably had something to do with, and once again proving that the matchup of these players is a recipe for success. My favorite song so far. “Home in My Hand” After a brief change in pace, the band is back at full speed, complete with Billy Gibson ripping the shit out of the harmonica. I’m still waiting for the filler song; maybe it isn’t coming.

M U S I C F E AT U R E “Downtown” Another punk ripper. So far this record is moving far away from the style that my favorite Jack O. song, “Make Your Mind Up,” executes so effortlessly. It’s now becoming obvious Yarber has plenty of tricks up his sleeve. “Stick to Me” Maybe the first love song on the record. Catchy and closer to what his previous releases have offered.

“La Charra (part one)” & “La Charra” (part two)” You know that scene in Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas when Hunter and his lawyer are walking through the bar, and everyone’s suddenly a lizard? I don’t even remember what song was playing, but I’m going to dig up my VHS copy of that movie, fast forward to that scene, and mute it, and let Graham Winchester sing about big sombreros while Hunter T. slides into the abyss. Creepy in the best way.

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“Ride Like the Wind” The freak factor is real. The soundtrack to walking into a cantina with one thing on your mind — and I’m not talking about tequila. The guitar work on this song is top notch, and the piano playing is great. I feel like my favorite songs on this album are when the sketchiness is full frontal and on display. It’s becoming clear that this is not an album you listen to on the way to making a good decision. Better suited for driving down Madison Avenue with the windows down at 3 a.m. while you’re with that special someone who hasn’t figured out you’re a scumbag yet.

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“Runnin From the Law” This one was written by Gene Nitz, but since Yarber kills it, who’s keeping score? The party’s over, but it’s one of those good feelings, like when you refused that last shot of tequila, so there’s a good chance you’ll remember parts of the night. Well done, boys. I find it very hard to believe a local artist tops this record in 2016. Might as well flip this sucker over and start again. Lone Ranger of Love is available now.

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“Blind Love” Don’t go getting sappy on me now, Jack. A pretty polished song compared to the rest of the stuff I’ve heard so far. End side one.

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Alfred’s 197 BEALE 525-3711

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

Karaoke Thursdays, TuesdaysWednesdays, 9 p.m.-1 a.m., and Sundays-Mondays, 10 p.m.-2 a.m.; Mandi Thomas Fridays, Saturdays, 6-9 p.m.; The 901 Heavy Hitters Fridays, Saturdays, 10 p.m.2 a.m.; Flyin Ryan Fridays, Saturdays, 2:30 a.m.; Memphis Jazz Orchestra Sundays, 6-9 p.m.

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

B.B. King’s Blues Club

Handy Bar

143 BEALE 524-KING

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.

Flynn’s Restaurant and Bar 159 BEALE

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

Lane Change Friday, March 11, 8 p.m.; The Shift Saturday, March 12, 8 p.m.midnight; Daniel Kushnir Sunday, March 13, 7-10 p.m.

Blue Note Bar & Grill

Itta Bena

341-345 BEALE 577-1089

145 BEALE 578-3031

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

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

Blues City Cafe

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 MondaysFridays, 2-6 p.m.; Fuzzy Jeffries & the Kings of Memphis Thursdays, 6:30-10:30 p.m.; Nate Dogg and the Fellas Fridays, Saturdays, 6:3010:30 p.m.; McDaniel Band Saturdays, 2-6 p.m.; Cowboy Neil Sundays, 2-6 p.m., and Mondays, 6:30-10:30 p.m.; Chic Jones Sundays, Tuesdays, 6:3010:30 p.m.; Sensation Band Wednesdays, 6:30-10:30 p.m.

138 BEALE 526-3637

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

Don Valentine Thursdays, Tuesdays, 8 p.m.-midnight; Delta Project Friday, March 11, 9 p.m.-1 a.m., and Saturday, March 12, 8 p.m.-midnight; Plantation Allstars Wednesdays, 8 p.m.midnight; Vince Johnson & the Plantation Allstars Wednesdays, 8:30 p.m.midnight.

New Daisy Theatre 330 BEALE 525-8981

The American Lines Tour 16: Mayday Parade & the Maine Friday, March 11, 7-11 p.m.; Atreyu Monday, March 14, 6:30-11:30 p.m.

Rum Boogie Cafe 182 BEALE 528-0150

Vince Johnson and the Boogie Blues Band Thursday, March 10, 8 p.m.-midnight; FreeWorld Friday, March 11, 8 p.m.-midnight and Saturday, March 12, 8 p.m.-midnight; Pam & Terry Saturday, March 12, 4-7 p.m.; Memphis Blues Society Jam Sundays, 7-11 p.m.; Sean “Bad” Apple Monday, March 14, 7-11 p.m., Tuesday, March 15, 7-11 p.m., and Wednesday, March 16, 7-11 p.m.

Rum Boogie Cafe’s Blues Hall

Double J Smokehouse & Saloon

182 BEALE 528-0150

124 E. G.E. PATTERSON 347-2648

Memphis Bluesmasters Thursdays, 8 p.m.-midnight; Plantation Allstars Fridays, Saturdays, 3-7 p.m.; Sean “Bad” Apple Friday, March 11, 8 p.m.-midnight, and Saturday, March 12, 8 p.m.-midnight; Memphis Mambo Combo Saturday, March 12, 3-7 p.m.; Low Society Sundays, 8 p.m.midnight; Brian Hawkins Blues Party Mondays, 8 p.m.-midnight; McDaniel Band Tuesdays, Wednesdays, 8 p.m.-midnight.

Silky O’Sullivan’s 183 BEALE 522-9596

Barbara Blue ThursdaysFridays, 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.

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

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

The Halloran Centre 225 S. MAIN 529-4299

Frankie Valli Thursday, March 10, 7:30-9:45 p.m.; 94.1 The Wolf Songwriter Fest presented by BMI Saturday, March 12, 7-10:30 p.m.

Huey’s Downtown 77 S. SECOND 527-2700

Jimbo Mathus & Them Durty Crooks Sunday, March 13, 8:30 p.m.-midnight.

The Orpheum 203 S. MAIN 525-3000

Celtic Woman Thursday, March 10, 7-9:30 p.m.; Lalah Hathaway Saturday, March 12, 8-10:15 p.m.

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

Live Music ThursdaysSaturdays, 10 p.m.

Brad Birkedahl Band Thursdays, Wednesdays, 8 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.

Live Music Thursdays, 7-11 p.m., Fridays-Saturdays, 9 p.m.-1 a.m.

Brass Door Irish Pub

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 MondaysWednesdays, 5:30-8 p.m.

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2012 MADISON 272-BLUE

412-414 N. CLEVELAND 278-TONE

1555 MADISON 866-609-1744

2120 MADISON 432-2222

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

The Buccaneer 1368 MONROE 278-0909

THE INFAMOUS MOBB DEEP AT YOUNG AVENUE DELI In the early to mid-’90s, New York was cranking out some of the best hip-hop the world had ever heard. From Notorious B.I.G. to the Wu-Tang Clan, Nas to Big L, the Big Apple was brimming with talent and putting the rest of the country on notice that New York was home to many hip-hop kings, including the group Mobb Deep. Formed in 1992 in Queensbridge by Havoc and Prodigy, Mobb Deep saw success with their second full-length, The Infamous, an album chock-full of harrowing stories about life on the streets, dodging the police, and violent behavior. The group also collaborated with Queensbridge hero Nas, and pretty much anything they touched from 1995 to 1999 is considered holy hip-hop. After selling over 3 million records, Mobb Deep briefly disbanded before reforming in 2012 and subsequently adding “The Infamous” to their name. Calling themselves Infamous is a pretty bold statement, but seeing as how The Infamous shaped what New York hip-hop would become when it transitioned into the ’00s, the duo definitely deserve the title. The interesting thing about this gig is that it’s at the Young Avenue Deli — not exactly known as a hip-hop hub. However, the Midtown destination has hosted some certified amazing rap concerts, including fellow New York rap artist Raekwon. Speaking of Raekwon, he appears on The Infamous classic “Eye for an Eye,” along with Nas, making it an instant classic and my personal favorite song that Mobb Deep has ever created. If you’re a fan of New York hip-hop (who isn’t?) then this show should already be on your radar, but I’d recommend getting there early to make sure you can get it in. Remember, “there’s a war going on outside that no man is safe from. You can run, but you can’t hide forever.” — Chris Shaw The Infamous Mobb Deep, Tuesday, March 15th at the Young Avenue Deli. 8 p.m. $20.

Another Green World, Dear Tracks Thursday, March 10; Subteens, Lost in Society Friday, March 11; Alps, Glorious Abhor, Blood Royal Saturday, March 12; Brian Hartleg, Big Dream, Jack Gerelle, Ryan Koeing Sunday, March 13; Devil Train Mondays, 8 p.m.; Dave Cousar Tuesdays, 11 p.m.

Celtic Crossing 903 S. COOPER 274-5151

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.; Reach Friday, March 11, 10 p.m.; Loveland Duran Saturday, March 12, 9:30 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.

Dru’s Place 1474 MADISON 275-8082

Karaoke Fridays-Sundays.

First Baptist Church Riverfront Bar & Grill 251 RIVERSIDE

Local Music Fridays, 6-8 p.m.

Rumba Room 303 S. MAIN 523-0020

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

South Main

Memphis Wind Symphony Sunday, March 13, 3-5 p.m.

South Main Sounds 550 S. MAIN 494-6543

Happy Hour Show at South Main Sounds (Keith Sykes Pre-Party) Friday, March 11, 5:30-7 p.m.

The Silly Goose

The Warehouse

100 PEABODY PLACE 435-6915

36 G.E. PATTERSON 526-5747

DJ Cody Fridays, Saturdays, 10 p.m.

200 E. PARKWAY N. 454-1131

Keith Sykes Single Release Party Friday, March 11, 7-11 p.m.

Bar DKDC 964 S. COOPER 272-0830

Marcella & Her Lovers Friday, March 11; Maitre D’s Saturday, March 12; Davy Ray & the Janks with Julie Rhodes Wednesday, March 16, 7:30 p.m.

Huey’s Midtown 1927 MADISON 726-4372

Juliet and the Lonesome Romeos Sunday, March 13, 4-7 p.m.; Eddie Turner and the Trouble Twins Sunday, March 13, 8:30 p.m.-midnight.

Lafayette’s Music Room 2119 MADISON 207-5097

Scott & Vanessa Sudbury Thursday, March 10, 6 p.m.; Dan Baird & Homemade Sin Thursday, March 10, 9 p.m.; Jo Jo Jeffries & Ronnie Caldwell Friday, March 11, 6:30 p.m.; Devil Train Friday, March 11, 10 p.m.; Susan Marshall & Friends Saturdays, 11 a.m.; The River Bluff Clan Saturdays, 3 p.m. and Sunday, March 13, 4 p.m.; Reba Russell Trio Saturday, March 12, 6:30 p.m.; Jacob Stiefel & the Truth Saturday, March 12, 10 p.m.; Joe Restivo 4 Sundays, 11 a.m.; Danielle Nicole Sunday, March 13, 8 p.m.; Hailey Whitters Monday, March 14, 8 p.m.; Travis Roman Tuesday, March 15, 5:30 p.m.; Nick Black (Live Album Recording) Tuesday, March 15, 8 p.m.; Breeze Cayolle and New Orleans Wednesdays, 5:30 p.m.

Midtown Crossing Grill 394 N. WATKINS 443-0502

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

August Burns Red, Between the Buried and Me Friday, March 11, 5:30 p.m.

Murphy’s 1589 MADISON 726-4193

Nervossa Thursday, March 10; Fine Lines Friday, March 11; Charles Mouthart with Ex-Cult Saturday, March 12; Mystery Lights, Pms & the Moodswings, Breanna Barbara Tuesday, March 15; Modern Convenience with Oscars, Unknown Relatives Wednesday, March 16.

Otherlands Coffee Bar 641 S. COOPER 278-4994

Jimmy Davis Friday, March 11, 8 p.m.; M.A.M.A. presents Lauren Sheehan Saturday, March 12, 8 p.m.

P&H Cafe 1532 MADISON 726-0906

Rock Starkaraoke Fridays; Jack Alberson, Overlake, Dead Stars Saturday, March 12; Open Mic Music with Tiffany Harmon Mondays, 9 p.m.-midnight; Haunter, Jack the Giant Killer, Gigglefit Wednesday, March 16.

The Phoenix 1015 S. COOPER 338-5223

Bluezday Thurzday Thursdays, 8-11:45 p.m.

Sports Junction 1911 POPLAR 244-7904

Live DJ Fridays.; Live music Saturdays.; Karaoke Wednesdays.

The Gallery at Madison Square 1819 MADISON 949-5999

A Night of Soul with Syleena Johnson and the PC Band Saturday, March 12, 8 p.m.-midnight.

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

Dead Soldiers Saturday, March 12, 10 p.m., and Sunday, March 13, 5 p.m.; Mobb Deep Tuesday, March 15, 8 p.m.

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Pubapalooza with Stereo Joe Every other Wednesday, 8-11 p.m.

Shelby Forest General Store

5868 STAGE

7729 BENJESTOWN 876-5770

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

Maria’s Restaurant Karaoke Fridays, 5-8 p.m.

Dan McGuinness Pub 4694 SPOTTSWOOD 761-3711

Karaoke Wednesdays, 8 p.m.

Folk’s Folly Prime Steak House

The Crossing Bar & Grill 7281 HACKS CROSS, OLIVE BRANCH, MS 662-893-6242

The King Beez Sunday, March 13, 8:30 p.m.-midnight.

Huey’s Germantown 7677 FARMINGTON 318-3034

Six String Lovers Sunday, March 13, 8-11:30 p.m.

2130 W. POPLAR 854-4455

GOSSETT FIAT March Mayhem!

551 S. MENDENHALL 762-8200

786 E. BROOKHAVEN CIRCLE 683-9044

East Tapas and Drinks 6069 PARK 767-6002

Carlos & Adam from the Late Greats Thursdays, 7-9 p.m.; Elizabeth Wise Tuesdays, 7-9 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.; Lane Change Saturday, March 12, 8 p.m.; Love 4 Lance Strode Benefit feat. Jimmy Davis, Eddie Smith Band Sunday, March 13, 1 p.m.; Elmo and the Shades Wednesdays, 8 p.m.-midnight.

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

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

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.

Mix Tape Thursday, March 10, 8 p.m.; Swingin’ Leroy Friday, March 11, 9 p.m.; The Backstreet Crawlers Saturday, March 12, 9 p.m.; The Line Up Sunday, March 13, 5:30 p.m.; No Hit Wonders Wednesday, March 16, 8 p.m.

Old Whitten Tavern 2800 WHITTEN 379-1965

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

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.

RockHouse Live 5709 RALEIGH-LAGRANGE 386-7222

Live Bands Fridays, Saturdays, 8 p.m.; Open Mic Mondays Mondays, 8 p.m.-midnight; Live Music Tuesdays, Wednesdays, 8 p.m.-midnight.

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

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

Wadford’s Grill & Bar

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Owen Brennan’s THE REGALIA, 6150 POPLAR 761-0990

Hollywood Casino

4788 BETHEL 662-890-5612

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Poplar/I-240

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

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

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The Windjammer Restaurant

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

Deering & Down Sunday, March 13, 8 p.m.-midnight.

Karaoke Tuesdays, 9 p.m.

1817 KIRBY 755-2481

Fox and Hound Sports Tavern

Huey’s Southaven

5101 SANDERLIN 763-2013

Karaoke Tuesdays, 8 p.m.

Acoustic Music Tuesdays.

7090 MALCO, SOUTHAVEN, MS 662-349-7097

Fox and Hound Sports Tavern

T.J. Mulligan’s

Dan McGuinness

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

Intimate Piano Lounge featuring Charlotte Hurt Mondays-Thursdays, 5-9:30 p.m.; Larry Cunningham Fridays, Saturdays, 6-10 p.m.

Gary Escoe’s Atomic Dance Machine Sunday, March 13, 8:30 p.m.-midnight.

Karaoke with Buddha Tuesdays, Thursdays, 8 p.m.-midnight. 3964 GOODMAN, SOUTHAVEN, MS 662-890-7611

Soul Shockers Sunday, March 13, 8-11:30 p.m.

521 S. HIGHLAND 323-0900

East Memphis

Collierville Huey’s Collierville

6439 SUMMER 356-2324

Ubee’s Karaoke Wednesdays, 9 p.m.-2 a.m.

Tony Butler Fridays, 6-8 p.m.

Huey’s Southwind 7825 WINCHESTER 624-8911

Cordova Bahama Breeze 2830 N. GERMANTOWN PKWY. 385-8744

Karaoke Mondays, 8-11 p.m.

Fox and Hound Sports Tavern

Mesquite Chop House

West Memphis/ Eastern Arkansas

Unwind Wednesdays Wednesdays, 6 p.m.-midnight. 3165 FOREST HILL-IRENE 249-5661

Russo’s New York Pizzeria & Wine Bar

Germantown Germantown Performing Arts Center 1801 EXETER 751-7500

Danú Saturday, March 12, 8-10 p.m.

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

Ice Bar & Grill

Huey’s Cordova The Dantones Sunday, March 13, 8:30 p.m.-midnight.

Raleigh

4202 HACKS CROSS 757-1423

819 EXOCET 624-9060

1771 N. GERMANTOWN PKWY. 754-3885

662DJ, Karaoke/Open Mic Saturdays, 7-11 p.m.

2951 CELA 382-1576

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

Karaoke Tuesdays, 9 p.m.

474 CHURCH, SOUTHAVEN, MS 662-510-5861

9087 POPLAR 755-0092

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

North Mississippi/ Tunica Bally’s CASINO CENTER DRIVE IN TUNICA, MS 1-800-38-BALLY

1-900 Band Friday, March 11, 9 p.m.-1 a.m., and Saturday, March 12, 9 p.m.-1 a.m.

Southland Park Gaming & Racing 1550 N. INGRAM, WEST MEMPHIS, AR 800-467-6182

Live Band Karaoke Sundays, 7:30 p.m.; Karaoke Tuesdays, 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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CALENDAR of EVENTS:

March 10 - 16

T H EAT E R

Circuit Playhouse

Pageant, musical comedy about a beauty pageant unlike any other as six beautiful woMEN vie for the title of Miss Glamouresse. Judges are selected from the audience. No two performances are the same. www.playhouseonthesquare.org. $22-$40. Thurs., March 10, 7 p.m., and Thursdays-Saturdays, 8 p.m. Through April 9. 51 S. COOPER (725-0776).

The Evergreen Theatre

Friends of George’s presents The DragNificent Variety Show 2016, outrageous, fun sketch comedy, talk shows, parody news, divorce court, a presidential hopeful, musical productions, and campy performances. Proceeds benefit the Metamorphosis Project. www.friendsofgeorges.org. $25. Fridays, Saturdays, 7 p.m. Through March 19. 1705 POPLAR (274-7139).

Germantown Community Theatre Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, musical comedy based on the 1988 film of the same name. Set in the French Riviera. Con artists challenge each other to swindle money out of an unsuspecting woman. She’s not your average mark. www.gctcomeplay. org. $26. Sundays, 2:30 p.m., and Fridays, Saturdays, 8 p.m. Through March 26. 3037 FOREST HILL-IRENE (754-2680).

Hattiloo Theatre

Free Man of Color, a freed slave is taken under the wing of a college president, and expectations on both sides are challenged. Thursdays-Sundays, 7:30 p.m. Through April 3. 37 S. COOPER (502-3486).

The Orpheum

The Book of Morman, outrageous musical comedy follows the misadventures of a mismatched pair of missionaries, sent halfway across the world to spread the Good Word. www.orpheummemphis.com. $44. March 15-20.

March 10-16, 2016

203 S. MAIN (525-3000).

Playhouse 51

Catch Me If You Can, mystery comedy full of murder and whodunit. www.playhouse51. com. $12. Fri., Sat., 7:30 p.m. Through March 13. 8077 WILKINSVILLE (872-7170).

Playhouse on the Square

All the Way, political drama set in November 1963. An assassin’s bullet has just catapulted Lyndon Baines Johnson into the presidency, a man with a towering ambition and appetite, embroiled in the Civil Rights Act. www. playhouseonthesquare.org. $22-$30. Thursdays-Saturdays, 8 p.m., and Sundays, 2 p.m. Through March 26. 66 S. COOPER (726-4656).

Poplar Pike Playhouse

The Little Mermaid, www.ppp. org. $15. Thurs.-Sat. Through March 12. GERMANTOWN HIGH SCHOOL, 7653 POPLAR PIKE (755-7775).

Theatre Memphis

Into the Woods, storybook fantasy and musical journey with an original story based on several Brothers Grimm fairy tales. www.theatrememphis. org. $30. Sundays, 2 p.m., and Fridays, Saturdays, 8 p.m. Through April 3. 630 PERKINS EXT. (682-8323).

TheatreSouth

Transcend, staged stories as told to Elaine Blanchard by 13 transgender and gender-fluid Memphians. The stories will be staged by a cast of Memphis actors. (604-2149), www. elaineblanchard.com. $10. Sat., March 12, 8-10 p.m., and Sun., March 13, 2-4 p.m. INSIDE FIRST CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH, 1000 S. COOPER (726-0800).

TheatreWorks

Lettice and Lovage, expert on Elizabethan cuisine and medieval weaponry, 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.

Reception for Emily Moll Wood’s “Someone Could Be Anyone” at Annesdale Park Gallery Friday $15-$20. Fri., Sat., 8-10 p.m., and Sun., 2-4 p.m. Through March 13.

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

The Annesdale Park Gallery

Jay Etkin Gallery

2085 MONROE (274-7139).

Artist reception for “Someone Could Be Anyone,” exhibition of images by Emily Moll Wood. (208-6451), www. theannesdaleparkgallery.com. Fri., March 11, 6-8 p.m. 1290 PEABODY (208-6451).

SEE IT AT THE P!NK PALACE!

Now through May 1, 2016 Locally Sponsored by:

P!NK PALACE MUSEUM

David Lusk Gallery

Reception for “Trending Geometric” and “Now Here Then,” by Kit Reuther and Huger Foote. www.davidluskgallery. com. Fri., March 11, 6-8 p.m.

This exhibition and its national tour were developed by The Field Museum, Chicago.Photo credits: NOAA Photo Library

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.

97 TILLMAN (767-3800).

Opening reception for “Spring,” recent works by Stephanie Brody-Lederman, Sammy Peters, Bill Gingles, Scott Bergey, Johnny Taylor, and others. www.jayetkingallery. com. Fri., March 11, 6-9 p.m. 942 COOPER (550-0064).

Stax Museum of American Soul Music

Opening reception for “Scientific Evidence of Life on Earth During Two Millennia,” exhibition of photography by Terry Manning. www. soulsvillefoundation.org. Sat., March 12, 6-8 p.m. 926 E. MCLEMORE (946-2535).

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

Applications Accepted for 2016 Scholarships

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. VARIOUS LOCATIONS, SEE WEBSITE FOR MORE INFORMATION, WWW.KUDZUPLAYERS.COM.

CALENDAR: MARCH 10 - 16

THE DIXON GALLERY & GARDENS, 4339 PARK (761-5250), WWW.DIXON.ORG.

“Build, Grow, Expand” Groundbreaking Ceremony

Special attendees will include Mayor Mike Palazzolo and the theatre’s board of directors. All GCT friends and supporters are encouraged to attend. Tues., March 15, 9 a.m. GERMANTOWN COMMUNITY THEATRE, 3037 FOREST HILL-IRENE (754-2680), WWW.GCTCOMEPLAY.ORG.

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.

”Kin Killin’ Kin”

Exhibition on youth and gun violence in our communities. Through April 29. NATIONAL CIVIL RIGHTS MUSEUM, 450 MULBERRY (521-9699), WWW.CIVILRIGHTSMUSEUM.ORG.

Open call for Memphis LGBTQ Artists

Looking for artists who explore LGBTQ themes in their work to participate in a project that integrates art and outreach in LGBTQ communities. For more information, call or email rogap16-rhodes.edu. Ongoing.

Young Collectors Memphis

Arts programming for Young Arts Patrons, providing the opportunity for emerging artists to access a diverse audience and allowing young collectors to engage in events and programs. $15. Fri., March 11, 6-10 p.m., and Sat., March 12, 8 a.m.-10 p.m. CROSSTOWN ARTS GALLERY, 422 N. CLEVELAND, WWW.YOUNGARTSPATRONS.ORG.

ONGOI NG ART

The Blues Foundation “Cast of Blues,” exhibition of blues musician life casts by Sharon McConnellDickerson. www.blues.org. Through April 30. 421 S. MAIN.

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).

Cafe Pontotoc

“Exploration in Imagination,” exhibition of mixed-media works by Elayna Scott, inspired by nature and her travels. Ongoing. 314 S. MAIN (249-7955).

Circuit Playhouse

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

Circuitous Succession Gallery

MEMPHIS GAY AND LESBIAN COMMUNITY CENTER, 892 S. COOPER

Lawrence Jasud. www. circuitoussuccession.com. Through March 14.

(860-304-4773), WWW.MGLCC.ORG.

500 S. SECOND.

Open call for “Queer On!” Scripts

New Works Competition focusing on Queer Youth Theatre will accept 10-minute plays/pieces for review. For more information and submission guidelines, visit website or email carly@ playhouseonthesquare.org. $5 entry fee per submission. Through April 30. PLAYHOUSE ON THE SQUARE, 66 S. COOPER (726-4656), WWW. PLAYHOUSEONTHESQUARE.ORG.

Residency Open Studio: Corkey Sinks Meet current studio resident Corkey Sinks and see her works in progress. Sat., March 12, 1-4 p.m. CROSSTOWN ARTS GALLERY, 422 N. CLEVELAND (347-4171976), CROSSTOWNARTS.ORG.

Tolerance

Includes original spoken word and musical selections from Emily Thomas and Wendi C. Thomas, Kerry Hayes, Eric Gottlieb, Victor Sawyer, Bellevue Middle School majorettes, and more. Free. Mon., March 14, 6 p.m. BELLEVUE MIDDLE SCHOOL, 575 BELLEVUE (416-4488).

Crosstown Arts

“do it,” exhibition of instructions by nearly 300 artists, choreographers, writers, and poets featured in more than 50 exhibitions worldwide. www.crosstownarts.org. Through April 2. 430 N. CLEVELAND (507-8030).

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,” exhibition of the Nina and Keith Kattner Collection of American paintings, on long-term loan to the Dixon, offering 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).

Eclectic Eye

“Shaken, Not Stirred,” mixedmedia works by Mary-Ellen Kelly. Through April 18. 242 S. COOPER (276-3937).

Java Cabana

“Unfolding Stories,” new works by Erica McCarrens. Through May 5. 2170 YOUNG (272-7210).

Jay Etkin Gallery

David Hall, www. jayetkingallery.com. Through March 10. 942 COOPER (550-0064).

L Ross Gallery

“A Creative Life: 1934-2010,” exhibition honoring the late Richard Knowles. www. lrossgallery.com. Through March 26. 5040 SANDERLIN (767-2200).

Memphis Botanic Garden

“The Memphis 10,” exhibition of paintings by a group of artists. www. memphisbotanicgarden.com. Through March 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. www.brooksmuseum. org. Through March 13. 1934 POPLAR (544-6209).

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

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1930 POPLAR (272-5100).

Memphis Jewish Community Center’s Shainberg Gallery

Memphis/Germantown Art League Star Artist Gallery Show, (761-0810), jccmemphis. org. Through March 31, 9 a.m.-9 p.m. MGAL Star Artist Exhibition, www.mgal.org. Through March 30. 6560 POPLAR (761-0810).

Metal Museum

“Taiwan International Metal Crafts Competition,” exhibition of objects and jewelry promoting the metal crafts of Taiwan. www.metalmuseum. org. Through March 13.

m e m p h i s f l y e r. c o m

Galleries and gardens will be open late. Featuring light refreshments, entertainment, and a cash bar. Free with admission. Every third Thursday, 6-8 p.m.

374 METAL MUSEUM DR. (774-6380).

NJ Woods Gallery and Design

“Dog Gone It,” exhibition of work by Debra Edge. Ongoing. 2563 BROAD.

Ross Gallery

“James Crews: A Retrospective,” exhibition of paintings, prints, and works on paper. (321-3243), www.cbu. edu/gallery. Through April 14. CHRISTIAN BROTHERS UNIVERSITY, PLOUGH LIBRARY, 650 E. PARKWAY S. (321-3000).

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Flirt Nightclub

Java Cabana

Soulsville, USA Towne Center Building

3659 S. MENDENHALL (485-1119).

2170 YOUNG (272-7210).

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

TOPS Gallery

“A Piece Is Loose,” exhibition of paintings by Kevin Ford. www.topsgallery.com. Through April 4. 400 S. FRONT.

WKNO Studio

New works by Tim Andrews and Joel Hilgenberg, www. wkno.org. Through March 31.

Trippin on Thursday, hosted by K-97 Funnyman Prescott. Thursdays, 6 p.m.

Midtown Crossing Grill

Comedy! Comedy! Comedy! Comedy Tour, nationally touring stand-up featuring Dylan Scott, Tyler Ross, and Aaron McDavis from Chicago. Food and drink specials available. $5. Fri., March 11, 7:30 p.m. 394 N. WATKINS (443-0502).

Open mic nite, www. javacabanacoffeehouse.com. Thursdays, 8-10 p.m.

B O O KS I G N I N G S

Booksigning by Bunny Hofer

Author discusses and signs The Disappearance of Hannah. Sat., March 12, 2-4 p.m. COLETTA’S, 2850 APPLING (3831122).

P&H Cafe

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

7151 CHERRY FARMS (458-2521).

DA N C E

Brooks Milongas

Members of the Argentine Tango Society give lessons and tango demonstrations in the rotunda. Included with museum admission. Third Wednesday, Thursday of every month, 6:30 p.m. MEMPHIS BROOKS MUSEUM OF ART, 1934 POPLAR (544-6209).

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A liturgical dance competition that features classical dance, lyrical dance, mime dancing, contemporary, and Christian steppers. Sat., March 12, 4 p.m. BALLET ON WHEELS DANCE SCHOOL & COMPANY, 2085 MONROE, WWW.DANCEINHISNAME.ORG.

“Dance in His Name” Showcase and Competition Sat., March 12, 4 p.m.

SOUTHWIND HIGH SCHOOL, 7900 E. SHELBY (513-793-2267), WWW.DANCEINHISNAME.ORG.

Dance Night

HIV Care HotlIne

Evening of dancing with music provided by the Jim Mahannah Band or Wally and Friends. $5. Third Tuesday of every month, 7-10 p.m.

www.hivmemphis.org

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Cafe Eclectic

Brinson’s

1-877-HIV-KNOW

BAKER COMMUNITY CENTER, 7942 CHURCH, MILLINGTON, WWW. MILLINGTONTN.GOV.

Improv Comedy Show, www. wiseguysimprov.com. Second Saturday of every month, 8 p.m. 603 N. MCLEAN (725-1718).

Chuckles Comedy Club

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March 18 | 6 p.m. – 8 p.m. Joseph’s – Laurelwood Shopping Center 417 S. Grove Park Road

March 19 | 9 a.m. – 2 p.m.

Dance in His Name Liturgical Competition

Baptist Memphis Education Center 6027 Walnut Grove Road

The Road to 2020

For more information, e-mail moderndaywomansconference@gmail.com or call 901.969.2417

LOL Memphis Sketch & Improv Comedy Show, featuring improv games and sketch parodies. Cast members perform small sets throughout the show to introduce what’s coming next. (654-8594), $10. Second Monday of every month, 7-9 p.m. 1700 DEXTER.

The Cove

Comedy with Dagmar, open mic comedy. www. thecovememphis.com. Sundays, 7-9 p.m. 2559 BROAD (730-0719).

Musical comedy at the Circuit Playhouse through April 9.

Strictly Hip-Hop Sunday, featuring open mic, live band, and DJ. $5, ladies free. Sundays, 5 p.m. 341 MADISON (524-0104).

Cordova Branch Library

The Portrait of a Woman Open Mic, honoring Women’s Herstory Month. Open to poets, musicians, singers, and singer/songwriters to present clean and creative performances. Adult souls only. (415-2764), www. livingbreathingpoetry.com/ spartan-city-poetry-club. Sat., March 12, 3-5 p.m. 8457 TRINITY (REGISTRATION, 754-8443).

The HUB

LoveSpeaks, Fridays, 11 p.m.-2 a.m. 515 E.H. CRUMP.

LECT U R E /S P EA K E R

2016 Memphis Heritage Preservation Series

Themed “Everything You Need to Know About Your Old House.” Panel presentations will include modernizing kitchen and bath, opening space while respecting integrity, windows, and more. $50 members, $65 nonmembers. Mondays, 7-8:30 p.m. Through March 31. MEMPHIS HERITAGE, 2282 MADISON (272-2727), WWW.MEMPHISHERITAGE.ORG.

Developing Healthy Communities: A Panel of Memphis Leaders Seeking a Healthy and Whole City

Featuring panelists Todd Richardson, Marlon Foster, and Larry Lloyd. $8-$15. Tues., March 15, 6:30-9 p.m. MCLEAN BAPTIST CHURCH, 815 N. MCLEAN (274-3766).

CALENDAR: MARCH 10 - 16

THE DIXON GALLERY & GARDENS, 4339 PARK (761-5250), WWW.DIXON.ORG.

Native Americans & Local Prehistory with Ron Brister

Lecture and show-and-tell on local Native American prehistory. Free. Thurs., March 10, 11 a.m.-noon. MORTON MUSEUM OF COLLIERVILLE HISTORY, 196 MAIN, COLLIERVILLE (457-2650), WWW. COLLIERVILLEMUSEUM.ORG.

“What Smart Neighborhoods Can Learn From Soulsville USA”

Stories of this proud neighborhood and examination of the neighborhood’s future. Refreshments will be provided. Mon., March 14, 5:30 p.m. METROPOLITAN BAPTIST CHURCH, 767 WALKER (946-4095).

TO U R S

Bridge Walk with Jimmy Ogle

Tour of the Memphis and Arkansas Bridge. Free. Sun., March 13, 2 p.m. CRUMP PARK, DELAWARE AT CRUMP (604-5002), WWW.JIMMYOGLE.COM.

Ghost Hunter Class and Investigation

Unique two-hour class and investigation hosted by a real paranormal investigator and TAPS family member. Meet and investigate a site which was the scene of a brutal murder in 1918. $20. Sat., March 12, 7:309:30 p.m. THE BROOM CLOSET, 546 S. MAIN (497-9486), WWW. HISTORICALHAUNTSMEMPHIS.COM.

Old Forest Hike

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

Signs of Spring Walk

Participants will meet in the visitor’s center and then walk the garden with Master Gardener, Judith Hammond. Free with garden admission. Sun., March 13, 1:30 p.m. MEMPHIS BOTANIC GARDEN, 750 CHERRY (636-4100), WWW. MEMPHISBOTANICGARDEN.COM.

Woodruff-Fontaine House Ghost Tour

Enjoy a unique, dimly lit tour of the landmark Victorian Village mansion completed in 1871 with special emphasis on the family members who lived and died in the mansion. $25. Sat., March 12, 7:30-9:30 p.m. WOODRUFF-FONTAINE HOUSE, 680 ADAMS (526-1469), WWW. HISTORICALHAUNTSMEMPHIS.COM.

E X P OS / S A LES

Health Fair and Food Bank Distribution

Featuring free health screenings, educational conversations with doctors, free health-related products, and encouragement to residents of Memphis. Sat., March 12, 11 a.m.-2 p.m. RALEIGH ASSEMBLY OF GOD, 3683 AUSTIN PEAY (386-5055), WWW.MYHEALTHYTENNESSEE.COM.

Southern Women’s Show Featuring celebrity guests, shopping, food, and more. Doors open at 11 a.m. on Sunday. $10. Fri.-Sun., Mar. 11-13, 10 a.m.

AGRICENTER INTERNATIONAL, 7777 WALNUT GROVE (452-2151), SOUTHERNSHOWS.COM/WME.

F ES TI VA LS

94.1 The Wolf Songwriter Fest

Hear the stories behind the music from the songwriters themselves in an intimate acoustic performance as country music’s hit song writers take the stage to talk about and perform their hit singles. $20 VIP. Sat., March 12, 7 p.m. THE HALLORAN CENTRE, 225 S. MAIN (529-4299), WWW.ENTERCOM.COM.

S P O R TS / F I TN ES S

Go Ape Treetop Adventure

Course in Shelby Farms Park open for its second season. Ongoing.

SHELBY FARMS, 500 N. PINE LAKE (767-PARK), WWW.GOAPE.COM.

Kids Yoga Teacher Training

Blended training combines independent learning with two days of classroom instruction. Create an account with Online Kidding Around Yoga to prepare for live training. March 12-13, 9:30 a.m.-5 p.m. SUMITS YOGA MEMPHIS, 6645 POPLAR, SUITE 208, GERMANTOWN, TN (855-KID-YOGA), WWW.KIDDINGAROUNDYOGA.COM.

St. Patricks Four-Mile Run/Walk

Fun, family-oriented chance for runners and walkers from all over the area to get acquainted with the campus and know more about the mission of Memphis Theological Seminary. $25. Sat., March 12, 6-10 a.m.

Walk in the Park

Meet at the temporary Visitor Center near the Woodland Discovery Playground. Sundays, 2:30 p.m. SHELBY FARMS, 500 N. PINE LAKE (767PARK), WWW.SHELBYFARMSPARK.ORG.

Yoga at the Garden

For all ages and levels with instructor Melissa Wiggins. $5 members, $8 nonmembers. Thursdays, 4:30-5:30 p.m. Through April 28. MEMPHIS BOTANIC GARDEN, 750 CHERRY (636-4100), WWW. MEMPHISBOTANICGARDEN.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.

Yoga with Deborah Elam Learn how to eliminate stress, increase strength and flexibility, and improve mind-body connection. Meet in the Story Telling Room. Bring your own mat. No registration. Walkins to room capacity. Free. Wednesdays, 6 p.m. Through March 30. LUCIUS E. & ELSIE C. BURCH JR. LIBRARY, 501 POPLAR VIEW, COLLIERVILLE (457-2600), WWW.COLLIERVILLELIBRARY.ORG.

M E ETI NGS

Community Concerns Meeting

Representatives from the city and county law enforcement, code enforcement, and mayor’s offices come to Uptown to address community concerns. Third Tuesday of every month, 1 p.m. BRIDGES, 477 N. FIFTH, WWW.UPTOWNMEMPHIS.ORG.

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), WWW.MGLCC.ORG.

Free Tax Services for Working Families

Available to qualifying families at Binghampton Development Corporation, Streets Ministries, Ed Rice Community Center, and Church Health Wellness Center. Through April 15.

MEMPHIS THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY, 168 E. PARKWAY S. (334-5805), WWW.MEMPHISSEMINARY.EDU.

VARIOUS LOCATIONS, CALL FOR INFORMATION (844-829-3786), WWW.IMPACTAMERICA.COM/FREETAX-SERVICES/.

Tai Chi

FUBU Meeting

SHELBY FARMS, 500 N. PINE LAKE (767-PARK), WWW.SHELBYFARMSPARK.ORG.

MEMPHIS GAY AND LESBIAN COMMUNITY CENTER, 892 S. COOPER (278-6422), WWW.MGLCC.ORG.

Classes held near Woodland Discovery Playground. $8. Wednesdays, 3 p.m.

Featuring food, fun, music, and fellowship for SGL and MOC. Sun., March 13, 4 p.m.

V3Fights

Mixed martial arts experience. $25-$45. Sat., March 12, 6 p.m. MINGLEWOOD HALL, 1555 MADISON (866-609-1744), WWW.MINGLEWOODHALL.COM.

m e m p h i s f l y e r. c o m

Bring your own lunch; sodas and water will be supplied. Guest speakers talk about various subjects in the Hughes Pavilion. Free with gallery admission. Wednesdays, 12-1 p.m.

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Care for women with cancer and other catastrophic illnesses featuring dinner, massage, facials, nails, hair/wigs, and footbaths. Free. Second Monday of every month, 6:30-9:30 p.m.

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.

COOPER WALKER PLACE, 1015 S. COOPER (338-5223).

MEMPHIS BOTANIC GARDEN, 750 CHERRY (636-4100), WWW. MEMPHISBOTANICGARDEN.COM.

Hope House Support Group

KIDS

For transgender individuals affected by HIV/AIDS. Tuesdays, 1 p.m. HOPE HOUSE, 15 S. IDLEWILD (INFO, 272-2702, EXT 216), WWW.HOPEHOUSEMEMPHIS.ORG.

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.

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.

Cookies with Cookie Monster

Kids and kids-at-heart will enjoy cookies, free ice cream with three-bag purchase, and pictures with Cookie Monster. Saturdays, noon-4 p.m. MAKEDA’S COOKIES DOWNTOWN, 488 S. SECOND (644-4511), WWW.MAKEDASCOOKEIS.COM.

PB&J presents: “Dream Big” with Roger Day

Encouraging kids to sing loud, jump high, and dream big, Roger Day entertains children and adults incorporating wit, whimsy, and wordplay. $8. Sat., March 12, 9:30-10:15 and 10:3011:15 a.m. GERMANTOWN PERFORMING ARTS CENTER, 1801 EXETER (751-7500), WWW.GPACWEB.COM.

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.

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It’s not easy being a superhero. After all, many heroic deeds go unappreciated. Luckily, nothing stops Super Jumbo from saving the day when he finds a friend to join his cause. Activity to follow. Tues., March 15, 1111:30 a.m. BARNES & NOBLE, 2774 N. GERMANTOWN (386-2468), STORES.BARNESANDNOBLE.COM.

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When Rabbit collects too many carrots, which leave him unable to sleep in his cozy burrow, other animals offer to share their homes. Activities and coloring to follow. Sat., March 12, 11-11:30 a.m. BARNES & NOBLE, 2774 N. GERMANTOWN (386-2468), STORES.BARNESANDNOBLE.COM.

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Enjoy the colorful blooms of spring with mixed bulb display throughout the gardens. Along with the usual masses of tulips and daffodils, other bulbs of interest will celebrate spring. Through April 17.

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Collecting the Missing Pieces

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.

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.

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.

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One World, One Sky: Big Bird’s Adventure

Wolf River Conservancy’s 11th Annual Tree Planting

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.

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

Spring Cleaning Donations Drive

World Relief Memphis seeks donations of furniture and household items to furnish the first homes of refugee clients. Donations can be dropped off or purchased from World Relief ’s Amazon Wish List. Tues., March 15, 4-6 p.m., and Wed., March 16, 11 a.m.-2 p.m. DEERFIELD BUILDING, 3340 POPLAR, SUITE 330 TO 333 (341-0220), WWW. WORLDRELIEFMEMPHIS.ORG/ SPRINGCLEANING.

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Nature Unleashed: Inside Natural Disasters

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.

Volunteers create butterfly garden, planting native Eastern redbud trees and clusters of various butterflyattracting plants. For all ages. Free. Sat., March 12, 9 a.m.-noon. SHELBY FARMS, 500 N. PINE LAKE (452-6500 EXT. 101), WOLFRIVER. ORG/ANNUAL-TREE-PLANTING.

“Women of Courage in Memphis”

Exhibit includes courageous women who made an indelible impact on our history such as Ida B. Wells, Mary Church Terrell, Julia B. Hooks, Lucie E. Campbell, and others. March 14-31. SLAVEHAVEN UNDERGROUND RAILROAD MUSEUM, 826 N. SECOND (527-3427).

Women’s History Month Celebration

Exhibit and history about Harriet Tubman, a conductor on the Underground Railroad, from students at Humes Prepatory Academy. March 10th is nationally recognized as Harriet Tubman Day. Through March 12. SLAVEHAVEN UNDERGROUND RAILROAD MUSEUM, 826 N. SECOND (527-3427).

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Celebrate St. Patrick’s Day with a visit to the Scots-Irish who rest at Elmwood. Meet a former mayor, a founder of the city of Memphis, and a scalawag or two. $15. Sat., March 12, 10:30 a.m. ELMWOOD CEMETERY, 824 S. DUDLEY (774-3212), WWW.ELMWOODCEMETERY.ORG.

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.

St. Paddy Party

Featuring Memphis Ukulele Band and Gus’s Fried Chicken. Sat., March 12, 6-8 p.m. GERMANTOWN PERFORMING ARTS CENTER, 1801 EXETER (751-7500), WWW.GPACWEB.COM.

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Ballroom recorded DJ music and dance mixers. Please bring a snack to share $10 members, $13 nonmembers. Sat., March 12, 7-10 p.m.

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Yoga and beer pairing. No experience necessary. No watchasana. $15. Thursdays, 6-8 p.m. HIGH COTTON BREWING CO., 598 MONROE (896-9977).

Memphis Black Restaurant Week

Allows Memphians to support minority-owned eateries. Enjoy $15 two-course lunches and $25 three-course dinners. Through March 13. VARIOUS LOCATIONS, SEE WEBSITE FOR MORE INFORMATION, WWW. BLACKRESTAURANTWEEK.COM.

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See website for more information and guidelines. $10. Through July 15. MEMPHIS GAY AND LESBIAN COMMUNITY CENTER, 892 S. COOPER (278-6422), OUTFLIXFESTIVAL.ORG.

Kevin Ford’s “A Piece is Loose” exhibit at TOPS Gallery downtown National Parks Adventure

Ultimate off-trail adventure into the nation’s awe-inspiring great outdoors and untamed wilderness. Through June 24. CTI 3D GIANT THEATER, IN THE MEMPHIS PINK PALACE MUSEUM, 3050 CENTRAL (636-2362), WWW.MEMPHISMUSEUMS.ORG.

Outflix Film: Boulevard

Starring Robin Williams in his final dramatic performance as a married but closeted 60-year-old bank officer, whose turn down an unknown street upends his monotonous life and marriage. $9. Wed., March 16, 7-8:30 p.m. MEMPHIS BROOKS MUSEUM OF ART, 1934 POPLAR (544-6200), BROOKSMUSEUM.ORG.

Rocky Horror Picture Show

Absent Friends present the cult classic with a live shadowcast and costume contest. $10. Second Friday of every month, 11:30 p.m. THE EVERGREEN THEATRE, 1705 POPLAR (274-7139).

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eff Johnson has a hard time sitting still. In 2010, he opened Local Gastropub in the old Sauces restaurant space downtown. Two years later, he expanded the concept to Overton Square. In 2014, he introduced a burger bar with an Asian twist in the form of Oshi Burger Bar on Main, and last year, Agave Maria opened its doors, offering Mexican-style dishes in an enchanting setting downtown. Also in there are his recent event and pop-up restaurant space the Green Room on Overton Park, the Lousiana-style food truck Parish Grocery, forming the consulting group RFJ Concepts, assisting other restaurateurs with menu designs, traveling, and other stuff. Recently Johnson sunk his teeth back into Agave Maria, and this week the industrious restaurateur launched a new menu at the establishment on Union. “It’s exciting the direction we’re going

back to,” Johnson said at the Brown Burch-prepared fund-raiser for Best Buddies hosted at Agave March 1st. The direction is east, as in Vietnamese and Thai, while maintaining the Latin American base. “We’re getting away from heavy Mexican and going for more of a fusion idea while still pulling from Latin American influences,” Johnson says. He plans on keeping the crowdpleasers, including his tacos, tortas, and the very popular build-your-own burritos, but patrons can plan on dining on Pork Belly Confit in soy barbecue broth with black bean puree, radish salad, and chili oil ($9) or Seared Tuna Tataki with chili lime salt, crisp garlic, radish jalapeño, ponzu, and cilantro oil ($12). He’s most excited about offering small plates for sharing. “When I go out to eat, the best part is being able to share things. With three people, rather than having three entrees,

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He’s launching an online store to purchase said merch, along with several other items from his various projects. “My intent is to be an awesome restaurant first with amazing dishes made with fantastic ingredients that you don’t see that often,” he says. “I travel quite a bit. I have a thirst for knowledge, and I want to offer something fun and exciting.” Agave Maria, 83 Union, 341-2096 agavemariacantina.com

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Kelly English spins a lot of plates. Has his fingers in a lot of pies. Wears a lot of toques. You get the idea. There’s his repeat award-winning Restaurant Iris, its more casual counterpart the Second Line next door, Magnolia House on the Gulf Coast, and, most recently, a second Second Line in the town of his alma mater, Oxford, Miss. This Friday, English will fulfill a long-time dream of his — to offer casual New Orleans dining for lunch at the Memphis Second Line location. “When I opened the Second Line, one of the things I really wanted to do was to present outside of New Orleans what you can get every day at your average casual restaurant in New Orleans,” English says. “I’ve been thinking about that for years.” The O.G. devotees of this world can now have a roast beef gravy and French fries po’boy before 5 p.m. In fact, they can have one between 11 a.m. and 11 p.m. on the weekends, and 11 a.m. and 10 p.m. on school nights. English will first offer his menu for lunch Friday, March 11th and Friday, March 18th, then officially open for lunch every day on Friday, March 25th. “I think the Second Line screams lunch,” English says.

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The Better Bunnies Zootopia presents Disney’s vision of a multicultural America.

March 10-16, 2016

hen Zootopia Disneyland opened in 1955, the first thing throngs of visitors encountered was Main Street, U.S.A., Walt Disney’s sanitized, safe, and, ultimately, utopian vision of America as a small, Midwestern town where everyone was happy — everyone who mattered, anyway. Disney’s fortunes have waxed and waned over the years, and its vaunted animation division that produced timeless masterpieces such as Fantasia, Pinocchio, and The Jungle Book fell into disrepair. In the early 1990s, a young animator named John Lasseter championed computer animation as perfect — and all the stronger for it. the House of Mouse’s way back to the forefront and We get the backstory for the human-free world of was canned for his troubles. Fortunately for everyone, Zootopia from its hero, a rabbit named Judy Hopps he attracted the attention of Pixar, the animation (Ginnifer Goodwin), one of 275 brothers and sisters production house Steve Jobs cobbled together from the growing up on a carrot farm in the Bunny Borough. remnants of George Lucas’ computer graphics division, The animals abandoned nature red in tooth and claw and went on to define the zeitgeist, starting with Toy and built a multispecies civilization based on mutual Story, until Disney finally threw in the towel and respect and not eating each other. The sprawling bought its rival outright 10 years ago. capitol is Zootopia, a city with excellent public Lasseter is now the head of the animation division transportation where “anyone can be anything.” But, he was once run out of, and so, with Star Wars and like America, Zootopia doesn’t always live up to its Marvel properties defining the pop-culture landscape highest ideals, and Judy’s ambition to be a police and acting as an ATM for the company, it’s his job to officer is unlikely, since the force is dominated by articulate Walt’s utopian message for the uncertain African megafauna. But Judy perseveres and makes 21st century. Disney did not release budget numbers history with the help of Mayor Leodore Lionheart’s for Zootopia, but Variety estimates there’s upwards of (J.K. Simmons) diversity program. But, as with 3/3 PAUL THORN 8PM | 3/4 JOHNNY MAC & THE $100 million invested in this ambitious spectacle. The many ambitious trailblazers, she runs up against HEART AT TACK 10PM | 3/5 WILLIAM CL ARK GREEN talent in the director’s chair(s) is about as impressive institutional roadblocks, here with the face of a water 10PM | 3/6 BRIAN JOHNSON BAND 8PM | 3/7 THE as it RUST gets inY the animation world. Byron Howard’s buffalo named Bogo (Idris Elba), who assigns her PIECES 6PM | 3/8 MASON JAR FIREFLIES been8PM with |the studio since Mulan, more recently to meter-maid duty. But when she’s confronted by 3/9 DEERING & DOWN 8PM helming Tangled. Rich Moore was the director for the frantic wife of a missing otter (Octavia Spencer), some of The Simpsons’ greatest episodes, including she gets 48 hours to solve the mystery, which may “Lisa’s Substitute,” “Marge vs. the Monorail,” and be related to a wave of AWOL animals across the “Cape Feare.” The vision of ideal America they city. Along the way, Judy must confront not only conjure in Zootopia is tolerant, kind, rational, but not prejudice against her as a she tries to break into the

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Four years after the fall of Saigon, Francis Ford Coppola’s Apocalypse Now attempted to come to terms with the Vietnam War. Notice I did not say “make sense of,” because Coppola’s goal was to show that very little about Vietnam “made sense.” As the era of post-9/11 war (hopefully) winds down, we find ourselves again needing to come to terms with insanity. There have been some excellent documentaries about the Bush wars, such as 2007’s No End in Sight, but the treatment of the Iraq war is limited to Clint Eastwood’s militaristic hagiography American Sniper. Afghanistan was the forgotten war, as far as Hollywood is concerned. Tina Fey is the first to tackle the absurdity of yet another empire trying and failing to impose its will on Afghanistan. In Whiskey Tango Foxtrot, she portrays Kim Baker, a war correspondent based on the real-life Kim Barker, whose book The Taliban Shuffle: Strange Days in Afghanistan and Pakistan served as the jumpingoff point for the script, penned by 30 Rock showrunner Robert Carlock. Fey’s Baker is chosen to cover the Afghanistan war, and she leaves her cushy desk job in New York for Kabul. It’s undeniably fun to ride along with Fey as she dives into what the international press and military types call “The Kabubble.” Whiskey Tango

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Foxtrot taught me that the Afghanistan war was covered primarily by people with constant, grinding hangovers. The capital is a whirlwind of Champagnesipping consulate parties, internet porn, and hookahs full of hashish in the media room. The Westerner’s desperate decadence is in sharp contrast to the lives of the locals. Kim’s confidence is constantly being tested as she gets a ground-level tour of different international flavors of sexism: military, from the Westerners’ military bravado, to the lecherous Afghan government official played by Alfred Molina, to the conservative Muslim women who are the most fierce defenders of the religious patriarchy. Fey’s assured strength at the center of

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TH E LAST WO R D by Tim Sampson

A Tangled Web Does anyone else feel like he or she is living in some kind of a weird dream that you just can’t shake, no matter how many times you wake up, go back to sleep, and wake up again? There are two words that seem to be the only words in the dream: Donald Trump. Donald Trump. Donald Trump. I feel like some kind of demon has taken hold of me and is casting the Donald Trump spell on me. When it comes to the others in the primary, I kind of almost find myself taking up for him. Someone SHOOT ME NOW, because I think Donald Trump might be the best thing that ever happened to the United States. Of course, I don’t like him and would have to move to Canada along with millions of other Americans if he were to, for some reason known only to the demons, become president, but as a backseat political junkie who’s mostly just entertained by it all, I’m getting to the point that I like it when he lashes out at his Republican rivals. That insipid speech that Mitt Romney gave accusing him of being a fraud and trying to play voters for suckers? First of all: Wow, how original, Mitt. How earth-shattering. I’ve never heard someone give such a potentially important speech that was nothing but rote regurgitation of what’s already been said over and over and over. And when interviewed later, he had that Mitt grin that suggests he was really proud of himself. Secondly, what does he think he’s done every time he’s run for office. He’s just as bad as Trump. And Ted Cruz? He is one of the smarmiest people ever to run for office in the United States. I can’t even fathom the thought of how anyone could stand at a voting machine and press a button beside his name. It’s fun to watch the “establishment” Republicans rushing around like the Keystone Cops trying to stop Trump because they don’t see him as a conservative Tea Party candidate. I think that because of Trump, the Republican party could be on its way out. It really couldn’t be more out of touch, and now that they are in such raucous frenzy, it’s like watching a sitcom. The implosion of the “establishment” Republican party over the real estate developer and reality show host is, in my humble opinion — or IMHO, as you kids say today — making it so that we may never have a Republican president again. We might actually progress as a country instead of going back in time, especially if President Obama pulls off adding a new justice to the Supreme Court. It occurs to me that the new phenomenon that has been gripping the Mid-South for the past few weeks — and has made for some strange headlines — may also be why Trump acts the way he does. In case you’ve missed it, there’s been a string of crimes involving thefts of human hair extensions. There have even been killings of owners of human hair extension stores. It’s become so bad that many women are now convinced the human hair extensions are demonically possessed. Yes, we are talking about wicked weaves and wigs. Evil extensions. Lurid locks. Hate-filled hair. One of the more chilling soundbites came from a woman who posted this message on YouTube: “Whose-ever hair I was wearing on my head, that heifer had a bad omen and that bad omen followed her from India and came on top of my head, and I took on her spirit.” Another woman, whom we’ll refer to here as Rachel, blogged, “I have done Brazilian and Peruvian [hair extensions], so I thought to try something different and more natural … Indian. Last weekend, I ordered for it and made it. I prayed on it and believed it was fine. Yesterday night, I had the strangest of dreams. I saw that I made a hair that allowed me to pack it, thus project my face and make it look slimmer. All of a sudden, I got into a scam with 3 people who began to chase me all over the place to kill me. I got off from them narrowly then got into a market. There, a madman began to chase me.” A madman, no less. To cut the long story short, Rachel said she narrated the dream to her husband, who asked her to remove her weave. Even though she was reluctant, because it cost so much, she cut it off, anointed her head, and prayed. She then burned it. According to her, “Carrying another’s hair is like carrying the person’s spirit.” Others suggested soaking the hair extension in the “Blood of Jesus” to purify and cleanse it from any attachment to evil powers and forces ... before wearing it out to a club or to church. Basically, because a lot of the human hair comes from India, the women are now saying that Hindus are satanic because they believe in false idols, and that when they get a weave, the devil is taking over their spirits. Even I couldn’t make up this. So the question I pose is this: Is that human hair on Donald Trump’s head from a demonically possessed spirit? Is he being crude, vulgar, and misogynistic because he has a spiritually tainted toupee? I guess we all shall see. Nothing would surprise me now.

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