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Turn and face the change. And change is coming, if our democracy can sustain itself through Donald Trump’s Tilt-a-Whirl presidency, however long it may last. And I believe the country, as it always has, will inevitably begin to reflect the beliefs and mores of the population that is coming of age. Frankly, the country is theirs for the taking, if they will only take it. And by take it, I mean, vote for the change they want to enact. Historically, young people have done a lousy job of that. According to the U.S. Census Bureau, only 46 percent of those aged 18 to 29 voted in the 2016 election. Meanwhile, the aging Boomers — 65 and older — voted at a 71 percent rate. Older voters, for the most part, are more socially conservative, more traditionally religious, and more likely to vote Republican. If more than 70 percent of them vote, it’s little wonder our country’s political institutions reflect their views to an inordinate degree. And that’s been the case for decades: The voting rate for the oldest demographic has skewed higher than the population as a whole. Meanwhile, the pattern for younger voters — who tend to be much more progressive, especially when it comes to gay rights, immigration reform, pot legalization, and gun laws— has been one of persistently low participation for decades. The younger age group just doesn’t vote in the kinds of numbers that can turn an election around. For example, since 1980, according to U.S. Census numbers, the 18-29 age group has only voted at a (barely) 50 percent rate twice — in 1992 and 2008, when Bill Clinton and Barack Obama were first elected. The average turnout for the youngest demographic is around 42 percent. In mid-term elections, when total turnout drops, young voters sit out at even higher rates. Obviously, 2018 is a mid-term election year, which bodes poorly for young-voter turnout, unless they walk the talk — as they did around the country last weekend — and take it into a voting booth. Otherwise, it’s just more reality television, another blip in the chaotic Whack-A-Mole news-cycle we’re stuck in with the current administration. But I give the young folks who’ve been motivated by the Parkland shooting full credit for their perseverance so far — and for their fearlessness in calling out the NRA and its apologists. That’s bold stuff and long overdue. The NRA has been getting away with its bullying tactics for decades. It is currently an organization that its founders wouldn’t recognize: tax-exempt, resistant to any form of firearm regulation, and responsible for pouring $54 million into the 2016 election cycle, $30 million of it going to Donald Trump. It’s even managed to bully Congress into banning research on causes of gun violence. The NRA is out of touch and out of sync with most of the country. As evidence, I offer a Fox News(!) poll conducted last week, in which 91 percent of Americans surveyed favored universal background checks; 72 percent favored mental-health screening for gun buyers; and 60 percent favored banning “assault weapons.” N E WS & O P I N I O N The NRA claims five million memTHE FLY-BY - 4 bers, but most recent estimates put that NY TIMES CROSSWORD - 5 number at around three million. That’s POLITICS - 8 less than one percent of the U.S. populaEDITORIAL - 10 VIEWPOINT - 11 tion. Even if all those NRA members COVER - “A CITY REMEMBERS” opposed common-sense gun regulaBY JACKSON BAKER - 12 tions, which is unlikely, that one percent WE RECOMMEND - 16 of the population should not be setting MUSIC - 18 the nation’s gun policies. If the country’s NCAA BRACKET - 20 youngest citizens can mobilize and turn AFTER DARK - 22 this issue around at the voting booth, CALENDAR - 24 they will have accomplished all we could FOOD - 31 ask of any generation. Their legacy will SPIRITS - 33 be secure. A hopeful nation awaits. FILM - 34 Bruce VanWyngarden C L AS S I F I E D S - 36 brucev@memphisflyer.com LAST WORD - 39
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OUR 1518TH ISSUE 03.29.18 And these children that you spit on, as they try to change their worlds … are immune to your consultations. They’re quite aware of what they’re going through. — “Changes,” David Bowie
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THE THIN MINT “Tagalongs, Samoas, Thin Mints – you name it, and Julie Tolbert is selling it.” With those words, WMC reporter Sasha Jones launched into a hardboiled story about a cold-blooded criminal taking goodies and cash from Memphis Girl Scouts. According to Tolbert, who heads up sales for local troops 10339 and 10007, one of her girls gave cookies and change to an unidentified customer in exchange for a fake $100 bill. While the Fly-team often dings TV news for over-the-top crime reporting, anybody who’d pull that scam deserves a swift kick in the Do-si-dos.
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LISTED! Speaking of scams and swift kicks, Memphis and West Memphis were ranked Nos. 9 and 10, respectively, on a new list of America’s 100 most dangerous cities, according to the website and analytics database Neighborhoodscout.com. Based on data related to violent crime, we beat Baltimore but were behind that infamous hotbed of vice, No.-1-ranked Monroe, Louisiana. D A M M I T, G A N N E T T Hat tip to Twitter user @jmay for offering Fly on the Wall yet another opportunity to use this headline. In the image below Memphis Grizzlies General Manager Chris Wallace is identified as Chris Evans (aka Captain America).
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Protests, Pop-Ups, & OUTMemphis Guns and hate speech protested, pop-ups are popping, and the gay community loses a leader. STU D E NTS P R OTEST N-WO R D About 50 students at the University of Memphis (U of M) protested last week in response to a member of a campus fraternity allegedly using a racial slur at a fund-raiser. At the sorority Pi Beta Phi’s annual karaoke night, a member of Sigma Phi Epsilon was said to have used the n-word during his performance. Protestors gathered at the University Center holding signs that read, “I’m not your nigga” and “you can’t say the n-word.” The performer was immediately suspended from the fraternity. CY D E M O P E R M I T S H A LT E D The Memphis City Council halted demolition permits in Cooper-Young for 45 days last week while the council mulls the creation of a historic overlay district for the Midtown neighborhood. The council delayed a vote this month that would have created the district. Council member Frank Colvett Jr. said he needed more information before voting. Colvett said residents of the neighborhood expressed concerns that developers would take advantage of that window to pull demolition permits. THE POP-UPS ARE COMING Pop-ups will return to empty downtown spaces this spring. The Downtown Memphis Commission (DMC) is bringing back its “Open on Main” program that lets tenants open rent-free pop-up shops for a month or longer. The initiative brought Buff City Soap and Shop Mucho to Main Street last year. A G TA K E S O P I O I D S U I T Tennessee’s Attorney General moved last week to take charge of the state’s legal challenges against opioid manufacturers, preempting a lawsuit from several District Attorneys General. State AG Herbert Slatery filed motions to end lawsuits by 14 DAs that covered 47 Tennessee counties. Slatery said he is in the “best position” for such suits. Also, he said the DAs did not follow the law when they hired outside counsel on their suits and that “proves problematic.” In Memphis, the Shelby County Commission wrangled with Shelby County Mayor Mark Luttrell last year over the control of lawsuits against opioid manufacturers. According to The Memphis Daily News, those suits here are either tentative or pending.
MEMPHIANS MARCHED More than 1,000 marched in downtown Memphis Saturday, demanding reform of the nation’s gun policies. The Memphis March for Our Lives joined some 800 marches like it around the world. The main march in Washington drew thousands to the National Mall. The marches were in response to mass shootings, especially the most recent at a Florida school where a gunman killed 17. Protestors here walked from Clayborn Temple to the National Civil Rights Museum, “demanding that a comprehensive and effective bill be immediately brought before Congress to address these gun issues.” B AT T S O U T AT O U T M E M P H I S Will Batts announced last week he’d leave his post as executive director of OUTMemphis. Batts was the group’s first executive director and has served in the role for 10 years. When he started, the organization was called the Memphis Gay and Lesbian Community Center. The name changed to OUTMemphis in 2016. He said last week that OUTMemphis “has been more than a job to me; it’s been my identity.” K I N G S P E E C H O N D I S P L AY The original copy of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s speech, “We Shall Overcome,” is now on display at the U of M. The speech, complete with King’s handwritten notes, will be in the McWherter Library rotunda until April 13th. For fuller versions of these stories and even more local news, visit The News Blog at memphisflyer.com.
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Shirts don’t have to be for either men or women. Button Brigade, a gender-neutral clothing line launching in Memphis, makes shirts that are “somewhere in the middle.” Founded by Katie Cooper, the line offers short-sleeved button-up shirts designed to accommodate anyone. “Seeing a need and meeting a need,” is what Cooper said led her to form the business. “I wear button-ups all the time, and having to shop for one is an absolute nightmare,” she said. “It was really discouraging, and I was like, ‘surely, I’m not the only one with this problem.’” After chats with friends, who were also having a hard time finding button-ups, Cooper realized there was a shared struggle in the LGBTQ community to find androgenous, button-up shirts that fit just right. That’s when she had the idea to create shirts that she said are “somewhere in the middle” and designed to work for everyone. Based on body measurements, and a men’s sizing chart with a few alterations, the shirts range from XS to 4XL and are meant to be “size inclusive.” Different from most button-ups, Button Brigade shirts are made with 10 buttons instead of the standard seven. Cooper said this is so that people don’t to have to worry about “awkward” chest and waist gapping. Made for narrower shoulders, the shirts are also less “boxy” with a slight taper on the side to help with curves.
“It’s not like the most innovative thing,” Cooper said. “It’s just minor changes that make them fit better. It’s not rocket science.” As for style, Button Brigade offers solid shirts as well as ones patterned with stripes, birds, and pineapples. Beyond providing properfitting shirts, Cooper said another goal of the business is to help change the perception of the LGBTQ community in the South. Cooper plans to give back a portion of the Button Brigade’s profits to LGBTQ projects and initiatives in Memphis. The first beneficiary, OUTMemphis, is slated to receive 10 percent of the profits from the first line of shirts. Details for the project haven’t been confirmed yet, but Cooper said in some way she, along with OUTMemphis, will work to tell the organization’s story, as well as the stories of those it has impacted. But, in order to get the Button Brigade up and running and produce the first line of shirts, Cooper needs $27,000. To raise the money, Cooper is using the online platform Kickstarter, where people can donate money and get a
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shirt or other rewards in return. So far, almost $6,000 has been raised. Once production wraps in August, six different shirts will be available on the Button Brigade website for about $110. “I just wanted to make something to make a person feel okay about themselves, better about themselves, and more confident,” Cooper said. “Because more times than not, they’re already getting push back. “So, if you can wear a shirt one day that makes you feel better and not care about what other people think, then, good, I’ve achieved my goal,” Cooper said.
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Candidates at Odds GOP mayoral debate at Rhodes shows clear differences between contenders. Considering that the three Republicans seeking the office of Shelby County mayor have different perches from which to view society’s problems, it is understandable that their proposed solutions to those problems differ in kind, as was the case in a forum overseen by the Rhodes College Republicans on Monday night. In a nutshell, Shelby County Commissioner Terry Roland spoke from the point of view of a hands-on actor in various recent governmental matters; Trustee David Lenoir offered the perspective of someone whose job requires a firm knowledge of the county’s financial circumstances; and Juvenile Court Clerk Joy Touliatos showed she had a hands-on awareness of today’s youth and tomorrow’s citizenry. Responding to questions about the issues confronting the county, each contender answered in a characteristic way. Lenoir espoused a goal of attaining safe neighborhoods and great schools and jobs, and, as the county’s tax collector, he evaluated that from the standpoint of dollars and cents. Roland noted his personal experience from eight years as “a full-time commissioner on part-time pay,” and cited chapter and verse of casework on the job. Touliatos reprised her history as a native Memphian who had worked her way up through various life situations and stressed the importance of making personal connections with citizens in need. Asked about the best means of “repositioning” the county’s economic circumstances, Lenoir emphasized his recruiting background from 20 years in private business and said the county’s coffers were in good shape for recruiting major industry to the county. Roland condemned PILOTs (paymentin-lieu-of-taxes) as inefficient tools leading to possible corruption and boosted TIFs (tax-incremental-financing) projects as win-win alternatives. As one who helped establish EDGE, the city/county body overseeing industrial matters, Roland said EDGE had “now gone over the edge” and needed a more empowered and interventionist board, with greater input from elected officials and “the average Joe.” Touliatos advocated handling PILOTs
on a case-by-case basis and cited her experience growing up with her family’s restaurant to illustrate the need to help out small businesses as well as big companies. On working in tandem with local colleges, Lenoir advocated requiring companies receiving tax incentives from PILOTs to hire an intern force so as to upgrade the local workforce. Roland cited a specific case in which University of Memphis experts helped Shelby County regain its proper place in federal earthquake-zone reckoning. And Touliatos said that job opportunities for students should be better advertised. On educational spending, Roland saw the county’s financial commitment improving but blamed the 2010-11 charter surrender of Memphis entities for short-changing school funds; Touliatos pinpointed student truancy as a problem needing attention; and Lenoir questioned the Shelby County Schools board’s failure to use a $30 million annual surplus while
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Calling B.S. Surely even the most recalcitrant and reactionary of persons on the issue of gun violence had to be impressed by the energy and commitment of the young Americans involved in last weekend’s March for Our Lives. Hard
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as it might have been to imagine it in advance, the entire extravaganza — in Washington as well as in most of the several score other American cities with mini-marches — was planned, staffed, and executed by persons aged 18 or under. (The only exceptions were some of the entertainers who took part, who tended to be oldsters in their 20s.) Yet it may also have been true, as the 68-year-old 9th District Congressman Steve Cohen said in a luncheon address to the Rotary Club of Memphis at Clayborn Temple on Tuesday, that the majority of the throngs gathered to watch were “kids my age or older.” We can only hope that the middle-aged and elderly among us are indeed not too jaded to have understood the message of those representatives of the younger generation who had personally endured the terror and risk of over-lenient gun trafficking, as those kids from Marjorie Stoneman Douglas High School in Florida, surely had. And that clear and obvious message was quite simply: Do something! Unfortunately, the power and reach of the NRA and other parts of the gun lobby are such that, as a pained Cohen had to inform Rotarians, the governing Republican majority in Congress has no appetite to do anything at all. It would be comforting to believe otherwise, yet this reluctance to act on an obvious problem was also reflected as recently as Monday night, two days after the march, at a forum of county mayor candidates right here in Memphis. Three Republican candidates — County
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It took too long and required too much debate, but statues celebrating the long-dead Confederacy were taken down last December. A white mayor helped spearhead their removal, a man elected in what is now a majorityblack city. Societal progress must be measured over lengthy stretches of time — a half-century will do — but symbols matter, and the efforts on one winter night in 2017 made for a big gulp of progress in Memphis. Which brings me back to who I am, 27 years after arriving in Memphis, 50 years after Dr. King gave his life for the cause of human growth. I am a sportswriter, indeed. I am a managing editor. More importantly, I am a husband and father. I am a friend to people as far away as Guam, family to people as far away as Seattle. I am a Vermonter (from days gone by but not so distant). I am a white man now living in a world where that adjective isn’t the tipping point it once was. And for that I’m grateful. I am a Memphian. Frank Murtaugh is managing editor for Memphis magazine, where he writes on a variety of topics.
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an African American in right. (They won their district championship both years.) My career has allowed me to interview the likes of James Lawson, Mike Cody, and Charlie Newman, men who quite literally walked with Martin Luther King, men who have continued his metaphorical march toward tolerance and brotherhood. More recently, for a leadership series I write for Inside Memphis Business, I’ve profiled Carolyn Hardy, Darrell Cobbins, Ruby Bright, and Tracy Hall. These are Memphis leaders, each improving the city with their voices and action. And we’ve reached a point, I believe, where they don’t have to be classified as black leaders, for they are leading us all.
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I am a sportswriter. I’ve happily posted a “From My Seat” column for 16 years on the Flyer website (when I’m not occupying that space with thoughts via “Tiger Blue”). But I’m not only a sportswriter. So, in this space, I’m turning away from the games and athletes we love (or loathe), and sharing thoughts on a larger topic. Much larger. April 4, 2018, is the most significant temporal marker for the city of Memphis since I moved here 27 years ago. A half-century is — by measures of a human lifetime — a significant sample size with which to analyze growth, development, progress. We find ourselves this week carefully analyzing, at least internally, the growth Memphis has realized since Martin Luther King was slain here on that dreadful day in April 1968. My father was born in 1942 and grew up in a segregated Memphis. His black friends — some he grew to love — were primarily people employed by his parents, from housekeepers to auto mechanics. Dad crossed the state to attend the University of Tennessee in 1960, and I was born (in Knoxville) nine years later, precisely 11 months after Dr. King died in dad’s hometown. Fast-forward 22 years. I moved to Memphis in 1991, 11 days before the National Civil Rights Museum opened on the site where King fell. This was pure coincidence, of course. I didn’t move here to be near the NCRM, and the museum’s founders didn’t wait for my arrival. But I’ve come to relish the completion of a Memphis family circle of sorts connected with the opening and rise of an institution dedicated to the promotion of worldwide diversity. Memphis today, it must be noted, is not a colorblind city. Too many neighborhoods and schools remain one “color” or another; our public schools predominantly black and private schools predominantly white. But there are diamonds in the rough. My daughters have attended White Station High School, a public school more diverse than most of this country’s elite liberal-arts colleges. (I attended Tufts, and my firstborn is a freshman at Wesleyan.) Each of my daughters has sat in a classroom where she is a distinct minority, as measured by skin color, nation of origin, or religion. The Spartan softball team’s outfield in 2014 and 2015 could serve as a poster for the virtue of diversity in Memphis: a Caucasian in left, a Latina in center,
A CITY REMEMBERS COVER STORY BY JACKSON BAKER …
A chronology of Dr. Martin Luther King’s ties to Memphis — and a guide to the week’s MLK50 events.
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urely everybody in and the offices they sought were: Russell Sugarmon, Memphis (and in Public Works commissioner; the Rev. Benjamin the world at large, for that Hooks, Juvenile Court judge; Elihue Stanback, tax matter) is acquainted with assessor; the Revs. Roy Love and Henry Buntin, the fact that a tragedy running for the Memphis School Board. They was visited on Dr. Martin constituted what was being called the Volunteer Luther King Jr. — and Ticket, which also had one white member, Ray mankind — upon the civil Churchill, who was running to depose Judge Beverly rights icon’s appearances in Boushe, referred to at the rally by the celebrated Rev. town in March and April W.H. Brewster as “our longtime enemy.” 1968 for a dual purpose: to Other black eminences besides King were on lend his unrivaled moral hand to support the ticket authority to the cause of — Daisy Bates of Little striking sanitation workers Rock’s desegregation battle; ” Ernest C. Withers, American, and to gird for what was 1922 – 2007, Coretta Scott King and opera singer Mahalia Mourners, Main Street, Memphis, then an imminent Poor Jackson, and the Rev. April 8, 1968. People’s March to be held Fred Shuttlesworth. But Gelatin silver print, Memphis Brooks Museum of Art purchase; funds in Washington, D.C. King was the cynosure. provided by Sara and Kevin Adams, The purposes were The Commercial Appeal Deupree Family Foundation, Henry and Lynne Turley, Kaywin Feldman interrelated; Dr. King was headlined its morningand Jim Lutz, and Marina Pacini and David McCarthy 2006.31.135 © on the brink of a subtle after report “‘Want to Withers Family Trust but huge change of course be Free’ is Chant At Big — from his familiar role Negro Political Rally,” of campaigner for racial and began the lede, equity to that of crusader “Rev. Martin Luther for economic and political King of Montgomery, justice at large. The new Alabama, bus boycott mission encompassed the frame, inspired it and the old one and had always audience echoed it.” been implicit in what In a speech repeatedly King, already a Nobel interrupted by the laureate, thought and aforementioned chant, did. Some commentators King, who had taken have subsequently seen up Rosa Parks’ cause the Memphis sojourn as and led a successful an ill-fated interruption months-long boycott of his life’s work. But the of the Montgomery bus evidence is that he himself system to end its system of saw it as a previously segregated seating areas, unforeseen serendipity, as told the crowd about the ’ Ernest C. Withers, American, 1922 – 2007, NAACP Protest, Main Street, an opportunity to kindle Montgomery participants: Memphis, early 1960s. the embers of the all“They saw that ultimately it Gelatin silver print, printed from original negative in 1999, Memphis Brooks Museum of Art purchase with funds provided by Ernest and Dorothy Withers, Panopticon inclusive social revolution is more honorable to work Gallery, Inc., Waltham, MA, Landon and Carol Butler, The Deupree Family Foundation, and The Turley Foundation 2005.3.116 © Withers Family Trust he had in mind. in dignity than to ride in ’ Ernest C. Withers, American, 1922 – 2007, Sanitation Workers March In any case, King was humiliation. They chose Stopped on Main Street, Sanitation Workers Strike, March 28, 1968. no stranger to Memphis. tired feet over tired souls.” Gelatin silver print, printed from original negative in 1999, Memphis Brooks Museum In several previous visits personage of sorts when, of Art purchase with funds provided by Ernest and Dorothy Withers, Panopticon The rally also featured Gallery, Inc., Waltham, MA, Landon and Carol Butler, The Deupree Family over the years, he had foreshadowed his larger at the age of 30, he came remarks by Lieutenant Foundation, and The Turley Foundation 2005.3.35 © Withers Family Trust purpose. Though he may have passed through to Memphis to speak George W. Lee, a symbol town on other occasions — Memphis is, after at the venerable Mason of the black community’s all, a crossroads city of sorts — his presence was Temple at a Freedom Rally, called to support what was Old Guard, who responded to King by saying, “We’re particularly public and notable on four earlier an unprecedented effort by Memphis blacks to mount going to fight till hell freezes over, and, if necessary, dates. a significant political presence in a local election. skate across on ice in order to keep freedom moving Four African Americans were making a bid for in the right direction,” and by Sugarmon, who 12 July 31, 1959: King was already a celebrated public office in that year’s city election. The candidates commented, “Many people still think of Memphis
” Ernest C. Withers, American, 1922 – 2007, Martin Luther King, Jr. and Reverend Abernathy, Day Before Assassination, Memphis Airport, April 3, 1968.
as Mr. Crump’s town and us as Mr. Crump’s Negroes. That ain’t so now.”
momentum of that year, which would include the March on Washington later in 1963, in saying, “I’m tired of seeing the first Negro to do this, the first Negro to do that. I want to see some seconds and thirds.”
emphasizing anew the importance of the ballot in the struggle for justice (“Even today, we can say to the Southerner, you may keep us from voting, but we’ll keep you from being president.”) and making a special appeal to children to join the burgeoning civil rights movement. He bespoke his own impatience amid the gathering
June 7, 1966: Dr. King’s next major visit to Memphis came as a stand-in of sorts for James Meredith, who had been the first black admitted to the University of Mississippi in 1963, amid rioting and even armed resistance on the part of white resisters. In early June, Meredith had launched a solitary March Against Fear, which began in Memphis and was intended to take him all the way to Jackson, Mississippi, the Magnolia state’s capital. But Meredith was shot by a sniper just outside Hernando and hospitalized. King, along with 21 other marchers, hastened to the site where the march was interrupted and vowed to continue Meredith’s route to Jackson. Three Mississippi Highway Patrolmen interrupted the surrogate march and engaged in a shoving match with continued on page 15
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Exploring Ernest Withers’ photography as art and a political tool. Features a keynote speech by Teju Cole.
with panels on education and poverty and a talk by historian Taylor Branch.
Events, ideally, should be fun or at least entertaining. But how to peg it around something that involves racism and a murder? Will it be too sad or scary? Is there an age limit for this sort of thing? “Nobody’s too young for social justice or activism,” says Dory Lerner of the National Civil Rights Museum. The idea, she says, is to turn it around into something productive. MLK50 Pinwheels for Peace is an example of that and is part of the larger MLK50 Curriculum called Creating Change through Action, which is geared toward parents, teachers, and activists and includes units on peace, justice, housing, education, poverty, and better jobs. Kids all across the country at schools, nature centers, and botanic gardens are invited to make pinwheels and then plant them in a peace garden. Folks at the National Civil Rights Museum will be setting up a pinwheelmaking station at the museum on April 4th, 9 a.m.-3 p.m. Participants are asked to reflect on what they can do to make the community better while making the pinwheels. Pinwheels for Peace runs through April 9th, the day of King’s burial. “Our goal is to fight,” says Lerner, “but instead of using our fists, we use our minds, our voices, our feet.”
The Mountaintop Halloran Centre, March 28th-April 1st Katori Hall’s drama about King’s last night.
IRIS Orchestra “It’s Up to Us” Clayborn Temple, April 3rd Program based on a speech by King with commentary from Dr. Harold Middlebrook.
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Other Events Seeing Civil Rights Symposium Brooks Museum, March 28th-29th
At the River I Stand Halloran Centre, March 31st, 3 p.m. Screening of this documentary followed by a panel talk hosted by former NAACP president Cornell Brooks.
Pinwheels for Peace
Final Footsteps of Martin Luther King Jr. Tennessee Welcome Center, April 3rd, 9:30 a.m. Tour retracing King’s last steps, including stops at Clayborn Temple, Mason Temple, the Lorraine Motel, St. Joseph’s Hospital, and R.S. Lewis Funeral Home. Features a keynote speech from Eric Williams, curator of religion at the Smithsonian Institution National Museum of African-American History and Culture. Memphis 50 Years Later, Marching Forward Mike Rose Theatre, University of Memphis, April 3rd Part of the Where Do We Go From Here? Symposium
I Am 2018 Mason Temple (930 Mason), April 3rd Commemorating King’s Mountaintop speech. Featuring Danny Glover, Common, Andrew Young, Bernice King, and others. Reenactment of “I AM A MAN” photo Fourth and Beale, April 4th, 6 a.m. A reenactment of iconic photo by Ernest Withers.
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April 30, 1963: King was back in Memphis four years later for a local organizational meeting of his Southern Christian Leadership Conference and took part in another rally, this one hosted by Metropolitan Baptist Church and devoted to the subject of voting rights. Hooks, once more a candidate for Juvenile Court judge, and the Rev. Shuttlesworth were again on the bill, as were the Revs. Ralph Abernathy and Wyeth Walker of Atlanta, associates of King in SCLC. But the turnout of just under 1,000 attendees — “spellbound,” they were called by the CA — was primarily, as before, motivated by a desire to see and hear King, who was only days away from playing the decisive role in Birmingham protests that would break the back of hard-core segregation in that industrial Alabama city. The venue was once again Metropolitan Baptist, and local traffic was jammed for hours in advance of King’s appearance. The audience, forced to wait because of the snafu in the streets, sang choruses of “The Battle Hymn of the Republic” during the delay. Once Dr. King mounted the pulpit and got started, he was at his eloquent best, quoting from Shakespeare, Thoreau, Emerson, and even Sigmund Freud. “We are on the way to freedom land,” he said,
Gelatin silver print, printed from original negative in 1999, Memphis Brooks Museum of Art purchase with funds provided by Ernest and Dorothy Withers, Panopticon Gallery, Inc., Waltham, MA, Landon and Carol Butler, The Deupree Family Foundation, and The Turley Foundation 2005.3.5 © Withers Family Trust
50th Anniversary Commemoration National Civil Rights Museum, April 4th A day full of events reflecting on this horrible anniversary, with tributes starting at 10 a.m, a 6:01 p.m. (the time of the assassination) bell toll, and an evening of storytelling starting at 6:15 p.m. at Crosstown Concourse. 13 For more events, go to mlk50.civilrightsmuseum.org.
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King, ordering him and the marchers to remove themselves from the main pavement of Highway 51 and do their walking on the shoulder of the road. “Why, in Selma we marched on the pavement,” D. King said, citing the previous year’s march he’d led that culminated in the passage of a voting rights bill in Washington. The head trooper replied, “But you had a permit then. We don’t care if you march to New Orleans, but get off the pavement.” After taking an ice cream break at a local roadside stand, King and the marchers resolved to continue the march on the shoulder of Highway 51 and resumed their passage south. The numbers of marchers grew geometrically, day by day, including such other avatars as Stokely Carmichael, Roy Wilkins, and Whitney Young, and, finally, by a convalescing James Meredith himself. Eventually a throng of several thousand, filling up the highway’s pavement, entered Jackson in triumph. Commented King: “There is nothing more powerful to dramatize injustice like the tramp, tramp, tramp of marching feet.” September 9, 1966: On that March Against Fear in June, Carmichael, one of the leaders of a new, more militant form of protest, had aroused much attention by a public call for Black Power. At the time, the advent of firebrands like Carmichael was widely seen as threatening the leadership of the civil rights movement by King and other apostles of nonviolence. On a return visit to Memphis and to Metropolitan Baptist Church for a meeting of the Progressive National Baptist Convention, King met the dilemma head-on. He gave a speech affirming his intent to hold his ground — and the movement’s. “If every Negro in America turned to violence tonight, I’ll still stand with non-violence,” he declared. “We will persist in the struggle against injustice, but we must use the proper methods in doing it. … Our power does not lie in Molotov cocktails and rocks and bottles. It lies in voting and the willingness to suffer for righteousness.” But, while his non-violent methods did not change, then or ever, King would become ever more militant thenceforth in his own way. In condemning the Black Power impulse as such, he had pointed out in that Memphis speech, “The weakness of riots is that they can be overcome by superior force, the National Guard. We need us something the National Guard can’t stop.” But he, too, had shifted his emphasis. Speaking of an “invisible wall” barring the way to progress, he
said, “The wall is perpetrated by white moderates who say to us, ‘Wait,’ by a federal government more interested in winning the war in Vietnam than in winning the war right here, by some white politicians, by some Negro politicians, by some white ministers, [and] some Negro ministers more interested in being Uncle Toms than in being just.” Increasingly, for Dr. King, the task of “being just” had expanded beyond civil rights per se, beyond voting rights, and into the struggle to end the Vietnam War as well as into a new campaign to bridge the immemorial gap between rich and poor. It was in pursuit of that latter dream that Martin Luther King conceived of the Poor People’s March and, as a warmup of sorts for that mission, committed himself to assist the striking sanitation workers of Memphis in 1968. Beginning with a visit to Memphis on March 18th, when he addressed the strikers and proclaimed solidarity with them, he would come back two more times, on March 28th for a
march that would misfire, eluding King’s control and ending in violence, and one more fateful time, on April 3rd, with the intention of leading another march in support of the strikers and keeping it non-violent. That night, though feeling ill, he would respond to entreaties from his associates and leave his room at the Lorraine Motel in the middle of a rainstorm, coming to Mason Temple, where he delivered his last rousing message in the powerful, climactic and unconsciously prophetic “I’ve Been to the Mountaintop” speech. On April 4th, on what would be his final occasion in Memphis, Dr. King was standing on the balcony of the Lorraine, preparing for an evening out with friends and supporters, when a sniper’s shot rang out, ending a gallant, courageous life and curtailing his final ambition — to accomplish the age-old vision of true economic justice — a vision that continues to this day.
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Like so many of his ancient predecessors — the mesmerists and electro-biologists who toured the pre-modern countryside demonstrating miraculous forces and animal magnetism — Nick Toombs came to the art of stage hypnotism by way of self study, delving into dusty books written before he was born. He also went to Las Vegas to learn from veteran hypnotists like Marc Savard and Justin James. “A good chunk of my skills as a comedy hypnotist comes from me being a magician my entire life,” says Toombs, who’s performing a pair of very different shows this Friday at the Evergreen Theatre. “When I have someone in trance on a basic level, I temporarily manipulate the senses: touch, sight, sound, feel, taste,” he explains. “You can expect to see your friends and family forgetting things as simple as their names and falling in love with a baby duck that doesn’t exist or even dancing like a pop diva. And in their minds it’s all 100 percent real.” At 7 p.m. on Friday March 30th at The Evergreen Theatre, Toombs promises to take grownups on a wild Hypnotic Ride. But for the younger set (1st-7th graders or thereabouts), Toombs is performing a morning show as Dr. Wacky Science. “It’s structured like my magic show in the sense that I do something different every 4 to 5 minutes and most experiments or effects have a volunteer,” says Toombs crediting vintage Mr. Wizard videos as an inspiration. “My goal for this show has always been to motivate kids to check out books at the library and learn about the world around them,” he says.
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THURSDAY March 29
FRIDAY March 30
N-Word Forum Whitehaven Branch Library, 5:30 p.m. A forum on one of the most divisive words in the English language. Featuring Ekundayo Bandele of Hattiloo Theatre.
Service of the Cross Lindenwood Christian Church, 5:30 p.m. A Good Friday service.
Indigo Girls Germantown Performing Arts Center, 8 p.m. A concert by this iconic duo.
Discussion by Leslie Odom Jr. The Orpheum, 7 p.m., $30 Leslie Odom Jr., Aaron Burr in Hamilton, discusses his new book Failing Up: How to Take Risks, Aim Higher, and Never Stop Learning.
Egg Hunt Memphis Botanic Garden, 1-4 p.m., $8 Gifts, magic, and the Easter Bunny.
Booksigning by Ariel Lawhon Novel, 6 p.m. Ariel Lawhon signs her novel, I Was Anastasia, about a mysterious woman claiming to be Anastasia Romanov, the Russian Grand Duchess. “Rooted & Grounded” Arts Memphis, 6-8 p.m. Opening reception for this exhibition of photos of women and teens and their hair. Part of MLK50.
Crosstown Culinary Crawl Crosstown Concourse, 5:30 p.m., $45 A culinary tour of Crosstown with stops at Atomic Tiki, Mardi Gras, Midtown Crossing Grill, and finishing up at Crosstown Brewery. “Went Out for Cigarettes” The Cotton Museum, 5-8 p.m. Opening reception for this photography exhibit by Ryan Steed about rediscovering the South and its hidden meanings.
The Mountaintop
Going Up
By Chris Davis
“Something is happening in Memphis — something is happening in the world,” Martin Luther King Jr. said, near the top of his often quoted “I have been to the Mountaintop” speech. He went on to describe masses of people rising up with a common desire. “We want to be free,” he said. Judging by the spirit of protest moving people to march again, we still do. The Mountaintop, a fictional account of King’s last night on Earth by Memphis playwright Katori Hall, turns audience attention away from the masses and the protests and the soaring rhetoric to focus instead on the man and his private struggles. It’s a sensual meditation on sustained heroism, human frailty, and the cost of freedom. The Olivier-winning play’s frank treatment of King’s marital infidelities has drawn criticism, but Hall’s complex portrait of a man coming to grips with his destiny has resulted in frequent revivals. The Mountaintop returns to the Mid-South this week when Memphis’ Hattiloo Theatre and The Halloran Centre team up for a special MLK50 production starring Larry Bates as King and Danielle Truitt as hotel maid/angel Camae. “Great drama is about human beings clashing onstage and not ideas or myths,” Hall told the Flyer in a 2010 interview. “The Mountaintop deals with the man and not the myth,” she further explained. “It is about this man named King, excavating his internal demons, wrestling with his God, just like Jacob did in the Bible before he goes to Canaan. This is a spiritual trip for King and for the audience. The more people understand that’s the kind of ride they are on, the more open they will be to this interpretation of King’s last night on Earth.” THE HATTILOO AND THE HALLORAN CENTRE PRESENT KATORI HALL’S “THE MOUNTAINTOP” AT THE HALLORAN CENTRE, MARCH 28THAPRIL 1ST. $35-$50, ORPHEUM-MEMPHIS.COM
Bunny Run 5K Oak Court Mall, 9 a.m. Annual Easter 5K benefiting SRVS. New Voices Department of Theatre & Dance, University of Memphis, 2-3:30 p.m. Dance stretching across genres, including hip-hop, contemporary, and ballet.
WEDNESDAY April 4 Sound Observations: Tara Rodgers Crosstown Arts, 7:30 p.m., $12 The first in this new performance and lecture series. Tara Rodgers (aka Analog Tara) is an electronic music historian and a multiinstrumentalist. Her new album Fundamentals comes out soon. Man in Black Tour Backbeat Tours (Second & Beale), 2-4 p.m., $30 An all Johnny Cash tour.
Marcus Wicker South Main Book Juggler, 5:30 p.m. An appearance by noted poet Marcus Wicker presented by the River City Writers Series. Peter Pan The Orpheum, 1 p.m., $7 and up This favorite children’s tale as presented by Ballet Memphis.
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win Peaks are treading some less familiar territory this spring. Riding high off three landmark album releases within the past two years, the rising Chicago indie-rockers stop in Memphis on Thursday, March 29th, for a show at Growlers. It’ll be the first chance for a Memphis audience to catch the five-piece, who followed their breakout 2016 third album, Down in Heaven with the 2017 double live album Urbs in Horto and a series of limitededition 7-inch sides (recently compiled and reissued by Fat Possum Records as Sweet ’17 Singles, released last month). That run of well-received creativity is paying off on the road. “On this tour, it’s been a lot of little towns and stuff that we don’t really go to,” says bassist and co-vocalist and songwriter Jack Dolan, speaking on the phone at a gas station outside Sioux Falls, South Dakota. “It’s a lot of places we haven’t been to or only been to once. Typically, on a tour like this, you kind of expect all the shows to be empty. It’s not like we’re selling out an arena in Nebraska, but it’s encouraging. They’re small venues, but we’re packing them out.”
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proudly indulging influences ranging from the Stones to the Replacements, the Velvet Underground to Ty Segall. “That’s come from experience and doing this for a while,” Dolan says. “We’ve been developing a sound that has changed a lot over the past five years or whatever, but we’re in the zone where we’re still just kind of learning about our own styles and honing that sort of thing because it’s a lot of different personalities going on. So you just try to home in on the best parts of all our music.” After the current run of shows, the band will return to Chicago to demo songs for a new album that they hope to record in summer with longtime collaborator and producer R. Andrew Humphrey. “We’re all writing on our own, that’s always been how we do it,” Dolan says. “We’ll bring an already done song or already thought-out song, and then we kind of build on it from there. That’s where most of the collaboration comes from. That’s when we’re adding and building on a foundation, and we take it forward from that point. “We still play a lot of stuff from the
“Especially when we were starting off in high school and stuff, we were really into stuff like the Black Lips and Jay Reatard and that kind of garage-rock stuff,” Dolan says. “The thing about those bands is they just kept putting out music kind of frequently, not worrying about cycles and stuff like that. Up to this point, we hadn’t had the opportunity to do that kind of thing, so [Sweet ’17 Singles] was a way to keep bringing it back to that. Because those bands are how we realized it was possible to put something out in a format like that.”
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The band has earned a reputation for a raucous live show, and the proof appears on Urbs in Horto, recorded at historic Chicago venues Metro and Thalia Hall. Titled after their hometown’s motto, Latin for “City in a Garden,” Urbs was a proud achievement for the band that got its start in Chicago’s scrappy DIY houseshow scene. “The live album thing — I don’t think we expected to do something like that, but you’re trying to switch it up all the time and do stuff differently because the way music is these days, it’s all over the place,” Dolan says. “There are so many different lanes you can be in. So I guess it’s all about keeping it fresh and keeping the fans happy.” The recent studio releases reveal the band pushing its boundaries in the studio and expanding its sonic horizons while
first record because a lot of those songs are still the best ones we play live. The shelf life is pretty long for any given song, and the scope of the set is our whole discography, which is nice.” While this will be Twin Peaks’ first show in Memphis, the band’s members, all in their early 20s, count the city’s underground rock scene as an influence on their sound as well as on their approach to their career. In press interviews, they have mentioned late Memphis rocker Jay Reatard’s singles on Matador Records as an inspiration for the Sweet ’17 Singles series.
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DJ Damp Velour Thursday, March 29; Wooly Bushman with Flesh Panther Saturday, March 31.
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Sunday Brunch with Joyce Cobb Sundays, 11:30 a.m.2:30 p.m.
Celtic Crossing 903 S. COOPER 274-5151
Jeremy Stanfill and Joshua Cosby Sundays, 6-9 p.m.; Candy Company Mondays.
Sound Observations: Tara Rodgers Saturday, March 31, 12 and 8 p.m.
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Whispers Wednesday, April 4, 9 p.m.
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Brandon Taylor & Radio Ghost Thursday, March 29, 9 p.m.; Jason Lee McKinney Band Thursday, March 29, 9 p.m.; Marcella Simien Trio Friday, March 30, 6:30 p.m.; Sushi Roll Friday, March 30, 10 p.m.; Blackwater Trio Saturday, March 31, 6:30 p.m.; Ashton Riker Saturday, March 31, 10 p.m.; Joe Restivo 4 Sunday, April 1, 11 a.m.; Jeffrey and the Pacemakers Sunday, April 1, 4 p.m.; Thieves of Sunrise Sunday, April 1, 8 p.m.; John Paul Keith & Co. Monday, April 2, 6 p.m.; Christopher Pietrangelo Tuesday, April 3, 5:30 p.m.; Amber McCain Tuesday, April 3, 8 p.m.; Breeze Cayolle & New Orleans Wednesday, April 4, 5:30 p.m.
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Obsidian Shine with Hate Doctrine and Process of Suffocation Saturday, March 31; Eric Lewis and Paul Taylor Wednesday, April 4, 6-8 p.m.
P&H Cafe 1532 MADISON 726-0906
Rock Starkaraoke Fridays; Lawn Chairs/X.Y. Spaces, Joybomb, The Gloryholes Saturday, March 31, 9 p.m.; Open Mic Music with Tiffany Harmon Mondays, 9 p.m.-midnight; Bluff City Liars Tuesday, April 3.
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Motel Mirrors and John Paul Keith record release Friday, March 30, 7 p.m.; Live Band Karaoke with Public Record Wednesdays, 7 p.m.
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Three Star Revival Friday, March 30, 9 p.m.
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Indigo Girls Friday, March 30, 8 p.m.; John Hiatt & the Goners Saturday, March 31, 8 p.m.
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James and the Giant Peach, when James is sent by his conniving aunts to chop down their old fruit tree, he discovers a magic potion that results in a tremendous peach which launches him on a journey of enormous proportions. www. playhouseonthesquare.org. $25-$40. Sundays, 2 p.m., and Thursdays-Saturdays, 7 p.m. Through April 8. 51 S. COOPER (725-0776).
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First Date: A New Musical, www.gctcomeplay.org. Through April 8.
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Art Village Gallery
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Opening reception for “MLK50 Exhibition: Beyond the Balcony,” exhibition in partnership with the National Civil Rights Museum’s MLK50 commemoration featuring work on the theme, “Where do we go from here?” www.artvillagegallery.com. Fri., March 30, 6:30-8:30 p.m.
Theatre Memphis
The Drowsy Chaperone, a man puts on his favorite record: the cast recording of a fictitious 1928 musical. The recording “comes to life” and a masterful madcap evening lovingly pokes fun at the musical theater genre. www. theatrememphis.org. $30. Fri., Sat., 8 p.m., and Thurs., 7:30 p.m. Through March 31.
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The Cotton Museum
Artist reception for “Went Out for Cigarettes,” exhibition of images and titles that explore and rediscover the American South with contradictions and hidden meanings by Ryan Steed, grandson of a cotton farmer and son of a literature teacher. Fri., March 30, 5-8 p.m.
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Exhibition on view March 25 - July 28, 2018 Art Museum of the University of Memphis, 3750 Norriswood Dr. 142 Communication & Fine Art Building, Memphis, TN 38152
Monster Marks
Awe-inspiring, thought-provoking, and sometimes disturbing, works featured from Memphis collections make us think about how we define monsters. To commemorate MLK50, a selection of works shows how contemporary artists use monstrosity to explore ideas and emotions relating to race and racism. Curator: Sherry CM Lindquist, Dorothy Kayser Hohenberg Chair of Excellence in Art History
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CALENDAR: MARCH 29 - APRIL 4 continued from page 24 OTH E R ART HAP P E N I N G S
The A.R.T.S.Posure Experience
Live music, dance performances, art gallery, and fashion show benefiting A.R.T.S. Initiative Inc. Thurs., March 29, 7:30 p.m. CROSSTOWN ARTS, 430 N. CLEVELAND (507-8030), WWW.CROSSTOWNARTS.ORG.
An Evening with Leslie Odom Jr.
Evening of conversation with artist who will be celebrating the release of his new book, Failing Up. A short performance with a live band will follow the conversation. $30. Fri., March 30, 7 p.m. THE ORPHEUM, 203 S. MAIN (525-3000), WWW.ORPHEUM-MEMPHIS.COM.
Latino Memphis Design Competition
Students in grades 9-12 are invited to showcase artistic skills of youth who can relate or are directly affected by the current immigration climate. For more information, visit website. Through April 5.
Memphis Brooks Museum of Art
“Black Resistance: Ernest C. Withers and the Civil Rights Movement,” exhibition focuses on and commemorates the 50th anniversary of the events from March 27 through April 8, 1968. Through Aug. 19. “African-Print Fashion Now! A Story of Taste, Globalization, and Style,” exhibition of dynamic traditions of African dress featuring colorful, boldly patterned printed cloth highlighting the interplay between regional preferences and cosmopolitanism. Through Aug. 12. “Rotunda Projects: Lisa Hoke,” exhibition of overthe-top installation of recycled and repurposed materials reflecting aspirations for the work and fears of expecting too much. Through June 3. “About Face,” exhibition located in the Education Gallery highlighting the different ways artists interpret the connection between emotion and
expression. Ongoing. “Drawing Memory: Essence of Memphis,” exhibition inspired by nsibidi by Victor Ekpuk. www. brooksmuseum.org. Ongoing. 1934 POPLAR (544-6209).
Memphis College of Art
“Art of Science,” exhibition showcasing the beauty of science and the power of art. Featuring scientific imagery reinterpreted by local area fine artists. www. mca.edu. Through April 18. 1930 POPLAR (272-5100).
ST. PATRICK CHURCH, 277 S. FOURTH (634-2551).
“I Am a Man” Photo Reenactment
Line-up for the photo shoot will start at Fourth and Beale. The reenactment of the march will merge into Memphis AFSCME Local 1733’s march to Mason Temple Church of God in Christ. Wed., April 4, 6-8 a.m. ROBERT R. CHURCH PARK, CORNER OF FOURTH AND BEALE.
First Presbyterian MLK Event
Listen to Dr. Martin Luther King’s last speech, “I’ve Been to the Mountaintop” in the courtyard. Free. Wed., April 4, 5:30-6:30 p.m.
L E CT U R E / S P E A K E R
“The FBI and Black America: A 50Year Retrospective”
Explores stealth monitoring of political activists. Free. Tues., April 3, 5-7 p.m.
FIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH, 166 POPLAR (725-6617), WWW.MEMPHISCAC.ORG.
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Sound Observations: Tara Rodgers
Saturday, April 7
Musical performance and lecture series featuring artist talk at noon and performance at 8 p.m. Free$12. Sat., March 31, 12 & 8 p.m.
Noon – 6pm
CROSSTOWN CONCOURSE, N. CLEVELAND AT NORTH PARKWAY, WWW.CROSSTOWNARTS.ORG.
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“Monster Marks,” work from Memphis collections. www.memphis.edu/amum. Through July 28. “Africa: Art of a Continent,” permanent exhibition of African art. Ongoing.
Fitz Front Lawn Over 200 Hot Corvettes, Camaros and other cool cars!
Live Entertainment & DJ • Mouthwatering Crawfish & Barbeque • Refreshing Beer Garden • Festival Vendors Family Fun Including • Face Painting and Balloon Making • Live Radio Remotes: KIX 106 Noon–2pm I 98.1 The Max 2pm–4pm 103.5 WRBO 4pm–6pm
142 COMMUNICATION & FINE ARTS BUILDING (678-2224).
Arts Memphis
“Rooted & Grounded,” exhibition of photos by GIRL 24. MLK50 event. www.artvillagegallery.com. March 29-April 12. 575 S. MENDENHALL.
Minors must be accompanied by an adult to attend the festival.
ANF Architects
“Gentle Gestures,” exhibition of new works by Don DuMont. www.anfa.com. Through April 5. 1500 UNION (278-6868).
The Cotton Museum
“Went Out for Cigarettes,” exhibition of images and titles that explore and rediscover the American South with contradictions and hidden meanings by Ryan Steed, grandson of a cotton farmer and son of a literature teacher. March 30-May 31. 65 UNION (531-7826).
The Dixon Gallery & Gardens
4339 PARK (761-5250).
Fogelman Galleries of Contemporary Art, University of Memphis
“Flesh Out: Spring 2018 MFA Thesis,” exhibition of thesis work by Kelly Cook, Ellen Dempsey, Bienvenido Howard, Jennalyn Krulish, and Lacy Mitcham. www.memphis.edu. Through April 6. 3715 CENTRAL.
Java Cabana
“The Good. The Bad. The Ugly,” exhibition of mixed-media works and paintings not previously displayed from Memphis College of Art BFA show. Through April 4. 2170 YOUNG (272-7210).
Jay Etkin Gallery
Jane Keltner, exhibition of paintings. www.jayetkingallery.com. Through April 14. 942 COOPER (550-0064).
L Ross Gallery
“Glimpses of the Space Between,” exhibition of paintings and drawings by Anne Davey and Jil Evans. www.lrossgallery.com. Through March 31. 5040 SANDERLIN (767-2200).
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“The Real Beauty: The Artistic World of Eugenia Errázuriz,” traces the life of the influential Chilean expatriate patron of the arts and her impact on 20th-century design. Through April 8. “Dixon Dialect: The Susan and John Horseman Gift,” 28 works by 25 American and European artists donated by Susan and John Horseman. Through April 1. Paula Kovarik, exhibition of fiber art. www.dixon.org. Through April 1.
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CALENDAR: MARCH 29 - APRIL 4 continued from page 27 N-Word Forum: Divisive? Unifying?
Members of the Memphis community discuss the history and the usage of the N-Word. Ekundayo Bandele will serve as guest speaker. Free. Thurs., March 29, 5:30-7 p.m. WHITEHAVEN BRANCH LIBRARY, 4120 MILLBRANCH (415-2781).
King, Communication, and the Legacy of Civil Rights: A Symposium
IMMANUEL LUTHERAN CHURCH, 6325 RALEIGH LAGRANGE (3734486), IMMANUELMEMPHIS.ORG.
Easter Hollow
Free. Sat., March 31, 2-5 p.m.
KIDS
HEARTSONG CHURCH, 800 HOUSTON LEVEE (755-6332), WWW. HEARTSONGCHURCH.NET.
Dr. Wacky Science School Assembly
This stage program uses audience members and fun props. $8-$10. Fri., March 30, 10-11 a.m.
Easter Sunrise Service at the Crystal Shrine Grotto
Dr. Cynthia Davis of Christ United Methodist Church will deliver the Easter message. Free. Sun., April 1, 7-8 a.m.
S P EC I A L EVE N TS
All-day academic symposium on race, the power of communication, and the legacy of King’s struggle for a just world. Lectures and roundtable discussions with community leaders. Free. Fri., March 30, 9 a.m.-7 p.m. UNIVERSITY OF MEMPHIS, UNIVERSITY CENTER, 255 UNIVERSITY CENTER, PARIS THEATER (678-2565), WWW.MEMPHIS.EDU.
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Final Footsteps of Martin Luther King Jr. With stops at Clayborn and Mason temples, the balcony at Lorraine Motel, St. Joseph’s Hospital, and RS Lewis Funeral Home. Tues., April 3, 9:30 a.m. 119 RIVERSIDE.
Free. Sat., March 31, 12-2 p.m.
THE EVERGREEN THEATRE, 1705 POPLAR (485-2319), WWW.DRWACKYSCIENCE.COM.
C O N F E R E N C ES/ C O NVE NTI O N S
TENNESSEE WELCOME CENTER,
“Went Out for Cigarettes” by Ryan Steed at the Cotton Museum
MEMORIAL PARK CEMETERY, 5668 POPLAR (767-8930), NSMG.COM.
Brothers on Beale MLK50 Anniversary Celebration
Family Egg Hunt
$6 members, $8 nonmembers. Sat., March 31, 1-4 p.m.
At Church Park, WC Handy Park amphitheater will have a 50th anniversary celebration. Thurs., March 29. NEW DAISY THEATRE, 330 BEALE (525-8981), WWW.MLK50.CIVILRIGHTSMUSEUM.ORG.
It’s Up to Us!
Celebration and MLK50 commemorative. Tues., April 3, 11 a.m. & 6:30 p.m. CLAYBORN TEMPLE, 294 HERNANDO, WWW.MBAAFIREHOUSE.ORG.
Love Doesn’t Hurt Fund
Benefiting Family Safety Center programs for LGBTQ victims of domestic violence. $7 or donation of hygiene products. Fri., March 30, 7:30 p.m. THE HAVEN MEMPHIS, 206 G.E. PATTERSON (222-4400).
MEMPHIS BOTANIC GARDEN, 750 CHERRY (636-4100), WWW. MEMPHISBOTANICGARDEN.COM.
MLK50: 50th Anniversary Commemoration
Full day of activities on the grounds of the Museum from the balcony of the Lorraine Motel. Wed., April 4. NATIONAL CIVIL RIGHTS MUSEUM, 450 MULBERRY (521-9699), WWW. MLK50.CIVILRIGHTSMUSEUM.ORG.
Seeing Civil Rights Symposium Wed.-Thur., Mar. 28-29.
MEMPHIS BROOKS MUSEUM OF ART, 1934 POPLAR (544-6209), WWW.BROOKSMUSEUM.ORG.
Service of Remembrance and Reconciliation and Historic Marker Unveil
New historic marker at the site of the antebellum slave mart operated by Nathan Bedford Forrest will be placed near the corner of Adams and B.B. King following service. Wed., April 4, noon. CALVARY EPISCOPAL CHURCH, 102 N. SECOND (525-6602), WWW.CALVARYMEMPHIS.ORG.
Platelet Donors Needed Platelll
If you are between the ages of 18 and 50 and in good health, you may be eligible to donate platelets for support of important research activities. Eligible donors can donate every two weeks. Donations require about two hours of your time and you will receive $150 in compensation. Walk-in donations are not accepted. For more information or to make an appointment contact:
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Bass Pro Easter Event
Photos with the Easter bunny, crafts, egg hunt, and more. Through April 1. BASS PRO PYRAMID, 1 BASS PRO (291-8200).
Dine with a diverse group of attendees over a seated, fourcourse dinner with wine while partaking in curated conversation on the MLK50 theme and tribute exhibition. $100. Tues., April 3, 7-9 p.m.
Bunny Run 5K
Benefiting SRVS. Sat., March 31, 9 a.m. OAK COURT MALL, 4465 POPLAR (681-0642), WWW.SRVS.ORG.
Easter Eggstravaganza
MLK50 Exhibition Dinner and Conversation
Featuring family fun including free hot dogs, face painting, games, and Easter Egg Hunt.
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APRIL 6-14 AT PLAYHOUSE ON THE SQUARE
THE TRIUMPH OF HONOR Thee problem with modern love is that it’s so old fashioned.
THE OPERA 901 SHOWCASE
New operas about Memphis Wrasslin’, Marco Pavé, Murder, and the Mississippi Plus the Festival Fringe events
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PUBLIC NOTICE SHELBY COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING PROPOSED FY 2019 ANNUAL ACTION PLAN (JULY 1, 2018– JUNE 30, 2019) The Shelby County Department of Housing (SCDH) has prepared the proposed Program Year 2018 Annual Action Plan for the period from July 1, 2018 through June 30, 2019 for Shelby County Fiscal Year 2019. This plan is required by the U. S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) for the receipt of Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) and HOME Grant Entitlement funds. The Proposed Annual Plan describes activities proposed by SCDH to address housing and community development needs, especially needs in low- to moderate- income areas of Shelby County outside of the City of Memphis. SCDH has not yet been notified of CDBG and HOME allocation amounts and is basing this proposed plan on an assumption of funding equal to the current Program Year as follows: $1,122,171.00 in CDBG funds, $10,000.00 in CDBG Program income, $297,307.00 in HOME grant funds, $15,000.00 in HOME program income, and $66,895.00 in local match funds for use during Shelby County’s Fiscal Year 2019. The following table summarizes resources and expenditures in this Proposed Annual Plan:
Anticipated Resources
CDBG
HOME
Allocation $1,122,171.00 Match Program income
$
-
$ 10,000.00
TOTAL AVAILABLE $1,132,171.00
APRIL 7-8 • 2018 A juried fined arts festival featuring artists from across America, live music and children’s art activities WEEKEND ALSO INCLUDES
Run Now Wine Later 5K + Santé South Wine Festival + OBO Tandem Cycling Rally
March 29-April 4, 2018
R E N A I S S A N C E AT C O L O N Y PA R K
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Total Funds
$ 297,307.00
$ 1,413,601.00
$ 66,895.00
$
66,895.00
$ 15,000.00
$
25,000.00
$ 379,202.00
$ 1,511,373.00
Project Name
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Housing Rehab/Minor Home Repair
$ 509,479.00
CHDO Set-aside
$
Community Development Project (s)
HOME
TOTAL
$ 304,875.00
$ 814,354.00
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$ 44,597.00
$
44,597.00
$ 200,000.00
$
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$ 200,000.00
Program Delivery
$ 198,258.00
$
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$ 198,258.00
Administration and Planning
$ 224,434.00
$ 29,730.00
$ 254,164.00
TOTAL
$ 1,132,171.00
$379,202.00
$1,511,373.00
If these anticipated resources differ from actual 2018 Program Year allocations, SCDH proposes adjusting funding for each activity either up or down according to the following order of priority: Priority 1- Housing Rehabilitation and Minor Home Repair; Priority 2 - Community Development Projects responsive to high priority non-housing community development needs; and Priority 3: Community Development Project(s). The Proposed Annual Plan for July 1, 2018 through June 30, 2019 and the Proposed Citizen Participation Plan will be available for public review from April 1, 2018 through April 30, 2018 at the Shelby County Department of Housing, 1075 Mullins Station Road, Memphis, Tennessee 38134 Monday through Friday from 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Additionally, these documents will be available at the following library branches in Shelby County: Benjamin Hooks Central Library, Arlington Library, Bartlett Library, Collierville Library, Germantown Library and Millington Library and by clicking on the Reports and Plans link under the Department of Housing webpage on the Shelby County website at http://www.shelbycountytn.gov/388/Housing. In order to solicit public comments on the Annual Action Plan SCDH will hold a public hearing at 5:30 p.m. on Wednesday, April 18, 2018 at the Shelby County Code Enforcement, Training Room, 6465 Mullins Station Road Memphis, TN 38134. The training room can be accessed directly from the parking lot west of the Code Enforcement building. Attendees should park and follow the signage that leads to the training room. If you plan to attend this hearing and have special needs, please contact the Department of Housing at (901) 222-7601 by Wednesday April 11, 2018 and we will work to accommodate you. For those unable to attend the public hearing, written comments will be accepted through 4:30 p.m. on May 1, 2018. Written comments should be addressed to Ms. Sydney McGhee (Sydney.mcghee@shelbycountytn.gov), Shelby County Department of Housing, 1075 Mullins Station Road, Memphis, TN 38134. SCDH will respond to written comments within five working days of their receipt. For questions concerning the Program Year 2018 Proposed Action Plan, please contact the Department of Housing at 901-222-7600 or TTY at 901- 222-2300. Para mas información en Español, por favor llame al 901-222-4289.
www.firstcongo.com Phone: 901.278.6786 1000 South Cooper Memphis, TN 38104 Sunday Worship 10:30 am
The Shelby County Department of Housing does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, sex, religion, age or disability in employment or provision of services. Equal opportunity/equal access provider. Mark H. Luttrell, Jr. Shelby County Mayor Attest: Scott Walkup, Administrator Department of Housing
FOOD By Susan Ellis
At the Plate
Now open: a reimagined Oshi and Indian Pass.
Kinon Kiplinger, manager of the newly open Indian Pass in Overton Square, says the Florida original was in an old gas station. It was nothing fancy, a place for family and friends, where “grab yourself a beer” was a common refrain. That was the sort of attitude that led to the beer honor system, which began in
the Florida location and is repeated in the Memphis restaurant. It is what it sounds like. Guests fill their own glass, marking each beer they get on the sheet. It’s up to the guest whether or not they are honest. Before you get any big ideas about the beer, Indian Pass does have ways to keep on top of it. There are cameras, a tap attendant, and servers are taught to keep count. “If you’re not honorable,” says Kiplinger, “we do have the right to prosecute.” Indian Pass’ space was once Chiwawa, and before that Chicago Pizza Factory. The place has been expanded, the kitchen moved from downstairs to the main floor. The cool wrought-iron sign has been stripped of its “Midtown is Memphis,” replaced with “Indian Pass.” According to owner/operations manager George Gouras, the idea was “to wipe away the remnants of the tenant before them.”
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The menu is on the small-ish side, with raw, baked, and char-grilled oysters, headon shrimp and crab featuring steamed, broiled, and stuffed shrimp and steamed crab legs. For those not into seafood, there’s the “Land Food” part of the menu with burger, cheeseburger, and a grilled chicken sandwich. One thing you won’t see is a deep-fryer. Gouras says if someone wants something fried, they’ll see to it. Otherwise, the idea is to “keep things good; keep things fresh.” To that end, Gouras drives halfway to Jackson, Mississippi, to meet his seafood guy. He fetches several hundred pounds once or twice a week. The menu isn’t the same as the Florida restaurant. That’s due to Gouras own take on dishes like the crab dip and the gumbo. Kiplinger describes Indian Pass as a “little getaway,” perfect for the 30A crowd. But it still has that essential Memphis vibe. “It’s a little slice of Florida with a Memphis feel,” says Kiplinger.
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oming up soon, Oshi will host a sake tasting and a beer dinner. At one point, patrons will be introduced to the sushi bomb. This involves a shot of sake balanced on chopsticks on top of a glass of beer. The chopsticks are parted, the shot goes in, and the rest is up to the consumer. “People come here to have fun,” says Minh Nguyen, one of Oshi’s new owners, along with Tammy and Marvin Shackelford. Oshi opened in 2014 on South Main, offering an imaginative menu of Asianinflected burgers and dogs. With the new owners, the focus is now sushi. Nguyen says he expresses his personality through such favorite rolls as the Mist Roll (shrimp tempura, avocado topped with crabstick, spicy mayo, eel sauce, and sweet chili) and the B.P. Roll (spicy tuna, cream cheese, avocado, crunchies, white tuna, jalapeño, cilantro, mayo, and sriracha). Nguyen gets creative through Omakase, where it’s anything goes. The customer tells the chef what flavors he likes, and then Nguyen uses that intel to create a special dish. One holdout from the old menu is the Asian burger, though Nguyen says their version is a completely new take. It’s a wagyu patty with cheddar, bacon, tomato jam (!), sweet pepper sauce, fried egg, mixed greens, and a garlic aioli on a brioche bun. It comes with fries. Also on the menu are pho, a vegetarian dumpling soup, crab cakes, fried calamari, vietnamese crepes, teriyaki, fried rice, fish and chips, and lobster roll. The best way to peg the menu is Asian fusion. Nguyen says he wants to challenge local palates, to teach Memphians to try new things. “We want to make simple Asian food that tastes good and not the same,” says Nguyen.
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THE LAST WORD by Randy Haspel
Forward March
March for Our Lives
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Before what Life Magazine called, “the largest expression of public dissent ever seen in this country,” President Richard Nixon said, “As far as this activity is concerned, we expect it, but under no circumstances will I be affected whatever by it.” The delusional traitor Nixon had previously referred to anti-war protesters as “bums,” but half-a-million people were about to descend on Nixon’s front yard in a massive march called the Moratorium to End the War in Vietnam. On November 15, 1969, hundreds of thousands of anti-war protesters began marching down Pennsylvania Avenue to the Washington Monument. The morning was damn cold. I know because I was there. We listened to speeches by Senator George McGovern and Dr. Benjamin Spock and joined in with Pete Seeger singing John Lennon’s tune — “All we are saying is give peace a chance.” Nixon spent the day secluded in the White House watching college football, but his venal Vice President, Spiro “Ted” Agnew, called the protesters “an effete corps of impudent snobs.” The work of several anti-war organizations, plus 250 student government officers and student newspaper editors were necessary to draw the massive number of people to Washington. What these young adults from Parkland High School managed to put together last week was nothing short of miraculous. We are in the midst of an historic moment … “and a little child shall lead them.” These committed students from Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School are an inspiration, and if you’re too old or too cynical or too oblivious to grasp the significance of the March For Our Lives against gun violence, you fall in the same category as the cadre of dead-enders that sat on their couches and cheered on the Vietnam War — on the wrong side of history. These survivors of the school shooting in Parkland, Florida, were poised and eloquent beyond their years. There were a few celebrities in attendance, but the march and the program were organized by the students who witnessed this horror. Their impassioned and heartbreaking testimonies brought on more than a few tears in our house. When Jennifer Hudson, who lost her mother, brother, and nephew to gun violence, sang “The Times They Are A-Changin’,” that did it for me. That brought me full circle. Back when I heard Bob Dylan sing it, I didn’t have to go through half a box of Kleenex. These high school kids have started a wave of indignation about this country’s gun violence that appears unstoppable. I don’t know what the popular term is for this generation, whether it’s Millennials or Gen Z or whatever the hell it is, but they are about to effect some real change. Politicians purchased by the NRA have been put on notice by this generation (larger than the Baby-Boomers) and they will vote. The National Rifle Association’s venomous response was predictable: “Gun-hating billionaires and Hollywood elites are manipulating and exploiting children,” while referring to the event as the “March for Their Lies.” Videos of their well-paid lackeys, Dana Loesch and Wayne LaPierre, contempt and vitriol dripping from their lips, were regrettably televised. Hate-mongers called the kids “crisis actors.” The students were not intimidated. Gun laws will change the moment politicians realize they must face their voting-age children’s scorn. Enormous marches were held in hundreds of cities in solidarity with the students from Parkland, including Memphis. If I were a football game, I’d be in the fourth quarter. I haven’t hit the two-minute warning yet, but I can see it out there on the horizon. I figured I had one more march left in me, so Melody and I headed downtown. We gathered at the Clayborn Temple and marched the short distance to the National Civil Rights Museum. I’m not good at estimates, so I’ll just say the crowd was enormous. Young students gave testimonies about their first-hand experiences with gun violence that were both emotional and wrenchingly personal, since Memphis is no stranger to firearm violence. The encouraging takeaway was the determination of these young people to effect change. I did notice a whole lot of gray hair in the crowd and was pleased and proud that everyone’s knees still worked. Old hippies never die, they just march on. The Memphis march was great. What was hard was the walk back, and trying to find where we parked the car. We marched about four blocks longer than we had to. My calves are sore and my back hurts, but I’m happy we attended. As for policy, I agree that the Assault Weapons Ban should be reinstated. The opposing argument is there would still be millions in circulation. Maybe so, but there wouldn’t be any new ones for sale so some vengeful teenager with a chip on his shoulder could legally buy and shoot up his school. If you believe that the Second Amendment entitles you to own a battlefield weapon, where does the right to your firepower end? Grenade launchers? Mortar cannons? Nobody’s coming for your guns. Keep your handguns and your long-guns. Go have fun at the range and protect your home. Just spare the life of my child. Randy Haspel writes the “Recycled Hippies” blog.
THE LAST WORD
LAURA JEAN HOCKING
The times they are a changin’ — again.
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