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547-7997 LETTER FROM THE EDITOR • OUR 1417TH ISSUE 04.21.2016 Last weekend on Facebook, I posted a link to a story about the poet Mary Oliver and her longtime companion, Molly Malone Cook. I liked it — and wanted to share it — because of its insights into the joy, pain, and ultimate mystery of living with someone for 40 years, until death takes one person away. Within minutes of posting it, I saw that my 91-year-old mother in New Mexico had “liked” it. What a world we live in, I thought, where, without speaking, communication with a loved one happens so easily and instantly. It made me happy to think my mother was reading the same story I’d just read, and perhaps remembering her own long life’s journey. It’s something of a miracle, isn’t it, that we’re all connected — family, acquaintances, old friends and new — sharing what we’re reading, what we’re doing, what we’re seeing through our omnipresent camera phones? It’s as though we’re all talking across a backyard fence, even though we’re miles apart. Distance has become local, at some level, and I’m grateful for that. That same afternoon, I read a story from a Tampa newspaper that was linked on a friend’s page. It was about how the “farm-to-table” trend was being abused by many restaurants in Florida. On their chalkboards and menus, the eateries claimed their food was “locally sourced” and listed various nearby purveyors of seafood, produce, and meat as their suppliers. A reporter followed up with phone calls to the local purveyors and learned that many restaurants were just making up their connections, or that those connections had long ago lapsed. Localizing human communication is one thing. Localizing the products we consume is quite another. In the case of those Florida restaurants, the concept of “local” over “distant” was recognized as being valuable, but it was being corrupted, and their customers were, quite literally, paying for it. Why is locally sourced food perceived as valuable? It’s not just a hipster thing. Food that’s produced locally is fresher, certainly, but it goes beyond that. The money spent on local food — or any locally produced consumer goods — tends to stay in the community. And that’s a big deal. The value of “local” applies to more than food and restaurants. When we patronize locally owned or managed retail shops, bars, bookstores, liquor stores, music clubs, coffee shops, hotels, (ahem) newspapers, farmers markets, and other businesses, the money stays here, for the most part. Sure, most of us succumb now and then to the temptation to use Amazon or other online enterprises for consumer goods, but it’s important to remember that those purchases don’t help the local economy much, except for the company flying those big orange and blue airplanes. Unlike most cities, at least the Memphis economy gets a piece of the onN EWS & O P I N I O N line action via FedEx’s presence here. LETTERS - 4 THE TIMES CROSSWORD PUZZLE - 4 The American Independent BusiTHE FLY-BY - 6 ness Alliance recently did a study that POLITICS - 10 determined that 48 percent of every EDITORIAL - 14 dollar spent in locally owned businesses VIEWPOINT - 15 COVER STORY stays in the community, versus 14 per“HERE COMES THE SUN!” cent for chain outlets such as WalMart. BY CHRIS MCCOY - 16 The numbers are clear, and the lesson WE RECOMMEND - 20 is obvious: Whenever possible, spend MUSIC - 22 AFTER DARK - 24 your disposable income where it does CALENDAR OF EVENTS - 28 the most good for your friends, neighFOOD - 38 bors, and fellow Memphians — and FILM - 41 ultimately, for you. THE LAST WORD - 47 Bruce VanWyngarden C L AS S I F I E D S - 43 brucev@memphisflyer.com

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About Bruce VanWyngarden’s column, 14 New Day at the CA”15 “(Another) ... As a veteran news reporter and former 18 Commercial Appeal news bureau chief, I strongly support the Gannett Company’s not downsizing editor 21 22 Louis 23 Graham. The CA, to quote the Flyer’s editor, indeed, “has improved greatly” 26 27 under Graham’s editorship. Though it has been painful to 30 31of daily watch the transformation metro newspapers across the U.S., 33 the 34CA, Graham has reincluding mained true to journalistic integrity, as well as the long-dismissed Truth in 39 Journalism Act. Despite seemingly never-ending 42 layoffs of reputable staff — and downright crazy bean-counters’ ideas about how to save circulation and advertis-45 ing dollars — Graham has remained a “Louisville slugger.” 49 (He 50interned 51 at the Louisville Courier-Journal.) If Gannett lets53 him go, there 54 will be “no joy in Mudville.” Fran Taylor 59

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DELICIOUS VILLANY Your phone dings. It’s a push notification from WMC: “Breaking: Police search for Incredible Pizza robber.” Suddenly your whole world turns into a Batman ’66 comic book. You think, “The Incredible Pizza Robber? That fiend!” So, quick as you can, you gather up all your pizza and hide it in a place the IPR will never find it. At least not without the aid of his old partner the Extraordinary Sausage Pirate, who’s currently locked away in Arkham Asylum.

N E V E R E N D I N G E LV I S Wouldn’t it be awesome if a tornado sucked up thousands of zombie Elvis impersonators as it ravaged the countryside, decimating the landscape and creating thousands of new Elvis zombies? According to geek news clearinghouse “Den of Geek,” there’s a new Elvis movie in the works, and it could be weird. Elvis Lives is a being described as a cop drama featuring an old, drug-addled Elvis, but it comes to us courtesy of the Asylum, a shitsploitation production company best known for Syfy’s Sharknado movies. By Chris Davis. Email him at davis@memphisflyer.com.

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Tom Shadyac readies phase one of the Soulsville Town Center. When I arrived at the Soulsville Town Center for a guided tour with Hollywood film director-turned-philanthropist Tom Shadyac, a man whose name is now as synonymous with Memphis as it is with his film Ace Ventura: Pet Detective, Shadayac was standing in the sprinkling rain and speaking to a smiling World War II veteran who lost his legs and was in a wheelchair. Minutes later, Shadyac shared that moment with a group of about 20 attendees at the High Ground News-sponsored tour to communicate the ideology behind One Family Memphis, the nonprofit organization that will head the revitalization of the long-vacant Town Center and, as Shadyac says, “the healing of the blighted Soulsville community.” “Everything you see today will be what you can afford,” said Shadyac, whose father Richard Shadyac Sr. helped found St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital. “No one will be turned away from our services regardless of their ability to pay. Everyone will participate as a family member. Whatever you have to offer, you will offer, even if it’s just a smile. I was just with a gentleman named Calvin, who lives in the neighborhood. He lost his legs. Calvin will come and [work as] a greeter, if that’s his gift. He’ll get to use whatever services we have.” Since Shadyac purchased the bankrupt Town Center at auction last August for a $3.2 million, residents have asked one question: What’s he going to do with more than 79,000 square feet of vacant space? Phase one will kick off fund-raising and include construction

of a cutting-edge climbing gym, a pay-it-forward coffee shop and restaurant, a farmers market and green space with potential garden access, and a 350- to 450-seat film and performing arts theater. Construction will begin over the summer. “This is a very ambitious project. Just like when Danny Thomas said no child should die in the dawn of life, that was a very ambitious project,” says Michael Drake, a One Family board member. “St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital has ALSAC, the fund-raising arm. God put it on my heart that One Family Memphis will have a fund-raising arm as well.” Shadyac bases his vision for One Family on the hospital his father helped found and where his brother, Richard, is the current CEO of the fund-raising arm ALSAC. “If you could have been at St. Jude 50 years ago, and a Lebanese comic tells you he was going to treat kids of all colors, races, creeds, and religions for free in 1950, you would have said ‘You’re crazy, it can’t work,’” Shadyac said. “It not only works, it’s the most trusted charity in America. We are moving forward with that same ethos.” Climbing Gym A state-of-the-art climbing gym will be built in the 26,500 square feet that was formerly designated for “the Whole Foods that never came,” Shadyac said (Town Center was originally built to house a grocery store). Part of the roof will be raised 45 to 50 feet for a high-climbing wall, while a

Q&A with Christopher Smith Fight for $15 campaigner/fast-food worker Last Thursday, Memphis joined 320 cities nationwide as fastfood workers and home-care workers went on strike once again in support of the “Fight for $15” campaign. The protesters held two rallies outside McDonald’s restaurants in East Memphis and the Medical District. The Fight for $15 campaign, in which fast-food and homecare workers across the country are demanding the federal minimum wage be raised from $7.25 to $15 an hour, has been active in Memphis since 2013. While not much progress has been made here in regards to convincing employers to raise wages, the national campaign has begun to make some waves. New York has a plan to raise that state’s minimum wage to $15 by 2019, and California will make the shift by 2022. Individual cities, including Seattle and Los Angeles, have begun to work toward a shift to $15 an hour. Tennessee state law prohibits cities from passing wage ordinances for private business, and two recent General Assembly bills to raise wages to $15 an hour failed. But the Fight for $15 campaign plans to lobby for future statewide efforts. One of the demonstrators in Thursday’s rallies was Christopher Smith, a fast-food worker and father of three kids (ages 3, 5, and 7). Smith shared his story of working in the fast-food industry (first for Church’s Chicken and now Little Caesar’s Pizza) and supporting a family on $7.25 an hour. — Bianca Phillips

Christopher Smith Flyer: When you got involved with Fight for $15, you worked for Church’s Chicken. What happened? Christopher Smith: I left Church’s a year ago. When I first heard about the campaign, I really wanted to get involved because I felt like I deserved $15 an hour. After I got involved, the company started cutting my hours. I went to the [local] National Labor Relations Board, and they ended up having to pay me back-pay for the hours they’d taken away. It was about $700 when they added all the hours together.

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Tom Shadyac shows off plans. 15-foot bouldering section will allow people to climb untied. A juice bar and flex-space for yoga, dance, meditation, weightlifting, and cardio will overlook the gym. “A climbing gym is just an access point to a conversation with the youth to access their challenges, hopes, and dreams … which is what generational poverty doesn’t allow. We are going to tell them they are loved, they are cared for, and they can begin to dream again.”

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Restaurant One Family’s pay-it-forward, farm-to-table restaurant will be based on Jon Bon Jovi’s Soul Kitchen — a possible partner in the project. The economic model is simple. Each item costs $10. If customers can afford that, they’ll pay $20 and cover someone else’s meal. If not, they volunteer for one hour by working in the kitchen, serving, or working in the garden. “You can feed a family of five with that one hour of service,” Drake said. Theater Shadyac said he wanted to give the young musicians at nearby Stax Academy a performance space, which spawned the plan for the theater. “We’re not only going to engage with the kids across the street [at Stax Academy], but we’re also going to bring TED Talks,” Shadyac said. “We’re going to bring our own talks — Soul Talks. We’re going to use recreation, art, and theater to bring a conversation and a sense of family to this community that will spread to the city, the state, and we hope to the nation and the world. We think big here.”

How were you able to make ends meet when they cut your hours? Before they started taking my hours, I was only making $7.25 an hour. I couldn’t provide for my kids like I used to. I couldn’t pay bills like I used to. I couldn’t take care of myself. I was already not making enough, and then they cut my hours. They may have given me back pay, but they can’t take away the time that I was down.

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Why do you believe fast-food workers deserve $15 an hour? People say we don’t deserve $15, but I think we do because most of the time, you end up doing the manager’s job that they’re supposed to do. You have to do it because you need the job. I was [at Church’s] for 3 1/2 years, and I only got one raise. Now you’re employed at Little Caesar’s? Is it any better? No, it’s not better. Same thing. I’m making $7.25. There’s been a lot of discussion about income inequality during the presidential primaries. Do you think Fight for $15 is being heard? It will take a bit more time for our state because our government is greedy. The [politicians] want to be at home with their picket fences and big ol’ cars. They’re getting their money, and they’re not trying to give us nothing. But I believe we will win. New York, Seattle, and California did, but it’s just taking us a little more time. As long as we stay united together and let them hear our voices, we will win. Why are most of the campaign’s events held at McDonald’s when the fast-food workers come from all over the industry? Some people think it’s a McDonald’s campaign, and we’re just fighting for $15 for their employees. It’s not. We go to McDonald’s because they are one of the largest employers, and if they hear our voice and change, maybe everybody else will see it and fall in line. Right now, other companies see McDonald’s not paying a living wage, so they think they don’t have to either.

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Many would be hard-pressed to find the newly named Memphis Park or Mississippi River Park, but a new push wants to put those and other downtown locales back on the city’s cultural map. Islands of public space — a few parks and a library — dot the downtown landscape in an unlinked archipelago chain. These islands stretch from Cossitt Library at the corner of Front and Union and north between Riverside and Main to include the library, Memphis Park, Mississippi River Park, Court Square Park, and other points along the Main Street Mall. Disconnected and sometimes hard to access on foot, these spaces draw the occasional tourist and a steady stream of homeless people sitting in the library’s courtyard or lounging on the parks’ many benches. These spaces are underutilized by most Memphians but are landmarks along what many consider the city’s front porch. Memphis does have a proven prescription for activating unused landmarks. Previtalization brought back to life the Broad Avenue corridor, the Tennessee Brewery, and other areas. The idea is to use a rundown space as a blank canvas, put up something temporary to show its potential, bring in people to see it, and, hopefully, keep them coming back. That’s exactly what organizers hope to do with the “Reimagining the Civic Commons” project. “This part of downtown is the missing piece that would link nodes of activity to the north (Bass Pro Shops at the Pyramid) and south (Tom Lee Park, Beale Street, Main Street),” said Maria Furhmann, the project’s lead organizer in Memphis Mayor Jim Strickland’s office. “The Cossitt Library and the two riverfront parks are sometimes forgotten despite the fact that they have great potential.” Memphis and six other cities are participating in the Civic Commons project, competing against one another for a $5 million grant by the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation, the Kresge Foundation, and The Rockefeller Foundation. The project was launched

last year with an $11 million investment to link some of Philadelphia’s parks, trails, plazas, and community centers. “Every city has a collection of civic places with the potential to add to their success in a big way,” Carol Coletta, Knight Foundation vice-president for community and national initiatives, said in a statement last year. “In many cases however, these places are siloed from one another and in competition for dollars.” In Memphis last week, new wayfinding signs went up around the library and the parks. New artwork from the UrbanArt Commission was installed on the Riverside corners at Court and Monroe. At Memphis Park (formerly Confederate Park) new lights, movable The project involved re-branding Memphis Park as the Fourth Bluff.

furniture, food trucks, and a host of new activities popped up near the park’s historic cannon and statue of former Confederate president Jefferson Davis. On Saturday, many got to visit the Cossitt Library’s newly re-opened second floor and saw a new lighting display on the outside of the building. The usually quiet library was host to a post-race party — complete with music, food, and beer — for a downtown 5K run. On Tuesday, the Hattiloo Theatre staged a free performance of Mahalia on the second-floor space. As much as the Civic Commons project is to connect the places to each other, it’s also about connecting the community to the river, said Furhrman, who called the riverfront “Memphis’ first great place.”

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As of this writing, in time for a print deadline of Tuesday at mid-day, the two chambers of the General Assembly have not had an opportunity to vote up or down on overriding Governor Bill Haslam’s veto last week of the bill (HB 615/SB 1108) that would make the Bible the official “state book” of Tennessee. By the time, sometime Wednesday morning, that the first editions of the Flyer hit the street, the bill’s fate will likely be known for certain. The state House of Representatives, where the bill originally passed by a margin of 55 to 38, was expected to have an opportunity to override the governor’s veto either late Tuesday or relatively early on Wednesday. The Senate, which approved the bill by a vote of 19 to 8, would have an opportunity to follow suit immediately thereafter. In either case, a simple majority is all that is required to sustain an override. Whatever the case, the disposition of the veto — and the Bible bill — will, in effect, be the culminating act of this legislative session before adjournment. So, readers, as you peruse this column, the matter of the Bible bill is, one way or the other, a done deal — though its chances, ultimately, of avoiding litigation and judicial overrule have always been questionable. It is hard to see how the endorsement by a state government of a particular religion’s sacred text could stand a Constitutional test. But, just as they say on the ball field, where one side — on paper — is generally favored over another, that’s why they play the game. In any case, here, allowed to speak for themselves, are two remarkable statements on the measure — one by the governor in his veto message to House Speaker Beth Harwell, another by state Senate Majority Leader Mark Norris (R-Collierville), during his chamber’s debate on the measure. HASLAM: “I am vetoing House Bill 615, the legislation designating the Holy Bible as the official state book. “As you know, last year the Attorney General opined that designating the Holy Bible as the official book of Tennessee would

violate the Establishment Clause of the First Amendment to the Federal Constitution and Article l [sub-section 3] of the Tennessee Constitution, which provides that ‘no preference shall ever be given, by law, to any religious establishment or mode of worship.’ “In addition to the constitutional issues with the bill, my personal feeling is that this bill trivializes the Bible, which I believe is a sacred text. If we believe that the Bible is the inspired word of God, then we shouldn’t be recognizing it only as a book of historical and economic significance. If we are recognizing the Bible as a sacred text, then we are violating the Constitution of the United States and the Constitution of the State of Tennessee by designating it as the official state book. Our founders recognized that when the church and state were combined, it was the church that suffered in the long run.

Men and women motivated by faith have every right to bring their belief and commitment to the public debate. However, that is very different from the governmental establishment of religion. “I strongly disagree with those who are trying to drive religion out of the public square. All of us should and must bring our deepest beliefs to the places we are called, including government service. Men and women motivated by faith have every right and obligation to bring their belief and commitment to the public debate. However, that is very different from the governmental establishment of religion that our founders warned against and our Constitution prohibits. “For these reasons, I am vetoing House Bill 615.” NORRIS: “I have made my discomfort with this bill known since it first appeared last year. “I think my colleagues in the Senate, truth be told, are equally uncomfortable with the choice they are being forced to make. But I think continued on page 12

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POLITICS continued from page 10 they feel compelled not to follow their conscience but to choose primarily out of expedience. “I have said that making the Holy Bible the official state book is sacrilegious. Passing this bill relegates it to a mere government symbol. As the smallmouth bass is the state fish, the raccoon the state mammal, the cave salamander the state reptile, the Barrett rifle the state rifle, the Holy Bible

becomes the state book. I suppose it replaces what has traditionally been the state book — the Tennessee Blue Book. Perhaps we will soon see it printed with an orange cover to make clear the Bible is Tennessee’s official state book and no other state’s! “Equally troublesome to me are the lengths to which the sponsors have gone to convince the General Assembly that this is ‘alright.’ They know that in order to withstand the likely judicial scrutiny that is to come the legislation must appear to be ‘secular.’ But it is not secular. “Secular is the opposite of sacred. Merriam-Webster defines secular as ‘not

spiritual, of or relating to the physical world and not the spiritual world.’ How can we say the ‘Holy’ Bible isn’t related to the spiritual world? The sponsors and supporters of this legislation have stated: The Bible would fall into that ‘symbolic’ category if the Bible becomes the official book of Tennessee. Making a book the official state book doesn’t require that people read it any more than making ‘The Tennessee Waltz’ the state song would require people to sing it. It is about recognizing the Bible’s historical role in Tennessee, and that history is undeniable. This action doesn’t impose a religion on anyone.

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People don’t have to read it, and they don’t have to believe it. The bill doesn’t even prescribe a particular version of the Bible. It is the most read and most sold book in history and its role in [Tennessee] history is undeniable. “I have said of such statements that I hear Satan snickering at such talk. Convincing others that the Holy Bible is not sacred but, rather, secular, that it’s a symbol of history rather than religion, that it doesn’t have to be read or believed, is the stuff of Satan — not Holy Scripture. “Voting for the Bible to become the state book on the basis that it’s not religious but a symbol of history is like saying Jesus was a great teacher but not the Son of God.

The Holy Bible becomes the state book. ... Perhaps we will soon see it printed with an orange cover to make clear the Bible is Tennessee’s official state book and no other state’s! “In Mere Christianity, C.S. Lewis posited a similar dilemma: I am trying here to prevent anyone saying the really foolish thing that people often say about Him: ‘I’m ready to accept Jesus as a great moral teacher, but I don’t accept His claim to be God.’ That is the one thing we must not say. A man who was merely a man and said the sort of things Jesus said would not be a great moral teacher. He would either be a lunatic — on the level with the man who says he is a poached egg — or else he would be the Devil of Hell. You must make your choice. Either this man was, and is, the Son of God, or else a madman or something worse. You can shut Him up for a fool, you can spit at Him and kill Him as a demon, or you can fall at His feet and call Him Lord and God, but let us not come with any patronizing nonsense about His being a great human teacher. He has not left that open to us. He did not intend to. “So, too, I must make my choice: Either Jesus was the Son of God, or he wasn’t. Either the Bible is the Word of God, or it’s not. “Adrian Rogers, one of Tennessee’s most revered pastors, once said, ‘It is better to ultimately succeed with the truth than to temporarily succeed with a lie.’ The sponsor’s sophistry is not the truth. Refusing to participate in this sophistry will ultimately lead to success. Perhaps not on this earth, but hereafter. “Mark 12:17 says ‘Render unto Caesar the things that are Caesar’s and unto God the things that are God’s. And they marveled at him.’ “I choose to marvel at Him and His Word.

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Even as we speak, the threat of statesupported religion hangs over the General Assembly as it prepares to wind up its affairs for the legislative session of 2016. We recognize that most of the legislators, in both chambers, who managed to pass a measure to make the Bible an official state book intended no conscious coercion or hatred of others, but we agree with state Attorney General Herbert Slatery that the bill is an attempt, even if indirect, at violating the explicit Constitutional guarantees against an officially established religion. As for the flaws in various pseudosecular rationales for the measure, see the statements against the bill in this week’s “Politics” column by state Senate majority leader Mark Norris and by Governor Bill Haslam, whose veto of the bill is at risk of override as the last act of this legislative session. Nor is the Bible bill a solitary instance. Bill after bill in recent years has been introduced in the General Assembly with the intent of imposing the monolithic moral strictures of some upon the recognized freedoms of all. Put in this category the great majority of antiabortion bills that proliferate in every legislative session. And include also the so-called “bathroom bill,” pulled only at the last minute, that would have put transgendered individuals in a crippling social limbo and compelled them to act against what they have come to perceive, at great cost in personal sacrifice, as their very nature. Sharia law? It’s closer than you think.

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Preventing the foolish barrier that some want to build on our southern border. Ten years ago, the United States Congress passed H.R. 6061 authorizing construction of a 700-mile “wall” along our southern border with Mexico. Funding for the bill, which President George W. Bush signed into law on October 26, 2006, was not nearly enough (at $1.2 billion) to satiate our American wall fixation. Between 2007 and 2014, the government sunk another $5.2 billion into a Homeland Security account called Border Security Fencing, Infrastructure, and Technology. Now, the leading, but receding, GOP candidate for president has campaigned vigorously on the promise of building a wall. When someone at Rhodes College anonymously chalked a sidewalk with the message “Trump 2016: Build a Wall,” many students were offended and dismayed. But “wall politics” have been with us for a while here in America, and walls, we know, never solve problems or bring about social peace. If you don’t believe us, ask the Israelis. Talk to some Berliners. Study the rationale and history behind the construction of China’s “Great Wall.” Shouting at wall advocates is counter-productive. Thinking creatively about ways to engage those who truly believe in the benefits of border fences is a better strategy. Most people in America are not mean-spirited, nativist know-nothings. But many are generally confused by an outdated, impossibly complex immigration system that can only be modernized through an act of Congress. Since this particular Congress takes the cake for fecklessness, fear, and inaction, it’s unlikely we’ll get authentic immigration reform any time soon. This means that the people with the biggest mouths, the deepest pockets, and the skills to manipulate the national media have taken control of the immigration issue. What to do? Here’s a game plan to prevent that foolish barrier: First, register to vote, and work to elect a new Congress. It’s not impossible, but it won’t happen easily or quickly. It will take more than signing a passive, online petition. It will require much more time and energy than goes into posting a message or two on Facebook, Twitter, or Tumblr. Second, study up. Good, careful articles dealing with the fence, the technological glitches, the politics and funding of the fence, and the negative international reaction have been published recently. It’s imperative to fight those who manipulate the fears of others with information, statistics, and historical analysis. Immigrants — documented and undocumented alike — make our cities

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Becky Williamson. “The largest one is at the Agricenter, and that represents about a quarter of the total.” Commuters passing through Shelby Farms on Walnut Grove can easily see the Agricenter’s 5.5 acres of gleaming solar panels. “The Agricenter has a half-billion-dollar impact on this community. We directly or indirectly support 2,500 jobs. People don’t realize the importance of Agricenter,” president John Charles Wilson says. “They don’t realize the kind of research we’re doing here, and the more than 30 different companies we’re working with.” LightWave Solar began construction on the $4.5 million array, which was financed by Nashville solar company Silicon Ranch, in January, 2012. “Initially, back in 20082010, TVA had a premium purchase rate as a subsidy to spur economic development and support this new technology in the region,” says Silicon Ranch’s Matt Brown, who is also secretary of the industry group Tennessee Solar Energy Industries Association. “Costs were significantly higher for a residence or small business or a church to install solar on their rooftops at that time,” Brown says. “Costs have continued to come down in the installation world — and they’ve come down at least threefold in the last few years — so TVA has aligned what they pay for these new participants to the costs.” Brown credits the TVA and federal incentives for kicking off solar’s explosive growth. “I talk about the free market, but I acknowledge the benefit the federal tax credit has had on this industry. It’s done exactly what it was intended to do, which was to inspire the economic engine that [solar] has become,” he says. “That created enough demand, and the simple supply-and-demand curve drove the price down. It has really helped make solar much more cost-effective in a much more accelerated time frame than a lot of the people even inside the industry expected.” When the Agricenter’s Wilson saw how successful the programs were, he decided to build a 56-panel solar array of his own. “I live on a farm, so I had the acreage to do it. … I haven’t paid a utility bill since then. In fact, I think they owe me some money. But I had to put all of the cost up front, so I have about $60,000 in the two sets of panels. With the economy like it is and interest rates like they are, I started looking at it from a standpoint of, I’m ready to retire, and I wouldn’t have a utility bill to pay. So I invested the money in the solar panels, which should pay itself back in about six years.”

Electrical engineer Steve Johnson had long been fascinated by solar power. “In 2006 I decided to jump in with both feet,” says the founder of LightWave Solar. “It started growing right about that time. There wasn’t any solar to speak of in Tennessee, so we’ve just grown along with it.” Over the last decade, Johnson has seen Tennesseans’ attitudes evolve. “Early on, people were very skeptical that it really worked. Some people thought it was a gimmick. That’s been overcome, because now there’s a couple of thousand systems in Tennessee producing electricity every day.” One of the largest solar installations in Tennessee sits beside I-40 in Haywood County. Johnson says the upfront expense of solar power is the biggest hurdle he has to over“The West Tennessee Solar Farm was funded through the Department of Energy’s State come in people’s minds. “The thing about solar is that you don’t have fuel costs. Those Energy Program as part of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009,” says costs add up when you have to burn fuel every minute of every day. If you’ve ever bought a Stacey Patterson, University of Tennessee associate vice president for research. “Those cheap inkjet printer, you go “Wow, how did they make ’em so cheap?’ Then you go to buy funds were specifically requested by the state to fund two projects. One was the West the color ink cartridge, and it’s almost as much as the printer.” Tennessee Solar Farm. The other was the Tennessee Solar Institute, which gave out grants Solar fuel, in the form of photons, is delivered for free every day by the sun, which deto Tennessee for-profit and not-for-profit companies for the installation of solar across the livers more energy to the earth in an hour than humanity uses in a year. As science fiction state. The West Tennessee Solar Farm ended up as a five-megawatt, utility-scale array that’s writer Robert A Heinlein said, “It’s raining soup. Grab a bucket.” all in one place, and through the Tennessee Solar Institute, there was another eight megaFinding the right bucket has been a century-long project. When Bell Labs demonwatts of solar that was installed across the state — we consider that distributed solar — for strated the first practical silicon solar cell commercial entities to help their businesses in 1954, it converted about six percent of Julia Hicks poses with First Congregational in Tennessee.” the light energy that struck it into electricChurch’s solar array. The two parallel projects define one ity. “Panels today are between 15 percent of the great debates in the solar industry: and 20 percent efficient,” Johnson says. “It’s distributed vs. centralized production. Is it about the same as a car, if you look at the better to follow the traditional utility model power that goes to the wheels. The average of giant power plants feeding the grid, system we’re doing these days is around or should every home and business have $20,000 to $25,000.” panels on the roof to produce power where During his decade of solar installation, it’s needed? Johnson has seen the price of the solar “It’s very efficient to generate power at a site,” says LightWave Solar’s Johnson, who bucket plunge. “Three or four years ago, has a roof full of solar panels on both his there was a big drop in panel prices. The home and business. “I’ve got a computer price is still coming down, not as rapidly, but on and some lights in my office, and we’re it’s still coming down. Panels cost about 20 generating power. It’s cloudy here right percent of what they did when we started.” now, so everything we’re generating will be sucked up by our business, but it doesn’t “Currently in Shelby County, we have just have to go across miles of distribution line over four megawatts [of solar] divided up 17 continued on page 19 between 82 generation sites, says MLGW’s

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sion for First Congregational Church. “This goes along with food justice and peace work — all of this is in vain if we don’t have an Earth to live on. As a spiritual journey, we believe that the Earth was created by God, and it’s our duty to care for it.” About five years ago, Hicks and First Congo’s pastor, Rev. Cheryl Cornish, saw an ad for LightWave Solar. “They were working with TVA [Tennesseee Valley Authority] on opportunities to purchase solar panels,” Hicks says. “That’s a whole new way of going green. It’s not just about using less energy, but about finding ways to create new, clean energy. After much soul searching, the church decided to install solar panels on their building’s roof. “The hardest part is that it was expensive to invest in solar energy at that point, because it was not widely done,” Agricenter President Hicks says. John Charles Wilson Residential and commercial users who install solar can qualify for a federal tax break equal to 30 percent of the cost of the equipment, but as a church, First Congo doesn’t pay taxes. They did qualify for a pilot program in which TVA and MLGW would buy the excess energy produced by the solar panels at a premium over the prevailing market rate. “For the amount we were able to do, it only pays back about $125 a month. On bills that range between $6,000 and $8,000, that’s a drop in the bucket.” The panels are expected to last for 40 years, and at the current rate, it will take approximately 20 years for First Congo to pay off the $30,000 they invested, leaving 20 years of pay-back for the church in the form of lowered electric bills. But Hicks says the economics are not the point of the project. “It says, do what you can do. Don’t say no just because you can’t pay your bill with it, or that this is an awful lot of money. The point is the point. Solar energy is the future, if we’re going to have a future. And it’s the faithful thing to do.”

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continued from page 17 and transmission line and substations. To that extent, this amount of power is taking that load off the grid, which is also good for our infrastructure. The less load on the grid, the longer the grid will last.” Patterson says the problem of line loss, familiar to all utilities, came into the play at the West Tennessee Solar Farm. “The one thing this particular site had against it was that it was far from a substation where we could actually interconnect with TVA and the grid.” Nevertheless, in the four years since its 21,000 panels were connected to the TVA system, the West Tennessee Solar Farm has consistently met or exceeded expectations. And since solar plants have no moving parts, the maintenance costs have been a fraction of what you would expect from a coal or natural gas plant of a similar size. The distributed generation portion of the experiment was even more successful. “The demand for those dollars far exceeded our expectations,” Patterson says. The $11.5 million put into the program leveraged $27.1 million from private companies, paying for more than 200 installations. “Everyone we worked with was really thrilled with the program,” Patterson says. “When we ran out of money, we still had a big demand.” Patterson says in her mind, the distributed versus centralized debate is settled. “I don’t think it’s an either/or kind of thing. It’s an all-of-the-above.”

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In 2015, 7,286 megawatts of solar power was installed in the United States, a jump of more than 1,000 megawatts over 2014. The booming industry still faces significant headwinds. Natural gas prices have plummeted in recent years, driven largely by a new technology called hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, which allows increased domestic production. “The supplies are much larger than we thought some years ago,” says Brenda Etheridge Brickhouse, vice president of environment for TVA. “If you think about the solar megawatts competing with the megawatts on the grid, which are comprised of a lot of different things, those prices on the grid are lower because gas prices are currently so low.” That’s good news for carbon dioxide emissions, as natural gas releases 50-60 percent less CO2 than coal, when burned in a state-of-the-art, combined-cycle turbine plant, such as the one that is under construction in Memphis to replace the coal-burning Allen Fossil Plant. But that’s not the whole story. Natural gas is comprised largely of methane, which is roughly 30 times more efficient at trapping heat in the atmosphere than CO2. If the natural gas distribution system is too leaky, the climate-change benefits disappear. The other problem solar is facing is the most obvious one: The sun doesn’t always shine. On cloudy days, solar plants produce less electricity; at night, they produce none. Siler’s backyard solar shed has a battery to store the electricity produced in the daytime for use at night, but the electrical grid has no such storage capacity. Conventional batteries do not scale efficiently enough to store sufficient energy to power the grid overnight. Since wind, the other major renewable power source, also faces the same intermittency problem as solar, a race is on to improve batteries and develop new storage technologies. The outcome of that race could determine the future of human civilization. A preliminary TVA study indicated that a solar plant big enough to replace the coal burning Allen Fossil Plant would cover an area roughly the size of Bartlett. That is not as daunting as it sounds, given that there are plenty of spaces inside the city where panels could be installed with a minimum of disruption. MLGW’s Williamson notes that the second-largest solar array in Memphis is “on the Memphis Bioworks parking garage on Union, which is almost as big as the Agricenter.” And there is plenty more room for solar build-out, says LightWave Solar’s Johnson. “We’ve got a lot of black asphalt parking lots that would be nice to have shaded in the summer, with solar panels producing electricity at the same time.” But TVA, tasked with supplying power to 9,000,000 people, many of whom are among America’s poorest, could not afford to wait for the outcome of the battery race. Natural gas is the current fuel of choice as the utility retires its fleet of coal-burning plants. “50 percent of our power supply will be carbon-free by 2020,” Brickhouse says. Conservation efforts are also bearing fruit. “GDP and economic development used to be perfectly correlated to electricity use,” Brickhouse says. “That’s changing. We’re decarbonizing the electric system, but energy efficiency is a big part of it. We’re seeing energy efficiency really come to be material in that space.” As MLGW’s Williamson says, “The greenest power is the power you don’t use.” For solar industry observers, the future is brighter than ever. “[TVA] should recognize the benefits of solar,” LightWave’s Johnson says. “They don’t have the risk of nuclear installations. It’s not dirty like coal, and you’re not captive to fuel prices. Right now, natural gas is down, but it’s going to come back around once everybody is hooked on it. It’s fuel. These are all different forms of risks that other forms of power have that solar doesn’t have.” TVA is definitely warming to the logic of solar. This week, the utility announced that it is partnering with the Navy on a new 53-megawatt solar project in Millington, which will be the largest single installation in the state. “There’s not a one-size-fits-all solution,” UT’s Patterson says. “That’s the approach that we’ve taken as we support research in these areas. It needs to be a situation where you’re not looking to replace everything with solar, but you could replace some subset with solar. But we do need to have more energy come from renewable sources. That I’m sure of.”

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Gordon Park’s genre-defining crime drama, Shaft, opens with a claustrophobic shot of one of New York’s concrete canyons. We hear the street sounds of Manhattan as the 1960s gave way to the ’70s. Tires skid, engines rev, and horns honk as the camera pans down past a number of cinema marquees advertising films like The Scalphunters, a western starring Burt Lancaster, a British skin flick called School for Sex, and The Animal, a true(ish), plucked-fromthe-tabloids story about a perverse urban voyeur with shocking plans. Then, moments before our hero enters, the urban noise gives way to the sound of Willie Hall’s drumsticks hammering out eighth notes on a hi-hat cymbal and Skip Pitts’ iconic, Cry Babyladen guitar. A mustachioed man in a sweet leather trench coat emerges from the subway and walks right into a street thick with cabs, cursing at the ones that don’t stop for him. This is Richard Roundtree as John Shaft, the complicated private dick who’s a sex machine to all the chicks. He’s a bad mother, with one of the baddest theme song’s in cinema history. This week, film and music fans can explore Shaft and its Academy Award-winning theme from two different perspectives. On Monday, April 25th, Indie Memphis concludes its Soul Cinema series with a free screening at the Stax Museum. Then, on Wednesday, April 27th, former Stax and Royal Studio musicians team up with members of the Memphis Symphony Orchestra for the Hot Buttered Symphony, a concert and conversation exploring the deep relationship between Shaft composer Isaac Hayes and Memphis’ classical music set. Because, if a man’s going to risk his neck for his brother man, he needs a strong woodwind section. The Hot Buttered Symphony will be moderated by John T. Bass and Allie Johnson of Rhodes College. "SHAFT" SCREENING AT THE STAX MUSEUM OF AMERICAN SOUL MONDAY, APRIL 25TH, 6:30 P.M. FREE. HOT BUTTERED SYMPHONY AT THE STAX MUSEUM OF AMERICAN SOUL, APRIL 27TH, 7 P.M. FREE. DONATIONS ACCEPTED.

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Marcella & Her Lovers Laurelwood Courtyard, 6-8 p.m. A concert by Marcella & Her Lovers as part of the Laurelwood Unplugged series.

The Country House Circuit Playhouse, 8 p.m., $22 A group of stage actors gather in a summer home, and the weekend takes an unexpected turn.

An Evening with Roy Blount Jr. Hernando Public Library, 6-7 p.m. Appearance by Southern humorist Roy Blount Jr.

“Perfect Is Boring” Crosstown Arts, 6-8 p.m. Group show curated by social worker Jessica Shea exploring feelings, mistakes, perfectionism, and resilience. A portion of the proceeds goes to the Church Health Center’s behavioral health programs.

Mississippi gets delicious — Catfish Blues and Pickle & Jam Food News, p. 38 SATURDAY April 23 Art Squared Overton Square, 11 a.m.-7 p.m. Art festival hosted by the ArtWorks Foundation with paintings, jewelry, fiber works, pottery, photography, and more. There will be demos and music from the Symphony String Ensemble, Opera Memphis, and high school choral groups. Powershares Series Landers Center, 7 p.m., $10-$195 Some of tennis’ greatest players — McEnroe, Roddick, Courier — play during this tournament.

“Island States” Tops Gallery, 6-8 p.m. Opening reception for this freestanding sculpture in an assertion of belief. Artists include Jim Buchman, LaKela Brown, Corinne Jones, and Terri Phillips. Bookstock Benjamin L. Hooks Central Library, 11 a.m.-3 p.m. Annual event featuring some 40 local authors, among them Kimberla Lawson Roby (Best Friends Forever) and Thomas Christensen (1616: The World in Motion).

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In 1769 David Garrick, an actor, director, and theater promoter, created a centennial Shakespeare jubilee at Stratford-upon-Avon to start the Shakespeare tourism industry and to promote his own career as an interpreter and inheritor of the figure of Shakespeare. This is also the tipping point when Shakespeare the author starts to become Shakespeare the icon. Two hundred and forty-seven years later, as the world acknowledges the 400th anniversary of Shakespeare’s death, Rhodes College offers Memphians a snapshot of the world he left behind. Instead of focusing exclusively on Shakespeare, Rhodes’ 1616 Symposium covers economics, culture, art, science, performance, the role of women, and the roots of globalism. Symposium guests include Dr. Gideon Manning, an assistant professor of philosophy at Caltech who specializes in Renaissance medicine, and Indiana University’s Dr. William Newman, who’s the world’s foremost expert on alchemy, with a particular interest in Isaac Newton’s secret attempts to make gold in his lab. Dr. Scott Newstok, professor of English Renaissance literature and coordinator for the Pearce Shakespeare Endowment at Rhodes College, describes 1616 as a time “right in the middle of a complicated and powerful political emergence of the idea of the corporation.” Dr. Henry Turner of Rutgers will discuss the medieval and Renaissance origins of treating business interests like people. This deep dive into 1616 doubles as a portrait of the Bard. “I’m always hesitant to use the word ‘genius,’” Newstok says. “But I think, if you want to talk about Shakespeare’s ingenuity, part of that was clearly his ability to absorb so much of what he saw around him, and so much of what he sensed was topical or timely.” THE 1616 SYMPOSIUM AT RHODES COLLEGE BLOUNT AUDITORIUM APRIL 21ST-22ND. FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION, GO TO RHODES.EDU/1616.

SUNDAY April 24 V&E Artwalk V&E Greenline (Avalon & Tucker), 11 a.m.-6 p.m. Annual art festival with some 70 artists selling their work. Includes a silent auction, craft beer, a children’s area, and more. Speakeasy Woodruff-Fontaine House, 7-10 p.m., $25 Guests are encouraged to wear their best 1920s attire. Includes a tour of the mansion and a silent auction.

Southern Hot Wing Festival Memphis Park, 11 a.m.-8 p.m., $15 Annual hot wing festival benefiting the Ronald McDonald House Charities of Memphis. Guests can try competitors’ wings for a donation. There’s also a hot-wing eating contest, and local cartoonist Greg Cravens will be on site doing caricatures. Snake in the Grass Bartlett Performing Arts & Conference Center, 7 p.m., $10 Thriller about blackmail and family.

“Inches from the Earth” Metal Museum, 3-5 p.m. Opening reception for this group show by contemporary metalsmiths inspired by plant and insect life. There will be a brunch and learn at noon and a gallery talk at 2:30 p.m. “The Impressionist Revolution: Forty Years of French Art at the Dixon” Dixon Gallery & Gardens, 1-5 p.m. A show of impressionist works in celebration of the Dixon’s 40th anniversary.

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ast weekend the Levitt Shell announced the line up to their Free Summer Concert Series. The series will go down in a newly renovated amphitheater, and the shows will feature various food trucks and beer vendors, in addition to being all ages. Here’s the rundown on 18 acts playing the Levitt Shell this summer. Thursday, June 2nd: The Soul Rebels with the Beale Street Flippers New Orleans’ the Soul Rebels kick the summer series off with a funk/jazz fusion, and having the Beale Street Flippers on hand should push this party over the edge. Saturday, June 4th: Big Ass Truck Memphis’ own Big Ass Truck reunite for a Saturday show at the Levitt Shell. Fun fact: Big Ass Truck features former Memphis Flyer music editor Joe Boone. Thursday, June 9th: The Record Company The Record Company kick off the second week of the Summer Series, bringing their Stones-esque rock to the Shell. Their latest album Give It Back to You was released earlier this year. Friday, June 10th: Mariachi Flor De Toloache The all-female mariachi band Mariachi Flor De Toloache were nominated for a Latin Grammy and have been at it since 2008. Saturday, June 11th: Cherry Poppin’ Daddies Bust out your zoot suit, and get ready for a swingin’ time when the Cherry Poppin’ Daddies take the stage. Thursday, June 16th: The Bo-Keys Memphis’ Bo-Keys don’t play all that often, but whenever they do, it’s a guaranteed great time. The Keys will be joined by Percy Wiggins and Don Bryant for this gig.

Thursday, July 14th: Band of Heathens Austin’s Band of Heathens live on the road, taking their rock-and-roll far and wide on the strength of their latest album, 2013’s Sunday Morning Record.

Elizabeth Cook plays the Levitt Shell on Friday, July 1st. Friday, June 24th: Steep Canyon Rangers These Grammy Award-winners have been at it for 15 years and frequently collaborate with comedian Steve Martin, but no word yet on whether or not he will be joining them. Friday, July 1st: Elizabeth Cook Elizabeth Cook kicks off the final month of the Summer Series, and chances are she’ll have her first new album in six years, Exodus of Venus, in tow. Thursday, July 7th: Hal Ketchum Hal Ketchum has been cranking out country albums for three decades, and his 1991 album Past the Point of Rescue has sold over 500,000 copies and features his most well-known song, “Small Town Saturday Night.” Friday, July 8th: Lera Lynn You may recognize Lera Lynn as the bar-room singer in the second season of True Detective (a character some might call the only redeeming quality of that season). Lynn played a vital role in that season of True Detective, and her dark pop music has been blowing up ever since. Saturday, July 9th: “Stars at the Shell”: Sharon Jones and the Dap-Kings (ticketed event) Sharon Jones and the Dap-Kings will play the Levitt

Friday, July 15th: Cedric Burnside As the grandson of R.L. Burnside, Cedric Burnside had some big shoes to fill when he started playing live music. He answered the call by becoming one of the most renowned drummers in the world, and Cedric Burnside Project creates a dance party like few other acts can. Saturday, July 23rd: The Nightowls To record their appropriately titled new album The Fame Sessions, the Nightowls took to Muscle Shoals’ FAME Studios, where the Staple Singers, Percy Sledge, Little Richard, and the Allman Brothers all cranked out some of their best work. Thursday, July 28th: Martin Harley Slide-guitar master Martin Harley brings his modern blues to the final weekend of the Summer Series. Harley has traveled the world with his 12-string guitar, and his latest album, Live at Southern Ground, was released last year. Friday, July 29th: Snowglobe Hometown heroes Snowglobe are releasing a new album later this year, so their performance at the Shell should be full of new material. The band has released six albums over the course of their long career, and their offkilter pop has been a local favorite for years. Sunday, July 31st: Alvin Youngblood Hart Alvin Youngblood Hart closes out the Summer Series. Hart has won over the likes of Eric Clapton and Bob Dylan with his genre-bending blues music, and he recorded his album Start With the Soul with Memphis legend Jim Dickinson. Hart also served as Samuel L. Jackson’s guitar tutor on Craig Brewer’s Black Snake Moan. All shows start at 7:30 p.m.

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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.

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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.; Cowboy Neil Sundays, 2-6 p.m., and Mondays, 6:30-10:30 p.m.; Sensation Band Tuesdays, 6:30-10:30 p.m.; Sean “Bad” Apple Wednesdays, 6:30-10:30 p.m.

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

Don Valentine Thursdays, Tuesdays, 8 p.m.-midnight; Sean “Bad” Apple Friday, April 22, 9 p.m.-1 a.m.; Fish Out of Water Saturday, April 23, 8:30 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

Frankie Ballard Saturday, April 23, 6-10 p.m.

Rum Boogie Cafe

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183 BEALE 522-9596

77 S. SECOND 527-2700

Barbara Blue ThursdaysFridays, Wednesdays, 79 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.

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Vince Johnson and the Boogie Blues Band Thursday, April 21, 8 p.m.-midnight, Friday, April 22, 9 p.m.1 a.m., and Saturday, April 23, 9 p.m.-1 a.m.; Pam & Terry Friday, April 22, 5:308:30 p.m., and Saturday, April 23, 5:30-8:30 p.m.; Memphis Blues Society Jam Sundays, 7-11 p.m.; Tas Cru & His Band of Tortured Souls Monday, April 25, 8 p.m.midnight, Tuesday, April 26, 8 p.m.-midnight, and Wednesday, April 27, 8 p.m.midnight.

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

Memphis Bluesmasters Thursdays, 8 p.m.-midnight; Plantation Allstars Fridays, Saturdays, 3-7 p.m.; McDaniel Band Tuesdays, Wednesdays, 8 p.m.-midnight, Friday, April 22, 8 p.m.-midnight, and Monday, April 25, 8 p.m.-midnight; Sean “Bad” Apple Saturday, April 23, 8:30 p.m.-midnight; Low Society Sundays, 8 p.m.midnight; Brian Hawkins Blues Party Mondays, 8 p.m.midnight.

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The Pamela K. Ward Band Sunday, April 24, 8:30-midnight; The Pamela K. Ward Band Sunday, April 24, 8:30 p.m.-midnight.

The Orpheum 203 S. MAIN 525-3000

Puscifer Saturday, April 23, 8-10:15 p.m.; Smashing Pumpkins Sunday, April 24, 7:30-10 p.m.

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

Live Music Fridays.

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

Double J Smokehouse & Saloon

140 LT. GEORGE W. LEE 577-1139

Brass Door Irish Pub 152 MADISON 572-1813

124 E. G.E. PATTERSON 347-2648

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

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

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

Harbor Town Amphitheater 740 HARBOR BEND ROAD

Harbor Town River Music Series Saturday, April 23, 6 p.m.

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The Silly Goose 100 PEABODY PLACE 435-6915

DJ Cody Fridays, Saturdays, 10 p.m.

The Peabody Hotel 149 UNION 529-4000

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Joe Restivo 4 Friday, April 22; Alicja-Pop Record Release Party Saturday, April 23; Marcella Simien Wednesday, April 27, 7:30 p.m.

Bhan Thai 1324 PEABODY 272-1538

Half Step Down Saturdays, 7-10:30 p.m.

Karaoke Thursdays, 9 p.m.midnight; Reemus Bo Deemus Friday, April 22; Delta Soul Revival Saturday, April 23.

Boscos 2120 MADISON 432-2222

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

The Buccaneer 1368 MONROE 278-0909

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.; Paul Taylor & Company Friday, April 22, 10 p.m.; Hope Clayburn & the Soul Scrimmage Saturday, April 23, 10 p.m.; Justin White Mondays, 7 p.m.; Karaoke Wednesdays, 10 p.m.

Memphis Heritage 2282 MADISON 272-2727

Karaoke Fridays-Sundays.

Evergreen Presbyterian Church 613 UNIVERSITY 274-3740

Spring Choral Concert: Music for Healing Sunday, April 24, 5-7 p.m.

Hi-Tone

East Memphis

Howard Hall Amp’d Up Saturday, April 23, 1-4 p.m.

Midtown Crossing Grill

Dan McGuinness Pub 4694 SPOTTSWOOD 761-3711

Karaoke Wednesdays, 8 p.m.

394 N. WATKINS 443-0502

Folk’s Folly Prime Steak House

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

551 S. MENDENHALL 762-8200

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

Minglewood Hall 1555 MADISON 866-609-1744

412-414 N. CLEVELAND 278-TONE

Consensual Comedy and Jam Session PERL Benefit Thursday, April 21, 8 p.m.; Kyle Gass Band w/ Native Blood Friday, April 22, 9 p.m.; Phil Good & BeU presents: Underground Kings Saturday, April 23, 8 p.m.; Sharks in the Deepend Sunday, April 24, 9 p.m.; Justin Bloss Band Monday, April 25, 9 p.m.; Matt Coppens and the Miserable Bastards Tuesday, April 26, 9 p.m.; purplecatjane, the Sidewayz, Doc Quote, the Big Velcro Wednesday, April 27, 9 p.m.

Huey’s Midtown 1927 MADISON 726-4372

Band of Brothers Sunday, April 24, 4-7 p.m.; The Jumpin’ Chi-Chi’s Sunday, April 24, 8:30 p.m.-midnight.

Lafayette’s Music Room 2119 MADISON 207-5097

Loveland Duren Thursday, April 21, 6 p.m.; Humming House Thursday, April 21, 9 p.m.-midnight; JoJo Jeffries & Ronnie Caldwell Friday, April 22, 6:30 p.m.; The Ethan Parker Band Friday, April 22, 10 p.m.; Susan Marshall & Friends Saturdays, 11 a.m.; The River Bluff Clan Saturdays, 3 p.m.; Reba Russell Trio Saturday, April 23, 6:30 p.m.; Nick Black Saturday, April 23, 10 p.m.; Joe Restivo 4 Sunday, April 24, 11 a.m.; Jeffrey & the Pacemakers Sunday, April 24, 4 p.m.; Brennan Villines Sunday, April 24, 8 p.m.; John Paul Keith & Friends Mondays, 6 p.m.; Travis Roman Tuesday, April 26, 5:30 p.m.; The Band of Heathens Tuesday, April 26, 8 p.m.; Breeze Cayolle and New Orleans Wednesdays, 5:30 p.m.; Polyrhythmics Wednesday, April 27, 8 p.m.

Elle King Thursday, April 21, 7 p.m.; Taste of Jubilee Friday, April 22, 7 p.m.; Citizen Cope: An Intimate Solo/Acoustic Listening Performance Tuesday, April 26, 8 p.m.

Fox and Hound Sports Tavern 5101 SANDERLIN 763-2013

Murphy’s

Karaoke Tuesdays, 9 p.m.

1589 MADISON 726-4193

An Atomic Whirl Thursday, April 21; Random Conflict Friday, April 22; Lucero After Party Saturday, April 23.

Huey’s Poplar 4872 POPLAR 682-7729

El Ced & Groove Nation Sunday, April 24, 8:30-midnight; The Settlers Sunday, April 24, 4-7 p.m.

Otherlands Coffee Bar 641 S. COOPER 278-4994

Short in the Sleeve CD Release Friday, April 22, 8 p.m.; Mary Owens Saturday, April 23, 8 p.m.

Laurelwood Shopping Center 422 S. GROVE PARK 682-8436

Marcella & Her Lovers Thursday, April 21, 6-8 p.m.

P&H Cafe 1532 MADISON 726-0906

Mortimer’s

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

590 N. PERKINS 761-9321

Van Duren Solo Thursdays, 6:30-8:30 p.m.

T.J. Mulligan’s

Sports Junction 1911 POPLAR 244-7904

1817 KIRBY 755-2481

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

Slap Junior Band Saturday, April 23, 9:30 p.m.-1:30 a.m.; Karaoke Tuesdays, 8 p.m.

Wild Bill’s

The Windjammer Restaurant

1580 VOLLINTINE 207-3975

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

786 E. BROOKHAVEN CIRCLE 683-9044

Karaoke ongoing.

Poplar/I-240 University of Memphis Ubee’s 521 S. HIGHLAND 323-0900

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.

Karaoke Wednesdays, 9 p.m.-2 a.m.

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WRECKLESS ERIC AT THE GALLOWAY HOUSE Eric Goulden, better known by his stage name Wreckless Eric, will play this Friday at the new venue known as the Galloway House. Wreckless Eric has been cranking out new waveish power pop since the ’70s, but he’s best known for his song “Whole Wide World,” released on Stiff Records in 1977. After leaving Stiff Records (the Damned, Elvis Costello, Devo) in the ’80s, Goulden would go on to form the bands the Captains of Industry, the Len Bright Combo, and the Hitsville House band. No stranger to Memphis, Goulden played Gonerfest as Wreckless Eric in 2013 and as a headliner for the only Len Bright Combo U.S. appearance in 2014. As for Wreckless Eric, he’s never exactly fit the mold of a first-generation punk artist, but that hasn’t stopped him from being one of the most recognizable faces on the early Stiff Records roster. Mojo magazine named “Whole Wide World” one of the best punk songs of all time, and the song has been featured in various movies in addition to being a classic staple on any divebar jukebox that’s worth a damn. The show at the Galloway House on Friday is unique for a couple reasons. Not only will this be the first concert in the space that isn’t tied to the Johnny Cash statue fund-raiser in some way, Friday’s performance will also take place in the room where Johnny Cash and the Tennessee Two performed for a group of church ladies in 1954. DJ Shopping Bag and DJ Hot Tub Eric open. — Chris Shaw Wreckless Eric , DJ Shopping Bag, and Hot Tub Eric, Friday, April 22nd at the Galloway House, 8 p.m. $10

April 21-27, 2016

After Dark: Live Music Schedule April 21 - 27 5727 QUINCE 682-2300

Eddie Smith Thursday, April 21, 8 p.m.; Jack Rowell’s Celebrity Jam Friday, April 22, 8 p.m.; Sax on Sunday: Straight-Ahead and Mainstream Jazz fourth Sunday of every month, 6:309:30 p.m.; Debbie Jameson Tuesdays, 6-10 p.m.; Elmo and the Shades Wednesdays, 8 p.m.-midnight.

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

Lannie McMillan Jazz Trio Sundays, 10 a.m.-2 p.m.

Summer/Berclair Barbie’s Barlight Lounge 661 N. MENDENHALL

Collierville

Germantown

Hadley’s Pub

Huey’s Collierville

2779 WHITTEN 266-5006

2130 W. POPLAR 854-4455

Germantown Performing Arts Center

The Nuttin’ Fancy Band Friday, April 22, 9 p.m.; Backstreet Crawlers Saturday, April 23, 9 p.m.; Bike Nite Kick-off event w/ RT Scott Sunday, April 24, 5:30 p.m.; Bike Nite with Live Music Wednesday, April 27, 8 p.m.

Gary Escoe’s Atomic Dance Machine Sunday, April 24, 8-11:30 p.m.

1801 EXETER 751-7500

GPAC Youth Symphony Spring Concert Sunday, April 24, 3 p.m.

Russo’s New York Pizzeria & Wine Bar 9087 POPLAR 755-0092

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

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

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Huey’s Southaven 7090 MALCO, SOUTHAVEN, MS 662-349-7097

Stew & Stacey Sunday, April 24, 8-midnight; Karaoke Night Mondays, 8-10 p.m.

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

Maria’s Restaurant 6439 SUMMER 356-2324

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Hot Buttered Symphony: Shaft, Isaac Hayes and the Memphis Symphony Orchestra Wednesday, April 27, 7-8:30 p.m.

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Old Whitten Tavern 2800 WHITTEN 379-1965

Live Music Thursdays, Wednesdays, 7-10 p.m.; Karaoke and Dance Music with DJ Funn Fridays, 9 p.m.

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

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

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

6230 GREENLEE 592-0344

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

5960 GETWELL, SOUTHAVEN, MS 662-890-2467

477 HIGH POINT TERRACE 452-9203

Rizzi’s/Paradiso Pub

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

Mesquite Chop House

High Point Pub

Arlington/Eads/ Oakland

Section 8 Band Saturday, April 23, 9 p.m.-1 a.m.; Acoustic Music Tuesdays.

Fox and Hound Sports Tavern

Possum Daddy’s Karaoke Saturdays, 9 p.m.-2 a.m.

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

Dan McGuinness 3964 GOODMAN, SOUTHAVEN, MS 662-890-7611

Cordova

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

Fox and Hound Sports Tavern

RockHouse Live

Karaoke Tuesdays, 9 p.m.

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.

Shelby Forest General Store 7729 BENJESTOWN 876-5770

Tony Butler Fridays, 6-8 p.m.

819 EXOCET 624-9060

Huey’s Cordova 1771 N. GERMANTOWN PKWY. 754-3885

The Chaulkies Sunday, April 24, 8:30-midnight.

T.J. Mulligan’s 64 2821 N. HOUSTON LEVEE 377-9997

Section 8 Band Friday, April 22, 9:30 p.m.-1:30 a.m.

Frayser/Millington Old Millington Winery 6748 OLD MILLINGTON 873-4114

Bob and Susie Salley Sunday, April 24.

Huey’s Southwind 7825 WINCHESTER 624-8911

Young Petty Thieves Sunday, April 24, 8:30 p.m.-midnight.

Huey’s Germantown 7677 FARMINGTON 318-3034

Larry Raspberry & the Highsteppers Sunday, April 24, 8-11:30 p.m.; Patio Party featuring Gerry Finney Wednesday, April 27, 5-8 p.m.

Ice Bar & Grill 4202 HACKS CROSS 757-1423

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

Mesquite Chop House 3165 FOREST HILL-IRENE 249-5661

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

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

1-900-Band Friday, April 22, 9 p.m.-1 a.m., and Saturday, April 23, 9 p.m.-1 a.m.

BankPlus Amphitheater at Snowden Grove 6285 SNOWDEN, SOUTHAVEN, MS (662) 892-2660

.38 Special Friday, April 22, 5 p.m.; Loverboy Saturday, April 23, 5 p.m.

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

Karaoke with Buddha Tuesdays, Thursdays, 8 p.m.midnight.

Live Music Fridays, Saturdays.

Wadford’s Grill & Bar 474 CHURCH, SOUTHAVEN, MS 662-510-5861

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

Raleigh Stage Stop 2951 CELA 382-1576

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

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

Live Music Fridays, Saturdays, 10 p.m.; Live Band Karaoke Wednesdays, 7 p.m.

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

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

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CALENDAR of EVENTS:

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

April 21 - 27

T H EAT E R

Bartlett Performing Arts and Conference Center

A Snake in the Grass, classic thriller about Annabel Chester who returns home to her sister and a blackmail plot after the death of their abusive father. Sunday performance is a 2:30 p.m. matinee. www.bpacc.org. $10. April 21-24, 7 p.m. 3663 APPLING (385-6440).

Buckman Arts Center at St. Mary’s School

To Michael with Love, soulstirring performance to pay tribute to Michael Jackson and his contributions to the arts. (662.536.6122), www.yagmemphis.com. $13-$18. Sun., April 24, 3-4 & 6-8 p.m. 60 N. PERKINS EXT. (537-1483).

Circuit Playhouse

The Country House, a group of creative artists have come to their summer home during the Williamstown Theatre Festival. Everyone is forced to come to terms with the roles they play in each other’s lives. www.playhouseonthesquare. org. $22-$35. Sundays, 2 p.m., and Thursdays-Saturdays, 8 p.m. Through May 15. 51 S. COOPER (725-0776).

EACC Fine Arts Center Gallery

Ragtime the Musical, an upper-class wife, a determined Jewish immigrant, and daring young Harlem musician set in turn-of-the-century New York. (870-633-4480, ext. 352), www.eacc.edu. $39. Fri., April 22, 7:30 p.m. EAST ARKANSAS COMMUNITY COLLEGE, 1700 NEWCASTLE, FORREST CITY, AR.

Germantown Community Theatre

A Streetcar Named Desire, www.gctcomeplay.org. $24. Fridays, Saturdays, 8 p.m., and Sundays, 2:30 p.m. Through May 1.

of Memphis students. www. memphis.edu/amum. Fri., April 22, 4:30-7 p.m.

Sat., April 23, 6-8 p.m.

142 COMMUNICATION & FINE ARTS BUILDING (678-2224).

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

Diane’s Art, Gift, and Home

Hattiloo Theatre

Marcus; or the Secret of Sweet, conclusion to the Brother/ Sister plays is a coming-of-age story about a young gay man in the South. www.hattiloo. org. $18-$28. Sundays, 3 p.m., and Thursdays-Saturdays, 7:30 p.m. Through May 8.

Artist reception for “Miniature Masters,” oil paintings on canvas/panel by Brad Behnes. Fri., April 22, 6-8:30 p.m. 1581 OVERTON PARK (276-7515).

Downtown Memphis Commission

37 S. COOPER (502-3486).

Artist reception for “Some Things Are Just Black and White,” exhibition of abstract experimentation through works on paper by Carl E. Moore. (602-478-1557). Fri., April 22, 6-8 p.m.

Landers Center

Seussical Jr., www.landerscenter.com. $12. Fridays-Sundays. Through May 1. 4660 VENTURE, SOUTHAVEN, MS (662-280-9120).

114 N. MAIN (575-0540).

McCoy Theatre

The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee, a colorful group of mid-pubescents competes for the title of supreme spelling bee champ. 2 p.m. Sunday matinee. www.rhodes. edu/mccoy. $10. Thurs.-Sun., 7:30 p.m. Through April 24.

Frame Corner Inc.

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

Memphis College of Art

Opening reception for “Out of Africa,” paintings from safari in Africa by Debbie Richmond. www.debbierichmondart.com. Thurs., April 21, 5:30-8 p.m. 5056 PARK.

St. Timothy’s Episcopal Church

Murder at Cafe Noir, featuring Rick Archer, P.I., out to find a curvaceous runaway. The audience votes twice on what they want Rick to do next and these decisions change the flow of this comic tribute to the Bogart era. www.kudzuplayers.com. $35. Fri.-Sun., Apr. 22-24. 8245 GETWELL (662-393-3100).

Theatre Memphis

The Compleat Wrks of Wllm Shkspr (Abridged), comical parody as three actors take on William Shakespeare in an animated and shortened interpretation. www. theatrememphis.org. $25. Fri., Sat., 8 p.m., Sun., 2 p.m., and Thurs., 7:30 p.m. Through April 24. 630 PERKINS EXT. (682-8323).

TheatreWorks

The Offering, the ’70s in New York is the setting for sexual and psychological dominance that takes four people to places they didn’t plan to go. . (946-6140), www.bluffcitytriarttheatre.zohosites.com. $12-$20. Fridays, Saturdays, 8 p.m., and Sundays, 3 p.m. Through May 1.

University of Memphis Studio Theatre

2085 MONROE (274-7139).

A Flea in Her Ear, suspicions of infidelity lead to mistaken identities, narrow escapes, secret rendezvous at the Frisky Puss Hotel, crazy coincidences, and little lies that grow bigger by the minute in this French farce. www.memphis. edu/theatre. $20. Thur.-Sat., Apr. 21-23, 7:30 p.m.

Universal Parenting Place

THEATRE AND COMMUNICATION ARTS BUILDING, CENTRAL AVE. (678-2523).

PlayBack Memphis, bringing stories to life in a safe space to unlock healing, transformation, and joy. Families welcome. (207-3694), Free. Third Thursday of every month, 4:30-6 p.m. LEMOYNE-OWEN COLLEGE, 990 COLLEGE PARK.

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April 21-27, 2016

3037 FOREST HILL-IRENE (754-2680).

Opening for Agnes Gordon Stark’s “Call of the Clay” at CBU Friday

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Art Museum at the University of Memphis (AMUM)

Opening reception for “Flying Colors: Asafo Flags of the Fante,” prepared by University

True Story:

Artist reception for 2016 Spring BFA Exhibition: Part 2, www.mca.edu. Fri., April 22, 6-8 p.m. Artist reception for “Work by Dick Rhodes,” plein-air landscape paintings. www.mca. edu. Fri., April 22, 6-8 p.m. 1930 POPLAR (272-5100).

Ross Gallery

Opening reception for “Call of the Clay,” works by Agnes Gordon Stark. (321-3432), www.cbu.edu/gallery. Fri., April 22, 5:30-7:30 p.m. CHRISTIAN BROTHERS UNIVERSITY, PLOUGH LIBRARY, 650 E. PARKWAY S. (321-3000).

TOPS Gallery

Opening reception for “Island States,” exhibition of free-standing sculpture by Jim Buchman, LaKela Brown, Josef Bull, Renee Delosh, Anne Eastman, Derek Fordjour, Corinne Jones, Brad Kahlhamer, Seth Kelly, and others. www.topsgallery.com.

39th Annual Original Art Auction

$30. Sat., April 23.

PLAYHOUSE ON THE SQUARE, 66 S. COOPER (726-4656), WWW. PLAYHOUSEONTHESQUARE.ORG.

Antiques Appraisal Fair

Three professional appraisers from Ga. and N.C. will evaluate almost any item. Bring only photos for large items. $25 for appraisal of two items. Sat., April 23, 9 a.m.-3 p.m. COMO MUSIC VENUE, 211 MAIN (662-209-1737).

Art After Dark

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

Art on the Levee

An annual “pARTy” featuring Gus’s fried chicken and catfish, wine and beer, music by the South Side Supper Club, silent auction, tours and art from 35 local artists benefiting the programs of DeltaARTS. $50$75. Sat., April 23, 5 p.m. WAVERLY PLANTATION, 7250 WAVERLY ROAD (870-732-6260), WWW.DELTAARTS.ORG.

Submission open for “Belongings II: Repurposed”

All artists are invited to participate by purchasing any object of inspiration from the Cleveland Street Flea Market, 438 N. Cleveland to transform into (or use as inspiration for) a new work of art. Through April 25. CROSSTOWN ARTS, 430 N. CLEVELAND (507-8030), WWW.CROSSTOWNARTS.ORG.

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First Congregational Church

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Enjoy a celebration of visual, performing, and public art. Food and drink available for purchase. Fri., April 22, 5-10 p.m. BROAD AVENUE ART DISTRICT, BROAD AVENUE (378-4270), WWW.BROADAVEARTS.COM.

“Connections”

A look into the relationships forged and stories told through personal, social interaction through the eyes of artists Lindsey Mashburn and Mary Ruth Pruitt. Free. Sun., April 24, 6-8 p.m. OTHERLANDS COFFEE BAR, 641 S. COOPER (278-4994).

Gallery Talk: “Inches from the Earth”

Enjoy free admission while participating artists tell the stories behind several pieces. Brunch+Learn at noon for members only. Free. Sun., April 24, 12 & 2:30-3 p.m. METAL MUSEUM, 374 METAL MUSEUM DR. (774-6380), METALMUSEUM.ORG.

Garden Party: Spring into the Arts!

Great food and live entertainment at the home of Dr. Bo Adams benefiting GPAC and the Germantown Community Theatre. $40. Sat., April 23, 7 p.m. GERMANTOWN PERFORMING ARTS CENTER, 1801 EXETER (751-7500), WWW.GPACWEB.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.

“Perfect Is Boring”

Multi-media exploration of feelings, mistakes, perfectionism, and resilience featuring visual artists Anna Schall, S. Julian Jenkins, Ziggy Mack, and Lindsey Bailey and two storytellers, Josh Campbell and Sean Mosely. Fri., April 22, 6-8 p.m., and Sat., April 23, 12-3 p.m.

April 21-27, 2016

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

“The Time Catcher,” photography by Karen Pulfer Focht. www.gpacweb.com. Through May 1. 1801 EXETER (751-7500).

L Ross Gallery

“Sanctuaries” and “Gathering with Old Friends,” hand-pigmented papers and acrylics on canvas by Lisa Jennings and animal portrait paintings by Butler Steltemeier. www. lrossgallery.com. Through April 30.

1532 MADISON (726-0906).

PO ET RY /S PO K E N WO R D

Amurica World Headquarters

Spillit Story Slam: Strange Encounters. www.spillitmemphis.org. Sat., April 23, 7 p.m. 410 CLEVELAND.

B O O KS I G N I N G S

Booksigning by Carrolet Thomas

“Blooming,” by Kathleen Stern and Carol Lybanon. www.jccmemphis.org. Through April 29. 6560 POPLAR (761-0810).

Metal Museum

“F.I.R.E. Glenn Zweygardt: Then & Now,” work from periods before and after the artist’s retirement. Through May 22. “Inches From the Earth,” by contemporary metalsmiths inspired by the intimacy and preciousness of plant and insect life. www.metalmuseum. org. Through July 10. 374 METAL MUSEUM DR. (7746380).

Slave Haven Underground Railroad Museum

“Goree Island,” by Frank Frazier celebrating the museum’s 160th anniversary and Africa in April. Through April 30. 826 NORTH SECOND STREET (527-3427).

Temple Israel

“Fabric of Survival: The Art of Esther Nisenthal Krinitz,” 36 hand-stitched fabric panels telling the story of a Holocaust survivor. Through May 13. 1376 E. MASSEY (761-3130). 400 S. FRONT.

WKNO Studio

“Horses, Farms, and Fairy Tales,” by Janet Weed Beaver. www.wkno.org. Free. Through April 28. 7151 CHERRY FARMS (458-2521).

The Dixon Gallery & Gardens

Genesis

Choreography of Dwight Rhoden, Nicole ClarkeSpringer, and more. $25. Sat., April 23, 7:30 p.m., and Sun., April 24, 2:30 p.m. THE HALLORAN CENTRE, 225 S. MAIN (529-4299), WWW.ORPHEUM-MEMPHIS.COM.

4339 PARK (761-5250).

C O M E DY

Fratelli’s

Brass Door Irish Pub

750 CHERRY (766-9900).

Open Mic Comedy, Thursdays, 9 p.m.

Memphis Jewish Community Center’s Shainberg Gallery

DAN C E

“The Impressionist Revolution: Forty Years of French Art at the Dixon.” April 24-July 17. “Made in Dixon,” artwork created in the Dixon’s 18 educational programs. www. dixon.org. April 24-May 15.

P&H Cafe

5040 SANDERLIN (767-2200).

ONGOI NG ART

“Bits and Pieces,” collages by Phyllis Boger. www. memphisbotanicgarden.com. Through April 27.

Germantown Performing Arts Center

Tuesday Show Comedy, featuring Memphis rap queen Happi Johnson, Oxford vigilante comedy duo of Connor King and Sam Lyons, Katherine Jessup of D.C., and Justin Thompson of Atlanta headlining. $5. Tues., April 26, 8-10 p.m. 152 MADISON (572-1813).

Author reads and signs Aspiring to Be Read. Thurs., April 21, 2 p.m. UNIVERSITY OF MEMPHIS, NED R. MCWHERTER LIBRARY, WWW. MEMPHIS.EDU/LIBRARIES.

Booksigning by Darrell Uselton and Sarah Haizlip

Authors discuss and sign A Toast to Lafayette Draper. Sat., April 23, 2 p.m.

THE BOOKSELLERS AT LAURELWOOD, 387 PERKINS EXT. (6839801), WWW.THEBOOKSELLERSATLAURELWOOD.COM.

Booksigning by Haley Morris-Cafiero

Author discusses and signs The Watchers. Special prints and copies of the book will be available. Wed., April 27, 6-9 p.m. MEMPHIS COLLEGE OF ART, 1930 POPLAR (272-5100), MCA.EDU.

Booksigning by James Alexander Thom Author discusses and signs Fire in the Water. Wed., April 27, 6:30 p.m.

THE BOOKSELLERS AT LAURELWOOD, 387 PERKINS EXT. (6839801), WWW.THEBOOKSELLERSATLAURELWOOD.COM.

Booksigning by Jeffrey Bilhuber Author discusses and signs American Master, Notes on Style and Substance. Sat., April 23, 10:30 a.m. MEMPHIS BROOKS MUSEUM OF ART, 1934 POPLAR (544-6209), WWW.DIXON.ORG.

Booksigning by Roy Blount Jr.

Author discusses and signs books. Thurs., April 21, 6 p.m. HERNANDO PUBLIC LIBRARY, 370 W. COMMERCE (662-429-4439).

Booksigning by Sonja Livingston

Author discusses and signs Ladies Night at the Dreamland. Tues., April 26, 6:30 p.m. THE BOOKSELLERS AT LAURELWOOD, 387 PERKINS EXT. (6839801), WWW.THEBOOKSELLERSATLAURELWOOD.COM.

LECT U R E /S P EA K E R

1616 Symposium

Celebrate the 400th anniversary of Shakespeare’s death by exploring the intellectual history of the year 1616 across the globe. Key-

CALENDAR note lecture by Thomas Christensen, author of 1616: The World in Motion, Thursday, 5:30 p.m. and all day Friday, 8:30 a.m.-5 p.m. Thur.-Fri., Apr. 21-22. RHODES COLLEGE, BLOUNT AUDITORIUM IN BUCKMAN HALL, 2000 N. PARKWAY (843-3000), WWW.RHODES.EDU/1616.

Memphis Town Hall Forum on Dismantling the School-to-Prison Pipeline

Meet in the auditorium at the Board of Education. Free. Thurs., April 21, 2-5:30 p.m. SHELBY COUNTY SCHOOLS CENTRAL OFFICE, 160 S. HOLLYWOOD (321-2500).

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Needed: Men with type A+ and O+ blood to support malaria research. If you are 18 years or older, in good health, and have type A or O positive blood, your blood is needed to support important medical research studies that could lead to prevention of malaria. You will be paid for doing something that could benefit mankind. For more information contact:

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Featuring Coach Maurice Harris, Don McLaughlin, and Jase Robertson. $20-$275. Fri., April 22, 5-9:30 p.m. HIGHLAND CHURCH OF CHRIST, 400 N. HOUSTON LEVEE (878-0575), WWW.REFUELMEMPHIS.COM.

TO U R S

African-American History Tour $15. Sat., April 23, 10:30 a.m.

Bridge Walk with Jimmy Ogle

Tour of the Memphis & Arkansas Bridge. Meet at Crump Park (Exit 12C on I-55 North). Free. Sun., April 24, 2 p.m. CRUMP PARK, DELAWARE AT CRUMP (604-5002), WWW.JIMMYOGLE.COM.

Cobblestone Wharf & Sultana Story Tour

Meet historian Jimmy Ogle at the foot of Monroe and Riverside for free tour. Free. Sat., April 23, 2 p.m., and Tues., April 26, 11:45 a.m. FOOT OF MONROE AND RIVERSIDE, MONROE AND RIVER-

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D’Army Bailey Courthouse Tour

Historian Jimmy Ogle leads a free tour of the historical Courthouse. Meet up at the southwest steps (Adams and Second). Thurs., April 21, noon. SHELBY COUNTY COURTHOUSE, ADAMS AND SECOND STREET (604-5002), WWW.JIMMYOGLE.COM.

Old Forest Hike

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

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5th Annual 36-Hour Mega Adoptathon

Multiple shelters and rescue groups will participate in this 36-hour event featuring $36 adoption fee for HSMSC adoptable animals. Gift cards, microchipping, and other services available. Fri.-Sat., Apr. 22-23. HUMANE SOCIETY OF MEMPHIS & SHELBY COUNTY, 935 FARM (272-1753), WWW.MEMPHISHUMANE.ORG.

Choose901 Spring Popup Shop

Memphis Mineral, Fossil, Jewelry Show

Over 50 dealers and exhibitors, kids areas with gem and fossil dig, and geode bowling, sponsored by the Memphis Archaeological and Geological Society. $5, $8 for two-day pass, Free for Scouts. Sat., April 23, 9 a.m.-6 p.m., and Sun., April 24, 10 a.m.-5 p.m. AGRICENTER INTERNATIONAL, 7777 WALNUT GROVE (490-3575), WWW.THEEARTHWIDEOPEN.COM.

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Mudbugs on Broadway

Family fun featuring crawfish, food trucks, and music by the PC Band and Intuition. $25. Sat., April 23, 12-6 p.m.

Featuring 70 artists from the greater Memphis area selling their crafts. Free. Sat., April 23, 11 a.m.-6 p.m. V&E GREENLINE, AVALON AND TUTWILER (276-1782), WWW.VEGREENLINE.ORG/VE-ARTWALK.

MISSISSIPPI RIVER PARK (FORMERLY JEFFERSON-DAVIS PARK), OFF RIVERSIDE DRIVE, WWW.SOUTHERNHOTWINGFESTIVAL.COM.

MARQUETTE PARK, PARK AVE. AND MT. MORIAH (690-9056).

VISIBLE MUSIC COLLEGE, 200 MADISON (381-3939), CHOOSE901.COM/SPRING-POPUPSHOP-2016.

Art Squared: The Art Festival at Overton Square

S PO R TS / F IT N E S S

The Memphis Black Expo Job Fair

OVERTON SQUARE, MIDTOWN, WWW.

Zumba master class to the sounds of Samba and Funke beat. $20. Sat., April 23, 6-8 p.m.

Pre-registration and attendance at Apr. 23 seminar required for job fair. See website and link for more information and registration forms. Sat., April 23, 8 a.m.-noon. ST. ANDREW AME CHURCH, 867 S. PARKWAY E. (948-3441), WWW.MEMPHISBLACKEXPO.COM.

Fri.-Sun., Apr. 22-24, 11 a.m. ARTSMEMPHIS.ORG.

Memphis Area Authors’ Festival: Bookstock 2016 Featuring Kimberla Lawson Roby, Thomas Christensen, and more than 40 local authors. Sat., April 23, 11 a.m.-3 p.m. BENJAMIN L. HOOKS CENTRAL LIBRARY, 3030 POPLAR (415-2700), WWW.MEMPHISLIBRARY.ORG.

IN TUNICA

V&E Artwalk

A Walk in the Park

Headlining this year’s event is iconic Southern rock band Black Oak Arkansas. $15. Sat., April 23, 11 a.m.-8 p.m.

ENTERTAINMENT

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2016 Southern Hot Wing Festival

More than 33 new Memphisthemed T-shirt designs and new items such as totes, dry-fit athletic wear, onesies, and more. The Reverb Coffee Truck and Pink Diva Cupcakery will be on site. Fri., April 22, 3-7 p.m., and Sat., April 23, 10 a.m.-3 p.m.

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2016 Spring Fling: Festa Brasileira with Fabio Barros

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Benefiting Ronald McDonald House of Memphis by honoring the life and legacy of John “Bad Dog” McCormack. $30. Sat., April 23, 8-10 a.m. W.C. HANDY PARK, BEALE AT THIRD (573-8173), WWW.BADDOG5K.RACESONLINE.COM.

Community Bike Rodeo

Practice your street-riding skills in the church parking rodeo course. For kids and grown-ups, alike. Bring your own bicycle or rent one. $2-$3. Sat., April 23, 10 a.m. FIRST CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH, 1000 S. COOPER (278-6786), REVOLUTIONSMEMPHIS.WORDPRESS.COM.

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.

Over the Edge For Orphans

Pick your challenge benefiting Orphanos. Fri., April 22, 11 a.m.-4 p.m., and Sat., April 23, 8 a.m.-5 p.m. RAYMOND JAMES TOWER, 50 N. FRONT (458-9500), WWW.OVERTHEEDGEMEMPHIS.ORG.

Powershares Series

John McEnroe, Andy Roddick, and Jim Courier. Fri., April 22, 7 p.m. LANDERS CENTER, 4660 VENTURE, SOUTHAVEN, MS (662-280-9120).

African-American history tour at Elmwood Cemetery Saturday Walking as One Health Fair

April 21-27, 2016

Registration for 1.5 mile walk is $15 benefiting Church Health Center. Wellness members and children under 12 are free. Sat., April 23, 10 a.m. CHURCH HEALTH CENTER WELLNESS, 1115 UNION (761-1278), WWW.WALKINGASONE.ORG.

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Ambassador College

Students will be trained to give tours — and have fun doing it. Call or email, historian@elmwoodcemetery.org. Wed., April 27, 10 a.m. ELMWOOD CEMETERY, 824 S. DUDLEY (774-3212), WWW.ELMWOODCEMETERY.ORG.

KIDS

New Ballet Ensemble Summer Camps and Classes

For children 3-13. See website for more information and registration. April 23-July 22. NEW BALLET ENSEMBLE & SCHOOL, 2157 YORK (274-5368), WWW.NEWBALLET.ORG.

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2016 Francis Gassner Award Honoring Louis R. Pounders, FAIA

Featuring cocktails, food, and silent auction. $75. Sat., April 23, 6 p.m. CLARK TOWER, TOWER ROOM, 5100 POPLAR, AIAMEMPHIS.ORG.

2016 Puppy Up! Memphis

Two-mile dog walk to promote awareness of canine cancer and raise funds for cancer research that benefits both pets and people. $25. Sun., April 24, 12-4 p.m. OVERTON PARK, EAST PARKWAY PAVILION (619-2286), WWW.PUPPYUP.ORG.

Hoedown For Hope

Featuring local barbecue, dancing, drinks, silent auction, and mechanical bull benefitting Hope House. $75. Fri., April 22, 7-10 p.m. AGRICENTER INTERNATIONAL, 7777 WALNUT GROVE (2722702), WWW.HOPEHOUSEMEMPHIS.ORG.

Howard Hall Amp’d Up: A Front Porch Party

Learn about the mission of Memphis Heritage and it’s impact on the city while enjoying live music and sipping a beer (or soda). Free. Sat., April 23, 1-4 p.m. HOWARD HALL, 2282 MADISON, MEMPHISHERITAGE.ORG.

Jazz-A-Fire: The Incomparable Donald Thomas

Hosted by Cequita Monique. $12. Sun., April 24, 4-7 p.m. MEMPHIS SOUNDS LOUNGE, 22 N. THIRD (590-4049), MEMPHISBLACKARTSALLIANCE.ORG.

Join Hands for Change Annual Gala

2016 Workender Event

Featuring seminars, free photo downloads, sweepstakes, drawings, giveaways, and social gathering. See website for details. Free. Fri.-Sat., Apr. 22-23.

Immersive ritual planned to help you experience the mystery and healing of the Isle of Avalon. Free. Thurs., April 21, 7-9 p.m. THE BROOM CLOSET, 546 S. MAIN (497-9486), THEFELLOWSHIPOFAVALON.COM.

The Benjamin L. Hooks Institute for Social Change will honor West Tennessee native and U of M alumnus, Marvin R. Ellison, CEO of J.C. Penney. $100. Thurs., April 21, 7-9 p.m. UNIVERSITY OF MEMPHIS HOLIDAY INN, 3700 CENTRAL (678-3974), WWW.MEMPHIS.EDU/BENHOOKS.

Journey to the Isle of Avalon

The Legends Award Reception

Tribute to women who have committed a lifetime to leadership, innovation, and philanthropy. $50. Thurs., April 21, 6-8 p.m. THE COLUMNS AT ONE COMMERCE SQUARE, 120 MONROE (578-9346), WWW.WFGM.ORG.

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4th Annual Senior Fun Day

Featuring games, door prizes, waterless manicures compliments of Paul Mitchell the School, and Baskin Robbins ice cream compliments of Airline Market & Deli benefiting Creative Aging. $5. Thurs., April 21, 1-3 p.m. MEMPHIS JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER, 6560 POPLAR (761-0810), CREATIVEAGINGMIDSOUTH.ORG.

The Bo-Keys Album Release Party

Party includes CDs and LPs of the new record, Heartaches by the Number, for sale in the museum gift shop and refreshments. $10. Thurs., April 21, 6:30-8 p.m. STAX MUSEUM OF AMERICAN SOUL MUSIC, 926 E. MCLEMORE (946-2535), SOULSVILLEFOUNDATION.ORG.

Dixon Garden Fair

Over 15,000 plants with a focus on rare, choice, and unusual varieties as well as essential plants for the Mid-South garden. Extensive selection of herbs, ferns, succulents and peonies. Fri.-Sat,, Apr. 22-23, 9 a.m.-4 p.m. THE DIXON GALLERY & GARDENS, 4339 PARK (761-5250), WWW.DIXON.ORG.

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

Family Funday

Celebrate Earth Day by picking up trash and bring a food item for the MGLCC pantry. Sun., April 24, noon. OVERTON PARK, OFF POPLAR, WWW.OVERTONPARK.ORG.

Fashion Day Party

Evening of food and fashion featuring the latest designs for spring/summer 2016 benefiting Just Us Girls annual trunk party celebrating high school seniors transitioning to college. $32. Sun., April 24, 4:30 p.m. HM DESSERT LOUNGE, 1586 MADISON.

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Forgotten Objects: Recycled Design

Artistic repurposing of discarded plastics, designed by students, creatively displayed in an indoor/outdoor setting. Free. Mon., April 25, 6-8 p.m.

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Furry Affair

Evening of food, music, auction, raffles, and dancing with emcee Todd Demers benefiting DARS (DeSoto Animal Rescue Society). $30. Sat., April 23, 7-10 p.m. BONNE TERRE, 4715 CHURCH RD. W. (662-342-9448), WWW.DESOTOANIMALRESCUE.ORG.

Germantown Symphony Orchestra 40th Anniversary Gala

Musical showcase honoring the past, present, and future of the GSO. $12. Sat., April 23, 7 p.m. GERMANTOWN PERFORMING ARTS CENTER, 1801 EXETER (751-7500), WWW.GPACWEB.COM.

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Overnight adventure in the Woodland Discovery Playground. Campers will supply their own tents and camping equipment. Featuring guided nature hike, arts+crafts, breakfast with the buffalo, and more. $10 members, $15 nonmembers. Fri., April 22, 6 p.m.

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Earth Day Family Camp Out

CALENDAR: APRIL 21 - 27

Spring Art Walk on Broad Avenue Friday

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Come as your favorite Memphian, Memphis place, or Memphis food benefiting the Boys & Girls Clubs of Memphis. $40. Sat., April 23, 7 p.m.-midnight. MEMPHIS PINK PALACE MUSEUM, 3050 CENTRAL (278-2947), WWW.PHOENIXCLUB.ORG.

National Library Week Readathon

Quiet reading space, coffee, and snacks. Sat., April 23, 4-6 p.m. LUCIUS E. & ELSIE C. BURCH JR. LIBRARY, 501 POPLAR VIEW, COLLIERVILLE (457-2600), COLLIERVILLELIBRARY.ORG.

Peabody Rooftop Party

Each week features entertainment, themed snack buffet, and drink specials. $10-$15. Thursdays, 6-10 p.m. Through Aug. 18. THE PEABODY, 149 UNION (529-4000), PEABODYMEMPHIS.COM.

Pitter Potter First Anniversary

April 21-27, 2016

Paint your own pottery all weekend for the price of the piece you choose plus $1. Sat., April 23, 11 a.m.-9 p.m. PITTER POTTER STUDIO, 845 GERMANTOWN PKWY (443-7718), WWW.PITTERPOTTERSTUDIO.COM.

Relay for Life of Memphis

Join local volunteers and participants from the community and celebrate cancer survivors, remember those lost to the disease, and take action to save more lives from cancer. Free. Sat., April 23, 12-10 p.m. TIGER LANE, 335 SOUTH HOLLYWOOD (725-8624), RELAYFORLIFE.ORG.

Scrapping for a Cure: Cystic Fibrosis 2-Day Craft Retreat

Featuring classes, goody bags, meals, raffles, silent auction, door prizes, and more benefiting Cystic Fibrosis Foundation. $80-$130. Fri.Sat., Apr. 22-23. MEMPHIS HILTON, 939 RIDGE LAKE (827-7386).

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Pick out great gifts for yourself or others featuring a photo booth, drinks, live music, and a tour of the mansion. $25. Sat., April 23, 7-10 p.m. WOODRUFF-FONTAINE HOUSE, 680 ADAMS (526-1469), WWW. WOODRUFF-FONTAINE.ORG.

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Featuring cocktail reception, appetizers, silent and live auction, and valet service benefiting Delanie Walker Gives Back Foundation. $50. Thurs., April 21, 6:30 p.m. TEXAS DE BRAZIL, 150 PEABODY PLACE, SUITE 103 (526-7600), WWW.DELANIEWALKER.ORG.

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osh Tucker could not wait for his daughter to come visit him in Houston last year. He had not seen her in eight weeks. When he asked her what she wanted to do, her reaction stopped him in his tracks. “She sat down in the middle of the floor, and said, ‘I want my dad back,’” Tucker says. That night, Tucker had everything he owned packed in a U-Haul, and he was headed back to Memphis. Not knowing what he would do, he called up one of his oldest friends, Justin Turner, and talked shop. “Josh and I have been friends for 15 years,” Turner says. “We’d been talking about doing [a restaurant] together for a long time, and then this fell in his lap.” By this, Turner is referring to Catfish Blues, Tucker’s new catfish and Gulf Coast seafood restaurant in DeSoto County that

opened March 14th. Located at 210 E. Commerce in Hernando, the 5,000-square-foot restaurant features Pride of the Pond catfish out of Tunica, all the fixings, and some Cajun-inspired dishes such as gumbo and po’boys. “We serve Mississippi food with a Cajun twist,” Tucker says. They use the “Middendorf’s cut” for their catfish, a thinner, more sushi-like slice that is lifted directly from the Louisiana seafood institution. Diners can get a platter with two sides for $15.95. They also serve Pork Belly Sliders with braised pork belly, smoked pimiento cheese, and tomato jam on Southern biscuits, three for $9.50. For dessert, they pack strawberry shortcake with a Southern biscuit or grandma’s banana pudding into eight-ounce Mason jars for around $4. Drink specials such as the Mississippi Mule, using locally distilled Cathead Vodka, or the Muddy Waters, their own

take on the Old Fashioned that incorporates vanilla bean, are served for $10, and they offer $2.50 draft beers all day. Gastronomes may recognize Turner from a long list of local favorite eateries including Erling Jensen, Cafe Society, and Majestic Grille, or from the Houston food truck phenomenon Bernie’s Burger Bus, Josh Tucker’s new an empire of three food trucks restaurant is the and three brick-and-mortar Pride of the Pond. shops in Houston that have taken the city by storm. “I’m with Josh 110 percent. He’s one of Or perhaps his name rings a bell from my best friends,” Turner says. “I love Mema recent episode of Chopped, which aired phis. I love the new culinary scene going March 17th on the Food Network. After having worked together at Maon. Even though I’m in Houston most of jestic Grille and Bernie’s Burger Bus, when the time, it’s home.” Turner was approached about designing Catfish Blues is open Sun. through the menu and helping out occasionally Wed., 11 a.m. to 9 p.m., Thurs. 11 a.m. to with Tucker’s new enterprise, Turner did 11 p.m., Fri. 11 a.m. to 12 a.m., and Sat. 10 a.m. to 12 a.m. not hesitate.

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or steak with eggs on a croissant, bagel, or biscuit. At 11 a.m. the digital menu automatically switches over to lunch and dinner, which includes customizable 10-inch pizzas for $10, such as the Carnivore, with meatballs, pepperoni, sausage, and ham or barbecue chicken and the choice of glutenfree crust. Popular so far is the Pickle & Jam burger, with a ground beef blend of short rib, brisket, and ribeye for $12, including fries. “That blend of burger meat is made just for us. It has no filler,” Caratozzolo says. They offer 10 beers on tap, most local, and all regional, and a variety of grab-andgo pastries as well as four- or six-inch cakes for $4 to $7, including carrot, chocolate, cheesecake, and red velvet. They ramped up their grab case to include more Asian items, such as Pho to go, a Thai beef salad, and sushi, and the coffee lounge is a feature that patrons are coming to enjoy. “It’s been very busy. It’s going excellent, actually,” Caratozzolo says. Pickle & Jam is open 24 hours, with breakfast served from 5 to 11 a.m. Pickle & Jam at Gold Strike Resort and Casino, 1010 Casino Center Drive, 888-245-7829 goldstrike.com.

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directorial debut at the same time. The struggle and time invested has paid off big time with Miles Ahead. Wisely, the film does not try to outline Davis’ entire, eventful life, nor does it, like Walk the Line, focus on the artist’s most productive creative period. Instead, we meet Davis around 1980 in the middle of one of his famously contentious interviews. The intro, while visually interesting, is my only real quibble with the film. The rest of the movie flashes back and forth between an eventful couple of days in 1978 when Davis ran around New York with Rolling Stone journalist Dave Brill (Ewan McGregor), and the decade-long story of Davis’ relationship with his one true love, his first wife Frances Davis (Emayatzy Corinealdi). These parallel story lines create a perfect couplet of cause and effect, deftly drawing us inside Davis’ point of view. Late ’70s Davis is a self-pitying, cokehead burnout who hasn’t recorded music in years. ’50s Davis is

a self-possessed man of fierce talent and laser focus whose self-destructive tendencies are baked into his creative personality. But the intro and outro framing disrupts that symmetry and threatens to derail the blue train before it leaves the station. Once over that minor bump, the film opens up into a rich, deep portrait of a genius worn down by time and trouble. Cheadle doesn’t shy away from the central contradictions of the man. After he is beaten by racist cops on the street outside the Harlem nightclub where he’s headlining, he immediately turns around and demands that Frances give up her promising career as a dancer because she is a woman and it offends his sense of proper gender roles for a wife to work outside the home. This is devastating to Frances and has the effect of poisoning their marriage from there on out, but Davis is as blind to his own sexism as the white cop is to his racism. Cheadle is an empathetic director of actors, drawing out Corinealdi’s love for Miles and the pain it causes her. At the same time, he and McGregor are in some kind of demented buddy cop movie as they float from a coke dealer’s dorm room at NYU to a back alley shootout with record label heavies. Cheadle’s heretofore unseen directorial skills extend into the visual and conceptual, as he proves in a hallucinogenic climax at a boxing match that recalls Scorsese’s fight scenes in Raging Bull. But the most important element is Cheadle’s titanic acting performance as Davis, which transcends mere imitation to give us a glance of a tortured genius’ inner life. When next we see Cheadle, he’ll be spouting a couple of cheeky lines as part of a too-large ensemble cast of costumed crusaders. With Miles Ahead under his belt, he can cash that paycheck knowing he’s got nothing left to prove.

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THE LAST WORD by Randy Haspel

The Million Dollar Quartet

THE LAST WORD

It’s beginning to look like I’m not going to get the call to appear in the new television series, Million Dollar Quartet, currently filming in Memphis. Actually, we did get a call from a set designer who had heard that we had some period furniture that might fit the production. Since half of my home is still furnished in Mid-Century Parents’ House Modern, I thought we might make the cut. But after my wife told him we’d be glad to rent him some stuff, but we weren’t going to give it away, he never called back. Those Hollywood types. In reality, these folks are Nashville showbiz types who are filming an eight-part miniseries based on the Tony-award-winning musical of the same name to air in November on the CMT Network. An open casting call was held in February for local talent to show their stuff. I was in the process of brushing my blue-suedes when I noticed that the only character over 35 was Colonel Tom Parker — an obese, avaricious poltroon — so it would demand method acting. My hopes for trying out for Uncle Vester were dashed when I heard most of the action takes place in the studio. Not the Sun Studio, mind you, but a look-alike soundstage similar to the one used in the Jerry Lee Lewis “mockumentary,” Great Balls of Fire. The CA’s Bob Mehr reported that the film score and other recordings are to be done in Nashville with Nashville musicians. Not to denigrate the excellent musicians of Music City, but that plan seems a little counter-intuitive, considering that you’re documenting an event that never could have happened in regimented Nashville. Only in “real gone” Memphis could such a confluence of talent assemble in one place, a recording studio no less, to basically goof off. We have world-class musicians and recording studios here, so why spend the extra gas? Back in 1966, the Lovin’ Spoonful sang “There’s thirteen-hundred and fifty-two guitar-pickers in Nashville.” I’ll bet there’s 100,000 by now. The executive producer of the series is Leslie Greif, who actually is a Hollywood type, whose credits include the vastly entertaining mini-series, Hatfields & McCoys, which won several Emmy awards, and Gene Simmons Family Jewels, because a brother’s got to make a buck. However, he also produced Meet Wally Sparks, with Rodney Dangerfield, which makes him a hero in my eyes. I’m reasonably familiar with the tale of the Million Dollar Quartet. First, because I was a Sun artist only a decade removed and a mile east of the actual event, and secondly, I was employed as a tour guide at Sun Studio for a time until they fired me because my tours went too long. It was my fault. I was always thinking of one more tidbit to tell the tourists, and I was gumming up the works. The boss said I just wasn’t fitting in with their “formula.” But before I was relieved of my duties, the management treated the staff to a viewing of Million Dollar Quartet musical at the Orpheum, for which I am grateful. The story is loosely based on a historic gathering at Sun Studio, December 4, 1956. Carl Perkins was recording his hit song “Matchbox” with new artist Jerry Lee Lewis on piano, when Elvis strolled in, flush with the first success of his meteoric rise to superstardom, and escorting a Las Vegas showgirl named Marilyn Evans. The accepted story has Johnny Cash arriving from an afternoon of Christmas shopping, although Cash denied it. “I was the first to arrive and the last to leave,” Cash wrote in his autobiography. “I was there to watch Carl record.” Whatever the sequence, when the group gathered around the piano, Sam Phillips immediately called a newspaper columnist and a photographer while his engineer, Jack “Cowboy” Clement, pushed “record.” The result was an indelible photograph and a spontaneous jam session that included snippets of nearly 50 songs and studio conversations that weren’t released in their entirety until 1990. The TV series expands upon the musical, featuring the greatest hit songs you’d expect, plus Memphis characters like Dewey Phillips, B.B. King, and Ike Turner. But there is one more prominent character who should be in the film. Before the historians and the discographers descended on Sam Phillips, he was an approachable man who loved sitting behind his big desk reflecting on his glorious career. I once asked him who was the most exciting artist he ever recorded, and without hesitation, he replied, “The Howlin’ Wolf.” He said that Jerry Lee and Charlie Rich may have had the most talent, but the Wolf had a presence in the studio that you could feel. Mr. Phillips said, “His band knew not to mess up, or the Wolf would give them a look that put the fear of God into them.” I never knew any of those guys in that famous photo. I’m content in knowing I was a tiny part of it. That’s why I hope this series can capture the essence of these now legendary characters. In 2000, the A&E Network premiered their documentary, Sam Phillips: The Man Who Invented Rock ‘n’ Roll, at the Cannon Center. There was a meet-and-greet beforehand, and I waited my turn while former Sun luminaries surrounded the great man. Finally, I was able to say, “Congratulations, Mr. Phillips. This is really exciting.” He looked at me askance and asked, “Randy, how long have we been knowing each other?” I did some quick math and said, “I guess about 35 years.” He smiled and said, “Don’t you think you could call me Sam?” I instinctively replied, “Sure, Mr. Phillips.” I trust this mini-series will treat him with the same due respect. Randy Haspel writes the “Recycled Hippies” blog.

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