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There was a package addressed to me on our front porch the other day. This is not an uncommon occurance at our house in this, the age of Amazon. I’ve even been surprised by something I ordered and forgot about — perhaps after a couple of cocktails. Like 12 pounds of Benton’s bacon, or that $14 Larry Dahlberg bass fly that appeared one day. And we shall never speak again of the blue folding deck chair. So, anyway, I opened the package, not sure what to expect, and found a DVD (so practical!) of the old movie The Russians Are Coming, the Russians Are Coming. I was momentarily puzzled, but then I realized it had to have come from my Trump-loving Arkansas friend, Maurice Lipsey. The note inside confirmed it — something along the lines of, “nothing new to see here.” Maurice, a former Memphian, sent me a big safety pin after Trump won last November, and urged me to find a “safe space.” And he’s sent a couple other gag gifts in recent months, all poking fun at my misery and frustration with the idiot currently serving as our president. On Maurice’s birthday, I sent him a video of a woman singing “Happy Birthday” in Russian. But, unlike his hero, Maurice isn’t an idiot. He’s truly a great guy, even if his politics aren’t, in my opinion. I’ve known him for 12 years or so, ever since I started going over to fly-fish at his place, Fat Possum Hollow, on the Little Red River. Maurice has built a dozen or so nice cabins on the stream, practically in the shadow of Sugar Loaf Mountain. I go for a long weekend every couple months or so. It’s my happy place. After a day on the stream, most of the visitors end up in Maurice’s “bar” in his barn, drinking beverages and talking fishing, Grizzlies, Tigers, Memphis, Razorbacks, and who knows what else. It’s a nice way to wind down in a place where you don’t have to drive home — and Maurice has a great jukebox. If it gets down to the two of us, late of an evening, we might venture into politics, where we will cordially but vociferously disagree on just about everything. But that’s the thing — we’re cordial. I recognize that he’s a sentient American with the right to hold whatever (misguided) political views he wants to. He treats me the same. Yes, we make fun of each other’s politics, but we don’t call each other names, and we end the evening with a hug, as friendly as when we started. We need more of that kind of interaction in this country. Maybe somebody somewhere will even change somebody else’s mind. Through talking with Maurice and a couple of other friends, I sort of get how some folks can find Trump appealing. They believe — as Trump, his allies and supporters, and the official state media (Fox News) would have us believe — that the Russia stuff is all made up, just sour grapes; that the Fake News media and the Deep State and Hillary Clinton are conspiring to bring down a great American president. Lots of people buy into that narrative and believe it with all their heart. To which I say, “Really?” I believe, on the other hand, that the autocratic, strong-man cult that is being promulgated by Mr. Trump will eventually be brought down by the rule of law and the investigation of multiple nefarious Russian political and business connections. I believe Jared Kushner was in on this up to his little eyeballs, as were Paul Manafort, Donald Trump Jr., N E WS & O P I N I O N Carter Page, Mike Flynn, and Attorney NY TIMES CROSSWORD - 4 General Jeff Sessions, all of whom have THE FLY-BY - 5 POLITICS - 8 publicly and repeatedly lied about their EDITORIAL - 10 meetings and interactions with RusVIEWPOINT - 11 sians. Innocent people don’t do that. COVER — “CHARACTERS!” And I believe Trump is trying to “bad BY FLYER STAFF - 12 vibe” and insult Sessions into quitting, STE P P I N’ O UT so he can name a loyalist toady to that WE RECOMMEND - 16 supposedly independent position — a MUSIC - 18 loyalist who will fire special counsel AFTER DARK - 20 Robert Mueller. I believe we are headed CALENDAR OF EVENTS - 22 for a Constitutional crisis in the coming BOOKS - 28 months, as all this shakes down. FOOD - 30 But no, I don’t believe the Russians SPIRITS - 33 FILM - 34 are coming. I believe they’re already here. C L AS S I F I E D S - 36 LAST WORD - 39 Bruce VanWyngarden brucev@memphisflyer.com

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BRUCE VANWYNGARDEN Editor SUSAN ELLIS Managing Editor JACKSON BAKER, MICHAEL FINGER Senior Editors TOBY SELLS Associate Editor CHRIS MCCOY Film and TV Editor ALEX GREENE Music Editor CHRIS DAVIS, MICHAEL DONAHUE MAYA SMITH, JOSHUA CANNON Staff Writers JESSE DAVIS Copy Editor JULIE RAY Calendar Editor

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V E R B AT I M The Commercial Appeal’s been going through changes since its acquisition by media giant Gannett Co. Massive staff layoffs were followed by an announcement that the paper would be moving from its longtime home at 495 Union, which is now for sale. While reporters continue to work night and early morning shifts, reduced security and shortened business hours prompted this memo from Executive Editor Mark Russell: “Starting today (Monday), building security in The CA’s 495 building has been reduced to 7 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday. “For this week, if you work after 5 and need an escort to your car, please ask a colleague to accompany you. If you are worried about working in your department alone after, say, 6 or 7 p.m., please consider leaving at 5 to work from a coffee shop, home, or some other location that has what you need and where you feel secure. “And the same thing goes for someone starting at 6 a.m. Please work from a coffee shop or home if you are worried about being safe coming in at 5:45 before security starts this week.” Shortly thereafter, the newspaper tweeted a reminder for readers to celebrate their workplace.

IT’S A SIGN If your adolescent child suddenly shows an obsessive interest in glossy women’s magazines, chalk it up to the power of advertising — and probably this billboard off I-40 and Whitten.

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W E E K T H AT W A S By Flyer staff

Aquifer, rape kits, & riverfront MLGW tests wells, rape kits head to court, and a new plan for the riverfront. WATE R TESTS C LEAN Tests of drinking-water wells came back clean last week amid worries after high levels of toxins were found in wells nearby, though some said the reason to worry hasn’t passed. Memphis Light, Gas and Water (MLGW) found no detectable traces of arsenic or lead in drinking-water wells that are within two miles of wells where the Tennessee Valley Authority TVA recently found high levels of both toxins. That discovery in May worried some as the contamination site, a coal ash pond, is only a quartermile from five new wells from which TVA will soon pump millions of gallons of drinking water each day to cool its new energy plant here. “Common sense would suggest that operating five high-performance wells across the street from a leaking coal ash pond is not a good idea,” said Ward Archer, president of Protect Our Aquifer. Archer’s group and the local branch of the Sierra Club contend that TVA should buy its water for the plant from MLGW until groundwater experts can conduct an “exhaustive study” of the geology under the TVA site and prove “without doubt, that there are no breaches in the Memphis Sand’s protective clay.” WALMART P R OTESTE D Local members of Movimiento Cosecha, a group that organizes non-violent movements to fight for immigrant rights, held a demonstration at a Walmart on Winchester. The demonstration was meant to show the company that the immigrant community is aware of the company’s investing in deportation, private detention centers, and the Correction Corporation of America. G R O U P WE I G H S I N O N M LGW The Memphis Coalition of Concerned Citizens said Memphis Light, Gas and Water (MLGW) should honor the zero-balance receipts some customers received in early July thanks to a glitch on some 100 pay kiosks across the city. “Unknowing ratepayers should not have to pay for the errors, negligence, and/or purposeful trickery of

Memphis, Light, Gas and Water,” the group posted on their Facebook page. R AP E K ITS G O TO C O U RT The city’s backlog of untested rape kits got a public hearing in court last week. Plaintiff lawyer Daniel Lofton said his goal for the hearing was to get city officials to tell the rest of the story as to how more than 12,000 rape kits went untested for years in police custody. Lofton told Judge Gina Higgins that the city’s attorneys weren’t cooperating, neglecting to produce requested documents and other pieces of evidence necessary to move forward with the case. Though, Robert Meyers, a city attorney, argued that the city had been doing its best to be cooperative.

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R IVE R F R O NT P LAN U NVE I LE D An elevated trail through the treetops, a boathouse on the Wolf River harbor, festival grounds, open air markets, a pedestrian bridge to Mud Island, and more are suggestions for the Memphis riverfront from Chicago-based Studio Gang. The group was hired earlier this year by the Riverfront Development Corp. to survey the riverfront and devise a vision for what it could be. Studio Gang unveiled that vision in a news conference last week. The plan seeks to connect five major existing assets on six miles of the riverfront — MLK Park, Tom Lee Park, Mud Island, the Fourth Bluff, and Greenbelt Park. City officials will next review the plan and choose which 5 (if any) pieces of it to build.

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Developing news comes to Midtown, East Memphis. MAD I S O N @ M C LEAN The Economic Development Growth Engine for Memphis and Shelby County (EDGE) awarded its first residential payment-in-lieu-of-tax (PILOT) incentive last week for a 108-unit multifamily residence to be constructed at Madison and McLean. EDGE’s residential PILOT program was created earlier this year on a test basis after a push from city and county officials to include multifamily residences in the organization’s incentives. The organization agreed to do 10 projects during the test phase. The first of 10 recipients is development group Makowsky Ringel Greenberg, LLC, the same group proposing to construct the controversial Overton Gateway near Sam Cooper and East Parkway. The group applied for an eight-year tax abatement from the Downtown Memphis Commission’s Center City Revenue Finance Corporation last year, but never presented the application to the board. But last week, the company was awarded a 14-year tax abatement to construct the residence named for its location — Madison @ McLean. Costing about $14 million, the 132,477 squarefoot complex will occupy the entire block between McLean and Idlewild to the south of Madison. The four-story building will be constructed above a 127-space parking garage with additional parking spaces along Madison.

Though rent is estimated to be about $1.50 per square foot, approximately 22 units will be reserved for low or moderate income residents — a requirement of the EDGE program. Similar to other EDGE PILOT programs, a little over $3 million has to be spent contracting city- and countycertified minority and women business enterprises (MWBE). EDGE officials say the future site of Madison @ McLean, currently producing $25,000 in taxes, will produce about $90,000 in tax revenue during the PILOT term and about $364,000 post-PILOT. The group expects residents to be able to move in about nine months after construction begins, which is set to begin late this year or early next. TH O MAS & B ETTS Last week, EDGE also awarded a 15-year expansion PILOT to electrical manufacturing group Thomas & Betts for the company to invest in and renovate a new space in East Memphis. The $20 million project will allow the company to

consolidate its research and development operations, as well as the transportation and logistics operations from other parts of the country to the new location. Planned for the former ServiceMaster headquarters in the Ridgeway loop, the new office will house around 600 employees, with an average base salary of $86,788. Of those 600 jobs, 523 will be retained and 75 will be newly created positions. EDGE staff projects that during the PILOT term, the local tax revenue from the company will equal a little under $45 million, with Thomas & Betts receiving a $3.1 million benefit. As a PILOT recipient, the company is required to spend $2.3 million with certified MWBEs.

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NextDoor Homecoming Social network comes back to East Buntyn, where it all started.

citizens to changes in services like trash collection. The network is also used by the Memphis Police Department and the Memphis and Shelby County Office of Planning and Development. Shelby County Schools is now also using NextDoor, one of the first school systems in the country to do so, Burke said. Richard Ivy remembers when neighbors in Sherwood Forest, where he grew up, all knew each other. They all helped each other, too, using a casual barter system to trade whatever services they were good at; his dad was a carpenter, for instance, and another neighbor was a heating and cooling repairman. But Ivy said times have changed and many neighbors don’t put down roots in East Buntyn, where he lives now, calling it a “transitional neighborhood.” For all of this, Ivy said NextDoor is a “very universal tool that takes the place of those things.” “It’s helped the neighborhood immeasurably,” Ivy said. “It’s not perfect, but it’s a great asset.” East Buntyn residents use NextDoor to find help for yard work or plumbing, or they’ll sound “curb alerts” to notify their neighbors of stuff they’re throwing out. But most of all, Ivy said NextDoor has really brought more security to the neighborhood as a way for neighbors to alert one another of break-ins or suspicious behavior. “If you’re a NextDoor member, you know it spreads through word of mouth,” Burke said. “It’s neighbors inviting neighbors. It had to start somewhere, with one neighborhood, and that’s why we’re going back to East Buntyn, to thank them.”

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This weekend, an old-fashioned ice cream social will be held to celebrate East Buntyn as a pioneer in modern technology. The quiet, leafy neighborhood just west of the University of Memphis was one of the first in the country to adopt NextDoor, the social network for neighbors. The Bay Area startup launched in October 2011, and it rolled out its beta to 176 neighborhoods before launching the product nationwide. East Buntyn was one of those early adopters, answering questions and providing feedback to the company as it developed the product. To celebrate, NextDoor is returning to 10 of those original neighborhoods for its Summer of Good Neighbors Tour. “That tour lands in East Buntyn Saturday with ice cream, speeches by local officials [including Memphis Mayor Jim Strickland], and some down-home, real-world social networking. “We just wanted to thank them [in East Buntyn] for the contributions they made and for spearheading the idea of NextDoor and making it successful not only in Memphis and Tennessee but across the country,” said Jen Burke, a NextDoor spokeswoman. Since its original launch, NextDoor has expanded to about 145,000 neighborhoods in all 50 states, representing about 75 percent of all U.S. neighborhoods. In Memphis, NextDoor has expanded to more than 400 neighborhoods and to more than 1,030 neighborhoods in Shelby County. The network has also partnered with local agencies here, too, to spread official news to residents who use the site. Strickland’s office uses the site frequently to make announcements, deliver the mayor’s weekly address, and to alert

POLITICS By Jackson Baker

Ricky Wilkins, Battling Cancer, to Head “Mem-Power Conference” Event will be held on August 5th in conjunction with a local representative of Minister Louis Farrakhan. In the same week that one victim of a malignant brain tumor, U.S. Senator John McCain, was somehow managing to go hiking on his home ground and planning a return to his U.S. Capitol workplace, another so stricken public figure, attorney and former congressional candidate Ricky Wilkins, was up and going and advertising a new public venture here in Memphis. Wilkins, who has been undergoing treatment for his illness for months, is the featured personality in an event billed as the “Mem-Power Conference,” billed as “an economic, life, and game-changing opportunity for Memphians to rise up and fight the status quo.” The event is to be held on Saturday, August 5th, at 873 Vance, under the auspices of “the Honorable Louis Farrakhan’s Mid-South representative, Minister Anthony Muhammad,” according to an emailed notice. Farrakhan, of course, is best remembered for having led the Million Man March, a mass assembly held in Washington in 1995 of advocates for civil justice and

economic rights for African Americans. Asked for further information on the event, Minister Muhammad deferred to Wilkins, who was reached by telephone late Monday and confirmed his participation as a way of “giving back to the community” that had nurtured him during his personal and professional career, and of encouraging under-served Memphians to take steps to address long-standing issues of a political and economic nature. Before Wilkins, who was addressing both the facts of his illness and the “Mem-Power” event forthrightly, could elaborate further, he was compelled to deal with a law client with whom he had a prior appointment, he said. (More details about the forthcoming event will be published by the Flyer as they are learned.)

Former Mayor Willie Herenton, a long-standing friend and political ally of Wilkins, told the Flyer that he was frequently in touch with Wilkins and was well aware of both the severity of his illness and the seriousness of Wilkins’ treatment regimen but had been encouraged by his friend’s determination and noted, “Every time I talk with him, he sounds strong.” Wilkins had indeed sounded alert and focused over the telephone on Monday night, and he has made a point of attending some public events in recent weeks. Before his illness became known, the possibility of his renewing a Congressional bid in next year’s Democratic primary or of making a mayoral bid had been much discussed locally, but reports of his medical circumstances have dampened such speculation.

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Forced Into a Corner Imagine the predicament on Tuesday of Wendy Long, director of Health Care Finance and Administration for the state of Tennessee, as well as, crucially, director of the state’s TennCare program, Tennessee’s version of Medicaid. Long, also a physician, was the scheduled luncheon speaker of the Rotary Club of Memphis at We Offer Degree and Certificate Programs in the Universitry Club, and, if she was late in taking her seat, it was, she would explain, because she was tuned into various news sources to get the latest news coming from Capitol Hill in Washington. As it happened, Tuesday was also the day that Mitch McConnell (R-KY), majority leader of the U.S. Senate, had indicated he would require a vote in that august deliberative body relative to pending legislation regarding a possible repeal of the Affordable Care Act (aka Obamacare) and/or a possible replacement measure to govern the WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT AND nation’s national health-care policy. If that has a vague sound to it, it’s CONTINUING EDUCATION because McConnell’s intentions were indeed vague, as would be whatever mechanism he trotted forth for the unsuspecting Senators to deal with. McConnell’s legislative gambit on health care this week was even more a mystery than the one he laid before the Senate two 7/25/17 8:41 AM weeks ago after clearing it in advance with only 12 fellow Republicans, members of an ad hoc committee appointed by the Majority Leader. That bill, which polls showed only 11 percent of the nation’s population favoring, would have ultimately knocked some 22 percent of current insured Americans out of coverage. The bill got nowhere, as a fair number of Senate Republicans refused to go lock-step with it. (Democrats were universally opposed to both it and any other arbitrary dusk in our backyard. measure repealing the A.C.A.) On Tuesday, no one knew what

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McConnell had in mind at the time of Long’s scheduled Rotary appearance in Memphis. It was thought that he might seek a vote merely to forward in discussion of an as-yet-unknown health-care measure, or perhaps he had a specific bill in mind to seek a vote for, or … Long had to wing it in her luncheon remarks, although she made it clear that any of several possible directions that the Senate (and later the whole Congress) might take on health care were crucial to Tennessee’s medical future — and especially to TennCare, a jointly funded federal/state program that administers to fully 50 percent of the state’s population, including, as she put it, “pregnant women, children, parents of children, the elderly, and the disabled.” Several of the pending Congressional possibilities under consideration by the GOP-dominated Congress — including a bill already passed by the House of Representatives and whatever has thus far been proposed in the Senate — would effectively either scuttle Medicaid at some point in the not-too-faroff future or impose unsustainable costs on Tennessee’s TennCare version. Asked what outcome her department sought from Tennessee Republican Senators Lamar Alexander (one of McConnell’s erstwhile ad hoc group) and Bob Corker, Long answered: “Flexibilty,” (a word with numerous implications under the circumstances, some of them ironic). In her competent, detailed way, she had managed to suggest that otherwise the state — and its large population dependent on TennCare — would shortly be forced into a corner.

VIEWPOINT By Richard Cohen

The Endless War

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After 16 years, Afghanistan remains an unsolvable dilemma.

The war in Afghanistan is the longest in American history. A loss would allow the country to revert to a terrorist haven. Prince’s references to colonial rule are admiring. He has even revived the term “viceroy” to describe the person who would direct American policy in Afghanistan. By his count, the United States has had 17 military commanders in the past 15 years — not counting ambassadors, CIA station chiefs, and, of course, the inevitable special representatives, such as Richard Holbrooke, whose genius and energy were wasted by Obama. All that would stop. The viceroy would run things. The war in Afghanistan is the longest in American history. A loss would allow the country to revert to a terrorist haven. A win would require a commitment in manpower that the United States is not willing to make. In almost 16 years, the fight in Afghanistan has gone from noble cause to onerous obligation. I don’t know if Prince has the answer, but he has come up with one way to sustain the fight at less cost in American lives and treasure. Will it work? I don’t know, but nothing else has. Richard Cohen writes for the Washington Post Writers Group.

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op-ed Prince wrote for The Wall Street Journal. It seems the president read it and was intrigued. Good. The plan has its virtues, the most obvious one being that nothing else has worked — and more of the same is going to produce more of the same. The plan also has its difficulties, one of them being its provenance. Prince is the founder of the highly controversial security firm Blackwater, which he has since sold. While he owned it, though, some of its employees opened fire in Baghdad’s Nisour Square, killing 17 civilians and wounding 20. If Prince remains controversial, he also remains influential. He’s a former Navy SEAL who has entry to the White House and the CIA, and his sister is Betsy DeVos, the education secretary. Like his sister, Prince is rich and indefatigable. He has been peddling his Afghanistan plan for more than a year, and while it is frequently described with the pejorative term “for profit,” it has, as Prince contends, a pedigree. “Contract Europeans” were used by the British East India Company to rule India for more than 100 years.

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Shortly after the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks, I differed with a friend who said I was wrong to support an invasion of Afghanistan to root out alQaeda and punish the Taliban. I said the United States had no choice but to make the terrorists and their Afghan hosts pay for what they had done. I insisted I was right. That, amazingly, was almost 16 years ago. I never expected to be right for so long. Afghanistan has become the war without end. The United States cannot win it and cannot afford to lose it. The country consumes American wealth and lives. More than 2,300 American soldiers have died there. Some $828 billion has been spent there. Generals who once commanded there are deep into their retirement, and soldiers who fought there as youths are approaching middle age. Kipling’s Brits could not control the country; neither could the Russians nor, come to think of it, can the Afghans. Afghanistan is not a country. It’s a chronic disease. The Trump administration, like the several that preceded it — George W. Bush twice and Barack Obama twice — is mulling a new approach. This time, there will be no certain date when American involvement will end — a bit of Obama-era silliness that, in effect, told the Taliban to hold on, be patient, and the Yanks will leave. President Trump has reportedly left decisions on troop levels to Defense Secretary Jim Mattis, a retired Marine general and a man of such reckless courage that he refused to fawn over Trump at a Cabinet meeting. Somewhere a medal awaits. Mattis, however, is reportedly cool to a plan developed by Erik Prince that would entail turning over a substantial part of the Afghanistan effort to “contracted European professional soldiers” — what you and I call mercenaries. The term has an odious connotation, but there is no avoiding it. Prince is referring to British, French, Spanish, and other Europeans who are experienced soldiers. They would not, as is now the case with Americans, be rotated out of the country after a period of time to the effect that, in a sense, the United States is always starting anew. These contract soldiers would get about $600 a day to command Afghan troops and be embedded with them — much as U.S. Special Operations forces now are. Trouble is, the United States has a limited number of those forces. I took the phrase “contracted European professional soldiers” from an

John McIntire

Nicole Dorsey and Vaughan Dewar

CHARACTERS! Eccentrics, artists, and oddballs — six Memphians who live life their way.

July 27-August 2, 2017

Nicole Dorsey and Vaughan Dewar

When you walk into the living room of Nicole Dorsey and Vaughan Dewar’s Midtown home, you’ll find shelves and shelves (and more shelves) of wigs — red ones, blue ones, long ones, spikey ones, curly ones, sleek ones, ones with built-in cat ears, and so on. But this massive wall of colorful hairdos is not even half of the couple’s unique shared wardrobe. In all, the two say they have about 100 wigs and 300 costumes: Some they bought, some they had made, some they made themselves, and others that are hand-medowns. Dewar says he’s been collecting costumes since his youth, and Dorsey has been making them all her life, she says, recalling all of the Latin convention costume contests she won in grade school. Even back then, she says she went all out. It was just her way of “artistically expressing” herself. The couple met at a food awareness event about a decade ago, and Dorsey says when they did, it ignited a part of herself that had been dormant for years. Many of their passions overlapped — makeup, books, philosophy, and of course, costuming. Dewar, who was voted least likely to conform in high school, says he started playing dress-up as young as seven years old, but was terrified and guilt-ridden to do it back then. Now, years later, often going out and about in full drag attire, Dewar has confidently made costuming a part of everyday life.

He’s not alone, though. Dorsey says each morning when she gets dressed for her communications job at Crosstown Arts, she matches that day’s “persona” to the way she feels that particular morning. Usually picking out her wig first, she then tops her look off with an eccentric outfit that fits the theme of the persona, whether that be gothic, zombie, punk, Wonder Woman, or whatever version of herself she feels like portraying that day. They don’t keep their extensive wardrobe all to themselves either, often hosting parties in their spacious home, which is equipped with a few walk-in costume closets, a stripper pole, and a disco-lit sometimes-dance, sometimes-movie room. Dewar says the parties are usually filled with their friends exploring and trying on the couple’s hat, wig, and costume collection. “They’re really just props to make everyone more playful,” he says. Dorsey says the parties are social gatherings, but in a way they are also community outreach, as their home has become a safe place where people can come, find fellowship, and be themselves. “For some reason, our home is that [safe place], and I like that our home is that way,” Dorsey says. “I want everybody to feel like they can totally be themselves when they walk through that door.” It’s not all fun and games for Dorsey and Dewar, though. The couple also has a shared passion for helping the community. Dewar had been involved in food awareness campaigns for about 10 years before meeting Dorsey, but for now the two

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A Weirdo From Memphis

Sometimes teachers would send me home.” Teachers took McIntire out of class to paint theater sets and decorations for school events. His parents displayed his work at the cleaners. McIntire, who has never worn Levis (that was country kids apparel), also wore unretrieved men’s suits from the cleaners. “People who came to visit the school thought I was a teacher, because I was six feet tall in grade school. I was the captain of the basketball team.” His uncle got him started with Hawaiian shirts. “They were beautiful, and I’d wear them. Big belts on the side. And I’d paint my shoes bright colors.” McIntire doesn’t mind being called a “character.” “I didn’t know I was. But everybody says I was. I don’t care. ’Cause I stand out.” — Michael Donahue

A Weirdo From Memphis

John McIntire

John McIntire could be the Aquarius poster child. The 82-year-old Memphis artist and retired Memphis College of Art sculpture professor embodies his astrological sign’s traits. He is independent, charitable, and strongly creative. With his wild shock of hair, mustache, and beard and his affinity for wearing Hawaiian shirts (he owns 500), McIntire fits the role of the eccentric artist. When he’s not landing a great buy at an estate sale or happening upon some fabulous street find or lending a helping hand to friends with food, money, or a place to stay, McIntire is in the backyard at his Midtown home (which he bought at a yard sale) carving one of his abstract marble pieces. McIntire’s work is in Memphis Brooks Museum of Art, Cranbrook College of Art, and many private collections. His sculpture, The Muse, stands across from City Hall. A statue of Jesus he sculpted as a Christmas gift to Elvis from “Memphis Mafia” members resides at Graceland. McIntire’s lifestyle is a colorful backdrop to his colorful life. In the 1960s, McIntire owned the Bitter Lemon coffee shop. “The Beatnick Inn” — the apartment he lived in at 2166 Madison — was populated by artists and writers. Beat poet Allen Ginsberg woke McIntire one night to do mantras with him on the banks of the Mississippi River. Today, McIntire’s yard includes four o’clocks, elephant ears, ferns, and paw paw trees. A large bust (that he didn’t make) of Jesus rests on the porch, along with dishes for cats he feeds. “Right now, I’m feeding eight,” he says. “Four or five I can hug and pick up and kiss ’em. The rest of them, they’ll take my hand off, even though I’ve known them forever.” McIntire doesn’t have air conditioning; he gave the unit to a neighbor — along with a washer and dryer. He doesn’t cook. “That stove has never cooked anything in the house. It was given to me. It never did work.” Born in Wellsville, Ohio, McIntire first displayed his creativity at two, when he painted his crib with his excrement. “My sisters and my mother saw that. I was real happy. I was just standing up in the crib.” One of 10 children, McIntire, whose father owned a dry cleaning business, didn’t dress like the other school children. “I wore some of the wildest clothes to school.

Beat poet Allen Ginsberg woke McIntire one night to do mantras on the banks of the Mississippi. Twitter to this day. Students didn’t like me. I think I got Most Likely to Succeed in high school as a joke. I was obsessive. I didn’t care. But it became a good character strength. Not caring lets you explore the limits of how far you can go.” The University of Memphis gave him a place to reinvent himself. Always obsessive, when he wasn’t studying for his computer science degree, he was practicing his flow. “I wanted to rap, but I was bullied so much in high school that I didn’t have the confidence to listen to the voice in my head.” Then, he made a pilgrimage to Columbus, Ohio, for a Tyler the Creator concert. “That show changed my life. Just to see a baseball field full of kids crashing into each other and enjoying the music … All the energy, how influential amazing music can be. I just walked away from that show knowing from then on everything was going to be centered around really doing it.” AWFM hooked up with Unapologetic Records when producer Kid Maestro caught him performing at Crosstown Arts.“We were looking for someone to push the envelope,” says Maestro, who immediately called Unapologetic CEO IMAKEMADBEATS and said, “I think I found the guy.” His trademark hat is a tribute to Bunny Boy, a character in Harmony Korine’s exploitation classic Gummo. AWFM first donned it when filming a video for his song “Animals,” and it stuck. “It’s about criticizing human nature. We think we’re a different breed, but we exhibit these animal instincts of selfishness. If you just take away cameras or the spotlight, people will do the expected action, which is to put themselves first.” AWFM and Kid Maestro have been busy in the studio on an album they expect to release this fall. “People from high school will creep into Unapologetic shows and be like, ‘What in the world happened to you?’” says AWFM. “I stopped conforming. I was going to do what I wanted to do.” — Chris McCoy continued on page 14

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focus their attention on prison reform. Additionally, because creativity has been at the core of both their experiences, they feel it is important to support local artists and the theater by donating and attending shows regularly. “We feel we’re more fulfilled and more real when we can be doing good for others in the community,” Dewar says. — Maya Smith

If you were walking down Madison a few months ago, you might have been treated to the sight of a guy dressed only in boxer shorts and a floppy, pink bunny hat being towed behind a car on a skateboard. Just another day in Midtown, right? Not exactly. That guy was A Weirdo From Memphis, a hip-hop artist signed to the Unapologetic label. He was shooting a video for his collaboration with MonoNeon, “America’s Perverted Gentlemen (Drawls).” In the image-conscious rap game, you can be known as tough, rich, or sexy, but not weird. Rappers are expected to be the coolest guys on the block, but A Weirdo From Memphis (AWFM to his fans) doesn’t care what you expect. AWFM was always a hip-hop fan. He remembers hanging out at Sam Goody, listening to music he couldn’t afford to buy. “I was the only kid playing hide-and-seek with my headphones on.” After his mother was the victim of a series of violent muggings, she kept her son indoors. While the other kids were out shooting hoops, “I was inside playing video games all the time. I was an early internet kid, because I wasn’t able to go outside and play with normal kids. … My social media was getting on IRC channels, pen-palling with strangers I would never meet, talking about nerdy game stuff,” he says. “Those days are when I recognized that I was strange and different.” It wasn’t easy being a young weirdo. “I was heavily bullied,” AWFM says. “People would make fun of me for whatever I did — drawing, I would try to freestyle, I would try to play basketball. I stopped trying to publicly pursue my interests. I stopped drawing, stopped trying to learn to skateboard. It reached a pinnacle in 9th grade.” After a particularly brutal school year, AWFM got fed up. “I started exploring and taking random risks,” he says. “Then I started to develop early Kanye complex. I was going to get it, whatever it takes. Teachers didn’t like me. They have me blocked on

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Rod Norwood

If you lived in Memphis in the 1990s and loved guitars, you probably knew Rod Norwood as the co-proprietor (with Hank Sable) of Rod & Hank’s Guitars, a legendary music shop located in downtown Memphis. Rod looked a little different back then, but two bouts with cancer, a heart attack, and an illness-induced bankruptcy will change a fellow’s attitude toward life. In recent years, Norwood has embraced his inner (and outer) Keith Richards — and, in the process, the real Rod Norwood. His dreadlocks flow onto his shoulders and down his back; his rings, bracelets, earrings, and necklaces accent the elaborate tattoos on his arms and chest. (And yes, that is Keith Richards’ face on his chest.) A carved walking stick completes the look. You may be cool, my friend, but you ain’t Rod Norwood cool. Norwood delights in the reactions — good and bad — his appearance provokes. If you don’t like it, well, too damn bad. “I’ve had cancer twice,” he says. “I still have cancer. I got rid of the stomach cancer, but the chemo really fucked me up. I can barely walk, I’ve got neuropathy so bad. It screwed up my heart. Then I had a heart attack. And then, once got I through that, I found out I had prostate cancer. It’s been a struggle for me and [wife] Reda. We took a fall from grace, but we kinda landed on our feet, with the help of friends and the fact that I got on disability.” Norwood grew up in Cooper-Young, where he still lives. “I never really left,” he says, “except for traveling the world in the guitar business. I’ve seen the neighborhood go from working class to low-rent and now back to where it is now. “When I was a kid,” he says, “I didn’t hear any racism from my parents, so I couldn’t stand the redneck kind of stuff I heard at school and around town. I didn’t fit in real well with the attitudes in Memphis at the time.” The 1960s changed things for Norwood. He embraced the hippie ethos. “My wife and I were into vintage stuff. We only wore vintage clothes. We never passed a pawn shop by.” He worked as a meter reader for MLGW for 14 years, but soon found himself making more money buying and selling guitars and jumped into the business full-time in the 1990s. Nowadays, Norwood’s claim to fame (aside from his stellar look) is his Facebook posts, which are legend among a growing group of fans. He has a hilarious long-running mock feud with Memphis musician Steve Selvidge, and he offers opinions and anecdotes on a variety of topics. He describes his writing as a combination of National Lampoon and Hunter Thompson. “Basically,” he says, “It’s the way I view the world. I’m just trying to

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Odd Wilson

Odd is odd, and he’s been called that his whole life. “I’ve always been kind of the oddball,” says Wilson. “I’ve been the introvert, and I stay to myself and stay out of the way. People look at me and they think, ‘He’s a weirdo. There’s something not right with him.’ I guess it’s because I don’t move like everybody else does or do what everybody else does. I stay in my own lane.” Odd Wilson is his stage name as a musician, but it’s the name he wants to go by. “People didn’t understand me, especially in the urban community,” Odd says. “Everybody was wearing tight pants or baggy pants. I dressed like a skateboarder and listened to Nirvana in my headphones. A lot of people didn’t understand it. So, I distanced myself from what everybody else had done.” Advice from his mother back then left Odd to believe that that was just fine, even though he had a hard time fitting in. But Odd just keep on being Odd. Thanks to that, tracks from his upcoming album, Welcome to Oddville, will likely be some of the most original you’ll hear from a Memphis musician this year. The 30-year-old says he’s been an independent music producer, working with various musicians at Ardent Studios, Young Avenue Sound, and others. But artistic frustration led him to step out and to do his own thing. That thing is a texture of layered instruments resting on pulsing drum tracks, which Odd says is like “hip-hop fused with [electronic dance music] a little bit.” The track on his website, for example, is called “Slow Burn,” and it’s certainly that. The pondering, mid-tempo instrumental pulls along methodically under a drum track, almost like a chilled-out R2-D2 at karaoke. But that all breaks apart mid-song to unveil an expansive horn line right out of a 1960s spy show. It has the flavor of Medeski Martin & Wood’s Combustication era. But Odd says he originally pulled his inspiration from DJ Shadow, who “fused a lot of music together and made his own sound.” Recently, though, Odd’s a fan of Seattle-based, hip-hop/EDM duo Odesza, whose music is certainly made and recorded digitally but is performed live on stage. “That’s what I want,” Odd says. “That’s what I want to do.” If you ever see Odd perform, chances are you may not see his face. Instead, you may see only the over-sized, papier-mâché mask of Odd Wilson, the character. “[I made the mask] last year when I was in a real deep depression and had kind of given up on music,” Odd says. “I didn’t want to do it.” But then he saw Frank Frank, a movie in which Michael Fassbender plays an eccentric band leader who wears a large, papier-mâché mask. To Odd, the movie was less about music and more about dealing with mental illness. He loved the notion and decided to “be the black version of what he’s doing.” Odd’s newest record, Oddville was Welcome to Oddville, slated for a July release but won’t likely be available until August. “Hey, man, look, when you’re creating music, sometimes you go in directions that you probably didn’t think you were going to go,” Odd says. “Then, you change stuff.” Watch for the Odd Wilson record at Odd’s website, whereoddwilson. com, or follow him on Facebook or Instagram. — Toby Sells

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make somebody laugh.” Here’s a sample post: Hey, this really happened the other day. A strikingly attractive couple stopped me on the street to ask about my dreadlocks, they were very sweet, innocent to a fault. The girl asked if she could touch my dreads. “Certainly,” I said, “Touch them, touch them with your hand.” I put heavy emphasis on the word “hand,” saying it with lust, depravity, and an almost despicable, yet desperately sad longing. Longing for what, I can’t say. It queered the deal; they grew frightened and fearful. I flashed a Bogart smile, all teeth — at that point the situation fragmented, the girl began to weep softly, the young man, adopted a fighting stance. Sometimes it just doesn’t pay to be nice to people. Maybe so, but the truth is you’ll seldom meet a nicer guy than Rod Norwood. — Bruce VanWyngarden

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Hero vs. Hero

Cardboard Boat Races

By Chris Davis

This weekend, Superman, Batman, and Wonder Woman will go head to head with Iron Man, Scarlet Witch, and Captain America. Sort of. It’s time for the 31st annual World Championship Cardboard Boat Races in Heber Springs, Arkansas, and this year’s theme is DC vs. Marvel. “A lot of times racers like to dress up to match the theme of their boat,” says Julia Murray, executive director of the Heber Springs Chamber of Commerce. “The Wonder Woman movie came out this summer and Spider-Man, and I think there’s a new Thor coming out. We thought it would be fun and easy for the crews since superheroes are so popular right now.” The Cardboard Boat Regatta, as it was originally called, launched its first fleet of paper vessels in 1987. The inaugural event was a team-up between the Chamber of Commerce and area media, with the goal of promoting tourism in Northeastern Arkansas. The first competition went over so well, it was brought back and rebranded as the World Championship Cardboard Boat Races. “Anything goes,” Murray says regarding the kinds of cardboard boats one might expect to see competing. “There are no parameters on size or shape. You’ll see basic boxes, big enough for one, and we’ve had boats big enough for 12 people. There are rules, of course. There can’t be any metal, only duct tape and corrugated cardboard.” Nothing potentially harmful to the environment is allowed since sometimes these boats don’t float so good. “Sometimes, they go down like a rock,” Murray says. “But to qualify for the Titanic Award for the most dramatic sinking you have to make it 50 feet on a 200 yard course, and I’ve never seen any boat not make it at least that far.” THE 31ST ANNUAL WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP CARDBOARD BOAT RACES, SUNDAY, JULY 29TH, 10 A.M.-4 P.M. SANDY BEACH ON GREERS FERRY LAKE, HEBER SPRINGS, ARKANSAS, $5-PARKING. 870-834-1437

July 27-August 2, 2017

A few tips from Ivanka, who is, after all, just one of the girls. The Last Word, p. 39

One writer/reader’s wish is granted. Books, p. 28

THURSDAY July 27

FRIDAY July 28

Ghost Note Ensemble The Bikesmith, 7:30 p.m. Family-friendly concert of low-key folk music featuring Ghost Note Ensemble, Months of Indecision, and Tiffany Harmon. Beer and other beverages will be for sale.

“Vital Ingredients” Marshall Arts Gallery, 6-9 p.m. Group show by local artists with works ranging from paintings and photography to sculpture. Benefiting the Dorothy Day House Memphis.

Family Science Night Memphis Pink Palace Museum, 6-9:30 p.m., $10 Tonight’s focus will be on astronomy and includes a scavenger hunt, a planetarium show, and other activities.

Getting to Know … The Sound of Music Germantown Community Theatre, 7 p.m., $9-$13 A reworking of the musical with younger folks in mind. Presented by the All Children’s Theatre.

Paint with Danny Broadway Ghost River Brewing, 6-9 p.m., $30 A painting class, with materials provided, led by Danny Broadway. The food truck will be Eddy’s Pepper.

The Wild Life Carriage Crossing, 6:30 p.m. Screening of this film about animals on a tropical island whose routine is upset by a visit by Robinson Crusoe.

Booksigning by John M. Kovach South Main Book Juggler, 6-9 p.m. Kovach signs and discusses his book Women’s Baseball, featuring images of girls and women playing baseball from the 1800s to present-day.

Memphis Dive Bar Crawl Corner of Second and Beale, 8-11 p.m., $12 A tour of three of Memphis’ classic dive bars, with on-bus music by Kathryn Brawley.

Sharon Udoh (aka Counterfeit Madison)

Real, Real

By Chris Davis

A lot of people told Sharon Udoh (aka Counterfeit Madison) she sounded like Nina Simone, but what that might mean never really registered. “I have a very religious background,” she explains. “I never listened to secular music until late in life, so I had no idea who Nina Simone was.” When she finally figured out who she was, Udoh was 29 years old, had been playing the piano for two decades, and consciously avoided songs written and popularized by Simone, the classically trained, juke-joint-tested author of “To Be Young, Gifted, and Black,” and “Mississippi Goddam”. She wanted people to hear her voice, not someone else’s. Then something happened. “What prompted this show was a Nina Simone biopic that caused a lot of controversy,” Udoh says. “Because they cast a fine actress named Zoe Saldana but put blackface on her and gave her a prosthetic nose. I was upset. As a dark-black woman, I’d hope if I were to die and somebody told my story, they would cast a dark-black woman to tell the story. Nina Simone was a person of color who sang about the plight of people of color. So I decided, ‘fuck it, I’m mad enough,’ I was going to do a Nina Simone.” Udoh’s first show was in Chicago, backed by a hot quintet. She’s coming to Memphis solo and sees the change as an opportunity to explore Simone’s frequently improvisational performance style. “I had to pick where I was going to shine through and where she was going to shine through,” Udoh says of her work adapting Simone’s famously difficult material. “In doing that, I found myself even more.” Friday, July 28th, Evergreen Presbyterian Church presents “Counterfeit Madison Meets Nina Simone: A Celebration of Blackness” at The Den on Marshall in partnership with the Memphis Medical District Collaborative. Saxophonist Marque Boyd opens. A portion of the proceeds go the Memphis’ official Black Lives Matter chapter. “COUNTERFEIT MADISON MEETS NINA SIMONE: A CELEBRATION OF BLACKNESS,” FRIDAY, JULY 28TH, 7 P.M. AT THE DEN (656 MARSHALL). $15. 629-5902.

Battle of the Bands Minglewood Hall, 3 p.m., $20 Six bands compete for a contract with Old Dog’s Records. Benefiting St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital. Clean Comedy Experience Halloran Centre, 4 p.m. and 8 p.m., $20-$45 A show of cutting-edge, clean comedy with comedians from BET’s ComicView, Comedy Central, and HBO’s Def Comedy Jam. The theme for the shows will be the 1970s.

Pulse Stage Stop, 9:30 p.m. A show by this Pink Floyd tribute band. Bike to RiverPlay Revolutions Community Bicycle Shop, 5:30 p.m. A bike ride from the Cooper-Young bike shop to the downtown pop-up park. Featuring El Mero taco truck.

Taste of Memphis Hot Wing Fest Arthur Halle Stadium (2602 Mt. Moriah), 4 p.m., $13 A celebration of all things hot wings, with live music. Benefiting the Cancer Prevention Fund. Celebration Lindenwood Christian Church, 7 p.m. Concert by the Memphis Repertory Orchestra featuring Chris Nemec playing the Golightly Memorial Pipe Organ.

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SATURDAY July 29

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Director Christopher Nolan conjures some of the best images of his career with his WWII epic, Dunkirk. Film, p. 34

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Mono Vision An eccentric Memphis musician offers his life’s Art Manifesto.

ywane Thomas Jr., aka MonoNeon, has written out his artistic philosophy. This is convenient for writers needing to sum up the enigmatic bass virtuoso using only tidy rows of type. The best we can do is take every line of his creed as our starting point. Get ready for the MonoNeon Art Manifesto:

July 27-August 2, 2017

Have the Southern soul/blues & and funk at the bottom and the experimental/ avant-garde at the top ... (YOUR SOUND!). “My home base is always gonna be Johnny Taylor, Bobby Womack, Denise LaSalle, you know — funk, Bar-Kays,” says Thomas. “I want to sound like Mavis Staples and Stockhausen together, or something. Or at least the idea just helps me progress and create stuff.” He recalls teaching himself bass: “I practiced in my grandmother’s living room, to records, WDIA, all the old blues stuff. But I really got most of my skill from Olivet Fellowship Baptist Church. I played with different types of gospel choirs, like Kevin Davidson and the Voices. After that, I went to Berklee College of Music.” Make your life audible daily with the mistakes … the flaws … er’thang.

Embrace bizarre justapositions (sound, imagery, etc). And: Conceptual art. Minimalism. “I got into microtonal stuff when I got to Berklee. I met a guitarist named David Fiuczynski. I also started getting into John Cage when I got to Berklee. And other avant garde stuff like Iannis Xenakis, Milton Babbitt, Stockhausen. All that stuff that I don’t understand, but I love it.”

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Polychromatic color schemes. Highvisibility clothing. “It was PolyNeon at first, then I changed it. I got bored. It all happened at my grandma’s house.”

Thomas expresses his life story every time he picks up a bass. His father, Dywane Thomas Sr., is a heavy bass player in his own right. “He still plays. He used to play with the Bar-Kays, Rufus Thomas, Pops Staples. He was really like a studio ace in Memphis in the ’90s. He moved to Europe when I was pretty young, ’cos he was doing a lot of work over there. So, I really taught myself how to play. I’d just listen to him on recordings.”

DIY! “I’m always just releasing stuff. I don’t necessarily consider it an official thing. It’s just therapeutic to me to put stuff out. Then I try to move on.” Thomas creates his music and videos on his laptop, though, occasionally, he’ll work with other locals. “There’s a cat named IMAKEMADBEATS. He’s the one that got me into making my own music videos. And a rapper from his label, A Weirdo From Memphis, he calls himself. He’s on my album, too. He doesn’t know it, though.” Thomas is selfreleasing a new album, A Place Called Fantasy, this Thursday. Then there are artists who seek him out. “I’m with a band called Ghost Note. That’s like a side project of Snarky Puppy. We just recorded an album. I think it’s supposed to be released this year in October.”

Understand and accept that some people are going to like what you do and some are going to dislike it. … When you understand and accept that dichotomy … Move on! Thomas has always posted videos online with little regard for audience. But one fan was especially notable. In December 2014, his presence was requested at Paisley Park. He jammed with Judith Hill’s band,

Childlike. And: Reject the worldly idea of becoming a great musician … JUST LIVE MUSIC! “I don’t even have goals, to be honest. I just like the journey. I don’t have a set plan. That’s really because of the support from my mom and my grandma. I’m thankful for that. I hope that doesn’t change. I’m just a kid. I’m 26 years old, but I’m still a kid.”

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Write your own vision and read it daily. “That came from Dada, the manifesto stuff,” says Thomas, but he’s been following his own vision ever since he got his first guitar at four and played it like a bass. From the start, this lefty has avoided lefthanded guitars and basses, instead playing conventional right-handed instruments upside down. “When I was younger,” he remembers, “people used to tell me, you know, flip it the other way. You’re playing it wrong. I just kept on doing it.” Nowadays, his upside-down bass of choice is either a five-string or a quarter-tone bass, which allows for pitches between the notes of the conventional scale. His choice of material is visionary too, ranging from quirky funk excursions to mimicking in bass tones the voices of people from random videos found online.

which Prince was producing, but he didn’t meet His Purpleness at the time. On return visits, Prince joined the sessions, and ultimately recruited Thomas for his own band. “I’m thankful for recording with him, and he released a song under my name and stuff, ‘Ruff Enuff ’ on NPG Records. I guess he really liked me.” Reflecting on Prince’s passing in April of 2016, Thomas is understandably wistful. “Paisley was just a different world to be in. The smell just crosses my nose sometimes. Lavender.”

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RODD BLAND B.B. KING’S BLUES CLUB SATURDAY, JULY 29TH

After Dark: Live Music Schedule July 27 - August 2 Alfred’s 197 BEALE 525-3711

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

B.B. King’s Blues Club 143 BEALE 524-KING

The King Beez Thursdays, 5:30 p.m.; B.B. King’s All Stars Thursdays, Fridays, 8 p.m.; Will Tucker Band Fridays, Saturdays, 5 p.m.; Rodd Bland Saturday, July 29; Lisa G and Flic’s Pic’s Band Saturdays, Sundays, 12:30 p.m.; Blind Mississippi Morris Sundays, 5 p.m.; Memphis Jones Sundays, Wednesdays 5:30 p.m.; Doc Fangaz and the Remedy Tuesdays, 5:30 p.m.

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

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

Blues City Cafe

July 27-August 2, 2017

138 BEALE 526-3637

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

Club 152

King’s Palace Cafe

152 BEALE 544-7011

162 BEALE 521-1851

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

Handy Bar 200 BEALE 527-2687

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

Hard Rock Cafe 126 BEALE 529-0007

Chris Burch Thursday, July 27, 7-10 p.m.; Game Show Night with Myron Mays Friday, July 28, 8-10 p.m.; Brandon Cunning Band Friday, July 28, 10 p.m.-1 a.m.; Mandy Vixen Trio Sunday, July 30, 7-10 p.m.

King’s Palace Cafe Patio 162 BEALE 521-1851

Sonny Mack Mondays-Fridays, 2-6 p.m.; Cowboy Neil Mondays, Thursdays, 7-11 p.m., and Saturdays, Sundays, 2-6 p.m.; Sensation Band Tuesdays, Fridays, 7-11 p.m.; Fuzzy and the Kings of Memphis Saturdays, 7-11 p.m.; Chic Jones and the Blues Express Sundays, 7-11 p.m.; North and South Band Wednesdays, 7-11 p.m.

King’s Palace Cafe Tap Room

Itta Bena 145 BEALE 578-3031

Susan Marshall Thursday, July 27, 6-9 p.m., and Friday, July 28, 6-9 p.m.; Nat “King” Kerr Fridays, Saturdays, 9-10 p.m.; Gerald Stephens Saturday, July 29, 6-9 p.m.

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

David Bowen Thursdays, 5:309:30 p.m., Fridays, Saturdays, 6:30-10:30 p.m., and Sundays, 5:30-9:30 p.m.; Juke Joint Allstars Friday, July 28, 9 p.m.-1 a.m.; Cowboy Neil Band Saturday, July 29, 9 p.m.-1 a.m.

Chris Gales Solo Acoustic Show Mondays-Saturdays, noon-4 p.m.; Eric Hughes Thursdays, 5-8 p.m.; Karaoke MondaysThursdays, Sundays, 8 p.m.; Live Bands Fridays, Saturdays, 8 p.m.

168 BEALE 576-2220

Big Don Valentine’s Three Piece Chicken and a Biscuit Blues Band Thursdays, Tuesdays, 8 p.m.-midnight; Juke Joint Allstars Friday, July 28, 9 p.m.-1 a.m.; Cowboy Neil Band Saturday, July 29, 9 p.m.-1 a.m.

New Daisy Theatre 330 BEALE 525-8981

Jacquees and Tink Saturday, July 29, 7:30 p.m.

Eric Hughes Band Mondays, 8 p.m.-midnight; Gracie Curran Tuesdays, 8 p.m.-midnight; Plantation Allstars Wednesdays, 8 p.m.-midnight.

Rum Boogie Cafe Blues Hall 182 BEALE 528-0150

Memphis Bluesmasters Thursdays, Sundays, 8 p.m.-midnight; Vince Johnson and the Plantation Allstars Fridays, Saturdays, 4-8 p.m., and Sundays, 3-7 p.m.; Myra Hall Blues Band Friday, July 28, 9 p.m.-1 a.m.; Juke Joint Allstar Saturday, July 29, 9 p.m.-1 a.m.; Brian Hawkins Blues Party Mondays, 8 p.m.-midnight; Chris McDaniel Tuesdays, Wednesdays, 8 p.m.-midnight.

Silky O’Sullivan’s 183 BEALE 522-9596

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

Rumba Room

855 KENTUCKY

303 S. MAIN 523-0020

Nancy Apple Thursdays, 8 p.m.; Pistol and the Queen Friday, July 28, 8 p.m.; Eric Hughes Saturday, July 29, 8 p.m.; Bobbie & Tasha Wednesdays, 8-11 p.m.

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

Backbeat Tours

Memphis Dive Bar Crawl Friday, July 28, 8-11 p.m.

Belle Tavern

182 BEALE 528-0150

117 BARBORO ALLEY 249-6580

The Rusty Pieces Sunday, July 30, 6:30-9:30 p.m.

The Silly Goose 100 PEABODY PLACE 435-6915

DJ Cody Fridays, Saturdays, 10 p.m.

The View Rooftop Bar at Residence Inn

Flying Saucer Draught Emporium

The Rusty Pieces Saturday, July 29, 6-9 p.m.

130 PEABODY PLACE 523-8536

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

The Front Porch at Beale Street Landing 251 RIVERSIDE DR

The Rusty Pieces Friday, July 28, 6:30-8:30 p.m.

Huey’s Downtown 77 S. SECOND 527-2700

Paulette’s CORNER OF SECOND AND BEALE (INSIDE BLUES CITY CAFE) 1-866-392-BEAT

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

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

El Ced and Groove Nation Sunday, July 30, 8:30 p.m.-midnight.

Rum Boogie Cafe Young Petty Thieves Thursdays, 8 p.m.-midnight; Jeff Crosslin Friday, July 28, 5:30-8:30 p.m., and Saturday, July 29, 5:30-8:30 p.m.; FreeWorld Friday, July 28, 9 p.m.-1 a.m., and Saturday, July 29, 9 p.m.-1 a.m.; Sensation Band Sunday, July 30, 8 p.m.-midnight;

Dirty Crow Inn

RIVER INN, 50 HARBOR TOWN SQUARE 260-3300

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

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

DJ Dance Music MondaysSundays, 10 p.m.

110 MADISON

South Main Ghost River Brewing 827 S. MAIN 278-0087

Bigger Music Saturday, July 29, 6-9 p.m.; Sunday Evening Slowdown with Tiffany Harmon Sunday, July 30, 5-7:30 p.m.

Loﬂin Yard 7 W. CAROLINA

Electric Church Sundays, 2-4 p.m.

LYFE Kitchen 272 S. MAIN 526-0254

Live Music on the Patio Thursdays, 6-8 p.m.

Bar DKDC 964 S. COOPER 272-0830

Grace Askew, Jen Hall Burris Friday, July 28; Faux Killas Saturday, July 29.

JAMES TAYLOR SATURDAY, AUGUST 5

ELVIS: THE WONDER OF YOU WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 16

R. KELLY SUNDAY, AUGUST 27

WWE RAW MONDAY, AUGUST 28

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After Dark: Live Music Schedule July 27 - August 2 The Bikesmith

Midtown Crossing Grill

509 N. HOLLYWOOD 871-2453

394 N. WATKINS 443-0502

2120 MADISON 432-2222

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

Minglewood Hall 1555 MADISON 866-609-1744

Battle of the Bands Saturday, July 29, 3 p.m.; Foster the People, Alex Cameron Tuesday, Aug. 1, 7 p.m.

Canvas

Murphy’s

1737 MADISON 443-5232

1589 MADISON 726-4193

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

2092 TRIMBLE PLACE

Acoustic Courtyard Last Thursday of every month, 6:309:30 p.m.

Wild Bill’s 1580 VOLLINTINE 207-3975

The Wild Bill’s Band Fridays, Saturdays, 11 p.m.-3 a.m.

The Heart Memphis Band Sunday, July 30, 8:30 p.m.-midnight.

Memphis Nites Club 3297 KIRBY 797-8599

Chick Rogers Sundays, 5 p.m.-3 a.m.

Mortimer’s 590 N. PERKINS 761-9321

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

July 28, 9 p.m.-1 a.m.; Memphis Funk ‘N’ Horns Saturday, July 29, 8 p.m.; Fingertrick Sunday, July 30, 7-11 p.m.; Eddie Harrison Mondays, 6-10 p.m.; Debbie Jamison & Friends 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.

Pono AM with Jesse James

Hadley’s Pub 2779 WHITTEN 266-5006

Thump Daddy Friday, July 28, 9 p.m.; The No Hit Wonders Saturday, July 29, 9 p.m.; Almost Famous Sunday, July 30, 5:30 p.m.; Nuttin’ Fancy Band Wednesday, Aug. 2, 8 p.m.

Shelby Forest General Store 7729 BENJESTOWN 876-5770

Steak Night with Tony Butler and the Shelby Forest Pioneers Fridays, 6-8 p.m.; Robert Hull Sundays, 12:30-3:30 p.m.

Collierville

Celtic Crossing

Huey’s Collierville

903 S. COOPER 274-5151

Celtic Crossing’s Patio Sessions: Bob Boccia Friday, July 28, 6-9 p.m.; Jeremy Stanfill and Joshua Cosby Sundays, 6-9 p.m.; Candy Company Mondays.

2130 W. POPLAR 854-4455

Young Petty Thieves Sunday, July 30, 8-11:30 p.m.

Cordova

The Cove

Huey’s Cordova

2559 BROAD 730-0719

1771 N. GERMANTOWN PKWY. 754-3885

Ed Finney and the U of M Jazz Quartet Thursdays, 8 p.m.; The Outcry Friday, July 28, 9 p.m.; Hope Clayburn & the Soul Scrimmage Saturday, July 29, 10 p.m.; Don and Wayde Tuesdays, 7-10 p.m.; Karaoke Wednesdays, 9 p.m.

No More Drama Sunday, July 30, 8:30 p.m.-midnight.

T.J. Mulligan’s Cordova 8071 TRINITY 756-4480

The Southern Edition Band Tuesdays.

Growlers

Germantown

1911 POPLAR 244-7904

Circa Survive, Jade Wick Saturday, July 29, 7 p.m.; Crockett Hall Tuesdays with the Midtown Rhythm Section Tuesdays, 9 p.m.

Bobby Lanier Farm Park 7901 POPLAR PIKE

Rice Drewry & 3 Degrees Thursday, July 27, 5-7:30 p.m.

Huey’s Southwind

Hi-Tone

7825 WINCHESTER 624-8911

412-414 N. CLEVELAND 278-TONE

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

Our Scene United Thursday, July 27, 5:30 p.m., Friday, July 28, 5:30 p.m., and Saturday, July 29, 5:30 p.m.; The By Gods, Sad Baxter Tuesday, Aug. 1, 9 p.m.; Free Salamander Exhibit, Seraph/ The Light Wednesday, Aug. 2, 9 p.m.

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

Karaoke with Buddha Tuesdays, Thursdays, 8 p.m.-midnight; Dantones Saturday, July 29, 8:30 p.m.-12:30 a.m.

Huey’s Midtown 1927 MADISON 726-4372

Buggaboo Sunday, July 30, 4-7 p.m.; The Chaulkies Sunday, July 30, 8:30 p.m.-midnight.

Horseshoe Casino & Hotel

Lafayette’s Music Room 2119 MADISON 207-5097

Brennan Villines Duo Thursday, July 27, 6 p.m.; Memphis Funk N’ Horns Thursday, July 27, 9 p.m.; Heath N’ Company Friday, July 28, 6:30 p.m.; Cowboy Mouth Friday, July 28, 9 p.m.; Susan Marshall & Friends Saturday, July 29, 11:30 a.m.; 3 Degrees Saturday, July 29, 3 p.m.; Young Petty Thieves Trio Saturday, July 29, 6:30 p.m.; Ghost Town Blues Band Saturday, July 29, 10 p.m.; Joe Restivo 4 Sunday, July 30, 11 a.m.; Reba Russell Band Sunday, July 30, 4 p.m.; Marcella and Her Lovers Sunday, July 30, 8 p.m.; Paul “Snowflake” Taylor Monday, July 31, 6 p.m.; Yearwood & Ford Tuesday, Aug. 1, 5:30 p.m.; Jana Misener, David Cousar, and Susan Marshall Tuesday, Aug. 1, 8 p.m.; 3RD Man Wednesday, Aug. 2, 5:30 p.m.; Drew Erwin Wednesday, Aug. 2, 8 p.m.

Davis Thursday, July 27.

Various Locations

Otherlands Coffee Bar

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641 S. COOPER 278-4994

Short in the Sleeve with Me and Leah Saturday, July 29, 8-10:30 p.m.

P&H Cafe 1532 MADISON 726-0906

Rock Starkaraoke Fridays; Torch the Hive Saturday, July 29; Open Mic Music with Tiffany Harmon Mondays, 9 p.m.-midnight; John Till Wednesday, Aug. 2.

Railgarten 2166 CENTRAL

Dan Montgomery Friday, July 28; Rev. John Wilkins and His Three Daughters Saturday, July 29

University of Memphis

Jus’ Blues Music Award Week: Juke Joint Part Jam & Fish Fry Wed.-Sat., Aug. 2-5.

The Bluff

Poplar/I-240

535 S. HIGHLAND

DJ Ben Murray Thursdays, 10 p.m.; Nick Black Friday, July 28, 10 p.m.; The Hi-Techs Saturday, July 29, 10 p.m.; Bluegrass Brunch with the River Bluff Clan Sundays, 11 a.m.

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

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

East Tapas and Drinks 6069 PARK 767-6002

Eddie Harris Thursdays, Fridays, 6:30-9:30 p.m.; Van Duren Solo New Time! Tuesdays, 6-8 p.m.; Elizabeth Wise Tuesdays, 7-9 p.m.; Van Duren Solo Tuesdays, 7-9 p.m.

Neil’s Music Room 5727 QUINCE 682-2300

Jack Rowell’s Celebrity Jam Thursdays, 8 p.m.; On the Patio: The Rants Friday, July 28, 7-11 p.m.; Eddie Smith Fridays, 8 p.m.; The Brian Johnson Band Friday,

Summer/Berclair Cheffie’s Cafe 483 HIGH POINT TERRACE 202-4157

Songwriter Night Saturdays, 5-8 p.m.

High Point Pub 477 HIGH POINT TERRACE 452-9203

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

AT CASINO CENTER, SOUTH OF MEMPHIS, NEAR TUNICA, MS 1-800-303-SHOE

CMT’s Nashville in Concert Saturday, July 29.

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

The Brian Johnson Band Sunday, July 30, 8:30 p.m.-midnight; Karaoke Night Mondays, 9-11 p.m.

Raleigh Stage Stop 2951 CELA 382-1576

Bartlett Game Time 11695 US-70

Dantones Friday, July 28, 9 p.m.-1 a.m.

Blues Jam hosted by Brad Webb Thursdays, 7-11 p.m.; Pulse - Tribute to Pink Floyd Saturday, July 29, 9:30 p.m.-1:30 a.m.; Open Mic Night and Steak Night Tuesdays, 6 p.m.midnight.

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Boscos

“The Happening” Open Songwriter Showcase Tuesdays, 6:30-9:30 p.m.

Huey’s Poplar 4872 POPLAR 682-7729

ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT

Ghost Note Ensemble and Months of Indecision Thursday, July 27, 7:30-10:30 p.m.

The Tower Courtyard at Overton Square

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Landers Center (DeSoto Civic Center)

Eclectic Eye

The Music Man, fast-talking traveling salesman cons the people of a small town into buying instruments and uniforms. His plans to skip town with the cash are foiled when he falls for Marian the librarian. www.dftonline.org. $18-$30. Fri.-Sun. Through July 30. 4560 VENTURE, SOUTHAVEN, MS (662-280-9120).

Germantown Community Theatre

The Sound of Music, www. gctcomeplay.org. $9-$13. Sundays, 2:30 p.m., and ThursdaysSaturdays, 7 p.m. Through Aug. 6. 3037 FOREST HILL-IRENE (453-7447).

The Salvation Army Kroc Center

Annie the Musical, www. mbaafirehouse.org. Thur.-Sat., July 27-29, 7 p.m. 800 E. PARKWAY S. (729-8007).

The Orpheum

The Little Mermaid, in a magical kingdom beneath the sea, the beautiful, young mermaid Ariel longs to leave her ocean home to live in the world above. www. orpheum-memphis.com. $25$125. Through July 30. 203 S. MAIN (525-3000).

TheatreWorks

Victory Blues, after WWII, Jerry Greisinger has returned to a world that has little to do with the one he left. Follow Jerry, his wife, and friends as they adjust. Winner of the 2015 NewWorks@TheWorks Playwriting Competition. www. playhouseonthesquare.org. $25$40. Fri., Sat., 8 p.m., and Sun., 2 p.m. Through July 30. 2085 MONROE (274-7139). R

A Boeing Company

3050 Central Ave / Memphis 38111

Opening reception for “Seeing Things My Way,” exhibition of photographs transposed onto metal and canvas by Bob Pierce. www.eclectic-eye.com. Fri., July 28, 6-8 p.m. 242 S. COOPER (276-3937).

Marshall Arts Gallery

Artist reception for “Vital Ingredients,” exhibition of work including paintings, sculpture, and photography by local artists benefiting Dorothy Day House Memphis. www.vitalexhibit.com. Free. Fri., July 28, 6-9 p.m. 639 MARSHALL (679-6837).

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AIA Memphis Design Auction

The Design Auction is a one-of-akind event that features an auction of a curated collection of original work from iconic designers of our past and great designers and makers of today. $45. Sat., July 29, 7-10 p.m. VISIBLE MUSIC COLLEGE, 200 MADISON (525-3818), AIAMEMPHIS.ORG.

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 Trolley Tour

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

Call to Artists for MCA Holiday Bazaar & Fundraiser Open call, any local artist may submit, no cost to apply. See website for more information and submission form. Through Oct. 2. WWW.MCA.EDU.

July 27-August 2, 2017

Casting Demonstration P!NK PALACE MUSEUM

Saturdays, Sundays, 3 p.m.

901.636.2362

METAL MUSEUM, 374 METAL MUSEUM DR. (774-6380), WWW.METALMUSEUM.ORG.

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AIA Memphis Design Auction at Visible Music College, Saturday, July 29th

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.

Crosstown Arts Digital Lab

Six-station computer lab supports Memphis’ creative community by providing artists and musicians full access to industrystandard art- and music-making technology. Tuesdays-Thursdays, 10 a.m.-9 p.m., and Fridays, Saturdays, 10 a.m.-6 p.m. CROSSTOWN ARTS, 430 N. CLEVELAND (507-8030), WWW.CROSSTOWNARTS.ORG.

Jazz-A-Fire

Performances. Bring your own instrument to join. $12. Last Sunday of every month, 4-7 p.m. BRINSON’S, 341 MADISON (524-0104), WWW.MEMPHISBLACKARTSALLIANCE. ORG.

“Just So You Know”

Opening reception, artist talk, and art exhibition by Sara Moseley. Fri., July 28, 6-9 p.m., and Sat., July 29, 11 a.m.-3 p.m. CROSSTOWN ARTS, 430 N. CLEVELAND (507-8030), WWW.CROSSTOWNARTS.ORG.

Paint With Danny Broadway Materials provided. Eddy’s Pepper food truck will be on site. $30. Thurs., July 27, 6-9 p.m. GHOST RIVER BREWING, 827 S. MAIN (278-0087).

Quilting Lecture and Trunk Show by Maria Shell

Alaskan artist features natureinspired improvisational quilts at regular meeting. Workshop on Thursday, “Abstraction Through Color, Pattern, and Repetition” and Saturday, “Making Circles and Curves with Prints and Solids.” For more information or to register, email madknitter38018@yahoo. com. Free-$75. Thurs., July 27, and Sat., July 29. GERMANTOWN UNITED METHODIST CHURCH, 2331 GERMANTOWN ROAD (754-7216), WWW.MARIASHELL.COM.

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Belz Museum of Asian and Judaic Art

“Chinese Symbols in Art,” ancient Chinese pottery and bronze. www. belzmuseum.org. Ongoing. 119 S. MAIN, IN THE PEMBROKE SQUARE BUILDING (523-ARTS).

Bingham and Broad

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

The Calliope

“Transmissions,” exhibition of new abstract works by Amy Hutcheson. www.amyhutcheson.com. Through Aug. 26. 456 TENNESSEE ST.

David Lusk Gallery

“The Retirement Party,” exhibition of graphic, large-scaled mixedmedia works by Tyler Hildebrand. www.davidluskgallery.com. Through July 29. “The Price Is Right,” exhibition of work by 20 artists priced at $1000 or less. www.davidluskgallery.com. Aug. 1-24. 97 TILLMAN (767-3800).

The Dixon Gallery & Gardens

“Edward Giobbi: An Artist Comes to Memphis,” exhibition of works influenced by Italian Renaissance masterpieces by one of the founding trustees of the Hugo Dixon Foundation (which formed the Dixon Gallery and Gardens). www.dixon.org. Through Sept. 24. “Power and Piety: Spanish Colonial Art,” exhibition of paintings, sculptures, religious objects, and decorative art from the 17th through 19th centuries influenced by Spanish Colonial Caribbean. www.dixon.org. Through Sept. 24. “Fidencio Fifield-Perez and Vanessa González: Location, Location, Location,” exhibition of work utilizing maps to open up discussions on migration and ceramic and installation work processing the challenges of immigration. www.dixon.org. July 30-Sept. 24. “Made in Dixon,” exhibition showcasing the colorful and joyfilled artwork created by artists of all ages in the Dixon’s educational programs. www.dixon.org. Ongoing. 4339 PARK (761-5250).

Eclectic Eye

“Seeing Things My Way,” exhibition of photographs

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FireHouse Community Arts Center Mosal Morszart, exhibition of works by Black Arts Alliance artist. www. memphisblackartsalliance. org. Ongoing. 985 S. BELLEVUE (948-9522).

Fratelli’s

“Memphis Series,” exhibition of pen-and-ink works by David Tankersley. www. memphisbotanicgarden.com. Through Aug. 28. 750 CHERRY (766-9900).

Jay Etkin Gallery

“Side by Side,” exhibition of African tribal and Peruvian folk art. www.jayetkingallery. com. Through Aug. 1. 942 COOPER (550-0064).

L Ross Gallery

Summer Group Exhibition, www.lrossgallery.com. Through July 29. 5040 SANDERLIN (767-2200).

Marshall Arts Gallery

“Love of Art” and “Memphis,” exhibition of work by Nikki Gardner and Debra Edge by appointment only. (6479242), ongoing. 639 MARSHALL (679-6837).

Memphis Botanic Garden

“Magic,” exhibition of works by Michael Moffit. www. memphisbotanicgaren.com. Through July 31. “Gardens: Indoor/Outdoor,” exhibition of garden-themed works by Libby Anderson. www.memphisbotanicgarden. com. Aug. 2-31. 750 CHERRY (636-4100).

Memphis Brooks Museum of Art

“By the Book: A Tribute to Dolph Smith,” exhibit focusing on Smith’s artist notebooks, featuring six on display. Also includes the work of 11 artists who have worked with Smith. Through Nov. 26. “A Feast for the Eyes: 200 Years of American Still-Life Painting from the Hevrdejs Collection,” exhibition of rarely seen still-life paintings by major American artists including James Peale, John F. Peto, Thomas Hart Benton, Georgia O’Keeffe, and Andrew Wyeth. www. brooksmuseum.org. Through July 30. Rotunda Projects: Nnenna Okore, exhibition of works with burlap to fashion abstract objects inspired by textures, colors, and landscapes. www. brooksmuseum.org. Through Sept. 10. “Unwrapped! 100 Gifts for 100 Years,” exhibition of more than 100 works of art gifted to the museum ranging from ancient coins to contemporary glass and paintings to quilts. www. brooksmuseum.org. Through Aug. 27. “About Face,” exhibition located in the Education Gallery highlighting the different ways artists interpret the connection between emotion and expression. www.brooksmuseum.org. Ongoing. “Drawing Memory: Essence of Memphis,” exhibition of works inspired by nsibidi, a sacred means of communication among male secret societies in southeastern Nigeria by Victor Ekpuk. www. brooksmuseum.org. Ongoing. 1934 POPLAR (544-6209).

Memphis College of Art “Disappointed,” exhibition of photography and digital collage by Joshua Strydom. www.mca.edu. Through July 30.

Metal Museum

“With Love, From Brent,” exhibition of nearly 200 pieces of jewelry created over the course of his life as gifts for his wife, mother, daughter, and sister-in-law alongside cards and letters drawn and written by L. Brent Kington. www.metalmuseum.org. Through Oct. 15. “Metal in Motion,” exhibition and group show of work involving moving parts including hand-operated or run on a motor inviting the viewer to interact with the art. www.metalmuseum.org. Through Aug. 27. “Implements of Grandeur,” exhibition of handmade tools by metalsmiths throughout the United States including Jack Brubaker, David Court, Dennis Dusek, Jeffrey Funk, Seth Gould, Tom Latané, Timothy Miller, and others. www.metalmuseum.org. Through July 30. 374 METAL MUSEUM DR. (774-6380).

Playhouse on the Square

“Home > House,” exhibition of works by Kevin Mitchell. www.mca.edu. Through July 30. 66 S. COOPER (726-4656).

Slavehaven Underground Railroad Museum

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

St. George’s Episcopal Church

“Sun, Fun, and the Arts,” exhibition of work in oils, acrylic, watercolor, and photography by Artists Group of Memphis. (754-7282), www. stgeorgesgermantown.org. Free. Through July 30.

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2425 SOUTH GERMANTOWN (754-7282).

Talbot Heirs

Debra Edge Art. Ongoing. 99 S. SECOND (527-9772).

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Rhythm Nation

Choreography class celebrating videos from the early MTV days. Costumes and a willingness to not take yourself seriously encouraged. Hosted by Project: Motion, taught by Kenneth Johnson. Thurs., 7 p.m. Through July 30. MCLEAN BAPTIST CHURCH, 815 N. MCLEAN (274-3766), WWW. PROJECTMOTIONDANCE.ORG.

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Katrina Coleman Album Recording, host of You Look Like and reigning Best of Memphis Stand-up Comic is recording followup to debut comedy album Womanchild on newly renovated Dru’s Place stage. Josh McLane opens. (283-3814). $15. Mon., July 31, 7-9:30 p.m. 1474 MADISON (275-8082).

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Midtown Crossing Grill Dave Losso and Kira MagCalen, a night of great food and comedy. Sun., July 30, 8:30-10:30 p.m. 394 N. WATKINS (443-0502).

Halloran Centre

Clean Comedy Experience, hear hilarious stand-up comedy without offensive words featuring HBO and BET comics. www.orpheummemphis.com. $20-$45. Sat., July 29, 4 & 8 p.m. 225 S. MAIN (525-3000).

Booksigning by Diane Thomas-Plunk

Author discusses and signs Opal. Fri., July 28, 12-2 p.m. SOUTH MAIN BOOK JUGGLER, 548 S. MAIN (249-5370).

Booksigning by John M. Kovach

Author discusses and signs Women’s Baseball with over 160 images of girls and women playing baseball from 1866 to the present. Fri., July 28, 6-9 p.m. SOUTH MAIN BOOK JUGGLER, 548 S. MAIN (249-5370).

LECT U R E /S P EA K E R

Summer of Faith: Loving Our Enemy

The Honorable Jim Strickland, Mayor of Memphis, speaks on topic. Free. Sun., July 30, 11 a.m. CHURCH OF THE RIVER, 292 VIRGINIA (526-8631), WWW. CHURCHOFTHERIVER.ORG.

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Bike to RiverPlay

Meet, at Revolutions. Bring a picnic to eat, or get food from El Mero Taco Truck. It’s also “Trip Hop Skate Night” with DJ Redeye. Come roll with us. Sat., July 29, 5:30-10 p.m. REVOLUTIONS COMMUNITY BICYCLE SHOP, 1000 S. COOPER (INSIDE FIRST CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH) (726-6409), WWW. REVOLUTIONSMEMPHIS.COM.

Calvary Episcopal Church Tours

Docent-led tours discuss stained glass windows, architecture, and symbols in Christian art. Free. Saturdays, Sundays, 11 a.m.-1 p.m. CALVARY EPISCOPAL CHURCH, 102 N. SECOND (525-6602), WWW.CALVARYMEMPHIS.ORG.

Old Forest Hike

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

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2017 JobLINC Career Fair

More than one thousand job seekers and dozens of hiring companies are expected to attend. Call for more information. Thurs., July 27, 9:30 a.m.-2:30 p.m. PIPKIN BUILDING, MID-SOUTH FAIRGROUNDS (415-2787).

African Inspired Pop-Up Boutique

Somi Décor and Texstyle Bags team up to showcase their line of Nigerian-inspired home décor, handbags, and fashion accessories at a joint pop-up boutique. Fri., July 28, 5-9 p.m. 412 S. MAIN (316-7541), WWW.SOMIDECOR.COM.

Nursery Final Summer Clearance Sale Every nursery plant is 50 percent off. Sat., July 29, 8 a.m.-2 p.m.

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

Percentage Night for Allie Allen

Celebrate Allie with 10 percent of sales donated to St. Jude via Allie’s Allies. Enjoy Memphis’ own Mempops and other surprises. Thurs., July 27, 5-8 p.m. AMERICAN THREADS, 7615 FARMINGTON (730-0599), WWW.SHOPAMERICANTHREADS. COM.

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Registrations beginning at 8 a.m. and boat races will begin at 10 a.m. with timed heats for both children and adults. Free. Sat., July 29, 8 a.m.-3 p.m. SANDY BEACH, WEST FRONT (501-362-2444), WWW.HEBER-SPRINGS.COM.

Back to School and Community Health Fair

Treat Yourself: Yoga and Self-Care Event

Yoga support social designed to provide support to women affected by incarceration. Learn yoga as a form of selfcare and relaxation. Lunch provided. Free. Sat., July 29, 12:30-2:30 p.m.

Sat., July 29, 10 a.m.-2 p.m.

4291 AMERICAN WAY, 4291 AMERICAN WAY (417-7297), WWW.INDOMITABLEWOMEN.ORG.

MISSISSIPPI BOULEVARD CHRISTIAN CHURCH, 70 N. BELLEVUE (729-6222).

Youth Sports Injury Prevention Symposium

Taste of Memphis Hot Wings: Peace on the Streets Concert/Tour

Celebrate the South’s love for hot wings and music, benefiting the Cancer Prevention Fund. $13.01. Sat., July 29, 4 p.m. ARTHUR HALLE STADIUM, 2602 MT. MORIAH (273-7124), WWW. HOTWINGFESTMEMPHIS.COM.

Parents, coaches, trainers, physicians, and others are invited to youth sports injury prevention symposium presented by two Campbell Clinic sports medicine physicians. To register, call or email rfarrell@campbellfoundation.org. Free. Sat., July 29, 7:30 a.m.-1 p.m. RHODES COLLEGE, BRYAN CAMPUS LIFE CENTER, 2000 N. PARKWAY (759-5490).

S P O RTS / F IT N ES S

Get Right 4 the Night Get fit and have fun with Kellye Crawford. $10. Tuesdays, 6:45 p.m.

FIREHOUSE COMMUNITY ARTS CENTER, 985 S. BELLEVUE (948-9522), WWW. MEMPHISBLACKARTSALLIANCE. ORG.

Memphis Redbirds Home Games

For more information, visit website. Through July 28. AUTOZONE PARK, THIRD AND UNION (721-6000), WWW. MEMPHISREDBIRDS.COM.

RiverPlay Bootcamp

For all fitness levels age 18-plus. No RSVP required. Meet at the Gear Shack atRiverPlay (Riverside between Court and Jefferson). Free. Wed., 6 p.m. Through Aug. 2. RIVERPLAY, RIVERSIDE AND JEFFERSON (636-6669), WWW.THEFOURTHBLUFF.COM.

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GFWC Metro Memphis Woman’s Club

Volunteer community service organization for Memphis women. Monthly guest speaker, service project, and other activities. Projects include domestic violence, advocates for children, arts, and more. Free. Fourth Thursday of every month, 6:30-8 p.m. COMMUNITY RESOURCE CENTER, 3475 CENTRAL, WWW.GFWC.ORG.

Nashville Songwriter’s Assn. Intnl. (NSAI) Memphis Chapter Meeting Lessons and discussion on songwriting. Share songs in progress and provide feedback. Bring a song to share and eight-10 copies of your lyrics. Every third Tuesday, 6:30-8:30 p.m. OFF THE SQUARE CATERING, 19 S. FLORENCE (361-0584).

KIDS

Alice in Wonderland Tea Party

Girls ages 5-8 are invited to wear their prettiest dress, sip tea and lemonade, eat cupcakes, make Mad Hatterthemed crafts, and more in the storytelling room. Register online. Wed., Aug. 2, 3-4 p.m. LUCIUS E. & ELSIE C. BURCH JR. LIBRARY, 501 POPLAR VIEW, COLLIERVILLE (457-2600), WWW. COLLIERVILLELIBRARY.ORG.

Camp Venture Summer Program

Day camp for ages 3-14 with autism and special needs. For more information, visit website. Mon.-Fri., 8 a.m.-2 p.m. Through July 28. ABA DEVELOPMENT, 7953 STAGE HILLS (634-8005), WWW.ABADEVELOPMENT.ORG.

I Dig Dinos! Dino Days

Summer program all about dinos. See real fossils, prepare a dino dinner, walk like a dinosaur, and see just how big a T-rex really was. Thurs., Fri., noon. Through July 31. MEMPHIS PINK PALACE MUSEUM, 3050 CENTRAL (636-2362), WWW. MEMPHISMUSEUMS.ORG.

Jurassic Journeys on Land, Sea, and Air

Featuring animated dinosaurs and other animals from Kokoro. Featuring some new and old friends. Through Sept. 10. MEMPHIS PINK PALACE MUSEUM, 3050 CENTRAL (636-2362), WWW. MEMPHISMUSEUMS.ORG.

Summer Night Lights and Twilight Basketball

Community centers offer fun and basketball in a safe place to play. For more information including locations and schedule of events, visit website. Fri., Sat. Through July 31. WWW.MEMPHISGUNDOWN.ORG.

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“Celebration!” at Lindenwood Christian Church, Saturday

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Peabody Rooftop Party

Meet on the roof for music and fun. $10$15. Thursdays, 6-10 p.m. Through Aug. 17.

S P EC IAL EVE N TS

Black Friday in July

THE PEABODY HOTEL, 149 UNION (529-4000), WWW.PEABODYHOTEL.COM.

All-black or mostly black pets, $20 adoption fee. Fri. Through July 31.

Remington College Celebrates National Night Out

MEMPHIS ANIMAL SERVICES, 2350 APPLING CITY CV (6361416), WWW.MEMPHISANIMALSERVICES.COM.

Featuring safety, educational, partners from the MPD and MFD, and fun activities for families. Tues., Aug. 1, 3-5 p.m.

“Celebration!”

Celebrating the 50th anniversary of the Golightly Memorial Pipe Organ, featuring organ soloist Chris Nemec, soprano Shannon Cochran, and founder/artistic director William R. Langley, who will conduct performance. Free. Sat., July 29, 7 p.m.

REMINGTON COLLEGE, 2710 NONCONNAH (389-5302), WWW.REMINGTONCOLLEGE.EDU.

SEE Eyewear Germantown Grand Opening Party

Enjoy treats and activities and save $100 on a pair of glasses and chance to win free glasses during grand opening. Free. Fri., July 28, 10:30 a.m.-8 p.m., Sat., July 29, 10:30 a.m.-8 p.m., and Sun., July 30, 12-5 p.m.

LINDENWOOD CHRISTIAN CHURCH, 2400 UNION (458-8506), WWW.LINDENWOODCC.ORG.

Dance Party for Brain Health

Featuring snacks and silent auction benefiting Alzheimer’s research on National Dance Day. Donations. Sun., July 30, 1-4 p.m.

SEE EYEWEAR, 7535 POPLAR (772-485-5410).

Sunflowers

ST. PAUL UMC CHURCH, 2949 DAVIES PLANTATION (482-0637).

Over 78,000 sunflower seeds were planted for the community to enjoy. Sunflowers are located along Walnut Grove and Germantown Parkway. Through Aug. 4.

Family Game Night: Healthy Living Seminar Series

Counselors from the Universal Parenting Place at Baptist Memorial Hospital for Women will facilitate the event with board games, snacks, giveaways and advice on how to strengthen family bonds. Free. Thurs., July 27, 6-7 p.m. BENJAMIN L. HOOKS CENTRAL LIBRARY, 3030 POPLAR (227-3519), WWW.BAPTISTONLINE.ORG.

Family Science Night: Astronomy

Featuring indoor and outdoor activities, scavenger hunt, observing with Memphis Astronomical Society, planetarium shows, and world’s largest working eclipse glasses. $10.00. Fri., July 28, 6-9:30 p.m.

Fast Times at Ridgemont High at Malco Paradiso, Sunday, July 30th Grant for Senior Citizen Pet Owners

Spay/neuter cost for senior citizen pet owners, aged 60 years and above, is lowered to $20 per pet. Pet owners must show proof of age to qualify for this grant funding. Call for an appointment. Through Aug. 31. MID-SOUTH SPAY & NEUTER SERVICES, 854 GOODMAN (324-3202), WWW.SPAYMEMPHIS.ORG.

MEMPHIS PINK PALACE MUSEUM, 3050 CENTRAL (6362362).

AGRICENTER INTERNATIONAL, 7777 WALNUT GROVE (757-7777), WWW.AGRICENTER.ORG.

“Harry Potter’s World: Renaissance Science, Magic, and Medicine”

Traveling exhibit created by the National Library of Medicine. Through Aug. 12. LUCIUS E. & ELSIE C. BURCH JR. LIBRARY, 501 POPLAR VIEW, COLLIERVILLE (457-2600), WWW.COLLIERVILLELIBRARY.ORG.

Test Ride Tuesdays

All day free test rides with free Bumpus Harley Davidson shot glass. Tues. Through Aug. 1. BUMPUS HARLEY-DAVIDSON, 2160 WHITTEN RD. (372-1121), WWW.BUMPUSHDMEMPHIS.COM.

Jus’ Blues Music Award Week: Juke Joint Party Jam & Fish Fry

Featuring awards, formal dinner, conference, booksigning, fish fry, White Linen Party, and more. All events held at Horseshoe and Roadhouse casinos in Tunica. White Linen Party held in Memphis. $15-$200. Wed.-Sat., Aug. 2-5. VARIOUS LOCATIONS, SEE WEBSITE FOR MORE INFORMATION, WWW.JUSBLUES.ORG.

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South Memphis Farmers Market

Thursdays, 9 a.m.-3 p.m. Through Nov. 30.

Fresh Market stores partner with local food banks for a charitable giving campaign focused on stocking the pantry for those in need. Guests can help by making a donation of $1, $3, or $5. Through July 31.

SOUTH MEMPHIS FARMERS MARKET, CORNER OF MISSISSIPPI BOULEVARD AND SOUTH PARKWAY EAST, WWW.SOMEFM.ORG.

WWW.THEFRESHMARKET.COM.

The 15 Film Series

CTI 3D GIANT THEATER, IN THE MEMPHIS PINK PALACE MUSEUM, 3050 CENTRAL (636-2362), WWW. MEMPHISMUSEUMS.ORG.

Dinner and Music Cruise

MALCO PARADISO CINEMA, 584 S. MENDENHALL (682-1754), WWW.MALCO.COM.

Aircraft Carrier Guardians of the Sea

MicroCinema Club

MEMPHIS RIVERBOATS, 45 S RIVERSIDE DR (527-2628), WWW.MEMPHISRIVERBOATS.NET.

Enjoy free, family-friendly movies in Central Park, with pre-movie fun including music and giveaways. Free. Fri., July 28, 6:30-10 p.m.

MALCO PARADISO CINEMA, 584 S. MENDENHALL (682-1754), WWW.MALCO.COM.

CLAYBORN TEMPLE, 294 HERNANDO, WWW.ONLOCATIONMEMPHIS.ORG.

Enjoy two hours on the Mississippi featuring live house band, one-trip buffet style meal, and cash bar. Fri., July 28, 7:30 p.m.

Movie Mania: The Wild Life

Sun., July 30, 2 p.m., and Wed., Aug. 2, 7 p.m.

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BARTLETT STATION MUNICIPAL CENTER, 5868 STAGE.

Saturdays, 8 a.m. Through Sept. 23.

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

Fast Times at Ridgemont High 35th Anniversary

Films in the series will engage with three themes: Memphis history, art, and spatial justice. Free. Thursdays, 6 p.m. Through Sept. 30.

Bartlett Station Farmers Market

to dominant cultural paradigms. Wed., Aug. 2, 6:30-9 p.m.

including show times. Through Nov. 17.

Find yourself aboard a carrier alongside 6,000 highly skilled sea and air personnel, in the midst of a giant war simulation. See website for more information

CARRIAGE CROSSING, HOUSTON LEVEE & BILL MORRIS PKWY. (854-8240), SHOPCARRIAGECROSSING.COM.

Grateful Dead: Meet Up 2017

Shoot & Splice: Pre-Production

Tues., Aug. 1, 7 p.m.

Join our panel of three filmmaking professionals as they discuss the keys to a successful, organized shoot. From securing locations and permits to finding cast and crew to scheduling and budgeting. Tues., Aug. 1, 6:30-10 p.m.

This month: Slamdance Anarchy Shorts. The 2017 “Anarchy” shorts program by Slamdance Film Festival is an anti-genre form of resistance

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

Farm Park Farmers Market

Producer-only market offers a wide variety of high-quality local foods, produce, meats, art, and crafts. Chef demonstrations, live music, and more are woven into the market experience. Thursdays, 4-7:30 p.m. Through Aug. 3.

Saturday, August 19

BOBBY LANIER FARM PARK, 7901 POPLAR PIKE (757-7375), WWW.GERMANTOWN-TN.GOV.

Food Truck Fridays

Fridays, 11:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m. Through Sept. 29. THE DIXON GALLERY & GARDENS, 4339 PARK (761-5250), WWW.DIXON.ORG.

Makeda’s Dine, Sip, Paint

Great Hall • 8PM

Featuring dinner by Kisha’s Kitchen, dessert by Makeda’s Cookies and Meekies Munchies, and complimentary wine with dinner. Only 20 tickets will be sold for each event. $40. Last Sunday of every month, 5-8 p.m.

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MAKEDA’S COOKIES DOWNTOWN, 488 S. SECOND (745-2667).

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programming beginning with the next academic year: dinner with the arts, a multidisciplinary event featuring a chef, visual artist, and writer who discuss issues of the South; partnering with writers to facilitate workshops within a local high school; and a truncated version of their own take on the Mid-South Book Festival. If this reader/writer could be granted one more wish, it would be for the CSLA to find a home within Crosstown Arts, at least temporarily as an incubator, while working its way through its prologue. The nonprofit that has seen the revitalization of the old Sears building is sorely lacking in literary event programming, and a partnership would be a means to an end for both organizations. “We are geographically and strategically positioned to be a regional leader in the area,” Robinson says. “We’re looking to serve as an umbrella, collaborator, clearing house, friend, partner, supporter of other organizations with similar missions.” Learn more about the Center for Southern Literary Arts at southernliteraryarts.org.

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