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I’d reached the point in the evening when a gnat in my drink seemed more like a feature than a bug. I’d reached the point where that line seemed like comic genius, so I tweeted it. I’d reached the point where having a small dog walking up and down the bartop seemed perfectly normal. I’d reached peak New Orleans. My wife and I journeyed to the Big Easy last week. She was attending a legal conference; I was along for the free hotel room and the chance to spend four days wandering around NOLA. And so it was, very late one night, that I found myself sitting on a folding chair on the sidewalk outside Cajun Mike’s Pub ‘n Grub on Baronne Street talking to Johnny Poppa. Actually, I was mostly listening, as Johnny stroked his lapdog (a Yorkie named Chile Pepper who’d spent most of the night on the bartop) and told tales of his vast wealth. He was immaculately groomed, wearing hip clothes, all black, and Gucci slippers with no socks. He smoked a large cigar. I made him to be around 60. Johnny said he’d been a musician but had fallen in love a few years back with a Rockefeller named Nancy and gotten married. “I love her. And she’s made me very rich,” he said, showing me her picture. She was holding Chile Pepper. He also showed me phone pictures of his new Bentley, and his Cessna jet, and his beach house in South Carolina. As he ordered another round of drinks, he casually pointed to a couple of nearby buildings that he said he owned. My BS detector was on high alert, but his tales of travel to Vegas and hanging with various musicians were incredibly detailed. Plus, there were a couple of locals sitting with us, and they were taking it all in as a matter of course. They seemed to know Johnny from way back. Still . . . A little later, Johnny pointed to the Roosevelt Hotel across the street. “See that top floor, the 14th?” he said. “Nancy and I have made that our penthouse. We own the hotel.” At that moment, my journalism genes, however soggy, kicked in. As it happened, I was staying at the Roosevelt, on the 12th floor. I made a mental note to visit the 14th floor the next day — and to look up who owned the hotel. In the meantime, Johnny Poppa was buying, and I was happy to let him. The next morning, I headed to a local coffee shop for sugar and caffeine and read about Donald Trump’s latest Kabuki theater performance, a speech in which he called Obama the “founder of ISIS.” He forcefully reiterated the statement the next day, then said it was sarcasm the next day, then said it “wasn’t that sarcastic” the next. Then he blamed the media for the whole fustercluck. The pattern is so entrenched now, we should be able to predict it: Say something outrageous, double down, then say it was a joke, then blame the media. Repeat ad nauseum. But nothing seems to deter Trump’s legion of believers. The truest thing he’s said this entire campaign is that he could shoot someone on Fifth Avenue and not lose a core voter. Sometimes faith will N E WS & O P I N I O N THE NY TIMES CROSSWORD - 4 sustain belief in the face of all facts to the THE FLY-BY - 5 contrary. POLITICS - 8 And speaking of facts … I went to the EDITORIAL - 10 14th floor of the Roosevelt Hotel that VIEWPOINT - 11 afternoon. No penthouse, just a floor full COVER STORY - “NOTS” of hotel rooms. I looked up the owners of BY CHRIS SHAW - 12 the hotel. There were no Rockefellers or HEALTHY LIVING - 16 Poppas on the board of First Class Hotels, STE P P I N’ O UT the corporation that owns the hotel (and WE RECOMMEND - 18 many others around the country). MUSIC - 20 So who is the mysterious Johnny AFTER DARK - 22 Poppa? Is that even his name? I don’t THEATER - 26 know. And good luck googling him. CALENDAR OF EVENTS - 28 I do know that if he’s not working FOOD - 32 SPIRITS - 33 for Donald Trump, he should be. He’s a FILM - 34 master of sarcasm. C LAS S I F I E D S - 36 Bruce VanWyngarden brucev@memphisflyer.com

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The Orpheum gets a $3.5 million makeover. Brett Batterson, the new CEO of the Orpheum, got his first taste of the pitfalls of running a century-old theater before he had even officially started the job. During a performance by Tony Bennett last December, a major blackout hit downtown. “I was new,” said Batterson, who didn’t officially take over for retired long-time CEO Pat Halloran until January. “I was standing in the lobby thinking, ‘Man, there’s no lights in here!’ The emergency generator was from 1982. So we’re replacing that.” Batterson said the new, state-of-theart generator is the least glamorous of a program of improvements underway at the historic theater. “We have four major projects going on right now. We’re renovating the administrative offices, which is a total gutting job; painting the auditorium and the lobbies; replacing the emergency generator, which is nothing exciting, but it is necessary for

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Scaffolding inside the Orpheum as renovation work is underway safety; and then we’re going to start renovating the washrooms in the fall. … The renovation phase we’re in right now began last year, when they removed two rows of seats down on the floor and widened the leg room.”

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This is the third major renovation the Orpheum has undergone in the last 30 years, said Facilities Director Richard Reinach. Before the theater’s 1983 rebirth, “the building was in really deplorable condition. The ceiling was coming down, the roof was crumbling, the seats were trashed and broken. The paint was peeling, plaster falling. The carpet was nasty.” The first renovation re-poured the concrete floors and replaced peeling wallpaper with vinyl paper that still hangs in the auditorium. In 1998, the back wall of the theater was pushed back about 25 feet to create more backstage space. This time around, the Orpheum brought back Conrad Schmitt Studios, a Wisconsin firm specializing in historic restoration of churches and concert halls that had been involved in the last two renovations, to repaint the ornate detailcontinued on page 7

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Construction begins on the Epping Way section of Wolf River Greenway. Deep in the heart of Raleigh, hidden away behind two large apartment complexes that face James Road, is a 66-acre oasis of lush vegetation, fish-filled ponds, and a portion of the Wolf River. The property, once home to a now-demolished country club, is known as Epping Way, and its natural state and proximity to the Wolf have made it an ideal location to kick off construction of the 22-someodd-mile connector to the existing Wolf River Greenway trail near Shelby Farms. Construction of the greenway, which will eventually follow the path of the Wolf from downtown to Collierville (and possibly beyond), is happening in small segments, and the .8-mile stretch at Epping Way is the first segment to be constructed after the project was announced last fall. The Wolf River Conservancy, which is spearheading the project, plans to

Epping Way artist rendering connect downtown’s Mud Island to the existing 2.6-mile Wolf River Greenway near Walnut Grove and Shady Grove via a continuous asphalt cycling and walking trail. “This is the first privately funded section of the greenway. We started here because the conservancy already owned the land, so there were no right-of-

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“Stage” continued from page 5 ing in the auditorium. Now that the scaffolding has come down, the improvements are dramatic. Subtle red highlights call attention to the painstaking detail the original artisans put into the construction of the vaudeville palace in 1928. “They reapplied all of the gold leaf and applied some silver leaf in more areas to make things pop out more,” Reinach said. “Specifically, people might notice that the lion’s head is now silver, so you can see it a lot better.”

Upstairs in the theater’s offices, which once held the headquarters of Malco Theaters, the differences are dramatic. “The office renovation is something that most people will never see,” Batterson said. “I don’t think they’ve been touched since 1928. People kept adding new rabbit’s nests to try and get more office space, and they painted the walls, but by and large, they were just horrible. There were stains on the carpet that made you think they were attached to body outlines. … There were offices so small you couldn’t open the door without hitting a desk.” The new office spaces were designed

by the Crump Firm. Workmen peeled back layers of plaster, wood, and sheetrock, digging down to the brick bones, where they uncovered a pristine vintage Coca-Cola sign that had been painted onto the wall of a neighboring drug store. Reinach says it is a major working space improvement. “A lot of the rooms have glass walls. The architect’s idea was to bring a lot more natural light into the offices,” he said. Plans are in motion to spruce up the lobby next, followed by a major overhaul of the restrooms. “We’re going to be adding more facilities in 2017,” Reinach

said. “That’s been one of our biggest complaints — the waiting lines to use the facilities at intermissions. … The women are going to be very thankful.” Beyond the improvements to the physical facilities, Batterson said he is looking forward to enhancing the Orpheum’s presence in the community with new entertainment and educational programming. “We’ve got to expand our program to reach audiences we haven’t reached before,” he said. “We want the Orpheum to feel like home to everybody, not just the typical Broadway audience.”

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said Heather Page, vice-president of A & B. “It should take about a month or so to demo the entire area.” Those tennis courts and an old swimming pool that’s also been torn out were part of the former Epping Forest Club, which operated on the property from the late 1970s to the early ’80s. In 1948, wild-game hunter and Memphis cotton merhcant Berry Brooks purchased more than 200 acres at Epping Way and used the land to raise peacocks and cattle. He lived in a large mansion on the property that was known as Epping Forest Manor. Brooks, who ran a cotton business for 53 years, used his profits to go on African safaris and hunt elephants, giraffe, and other wildlife. In 1948, he donated 41 animal heads to the Memphis Pink Palace Museum for the Berry B. Brooks African Hall exhibit, which was on view until 1975. Most of Brooks’ wild-game trophies have since been auctioned off. Brooks sold most of the property in 1972, and construction on the country club began soon after. After the club closed in the 1980s, the site sat vacant for years. It was donated to Memphis City Schools (MCS) in 2007, and the school system razed the old club and filled in the pool. But MCS didn’t do much else with the property. After the school merger, Shelby County Schools donated the property to the conservancy. “We used to bring school kids out here for environmental education,” Wenner said. “The greenway will make that easier to do in the future.” The next construction phase, a mile segment on the north end of Mud Island, went out for bid last week. Wenner said construction on the greenway will occur piecemeal, based on what sites get permitted first. “It won’t all be connected until that very last piece is done,” Wenner said. “But there may be some temporary routes on-street. The plan is to get it all done by mid-2019 or, at the latest, 2020.”

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woman elected to statewide office; and state Representative Beth Halteman Harwell, the first woman to be elected Speaker of the state House of Representatives. • The most extended discussion at Monday’s regular meeting of the Shelby County Commission concerned the merits of allowing a new gravel pit to be dug by Standard Construction Company near a neighborhood area in unincorporated Shelby County. That issue was stoutly resisted by residents of the area and was eventually referred back to the commission’s land use, planning, transportation, and codes committee. But, for the first time in recent memory, the commission managed to elect a new chairman — Melvin Burgess Jr. — by acclamation. Usually these annual transfers of the gavel involve multi-layered power struggles and require multiple ballotings before a winner is decided. Not this trip.

A labor of many years will be unveiled in Nashville’s Centennial Park. It is the result of years of private fund-raising efforts. In fact, kumbaya was the order of the day. Outgoing chairman Terry Roland, a Republican, got a standing ovation from his colleagues and a verbal tribute from Walter Bailey, the commission’s longest-serving Democrat. In his turn, Roland, who is given to bear hugs anyway, bestowed a full-fledged embrace on successor Burgess, also a Democrat. • The executive committee of the Shelby County Democratic Party and state party chair Mary Mancini of Nashville disagree again. The local party committee voted last week to deny former chairman Bryan Carson — accused by some of bad fiscal management, and by others of outright embezzlement — the right to claim bona fides as a Democrat. Mancini, who has insisted that the local party accept a modest payback agreement with Carson, countered that the party bona fides can only be lifted if one is a would-be candidate and has failed to vote in three of the five previous party primary elections.

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ome might believe that NOTS appeared out of the Memphis punk ether, that the ghost of Jay Reatard was granted one good deed to bestow upon mankind. The clouds parted, lightning struck the Goner Records sign on Young Avenue, and NOTS was formed. While that might make for a good opening movie scene (Craig Brewer, let’s talk.), forming a truly original band in Memphis is usually a slow operation, full of ups and downs, starts and stops, and little support except from the core fan base. Which is the story of NOTS, Memphis’ finest post-punk/garage/nowave export, featuring Natalie Hoffmann on guitar and vocals, Charlotte Watson on drums, Alexandra Eastburn on synth, and Meredith Lones on bass. At the time Hoffmann moved to Memphis to attend the Memphis College of Art, the True Sons of Thunder, the Barbaras, and Evil Army were the main acts on the dive-bar circuit. The lack of female musicians on that scene in Memphis was more than noticeable. After linking up with Watson, then a Rhodes College student, to form Bake Sale and, later, the earliest incarnation of NOTS, there was a perceptible change in the city’s musical gender-scape. “Natalie and I were in Bake Sale for about three years. Once we started writing songs, we played a lot of house parties, and 12 we played the old Hi-Tone a couple times,” Watson explains. “When our drummer

from Alabama moved, we decided to start writing new material.” Hoffmann remembers the earliest version of NOTS as becoming a way to change up the microwaved ’60s girl-group vibe that Bake Sale was channeling. “With Bake Sale, we were really into 1960s music and trying to cover bands like the Shangri-Las, but that kind of got old. Then I realized I couldn’t sing, so we started to try something different. Once I started hollering, it made a natural shift in things,” Hoffmann said. “When Carly [Greenwell, Bake Sale’s bassist and an original member of NOTS,] moved, that marked a huge change, because she actually understood how to write harmonies. Without having her in the mix, the songs made less sense. It changed with the lineup and started becoming its own more aggressive thing.” Aggressive is an understatement. Hoffmann and Watson went from being the most likely girl group out of Memphis to sign with Slumberland to the next punk band in Memphis to carry the torch lit by the likes of Alicja Trout, Alix Brown, and Pistol Whipped. It didn’t take long for Memphis punk guru and Goner Records storefront manager John Hoppe to take notice. “I don’t remember the first time I saw NOTS, but I remember the first time I was like, wait a minute, there’s something here that’s different than Bake Sale,” Hoppe remembers.

These Memphis punks are getting national buzz as their new LP, Cosmetic, is about to drop. “It was at that old Lucero loft [at 1732 Overton Park] that was hosting shows for a while. That was the early version of NOTS, but still, I was like, ‘This isn’t Bake Sale. There’s a germ that’s different here,’ and it wasn’t like anything that anybody else was doing. You had that dissonant guitar stuff, and it just wasn’t what I was expecting, at all.” Somewhere around this time, NOTS did what most bands in Memphis do when they have more song ideas than capital:

They asked a friend to record them. Enter Alex Gates. Gates had already cut his teeth in bands like the Boston Chinks, the Barbaras, and the Magic Kids, and being one of the few people in town who knows how to make budget recordings that don’t sound like some Ardent-wannabe product made him the perfect man for the job, even if those early recording sessions were a little, let’s say, eclectic. “We made a tape with Alex Gates when Carly was still in the band,” Hoffmann said. “Half of it was recorded in a pool house; the other half of it was recorded in my room. It was about a five- or six-song session.” Watson also remembers the early recording sessions being a little bit wonky. “I remember recording at [defunct house venue] the Dairy and watching someone play while listening to the music through one headphone because the other one was broken. There was definitely some makeshift shit going on,” Watson said. With a demo in the can, NOTS quickly became one of the best emerging punk bands in town. The demo did well, and soon it was time to record a single for Goner Records. Keith Cooper, the easy-going guitarist from East Memphis who’d been jamming for years in bands like Mojo Possum, the Sheiks, and most recently with Jack Oblivian, stepped up. Cooper had been recording songs for his bands at the

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The X Factor Memphis artist Alexandra Eastburn is infinitely cooler than you — and most other people you’ll ever meet. Her artwork is one of a kind, she designs her own clothes, and is a general bad-ass about town. She seems made for the stage. Still, Eastburn was surprised when she was asked to join NOTS. “I bought a used drum set for $100 when I was about 13. I used to bang on it after school, but I finally just stopped. I mean, how long can you play drums by yourself before you just get bored?” Eastburn said. “I didn’t really understand why they wanted me, because they were already so good. I’d go to all their shows, and I DJ-ed some of them. They heard some of the records I played, and I think that’s what propelled them to ask me. I was playing all this weird synth stuff.

That debut album was soon being called one of the best punk records of the year. NOTS started touring as much as possible.

“It was so funny because Charlotte and I had already talked about my going on tour with the band and selling my drawings. It sounded like a really great idea, so I had that in the back of my mind while I was out of town for about a month and a half in Joshua Tree. “I came home, and Natalie called me and was like ‘Charlotte and I were talking, and I was just kind of wondering …’ and I interrupted her and said, ‘Yes, I’ll do it!’

because I thought she was going to ask me to go on tour. She said, ‘Okay, cool. Well, do you want to jam on Sunday?’ I was like, ‘Wait, what are we talking about?’” So, Eastburn found herself performing as a synth player in a fullyformed band. Naturally, there were some growing pains. “When I first started playing with them, I was playing a Casio, and it just sounded really goofy. It wasn’t the sound I was trying to contribute. It sounded kind of like a pan flute at times,” Eastburn said. After acquiring a better synth from her employer, Winston Eggleston, it was time to hit the studio for the debut NOTS album, We Are NOTS, with legendary Memphis producer, Doug Easley. “Doug was a quiet enigma. He was handed a group of people who were pretty much flailing and trying to get their shit together. The album was recorded mostly live, but his influence was awesome. He was incredibly patient, but he had really good ideas on how to make the songs fit,” Hoffmann said. That debut album was soon being called one of the best punk records of the year. NOTS started touring as much as possible, eventually catching the eye of Heavenly Records at a South by Southwest showcase. Based in the U.K., Heavenly opened the European tour door for NOTS, which helped create a buzz abroad.

The Train Starts Rollin’ NOTS would spend much of 2014 and 2015 on the road, hitting Europe for the first time, in addition to touring with Goner alumni, Quintron and Miss Pussycat. The band had become a live wrecking ball, and, after releasing the “Virgin Mary” single on Goner, it was time to start thinking about recording their sophomore LP. The band opted to go back to their old friend, Keith Cooper, to record Cosmetic. Easley had laid the groundwork for the NOTS recording process, and Hoffmann was confident that Cooper could pick up where he left off. “I record better to tape. That’s how I record everything at home, and that’s something NOTS had always wanted to do. That’s also how Keith records everything,” Hoffmann said. “He [Cooper] can get serious, but he also keeps things conducive to a creative output. You never feel under the gun, even though the album has a deadline.” After a month in the studio with Cooper, Cosmetic was finished. The band toured Europe once more, playing Fred Perry showcases and getting increasing attention and critical praise. But “real continued on page 15

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life” was still waiting for them when they returned to Memphis.

Back to Reality There’s a saying among musicians in Memphis that you can either be a big local band or a touring band that happens to be based here. But whatever adventure you choose to chase, your bills will still be waiting for you after the gig. While casual music fans might think that institutions such as the Memphis Music Commission can do something for local bands with a national audience, the reality is that there are very few resources for bands in Memphis trying to make a living off their music. “Hardly anyone in Memphis lives off the music they make,” Hoffmann said. “I have to remind people we work with in New York City that I still work full-time, and there’s just some stuff I don’t have time to get done. Same with the people from Heavenly. Goner knows where we’re coming from. “People just assume we can tour forever and not make any money. That’s an interesting misconception. People sometimes treat us like we are very twodimensional. And one more thing — ‘all female’ is not a music genre. “I want to give people the benefit of the doubt, because historically girls have not been portrayed as electric guitar players. If you look at ads from the 1960s, you’re not going to see women playing the guitar,” Hoffmann said. “So in that aspect, I think it’s cool. But it makes me angry that we won’t get compared to all-male bands, simply because there are no women in them. “I’m influenced by plenty of women,” Hoffmann continued, “but I draw influence from everything. It’s kind of stressful when you only get compared to other ‘woman bands.’ I’ve had journalists tell me that I’m not a feminist because I didn’t mention all female bands that influence me.”

The Half-Open Door NOTS has it better than most of their local contemporaries. The band has a booking agent, a publicist, and record labels in America and abroad. National media outlets have called NOTS one of the best punk bands going right now. Their Facebook page boasts nearly 7,000 fans. They call the birthplace of rock-and-roll home. Shouldn’t that count for something? Not really. As bass player Lones puts it, “Music history doesn’t pay the bills.” But it could, and should in NOTS’ case.

“I do think NOTS is a serious band. I think that reflects how Memphis is right now. Memphis can be kind of crummy, and not everything is a joke or funny,” Goner’s Hoppe said. “It’s okay to be serious.” “There’s less movement in Memphis; things just sit inside themselves and keep referencing themselves,” Watson said. “When a band comes to town here, it’s because someone inside the community makes it happen. Things happen from the inside out in Memphis, and there’s no one helping out from the outside trying to showcase local music.” So why stay here? Luckily for their local fans, Memphis has Goner Records, the

label that’s supported NOTS since they were recording in pool houses with broken headphones. “We have progressed so much through our chaos, and having a label that’s so close has been a huge

advantage for us,” Hoffmann said. “Everything we’ve asked for from Goner they’ve given us. I think having to talk to someone from across the country would honestly impede our work. “There was a major label that was asking about working with us, but it just didn’t feel right,” Hoffmann said. “It all comes down to content with me, and I want to be on a label that’s putting out music I like. If there was a major label putting out awesome bands, I might consider it, but they wouldn’t be right down the street.” NOTS’ new single “Cold Line” is out now; their Cosmetic LP drops September 9th.

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The iconic name is first spoken by a wounded native living on the atomic bomb-irradiated Infant Island. The bearded old man, weak and wounded by machine gun fire, struggles to climb what appears to be an enormous stone altar. “Mothra!” he calls out. Thunder rolls! The rock face crumbles! The island’s mighty protector is revealed! It’s a moth egg. After Godzilla, king of the monsters, Mothra is the most famous giant creature to emerge from the vast catalog of Toho studio’s “strange beast” films. The eponymous 1961 release, which stars Japanese comedian Frankie Sakai as a newspaper reporter bumbling his way through the entomology story of the century, is also easy pickings for anybody who likes to riff on old movies, Mystery Science Theater 3000-style. In fact, anybody who wants to know what MST3000 alum Michael J. Nelson, Bill Corbett, and Kevin Murphy have to say about the killer egg that turns into a killer caterpillar that turns into a city-dwarfing moth that flattens buildings with the beating of her giant wings can find out when Mothra is revived on movie screens around the country this week. Nelson’s RiffTrax company broadcasts live, snarky commentary from Nashville’s Belcourt Theatre direct to Memphis’ Paradiso. With its mix of weird, slapstick comedy, Spielbergian sweetness, and social comedy, Mothra is a quipper’s goldmine start to finish. Even though Infant Island has been subject to nuclear tests, the big beast is only summoned after exploitative Japanese businessmen steal the “Mothra fairies” — miniature twin “beauties” whose bizarre language sounds like organ music and church bells. The natives have priorities.

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Martial Arts Mayhem Malco Summer 4 Drive-in, 7:30 p.m., $10 Time-Warp Drive-in series hosts this evening of kung fu pictures including Enter the Dragon, Kung Fu Hustle, and Iron Monkey. 2nd Annual Mid-South Renaissance Faire Shelby Farms, 10 a.m.-6 p.m., $15 Turkey legs, jousting, juggling — what’s not to like? Continues next weekend.

Tribute album assembles a roll call of musical legends.

Monsters & Mutants By Chris Davis Guest artists assembled for Mutants of the Monster, a tribute to Memphis wildman Jim Dandy and his band Black Oak Arkansas, are a heady mix of alt-country, Southern sleaze, and West Coast punk. The 17-track recording finds a clutch of Memphis performers and longtime members of BOA playing with and appearing alongside legacy outlaw Shooter Jennings, J.D. Pinkus from the Butthole Surfers, Greg Ginn from Black Flag, Jello Biafra from Dead Kennedys, Eddie Spaghetti from the Supersuckers, and Blaine Cartwright and Ruyter Suys from Nashville Pussy. How did project organizer Joey Killingsworth, who plays locally in bands like Joecephus & the George Jonestown Massacre and Super Witch, pull together such an eclectic roster? “I worked under the premise that the answer’s always ‘no’ if you don’t ask,” Killingsworth says. So he asked, and more often than not the answer was, “yes.” “Shooter was promoting it,” says Killingsworth, giving organizational credit to project partner Dik LeDoux. “I really wanted to work with Greg Ginn, and he said yes. Then the more folks we asked, the easier it became to get people on board.” BOA only had one minor hit — a cover of LaVern Baker’s “Jim Dandy.” But the band sold out arenas, with groups like Black Sabbath and ELP in the opening slot. They are best known for the onstage washboard-humping antics of frontman Jim Dandy, who was famously a role model for Van Halen’s David Lee Roth, but Killingsworth saw Mutants of the Monster as an opportunity to also pay tribute to the group’s primary guitar slinger, Ricky Reynolds, and its ever-evolving roster of hotshot pickers. “Jim’s the face of the operation and a great front man, but those guitar players were on a whole other level,” Killingsworth says. “MUTANTS OF THE MONSTER” WILL BE AVAILABLE FOR PURCHASE WHEN JOECEPHUS & THE GEORGE JONESTOWN MASSACRE PLAY WITH CHEES KEES AND WHATEVER DUDE AT ROCKHOUSE LIVE FRIDAY, AUGUST 19TH, 10 P.M. “MUTANTS OF THE MONSTER” SALES BENEFIT THE SAVIOR FOUNDATION, DEDICATED TO THE PREVENTION OF ANIMAL CRUELTY.

Paw Prints Party Racquet Club of Memphis, 6:30-11 p.m., $150 Annual fund-raiser for the Humane Society of Memphis & Shelby County with silent and live auctions, a wine pull, live music, and dogs!

Germantown International Festival Great Hall (1900 S. Germantown Pkwy.), 11 a.m.-5 p.m. The Rotary Club of Germantown presents this festival honoring some 35-plus ethnic groups from all over the world. Includes food, arts and crafts, and music. The Most Amazing Race Downtown Memphis, 8 a.m.-1 p.m. A race based on the TV series during which teams complete various physical and mental challenges across downtown. Information: salvationarmymemphis.org.

Pokémon GO Safari Bus The Broom Closet (546 S. Main), 2-4:30 p.m. Get your Pokémon during this tour. Lures will be dropped at multiple locations downtown. Back-to-School Superhero Bash Children’s Museum of Memphis, 10 a.m.-1 p.m., $15 Kiddies are encouraged to come in costume to meet their favorite crime-fighting heroes. Featuring super crafts, face painting, and a scavenger hunt.

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Being Good Pays Off Johnnie Frierson gets the vinyl treatment.

oughly six years ago, former Memphian Jameson Schwieger was thumbing through the cassette bin at a thrift store on Summer Avenue. Along the way, one item in particular — an obviously homemade tape by the largely unknown local gospel/blues artist Johnnie Frierson — caught his eye. “I went there a few times and bought random tapes,” says Schwieger, who is now a professional DJ and record dealer in Mankato, in addition to being a borderline obsessive record collector. “Because I buy so many random tapes, I actively chose not to buy this particular one.” Instead, Schwieger chose to place the tape “on display” in a prominent position on the shelf, so that someone else might purchase it. But when he returned a few months later, it was still

sitting where he left it. “I saw it exactly where I placed it and knew I needed to buy it,” he says. “I can’t believe I ever thought twice about spending 50 cents for it.” And that’s because when Schwieger got Have You Been Good to Yourself home and listened to it, he instantly realized he’d struck gold. “On first listen I was amazed,” he says. “When you are digging that deep, this is exactly what you look for. Pure soul music.” For those who don’t know, Johnnie Frierson was a longtime, hard-working Memphis musician who passed away in 2010. As a member of the Drapels, along with Marianne Brittenum, Wilbur Mondie, and his little sister, Mary Frierson — later to be known as Wendy Rene — he got his real break, cutting two largely

unheard singles for Stax in the early ’60s. Neither really caught on, but the Friersons and company did. The group provided backing vocals on cuts by Otis Redding and Carla Thomas, and Frierson penned songs for the Soulful

Seven, Ollie & the Nightingales, and his kid sister. Frierson also did some work at Willie Mitchell’s Royal Studios, even (credited as James Fry) fronting the legendary Hi Rhythm Section for the single “Tumbling Down,” which was released on Hi Records in 1968. But in 1970, Frierson was drafted into the United States Army and sent to Vietnam. By all accounts, the experience changed him, and not for the better — he struggled with mental health issues for the rest of his life. Throughout the rest of his career, Frierson worked more sporadically. His last major project was a short-lived gospel group called Whole Truth, which he formed in 1975 with a pair of friends from high school. After that, he essentially worked musical odd jobs — he gigged around

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B E I N G G O O D P AY S O F F occasionally, sometimes sitting in with the Blues Alley Orchestra, hosted a gospel show on WEVL, and distributed his homemade cassette tapes (some released under his given name, some under the name Khafele Ajanaku). A few years after discovering that copy of Have You Been Good to Yourself, Schwieger was working behind the counter at Shangri-La Records when a mutual acquaintance introduced him to Light in the Attic Records’ founder Matt Sullivan. (Light in the Attic is an imprint known for re-releasing lost and/or forgotten treasures. In 2012, the label was responsible for issuing a tremendous anthology on Frierson’s sister Wendy Rene.) Sullivan and Schwieger hit it off, and the two made plans to hang out and listen to records later back at Schwieger’s house. “Jameson pulled out his cassette of Have You Been Good to Yourself, and everything changed,” Sullivan says. “[I was] mesmerized. I was immediately hooked.” From there, it took very little convincing to get Sullivan and Light in the Attic behind the seven-song album, which was transferred and re-mastered from Schwieger’s single cassette copy for worldwide release on August 19th. It will mark the first time

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the material has been available on LP or in digital formats. “No doubt this is one of my favorite things in our catalog,” Sullivan says. “It’s one of those special albums where you feel like you’re in the room with the man, almost eavesdropping on an incredibly personal moment. He’s singing from the bottom of his heart and soul. Personally, it doesn’t get better than this.” To celebrate the re-release of Have You Been Good to Yourself, ShangriLa Records is staging a free, in-store listening party this Friday from 5:30 to 6:30 p.m., hosted by local writer and Brooks Museum Associate Curator Andria Lisle. Lisle, who wrote the liner notes for both the Wendy Rene and Johnnie Frierson Light in the Attic releases, is as avid a supporter of Frierson’s music as anyone. “Jameson scored big-time when he found this cassette. I got chill bumps listening to it for the first time, and still get [them],” she says. “Johnnie’s home recordings are so laid-back, yet so commanding. Matt and I talk quite a bit about other cassettes that Johnnie recorded and self-released in the 1990s. They’re out there somewhere!” Have You Been Good to Yourself is out on Friday, August 19th.

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After Dark: Live Music Schedule August 18 - 24 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.; Memphis Mojo Tour Saturdays, 11:30 a.m.-4 p.m.; Lisa G and Flic’s Pic’s Band Saturdays, Sundays, 12:30 p.m.; Blind Mississippi Morris Sundays, 5 p.m.; Memphis Jones Sundays, Wednesdays 5:30 p.m.; Doc Fangaz and the Remedy Tuesdays, 5:30 p.m.

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

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

Blues City Cafe

Hard Rock Cafe

King’s Palace Cafe

138 BEALE 526-3637

126 BEALE 529-0007

162 BEALE 521-1851

Harry Fontana Thursday, Aug. 18, 8 p.m.; 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.; Eskimo Brothers Saturday, Aug. 20, 9:30 p.m.; Brandon Cunning Trio Sundays, 6 p.m., and Mondays, 7 p.m.; FreeWorld Sundays, 9:30 p.m.

Club 152 152 BEALE 544-7011

1st Floor: Mercury Boulevard Mondays-Thursdays, 7 p.m.; DJ Dnyce Sundays, 11 p.m., and Thursdays, 11:30 p.m.; Jack Rowell and Triple Threat Friday, Aug. 19, 7 p.m.; DJ Tubbz Mondays-Wednesdays, 11 p.m., and Fridays, Saturdays, 10 p.m.; 3rd floor: DJ Crumbz Fridays, Saturdays, 10 p.m.; 1st Floor: DJ Toonz Fridays, Saturdays, 11 p.m.; 2nd Floor: DJ Spanish Fly Fridays, Saturdays, 11 p.m.; Adam Levin Saturday, Aug. 20, noon; Mike Watkins Saturday, Aug. 20, 7 p.m.; Sean Apple Sundays, 1 p.m.; Adam Levin Sundays, 1 p.m.; After Dark Band Sundays, 6 p.m.

Handy Bar 200 BEALE 527-2687

August 18-24, 2016

Bad Boy Matt & the Amazing Rhythmatics Tuesdays, Thursdays-Sundays, 7 p.m.-1 a.m.

John Sutton Thursday, Aug. 18, 6 p.m.; World Class Assassins Friday, Aug. 19, 7 p.m.

Itta Bena 145 BEALE 578-3031

Kayla Walker Thursdays, 6-7 p.m.; Susan Marshall Piano Fridays, Saturdays, 6-9 p.m.; Susan Marshall Fridays, Saturdays, 7-10 p.m.; Nat “King” Kerr Fridays, Saturdays, 9-10 p.m.; Susan Marshall Wednesdays, 6-8 p.m.

Jerry Lee Lewis’ Cafe & Honky Tonk 310 BEALE 654-5171

The Johnny Go Band Thursdays, Sundays, 7-11 p.m.; Rockin’ Rob Haynes & the Memphis Flash Fridays, Saturdays, 7-11 p.m.; Live Band Karaoke Fridays, Saturdays, 11 p.m.-3 a.m.; The Memphis House Rockers Saturdays, 3-7 p.m., and Wednesdays, 7-11 p.m.

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

Eric Hughes Thursdays, Fridays, 5-8 p.m.; Karaoke Mondays-Thursdays, Sundays, 8 p.m.; Live Bands Fridays, Saturdays, 8 p.m.

David Bowen Thursdays, 5:309:30 p.m., Fridays, Saturdays, 6:30-10:30 p.m., and Sundays, 5:30-9:30 p.m.; Memphis Style Friday, Aug. 19, 9:30 p.m.1 a.m., and Saturday, Aug. 20, 9:30 p.m.-1 a.m.

King’s Palace Cafe Patio 162 BEALE 521-1851

Mack 2 Band MondaysFridays, 2-6 p.m.; Cowboy Neil Mondays, Thursdays, 7-11 p.m., and Saturdays, Sundays, 26 p.m.; Fuzzy & the Kings of Memphis Fridays, Saturdays, 7-11 p.m.; Chic Jones & the Blues Express Sundays, 711 p.m.; Sensation Band Tuesdays, 7-11 p.m.; North & South Band Wednesdays, 7-11 p.m.

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

Don Valentine Thursdays, Tuesdays, 8 p.m.-midnight; Myra Hall Blues Band Friday, Aug. 19, 8 p.m.-midnight, Saturday, Aug. 20, 8 p.m.midnight, and Sunday, Aug. 21, 8 p.m.-midnight.

Rum Boogie Cafe 182 BEALE 528-0150

McDaniel Band Thursday, Aug. 18, 8 p.m.-midnight; Vince Johnson and the Boogie Blues Band Wednesdays, Thursdays, 8 p.m.-midnight; Pam & Terry Friday, Aug. 19, 5:30 p.m., and Saturday, Aug. 20, 5:30 p.m.; Young

Petty Thieves Friday, Aug. 19, 9 p.m.-1 a.m.; Tony Joe White Saturday, Aug. 20, 9 p.m.1 a.m.; Memphis Blues Society Jam Sundays, 7-11 p.m.; Sista Lucille Sunday, Aug. 21, 711 p.m.; Kaleidoscope Monday, Aug. 22, 8 p.m.midnight, and Tuesday, Aug. 23, 8 p.m.-midnight; Mississippi Big Foot Wednesday, Aug. 24, 8 p.m.-midnight.

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

Memphis Bluesmasters Thursdays, Sundays, 8 p.m.-midnight; Plantation Allstars Fridays-Sundays, 37 p.m., and Saturday, Aug. 20, 8 p.m.-midnight; Delta Project Friday, Aug. 19, 8 p.m.-midnight; Chic Jones & the Blues Express Saturday, Aug. 20, 3-7 p.m.; Low Society Sundays, 8 p.m.-midnight; Brian Hawkins Blues Party Mondays, 8 p.m.-midnight; McDaniel Band Tuesdays, Wednesdays, 8 p.m.-midnight.

Silky O’Sullivan’s 183 BEALE 522-9596

Barbara Blue ThursdaysFridays, Wednesdays, 79 p.m., Saturdays, 5-9 p.m., and Sundays, 4-9 p.m.; Dueling Pianos Thursdays, Wednesdays, 9 p.m.-1 a.m., Fridays, Saturdays, 9 p.m.3 a.m., and Sundays, Tuesdays, 8 p.m.-midnight.

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

Live Music ThursdaysSaturdays, 10 p.m.

Brass Door Irish Pub 152 MADISON 572-1813

Live Music Fridays.

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

Michael Joyner Friday, Aug. 19, 8-11 p.m.; Java Trio Saturday, Aug. 20, 8-11 p.m.

Double J Smokehouse & Saloon 124 E. G.E. PATTERSON 347-2648

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

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

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

Huey’s Downtown 77 S. SECOND 527-2700

Soul Shockers Sunday, Aug. 21, 8:30 p.m.-midnight.

Rumba Room

RIVER INN, 50 HARBOR TOWN SQUARE 260-3300

303 S. MAIN 523-0020

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

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

DJ Dance Music MondaysSundays, 10 p.m.

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

The Silly Goose 100 PEABODY PLACE 435-6915

DJ Cody Fridays, Saturdays, 10 p.m.

Bar DKDC 964 S. COOPER 272-0830

Marcella & Her Lovers Friday, Aug. 19; Graham Winchester & the Ammunition Saturday, Aug. 20; Rod Norwood & Steve Selvidge Wednesday, Aug. 24.

Huey’s Midtown

P&H Cafe

1927 MADISON 726-4372

1532 MADISON 726-0906

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

Blue Monkey 2012 MADISON 272-BLUE

Karaoke Thursdays, 9 p.m.midnight; Grant Garland Friday, Aug. 19; Titanium Blue Saturday, Aug. 20; Titanium Blue @ The Blue Monkey Midtown Saturday, Aug. 20, 10:30 p.m.-1 a.m.

Iron Mike Norton Sunday, Aug. 21, 4-7 p.m.; Lawrence Undertaking Sunday, Aug. 21, 8:30 p.m.-midnight.

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

The Salvation Army Kroc Center

1911 POPLAR 244-7904

800 E. PARKWAY S. 729-8007

Battle of the Bells.

Lafayette’s Music Room 2119 MADISON 207-5097

Ed Finney & the U of M Jazz Quartet Thursdays, 9 p.m.; Justin White Mondays, 7 p.m.; Don & Wayde Tuesdays, 710 p.m.; Karaoke Wednesdays, 10 p.m.

Jeremy Stanfill & Joshua Cosby Thursday, Aug. 18, 6 p.m.; Dead Soldiers Thursday, Aug. 18, 9 p.m.; Travis Roman Tuesdays, 5:30 p.m., Friday, Aug. 19, 6:30 p.m., and Tuesday, Aug. 23, 8 p.m.; Susan Marshall & Friends Saturdays, 11 a.m.; The River Bluff Clan Saturdays, 3 p.m.; Mason Jar Fireflies Saturday, Aug. 20, 6:30 p.m.; Joe Restivo 4 Sundays, 11 a.m.; Reba Russell Band Sunday, Aug. 21, 4 p.m.; Renshaw Davies Sunday, Aug. 21, 8 p.m.; John Paul Keith & Friends Mondays, 6 p.m.; Paul “Snowflake” Taylor Tuesday, Aug. 23, 5:30 p.m.; Breeze Cayolle and New Orleans Wednesdays, 5:30 p.m.

Dru’s Place

Midtown Crossing Grill

Boscos 2120 MADISON 432-2222

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

Celtic Crossing 903 S. COOPER 274-5151

DJ Tree Fridays, 10 p.m.; DJ Taz Saturdays, 10 p.m.; Jeremy Stanfill and Joshua Cosby Sundays, 6-9 p.m.; Candy Company Mondays.

The Cove 2559 BROAD 730-0719

1474 MADISON 275-8082

Karaoke Fridays-Sundays.

Hi-Tone 412-414 N. CLEVELAND 278-TONE

MONTU “The Official Umphrey’s McGhee Afterparty” Thursday, Aug. 18, 9 p.m.; Devices Devide Us, Inches From Eden, Drasco, the Summers, Frenchie!, Philadelphia Friday, Aug. 19, 7 p.m.; Goner Presents: Spray Paint, Rebel Saturday, Aug. 20, 9 p.m.; Ruby the RabbitFoot Monday, Aug. 22, 9 p.m.; Birdcloud Tuesday, Aug. 23, 9 p.m.; The Lesser Known Wednesday, Aug. 24, 9 p.m.

394 N. WATKINS 443-0502

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

The Tower Courtyard at Overton Square 2092 TRIMBLE PLACE MEMPHIS, TN 38104

Bluesday Tuesday Tuesdays, 7:30-9:30 p.m.

Wild Bill’s 1580 VOLLINTINE 207-3975

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

University of Memphis Ubee’s 521 S. HIGHLAND 323-0900

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

University of Memphis, Psychology Auditorium 3890 CENTRAL

Songwriter Showcase with Soriana Wood and Michael Anthony Williams Saturday, Aug. 20, 7-9 p.m.; Memphis Ukelele Meetup Tuesdays, 6-7:30 p.m.

Global Rock, Global Languages: Hard Choices in the Music Industry Sunday, Aug. 21, 8:30-9:30 p.m.

Minglewood Hall

Brookhaven Pub & Grill

1555 MADISON 866-609-1744

Umphrey’s McGee Thursday, Aug. 18, 8 p.m.; Susan Holloway Band Friday, Aug. 19, 7 p.m.; Tora Tora Sunday, Aug. 21.

Murphy’s 1589 MADISON 726-4193

Javi with Los Psychosis Friday, Aug. 19; Hauteur Saturday, Aug. 20.

Otherlands Coffee Bar 641 S. COOPER 278-4994

Memphis Ukulele Band Friday, Aug. 19, 8 p.m.; Ben Callicott Saturday, Aug. 20, 8 p.m.

East Memphis 695 BROOKHAVEN CIRCLE 680-8118

Dantone’s Band Friday, Aug. 19, 9:30 p.m.-1:30 a.m.

Dan McGuinness Pub 4694 SPOTTSWOOD 761-3711

Karaoke Wednesdays, 8 p.m.

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

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

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Bhan Thai 1324 PEABODY 272-1538

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THE REBEL AT THE HI-TONE This Saturday night Ben Wallers returns to Memphis as the Rebel, alongside tour mates Spray Paint and local openers Hash Redactor. Wallers has been making controversial racket since he formed the highly influential yet highly offensive garage band the Country Teasers in 1993. The Country Teasers specialized in making audiences uncomfortable with deconstructed garage-rock songs chock full of historical commentary that was equally as offensive as it was socially relevant. The band had a successful run of over 20 years, releasing records on A-list garage-rock labels like Crypt, In the Red, Guided Missile, and Fat Possum. If it was possible for Wallers to get weirder with age, the British songwriter certainly achieved it with the Rebel, the project he’s been performing under for nearly two decades. Early recorded output from the Rebel doesn’t stray too far from the oddball country songs that Wallers cooked up with the Country Teasers, but, just as the Teasers got weirder toward the end of their discography (see the band’s cover of the Ice Cube classic “We Had to Tear This Motherfucker Up”), the Rebel has also been known to go off the deep end. Also on the bill are Texas noise rockers Spray Paint, a band we’ve covered in this section before. Spray Paint recently released their debut album, Feel the Clamps, for Goner Records, and they are currently on tour with the Rebel, a trip they’ve opted to do before. Locals Hash Redactor open the show. Advance tickets are available at the Goner Records storefront. — Chris Shaw The Rebel, Spray Paint, and Hash Redactor, Saturday, August 20th at the HiTone Small Room. 9 p.m. $10, 18+

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Karaoke Tuesdays, 9 p.m.

Huey’s Poplar 4872 POPLAR 682-7729

The Pistol & the Queen Sunday, Aug. 21, 8:30 p.m.midnight.

Mortimer’s 590 N. PERKINS 761-9321

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

Second Presbyterian Church 4055 POPLAR 454-0034

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

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

Old Whitten Tavern

Huey’s Cordova

Mesquite Chop House

Fillin Station Grille East

2800 WHITTEN 379-1965

1771 N. GERMANTOWN PKWY. 754-3885

3165 FOREST HILL-IRENE 249-5661

5960 GETWELL 662-470-5814

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

RockHouse Live 5709 RALEIGH-LAGRANGE 386-7222

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

2 Mule Plow Sunday, Aug. 21, 4-7 p.m.; The Heart Memphis Band Sunday, Aug. 21, 8:30 p.m.-midnight.

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

The Southern Edition Band Tuesdays.

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

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

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

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T.J. Mulligan’s 1817 KIRBY 755-2481

Karaoke Tuesdays, 8 p.m.

Fox and Hound Sports Tavern 6565 TOWNE CENTER, SOUTHAVEN, MS 662-536-2200

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

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Bach Vespers Wednesdays, 6:30-7:30 p.m.

Dantone’s Band Saturday, Aug. 20, 8 p.m.-midnight.

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

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

Horseshoe Casino Tunica 1021 CASINO CENTER, TUNICA, MS 800-357-5600

The Australian Pink Floyd Show Saturday, Aug. 20.

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

Merit Koch Sunday, Aug. 21, 8 p.m.-midnight; Karaoke Night Mondays, 8-10 p.m.

The Windjammer Restaurant 786 E. BROOKHAVEN CIRCLE 683-9044

Tunica Roadhouse

Karaoke ongoing.

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

Poplar/I-240

Live Music Fridays, Saturdays.

East Tapas and Drinks 6069 PARK 767-6002

Jack Rowell’s Celebrity Jam Thursdays, 8 p.m.; Eddie Smith Fridays, 8 p.m.; R.T. Scott Saturday, Aug. 20, 8 p.m.; Flashback Sunday, Aug. 21, 4-7 p.m.; Dalaa, Nancy Apple Monday, Aug. 22, 6 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

$139mo

661 N. MENDENHALL

Maria’s Restaurant 6439 SUMMER 356-2324

Karaoke Fridays, 5-8 p.m.

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

West Memphis/ Eastern Arkansas

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

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

Shelby Forest General Store

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

2951 CELA 382-1576

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

Barbie’s Barlight Lounge

Stage Stop

Arlington/Eads/ Oakland/Lakeland Rizzi’s/Paradiso Pub 6230 GREENLEE 592-0344

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

7729 BENJESTOWN 876-5770

Tony Butler Fridays, 6-8 p.m.

Collierville Huey’s Collierville 2130 W. POPLAR 854-4455

Germantown Huey’s Southwind 7825 WINCHESTER 624-8911

Nite Life Sunday, Aug. 21, 8:30 p.m.-midnight.

Huey’s Germantown 7677 FARMINGTON 318-3034

Charley Mac’s Six String Lovers Sunday, Aug. 21, 8-11:30 p.m.

The Dantones Sunday, Aug. 21, 8-11:30 p.m.

Bartlett

Cordova

4202 HACKS CROSS 757-1423

Hadley’s Pub

Fox and Hound Sports Tavern

2779 WHITTEN 266-5006

Swingin’ Leroy Thursday, Aug. 18, 7 p.m.; Almost Famous Friday, Aug. 19, 9 p.m.; The Nuttin’ Fancy Band Saturday, Aug. 20, 9 p.m.; Full Circle Sunday, Aug. 21, 5:30 p.m.; No Hit Wonders Wednesday, Aug. 24, 8 p.m.

819 EXOCET 624-9060

Karaoke Tuesdays, 9 p.m.

Ice Bar & Grill Unwind Wednesdays Wednesdays, 6 p.m.-midnight.

Lord of Life Lutheran Church 6865 POPLAR PIKE 754-0669

Kristin Lensch and Vicki Person, Organists Sunday, Aug. 21, 4 p.m.

St. George’s Episcopal Church 2425 SOUTH GERMANTOWN 754-7282

Poets & Hermits Concert Friday, Aug. 19, 7-8 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.

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

Acoustic Music Tuesdays.

Karaoke with Tim Bachus Mondays, 8 p.m.-1 a.m.; DJ Stylez Wednesdays, 8 p.m.-1 a.m.

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Neil’s Music Room 5727 QUINCE 682-2300

Raleigh

ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT

Carlos & Adam from the Late Greats Thursdays, 7-9 p.m.; Elizabeth Wise Tuesdays, 7-9 p.m.; Van Duren Solo Tuesdays, 7-9 p.m.

T H E AT E R B y C h r i s D a v i s

Winners All This year’s Ostrander Award nominees.

August 18-24, 2016

he 33rd Annual Ostrander Awards honoring excellence in Memphis theater will take place at the Orpheum Theatre Sunday, August 21st. Cocktails start at 6 p.m. The awards, hosted by Sister Myotis, begin promptly at 7. Tickets are $10. The Ostranders are produced in partnership with Memphis magazine and ArtsMemphis. This season’s show sponsors are Dorothy O. Kirsch and Dr. Thomas Ratliff.

Eugart Yerian Lifetime Achievement Honorees: Jim and JoLynn Palmer Community and Professional Division Set Design Justin Asher and Andy Saunders — A Streetcar Named Desire, Germantown Community Theatre Bryce Cutler — Memphis, Playhouse on the Square Melanie Mul — In the Heights, Hattiloo Theatre Jack Yates — Into the Woods, Theatre Memphis Jack Yates — The Producers, Theatre Memphis Lighting Jeremy Allen Fisher — Into the Woods, Theatre Memphis Jeremy Allen Fisher — The Producers, Theatre Memphis Zo Haynes — Peter and the Starcatcher, The Circuit Playhouse John Horan — Billy Elliot, Playhouse on the Square John Horan — Memphis, Playhouse on the Square Costumes Austin Conlee — A Streetcar Named Desire, Germantown Community Theatre Amie Eoff — The Producers, Theatre Memphis Rebecca Y. Powell — Memphis, Playhouse on the Square Rebecca Y. Powell — Sister Act, Playhouse on the Square Rebecca Y. Powell — The Matchmaker, Playhouse on the Square Music Direction Gary Beard — Into the Woods, Theatre Memphis Thomas Bergstig — Billy Elliot, Playhouse on the Square Thomas Bergstig — Memphis, Playhouse on the Square Jeffery B. Brewer — The Producers, Theatre Memphis Jason Eschhofen — Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, Germantown Community Theatre

Sound Design Zach Badreddine — Carrie the Musical, The Circuit Playhouse Matt Cantelon — All The Way, Playhouse on the Square Jason Eschhofen — Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, Germantown Community Theatre Jeremy Allen Fisher — Wait Until Dark, Theatre Memphis David Newsome and Amanda Davis — Into the Woods, Theatre Memphis Choreography Geoffrey Goldberg — Billy Elliot, Playhouse on the Square Patdro Harris — In the Heights, Hattiloo Theatre Ellen Inghram — Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, Germantown Community Theatre Jared Thomas Johnson and Christi Hall — The Producers, Theatre Memphis Jordan Nichols and Travis Bradley Memphis, Playhouse on the Square Supporting Actress in a Drama Jessica “Jai” Johnson — Byhalia, MS, POTS@TheWorks Michelle Miklosey — A Streetcar Named Desire, Germantown Community Theatre Maggie Robinson — Peter and the Starcatcher, The Circuit Playhouse Kim Sanders — The Other Place, The Circuit Playhouse Morgan Watson — In the Red and Brown Water, Hattiloo Theatre Supporting Actor in a Drama Delvyn Brown — All the Way, Playhouse on the Square David Foster — Peter and the Starcatcher, The Circuit Playhouse Marc Gill — Byhalia, MS, POTS@ TheWorks Shadeed A. Salim — Radio Golf, Hattiloo Theatre Christopher Tracy — A Streetcar Named Desire, Germantown Community Theatre Leading Actress in a Drama Jillian Barron — Byhalia, MS, POTS@ TheWorks Sarah Brown — Lettice & Lovage, New Moon Theatre Company Natalie Jones — A Streetcar Named Desire, Germantown Community Theatre Kim Justis — The Other Place, The Circuit Playhouse Karen Mason Riss — Mothers & Sons, The Next Stage at Theatre Memphis Leading Actor in a Drama George Dudley — All the Way, Playhouse on the Square John Moore — I Hate Hamlet, Germantown Community Theatre Jordan Nichols — Buyer & Cellar, The

WINNERS ALL Circuit Playhouse Gregory Szatkowski — A Streetcar Named Desire, Germantown Community Theatre Bertram Williams — Free Man of Color, Hattiloo Theatre Supporting Actress in a Musical Lorraine Cotten — Memphis, Playhouse on the Square Jeanna Juleson — Billy Elliot, Playhouse on the Square Carla McDonald — Carrie the Musical, The Circuit Playhouse Kim Sanders — Billy Elliot, Playhouse on the Square Montanez Shepherd — In the Heights, Hattiloo Theatre Gia Welch — Into the Woods, Theatre Memphis Supporting Actor in a Musical Justin Asher — The Producers, Theatre Memphis Jarrad Baker — Memphis, Playhouse on the Square Curtis C. Jackson — Memphis, Playhouse on the Square Seth Judice — Billy Elliot, Playhouse on the Square Clark Richard Reeves — The Producers, Theatre Memphis Leading Actress in a Musical Susannah Corrington — Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, Germantown Community

Theatre Meredith Koch — Ring of Fire: The Music of Johnny Cash, Germantown Community Theatre Claire D. Kolheim — Sister Act, Playhouse on the Square Maggie Robinson — Carrie the Musical, The Circuit Playhouse Nikisha Williams — Memphis, Playhouse on the Square Leading Actor in a Musical Lee Hudson Gilliland — The Producers, Theatre Memphis Jared Graham — Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, Germantown Community Theatre Philip Andrew Himebook — The Producers, Theatre Memphis Nathan McHenry — Memphis, Playhouse on the Square CJ Sagadia — In the Heights, Hattiloo Theatre Small Ensemble Byhalia, MS, POTS@TheWorks Mothers & Sons, The Next Stage at Theatre Memphis Ring of Fire: The Music of Johnny Cash, Germantown Community Theatre The Compleat Wrks of Wllm Shkspr (Abridged), The Next Stage at Theatre

Memphis The Other Place, The Circuit Playhouse Large Ensemble All the Way, Playhouse on the Square In the Heights, Hattiloo Theatre Memphis, Playhouse on the Square Peter and the Starcatcher, The Circuit Playhouse Sister Act, Playhouse on the Square Featured Role/Cameo Jillian Barron — Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, Germantown Community Theatre Evie Bennett and Anna Lunati — Into the Woods, Theatre Memphis Travis Bradley — Billy Elliot, Playhouse on the Square Jaukeem Balcom, Daniel Gonzalez, and Ryan Patrick Jones — Sister Act, Playhouse on the Square L. Simeon Johnson — In the Heights, Hattiloo Theatre Best Original Script Byhalia, MS, POTS@TheWorks Short/Stories, Voices of the South Best Production of an Original Script Byhalia, MS, POTS@TheWorks Short/Stories, Voices of the South Direction of a Drama Justin Asher — A Streetcar Named Desire, Germantown Community Theatre Stephen Hancock — All the Way, Playhouse on the Square Robert Hetherington — Peter and the

Starcatcher, The Circuit Playhouse Jeffrey W. Posson — The Compleat Wrks of Wllm Shkspr (Abridged), The Next Stage at Theatre Memphis Anne Dauber Scarbrough — Buyer & Cellar, The Circuit Playhouse Direction of a Musical Lorraine Cotten — Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, Germantown Community Theatre Patdro Harris — In the Heights, Hattiloo Theatre Dave Landis — Sister Act, Playhouse on the Square Jordan Nichols — Memphis, Playhouse on the Square Cecelia Wingate — The Producers, Theatre Memphis Best Production of a Drama All the Way, Playhouse on the Square A Streetcar Named Desire, Germantown Community Theatre Buyer & Cellar, The Circuit Playhouse Peter and the Starcatcher, The Circuit Playhouse The Other Place, The Circuit Playhouse Best Musical Production Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, Germantown Community Theatre In the Heights, Hattiloo Theatre Memphis, Playhouse on the Square Sister Act, Playhouse on the Square The Producers, Theatre Memphis

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ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT

Dazzling lights and décor await you at the all new 18th Annual Sparkling Nights Auction and Wine Tasting Presented by the Spirit of SRVS. Includes Memphis’ finest restaurants, musical entertainment and a new exclusive VIP area with reserved seating, specialty wines, spirits and gourmet food. Proceeds benefit SRVS services for people with disabilities.

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CALENDAR of EVENTS:

August 18 - 24

TH EAT E R

Circuit Playhouse

Disgraced, a Muslim-American lawyer and his wife enjoy a comfortable life. A co-worker and her husband come to dinner, leaving relationships and beliefs about race and identity irrevocably damaged. www.playhouseonthesquare.org. $15-$40. Sundays, 2 p.m., and Thursdays-Saturdays, 8 p.m. Through Sept. 4. 51 S. COOPER (725-0776).

Hattiloo Theatre

The Devil’s Music: The Life and Blues of Bessie Smith, powerful musical that dramatizes the turbulent story of the legendary Empress of the Blues, whose life was as large and as outrageous as her talent. www.hattiloo.org. $20-$30. Sundays, 3 p.m., and Thursdays-Saturdays, 7:30 p.m. Through Sept. 4. Life of a Songwriter, performance by Stephanie Bolton. www.hattiloo.org. $25. Sat., Aug. 20, 6:30 and 8:30 p.m. 37 S. COOPER (502-3486).

audio recording and exploring the art and the science of audio recording and its storied and innovative history . Tues., Aug. 23, 6:30 p.m. CROSSTOWN ARTS, 430 N. CLEVELAND (507-8030), WWW.CROSSTOWNARTS.ORG.

ONGOI NG ART

The Annesdale Park Gallery

Summer Group Show, exhibition of work from gallery artists, new work by Robyn Horn, Dolores Justus, Rebecca Thompson, and Sandra Sell, and introducing work by two new artists, Gene Sparling and Michael Reagan. www.theannesdaleparkgallery.com. Through Sept. 30. 1290 PEABODY (208-6451).

Buckman Arts Center at St. Mary’s School

“Side by Side,” exhibition of new work by Angi Cooper and Janet Weed Beaver. (537-1483), www. stmarysschool.org. Through Sept. 19. 60 N. PERKINS EXT. (537-1483).

Playhouse on the Square

Mamma Mia! www.playhouseonthesquare.org. $20-$45. Thursdays-Saturdays, 8 p.m., and Sundays, 2 p.m. Through Sept. 4. 66 S. COOPER (726-4656).

TheatreWorks

Come Thanksgiving, this Ruby O’Gray classic delves into the query about a mother’s surprising return on Thanksgiving Day to her husband and four children after a mysterious 13-year absence. www.theatreworksmemphis.org. $20. Fridays, Saturdays, 7:30 p.m., and Sun., Aug. 21, 2 p.m. Through Aug. 27. 2085 MONROE (274-7139).

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

Crosstown Arts

Opening reception for “Anthology: Somewhere Not Here,” exhibition of photography and video curated by Tommy Kha. www.crosstownarts.org. Fri., Aug. 19, 6-9 p.m. 430 N. CLEVELAND (507-8030).

The Dixon Gallery & Gardens

Artist reception for “Fold,” exhibition of embroidery and prints on vintage fabrics and seed-beaded panels and recent creations based on simple origami shapes by Mary Jo Karimnia. www.dixon. org. Thurs., Aug. 18, 6 p.m. 4339 PARK (761-5250).

Stax Museum of American Soul Music

August 18-24, 2016

P!NK PALACE MUSEUM

926 E. MCLEMORE (946-2535).

OTH E R A R T H A P P E N I N G S

Battle of the Bells

Kicks off the Salvation Army’s Red Kettles campaign. Submit original song and be a part of a live audience performance. Judged by music pros. Free. Through Aug. 31. THE SALVATION ARMY KROC CENTER, 800 E. PARKWAY S. (270-9120), WWW.SALVATIONARMYMEMPHIS.ORG.

Cities Aviv

Thanks Memphis for voting us the Best Indian Restaurant! Memphis Flyer's 2015 Best of Memphis readers' poll

Opening reception for “Motown Black & White,” exhibition of historical items from the personal collection of Al Abrams, including rare photographs, promotional items, and other items of memorabilia relating to Motown music. www.soulsvillefoundation.org. Fri., Aug. 19, 5:30-7:30 p.m.

1720 Poplar at Evergreen 278-1199

Performance project of Memphis sound artist Gavin Mays presented in conjunction with the exhibition “Hassan Hajjaj: My Rock Stars.” $10. Wed., Aug. 24, 7 p.m. MEMPHIS BROOKS MUSEUM OF ART, 1934 POPLAR (544-6209), WWW.BROOKSMUSEUM.ORG.

Madair® Decks Art Exhibition

20-plus local Memphis artists designing 40-plus longboard and skateboard decks for sale/display. $5. Sat., Aug. 20, 4-9 p.m. MEMPHIS SLIM COLLABORATORY, 1130 COLLEGE (590-4591).

SoundOff: Boo Mitchell

For anyone interested in better understanding

C O M E DY

Cafe Eclectic

The Wiseguys Present: Storytellers Unplugged, combines fast-paced improv, guest storytellers, and scenic improv. $5. Third Saturday of every month, 10:30 p.m. 603 N. MCLEAN (725-1718).

Memphis Made Brewing Company

Drafts and Laughs 4, featuring craft beer, the best comedians in town, original sketches, and benches made from real wood. (917-912-0389), www. memphismadebrewing.com. $2. Thurs., Aug. 18, 7:30-9 p.m. 768 S. COOPER (207-5343).

Midtown Crossing Grill

Memphis Against Humanity: A Comedy Show for Horrible People, first one sold out. So here is a second one. $7. Fri., Aug. 19, 8-10 p.m. 394 N. WATKINS (443-0502).

P&H Cafe

Open Mic Comedy, Thursdays, 9 p.m. You Look Like a Comedy Show, the biggest and best roasting tournament in Memphis. Comedians and improvisers from here and abroad all come together to tear each other down. Hosted by Tommy Oler and Katrina Coleman. (726-0906), $5. Third Saturday of every month, 9-11 p.m. 1532 MADISON (726-0906).

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. B O O KS I G N I N G S

Booksigning by Meg Farrell

Author reads and signs book. Sat., Aug. 20, 2-5 p.m. CENTER FOR SOUTHERN FOLKLORE, 123 S. MAIN AT PEABODY TROLLEY STOP (525-3655).

Booksigning by Tommy Kha

Author discusses and signs A Real Imitation. Sat., Aug. 20, 4 p.m. CROSSTOWN ARTS, 430 N. CLEVELAND (507-8030), WWW.CROSSTOWNARTS.ORG.

LECT U R E /S P EA K E R

Conservation of the Monarch Butterfly The latest updates on monarch butterflies and what citizens can do to help. Free for members, $4 nonmembers. Mon., Aug. 22, 6:30 p.m. MEMPHIS BOTANIC GARDEN, 750 CHERRY (636-4100), WWW.WOLFRIVER.ORG.

TO U R S

Pokémon GO Safari Bus

Stops at Tom Lee Park, downtown Memphis, and Overton Park. Water is included. Lures will be dropped in multiple locations as well. Trainers under 16 years old must be accompanied by an adult. $18. Sat., Aug. 20, 2-4:30 p.m. THE BROOM CLOSET, 546 S. MAIN (497-9486), WWW.HISTORICALHAUNTSMEMPHIS.COM.

E X POS/SA LES

Mid-South Wedding Show and Bridal School $15. Tues., Aug. 23, 7-9 p.m.

WHISPERING WOODS HOTEL AND CONVENTION CENTER, 11200 GOODMAN, OLIVE BRANCH, MS (368-6782), MIDSOUTHWEDDINGSHOW.COM.

F EST IVA LS

2nd Annual Mid-South Renaissance Faire

Travel back in time to the Elizabeth era with the queen, turkey legs, merchant rows, performers, the Mid-South Buccaneers, jousters. $15. Saturdays, Sundays, 10 a.m.-6 p.m. Through Aug. 31. SHELBY FARMS, 500 N. PINE LAKE (508-3360), MIDSOUTHRENFAIRE.COM.

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“The next hot food city.” Zagat named us the #1 next hot food city. Come see what we are cooking up in Birmingham.

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They’d forgotten how much fun church could be. Good music. Great art. Fun people. Connection. Inspiration.

Church like it oughta be.

www.firstcongo.com Phone: 901.278.6786 1000 South Cooper Memphis, TN 38104 Sunday Worship 10:30 am

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First Congregational Church

ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT

True Story:

Love one another. It’s that simple.

CALENDAR: AUGUST 18 - 24

AT THE

SERRA CHEVROLET

KIXFEST 2016

FEATURING JUSTIN MOORE, TRACE ADKINS, DUSTIN LYNCH, LOCASH, JOSH THOMPSON, AND MORE!

SATURDAY, OCTOBER 8

AND MORE!

continued from page 28 Germantown International Festival

Free. Sat., Aug. 20, 11 a.m.-5 p.m.

HOLD MY BEER FEST FEATURING 30 CRAFT BREWERIES

SATURDAY, OCTOBER 15 RESCHEDULED

BLUES TRAVELER BLIND MELON G.LOVE & SPECIAL SAUCE AND SOULHAT

August 18-24, 2016

FRIDAY, OCTOBER 21 PURCHASE TICKETS AT THE BANKPLUS AMP BOX OFFICE, ONLINE AT TICKETMASTER.COM, OR CALL 1.800.745.3000

THE GREAT HALL AND CONFERENCE CENTER, 1900 S. GERMANTOWN (210-6039), WWW.GFEST.ORG.

S PO R TS / F IT N E S S

Bowling for Balls V

Free beer from Memphis Made and prize giveaways to raise awareness for testicular cancer and money for a local cancer patient. $100 for four-person team. Sun., Aug. 21, 2-5 p.m. BILLY HARDWICK ALLSTAR LANES, 1576 S. WHITE STATION (336-7700), WWW.BOWLINGFORBALLS.COM.

Fight Night benefiting the Boys and Girls Clubs of Greater Memphis

$25-$75. Sat., Aug. 20, 7 p.m. UNIVERSITY CLUB OF MEMPHIS, 1346 CENTRAL (722-3700), WWW.PHOENIXCLUB.ORG.

Go Ape Treetop Adventure

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

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

Memphis Redbirds vs. Nashville Sounds Aug. 24-28.

AUTOZONE PARK, THIRD AND UNION (721-6000), WWW.MILB.COM.

Memphis Redbirds vs. Reno

KIDS

Auditions for Annie Jr.

Ages 6-11 audition in the morning. Ages 12-18 audition in the afternoon. Callbacks will be invitation only for Aug. 21. Sat., Aug. 20, 10 a.m. and 3 p.m. NEW DISCOVERY CHRISTIAN CHURCH, 961 VINSON ROAD, WWW.KUDZUPLAYERS.COM.

Back-to-School Superhero Bash

Come in costume for photos with three of your favorite crime fighting heroes, super crafts, hero face painting, and mystery-solving scavenger hunt. Prizes for winners of the costume contest. Free for members, $15 nonmembers. Sat., Aug. 20, 10 a.m.-1 p.m. CHILDREN’S MUSEUM OF MEMPHIS, 2525 CENTRAL (320-3170), WWW.CMOM.COM.

Magic Carpet: On Your Toes with the Sugar Plum Fairy and Roudnev Ballet

Children ages 2 to 8 are invited to grab their magic carpet for a dancing adventure across the globe. $5 for children. Free to adults. Sat., Aug. 20, 10-11 a.m. BUCKMAN ARTS CENTER AT ST. MARY’S SCHOOL, 60 N. PERKINS EXT. (537-1483), WWW.STMARYSSCHOOL.ORG.

Through Aug. 19.

S P EC IA L EVE NTS

AUTOZONE PARK, THIRD AND UNION (721-6000), WWW.MILB.COM.

2016 Paws for Celebration

Memphis Roller Derby: Double Header Amateur women’s flat-track roller derby league. $10. Sat., Aug. 20, 6-10 p.m.

Superhero Bash at the Children’s Museum of Memphis, Saturday, August 20th

PIPKIN BUILDING, MID-SOUTH FAIRGROUNDS, MEMPHISROLLERDERBY.COM.

Dinner, dancing, auction, tours of mansion, and more benefiting Southern Friends Animal Society. $35. Fri., Aug. 19, 6:30-10 p.m. ANNESDALE HISTORIC MANSION, 1325 LAMAR (490-9460), WWW.SOUTHERNFRIENDS.OEG.

Annual Fellowship, Loyalty, and Commitment Day

Celebration of the 85th Birthday of Dr. H.O. Kneeland Jr., pastor of Union Valley Baptist Church. Sun., Aug. 21, 3:30 p.m. UNION VALLEY BAPTIST CHURCH, 1051 EAST MCLEMORE (774-6448), WWW.UNIONVALLEYBAPTISTCHURCH.COM.

August Full Moon Ritual Join the Fellowship of Avalon for monthly ritual. Focus on renewal with the Egyptian deities. Free and open to anyone ages 18 and over. Please bring a chalice if you have one. Free. Thurs., Aug. 18, 7-9 p.m. THE BROOM CLOSET, 546 S. MAIN (497-9486), WWW.THEFELLOWSHIPOFAVALON.COM.

Best in Black Awards 2016

$25-$40. Sat., Aug. 20, 7 p.m. CANNON CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS, MEMPHIS COOK CONVENTION CENTER, 255 N. MAIN (TICKETS, 525-1515).

Journey to the Sacred Well Ritual with Shauna Aura Knight

We seek the well, the water, the sacred temple of the grail within. The guiding light leads us to the best in ourselves and pours forth the waters of inspiration, life-force, and renewal. $5. Sun., Aug. 21, 7-9 p.m. THE BROOM CLOSET, 546 S. MAIN (497-9486), THEBROOMCLOSETMEMPHIS.COM.

Memphis Most Party Wed., Aug. 24, 6 p.m.

MINGLEWOOD HALL, 1555 MADISON (866-609-1744).

The Ostranders

Cocktail hour and awards ceremony featuring emcee Sister Myotis and musical numbers from the past year. Sun., Aug. 21, 6 p.m. THE ORPHEUM, 203 S. MAIN (525-3000), WWW.ORPHEUM-MEMPHIS.COM.

CALENDAR: AUGUST 18 - 24 Paw Prints Party

Science of Wine

Black tie-optional evening featuring seated dinner, open bar, auctions, wine pull, dancing, and live music. Special guest appearances of adopted dogs benefiting Humane Society of Memphis & Shelby County. $150. Sat., Aug. 20, 6:30-11 p.m.

Learn the science of your favorite vintage while tasting unique wines, sampling hors d’oeuvres, attending lectures on wine topics, participating in activities relating to your favorite wines, and wine pull. $25-$85. Fri., Aug. 19, 6:30-9:30 p.m.

RACQUET CLUB OF MEMPHIS, 5111 SANDERLIN (765-4400), WWW.MEMPHISHUMANE.ORG.

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

Peabody Rooftop Party

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

Scenes of the Dinosaurs

Visit the life-like dinosaurs and interactive learning stations that will inspire and engage all the senses. Free for members. Through Oct. 2.

F I LM

Finding Vivian Maier

Grease

The Tested

$8. Fri., Aug. 19, 7-9 p.m.

A single tragedy sends the lives of three people spinning hopelessly out of control as each struggles to seek meaning and redemption in a world turned upside-down. $8. Aug. 19-Sept. 28, 7 p.m.

THE ORPHEUM, 203 S. MAIN (525-3000), WWW.ORPHEUM-MEMPHIS.COM.

Mothra

Mike Nelson, Kevin Murphy, and Bill Corbett bring their comedy chops to the big screen when they take on this most beloved (and bizarre!) 1961 Japanese monster classic. Thurs., Aug. 18, 7 p.m.

BAOBAB FILMHOUSE, 652 MARSHALL, WWW.BAOBABFILMHOUSE.CCOM.

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

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

National Parks Adventure 3D

Documentary about a mysterious nanny who secretly took over 100,000 photographs that went unseen during her lifetime. $5. Fri., Aug. 19, 1 p.m.

Ultimate off-trail adventure into the nation’s awe-inspiring great outdoors and untamed wilderness. Through Nov. 11.

MEMPHIS BROOKS MUSEUM OF ART, 1934 POPLAR (544-6209), WWW.BROOKSMUSEUM.ORG.

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

Thelma & Louise 25th Anniversary Wed., Aug. 24, 7 p.m.

Time Warp Drive-in: Martial Arts Mayhem

Featuring Enter the Dragon, Kung Fu Hustle, Iron Monkey, and Black Belt Jones. $10. Sat., Aug. 20, 7:30 p.m. MALCO SUMMER 4 DRIVE-IN, 5310 SUMMER (681-2020), WWW.MALCO.COM.

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

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ot very long after Marialys Gonzalez and her husband, Pedro Pena, opened Havana’s Pilón on Madison in downtown Memphis three years ago, the requests started pouring in for a more eastward representation. They kept busy serving up Cuban sandwiches, empanadas, and tres leches desserts in their small downtown eatery, eventually expanding into the bay next door and acquiring a catering job for the Memphis Redbirds. “There are a lot of Latinos on the teams, and they get tired of the same food when they’re traveling — hamburgers and that sort of thing,” Pena says. Recently the couple took the plunge and opened a second location in Bartlett. “There are a lot of Latinos in the community there,” Pena says in answer to why they chose Bartlett. The new spot is smaller as far as table tops, but what they traded in for seating they gained in kitchen size. “It’s almost twice the size [of our downtown location],” Pena says. The menus are almost identical, offering Ropafongo, which is Mofongo with Ropa Vieja, or shredded beef over mashed fried green plantains with fried pork skin, garlic, and olive oil ($13); Bacalao Guisado, or codfish stew, with dried codfish mixed and tossed with onions, garlic, bell pepper, olive oil, and boiled potatoes ($10, including two sides); and the prettiest little empanadas this side of the Gulf ($2.75). I had the guava and cheese. I will never be the same. In the coming weeks, they will offer daily specials just as they do downtown, which includes two sides and a drink for only $6.95, and they are in the process of hiring a delivery driver. “We will have catering and delivery at the new location just like [downtown],” Pena says. “It’s doing excellent,” he says. Havana’s Pilón 143 Madison, 527-2878 3135 Kirby Whitten, 512-6359 havanaspilon.com The goal was always to expand for the Kloos family, the wizards behind the Gooey Butter cookies sold at their bakeries, Frost Bake Shop. They opened first as a wholesaler to local restaurants, including Jim’s Place, Fleming’s, Dixie Cafe, and Soul Fish, in 2004 out of their Bartlett baking facility. Their first retail shop opened in Laurel-

wood in 2013. Recently they spread the sugary, buttery love to Collierville, opening their second retail location this week at 1016 W. Poplar, Suite 107. The new shop is nearly double the size of the Laurelwood mainstay, with 3,400 square feet to play with. The menu is pretty much the same — red velvet, banana, caramel, and chocolate cakes, cupcakes, pies, cheesecakes, and, of course, the habit-forming Gooey Butter cookies, but they plan to offer wedding consultations and classes at their most recent incarnation, something that before was offered only in Bartlett. Collierville made perfect sense.

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the best of everything. He drank it at lunch every day and saved Western Civilization from itself. I don’t know if there is a causal connection, but there we are. The company even named a wine after the man. Hell of a loyalty program, but he was hell of a customer. The point of this exercise, though, is to rescue this great wine from the clutches of engagement parties and New Year’s Eve. Back when Hemingway was a starving ex-pat artist, he drank gallons of Spanish sparkling wine while he was on hunting and fishing trips, sleeping with married women, and hectoring poor Scott Fitzgerald with all that fizzy “live for today” foolishness. A bottle of Freixenet, from the Penedès region of Spain, will cost you around $10. At that price, this oyster-and-champagne afternoon for two will cost you about the same as lunch at any local gastro-pub in the city. The Spanish sparkling wines are cheaper than those made in the Champagne region of France because you can’t legally call them champagne. The French are very French about this. Remember, though, that’s marketing, not necessarily quality. Freixenet is a decent value, and it doesn’t have that sickening sweetness of those cheap “New Year’s Eve with 2,500 of Your Closest Friends” bubblies. In the end, it’s best to not worry too much about price. The truth is I can’t even recall the name of the “finest” bottle of champagne I ever had, although I remember the night we drank it very well. A friend in the wine business had just gotten engaged, and the folks at the old Bayou let him open the bottle for the occasion. I remember his explaining that the heavy, sour “breadiness” was a sign of really good champagne. Someone said it tasted like Play-Doh, and she wasn’t far off, either. That, he said, was a sign of quality and quickly pointed out the proper circumference of the bubbles. He was certainly more educated on the subject than I, but the true sign of a great champagne is that you want to drink it again. Soon. On a Saturday. With oysters.

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“Remember gentlemen, it’s not just France we are fighting for, it’s Champagne!” A young Winston Churchill so described the mission of his men in the First World War. Noël Coward drank it for breakfast, and Hemingway drank it at bullfights. We mortals generally toss it back the night whenever someone gets saddled with new in-laws. For a drink with such a flouncy reputation, champagne and sparkling wines can be fun, when properly applied. The proper application, by the way, is with oysters at a random Saturday lunch. Don’t worry if the month has an “r” in it or not. That was a useful rule of thumb when oysters were harvested into unrefrigerated carts and covered in burlap. The extreme heat of the “without an R” months could cause the wet oysters to steam themselves slightly open in the cart, causing the brine to drain away, allowing the oysters to get funky. These days they go from seabed to refrigerated truck, and it doesn’t matter how you spell the month. You might argue that there are better things to do on a Memphis afternoon than eating a dozen or so oysters, drinking a crisp bottle of bubbly, and taking the inevitable nap — but they can wait. Trust me on this one. This little bacchanal can be accomplished without breaking the bank. The first time I splurged on a good bottle of champagne, it was Veuve Clicquot. I didn’t order via a sommelier or because the Queen of England favors it, but because that’s what James Bond drank in all the Ian Fleming books — as often as not with scrambled eggs. I reasoned that Fleming, being something of a well-heeled soak, would know the good stuff. He did. A bottle of VC Brut will set you back around $50 at most local wine purveyors. If you are neither Her Majesty nor in Her Secret Service, that might be more than you are looking to spend, but it’s a great champagne for the price. In the same range is Pol Roger, a favorite of Winston Churchill — another cash-strapped aristocrat willing to suffer

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ou know those movies where the premise is so out-there that you say “Wow, these guys must have been really high when they came up with THAT one!”? That’s usually a sarcastic joke, but in the case of Sausage Party, it’s almost certainly true. America’s Stoner in Chief Seth Rogen, who reportedly worked for eight years to get this film made, gives away the secret to its creation in the middle of the second act, when Druggie, voiced by James Franco, gains the ability to communicate with inanimate objects after injecting a solution of bath salts. “Everybody told me not to do this,” he says. “But I’m going to do it anyway.” One can easily imagine Rogen and his partner in crime Evan Goldberg pitching the idea of a movie about talking supermarket food items to their crew of Hollywood’s Most Blunted over bong hits and nachos. I’m sure many, many people told them not to do it, because it’s one of those ideas that sounds great when you’re stoned but doesn’t survive contact with the “real world.” But these grasshoppers have pulled off an unlikely coup by bringing their bonged-out vision to the screen and making it work. Rogen is the voice of Frank, a hot dog who, like everyone . . . I mean, everything … in the Shopwell big box grocery store lives more or less contentedly in his cozy packaging with seven other bro-dogs. Everything the products know about the world inside and outside the supermarket comes from a song they sing ritualistically each morning, which provides the film with its first opportunity to mock animation conventions. The big opening production number delivers the same world-building information as “Circle of Life” from The Lion King, only with a lot more casual cursing. The song tells them the people shopping in the Shopwell are

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Food play is okay in Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg’s raunchy new animated comedy, Sausage Party. benevolent gods who choose the most worthy among the products and take them away into an eternal paradise. Those who are not found pure and worthy are condemned to be thrown into the trash by Darren (Paul Rudd), the pimpled stock boy who roams the aisles seeking whom he may devour. Frank and his mates are feeling pretty good about their chances for ascension into paradise, because they’re prominently placed on the 4th of July special rack next to a pack of buns that is home to Frank’s would-be girlfriend Brenda Bunsen (Kristen Wiig). But the day before the big 4th of July sale, a bottle of Honey Mustard (Danny McBride) is returned to the store, and he tells the foodstuff a harrowing tale of gods who mercilessly mutilate and devour the food. When Frank and Brenda try to save Honey Mustard from suicide, they cause a catastrophic cart collision that plays out like every urban disaster movie since 9/11. Turns out, when your characters are talking food, you can skewer a lot of sacred cows. Our heroes are accompanied by two refugees from the ethnic food aisle: Sammy Bagel Jr. (Edward Norton) talks like a Woody Allen character, and Lavash (David Krumholtz) is a Persian flatbread. The quest forces the two rival carbohydrates to put aside their differences and work together. The other member of the party is a lesbian taco played by Selma Hayek. The villain is, naturally, a Douche, played with psychotic gusto by Nick Kroll. In a year plagued by some of the worst screenwriting in recent memory, the script, credited to four writers including Rogen and Goldberg, is surprisingly tight. Co-directors Conrad Vernon and Greg Tiernan are two veteran animators

FILM REVIEW By Chris McCoy with only a handful of directoiral credits between them. They have fun staging one hilarious set piece after another. Pixar has been the dominant animation studio for a generation, but there have been surprisingly few Pixar parodies. Sausage Party is among the first to stake out that ground, riffing on Ratatouille and Toy Story. But their ultimate achievement is a climactic pansexual food orgy that really must be seen to be believed. Just in case the words “pansexual food orgy” didn’t clue you in, this is one animated film that is not for children. Fans of the Rogen/Goldberg flavor of raunchy comedy, however, will find that Sausage Party is the duo’s greatest achievement.

and the studio was trying to coast along on low-budget, live-action kids films like Escape to Witch Mountain. Pete’s Dragon combined the animated dragon with live action Helen Reddy and Mickey Rooney, but since it was released the same year as Star Wars, it dazzled exactly no one. Instead of the goofy, slapstick dragon of 1977, Elliot the dragon looks more like a big, shaggy family dog than Smaug. His relationship with the orphan Pete (Oakes Fegley) is kind of like Room in the woods: content, but

precarious. The feral Pete is discovered by Natalie (Oona Laurence), the daughter of lumber mill owner Jack (Wes Bentley), and forest ranger Grace (Bryce Dallas Howard) when a logging crew advances into the woods, putting Pete and his dragon in peril. Unlike in The Jungle Book, it turns out to be a good idea to take out the songs from a former musical. Lowery plays the story like the kind of straightforward indie drama he cut his teeth on, and the result is something like E.T. in the Pacific Northwest, lens flares and all. The actors

all fare reasonably well, with the most welcome presence being Robert Redford as Grace’s father, Mr. Meacham, one of the few people to ever actually see the dragon before Pete came along. Redford is as effortless and comforting in the role as a cozy old quilt, encapsulating the tone that makes Pete’s Dragon so agreeable. Pete’s Dragon Now playing Multiple locations

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TH E LAST WO R D by Susan Wilson

What Not to Wear Oprah

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Let’s accept that I ended up on Oprah’s website. That’s as much as I’m willing to admit. Along with articles like “7 Dresses That Give You a Flat Stomach,” “12 Non-Dorky Backpacks for Grown-Ups,” and “Oprah’s Shoe Hall of Fame,” is an article called “What Not to Wear If You’re Over a Certain Age.” Here’s the thing. It is not the job of Oprah or her minions to tell me what not to wear. That job belongs to the people. It belongs to all women who have sat with their girlfriends and done some serious people-watching over margaritas. It belongs to every woman who has ever said to a friend, “Oh, girl. No.” Now, to be fair, I would not have dismissed this particular listicle out of hand had it actually been Oprah standing atop a mountain with seven edicts chiseled into perfectly veined Italian marble, telling me not to wear bright nail polish. It was, however, a minion of Oprah’s named Adam Glassman. I’m guessing this Glassman is a fellow. I mean, I’m from Mississippi where we routinely name girls family names like Morgan, Aubrey, Curtis, and Blake; but I don’t know a single woman named Adam. So, this … dude … this Adam, is gonna tell me what I shouldn’t wear? No. Because I am fair and balanced like Fox, I will agree that his mention of rompers is spot on. But that should be more of a general rule. Rompers are ridiculous. First, for gals who run a little long in the stride, they seem awfully uncomfortable. Also? I’m not going to go into the logistics required for a restroom visit. No one who is old enough to cut her own food should wear a romper. We ladies of a certain age shouldn’t wear short skirts, bright nail polish, bare midriffs, and a few other things that are even dumber. Granted, this list wasn’t quite as knuckleheaded as the one I read saying we shouldn’t wear hoop earrings, graphic T-shirts, or colored denim. I’ve decided that since any moron can make a list of don’ts for us more world-weary ladies, I’d throw mine into the ring. I give you my list of things not to wear if you’re old enough to have voted for a male Clinton. 1. An Upper Lip Tattoo. Listen, I know you still want to be hip and fresh. But tattooing “YOLO” on your upper lip is just going to draw attention to those bothersome little lines you got after years of sucking Marlboro Lights. If you must get your upper lip tattooed, might I suggest a Hitler mustache? This way, you have a built-in Halloween costume, and you don’t have to worry about plucking those pesky hairs we get from time to time. 2. Camouflage Contact Lenses. Too faddish. Might I suggest a timeless animal print? 3. French Manicured Eyebrows. I am so over the French manicure. Long rectangle fake nails with stripes on the tips more suited to a parking lot is not a good look for anyone. Why would you do that to your eyebrows? That’s a young girl’s game. 4. Clear Plastic Shoes With Goldfish in the Platform. Oh, sure. It sounds like a good idea, but what if you want the rest of your accessories that day to be silver? Let the kids mix their metals. Ladies of a certain age should be more consistent. 5. Sneakers with Light-Up Soles. I know. Your granddaughter looks adorable in them. Stick to a nice Ferragamo pump, granny. 6. Drop-Waisted, Puffy-Sleeved Chintz Dresses. Do not—I REPEAT—do not try to relive the glory days of the early ’80s by wearing a dress made of fabric from the upholstery section of Jo-Ann’s. If you must relive your youth, go see Journey at the casino. If you’re old enough to have worn it the first time, you’re too old to wear it the second. 7. Festival Clothes. Please, stay away from anything marketed as perfect for festival season. This includes, but is not limited to, feathered headdresses, knee-high gladiator sandals, triangle chain bras, metallic temporary tattoos, or lace-up hotpants. Again, this is more a good rule of thumb for anyone, not just moms of teenagers. 8. Pet Clothing. I cannot emphasize enough that no matter how cute that little “Princess” T-shirt you got for your maltipoo is, it is NOT CUTE FOR YOU. 9. Surgical Directions. I know how cute your daughter looked after she came out of her ACL surgery with her left knee marked “NOT THIS KNEE,” but it loses something when you try to make “NOT THIS HIP” happen. 10. Fiber Optic Evening Gowns. I don’t care how great they look on My Big Fat Gypsy Wedding, all that light from below is not going to do a thing to help that waddle. Susan Wilson writes for yeahandanotherthing.com and likethedew.com. She and her husband Chuck have lived here long enough to know that Midtown does not start at Highland.

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