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Boy, this panhandling problem in Memphis is getting out of hand. At the corner of Sam Cooper and East Parkway last weekend, there must have been at least 20 of them! They were waving buckets, cheering and laughing, approaching cars stopped at the light. They were even wearing uniforms! Talk about aggressive ... Sure, they were raising money for their youth football team and they were kind of cute, but, nonetheless, they were panhandling. Then there’s the guy who stands on the Madison Avenue overpass where it meets the ramp from I-240. He’s there all the time, silently holding a sign that says he’s homeless and hungry. He’s also a panhandler; he just lacks a worthy cause — except maybe his empty belly. And what about the guy who shows up at the Midtown Walgreen’s now and then? He sits on the sidewalk outside the entrance, asking for money to get into a shelter for the night. He appears to have a mental issue of some sort, but he speaks softly and politely. A very zen panhandler (zenhandler?). I don’t mind him being there, but sometimes people complain to the management and he’ll get run off. Memphis is loaded with folks asking for money: the guy at the gas station with his car hood open who needs $27 for “a radiator hose”; the woman in the Kroger parking lot who wants change for “baby formula”; the Memphis Fire Fighters who raise funds by holding up empty boots at intersections. Whether it’s for a worthy cause or a scam or just a poor soul needing help to get through the night, it’s all technically panhandling. So how do you regulate it? How do you allow a youth football team or the Memphis Fire Fighters to raise money via actively soliciting the public trapped in their cars at an intersection and deny the guy passively standing on Madison Avenue? The Memphis City Council is now grappling with this issue — as many other cities around the country have done. The council specifically wants to eliminate “aggressive” panhandling. And I get it: Nobody should have to feel threatened or intimidated by someone asking for your hard-earned money. But as other cities have learned, panhandling ordinances can be surprisingly complicated to enact, and they often draw lawsuits: Since panhandling typically involves a spoken request and is therefore a type of free speech, it is protected by the U.S. Constitution. But there are a lot of gray areas. The Supreme Court has, for instance, ruled that the city of New York could ban Krishna disciples from soliciting people at JFK Airport but could not ban them in some other public spaces. Cities have attempted to regulate panhandling through “time, place, and manner” ordinances. In other words, regulating when, where, and how panhandling can take place. The council might, for instance, decide that bona fide charities and recognized civic groups will be allowed to raise funds via public solicitation, while banning an “aggressive” guy who’s up in tourists’ faces on Beale Street. But who decides what’s aggressive? A person from rural Tennessee, unused to the ways of the city, may think any N E WS & O P I N I O N solicitation by a stranger on the street is LETTERS - 4 aggressive and make a complaint, tying THE FLY-BY - 6 SPORTS - 8 up a police officer whose time might be EDITORIAL - 10 better spent elsewhere. And who decides VIEWPOINT - 11 what constitutes a legitimate charity COVER STORY - “POISON PILLS” or civic group? Is some government BY JANE SCHNEIDER - 12 functionary now going to be charged STE P P I N’ O UT with this duty? Will permits be required WE RECOMMEND - 16 for groups to take over a street or MUSIC - 18 intersection? It’s something to consider, AFTER DARK - 20 ART - 24 if the council goes that direction. CALENDAR OF EVENTS - 26 The bottom line: Be careful when FOOD - 31 asking for change. Sometimes you come SPIRITS - 33 up empty. FILM - 34 Bruce VanWyngarden C L AS S I F I E D S - 36 brucev@memphisflyer.com
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A L M O S T FA M O U S Curry Todd may have lost his seat in Tennessee’s General Assembly, but the long-legged former legislator is taking a final victory lap in the media. In her end-of-summer roundup for MTV, political writer Jaime Fuller wrote about how Todd was caught on video stealing opponent Mark Lovell’s yard signs. Todd’s sign story was also described as a “monthly favorite” in a compilation of weird news stories assembled by Bloomington, Illinois, newspaper, Pantagraph.
State tourism is on the rise. Mike Conley cuts the corn. ACLU backs pot decriminalization. Packing Heat Shelby County has the highest rate of handgun permits in the state, according to a new report by the Tennessee Department of Safety and Homeland Security. Tennessee Touri$m Tennessee tourism shattered records in 2015 with visitors spending more than $18 billion, up 3.7 percent over 2014. State officials announced the findings last week, noting that tourism jobs rose 2.9 percent last year to 157,400. Memphis in May officials announced last week that the month-long festival had an $88 million economic impact. More than 265,000 attended the festival, which supported 1,138 jobs and brought in $2.8 million in local taxes. Mending Marijuana The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) of Tennessee urged its members to support local efforts to decriminalize marijuana, calling it a matter of “racial justice.”
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V E R B AT I M “I did it, yeah, if they put it back up, I’ll do it again. That’s blasphemous … I’d much rather have God happy with me for something I did, even if it puts me in jail,” confessed “Naked Jesus” sign thief Pat Andrews, as quoted by Local Memphis-24. Yeah, sure, Andrews’ God-math failed to adjust for the 8th Commandment and all, but at least he didn’t bear false witness. He didn’t approve of Heartsong Church’s “Naked Jesus” signs, so he just pulled a Curry Todd and took them. The text-only signs advertised sermons about a strictly Biblical Christ.
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Gloria Steinem was a young journalist working for New York Magazine in 1968, a few years before the U.S. Supreme Court’s 1975 Roe v. Wade decision legalizing abortion. She’d been sent to cover a meeting in a New York church, where women were sharing their personal experiences with abortion. “For the first time in my life, I saw women standing up and telling the truth about something that was not supposed to be spoken of in public. The stories were moving, and I realized that one in three American women — then and now — needs an abortion at some time in her life. So why was it illegal and unsafe?” Steinem said. “I had an abortion when I was newly graduated from college and never told anyone. [This meeting] was a great moment of revelation.” Steinem soon became a trailblazer for women’s equality and reproductive rights, eventually founding the feminist-themed Ms. magazine. Steinem has traveled the globe organizing and lecturing on women’s equality, and she recently published a book — My Life on the Road — on those travels and the impact they’ve had on her life. She’ll be traveling to Memphis this month to speak at Planned Parenthood Greater Memphis Region’s (PPGMR) annual James Award ceremony at the Hilton Memphis on September 15th. That event will also serve as the local health services provider’s 75th anniversary event. Steinem took a few minutes to speak about the future of reproductive rights in the U.S., sexism in American politics, and
her thoughts on gender identity in the feminist movement. — Bianca Phillips Flyer: Abortion rights are being challenged in states across the country. Do you worry that Roe v. Wade could be overturned? Gloria Steinem: We’ve been worrying about that ever since the decision. It would only take a couple of right-wing presidents appointing anti-choice Supreme Court justices to make that happen. There’s a lot of resistance, even though the majority of Americans clearly believe that reproductive freedom is a fundamental human right. Tennessee’s Planned Parenthood organizations jointly launched the Tennessee Stories Project this year to give women a safe space to share their abortion stories online. That sounds like a virtual version of that meeting you attended in 1968. There’s nothing like the truth to help us realize that we are not alone, and it is crucial for women to be able to decide when and whether to have children. Whether or not we can make that
was slated to receive its first full vote by the council on Tuesday. “Make no mistake — this is an issue of racial justice,” said Hedy Weinberg, executive director of the ACLU of Tennessee. “As of 2010, in Shelby County, a black person was 4.2 times as likely to be arrested for marijuana possession as a white person, though the two groups use marijuana at comparable rates.”
On the Farms Shelby Farms enters a new era as ribbon-cutting launches “30 Days of Celebration.” Ribbon-cutting for Shelby Farms Park improvements
Greenprint Approved The Mid-South Regional Greenprint, the plan to link surrounding communities with trails, bike lanes, and green spaces, now has unanimous support from every community it will touch. Last week, city leaders in Marion, Arkansas, approved the plan, giving it the green light for implementation. Greenprint leaders called adoption of the plan “an unprecedented demonstration of regional unity.”
Ag Trail The Agricenter Trail will soon be paved, giving cyclists and pedestrians a better path between the Shelby Farms Greenline to the Agricenter Farmers Market. The trail runs along the south side of Walnut Grove and from Farm Road to the farmers market. It exists now, but it’s an unpaved dirt path. Paving comes thanks to Shelby County Commissioner Heidi Shafer, who donated her full $100,000 allotment of the Shelby County Commission Enhancement Grant. decision is the biggest factor in whether we are educated or not, healthy or not, able to work outside the home or not, and determines how long we live. It’s a human right. Sexism seems to have dominated this presidential election. Are we moving backward? [The equality movement] has been winning quite a lot, so there are waves of backlash. It’s probably peaking in part because, in short order, this country will no longer be a majority European-American or white country. For people who were born into a system that told them that men were superior, white people were superior, and Christians were superior, it’s very upsetting to understand that they are no longer in the majority, and they’re fighting back. Do you think America is ready for its first female president? It’s going to be very difficult, but it’s been very difficult for President Obama, too. The right wing has been so hostile to him. If the right wing had cancer and he had the cure, they wouldn’t accept it. They’re just dead set against him. Similarly, the idea that a female human being should be the head of arguably the most powerful nation on Earth is offensive to people who believe in the hierarchy. I did not think in 2008 that this country could elect a woman. I do think we can and must now, but it’s going to be hell. What young women inspire you? There are so many more feminists today than there were in my generation or the one that came afterwards. Think about the three young women who started Black Lives Matter [Alicia Garza, Patrisse Cullors, and Opal Tometi] or Lena Dunham or America Ferrera. Sometimes I think I just had to wait for some of my friends to be born. Where do trans women and non-binary women fit into the struggle for women’s rights? It seems to me to be all the same struggle. We invented the idea of gender. It doesn’t exist. The old languages — Cherokee, Bengali, the oldest African languages — do not have he or she. They don’t even have gendered pronouns. We’re all trying to achieve a world where you are a unique individual and a human being.
Lifelong Memphian George Payne remembers every transformation that’s taken place at Shelby Farms Park — from its days as a penal farm to the times he’d bring his son there to feed chickens and pigs. He was there, too, last Thursday morning at the Heart of the Park ribbon-cutting ceremony to witness yet another new era for Shelby Farms. “When it turned into a park, I came to walk around the lake when it was just 52 acres,” Payne, 91, said. “Now it’s 80 acres, so we wanted to come out here and see it. It’s a beautiful place.” At least 100 or more people, from former Mayor A C Wharton to dozens of bicyclists, gathered at the new First Tennessee Visitor Center to observe the summation of a two-year $52 million project. The Shelby Farms Conservancy will celebrate the grand opening all month long by hosting about 70 events during September to involve visitors with the new amenities that span the park’s 4,500 acres. The Heart of the Park renovation boasts an outdoor stage, Kimbal Musk’s The Kitchen restaurant, a charging station for electric vehicles, and an added 55 acres of meadow and 3,000 trees. To commemorate the Hyde Family Foundation’s financial support, Patriot Lake has been renamed Hyde Lake, said executive director Jen Andrews while introducing a series of speakers who assisted with the project. “We’ve never done anything quite this big,” Andrews said. “This park has attracted some of the best talent in our city and in the country. Our community is going to benefit incredibly from it.” Architect Marlon Blackwell said a pertinent aspect of the renovation was creating iconic experiences rooted in Delta heritage. “We understood that the very ground at Shelby Farms was passing from a history of penalty, labor, and cultural antipathies to a place of civility, amenity, opportunity, and inclusion,” Blackwell said. “The new buildings differ in form and function but unite under the simple, Southern trope of the porch. Each building has its own variation of the porch.” Landscape architect James Corner, the lead designer behind New York’s High Line, said the revamped Shelby Farms won’t just serve people but also acts as an impressive nature setting for vegetation, wildlife, and biodiversity. “Every city has a great park,” Corner said. “Shelby Farms Park is more than 10 times the size of London’s Hyde Park, more than five times the size of New York’s Central Park, and more than four times the size of San Francisco’s Golden Gate Park. Now, with these renovations to the lake, landscape, and the buildings, it’s probably one of the most distinctive parks internationally.” Corner also said that a modernized Shelby Farms serves as a gateway for Memphians to thrive and grow. “It offers a great resource for the improvement of public health, fitness, and wellbeing,” Corner said. Shelby Farms Park helps Memphis offer a wonderful quality of life that is enviable for any other city around the world. It impacts the way Memphis 7 and West Tennessee will move forward into the 21st century.”
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Corny Conley As if becoming the best-paid player in the NBA wasn’t enough, Memphis Grizzlies point guard Mike Conley has been cut in the corn. Conley’s visage is this year’s featured artwork cut into the 10-acre Mid-South Maze, which opens on September 15th and runs through October 31st.
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‘Not True’ Both plaintiffs in the now-dismissed lawsuit against the Memphis City Council regarding the Greensward said Wednesday that they did not tell council member Berlin Boyd that the Overton Park Conservancy (OPC) played any role in their filing of the suit as he claimed last week. Residents Dr. Susan Lacy and Stephen Humbert filed a suit against the city earlier this year. Boyd said in a resolution before the council that “one of the plaintiffs” in the suit “has admitted to council members” that OPC provided the language and information for their lawsuit. Humbert said it was “a completely false statement.”
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Redbirds Wrap-up Memphis’ Triple-A team finishes its 19th season with mixed results. The 2016 Memphis Redbirds have concluded their 19th season in Memphis, one in which the team didn’t reach the Pacific Coast League playoffs for a second year in a row. A few thoughts . . . • The Redbirds have suited up 56 players this season, matching a record set in 2002. But it isn’t so much the men who have played at AutoZone Park this summer who have written the season’s story. It’s more a tale of those who did not. Last March, the Redbirds’ middle-infield appeared to be Aledmys Diaz (shortstop) and Greg Garcia (second base). But when St. Louis Cardinal shortstop Jhonny Peralta broke his left thumb late in spring training, Diaz found himself with a promotion and proceeded to hit .312 for the Cards until he had his own digit damaged in late July. When incumbent second-baseman Kolten Wong struggled in St. Louis, Garcia was called to help spur the offense and has since become an integral member of the Cardinal bench. Outfielder Jeremy
Hazelbaker would have been a middle-ofthe-order presence in the Memphis lineup, but Tommy Pham went down with an injury on Opening Day. Since making his big-league debut, Hazelbaker has drilled 11 home runs for St. Louis, including four as a pinch-hitter. Then there’s the pitching. The Cardinals’ top prospect, Alex Reyes, sat out the season’s first seven weeks, having been suspended for testing positive for marijuana. He made only 14 starts for the Redbirds before being called up to help the Cardinal bullpen. The system’s second-ranked starting pitcher, Luke Weaver, made a solitary start for Memphis (August 8th) before being promoted to St. Louis after Michael Wacha went to the disabled list with a shoulder injury. It’s a form of fantasy baseball, but imagine this Redbirds team with Reyes and Weaver making 40 percent of the starts. It’s highly unlikely they’d be 11 games under .500 and in the cel-
lar of their division. • The Redbirds are again near the bottom of the PCL in attendance, having sold 324,581 tickets, an average of 4,704 per game (ahead of only Colorado Springs). The numbers don’t jibe with a stadium annually ranked among the finest in minor-league baseball and in a city that has shown a passion for sports, from the high school level to the NBA. What are the factors that weigh on the AZP turnstile count? This season’s schedule was odd. From April 15th to July 3rd, Memphis had but one home stand longer than four games. That’s a lot of starting and stopping when it comes to stadium operations, sales efforts, and building any momentum with fans. Fireworks on Saturday night continue to attract larger crowds, and more than 9,000 attended a pair of games where Yadier Molina jerseys and Adam Wainwright bobbleheads were distributed. The Redbirds hit the 9,000 mark seven
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times this season after never hosting such a crowd in 2015, and total attendance was up more than 15 percent this season. So growth is evident. Can it be sustained? • Next year will bring the 20th season of Redbirds baseball in Memphis. The anniversary would be a nice occasion for the club to start celebrating its history and reminding local fans how glorious the team’s legacy has been at times. The Pujols Seat stands on the rightfield bluff, where Albert’s championship-winning home run landed back in September 2000. Beyond that, there is nothing visual that would tell a casual fan that baseball was played at AutoZone Park the day before he or she walked through the gates. Five former Redbirds have been honored as MVP of a League Championship Series: Adam Kennedy, Pujols, Placido Polanco, David Freese, and Michael Wacha. There’s no indication any of these stars once played in a Redbirds uniform. Adam Wainwright and Yadier Molina have started more games as the Cardinal battery than any two men in the storied franchise’s history. They also played together in Memphis in 2004, as thousands who lined up for those promotional items well know. It’s time casual baseball fans are reminded about two decades of Redbirds history. Who knows? They might become more than casual fans.
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September 8-14, 2016
The National Civil Rights Museum Freedom Award, honoring those who have had a tremendous impact on civil and human rights around the world.
BENJAMIN CRUMP
TAWAKKOL KARMAN
THE HON. DAMON KEITH
Civil rights attorney who represented the families of Trayvon Martin, Michael Brown, and Tamir Rice.
Yemeni journalist, peace bulider, human rights activist and Nobel Peace Prize Laureate.
Longest serving judge on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit, presiding over seminal civil rights cases.
SOLEDAD O’BRIEN
BRYAN STEVENSON
Broadcast journalist and executive producer whose specials document successes, struggles and complex issues on race.
Attorney and social justice activist noted for his work challenging bias against the poor and minorities in the criminal justice system.
THE HON. WILLIAM WINTER Former Mississippi governor who stood firm on public education and racial equality.
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Water Matters The good news? The Tennessee Valley Authority’s 2014 decision to phase out the Allen coal plant that spewed toxic gas and chemical particles into Memphis’ atmosphere for decades. Even more good news: TVA’s decision to replace the coal plant with a much more environmentally friendly combined gas-cycle plant, which is due to go online in 2018. The bad news? The TVA’s surprise announcement that it would drill five wells into the Memphis Sand aquifer and remove 3.5 million gallons a day of Memphis’ world-renowned drinking water to cool the new plant. This is akin to putting Perrier in your car’s radiator. The “surprise” part of TVA’s announcement was the nonpublic nature of its recent policy change. When TVA announced the construction of the new plant, the agency told the public it would be using wastewater from the nearby Maxson Wastewater Treatment Plant for the plant’s cooling water system. TVA now says those plans turned out to be too expensive, primarily because using wastewater would first require treatment of pollutants. After public blowback to TVA’s original plan to drill five wells into the aquifer and pull water directly from the ground, MLGW suggested that TVA could purchase water from them. But even if that were to happen, much of the water purchased from MLGW would still come from the Memphis Sand aquifer. TVA says MLGW can’t sell it enough water. MLGW disagrees. Who’s right? And who makes the final decision?
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The overarching issue that’s been brought to light by this controversy is that policy decisions as to how our precious water supply is used need to be made at a higher level than the Shelby County Health Department, which is currently charged with the power to grant permission to drill into the aquifer. Other things the public needs to know: How many wells are currently tapped into the aquifer? How many wells are drilled each year? Who’s gotten permission to drill? How difficult is the process of getting permission? These are issues that need to be addressed by a commission composed of all interested parties: public entities, private corporate interests, environmentalists, state agencies, etc. The other good news is that, according to MLGW president Jerry Collins, the aquifer is in better shape now than it was as recently as 2000, when the average amount of water pumped from the aquifer daily was 159 million gallons. In 2015, according to Collins, 126 million gallons per day were pumped. Collins credits that drop primarily to low-flush toilets and more energy-efficient washing machines and dishwashers. But even given that bit of good news, the need has never been greater for close monitoring and smart decision-making regarding our most precious resource.
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VI EWPO I NT By Juan Williams
Political Warming Climate change will be an issue in the presidential race — and in years to come. with environmentalists and the large number of young voters who, according to polls, strongly believe there is a climate change problem. And it’s not just young people. A Gallup poll taken in March found that 64 percent of Americans say they are concerned a “great deal or a fair amount” about global warming — the highest number in eight years. Trump, however, sees political gain in downplaying climate change. He promises to reopen coal mines and reopen smokestack industries in Midwest states such as Michigan, Ohio, and Pennsylvania. The latest RealClearPolitics polling average shows Clinton with a solid lead over Trump in two of those three states: 7 percent in Michigan, 9 percent in Pennsylvania.
President Obama is adding to the pressure on Trump and the GOP majority in Congress. Last week, he released new fuel-efficiency standards on “heavy-duty” trucks and equipment in order to meet a goal agreed on with Canada and Mexico for half of all power in North America to be free of carbon dioxide by 2025. The president devoted his entire weekly address to the issue two weeks ago: “One of the most urgent challenges of our time is climate change. We know that 2015 surpassed 2014 as the warmest year on record — and 2016 is on pace to be even hotter.” He challenged Congress to build on the progress made in the Paris Agreement last year, where the nations of the world made proposals to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. Even after Obama leaves the White House, the issue will remain at the front of the political agenda. Congress is going to have to deal with reauthorization of the National Flood Insurance Program next year. As a political issue, climate change is definitely heating up. Expect one of the candidates to get burned on it in the debates; the polls show the candidate on the defensive will be Trump. Juan Williams is a Fox News political analyst and the author of Eyes on the Prize: America’s Civil Rights Years, 1954-1965.
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“I’m not a big believer in man-made climate change.” — Donald Trump
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NASA announced last week that July 2016 was the hottest month in the recorded history of planet Earth. Last month, the agency reported that the first six months of this year was, overall, the hottest half-year in recorded history. That news came as a spate of record-breaking floods killed people and destroyed property from Maryland to West Virginia to Louisiana. Something big is going on, threatening coastlines, crops, and wildlife, but Republicans and Democrats can’t agree on what’s causing the heat and destruction. They also can’t agree on what to do about it. A Stanford study recently found that 90 percent of Democrats and 80 percent of independents believe global warming will be a serious or very serious problem for the United States. Barely half of Republicans feel that way. “It’s more politically polarizing than abortion,” Anthony Leiserowitz, director of the Yale Program on Climate Change Communication, told the news agency last week. “It’s more politically polarizing than gay marriage.” That political divide is on display in the presidential campaign. “I’m not a big believer in man-made climate change,” GOP presidential nominee Donald Trump told a Florida journalist this month when asked about its effects on coastal communities in the Sunshine State. “There could be some impact, but I don’t believe it’s devastating impact.” Previously, Trump had tweeted “Any and all weather events are used by the GLOBAL WARMING HOAXSTERS to justify higher taxes to save our planet! They don’t believe it $$$$!” Mike Pence, Trump’s vice presidential nominee, was one of the most vocal climate-change deniers in Congress during his tenure, saying flatly “global warming is a myth” on his campaign website. Meanwhile, Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton is calling out Trump and Republicans for being blinded to scientific reality by politics. “I believe in science,” Clinton said in her acceptance speech at the Democratic National Convention last month. “I believe that climate change is real and that we can save our planet while creating millions of good-paying clean energy jobs.” There is also good political reason for Clinton to fight Trump and Pence on the issue. At a minimum, she gains points
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Poison Pills
OPIOID ABUSE IN SHELBY COUNTY IS COMMON AND DEADLY — AND GROWING.
Cover Story by Jane Schneider
September 8-14, 2016
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raig Minton will tell you straight up — he’s an adrenaline junkie. He craves the surge he feels driving fast cars or riding menacing bulls. But he’ll also tell you he could have never predicted his need for speed would spiral into a 15year addiction to pain pills. As a young man, the 42-year-old swing-shift worker and father of four loved to rodeo. The thrill of entering the dusty arena as his name was called, the icy clang of the steel gate swinging wide as his ride exploded into the ring, the heft of a 1,600-pound bull twisting violently as he held fast, desperately trying to last the eight seconds required to count as a qualified ride. It was such a rush. Then, during a rodeo ride in the late 1990s, Minton was thrown from a bull and knocked unconscious for more than an hour. Rushed to an area hospital, the CT-scan revealed a herniated disk. Following a brief hospital stay, Minton was sent home with hydrocodone, a prescription pain medication. Hydrocodone, like oxycodone, is one of several opioids doctors routinely prescribe for treating pain. (See sidebar) All are strong, Schedule 1 narcotics. While they do the job, there is also high potential for abuse. And what physicians often fail to tell their patients is how very addictive these pain meds can be. Within months, Minton was hooked. In his addiction, he joined millions of Americans traveling down a harrowing rabbit hole, chasing the scream.
THE GROWTH OF AN URGENT PUBLIC HEALTH PROBLEM 12 The surging opioid epidemic has made many national headlines this year,
jumping to the fore as one of the country’s most urgent public health issues. Last year, overdoses from prescription drugs, opioid pain medications, and heroin surpassed car accidents as the leading cause of injury-related death in America, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration adds that nearly 2 million people suffer from opioid-use disorder related to prescription pain
“I’ve seen more overdoses in the last eight to 10 months than I have in my whole career.” — Chantay Smartt, Medical Director for Emergency Medicine at Regional One
medications, which has contributed to both increased heroin use and the spread of HIV and hepatitis C. In response to this alarming trend, President Obama signed into law the Comprehensive Addiction and Recovery Act on July 22nd, authorizing more than $181 million annually in new funding to fight the opioid epidemic and expand much-needed access to care. The law awaits Congressional appropriation. Meanwhile, Tennessee has been making headlines of its own. The state ranked number two nationally in 2012 for opioid prescriptions and consumption. In 2014, opioid overdose claimed 1,263 lives — more people than died in auto accidents and gunfire. By 2015, Tennessee ranked among the top 10 states nationally for death by drug overdose. The state’s epidemic started several years ago in rural northeast Tennessee and gradually spread westward to Shelby County, impacting people from all walks of life along the way. As doctors wrote more and more prescriptions for pain meds, unintentional overdoses followed. Between 2001 and 2011, overdoses jumped by 250 percent, notes Steven Baumrucker, system medical director, hospice and palliative medicine, Wellmont Health System, who regularly presents to physicians about safe prescription practices. That widespread abuse of painkillers, coupled with an alarming rise in heroin use, led to the convening of forums in Nashville and Knoxville last April, where state health officials, law enforcement, and medical professionals gathered to address what the Tennessee Department of Health labels as our “number one public health issue.” In Memphis, healthcare providers at
ERs such as St. Francis and Regional One Health have seen a significant uptick in the number of people coming in needing pain medication or worse, being treated for overdose. The abuse extracts a toll — on users and the healthcare system. “It’s definitely on the rise,” notes Chantay Smartt, medical director for emergency medicine at Regional One. “I’ve seen more overdoses in the last eight to 10 months than I have in my whole career. It’s hard to provide care for families because they don’t understand what’s going on with their loved ones. They want us to admit them, but that’s not the standard of care we provide. We treat symptoms, we don’t do detox.” HOW DID WE GET HERE? Back in the mid-1990s, opioid narcotics barely registered a blip on the radar screen of pharmaceutical sales. But two issues drove demand. The first came from the medical community, notes Baumrucker. “We [doctors] were told [by the Joint Commission, the nation’s oldest and largest standards-setting body in health care] that we were undertreating pain and that we could get into legal trouble” if left unaddressed. So in 2001, healthcare providers were directed to begin asking patients about their pain. In addition to checking other vitals like blood pressure and pulse rate, pain was made the “fifth vital sign” used to assess patients. The second was largely due to the marketing pitch for OxyContin in which Purdue Pharma misled physicians and patients by claiming the potential for addiction was slight. That claim was all that was needed to amp up sales. By the early 2000s, the tidal wave of opioids had begun to surge.
15, By 20 see es Tenn ong the d am ranke 10 states top ly for l a n o nati th by dea rdose. ove drug was popping 90 to 100 pills a month “just to feel normal.” “After your brain clears out and you’re no longer being told to take it, the painkiller can make you feel crippled,” Minton says. “It’s like you can’t get out of bed in the morning without taking pills.” His physician, Daniel Sumrok, an assistant professor at the University of Tennesse Health Science Center (UTHSC) and director of UTHSC’s Center for Addiction Science, says Minton’s experience is common. As a specialist in addiction medicine, Sumrok sees many patients at his family practice for whom pain treatment has morphed into a physical dependence. Most people who take opioids for more than three to four weeks develop a tolerance to the medication. The quick cycling nature of these drugs creates cravings, and, with long-term use, the pain patients experience can actually worsen due to chemical changes in the brain. “As soon as the drug high falls off, the brain starts needing more, and it creates a craving,” Sumrok says. “Many people are unaware of the possibility of addiction. They think if a physician writes it up, it has to be okay.” Barry Cooper agrees. “Out of every 20 people we treat, at least 15 are for prescription drugs,” says Cooper, executive director of the Jackson Area Council on Alcoholism and Drug Dependency (JACOA). “You’d be shocked at how many times patients say they got into it innocently from an injury on a job or a surgery.” Patient testimonies he shares reflect prescription med use that has stretched for five or 10 years, with many patients becoming caught in a vicious cycle of dependence they are unable to break on their own. Furthermore, more than half of those who abuse painkillers wind up getting them from a friend or relative, according to a 2014 report from the Tennessee Department of
Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services. Many people pass along meds simply unaware of the danger. Tennessee also has the secondhighest rate of prescriptions per person nationally. To address the problem of doctor shopping, the Tennessee Department of Health began tracking prescriptions several years ago through the controlled substance monitoring database. The database tracks patients who have received pain med prescriptions for 15 days or more. Physicians, pharmacies, and other healthcare providers have access to the database, and heavier use has helped to reduce the number of patients who try to get more medication than prescribed. But pills are out there and they aren’t hard to come by. Minton says when his supply ran low, he’d simply buy from guys he knew. Over time, he noticed the pills produced significant side effects, including irritability and mood swings. “I was very volatile,” Minton admits. One afternoon while cooking dinner, he suddenly blacked out. When he awoke, he found himself in the ER, two of his teenage boys by his side. “That’s what got me clean,” he says. “I didn’t realize I’d let it get that out of control.” THE PATH TO HEROIN Minton is one of the lucky ones. When prescription pill habits become too expensive, many users turn to a cheaper alternative: heroin. Lieutenant Reginald Hubbard, executive officer with the Shelby County Sheriff ’s narcotic’s division, says his department has made opioid and heroin abuse a top priority for 2016. Heroin seizures have risen substantially over the past several years. “We’re finding heroin all over Shelby County,” Hubbard says. Though he says the division is making some headway, the problem is serious. Last year, 80 people died of heroin overdoses in Shelby County, compared to 42 in 2013. Already this year, more than 24 people have died. Much of the heroin flowing into the Mid-South comes from Mexico or China via the internet. Hubbard says dealers are also cutting the drug with fentanyl, a stronger, more lethal narcotic that can cause overdose. The majority of users are young adults ages 19 to 35. “More than 80 percent of first-time heroin users started with prescription pills that became too costly,” says Stephen Loyd, medical director for Tennessee’s Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services. Jennifer Williams experienced this firsthand with her 21-year-old son, Jason (not his real name). Jason played baseball in high school and got good grades until he and his friends began smoking pot
and experimenting with pills they got from family medicine cabinets. “The little bit he started with soon became not enough,” she says. After graduation, the expense of pills led him to heroin. One day, Jason was caught stealing money from the store where he worked. When his boss discovered why, he immediately called Jennifer. When she arrived, her son confessed, “‘I’ve been doing heroin,’ I literally could have dropped to my knees,” she says. She checked her son into a detox facility that night. “As a parent, when you’re going through this, other parents pull away,” she says. “You feel ashamed and embarrassed. No one wants to think their kid will fall into this. But since it happened to my family, I’ve had so many other people whisper to me that their nephew or son has had a similar experience.”
executive director for the Tennessee Association of Alcohol, Drug, and Other Addiction Services, an advocacy group for these service providers, roughly 1,200 people are wait-listed for each residential detox program. “And most insurance companies will not pay for a medical detox, since coming off opiates, while extremely uncomfortable, won’t kill you,” says Salter. The state’s mental health system is already overburdened and struggling to adequately care for the many Tennesseeans who need help. Salter says centers will frequently have empty beds because they have run out of funds. Cooper concurs: “For every 10 addicts who need treatment, only one receives it.” Loyd, who has been clean 10 years from his own addiction to Vicodin, acknowledges that the state needs to increase services, particularly medicationassisted therapy for those who are addicted. “Medications like Suboxone help to keep patients in therapy. It allows you to manage the withdrawal symptoms. “It’s not a one-size-fits-all problem,” he says. “We must take an open-minded, evidence-based approach to treatment. The goal is to prevent death and suffering from abuse.” Sumrock agrees. He takes an integrated, holistic approach in his practice, using talk as well as medicationassisted therapy as a means of moving continued on page 15
GETTING TREATMENT Those families wind up seeking treatment at centers such as Serenity Recovery Center and JACOA. Tennessee’s Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services funds approximately 97 substance abuse treatment facilities statewide. But according to Mary-Linden Salter,
Discard Meds Safely The Shelby County Sheriff ’s office oversees two drugcollection bins for the public to dispose of unwanted medications. The boxes are under 24-hour surveillance. Six new bins will be added in Shelby County at area Walgreens this fall. Locations: Sheriff ’s Office, Arlington Substation - 11670 MemphisArlington Rd., 38002 Shelby County Sheriff ’s Department, 993 Dovecrest Rd., 38134 Hours: Monday-Friday, 8 a.m.-4 p.m. What can be
discarded: Unwanted, outdated, and unused prescription drugs, vitamins, over-the-counter liquids (in leak-proof containers), medicated ointments, lotions, or drops, and pet medications. NO: Syringes, IV bags, illegal drugs & narcotics (though police will accept if placed in the container). At home: Remove medication from original packaging and mix with kitty litter or coffee grounds. Place mixture in a bag and dispose of in the trash. For more: tn.gov/behavioralhealth/section/substance-abuseservices.
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TREATING ONGOING PAIN Minton says the hydrocodone eased his pain at first, and he took his meds as prescribed. But over time, instead of needing less medication to feel better, he found himself needing more. Two pills a day increased to four, then eight, until he
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patients toward sobriety. “I’m helping people regain some normalcy and control of their addiction and making life more manageable,” he says. Patients frequently tell him how relieved they are to have their life back, a life not dictated by finding money to chase the next high.
Last year, 80 people died of heroin overdoses in Shelby County, compared to 42 in 2013. With the opening of the Center for Addiction Science in Midtown, which treats people with substance abuse, gambling, and porn issues, UTHSC is hoping to more fully address addiction within the community. The college is also putting together a curriculum for medical students that will provide training in addiction medicine, course-work Sumrok is currently developing. Treatment can work. Minton has been clean and sober for five years. Gone is the irritability and fog that clouded his thinking. Instead, his job is going well, he no longer smokes, he works out regularly, and enjoys spending time with his family. “It’s so much more peaceful around my house,” he says. “I finally feel normal.” Count it as one small victory in a large and ongoing battle.
Frequently Prescribed Controlled Substances Three of the top 5 most prescribed medications from Tennessee’s controlled substance monitoring database are opioids. 1. Hydrocodone products opioid 2. Alprazolam - generic name for Xanax; a benzodiazepine 3. Oxycodone products - opioid 4. Zolpidem - generic name for Ambien 5. Tramadol - opioid: Brand names Ultram, ConZip, Ryzolt Source: Tennessee Department of Health
12th National Prescription Drug Take-Back Day Saturday, October 22 • 10 a.m.-2 p.m. A safe, convenient way for Shelby County residents to get rid of unused or expired medications. The Shelby County Sheriff ’s department will manage three locations during this annual take-back. You can drop off unwanted drugs here: - County Building, 1080 Madison, 38103 - Kroger, 7942 Winchester, 38125 - Kroger, 11635 Highway 70, 38002
Do You Need Help? Call the TN Redline: (800) 889-9789 Callers receive up-to-date information and referrals for alcohol, drug, gambling, and other addiction issues. Three referral sources are given when possible. Coordinated by the Tennessee Association of Alcohol, Drug, and other Addiction Services. • taadas.org Or go to the Tennessee Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services • tn.gov/behavioral-health
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Four friends, four film freaks. Four film freak friends who want to found a film festival. With Indie Memphis and On Location Memphis already firmly established in Memphis’ film festival terra firma, the quartet decided to focus in. One liked horror, another was into fantasy. Jim Weter, for his part, is a sci-fi fan. “You can do a lot more than straight drama,” he explains. “There’s suspension of belief.” The Unreal Film Fest highlights independent sci-fi, fantasy, and horror features and shorts. It’s now in its fifth year and will be at Studio on the Square September 9th-11th. Weter says the festival receives about 150 submissions from all over the world. That was culled down by a panel of judges to 20 for this year’s festival. Awards are given out for best director, actor, screenplay, FX, cinematographer, wardrobe and makeup, and more. Feature films include The Dark Tapes, a found footage thriller; Virtual Revolution, set in 2047 Paris where most people spend the majority of their time online; and Peelers, about strippers fighting off infected patrons. Among the local films are the action thriller I Am Spartan and Scumbags from Outer Space, an homage to B movies.
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Words Matter Playhouse on the Square, 7-9:30 p.m. Area writers create a piece that is then interpreted into dance, music, visual art, or a performance. Benefits Literacy Mid-South.
Southern Heritage Classic Liberty Bowl, 6 p.m. While the game doesn’t start until 6 p.m., the tailgating begins at 8 a.m., and the day includes a parade and a battle of the bands.
Stones in His Pockets Bartlett Performing Arts and Conference Center, 7 p.m. The Bartlett Repertory Theatre presents this play about a Hollywood film studio’s invasion of a small Ireland town. Booksigning by Jacqueline Woodson story booth, 6 p.m. Jacqueline Woodson signs and discusses her new novel, Another Brooklyn, about growing up in Brooklyn in the turbulent ’70s.
Dread Scott Lecture Hardie Auditorium, Rhodes College, 6 p.m. Artist Dread Scott discusses his work “The Impossibility of Freedom in a Country Founded on Slavery and Genocide.” Held in conjunction with the exhibition, “The Weight of Hope,” opening September 9th at Clough-Hanson.
“My Favorite Images” WKNO Studio, 5-7 p.m. Opening reception for this exhibition of photography by Bill Carrier. Art on Tap The Dixon Gallery & Gardens, 6-9 p.m., $40 Art on Tap, an annual beer-tasting event for young art enthusiasts, marks its 21st year.
Southern Junkers Vintage Market Overton Square, 10 a.m. Market featuring upcycled, vintage, and repurposed stuff, plus a vintage fashion show and live music.
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Out There By Susan Ellis Hal Harmon and Den-Nickolas Smith of the Emerald Theatre Company (ETC) asked Caroline Sposto to direct a fall production. She had other ideas. Instead, she sent out a call for plays with the writing prompt: “Closets are good for storage … They also make great hiding places. Sock it to us in 10-minutes or less.” ETC received 42 scripts, eight of which hit the stage this weekend as part of Out of the Closet. Each play has its own director, and there are about 20 actors participating. “To my delight and astonishment, we got more and better talent than I ever imagined,” Sposto says. Counted among that talent are Jo Lynne Palmer, Ron Gephart, Justin Willingham, and Mimmye Goode. The set is a simple closet door on castors that must do for a variety of takes on the “closet” theme. (“Nobody took the closet literally,” Sposto says.) The works involve a baggage carousel, suburbia, a psychic, mobsters, a high school reunion, and a tourist attraction. Sposto says that in picking the scripts, they weren’t looking for a balance of genres — two comedies and two dramas, for example. Instead, they were seeking quality. Did it feel satisfying? Were the characters relatable? Is the story worth telling? The 10-minute time frame has its demands. “Every word, everything that happens — nothing can be extraneous,” Sposto says. “They have to hit the ground running, and they do.”
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THE RUSTY PIECES 6:30PM Check out Check It at this year’s Outflix. Film, p. 34 TUESDAY September 13 The Odd Couple Germantown Community Theatre, 8 p.m. Classic Neil Simon play about two mismatched roommates. Booker T. Jones Halloran Centre, 7:30 p.m., $35 A performance by soul great Booker T. Jones. Stax Academy students will accompany him on “Respect Yourself” and “Mr. Big Stuff.”
“Carnival of Animals” Memphis Botanic Garden, 6:30 p.m., $10-$25 A performance by Ballet Memphis based on Camille Saint-Saëns’ score. There will be arts, crafts, and food trucks during this familyfriendly event. Sturgill Simpson The Orpheum, 8 p.m., $35-$45 Alt-country at its altiest.
Game of Thrones Burlesque Hi-Tone, 8 p.m. There are so many ways this one could go. Dirty Dancing The Orpheum, 7:30 p.m., $25-$125 Nobody puts Baby in the corner! Musical based on the Patrick Swayze film.
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Keeping the Basses Loaded
Melvins
The Melvins return to Memphis for a gig at the Hi-Tone.
L
ooking at the last three decades of underground rock and metal reveals the undeniable truth that the Melvins deserve a seat at the same table with bands like Sonic Youth, Neurosis, Fugazi, Dinosaur Jr., the Pixies, and other undeniable pioneers that exacted an influence well beyond their immediate, real-time surroundings with serious and ongoing longevity that remains today. In broad, simplistic terms, the Melvins’ chronology has two artistic peaks; albeit ones surrounded by an ocean of noteworthy-to-great releases. From 1989 to 1994 and across five full-length albums and several EP releases, the Melvins blazed (perhaps the wrong word for it) a trail that left a major impression on the future of heavy underground rock and metal that reverberates to this day. The Melvins
more or less invented and then refined a very particular, wholly unprecedented and boldly experimental form of metallic post-hardcore that should be seriously studied as a ground zero for the modern idea of heaviness in sound and essence. This era and the band’s surface-level legacy has gone on to be incorrectly defined by the most obvious sonic characteristic at hand: the most intimidatingly huge guitar riffs that had ever emerged from any faction — metal or otherwise — played at the slowest possible crawl. Endlessly imitated and found throughout the realm of doom/sludge metal, the best examples of what the Melvins perfected during this time can be found on most of the Lysol album, Bullhead’s opening track (“Boris,” from which the similarly trailblazing Japanese band would later derive its moniker), and the anomalously riff-free crawl of live staple “Night Goat” (track 2
on the Houdini album and one of the band’s best-known singles). It’s worth mentioning that the two latter albums released during this stretch, 1993’s Houdini and 1994’s Stoner Witch, might also be the band’s best pre-Y2K documents, and both were released on
major label Atlantic Records. The Melvins’ next creative (and first real critical) highpoint was made possible when they landed on thenfledgling Ipecac Recordings, the label of Faith No More/Mr. Bungle singer and well-known stylistic chameleon
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and ever-frequent collaborations that have stuffed the band’s catalog with themed albums in recent years. But the best was 2006’s absorbing of the two-piece band Big Business (drummer Coady Willis and bassist Jared Warren). This gave the Melvins a not-so-secret weapon of great live presentations: double drummers. And 2006’s (A) Senile Animal features the “consummately Melvins” centerpiece of “A History of Bad Men,” a song used to great effect in the first season of HBO’s True Detective. For the 10-year anniversary of this membership addition, this summer’s Basses Loaded album takes the band’s fondness for lineup adjustment to its logical extreme by featuring every member that has played under the Melvins banner over the last decade, including Nirvana’s Krist Novoselic, Jeff Pinkus of the Butthole Surfers, and Steven McDonald of Redd Kross. Another great Melvins’-related development this year was the vinyl reissue of the band’s three major label albums (the best two are mentioned above), originally released between 1993 and 1996, by Third Man Records. The Melvins with Helms Alee, Monday, September 12th at the Hi-Tone. 7 p.m. $15. 18 and up.
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Mike Patton. With Kevin Rutamis (previously of the Cows) and former godheadSilo frontman, Mike Kunka, serving the cause as part of the Melvins’ constantly rotating bass position, they released a disparate trifecta of fulllengths in quick succession — The Bootlicker and The Maggot in 1999 and 2000’s The Crybaby. These individually themed releases (heavy/metallic-crunch, Ween-like weirdness and electronica, and an all-covers album) appeared to spark a growth spurt in the Melvins’ fanbase and gave it a cult-like status, helped significantly by the band’s focus on road-dogging due to their now well-known notoriety as a live band of singular, sometimes mindshattering intensity. In fact, the Melvins’ command of a stage translates beyond the heavy music and metal fan demographic, as it is not uncommon to find folks with much different taste in music that will nonetheless never miss a chance to see the band live. The Melvins hit their second and much more complex stride around Y2K. Circumnavigating the static core of Buzz Osbourne (singer/guitarist/ all-around strong personality) and drummer Dale Crover creates a tendency toward lineup adjustments
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After Dark: Live Music Schedule September 8 -14 Blues City Cafe 138 BEALE 526-3637
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.; Roxi Love Thursday, Sept. 8, 9:30 p.m.1:30 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.
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 152 152 BEALE 544-7011
1st Floor: Mercury Boulevard Mondays-Thursdays, 7 p.m.; DJ Dnyce Sundays, 11 p.m., and Thursdays, 11:30 p.m.; DJ Tubbz Mondays-Wednesdays, 11 p.m., and Fridays, Saturdays, 10 p.m.; 3rd floor: DJ Crumbz Fridays, Saturdays, 10 p.m.; 2nd Floor: DJ Spanish Fly Fridays, Saturdays, 11 p.m.; 1st Floor: DJ Toonz Fridays, Saturdays, 11 p.m.; Sean Apple Sundays, 1 p.m.; Adam Levin Sundays, 1 p.m.; After Dark Band Sundays, 6 p.m.
FedExForum 191 BEALE STREET
Maroon 5, Tove Lo, R. City Monday, Sept. 12, 7:30 p.m.
Handy Bar 200 BEALE 527-2687
Bad Boy Matt & the Amazing Rhythmatics Tuesdays, Thursdays-Sundays, 7 p.m.-1 a.m.
Hard Rock Cafe 126 BEALE 529-0007
King’s Palace Cafe’s Patio 162 BEALE 521-1851
Rum Boogie Cafe’s Blues Hall
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Kayla Walker Thursdays, 67 p.m.; Susan Marshall Piano Fridays, Saturdays, 6-9 p.m.; Susan Marshall Fridays, Saturdays, 7-10 p.m.; Nat “King” Kerr Fridays, Saturdays, 910 p.m.; Susan Marshall Wednesdays, 6-8 p.m.
Mack 2 Band MondaysFridays, 2-6 p.m.; Cowboy Neal Mondays, Thursdays, 7-11 p.m., and Saturdays, Sundays, 26 p.m.; Sensation Band Tuesdays, 7-11 p.m., and Friday, Sept. 9, 7-11 p.m.; Fuzzy & the Kings of Memphis Fridays, Saturdays, 7-11 p.m.; Chic Jones & the Blues Express Sundays, 7-11 p.m.; North & South Band Wednesdays, 7-11 p.m.
Memphis Bluesmasters Thursdays, Sundays, 8 p.m.-midnight; Plantation Allstars Fridays, 3-7 p.m., and Saturday, Sept. 10, 8 p.m.-midnight; Delta Project Friday, Sept. 9, 8 p.m.-midnight; Memphis Mambo Combo Saturday, Sept. 10, 3-7 p.m.; Brian Hawkins Blues Party Mondays, 8 p.m.-midnight; McDaniel Band Tuesdays, Wednesdays, 8 p.m.-midnight.
Jerry Lee Lewis’ Cafe & Honky Tonk
King’s Palace Cafe Tap Room
Silky O’Sullivan’s
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Itta Bena 145 BEALE 578-3031
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.
Big Don Valentine & the Hollywood Allstars Thursdays, Tuesdays, 8 p.m.-midnight; Myra Hall & The Players Friday, Sept. 9, 8 p.m.-midnight; North & South Band Saturday, Sept. 10, 9 p.m.-1 a.m.
King Jerry Lawler’s Hall of Fame Bar & Grille
Southern Avenue Thursday, Sept. 8, 8 p.m.-midnight; Young Petty Thieves Friday, Sept. 9, 5:30-8:30 p.m.; FreeWorld Friday, Sept. 9, 9 p.m.1 a.m. and Saturday, Sept. 10, 9 p.m.-1 a.m.; Pam & Terry Saturday, Sept. 10, 5:30-8:30 p.m.; Mercury Blvd. Sunday, Sept. 11, 7-11 p.m.; JP Soars & the Red Hots Monday, Sept. 12, 8 p.m.-midnight, and Tuesday, Sept. 13, 8 p.m.-midnight; Kirk Smithhart Band Wednesday, Sept. 14, 8 p.m.-midnight.
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King’s Palace Cafe 162 BEALE 521-1851
David Bowen Thursdays, 5:309:30 p.m., Fridays, Saturdays, 6:30-10:30 p.m., and Sundays, 5:30-9:30 p.m.; Eric Hughes Band Friday, Sept. 9, 9:30 p.m.1 a.m., and Saturday, Sept. 10.
Rum Boogie Cafe
183 BEALE 522-9596
Stars and Guitars Wednesday, Sept. 14, 7 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
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.
Amber Rae Dunn Hosts: Earnestine & Hazel’s Open Mic Wednesdays, 8-11 p.m.
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Roxi Love Tuesday, Sept. 13, 6-10 p.m.
182 BEALE 528-0150
The Halloran Centre 225 S. MAIN 529-4299
Huey’s Downtown 77 S. SECOND 527-2700
Beat Generation Sunday, Sept. 11, 8:30 p.m.-midnight.
Blind Bear Speakeasy 119 S. MAIN, PEMBROKE SQUARE 417-8435
Live Music Thursdays-Saturdays, 10 p.m.
Brass Door Irish Pub 152 MADISON 572-1813
Live Music Fridays.
Paulette’s RIVER INN, 50 HARBOR TOWN SQUARE 260-3300
Live Pianist Thursdays, 5:308:30 p.m., Fridays and Saturdays, 5:30-9 p.m., Sundays, 11 a.m.-2 p.m., and MondaysWednesdays, 5:30-8 p.m.
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The Cove 2559 BROAD 730-0719
BOOKER T. JONES AT THE HALLORAN CENTRE This Saturday night, Memphis music legend Booker T. Jones will kick off the inaugural On Stage at the Halloran Centre series. Most known as the keyboard player for the widely popular Stax band Booker T. & the M.G.’s, Jones has been the recipient of five Grammy awards, including the Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award. He is a member of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and the Musicians Hall of Fame. In addition to that impressive resume, Jones has produced albums for Rita Coolidge, Bill Withers, and Willie Nelson, and played on albums by Ray Charles and Neil Young. Joining Jones on stage at the Halloran Centre will be three handpicked horn players from the Stax Music Academy. The players will join on the songs “Mr. Big Stuff ” and “Respect Yourself,” and classmates of the students selected to participate will have the opportunity to sit in on the sound check before the show. Stax Musical Director Paul McKinney said this is a great learning experience for the students at Stax. “Any time our students have the opportunity to interact with original Stax Records artists, it’s like something magical happens,” McKinney said. “But for three of our students to perform in public on stage with an artist of Booker’s caliber and status in the music world will be life-changing for them.” Individual tickets are available for $35.00 and can be picked up at the Halloran Centre or by calling their ticket office. Tickets are also available at the Booksellers of Laurelwood and through Ticketmaster. Purchasing tickets in advance is recommended. — Chris Shaw Booker T. Jones, Saturday, September 10th, 7:30 p.m. $35.
Purple Haze Nightclub 140 LT. GEORGE W. LEE 577-1139
DJ Dance Music MondaysSundays, 10 p.m.
Rumba Room 303 S. MAIN 523-0020
South Main
The Silly Goose 100 PEABODY PLACE 435-6915
DJ Cody Fridays, Saturdays, 10 p.m.
422 N. CLEVELAND
Acoustic Soul Series: Fred X & Friends Wednesday, Sept. 14, 6-9 p.m.
Bhan Thai 1324 PEABODY 272-1538
Half Step Down Saturdays, 7-10:30 p.m.
Blue Monkey 2012 MADISON 272-BLUE
Karaoke Thursdays, 9 p.m.midnight; Hee-BGB’S Friday, Sept. 9; Papa Top’s West Coast Turn Around Saturday, Sept. 10.
University of Memphis Newby’s Objekt 12 “Funk U Up Party” (Album Release Party) Friday, Sept. 9, 10 p.m.-1 a.m.
Ubee’s 521 S. HIGHLAND 323-0900
Karaoke Wednesdays, 9 p.m.-2 a.m.
Murphy’s
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Noisem Thursday, Sept. 8; Fast Mothers Friday, Sept. 9; River City Cadillacs Friday, Sept. 9, 6-9 p.m.
Dan McGuinness Pub 4694 SPOTTSWOOD 761-3711
Karaoke Wednesdays, 8 p.m.
P&H Cafe
Folk’s Folly Prime Steak House
1532 MADISON 726-0906
Rock Starkaraoke Fridays; Open Mic Music with Tiffany Harmon Mondays, 9 p.m.midnight.
551 S. MENDENHALL 762-8200
Intimate Piano Lounge featuring Charlotte Hurt Mondays-Thursdays, 59:30 p.m.; Larry Cunningham Fridays, Saturdays, 6-10 p.m.
Rhodes College, Tuthill Performance Hall 2000 N. PARKWAY 843-3000
Faculty Concert Series Thursday, Sept. 8, 7:30 p.m.
Fox and Hound Sports Tavern 5101 SANDERLIN 763-2013
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The Soul Connection Fridays, Saturdays, 11 p.m.-3 a.m.
Memphis Ukelele Meetup Tuesdays, 6-7:30 p.m.
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Johnny Mac Thursday, Sept. 8, 6 p.m.; Pam & Terry Friday, Sept. 9, 6:30 p.m.; Susan Marshall & Friends Saturdays, 11 a.m.; The River Bluff
Wild Bill’s 1580 VOLLINTINE 207-3975
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Minglewood Hall
2119 MADISON 207-5097
2542 BROAD
SOR Memphis Summer 2016 Performance Showcase Saturday, Sept. 10, 12-8 p.m.
Midtown Crossing Grill
1555 MADISON 866-609-1744
Reba Russell Sunday, Sept. 11, 4-7 p.m.; J.P. Soars & the Red Hots Sunday, Sept. 11, 8:30 p.m.-midnight.
Water Tower Pavilion on Broad
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1474 MADISON 275-8082
Strong Martian, Monticello, Gold Connection, Louis Page Thursday, Sept. 8, 9 p.m.; Diarrhea Planet, Pujol, China Gate Friday, Sept. 9, 9 p.m.; Allah-Las with TOPS Saturday, Sept. 10, 9 p.m.; Amasa Hines Sunday, Sept. 11, 9 p.m.; The Melvins with Helms Alee Monday, Sept. 12, 7 p.m.; Game of Thrones Burlesque Tuesday, Sept. 13, 8 p.m.; Liquid Stranger, Bleep Bloop, Perkulat0r, Shlump, Gutta Kick Wednesday, Sept. 14, 9 p.m.
Bluesday Tuesday Tuesdays, 7:30-9:30 p.m.
North Mississippi Allstars Friday, Sept. 9, 7 p.m.; Civil Twilight Saturday, Sept. 10, 7 p.m.; Delta Rae Sunday, Sept. 11, 7 p.m.; Levitt Shell 80th Anniversary: Cedric Burnside & Sons of Mudboy Tuesday, Sept. 13, 7-10 p.m.
Karaoke Fridays-Sundays. 412-414 N. CLEVELAND 278-TONE
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Dru’s Place
1927 MADISON 726-4372
Ted Drozdowski’s Scissormen Concert Friday, Sept. 9, 7-10 p.m.
Salsa Night Saturdays, 8:30 p.m.-3 a.m.
Crosstown Arts Gallery
Huey’s Midtown
Loflin Yard 7 W. CAROLINA
Ed Finney & the U of M Jazz Quartet Thursdays, 9 p.m.; The Lesser Knowns Friday, Sept. 9, 10 p.m.; Reach Saturday, Sept. 10, 10 p.m.; Justin White Mondays, 7 p.m.; Don & Wayde Tuesdays, 7-10 p.m.; Karaoke Wednesdays, 10 p.m.
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The Windjammer Restaurant 786 E. BROOKHAVEN CIRCLE 683-9044
Karaoke ongoing.
Poplar/I-240 East Tapas and Drinks 6069 PARK 767-6002
Carlos & Adam from the Late Greats Thursdays, 7-9 p.m.; Elizabeth Wise Tuesdays, 7-9 p.m.; Van Duren Solo Tuesdays, 7-9 p.m.
RockHouse Live
The Dantones Sunday, Sept. 11, 8:30 p.m.-midnight.
Arlington/Eads/ Oakland/Lakeland
5709 RALEIGH-LAGRANGE 386-7222
T.J. Mulligan’s Cordova
4202 HACKS CROSS 757-1423
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.
Live Bands Fridays, Saturdays, 8 p.m.; Open Mic Mondays Mondays, 8 p.m.-midnight; Live Music Tuesdays, Wednesdays, 8 p.m.-midnight.
8071 TRINITY 756-4480
The Southern Edition Band Tuesdays.
Ronnie Caldwell Three Sunday, Sept. 11, 8-11:30 p.m.
Ice Bar & Grill Unwind Wednesdays Wednesdays, 6 p.m.-midnight.
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Live Entertainment Fridays, Saturdays, 9 p.m.-1 a.m.
Huey’s Southaven 7090 MALCO, SOUTHAVEN, MS 662-349-7097
Vintage Sunday, Sept. 11, 8 p.m.-midnight; Karaoke Night Mondays, 8-10 p.m.
Sam’s Town Hotel & Casino 1477 CASINO STRIP RESORTS 662-357-7686
Roxi Love Friday, Sept. 9, 9 p.m.-2 a.m. and Saturday, Sept. 10, 9 p.m.-2 a.m.
Tunica Roadhouse 1107 CASINO CENTER, TUNICA, MS 662-363-4900
Live Music Fridays, Saturdays.
Owen Brennan’s
Raleigh
THE REGALIA, 6150 POPLAR 761-0990
Stage Stop
Lannie McMillan Jazz Trio Sundays, 10 a.m.-2 p.m.
661 N. MENDENHALL
High Point Pub 477 HIGH POINT TERRACE 452-9203
Pubapalooza with Stereo Joe Every other Wednesday, 8-11 p.m.
Maria’s Restaurant 6439 SUMMER 356-2324
Karaoke Fridays, 5-8 p.m.
Whitehaven/ Airport Marlowe’s Ribs & Restaurant 4381 ELVIS PRESLEY 332-4159
Karaoke with DJ Stylez Thursdays, Sundays, 10 p.m.
Dantones Band Friday, Sept. 9, 8 p.m.-midnight.
Live Music Thursdays, 5 p.m.; Karaoke Tuesdays.
Jack Rowell’s Celebrity Jam Thursdays, 8 p.m.; Rants Band Friday, Sept. 9, 7-11 p.m.; Eddie Smith Fridays, 8 p.m.; Natchez Saturday, Sept. 10, 8 p.m.; Sax on Sunday: Straight-Ahead and Mainstream Jazz Every fourth Sunday, 6:30-9:30 p.m.; Savannah Long Sunday, Sept. 11, 7 p.m.; Debbie Jamison & Friends Tuesdays, 6-10 p.m.; Elmo and the Shades Wednesdays, 8 p.m.-midnight.
Possum Daddy’s Karaoke Saturdays, 9 p.m.-2 a.m.
The Fillin Station 4840 VENTURE DR., SOUTHAVEN, MS 662-510-5423
6565 TOWNE CENTER, SOUTHAVEN, MS 662-536-2200
Neil’s Music Room
Barbie’s Barlight Lounge
Acoustic Music Tuesdays.
Fox and Hound Sports Tavern
5727 QUINCE 682-2300
Summer/Berclair
Dan McGuinness 3964 GOODMAN, SOUTHAVEN, MS 662-890-7611
2951 CELA 382-1576
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Bartlett Bartlett Performing Arts and Conference Center 3663 APPLING 385-6440
Bartlett Repertory Company in “Stones in his Pockets” Thursday, Sept. 8, 7-11 p.m., Friday, Sept. 9, 7-11 p.m., Saturday, Sept. 10, 7-11 p.m., and Sunday, Sept. 11, 2:30 p.m.
Hadley’s Pub 2779 WHITTEN 266-5006
Scott & Vanessa Sudbury unplugged Thursday, Sept. 8, 7 p.m.; Swingin’ Leroy Friday, Sept. 9, 9 p.m.; Full Circle Saturday, Sept. 10, 9 p.m.; Wolf River Rednecks and guest Sunday, Sept. 11; Charlie and Juno All Star Experience Wednesday, Sept. 14, 8 p.m.
Shelby Forest General Store 7729 BENJESTOWN 876-5770
Tony Butler Fridays, 6-8 p.m.
Frayser/Millington Haystack Bar & Grill 6560 HWY. 51 N. 872-0567
Collierville
Dantone Band Saturday, Sept. 10, 9 p.m.-1 a.m.
Collierville Town Square
Old Millington Winery
COLLIERVILLE
6748 OLD MILLINGTON 873-4114
15th Anniversary of 9/11 Commemorative Concert Sunday, Sept. 11, 7 p.m.
Winestock V: 9/11 Anniversary Memorial Sunday, Sept. 11.
Huey’s Collierville
Germantown
2130 W. POPLAR 854-4455
Soul Shockers Sunday, Sept. 11, 8-11:30 p.m.
Cordova Fox and Hound Sports Tavern 819 EXOCET 624-9060
Karaoke Tuesdays, 9 p.m.
Germantown Performing Arts Center 1801 EXETER 751-7500
Jim Brickman Saturday, Sept. 10, 8-10 p.m.
Huey’s Southwind 7825 WINCHESTER 624-8911
Gary Escoe’s Atomic Dance Machine Sunday, Sept. 11, 8:30 p.m.-midnight.
Mesquite Chop House 3165 FOREST HILL-IRENE 249-5661
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.
Shelby Farms 500 N. PINE LAKE 767-PARK
Rhodes Less Travelled Monday, Sept. 12, 4 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.
Open Mic Blues Jam with Brad Webb Thursdays, 7-11 p.m.
West Memphis/ Eastern Arkansas EACC Fine Arts Center Gallery EAST ARKANSAS COMMUNITY COLLEGE, 1700 NEWCASTLE, FORREST CITY, AR
Charley Pride Saturday, Sept. 10, 7:30 p.m.
Southland Park Gaming & Racing 1550 N. INGRAM, WEST MEMPHIS, AR 800-467-6182
Live Music Fridays, Saturdays, 10 p.m.; Live Band Karaoke Wednesdays, 7 p.m.
The New Backdour Bar & Grill 302 S. AVALON 596-7115
Ms. Ruby Wilson and Friends Sundays, 7 p.m.-midnight; Karaoke with Tim Bachus Mondays, 8 p.m.-1 a.m.; DJ Stylez Wednesdays, 8 p.m.1 a.m.
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Huey’s Germantown 7677 FARMINGTON 318-3034
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Huey’s Cordova 1771 N. GERMANTOWN PKWY. 754-3885
Live Music Fridays, 9 p.m.-1 a.m.
4872 POPLAR 682-7729
Charley Mac’s Six String Lovers Sunday, Sept. 11, 8:30 p.m.-midnight.
Old Whitten Tavern 2800 WHITTEN 379-1965
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Sure Shot I saw her, she was on my phone, on the I-40 bridge at the protest, which I was live streaming in my car riding in that direction from Columbus, Ohio. The second time I saw her became the third and fourth and so on, as her camerastrapped back appeared on my iPhone again and again, until the protest did, in fact, end peacefully and I was somewhere near Bucksnort. Prints from that night lay scattered across a large table the night I stopped by her (temporary) studio. Having been a newspaper photographer, she’s conditioned to this type of imagemaking: quick, in-action, fly-on-the-wall — with subjects not necessarily addressing the camera, but aware of it, in a tacit agreement so to have established this-has-been. But most of her practice has consisted of documentary photography. (The difference for the most part being a matter of time-on-task. It doesn’t follow the news cycle, so it’s not as quick and cavalier in its choosing. For every Aleppo boy, there are millions of images it does no good to see.) Although not from here, Morales couldn’t be more at home practicing in Memphis, and her documentation of our history-in-the-making (the Black Lives Matter protest for Darius Stewart in July of 2015; William H. Foote Homes, the last of the city’s original public housing projects, slated for demolition this year; Memphis churchgoers’ march against violence on “White Out Sunday,” August 2015) has already been featured alongside images of Dr. King (speaking at the Mason Temple in support of the Memphis sanitation workers’ strike, shortly before his assassination) in Places Journal online. The history-in-the-making she is capturing during her studio time is in the North Memphis/ Crosstown area in the time immediately before the formerly vacant Sears building gets transformed into a vertical village. How is this affecting community
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More portraits at Crosstown
Damarquis, 16, back-to-school after haircut members like Donna Palmer, who purchased a home that backs up to the former warehouse 14 years ago for less than $40,000? Also included are images of families in the wider downtown area who have been impacted by change, such as a family in what was formerly Hurt Village. All of these images are part of our studium, of general interest for the community of Memphis. But how to look closer? For this, Barthes talks about the punctum, the “element which rises from the scene, shoots out like an arrow, and pierces.” The way a child is held up in front of their caregiver at a public vigil or another crouches down with a light in their hand in the corner of an image. Look closely at any of these images, and you will see punctum. The other half of Morales’ project at Crosstown Arts consists of studio portraits. Here she invites residents of the North Memphis/Crosstown community into the studio to take their portraits. Much like yearbook photos chart the growth of one adolescent while also making record of the class as a whole, her drive is to document the present history and its occupants. This service is available by appointment through September 18th.
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n 1980, Roland Barthes talks about “the impulse of overready subjectivity” the “I like/I don’t like” in Camera Lucida, his chapbook love letter to photography. What we like constitutes our general, or polite, interest: a field of familiarity that’s a consequence of our knowledge, culture, style, politics, and so forth. We have a general, enthusiastic commitment to such images but without special acuity. Barthes didn’t live to see how prescient what he called studium would turn out to be, basically describing the corpus of images passively endorsed on social media. The order of “like” is where intention meets understanding and we all nod along. The photographer and spectator align. A little culture bubbles up. All right. Photographer and Crosstown Arts summer studio resident Andrea Morales and I had met briefly at an event several months ago. The next time
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Andrea Morales’ residency at Crosstown Arts.
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Buckman Arts Center at St. Mary’s School
Phare Cambodian Circus, uniquely Cambodian, daringly modern, and more than just a circus, using theater, music, dance, and fresh acrobatics to interpret Cambodian history and folk tales. (537-1483), www.stmarysschool.org. $25. Sat., Sept. 10, 7-9 p.m. 60 N. PERKINS EXT. (537-1483).
The Evergreen Theatre The Prince and the Pauper, www.theatreworksmemphis. org. Sept. 9-Oct. 2. 1705 POPLAR (274-7139).
Germantown Community Theatre
The Odd Couple, this classic comedy of divorced Oscar Madison and Felix Unger, who has just been separated from his wife. The clean-freak and the slob ultimately decide to room together with hilarious results. www.gctcomeplay.org. Sept. 9-25.
TheatreWorks
Out of the Closet: 10-minute Play Fest. www.etcmemphistheater.com. $10. Fri.-Sun., Sept. 9-11. 2085 MONROE (274-7139).
A R T I ST R EC E PT I O N S
ANF Architects
Artist reception for “Architect Artists: A Collective Exhibit,” exhibition celebrating art and architecture featuring work by Clark Buchner, Bob Browne, Terry DeWitt, and Matthew Lee. www.anfa.com. Fri., Sept. 9, 5:30-7 p.m. 1500 UNION (278-6868).
Church Health Center Wellness
Opening reception for Frank Baer Photography, exhibition of acrylic mounted works with a portion of proceeds from sales benefiting the Church Health Center. www. churchhealthcenter.org. Fri., Sept. 9, 6-8 p.m.
3037 FOREST HILL-IRENE (754-2680).
1115 UNION (761-1278).
The Orpheum
Opening reception for “The Weight of Hope,” exhibition examining the frustrations, exhaustion, and possibilities of this particular political moment featuring work by Dread Scott, Terry Lynn, Mariam Ghani, and Damon Davis. www.rhodes.edu. Fri., Sept. 9, 5-7 p.m.
Dirty Dancing, classic story featuring heart-pounding music, passionate romance, and sensational dancing. www.orpheum-memphis. com. $25-$125. Sept. 13-18. 203 S. MAIN (525-3000).
Theatre Memphis
Beauty and the Beast, brings to life the timeless story of a selfish and hot-tempered prince who is turned into a hideous monster and must win the affection of a beautiful, young girl in order to regain his humanity. www.theatrememphis.org. $15-$30. Fridays, Saturdays, 8 p.m., Saturdays, Sundays, 2 p.m., and Thursdays, 7:30 p.m. Through Sept. 25.
Clough-Hanson Gallery
RHODES COLLEGE, 2000 N. PARKWAY (843-3000).
L Ross Gallery
Opening reception for “It’s a Thin Line Between,” exhibition of abstract work by David Comstock. www. lrossgallery.com. Fri., Sept. 9, 5-8 p.m. 5040 SANDERLIN (767-2200).
September 8-14, 2016
630 PERKINS EXT. (682-8323).
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First Congregational Church
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“The Weight of Hope” at Clough-Hanson Gallery
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.
National Civil Rights Museum
Opening reception for “The Purchased Lives,” exhibition covering a 57-year period from America’s abolition of the international slave trade through the end of the Civil War. www.civilrightsmuseum. org. Mon., Sept. 12, 6-8 p.m. 450 MULBERRY (521-9699).
Trezevant Manor
Artist reception for “I Can’t Believe It’s Colored Pencil,” exhibition and awards for Memphis Chapter of Colored Pencil Society of America. Sat., Sept. 10, 3:30-5 p.m. 177 N. HIGHLAND (325-4000).
WKNO Studio
Artist reception for “My Favorite Images,” exhibition of photography and cinematography by Bill Carrier. www.wkno. org. Fri., Sept. 9, 5-7 p.m. 7151 CHERRY FARMS (458-2521).
OT H E R A R T HAP P E N I N G S
Agnes Stark Pottery Summer Show and Sale Fri., Sept. 9, 10 a.m.-5 p.m., Sat., Sept. 10, 10 a.m.-5 p.m., and Sun., Sept. 11, 12-5 p.m.
AGNES STARK’S STUDIO, 12675 DONELSON (458-2354. 901-8679240), WWW.STARKPOTTERY.COM.
Artist Lecture: Dread Scott
Lecture by Dread Scott in conjunction with the exhibition “The Weight of Hope.” Scott, who makes revolutionary art to propel history forward, will discuss his life and work. Thurs., Sept. 8, 6 p.m. CLOUGH-HANSON GALLERY, RHODES COLLEGE, 2000 N. PARKWAY (843-3000), WWW.RHODES.EDU.
CALENDAR: SEPTEMBER 8 - 14 Mid-South Book Festival
Featuring author panel discussions and presentations including 75 authors from around the United States, signings, student writers conference (for ages 13-17), street fair, and more. Through Sept. 11.
See performances in your community. For more information and scheduled community performances, visit website. Through Sept. 30. VARIOUS LOCATIONS, SEE WEBSITE FOR MORE INFORMATION, WWW.OPERAMEMPHIS.ORG/30-DAYSCALENDAR.
PLAYHOUSE ON THE SQUARE, 66 S. COOPER (726-4656), WWW.MIDSOUTHBOOKFEST.ORG.
Outflix Film Festival
DAN C E
Carnival of the Animals
Ballet Memphis brings to amazing life the colorful creatures from Camille SaintSaens’ famous score. Featuring family fun, arts, crafts, and food trucks. All ages. Picnics welcome. $10-$25. Sat., Sept. 10, 6:30 p.m. MEMPHIS BOTANIC GARDEN, 750 CHERRY (636-4100), WWW.MEMPHISBOTANICGARDEN.COM.
P O ET RY/ S PO K E N WO R D
University of Memphis Holiday Inn
60th Mid-South Poetry Festival and Competition, participate in one of 32 poetry contests. For more information, visit website. (361-0077), poetrysocietytn. org. $10-$20. Through Sept. 30. 3700 CENTRAL (678-8200).
B O O KS I G N I N G S
Booksigning by Darrell Uselton and Jimmye Pidgeon
Authors discuss and sign Pidgeon Droppings: A Story of Survival and Redemption. Sun., Sept. 11, 2 p.m. THE BOOKSELLERS AT LAURELWOOD, 387 PERKINS EXT. (6839801), WWW.THEBOOKSELLERSATLAURELWOOD.COM.
Booksigning by Dick Wall (Carol Wall)
Author representative discusses and signs Mister Owita’s Guide to Gardening: How I Learned the Unexpected Joy of a Green Thumb and an Open Heart. Carol Wall passed away, December 2014. Wed., Sept. 14, 1 p.m. MEMPHIS BOTANIC GARDEN, 750 CHERRY (636-4100), WWW. MEMPHISBOTANICGARDEN.COM.
Booksigning by Jacqueline Woodson
Author discusses and signs Another Brooklyn. Thurs., Sept. 8, 6 p.m. CROSSTOWN STORY BOOTH, 422 N. CLEVELAND (507-8030), WWW.THEBOOKSELLERSATLAURELWOOD.COM.
Booksigning by Kimberly McCollum & Willy Bearden Authors discuss and sign Elmwood Cemetery. Thurs., Sept. 8, 5:30 p.m.
ELMWOOD CEMETERY, 824 S. DUDLEY (774-3212), WWW.ELMWOODCEMETERY.ORG.
“It’s a Thin Line Between” at L Ross Gallery Booksigning by Sara Babcox First
Author discusses and signs Memphis Boo: Scary Tales of the City. Tues., Sept. 13, 6:30 p.m. THE BOOKSELLERS AT LAURELWOOD, 387 PERKINS EXT. (683-9801), WWW.THEBOOKSELLERSATLAURELWOOD.COM.
Booksigning Joseph A. Rosen
Author discusses and signs Blues Hands. Fri., Sept. 9, 3-6 p.m. THE BLUES FOUNDATION, 421 S. MAIN, WWW.BLUES.ORG.
LECTU R E / S P EA K E R
The Voices of Yellow Fever: A Very Special Luncheon & Presentation
Elmwood Players present a first-person narrative account of what life was like during the yellow fever. Meet costumed characters with stories of triumph and tragedy that will leave you breathless. Lunch included. $18. Tues., Sept. 13, 10:30 a.m. ELMWOOD CEMETERY, 824 S. DUDLEY (774-3212), WWW.ELMWOODCEMETERY.ORG.
Featuring 12 Features, 6 Documentaries, and 14 shorts. See website for film schedule and festival passes. Wed.-Sun., Sep. 7-11.
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SEPTEMBER 9 & 10
Rock out to classic albums, like Weezer’s “Blue Album,” the Beatles’ Magical Mystery Tour, and Radiohead’s OK Computer along with a tribute to Jimi Hendrix & Metallica. $10. Sat., Sept. 10, 12-8 p.m. WATER TOWER PAVILION ON BROAD, 2542 BROAD (730-4380),
Southern Junkers Vintage Market
CITY MIX
Over 65 Vendors from across the U.S.A. featuring vintage, farmhouse, upcycled, repurposed, cool junk, vintage fashion show, food, live music, and more. Free. Sat.-Sun., Sept. 10-11, 10 a.m.
SEPTEMBER 16 & 17
THE TOWER COURTYARD AT OVERTON SQUARE, 2092 TRIMBLE PLACE (412-5485).
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Academy Making Wishes on a Starry Night 5K Glow Run
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5K glow run and one-mile fun run benefitting Make-AWish Mid-South Fri., Sept. 9, 7-11 p.m.
SEPTEMBER 23 & 24
LICHTERMAN NATURE CENTER, 5992 QUINCE (719-291-2098), WWW.ACADEMYWISH5K.ORG.
F ES TI VA LS
45th Annual Germantown Festival
Featuring crafts & vendors, live music, free parking, free shuttle bus, food & drink, and the running of the weenies on Saturday. Free. Sat., Sept. 10, 9:30 a.m.-6 p.m., and Sun., Sept. 11, 12-6 p.m. GERMANTOWN CIVIC CLUB COMPLEX, 7745 POPLAR PIKE, WWW. GERMANTOWNFEST.COM.
Fourth Bluff Fridays
Located in Memphis Park next to the Law School, featuring food trucks, local beer, and live music. Fri., Sept. 9, 4:30-9 p.m. UNIVERSITY OF MEMPHIS LAW SCHOOL, U OF M CAMPUS.
S P E C IA L E V E N TS
27th Southern Heritage Classic
Fun-filled events that include two concerts, parade, fashion show, golf tournament, tailgating, and football game between rivals Jackson State University (JSU) and Tennessee State University (TSU), and more. Thur.-Sat., Sept. 8-10. VARIOUS LOCATIONS, SEE WEBSITE FOR MORE INFORMATION, WWW. SOUTHERNHERITAGECLASSIC.COM.
30 Days of Celebration
Enjoy free events for park fans of all ages including nature, fitness, arts, and music. For more information including dates and times, visit website. Free. Through Sept. 30. SHELBY FARMS, 500 N. PINE LAKE (767-PARK), WWW.SHELBYFARMSPARK.ORG.
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Delta Fair & Music Festival Through Sept. 11.
AGRICENTER INTERNATIONAL, 7777 WALNUT GROVE (452-2151), WWW.DELTAFEST.COM.
Pokémon GO Lure Party
Come out to meet fellow Pokémon trainers at Rainbow Lake Pavilion, where we will have a charging station, human Pokéball, food vendors, and more. Thurs., Sept. 8, 3-7 p.m.
MEMPHIS ZOO, 2000 PRENTISS PLACE IN OVERTON PARK (333-6500), WWW.MEMPHISZOO.ORG.
BAOBAB FILMHOUSE, 652 MARSHALL, WWW.BAOBABFILMHOUSE.CCOM.
MALCO STUDIO ON THE SQUARE, 2105 COURT (725-7151), WWW.UNREALFILMFEST.COM.
Top 40 Under 40 Urban Elite Professionals Documentary
Wider Angle Film Series: The Automatic Hate
BAOBAB FILMHOUSE, 652 MARSHALL, WWW.BAOBABFILMHOUSE.COM.
Zoo Rendezvous, an Evening in Africa
Ages 21 and up invited to taste and experience the best food, beverages, and entertainment this city has to offer. $200. Sat., Sept. 10, 7-10:30 p.m.
5th annual sci-fi, horror, and fantasy film festival bringing great genre films from around the world to Memphis. $12-$32. Fri., Sept. 9, 6 p.m.-midnight, Sat., Sept. 10, noon-midnight, and Sun., Sept. 11, 2-8 p.m.
Thursdays, 6 p.m. Through Oct. 31.
OVERTON PARK, OFF POPLAR, WWW.OVERTONPARK.ORG.
Unreal Film Festival
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. See website for film schedule. $8. Through Sept. 28, 7 p.m.
A successful chef meets an alluring young woman who claims to be his first cousin from an uncle he didn’t know existed. Intrigued, he follows her to the cousin’s upstate New York farm, uncovering family secrets. Free. Wed., Sept. 14, 6 p.m. BENJAMIN L. HOOKS CENTRAL LIBRARY, 3030 POPLAR (415-2726).
Phare Cambodian Circus at Buckman Arts Center
FO O D & D R I N K EVE N TS
Art on Tap
Annual beer tasting featuring unlimited beer samplings from around the world and food. Free for Young at Art members, $30 Dixon members, $40 nonmembers. Fri., Sept. 9, 6-9 p.m. THE DIXON GALLERY & GARDENS, 4339 PARK (761-5250), WWW.DIXON.ORG.
FIRST RESPONDERS
FREE BUFFET
Cocktails for a Cause
To be held at 1509 Peabody benefiting Choices. Fri., Sept. 9, 5-7 p.m. CHOICES, 1726 POPLAR (791-9384), WWW.MEMPHISCHOICES.ORG.
SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 11
Food Truck Garden Party
RIVERVIEW BUFFET • 8am - 9pm
Bring your team spirit for a tailgate-style party with your favorite local food trucks featuring lawn games, tailgate competition, Memphis Parent PlayZone, live entertainment, and more. Free-$10. Wed., Sept. 14, 5-8 p.m.
Show your responder ID and dine on us. First responders include police officers, firefighters, paramedics, and emergency medical technicians.
MEMPHIS BOTANIC GARDEN, 750 CHERRY (636-4100), WWW.MEMPHISBOTANICGARDEN.COM.
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Couple in New York have visitors who push every button in the couple’s relationship. Fri.-Sun. Through Sept. 11. BAOBAB FILMHOUSE, 652 MARSHALL, WWW.BAOBABFILMHOUSE.CCOM.
Indie Memphis Music Film Series
Watch a film on the lawn. Picnics are welcome. Food trucks will be present for food and beverage purchase. Thursdays, 7 p.m. Through Oct. 31. LEVITT SHELL, OVERTON PARK (272-2722), WWW.LEVITTSHELL.ORG.
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The Seasons in Quincy: Four Portraits of John Berger Documentary about esteemed writer, art critic, and painter John Berger is comprised of four parts, each directed by a different person and their relationship with the subject. $9. Sat., Sept. 10, 2 p.m. MEMPHIS BROOKS MUSEUM OF ART, 1934 POPLAR (544-6209), WWW.BROOKSMUSEUM.ORG.
Snowden Live
Biographical political thriller and exclusive live interview between Edward Snowden and Oliver Stone. The live interview will immediately follow movie screening. Wed., Sept. 14, 6:30 p.m. MALCO PARADISO CINEMA, 584 S. MENDENHALL (682-1754), WWW.MALCO.COM.
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egetarians, at long last, will no longer have to fake their hamburgasms. The debut of the most meat-like veggie burger ever, at NYCs Momofuku Nishi, has made a big, bloody splash in the food world — and especially in the burgeoning plant-based foods community. The appropriately named Impossible Burger sizzles like a burger, sending delectable clouds of meaty umami through the air. It browns like a burger, and this pleasing crisp skin manages to contain the juices that run blood-red when bitten into. People who regularly eat meat are lining up to pay 20 bucks for one of these bleeding burgers, invented by Silicon Valleybased Impossible Foods and retailed by the famed restaurateur David Chang. The Impossible Burger is meaty enough to satisfy the experts, as Business Insider correspondent and dedicated meat-eater Linette Lopez observed. “If Chang had told me that I was eating a burger made of rare bird meat or some small woodland creature, I wouldn’t have been surprised. If he had told me that it was meat made from the wisest, noblest seal in the Arctic, I would’ve paused — but more importantly, I would’ve kept eating.” For environmental, human health, and animal welfare concerns, plant-based fake animal products are all the rage these days, and I’ve been consistently disappointed in nearly all of them. Despite the accolades attached to the Impossible Burger, I had no reason to believe it was going to be anything more than pie in the sky, until I learned how it’s made. The folks at Impossible Foods are using an ingredient I’d learned about decades ago, when I was getting a biology degree. I remember my plant physiology professor’s excitement about a molecule called leghemoglobin, and its role in nitrogen fixation, the process by which leguminous plants like peas or beans are able to create their own fertilizer from the air. Leghemoglobin is short for legume-hemoglobin. Hemoglobin is the molecule in blood that grabs oxygen from your lungs and ferries it to your cells. Leghemoglobin, the vegetal version of hemoglobin, is red when attached to oxygen. But the reason your peas and other legumes don’t bleed is that leghemoglobin is found in the roots. The folks at Impossible Foods are cultivating leghemoglobin in vats, and it’s fitting that veggie burger blood is found in legumes. This is the plant group that is frequently tapped by vegetarians for its protein content. The fact that plant-based
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What was your first drink? My first drink was the hardest drink, the rotgut stuff — Mad Dog 20/20. I got drunk as hell, and then I threw up everywhere. I wanted to feel what it feels like to get drunk, so I drank a lot. [Laughs] Mad Dog 20/20 has made an everlasting impression on my life. When do you usually drink? First, I’m a light social drinker. I might have a drink when I just want to relax at home. And then there are the times I just want to have fun, kick it, and get
“Get crunk, get buck?” You already know. Any rules about drinking when you’re going onstage? I drink very moderately before a performance, just enough to knock the edge off. Then I take a little cup on stage with me and take a sip here and there. Hustle Vodka — how do you like to drink it? With cranberry juice. It’s a corn-based vodka, and it’s actually pretty smooth. A lot of premium brands give me a headache, but I don’t feel hungover from this the next day, which is a super-plus. Hustle Vodka is for that drink you make yourself after a hard day. You’ve got to hustle to eat and survive in this world, and this brand is meant to be the alcohol that you take to drink and relax. Al Kapone
And the Memphis Heat? At first, I wasn’t sure about getting behind cinnamon whiskey. I wanted to work with Bill, but I have to like the product, too. My reputation is more important than making money. But the more I tried Memphis Heat, the more I loved it. It’s like Fireball, but I think it tastes better. I drink it on the rocks, or I mix it with Sassy Girl, a cream liqueur, to create a cocktail called the Bonnie & Clyde. Any other go-to drinks? If I’m not drinking a brand I’m associated with, Jack and ginger. What can the public expect when they run into you at the liquor store? Well, we can’t give away any free alcohol. I’ll be handing out CDs and signing autographs, making it a fun event. You know how I love to represent Memphis!
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FILM REVIEW By Chris McCoy and Bianca Philips
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he 19th year of the Outflix Film Festival finds it at a crossroads. Outgoing director Jeffrey Harwood thinks it’s a good place to be. “I’ve been working with Outflix since 2008,” and serving as director for two, he says. “It really has been a learning experience for me, seeing the crowds get bigger and the movies change. The quality of the films we have has changed. They’ve gotten better.” Harwood says queer cinema worldwide has expanded both in scope and subject matter. This year’s Outflix features works from Sweden, Germany, Chile, Argentina, the U.K., Ireland, France, and India. Subject matter has expanded from coming out stories and campy comedies to stories that encompass every aspect of life. “We’re seeing universal issues approached in LGBT terms — family issues, adoptions. These films aren’t all just about being gay, but because these characters are gay, it influences how they approach life. I think that’s one of the good ways that LGBT cinema is growing. We still have the campy comedies and the coming out stories, and we need them, because there are still people coming out — especially in the ‘flyover zone.’ People still need these stories, but for the rest of the community, we’re seeing ourselves reflected in far more and different ways than we were even five years ago,” Harwood says. The opening night film is Girls Lost, directed by Alexandra-Therese Keining. It’s the story of a trio of teenage outcasts who find a magic flower that turns them into boys. Once gender switched, they find attitudes toward them have changed dramatically. “The movie speaks to transgender issues and misogyny. They find that as boys, they are completely accepted. One of the girls discovers that the reason that she never felt at home [as a girl] is because this is who she is. She is trans.” Friday evening’s programming features films aimed at young people. In Henry Gamble’s Birthday Party, “A 17-year-old preacher’s kid is having a swim party for his birthday. One of his friends named Logan is attracted to him, and Henry is attracted to another guy who is not out yet. It examines the role of not just homosexuality, but sexuality and gender in role types. There are people
at the party who are at various points on the spectrum of acceptance,” Harwood says. Harwood is leaving Memphis to go to graduate school in Ohio, so this will be his last year as director. “We are going to be having a town hall on Sunday. We’ll fill the cinema at Ridgeway. This is an opportunity for a talkback, for the public to say what they like about Outflix, and what they would like to see changed … We want to talk about where we want to take Outflix, because next year is our 20th anniversary. So where does it need to go? How does it need to grow? … LGBT film festivals are still needed, because it’s an opportunity for us to come together in one place and an opportunity to educate the community. Here we are, we’re a part of Memphis, but you don’t know who we are. Come watch our films, and learn a little bit about us.” Check It Friday, September 9, 9:25 p.m. It’s an old TV trope — Kid gets bullied. Dad tells kid to fight back. Next time kid gets bullied, kid fights back. Bullies back off. But for many of the LGBTQ youth in a Washington, D.C.-based street gang called Check It, there was no dad to offer encouragement. And for many, there was no mom either because mom was off getting high on crack or too busy calling her son or daughter a “faggy-ass bitch” to care what was happening at school. That’s what happened to Alton, a young, slim, AfricanAmerican transgender woman with long, dark hair and a penchant for Jackie O-style sunglasses. Alton’s mom called her a “faggy-ass bitch” too many times, so Alton pushed her mother down a flight of stairs and was then sent to what she describes as a “mental home.” Then Alton found a new family in Check It. The gang, whose members carry brass knuckles and knives and are known around D.C. for not taking any shit, is the subject of Check It, a documentary that follows the lives of a few of the gang’s members and their efforts to make positive changes in their lives. Check It was formed in 2005 by three gay ninthgraders who were tired of being bullied. They started
Upstairs Inferno (left) and Girls Lost are just two of the films at the 19th Outflix Film Festival. fighting back, and their bullies backed off. Eventually, the gang of mostly black teens and young adults grew to more than 200 members. While the idea of a homophobia-fighting street gang sounds largely positive, the documentary makes clear that Check It often resorts to illegal activity for both defense and survival. Many of its transgender members, like Alton, are also sex workers on D.C.’s infamous K Street because it’s the only way they can find work. Others are just really into fighting. A gay man named Skittles, who has a cross tattoo under his eye and multiple piercings on his face, tells the camera that once he starts fighting, he doesn’t stop until the cops pull him off someone. A D.C.-area gang counselor named Ron “Mo” Moten comes along and tries to help a few Check It members get out of the gang life. He enrolls Alton and several others in a summer fashion camp, and he gets Skittles hooked up with a boxing coach. Mo’s results are mixed, and, as the members either embrace or reject the new positive outlets, the film showcases how these youth have been set up for failure. To succeed, they have to fight not only their bullies but also their own demons developed through years of parental neglect and societal oppression. — Bianca Phillips Upstairs Inferno Sunday, Sept. 7, 5 p.m. To hear its former patrons tell it, the Up Stairs Lounge was pretty tame for a New Orleans gay bar in the early 1970s. Piano Dave would regularly entertain the patrons, and beer busts would end with folks in a circle holding hands and singing. “It was more like a social club than a bar,” says Stewart Butler in Upstairs Inferno, Outflix 2016’s closing night documentary. The bar’s back room featured a small stage that was usually used for drag shows the regulars called “Nellydramas.” On Sunday nights, as the beer busts raged
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in the front room, it was transformed into the Metropolitan Community Church (MCC). It was on one of those Sunday nights, June 24, 1973, that the Up Stairs Lounge passed into infamy. Someone emptied a can of lighter fluid in the stairwell and started a fire that claimed the lives of 32 gay men. It was a tragedy, a crime, and a wake-up call for the Southern city’s gay community. Upstairs Inferno is director Robert L. Camina’s second documentary after 2012’s Raid of the Rainbow Lounge. The story of the Up Stairs arson has so many facets: A homosexual community on the cusp of liberation in the Stonewall era, the perilous position of LGBT-friendly Christianity, and a mystery that leads to uncomfortable answers. Camina chooses not to focus on the whodunit aspects of the story but spends his time immersed
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The Perilous Fight
THE LAST WORD
Oh, say, can we … have an adult discussion about the National Anthem without everyone getting all pissy about it? I understand that the sight of the stars and stripes means different things to different people. Some accept it as a symbol of the United States, while others don’t get the symbolism and revere a brightly decorated polyester stretch of fabric right up there with the Bible. I was taught in the Boy Scouts that the flag had to receive special treatment. It had to be folded a certain way, and if it touched the ground, the proper response was to burn it, which makes the topic of flag-burning more complex. We were also taught from infancy that when the National Anthem was played, we were to remove any head coverings and stand with either one hand over your heart or both by your side. While some people have deeply held convictions that soldiers bled and died for that flag, others believe just as strongly that soldiers died to protect the freedom to protest, even if it includes the flag. If you love the Second Amendment, you have to respect the First. But just let one professional athlete remain seated while the anthem is played, and social media explodes in anger and outrage. We have hurricanes, wildfires, zika, and a lunatic running for president, and people are upset because a football player chose not to stand? The latest in the saga of San Fransisco 49ers’ quarterback Colin Kaepernick’s objection to standing for the anthem occurred at a pre-season game in San Diego, and who doesn’t love a pre-season game? San Diego was celebrating its 28th annual “Salute to the Military,” with over 200 servicemen and women presenting a “super flag,” while color guards from all four branches of the military presented the regular-sized one. If that weren’t enough jingoism for you, they played the repugnant and nausea-producing Lee Greenwood song, “God Bless the U.S.A.,” with the stadium joining in. Even George M. Cohan thought it was a bit over the top. Then came Kaepernick’s gesture, and the crowd erupted in rage. He was booed louder than an illegal immigrant at a Trump rally. He explained his singular act as a way to protest racial oppression and the near monthly killing of unarmed black men by the police. “I’m not anti-American,” Kaepernick said, “I love America. … I want to help make [it] better.” Something about the public anger reminded me of the days when certain people expressed their patriotism by putting “Love it or leave it” bumper stickers on their trucks and flag decals in their windows. This is not the first time that this nation’s patriotic symbols have been appropriated by reactionaries and war hawks. Sometimes, it takes more courage to protest against what you believe to be unjust than to run to join the lynch mob. Colin From a songwriter’s point of view, the National Anthem just isn’t that great of a song. First, Francis Scott Key merely Kaepernick wrote a poem in 1814 called “Defense of Fort McHenry” while captive on a British ship watching the bombardment of Baltimore. Only later was the poem conjoined with a British drinking ditty called, “The Anacreontic Song,” whose last verse offered a toast, “with the myrtle of Venus with Bacchus’ vine.” It wasn’t declared the National Anthem until the Hoover administration in 1931. You’ve seen those ads that say, “Send us your poem, and for a nominal fee, we’ll put it to music.” I knew guys in Nashville that ran that scam for years, and it never produced a single good song. If F.S. Key had sent his poem to Nashville, it might have been difficult to put a peppy melody to his third verse, which reads in part, “Their blood has wash’d out their foul footsteps’ pollution/No refuge could save the hireling and the slave/From the terror of flight or the gloom of the grave.” Historians agree that Key, a slave-owner himself, was expressing his revenge over the deaths of freed slaves who fought with the British. We usually skip that verse. I never understood why they play the National Anthem before sporting events in the first place. And why do different sports get to pick and choose who plays it? Football, baseball, and basketball all do, but you’ve never heard the anthem before tee-off time in professional golf. At Churchill Downs, they sing “My Old Kentucky Home.” At the Preakness, they sing “Maryland, My Maryland,” and at the Belmont Stakes, they belt out Sinatra singing “New York, New York.” During the recent Rio Olympics, after the first 10 medal ceremonies, I started to mute the “Star Spangled Banner.” I mean, how many times can you hear the same song in a row? I like “Uptown Funk,” but I don’t want to hear it played 15 consecutive times. Is muting the National Anthem worse than sitting for it? I’ll bet all the incensed trolls who stormed social media were sitting on their asses too. Just because you’re in the Barcalounger in your underwear, why shouldn’t you stand for the anthem? These days, the “Star Spangled Banner” has become a vehicle for aspiring pop stars to demonstrate their vocal pyrotechnics and attitude. (See Christina Aguilera). The three greatest versions of the song are by Jimi Hendrix, Whitney Houston, and Marvin Gaye. YouTube “Marvin Gaye, 1983 NBA All-Star game,” and tell me I’m wrong. Since I respect freedom of expression, I stand with Kaepernick sitting. “America the Beautiful” should be the National Anthem anyway. If you lovers of tradition want something to really get mad about, be upset that the uber-patriotic “God Bless America,” has replaced “Take Me Out to the Ballgame” during the seventh-inning stretch. Randy Haspel writes the “Recycled Hippies” blog, where a version of this column first appeared.
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