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University Center Ballroom our 1353rd issue • 01.29.15 • cover story p. 16 Despite decades of evidence that it doesn’t work, Republicans are still advocating for a trickle-down economy. You know their thinking: If we just get out of the way and let the magic job-creators do their sweet capitalism, unimpaired by all those government regulations and taxes, the money will flow down to the middle class like tips to Mitt Romney’s pool boy.

The latest manifestation came last week, when Oklahoma Governor Mary Fallin signed a bill prohibiting cities across that state from establishing mandatory minimum wage and employee benefits, including vacation or sick leave days. Oklahoma City was trying to pass an ordinance raising the minimum wage from $7.25 to $10.10. Nope. Not going to happen, said GOP legislators. They contended that efforts to increase the minimum wage could potentially harm local business communities.

So much for small government.

Tennessee, of course, is ahead of the curve on this road to nowhere, having passed similar legislation last year. Meanwhile, the income inequality gap just keeps getting bigger and the middle-class keeps shrinking. According to a recent report by the Congressional Budget Office, raising the minimum wage from its current level of $7.25 to $10.10 would boost collective earnings by $31 billion for 33 million low-wage workers and lift an estimated 900,000 people out of poverty.

And what do you think those low-wage people will do with that extra $31 billion?

They won’t be funneling it into off-shore investments. They won’t be stashing it in Swiss bank accounts or European vacations. They will spend it — on food, housing, appliances, maybe even a car. Many of them will move from subsistence living with government benefits to being able to enter the economy and inject it with fresh revenue. That means more money in circulation, money that will flow to businesses in need of customers. Call it “trickle up.”

A healthy, vibrant middle class has always been the cornerstone of the American economy. We’ve tried letting the rich get richer and waiting for it trickle down, and it hasn’t worked — except for the rich, who have indeed gotten much richer over the past three decades.

And here’s the thing, even $10.10 an news & opinion hour isn’t a living wage. It’s $22,000 a year. But lETTERS - 4 that’s better than $15,000 a year, your salary ThE FlY-BY - 6 if you make $7.25 an hour. And no, most of AT lARGE - 11 those 33 million people earning minimum- or POlITICS - 13 low-wage are not teenagers working at fastEDITORIAl - 14 food restaurants.

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by Jackson Baker - 16 Romney, are making noises about fixing the steppin’ out income inequality problem. John Boehner WE RECOMMEND - 20 and Mitch McConnell were on CBS’ 60 MuSIC - 22 Minutes last weekend, saying they were all for AFTER DARk - 26 improving the plight of the middle class — as ThEATER - 30 long as we don’t, you know, actually raise the BOOk - 31 minimum wage.

Or do anything other than CAlENDAR OF EVENTS - 32 continuing to sing the praises of a trickleFOOD - 36 down economy.

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About Toby Sells’ post, “Bass Pro Jobs Fair Coming in February” …

Y’all might as well not even apply for the gator wrastlin’ job, cause I got it locked up.

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After reading the review by Chris Davis of Opera Memphis’ production of Hansel and Gretel, I was confused. I thought that I had attended an opera.

However, the review made apparent that I had attended an art show of the works of Michelle Duckworth with a ballet and musical backdrop of Hansel and Gretel. It was all about the stage art, as if the performers had nothing to do with mood, story propulsion, or much of anything else.

Perhaps I should contact Opera Memphis about a refund and scold them for false advertising. Or perhaps you should scold your reviewer for a single-minded review of an opera that had little to do with operatic performances. No named credit for the singers, some of whom spent nearly the entire 90 minutes on stage (a long time to gaze at nothing but scenery, however splendid) to say nothing of the musicians and directors responsible for the overall success of the show. Are there not appropriate avenues for praising Duckworth’s art that do not by back10:16 AM handed negligence discredit an entire production in the process?

I. Miller Editor’s note: Davis’ webpost was not a formal review of Hansel and Gretel; it was intended to spotlight a unique local artist, Michelle Duckworth.

About Jackson Baker’s story, “The Governor and the Majority Leader” ...

Sounds like the Mark Norris I know: prudent. Keeps an open mind.

Knows all the facts before he makes a decision. Pays attention to the details. Not swayed by emotion, but

About the passing of former University of Memphis Provost Ralph Faudree ...

Recently for the first time ever, the University of Memphis football team was ranked in the end-of-season AP Top 25. This is a great accomplishment and deserves great praise. That said, year in and year out for several years, the University of Memphis math department has consistently been ranked in the top 25 of a major subfield of mathematics: discrete mathematics. This is due largely to the efforts of one person, former provost and math professor Ralph Faudree.

One of the biggest figures of 20th century mathematics was Paul Erdős. With over 1,500 articles published in peer reviewed scholarly journals, Erdős is the most published mathematician in history. Erdős was so prolific and revered, it became an honor to co-author an article with him.

If you co-authored a paper with him, you became an Erdős 1.

Due to Professor Faudree’s dedication, the University of Memphis math department has had at least five Erdős 1 mathematicians. Out of the roughly 500 Erdős 1 co-authors that Erdős had, three of the five most frequent Erdős co-authors were University of Memphis professors: Cecil Rousseau, Richard Schelp, and Professor Faudree himself.

In the immediate short run, his death will have a significant impact on the department’s status as a top discrete mathematics program. Faudree’s contributions to math and the University of Memphis are his legacy. I hope that the greater Memphis community will recognize that legacy and rally around and support the University of Memphis math department, like we have admirably done for basketball and football, and ensure that the department maintains and improves its status as a premiere discrete mathematics department.

Mahendra Ramanna Prasad About Toby Sells post, “Trolley Plan to Go Public” …

It’s disappointing that a total shutdown was the course of action taken by MATA last June. Then it was only for “three or four months.” It was a total overreaction on MATA’s part. Get the trolleys back now; all lines are a vital part of our city.

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Somebody at The Charlotte Observer has been sipping on some sizzurp and listening to Isaac Hayes records.

A recent article slugged “Memphis for Romance?” notes that the Bluff City “has always had serious commitments to its music — world-famous blues, rock ’n’ roll, soul, and all things Elvis.” But where most travel stories stop, this one keeps going, and you can almost hear the porn funk in the background as the author writes about our renowned barbecue, chicken, and pork. “But on Valentine’s Day, the city falls head over heels, dimming the lights and putting on a slow-playing record for all the local and visiting sweethearts looking for a special day or evening. It’s a sexy city gone romantic.” Right on.

January 29-February 4, 2015

miSSiSSippi, Our NeighbOr Mississippi legislators have put forward a bill for a service that’s being called Venison Harvesting Program for Inmate Consumption. If passed, deer meat could be what inmates are having for dinner, solving a problem that probably doesn’t exist. “It costs $1.56 a day to feed an inmate,” Rankin County Chief Deputy Eddie Thompson was quoted as saying.

According to media reports, the bill would make hunters feel better about killing more than they can use. mONgO SAyS As more and more area politicians dip their toes into the mayoral campaign waters, your Pesky Fly has begun to stalk social media pages operated by Memphis’ perennially barefoot candidate Prince Mongo, just to see what the old alien might be up to these days. Turns out Mongo’s been visiting retirement centers and learning valuable life lessons, like this one, which he recently shared on Facebook: “Spirits just learned a hard lesson: NEVER go to the Sr. Center and bring up Deflate-gate and try to explain to hard of hearing old men about playing with under inflated balls, NEVER!!!” Sounds like a platform coming together.

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By Chris Davis. Email him at davis@memphisflyer.com.

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Trolley Transparency Public gets first look at MATA’s plan to bring trolleys back.

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Changes may be ahead for the Memphis trolley system as city leaders weigh in next week on the plan to bring the trolleys back.

The trolley system was shut down last June after two trolley cars caught fire on the Madison Line in separate events only seven months apart. Trolley 452 caught fire in November 2013. Trolley 553 caught fire on April 7th of last year. Both trolleys were burned beyond repair.

After the shutdown, the Memphis Area Transit Authority (MATA) brought in a team of rail and transportation safety experts to review the system and help get it back on track.

MATA leaders have said they would reveal the trolley plan to the public once the consultants finished their work. But the plan hasn’t surfaced yet.

Even though trolleys haven’t rumbled past Memphis City Hall in nearly eight months, they were on the minds of Memphis City Council members last week.

MATA President Ron Garrison asked council members to approve the use of $1.1 million in pre-approved capital funds last week for rail facility improvements. But council members asked Garrison to bring his request back to city

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Universal Parenting Places will help kids who exhibit negative behaviors.

If the populations of Knoxville and Chattanooga were combined, they still wouldn’t equal the number of adults in Shelby County who experienced some form of abuse, neglect, or household dysfunction as a kid.

A new privately funded task force recently administered an Adverse Childhood Experience (ACE) survey, and it showed that 52 percent (an estimated 361,200) of adults in Shelby County had at least one adverse childhood experience. These are categorized as things like child abuse, domestic violence, neglect, and alcoholism in the family.

For those who encountered adverse childhood experiences on a more consistent basis, the likelihood of them being unemployed, abusing drugs, having poor health, contracting sexually transmitted infections, or attempting suicide was significantly higher.

To intervene with kids who may be at risk of heading down a similar path, two Universal Parenting Places will be opened here this spring. The goal of these centers will be to aid and educate parents whose children are exhibiting negative behaviors on how to combat these issues before they progress.

“We have places for people to go once they’ve already experienced serious trauma and they’re having the symptoms, but we don’t really have a network of prevention,” said Barbara Holden Nixon, ACE task force chair. “When the normal challenges of childhood arise, there’s not a place for them to go to get help and guidance before those problems become a serious issue. We can avoid

so many of the problems that we are dealing with on the back end if we deal with them on the front end and really get to the root of the issue.”

There will be two pilot sites for the Universal Parenting Places. One will be established at Baptist Memorial Hospital for Women and the other at Knowledge Quest.

The sites will provide both individual and group education sessions around children’s emotional and behavioral health. There will also be arts-related activities, such as performances by theater troupe Playback Memphis, presented at the sites. A children’s play area will be available for kids who accompany their parents.

The Universal Parenting Places will be open to all area families. Centers can be accessed on a walk-in basis or through pediatrician referrals.

Last week, a public forum on adverse childhood experiences was held at the Salvation Army Kroc Center.

The event was filled with community leaders and featured several speakers, including Shelby County Mayor Mark Luttrell, Memphis Mayor A C Wharton, Dr. Vincent J. Felitti (co-principal investigator of the ACE study), and Robin Karr-Morse (Universal Parenting Places consultant).

The results of the ACE survey were shared during the event. Among the statistics revealed were that 20 percent of county adults experienced childhood sexual abuse; 41 percent of adults were bullied as children; and 37 percent witnessed a shooting or stabbing.

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hall next week, along with his plan for the trolley system.

Councilmembers Harold Collins and Shea Flinn expressed concerns about the system, especially the Madison Line. Flinn said he and Collins were “far from alone” about questions of trolleys on Madison and called the route a “difficult situation.”

Flinn said there have long been problems with trolley utilization overall but especially on the Madison Line.

“While we’re in repair and rebuild mode, we should be in rethink mode,” Flinn said. “The city has exhausted a lot of resources on this amenity, and I’m not sure we’re getting the bang for the buck from it that we could be. As we have this forced stoppage, we need to try and think of how we can make this a more-utilized asset.”

Collins said he’s seen and heard about problems of dependability on the trolley system. Any continuing trolley service needs to simply work for the citizens of Memphis, tourists, and business owners, he said.

“If we’re thinking about investing an enormous, no … if we’re going to reinvest “As we have this potentially an enormous amount of money on forced [trolley] this project [we should see a plan],” Collins stoppage, we need said. “But nobody seems to agree on or like what they’re doing now.” to try and think of When asked what potential changes he’d how we can make like to see in the trolley system, Collins said this a more-utilized he wanted better connectivity across the city. asset.” — Memphis He recalled a former plan to take a trolley even a bus from the end of the Madison City Council member or Line all the way to the corner of Madison and Shea Flinn Cooper. The move would help better connect downtown and Midtown.

MATA’s work is focused now on the repair and recertification of five trolley cars, all of them the larger cars. MATA says those are in the best condition and can also carry the most people.

When they are ready for service, the trolleys will bring service first to the Main Street Line. As more trolleys are repaired, they will be launched on the Riverfront Line and the Madison Line.

Garrison is scheduled to bring MATA’s trolley plan to city hall next Tuesday, February 3rd for a review by the council’s Public Works and Transportation Committee at 8:45 a.m.

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Shelby County through telephone interviews. Participants hailed from every zip code in the county. They were questioned about childhood living conditions and mistreatment, family dysfunction, current health status and behaviors, and other issues.

According to the survey, one out of five adults experienced two to three adverse experiences when they were kids; 12 percent of adults experienced four or more. The negative experiences were more likely to affect those who resided in the inner-city, lacked a high school education, and/or were poverty-stricken.

“There’s a lot of stigma attached to most adverse childhood experiences,” Holden Nixon said. “Most people don’t want to talk about emotional abuse. They don’t want to talk about physical abuse. They don’t want to talk about the things that have been painful in their childhood.”

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As a general rule, drinking and cycling at the same time is probably a bad idea — unless someone else is doing the steering.

That’s the case with the new River City Pedalers party bike, a mobile bar that’s propelled through the streets of downtown by pedal power. Patrons do the pedaling (and the boozing) while co-owner and licensed party bike operator Russell Young does the steering.

“We saw [Nashville’s party bike], and thought, ‘Ding, ding, ding! Memphis needs that’,” said co-owner Carolyn Young. “We’ve been working on getting this launched here for almost two years, but we didn’t tell a soul, just in case it didn’t work out.”

But luckily for the husband-and-wife team, it did. They purchased a 10-seater party bike from a manufacturer in Arizona, and Russell took the training course to learn how to operate it. They were open for business on December 31st.

For now, the bar is BYOB because current ordinances don’t allow for serving alcohol on a mobile unit. But there’s a cooler on board, and the Youngs are happy to stock it with whatever their customers bring to drink.

“Beer has to be in a cup, and we allow stops for people to get off and grab a drink. We can’t serve your beer because we’re not allowed to, but one of your people can serve,” Carolyn said.

Although they’ll occasionally pick up random riders around Beale during slow times, they prefer bookings

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of eight to 10 people — tour groups, bridal parties, birthday parties, or just groups of friends looking for a fun, new way to tour the city.

Here’s how it works: Riders sit on each side of the bar, and each bar stool has a set of pedals. The riders provide most of the power to make the bike go, but there is an electric motor Carolyn and Russell that Russell can activate to Young on the party bike accelerate uphill.

“I tell everybody that you’re entertaining thing,” Carolyn said. working off that beer,” Carolyn said.

The party bike seemed like the perfect fit. And since The bike tops out at a speed of about 7.5 miles per its launch on New Year’s Eve, the bike has been a hit hour, and just like with downtown’s horse carriages, it downtown. This past Saturday, when the weather was just above 50 degrees, they had three party bookings. can only be operated on streets with at least two lanes.

And they’ve already got groups booked for Memphis in On Riverside Drive, the bike is allowed to travel in the May weekend. new bicycle lane. They operate all around downtown Currently, patrons pay $20 per person to ride, but from the Pyramid in the north to the Memphis Farmers when the weather warms up, they’ll begin charging $24 a Market in the south.

Before launching River City Pedalers, the Youngs had head. Although there are only 10 bar stools, the bike can hold l4 people since there’s a non-pedaling bench on the been looking for a way to add a little more excitement back of the bike. to their careers. Carolyn previously cleaned houses for a To book a tour, call 825-7519. A website is in the living, and Russell still operates a construction company. works, but for now, River City Pedalers can be found “For years, we’ve been trying to find something for on Facebook. us to do after our 50s, and we’re really into the whole

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Several thousand rape kits still await analysis as officials try to nail down more funding.

• 12,374 total rape kits discovered untested in 2013/2014 • 6,340 kits untested by end of December 2014 • 2,075 kits at forensic laboratories now • 1,142 processed for at least serology • 1,771 negative for serology • 1,046 processed for DNA • 281 investigations have been initiated • 105 investigations remain active • 176 investigations have been closed • 21 individuals identified as being previously convicted • 52 indictments issued • 19 named suspects • 33 John Does (unidentified) • 22 victims/suspects are deceased • 30 victims declined to participate in an investigation • 2 victims were unable to be located by law enforcement • 28 cases were past the statute of limitations • 19 cases had insufficient/degraded DNA • 3 cases investigated did not meet the statute definitions of a crime

Additional funding for kit testing has come in the form of individual donations. More than $12,000 has been collectively donated to the Community Foundation of Greater Memphis’ Sexual Assault Resource Fund.

A climate-controlled storage room that can hold up to 50,000 pieces of DNA evidence is projected to be completed by late May. The city council allocated

$1 million to the MPD for its establishment. The storage room will be located in the old International Harvester building.

“We have an unprecedented opportunity to get additional justice in our community,” McGowen said. “We understand that there are individuals who are worrying about the status of their case and do not have closure in that part of their lives. This work is so important to do.”

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Manhattan District Attorney’s office. The agency has committed to providing $35 million for rape-kit testing nationwide.

The SAK Taskforce will also apply for the White House/Department of Justice Grant Program, which is allocating $41 million to help eradicate the nation’s rapekit backlog and improve sexual-assault investigations. The program has yet to begin accepting applications.

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More than 7,400 of the 12,374 untested rape kits discovered by the Memphis Police Department (MPD) in late 2013 and early 2014 still await laboratory analysis.

The latest update on the city’s rape-kit backlog, which includes sexual assault kits taken as far back as 1975, were disclosed during the Memphis City Council’s Public Safety and Homeland Security Committee meeting on Tuesday, January 20th.

According to the Sexual Assault Kit (SAK) Taskforce, by the end of December, there were still 6,340 untested rape kits. Another 1,142 have been processed for serology (evidence of bodily fluids) but haven’t been sent off to a laboratory for DNA analysis.

This leaves the number of kits that have been analyzed or are at the lab awaiting analysis at 4,892.

“Testing the kits is the easy part,” said Doug McGowen of the SAK Taskforce.

“We’ve already started 280-plus investigations. Each investigation takes 40 hours of police officer time. It’s going to cost a significant amount of money to put police officers and the significant support in place to do the number of investigations that we’re going to have to do.”

It’s estimated to cost more than $6.5 million to test all of the city’s backlogged rape kits. Thus far, the city has reportedly allocated $4.25 million, and the state has provided $1 million toward kit testing.

A funding gap of $512,855 remains.

The gap must be closed before the city can access a $750,000 challenge grant that was awarded by the Plough Foundation to help in the city’s kit testing.

To fill the gap as well as provide additional personnel for investigations and prosecutions, the SAK Taskforce has applied for funding being offered by the

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New plan oversees future of Overton Park’s Old Forest.

Parts of Overton Park — the Rainbow Lake playground, the dog park —have seen vast improvements, but the state natural area nestled in the heart of the park may be next on the list for upgrades.

A new Old Forest State Natural Area Management Plan focuses on recommendations to improve the Old Forest area within the park, including management goals and dealing with natural threats to the forest.

The plan was prepared by the Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation, but the Overton Park Conservancy is spearheading the plan’s management. A yearly annual report will go through the state from the conservancy. The Old Forest is a state-protected natural area that encompasses 126 acres of the park.

A meeting held last Saturday detailed the Old Forest management plan for interested park users. Tina Sullivan, the executive director of the Overton Park Conservancy, opened the meeting with an overview of the changes coming for the Old Forest area.

“The board generally acknowledged that the Old Forest is one of the most important features that we needed to focus on,” Sullivan said. “We wanted to promote greater awareness and use of the forest by replacing those worn-out vehicle barriers that you see at some entrances in the park. One of the ideas we have for doing that is creating new entry portals that have some interpretive information and some maps.”

The plan also addresses how to deal with the invasive flora and fauna that grow in the forest. Plants typical of the South like kudzu and tree-of-heaven have grown to a point of concern. And it touches on care for aging trees in the historic forest.

“Obviously, old trees are like us. They don’t recover as well when they get injured when they get older,” said Eric Bridges, director of operations and capital improvements for the Conservancy.

Bridges also mentioned “excessive” trails, which are listed as a threat, particularly because their maintenance drains resources.

“We know we have a lot of trails in the Old Forest,” he said. “Some of them circle around each other and go to the same place, so because of that, no new trails are recommended in this plan. A reduction in trails is also recommended.”

The conservancy will also be partnering with researchers from the University of Memphis and Rhodes College to study the state of the Old Forest. Bridges added that the ecological state of the forest is dependent upon research, that recreation is secondary to the state and well-being of the forest.

“The idea is to encourage people to come into the forest and explore, to make it feel like a safe place to be,” Sullivan said.

The conservancy, which was founded in 2012, has completed a number of projects in Overton Park, including the well-received Overton Bark dog park, improvements to the playground, remodeled restrooms, and the bike gate sculpture at East Parkway.

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The Political Morass

We should have learned by now that the color of our leaders’ skin is irrelevant.

That exchange struck me as the epitome of the political morass in Memphis we have endured for decades.

Never has a city administration and the council been at loggerheads as strongly as they are now. The past week’s announced mediation settlement of the long-delayed funding for Shelby County Schools only reflected the great chasm of distrust, contempt, and miscommunication that exists between the seventh and bottom floors of City Hall. With a city-wide election coming in October, the level of rancor would only seem to be headed toward even greater depths of political grandstanding, divisiveness, and the embarrassing exploitation of racial bigotry from blacks and whites alike.

But, 2015 offers us a chance to get on track toward positive change, and I’ll tell you why it should happen.

Since Councilman Jim Strickland officially entered the mayoral race, I have read the fervid Facebook comments of those who believe that a white candidate cannot possibly understand

or embrace the hopes and dreams of a predominately black populace. But, isn’t a mayor someone who is supposed to be a visionary leader for all citizens regardless of his own ethnic background? Isn’t a mayor the chief executive who vows, “The buck stops here,” and then comes before the city’s governing body to make his case in person, rather than send others to do it for him?

Let’s be brutally realistic. It’s been almost 24 years since Willie Herenton became the first African-American mayor of Memphis. During his tenure, there were stellar successes, not the least of which was the extinction of many blighted areas in black communities that had come to symbolize degradation and hopelessness.

But tearing down those concrete facades did not really elevate the majority of the city’s black — or white — population. Memphis is still one of America’s poorest cities, and we still have one of the highest crime rates in the nation. Has black leadership on the seventh floor or black majority representation on the council changed the fact that 47 percent of Memphis’ black children are still caught in the cycle of generational poverty? We should have learned by now that the color of our leaders’ skin is irrelevant.

There are those who want to perpetuate the stale argument that a white man could only be elected to lead this city if the black vote gets split up among a handful of candidates, including the incumbent. I’ve lived in this city way too long to swallow the notion that because someone has my skin color, my life is automatically going to get better if he or she is elected to public office. When it comes to those we’ve voted for to lead this city over the past two decades, too many of us, black and white, have ignored the wisdom of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Our choices shouldn’t be based on a candidate’s skin color, but rather the content of their character.

That’s probably why Boyd’s heartfelt response to Fullilove’s politically motivated question made such an impression on me. In this year of decision, we must closely look at those who promise results but whose track records would indicate otherwise. Go to political forums where you can see and talk to candidates, not just for the mayor’s office, but the council, as well. Then decide who you think offers the best direction for this city. If it will help, close your eyes and just listen to what they have to say.

Les Smith is a reporter for WHBQ Fox-13.

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In an interview after he had been selected as the new interim District 7 Memphis city councilman, a relieved Berlin Boyd admitted he had been temporarily been taken aback by a question from Councilwoman Janis Fullilove.

At first, warmly referring to Boyd’s previous interim tenure on the council after the resignation of former Councilwoman Barbara Swearengen Ware, who also happened to be a candidate for this year’s opening, Fullilove abruptly spit out a hypothetical inquiry into whether, if chosen, Boyd’s loyalties would lie with the seventh floor (code for Mayor A C Wharton) or with the constituents he’d represent in the 7th District.

To his credit, Boyd was unwavering in his answer. “I am my own man,” he said.

“No one has given me anything in life. I have and will make my own decisions.”

With those resolute remarks there was no need for any additional follow up.

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A Mayoral Battle Royale?

Now, this is getting interesting!

Within the past couple of weeks, the roster of candidates for Memphis mayor in 2015 has gotten more complete, more complicated, and maybe more competitive. And there’s obviously room for more in all the above categories.

First, there was the announcement, the week before last, of Jim Strickland, the District 5 city councilman whose support along the Poplar Corridor is generally understood to be deep enough to give incumbent Mayor A C Wharton a run for his money.

Then there was the almost simultaneous announcement from Shelby County Commission Chairman Justin Ford that he, too, is considering a run for mayor. Dropping hints of running such-and-such a race is a standard means of raising one’s name recognition for all kinds of future-tense political possibilities, but there are several reasons why such a declaration from the 20-something Ford, a second-termer on the commission, has to be regarded as more than fanciful ego-tripping.

First of all, he is a Ford, and that political clan still counts for something. Secondly, he demonstrated with his surprise election this year as commission chairman — an outcome that depended on Democrat Ford’s building a bridge to the commission’s Republican minority for sup-

port — that he possesses an ability to politick.

Then, too, Ford has nothing to lose by running. As he demonstrated by his strong — if ultimately unsuccessful — lobbying two years ago for the commission to redistrict itself according to the old formula of large, multi-member districts, he is interested in obtaining the maximum possible arena for expanding his name recognition.

To say the least, a mayoral campaign would give him that. Meanwhile, a loss would leave him still in possession of his current bully pulpit on the commission. And who knows? If the mayoral field proliferates as it might, the campaign might take on battle-royale proportions with fair chances for several candidates to win.

Councilman Harold Collins, who appointed an exploratory committee last fall, is likely to throw his hat in, and he will have a fair degree of clout, especially in Whitehaven and South Memphis, where Ford also has strength.

Another who is likely to enter the race is the Rev. Kenneth Whalum, former Memphis School Board member and pastor of New Olivet Baptist Church, whose strong showing in last year’s Democratic primary for Shelby County mayor surprised even him.

And still another is Mike Williams, whose lengthy tenure as president of the Memphis Police Association over the past several stormy years of confrontation with City Hall have made him a figure to reckon with.

Williams addressed a standing-room-only crowd Monday night at a “Campaign for Liberty” event at Jason’s Deli on Poplar. The audience was oriented toward Tea Party concerns about govermental interventions and corporate rip-offs, and seemed receptive to Williams’ free-wheeling populist remarks on themes of chicanery in city government, loss of citizen influence, and predatory actions by moneyed interests.

Throw in former county commission Chairman James Harvey, already declared, and you have the makings of a field that could split unpredictably in numerous ways.

Understand: Incumbent Mayor Wharton may be increasingly under fire, but he has serious financial support.

He has dedicated followers and a seasoned political organization.

And, most importantly, he has the office, with all its potential for commanding public attention. But he isn’t taking anything for granted. Nor should we.

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Defenders of traditional out-sourcing, on both the giving and taking sides of the line, extol the process as a means of letting what economist David Ricardo called the “invisible hand” of the marketplace achieve efficiencies that are not possible for the clumsy and presumably visible hand of bureaucracy.

The newer practice of political outsourcing is something superficially similar — but fundamentally different. One current instance of it is on display in the Achievement School District (ASD) now being operated by Tennessee state government on behalf of “failing” public schools via state takeovers of those instutitions.

Another is the joint city/county Economic Development Growth Engine (EDGE), which is charged with charting the course of economic growth locally and customarily does so through the proffering of incentives to this or that industry that is eyeing a site for expansion and which EDGE has decided is worthy of being courted.

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State ASD Director Chris Barbic’s powers are virtually dictatorial. He has been heard to boast that he has no elected school board to answer to. One result has been the perhaps predictable one of parental outrage at what, understandably, seems to them to be ASD’s arbitary co-optation of community property.

Similar reactions are now evident with respect to actions of the EDGE board, whose 11 members, mainly drawn from the business community, are almost entirely chosen by the mayors of Memphis and Shelby County, with minimal input from the city council and county commission, whose one-member each are essentially cast in the role of observers.

Recent payment-in-lieu-of-taxes (PILOT) arrangements and other incentives extended to target industries — as well as the selection of the targets — have drawn fire from the public as well as from the two local legislative bodies, where discontent has begun to simmer and calls for the overhauling or even the abolition of the EDGE board are beginning to be heard.

It might behoove the folks in positions of authority vis-a-vis these matters to pay more attention to the vox populi and less to that which is invisible.

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The Children’s Museum is expanding, the Kroc Center is open, and there are two soccer fields, a high-school football stadium, and a track. Fairview school is renovated. The old Liberty Land is a disc golf course; there are worse things. There are lighted baseball and softball fields, a rugby field, and a skate park just north of the Fairgrounds at Tobey Park. A lot of this is free, if not first class.

A Tourism Development Zone (TDZ) for a youth sportsplex is proposed now by the city and was previously proposed (and approved in Nashville and Memphis) by developers Henry Turley and Robert Loeb. The financing is complicated, but the big part isn’t. The “T” in TDZ stands for tourism. Mayor A C Wharton says a Fairgrounds TDZ would be nice for local youth. Maybe so, but that’s not tourism. Tourism is getting somebody else to come to Memphis and stay here and spend some money.

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Bowling is supposedly the “fastest growing high school sport.” The state meet is held in Smyrna, outside of Nashville. The venue has 52 lanes, so let’s say the ante is 50 lanes.

The state swim meet is held in Knoxville or in Nashville at the Tracy Caulkins Aquatics Center. If you want to compete, you don’t build a pool, you build an aquatics center. The pool must be 50 meters long and eight lanes wide, with a second rec pool and a diving area. That’s the ante.

Soccer’s premier venue in the MidSouth is the Mike Rose Fields in Shelby County, with 16 fields, a stadium, and 15 hotels within 10 miles. Oxford’s FNC Park has five lit-and-sprinkled soccer fields plus eight baseball fields and a BMX course. Who’s going to drive past those to get to Memphis?

Tennis? The state meet is played in Murfreesboro at a facility that is adding eight new courts in February.

Nashville’s Centennial Park has 13 resurfaced outdoor courts and four indoor courts. Little Rock’s Burns Park has 24 terraced outdoor courts and six indoor courts. Memphis has multiple courts at Rhodes College, Leftwich Tennis Center, the Racquet Club, and Memphis University School. Trust me on this — I’ve been a hacker for 55 years — tennis players are picky.

Baseball and softball complexes virtually surround Memphis. Snowden Grove in DeSoto County has 17 fields.

Joe Mack Park in Jonesboro, Arkansas, has 12 fields, all sponsored by local businesses. Jackson, Tennessee, has 17 fields you have probably seen at mile 86 on Interstate 40. The Game Day First Tennessee complex in Shelby County has 10 lighted fields. Let’s call the ante 10 lighted fields.

So it goes. Hockey? Nashville and DeSoto County have pro teams that help support rinks. Volleyball? The state meet is in Murfreesboro. Same for football and track. A central location beats Memphis, if you live east of Jackson.

Basketball Town USA? Maybe.

Memphis often has the best high school and national AAU teams year after year. We’ve also got the Grizzlies. But our teams have to go to Murfreesboro to claim their state trophies every year because we’re stuck in the corner.

Location matters. Ordinary doesn’t cut it. Great beats good. Want to play?

Ante up.

John Branston is a former Flyer senior editor.

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Sometimes the do-nothing option isn’t bad. And that’s so with the Fairgrounds.

Ten or 15 years ago, doing nothing was not a good option. The Fairgrounds was blighted. It was basically an entertainment junkyard that included the abandoned remains of Liberty Land amusement park, Tim McCarver baseball stadium, and the stables and agricultural buildings that were part of the Mid-South Fair.

The main entrances to Liberty Bowl Stadium were ugly and congested.

Today, the Fairgrounds looks a lot better from end to end, especially from the west side along East Parkway. The city greened and cleaned it. The stadium is beautifully lit, the faux entrance looks great, and Tiger Lane is an inviting, landscaped tailgating area for the Tigers, the Southern Heritage Classic, and the AutoZone Liberty Bowl. The blight is gone, except for the Mid-South Coliseum, a big space-eater that doesn’t look so bad.

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orget the elephant in the room. Where Tennessee state government is concerned, the elephant is the room. Republican sentiment in virtually every county in Tennessee, and in each of the state’s three grand divisions, is so overwhelming that all meaningful debates now take place within the GOP super-majority itself.

As was the case during the multiple historic decades of Democratic domination, one-party government invites fragmentation, a process during which what appears monolithic and unified right now could well split into a right, a left, and a moderate center (all things being relative) as the political spectrum inevitably reasserts itself.

Something of the sort may get underway, in fact, as soon as next Tuesday, February 3rd, with the convening of the special session called by Governor Bill Haslam to deal with Insure Tennessee, the Republican governor’s home-grown version of a Medicaid expansion plan.

Given the tensions and current disagreement on the subject within the GOP caucus, the session could easily last longer than the week allocated for it in the resolution authored (dutifully but reluctantly) by state Senate Majority Leader Mark Norris of Collierville. But not if Norris, an all-but-formally declared opponent of the plan, and the rabidly anti-Obamacare members of the Republican caucus have their way.

Although much of the declared and potential opposition to Insure Tennessee is clearly political, much of it, too, is either based on (or rationalized from) financial claims — one of them, certain to be heard early and often in the special session, being an allegation that the federal government could renege on its promise to provide 90 percent of funding for a state’s Medicaid program after fully funding the first two years.

This is a favorite argument of state Senator Brian Kelsey (R-Germantown), a sworn foe of Insure Tennessee and of Medicaid expansion by any other name. “I question whether the federal government is a reliable negotiator,” said Kelsey last week, repeating an assertion he and other opponents make frequently — though not (so far, anyhow) with appropriate chapter16 and-verse citations of prior derelictions by the feds.

Kelsey goes further, also questioning the validity of a

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commitment to foot the bill for the remaining 10 percent by the Tennessee Hospital Association, whose financially distressed and overburdened member institutions are desperate for the $1 to $2 billion that could be funneled annually via Insure Tennessee to TennCare (the state’s version of Medicaid).

The senator does not question the hospitals’ bona fides (though he has called the Hospital Association a “special interest”). Rather, he refers to a proposal periodically made in the past by U.S. Senator Bob Corker that would abolish the kind of fees on healthcare providers that, as amplified in accordance with the Hospital Association’s pledge, could provide the association’s annual funding share.

A problem with that: Corker’s office responded to the claim with a statement that the senator had “no current plans” to proceed with any such legislation.

Corker added, “I assume governors will continue to take advantage of federal laws as they exist today.”

In an indirect and gingerly fashion Corker made it necessary for critics of Insure Tennessee to challenge his own good faith on the matter.

Nevertheless, and despite the governor’s attempts to dissociate Insure Tennessee from Obamacare in information sessions (read: lobbying visits) held in Jackson and Memphis last week, it is a root fact that, in Tennessee as in Republican states elsewhere, the use of the president’s name in describing the Affordable Care Act (ACA) can by itself be a deal-killer.

It is that fact that prompted Haslam, earlier this month, to make a special appeal to the legislature’s Democrats for support of Insure Tennessee. With rare exceptions, if any, he should get his wish. But Democrats are a marginal factor in the General Assembly of 2105, owning only five seats in the 33-member state Senate and 26 of the 99 seats in the House.

The showdown over Insure Tennessee will be decided within the ranks of the legislature’s Republicans. In an interview with the Flyer two weeks ago, Norris contended that the GOP caucus was possessed of an “open mind” on the governor’s Medicaid proposal —and that he had not ruled out either opposing it or, as is the case with most administration bills, sponsoring it.

Yet it seemed obvious, in the thicket of reservations he expressed about the bill (most technical or procedural or fiscal, some philosophical) that Norris is disinclined to support Insure Tennessee. And, whether it was prepared with his cooperation or not, an online ad bearing Norris’ likeness and stating vigorous opposition to Insure Tennessee has been appearing with some regularity of late on various websites.

In his Flyer interview, Norris summed up several possible objections to Insure Tennessee: its effect upon ongoing litigation concerning TennCare in federal court; the specter of swelling TennCare’s rolls to the point of fiscal untenability; and uncertainty regarding what the U.S. Supreme Court will do in King v. Burwell, a case challenging the legality of federally administered health-

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care exchanges under the ACA. (Significantly, Norris is one of 18 members of the state Senate — a majority — who has signed on to an amicus brief on the plaintiff ’s side in the latter case.)

All of this, Norris said, speaking of himself in his institutional role, constituted “the situation the majority leader has to deal with so as to instruct and inform my caucus,” adding meaningfully, “That’s the pool from which the governor has to draw for his votes. …

My job is to maintain credibility with my caucus and to provide them with factual and legal information to make their best judgment.”

The obligation to “maintain credibility” with his caucus had, up until that point, anyhow, kept Norris, in the case of Insure Tennessee, from assuming his normal role as sponsor of legislation desired by the governor.

Indeed, with less than a week to go before the onset of the special session, there is widespread doubt as to the form that action on Insure Tennessee should take.

“Is it legislation or a joint House-Senate resolution?” Norris wondered. “It could be a concurrent resolution, with two tracks [in the House and Senate separately and simultaneously].” In that case, Norris said, pointedly, “Any member can file amendments, including ‘poison pill’ amendments.”

As Norris’ indicated, there has been a great deal of Alphonse-and-Gaston shuffling within the leadership ranks of the two chambers regarding who should bear the onus of formally presenting Insure Tennessee for consideration.

Lieutenant Governor Ron Ramsey, the speaker of the state Senate, has indicated he is open to the idea of supporting Governor Haslam’s proposal, but he, like Norris, has professed uncertainty on the matter of procedure, suggesting that the House and Senate should act separately on the matter, with the House going first.

That hasn’t sat well with Norris’ opposite number

in the House, Majority Leader Gerald McCormick (R-Chattanooga), who has braved the possible discontent of his fellow Republicans by endorsing Insure Tennessee and promising to do what he can to get it passed.

Calling the idea of a go-it-alone process in the House “preposterous,” McCormick said, “If they [Senate leaders] don’t want to do it, then they just need to tell us and we’ll go about our business and go into regular session. But we’re not going to go through an exercise in futility if they’re not serious about considering this legislation.”

McCormick has been frank in declaring that House votes for Insure Tennessee may be hard to come by.

As quoted in the Tennessean two weeks ago, McCormick put the issue MARK succinctly, “It’s a government NORRIS program and we’re expanding it.

And as Republicans, we don’t like to expand government programs, period. But then you go back to the common-sense part of this ... really the only practical way to provide these services … is to expand the Medicaid program.”

The debate in GOP ranks calls to mind the situation that another Republican governor in recent times found himself. The proactive way in which a term-limited Haslam has begun his second and final four-term term is reminiscent of the situation that former Governor Don Sundquist found himself in, circa 1997.

As is the case with Haslam, Sundquist confronted a gap between perceived policy needs and the revenues necessary for the state to act upon them. The everburgeoning rolls of TennCare, a program Sundquist resolved to support, were a part of the problem, but there was, at least in the then-governor’s mind, a structural weakness in the state’s revenue base that retarded other policy initiatives, as well.

The problem, as Sundquist saw it, lay in the inherent limitations of the state’s reliance on sales tax revenues,

which, by definition, were subject to economic cycles.

There was another problem, too: the inherently regressive nature of a sales tax.

As Sundquist put it in 2011 in an interview with this writer for an article in Memphis Magazine: “Nobody disagrees that we ought to be a low-tax state, but we have to have a fair-tax system that is not regressive, and when you’ve got the people who make the least amount of money paying sales tax on food and clothing, it’s not fair.

Then you’ve got all these professionals who are paying virtually nothing. Oh, they’ll tell you, ‘We pay a tax, a fee for our licenses.’ Just bull!”

Sundquist’s first solution back then was a proposal for a business tax, but, as opposition to that proposal grew, most of it from his own Republican ranks, he bit the bullet and proposed what he called a “flat tax” on income — one that would be offset by corresponding decreases in one’s federal income tax and could not be raised except by two-thirds majorities of both the state House and the state Senate.

Sundquist had Republican loyalists willing to back his proposal but not nearly enough to stem the tide of discontent, not only in GOP legislative ranks, but at the grass-roots level. The “I.T.,” as opponents of a state income tax derisively called it, was finally dropped from legislative consideration, on the very brink of passage, in the wake of a July 2001 riot on the state capitol grounds by what numerous observers called a “mob.”

(It is perhaps no accident that Norris, in his recent Flyer interview, used the expression “it,” which he spelled out with the initials “I-T,” to describe Haslam’s Insure Tennessee proposal.)

The long and the short of it was that the concept of a state income tax became untouchable by members of either party, and the sales tax was forever enshrined as the basic source of state revenue. The aforesaid Senator

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And, as a consequence of his tax proposal, Sundquist became anathema in state GOP circles, though he had been backed by such traditional Republicans as Memphis’ Lewis Donelson and by a variety of business-minded groups.

Significantly, Haslam, too, has support from such sources. The state Chamber of Commerce has backed his Insure Tennessee proposals, and Phil Trenary of the Greater Memphis Chamber is an especially strong advocate. Equally telling was a 12-0 vote of endorsement of the governor’s plan by the Shelby County Commission two weeks ago.

The sponsor of that vote was Terry Roland of Millington, one of the most vocal and consistently conservative of the commission’s six Republican members.

For Roland and the other supporters of Insure Tennessee on the commission and elsewhere locally, the matter is a no-brainer: Memphis’ Regional One Health facility, which is responsible for the lion’s share of indigent medical care in Shelby County and in adjoining West Tennessee, Arkansas, and Mississippi, is in sore need of the funds Insure Tennessee would provide.

Spokespersons for other major health-care facilities as well, including the Baptist and Methodist hospital systems, have lobbied persistently for Haslam’s plan.

Even so, passage of the measure will be touch-and-go. Speaking before a local Republican women’s group earlier this month, several local Republican legislators appeared to vie with each other in citing reasons not to pursue Insure Tennessee. State Representative Curry Todd forecast that the coming special session would become a “bloodbath,” and relatively moderate House member Steve McManus expressed a fear that Medicaid expansion under Insure Tennessee would become a costly “Hotel California” that the state could enter into but never leave.

Ironically, the governor’s plan has what Haslam has advertised as a fail-safe against such a prospect. As proposed, Insure Tennessee, which would provide health-care coverage for at least 200,000 currently uncovered Tennesseans, would involve no increase in state funding whatsoever. The funding for the first two years — again, estimated to be between $1 and $2 billion — would be borne by the federal government.

Should there be a default, intentional or otherwise, by either the federal government or the Tennessee Hospital Association, which are pledged to assume 90 percent and 10 percent of the subsequent funding burden, respectively, Insure Tennessee would sunset automatically, the governor insists.

That fact, a funding formula free of new state obligations, allows for one of the two most important distinctions between his current predicament and that which faced Sundquist, whose tax-reform plan GOP County Commissioner called for raising additional state revenue, Terry Roland, here at a Commission lunch, led the way even if offset by federal income-tax for a unanimous endorsement of reductions for individual taxpayers.

Insure Tennessee.

The other distinction between Haslam’s situation and Sundquist’s is that the latter was dealing with substantial Democratic majorities in both legislative chambers, a fact tilting both bodies toward at least the concept of governmental intervention as a remedy for social problems. Haslam confronts a Republican super-majority in both chambers, including Tea Party members and other archconservatives opposed to the very idea of governmental expansion, regardless of the paying formula.

The fact of that anti-government bias will be the chief obstacle for Haslam to overcome in the special session, which Norris and other Republicans want to hold to a single week.

But it will also be a factor in the regular session to come, when there will be mounting opposition to the administration’s support for Common Core educational standards (decried as creeping federalism by Tea Party members and opposed also by state teacher’s organizations for other reasons) and its defense of the endangered Hall Income Tax on annuities (which Haslam regards as important to maintain, given the state’s existing revenue needs).

There will be legislative pressure, too, to move further on imposing new restrictions on abortion than Haslam might prefer, though the governor gave at least formal assent to the passage of Constitutional Amendment 1 on last November’s ballot, which gives license to renewed anti-abortion measures.

Does this last feature seem to contradict the stated bias of so many members of the GOP super-majority against stepped-up governmental activity? Maybe so, but it won’t affect the realities of what happens in Nashville in 2015, any more than logical inconsistencies on approaches to Insure Tennessee will.

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By Chris Davis

Brittney Bullock has a story to tell.

“It’s a story about laughter, fellowship, and love,” she says. It’s also about “generational change” and how a traditional craft has evolved into modern street art.

Bullock describes “Delicate Tension,” the show she’s woven together for Crosstown Arts, as “a collection of multigenerational needlework.” The three-day exhibition brings together a unique mix of knitted and crocheted works by artists, hobbyists, and enthusiasts. Some of the collected needle-slingers meet up at local senior centers, while others are members of the Memphis Knit Mafia.

Knitted objects often mark events in a family’s history and are passed down, but that’s not always the case. “Delicate Tension” features a well-loved baby blanket and an afghan crocheted in sorority colors, alongside new pieces of work that range from the pretty and practical to the purely ornamental.

“I wanted to tell the story about this change from people doing this very intricate needlework to what’s called knit-bombing — people getting together and knitting around objects,” Bullock says, comparing abstract needlework artist Morgan Montalvo to Margaret Cook, who meets with her group twice weekly at the Pine Hill Community Center, to create the slippers and elaborate baby clothes that have earned her top honors at area fairs.

“Morgan is making pieces to display in the windows,” Bullock says. “She’s all about color composition and works on an unusually large scale using really huge needles.” The exhibit also includes pieces by multimedia artist Nikkila Carrol who incorporates ceramic figurines into her knitted work.

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Ricky Skaggs and Kentucky Thunder Germantown Performing Arts Center, 8 p.m., $28.50-$75 Grammy-winning country music artist Ricky Skaggs performs tonight as part of the American Music Series. Amy LaVere and Will Sexton open.

Alvin Youngblood Hart’s Muscle Theory Lafayette’s Music Room, 9 p.m.

A performance by Alvin Youngblood Hart’s trio.

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Woman’s Picture Blount Auditorium, Rhodes College, 6-8 p.m.

A screening of selections from Brian Pera’s Woman’s Picture, held in conjunction with his show “I Thought I Might See You Here.”

Secrets in Oils The River Inn of Harbor Town, 10 a.m.-3 p.m., $95 A painting seminar led by Matthew Hasty, landscape painter and artist-in-residence at the River Inn. Lunch at Paulette’s is included as are wine and cheese at the end of the day. Reservations: 260-3333.

Diavolo Germantown Performing Arts Center, 8 p.m., $35-$75 Gravity-defying dance from the troupe Diavolo.

Popovich Comedy Pet Theater Buckman Arts Center at St. Mary’s, 2 p.m. and 7 p.m., $28 A show featuring 15 cats and 10 dogs from the Moscow-born Gregory Popovich.

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Sugar Arts Show Oak Court Mall, 10 a.m.-5 p.m.

Held in conjunction with the Kidney Foundation’s Chocolate Fantasy, this year’s show, put on by the West Tennessee Sugar Artists, features spun sugar creations with the theme: “Places of Wishes and Dreams.”

Jerry Lee Lewis Sam’s Town Casino, 8 p.m., $40-$55 Tickets are going fast for this show by the “Killer,” Jerry Lee Lewis.

Oh, Lucy!

By Chris Davis Lucille Ball was very good at playing a hot mess, but the funny lady was always in control. She became the first woman to run a major TV studio, and on top of all of her own memorable performances, we have her to thank for enduring classics like Star Trek and Mission: Impossible. But TV execs weren’t initially convinced that Americans would love I Love Lucy. More specifically, they weren’t sure that audiences were ready for a situation comedy featuring an all-American gal married to a Cuban bandleader. So a trial was proposed: To prove themselves, Lucy and Desi toured the country performing a vaudeville-style version of the proposed show. It was a hit, and the rest is history.

Suzanne LaRusch’s one-woman show, What Would Lucy Do?, may not be quite as glamorous or dramatic as a whirlwind tour by an emerging power couple determined to stay together and change the face of TV forever, but the collection of Lucy-inspired bits on display at the Bartlett Performing Arts and Conference Center this weekend will give audiences an opportunity to experience what it might have been like to see the queen of physical comedy do her thing.

LaRusch’s Lucy impersonation is eerily accurate in part because the impressionist’s mother was born and raised in Buffalo, New York, about 15 miles from Jamestown, where Ball grew up. LaRusch realized there were a number of shared regionalisms. So doinLucy was a little bit like doing an exaggerated version of her own mom.

Ball’s children, Lucie Arnaz and Desi Arnaz Jr., have given Larusch their blessing, dubbing her the “Official Lucy Performer,” and Lucie Arnaz has partnered with the impressionist to develop performances inspired by her mother’s life and career.

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“I Am an ICON” Memphis Pink Palace Museum, noon-5 p.m.

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Booksigning by Ally Carter The Booksellers at Laurelwood, 6 p.m.

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Working with the masters, a solo flight, and outdoor fun.

Frazey Ford

Indian Ocean Nettwork

January 29-February 4, 2015

You can hear Frazey Ford’s voice and presence develop from her early ensemble work with Canadian folk trio the Be Good Tanyas in the early 2000s through her current solo work.

The Tanyas were a standout band in a crowded field of jangle folk. They kept the sounds acoustic, letting the instruments slyly accommodate their voices. The Tanyas borrowed heavily from the mythical South of white women who sit on the porches of rotting shotgun shacks. But the playing and the singing engage the ear and heartbeat more than many of the genre’s bands. Vancouver-based multi-instrumentalist John Raham, produced the Tanyas’ last record, 2006’s Hello Love, and Ford’s solo debut, Obadiah, a record that wanted to be a Hi Rhythm record so bad, it couldn’t stand it. That brought them to Memphis.

The liner notes of Ford’s second solo album Indian Ocean mention (in order) Ford, Raham, and then “Memphis Connection” Robert Gordon and Royal Studios engineer Boo Mitchell. It’s a Memphis record, recorded by Mitchell and supported by the three Hodges brothers (bassist Leroy, organist Charles, and guitarist Teenie), horn duo Jim Spake and Scott Thompson, with appearances by Doug Easley and soul blues stalwart James E. Robertson Jr. Bringing a soulful white woman to Memphis is a reliable tactic that worked for Dusty Springfield and Cat Power. Mark Ronson took American soul to Great Britain with Amy Winehouse and Adele before bringing his team to Memphis and recording what is, as I write this, the Number 1 song on the Billboard Hot 100 for the second week in a row: “Uptown Funk.” Indian Ocean is the last credit on Teenie Hodges’ All Music page; he passed away in June of 2014, while the record was still in production before its release last October.

The unmistakable magic of the Hodges brothers is evident on the downbeat of opener “September 22 Fields.” Charles Hodges bubbles the cauldron of his Hammond organ.

Leroy Hodges delivers his patented syncopated notes bouncing between the big fundamentals. Teenie’s iconic, sparse strums and arpeggios are in place. But does Ford’s voice stand up?

Does someone from the whispy world of jangle folk have the displacement to race in this engine class? It’s a tough call. Ford has a fluttering, airy sound to her voice that struggles to keep up in the bandwidth as this group rises into a crescendo on “You’re Not Free.” I think she is a super talent who has no business around cymbals.

Fortunately, she’s in one of the driest drum rooms in audio history. The more muted arrangement in “Done” suits her and highlights her ability to hover over a note with a lot of feeling.

The Hodges’ tick-tock rocks her vulnerable voice like a baby in a crib.

Do they steal the show? Yes, they do.

But when Ford’s Leslie-speaker swirl voice finds the plateau between beats, it works.

It’s always great to see talented people drawn from far away to participate in our musical culture.

Gordon and Mitchell are leading Memphis’ cultural vanguard at the moment. Congratulations to Mitchell on “Uptown Funk” and to Gordon for the reception of his film Best of Enemies at Sundance. They should be proud of Indian Ocean, too.

strings deftly set out into the stereo field. Drummer Edward “Hot” Alexander’s dramatic toms stand out early. His resume also includes work with O’Landa Draper’s Associates and Voodoo Village. Keyboardist Pat Fusco plays a Rhodes piano on “Can’t Take it Back.” The combination of static guitars and oscillating Rhodes is a sonic time machine to late ’70s and early ’80s FM hits. When one of these songs wants to follow an influence, Smithhart indulges. He has listened to some Joe Walsh along the way. There are radio-grunge sounds of the ’90s.

The songs in question are not hints of these sounds, but all-in explorations of sounds that Smithhart or anyone else his age heard growing up. Had this record been released in 1980, he would be a superstar.

Many of the old cranks who like to

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Message in the Sky Self Release

Kirk Smithhart was 19 when his band won the Gibson Guitar Award at the 15th International Blues Challenge in 1998. The Jackson, Mississippi, native worked his own band for a decade before joining Cody Dickinson’s Hill Country Revue, a project that grew out of larger-band experiments by the North Mississippi Allstars and took wing during Luther Dickinson’s stint with the Black Crowes in the late 2000s. For Smithhart to fill Luther’s shoes tells you how nuanced his guitar playing can be. His latest album, Message in the Sky, covers a wider range of sounds.

Opener “Send for Me” is a spacious blend of guitars chiming in harmony: slides, acoustic and electric steel

Fine. But that music is usually of a cheaper variety. By contrast, there are people whose primary vocation is music or a serious, lifelong interest.

With a few exceptions, this longer arc is where the craft is practiced and the art happens. Smithhart is a perfect example of the lifer.

I mean all of the following as compliments: Smithhart is an unapologetic guitarist. This album is stridently disinterested in what is happening now in mainstream popular music and in the court of critical reception. There is too much evidence of Bad Company for this to work in the Nashville Injection Mold Record Extruder. What you are left with is an earnest, uncategorizable, American mix-up. In that regard, it reminds me of Charlie Rich: a true talent who followed his musical muse and let others worry about categories.

dust up Facebook with provocative nostalgia will flip for the sound of this record. Its blues-derived rock, which — like meat, motors, and questionable uses of fire — is not for everybody. But Smithhart has made a refreshingly earnest record that is a fascinating map of influences from the late 20th century.

This record gets straight to the point of an argument that never stops, especially in Memphis. A listener has the right to ask, “Is this music? Or is this a case of music being used to serve someone’s social-posturing needs?” The latter is important. As homo sapiens, we need to distinguish ourselves in the course of finding a mate: We collect records and go the “right” shows.

This is a lively, upbeat collection of jam-pop tunes from Leigh and Zac Baker, with help on bass from Jamie Davis and drummer Paul Taylor. Davis and Taylor are an acrobatic rhythm section. Horns and fiddles augment the sound in sparse, long melodies notably in the title track. The inevitable referencemaking starts with the band’s own shout-out to They Might Be Giants.

White bands with festival funk underpinnings and trumpets will always live under the shadow of Cake. You can’t completely clean the 311 off of the sound, but you can tell it works well in the last financial refuge of the American musician: the festival. Should we go ahead and call this festival music? Is festival a genre? It is now. Zigadoo Moneyclips have a sound that is perfectly matched to a large-scale P.A. outside.

Wicked drums and bass with horn punches tense up and release into breezy choruses, particularly on “Esmerelda.” Don’t miss “Jig,” in which the drummer does things you can’t do. The Beale Street Music Festival organizers should get them into a good spot.

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Welcome Young Champions Pizza Tape Records Recorded late last year, Welcome Young Champions is the first solo album by Taylor Loftin, a member of the local punk band Gimp Teeth. Whereas Gimp Teeth crank out songs that barely reach the two-minute mark, seething with aggression and immediacy, Loftin croons, plays acoustic guitar, and even plays piano on Welcome Young Champions, techniques you will not find on a modern hardcore punk record. The 17 songs on Welcome Young Champions were written and recorded by Loftin when he was visiting family in Slovenia, and it’s a safe bet that Loftin was the only Memphian who made a record near the Adriatic Sea last year. Welcome Young Champions is definitely an album engineered for the summer, but Loftin released it through Pizza Tape Records in November of 2014. Pizza Tape Records is also the home to locals like Loser Vision, the Leave Me Be’s, and Ugly Girls.

Welcome Young Champions might be the first solo effort from Loftin, but he sure sounds like someone who’s been crafting acoustic pop songs for years.

The uniqueness of tracks like “Kafka on the Shore” and “Burn it Up” show a songwriter who’s already developed his own style, and the lo-fi recording makes this collection of songs more intriguing to listen to. A great debut from a local musician to watch in 2015.

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Dawn Patrol is a local metal band made up of brothers Tommy and Kyle Gonzales, along with bassist Stephen Bean. Championed by the local metal scene and media outlets like Rock 103, Dawn Patrol seems to have hit the ground running since forming in 2012. Police State features artwork by Andrei Bouzikov, a twisted individual responsible for the gruesome cover art on the albums of high-profile crossover metal acts like Municipal Waste, Skeleton Which, and Toxic Holocaust. But Police State just doesn’t just look like a premier metal album; it rocks like one, too. Recorded last summer by Alan Burcham at Ardent Studios, Police State rides the line between hardcore and speed metal, with enough blast beats, double bass, and squealing guitar solos to

make any metal purist satisfied.

Guitarist Tommy has been on the go since finishing school, joining New Jersey metal band Condition Critical on an extensive European tour last summer when he was only 18 years old. Perhaps the most interesting thing about Dawn Patrol is how experienced they sound despite their young age.

Kyle already has drum endorsements even though he’s still in high school, and Tommy is Berklee College of Music-trained. Does Berklee offer a metal program? If so, Dawn Patrol would be at the top of the class.

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“Radio” b/w “Aliens” 7” (Spacecase Records)

John Wesley Coleman might be from Austin, but his ties to the Memphis music scene run deep. As a member of the Golden Boys, Coleman played Murphy’s and the Buccaneer regularly, and the band also earned a spot at Goner Fest Nine. Not one to be tied to a single project, Coleman has released solo albums for numerous indie labels, including the Greg Ashley-produced Last Donkey Show for Goner Records in 2012. The self-proclaimed “Trash Poet” has numerous side projects, and Coleman has even released poetry and movie scripts in addition to offering a dirt cheap songwriting service in which he will write any paying customer a song about whatever they want for less than what an album costs these days.

It’s important to have all of that understood before listening to Coleman’s latest single “Radio,” the first with the Gaylords backing him.

Both songs on the Spacecase single are stripped down and to the point, with Coleman repeating phrases like “I gotta radio” and “messin’ with my brain” over and over. While “Radio” builds to a climatic ending with swirling synthesizers and blown out guitars, “Aliens” is over in less than two minutes, leaving the listener to wonder if Coleman and company got abducted at the end of this recording session. If this brand of weird, fried psych punk is what the Gaylords are capable of getting out of Coleman, an LP would definitely be worth checking out. For now, this great single will have to do.

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B.B. King’s Blues Club 147 BEALE - 524-KING

B.B. King All Stars Thursdays, 7 p.m., Fridays-Saturdays, 9 p.m., and Mondays, 8 p.m.; The Will Tucker Band Fridays, Saturdays, 5-8:30 p.m.; Lisa G and Flic’s Pic’s Band Saturday, Jan. 31, 12:30 p.m. and Sundays, 2 p.m.; Will Tucker’s CD Release Party Saturday, Jan. 31, 5-8:30 p.m.; Preston Shannon Sundays, 7 p.m.; Memphis Jones Mondays, 5 p.m.; Blake Ryan Trio Tuesdays, 5 p.m.; King Beez Tuesdays, 7:30 p.m.

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Memphis Music Monday First Monday of every month, 6-9 p.m.

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Don Valentine Thursday, Jan. 29, 8 p.m.-midnight and Tuesdays, 8 p.m.-midnight; Delta Crush Friday, Jan. 30, 9 p.m.-1 a.m.; Delta Project Saturday, Jan. 31, 8 p.m.-midnight; Cowboy Neil Sundays, Mondays, 8 p.m.-midnight; Sonny Mack and the Mack 2 Band Sundays, Mondays, 8 p.m.-midnight.

Brinson’s 341 MADISON - 524-0104

Barbara Blue ThursdaysFridays, 7-9 p.m., Saturdays, 5-9 p.m., Sundays, 4-9 p.m., and Wednesdays, 7-9 p.m.; Dueling Pianos ThursdaysSaturdays, 9 p.m., Sundays, Tuesdays, 8 p.m.-midnight, and Wednesdays, 9 p.m.-1 a.m.

Melting Pot: Artist Showcase Thursdays, 7-11 p.m.

Marmalade Restaurant & Lounge 153 G.E. PATTERSON 522-8800

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Susan Marshall Fridays, Saturdays, 7-10 p.m.

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Vince Johnson and the Boogie Blues Band ThursdaySaturday, Jan. 29-31, 8 p.m.midnight; Memphis Blues Society Jam Sundays, 7-11 p.m.

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The Jason James Trio FridaysSundays, 7-11 p.m.; Rockin’ Joey Trites and the Memphis Flash Saturdays, 3-7 p.m. and Wednesdays, 7-11 p.m.

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David Bowen Thursday, Jan. 29, 5:30-9:30 p.m., and Fridays-Saturdays, 6:30-10:30 p.m.

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Memphis Bluesmaster Thursday, Jan. 29, 8 p.m.midnight; Plantation All Stars Fridays, Saturdays, 37 p.m.; 901 Blues Band FridaySaturday, Jan. 30-31, 8 p.m.-midnight; The Dr. “Feel Good” Potts Band Mondays, 8 p.m.-midnight; McDaniel Band Tuesdays, 8 p.m.midnight.

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The Green Beetle

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The Po’ Boys Friday, Jan. 30, 7-10 p.m.

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

Live Music ThursdaysSaturdays, 10 p.m.

Brass Door Irish Pub

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

January 29-February 4, 2015

Silky O’Sullivan’s 183 BEALE - 522-9596

Kudzu’s 603 MONROE - 525-4924

Madd Wikkid Friday, Jan. 30; Andrew Adkins, Daryl Wayne Dasher Saturday, Jan. 31; Open Mic Mondays; Blues Jam Tuesdays.

152 MADISON - 572-1813

Live Music Fridays.

Onix Restaurant & Jazz Lounge

412 S. MAIN - 552-4609

Smooth R&B Thursdays, Fridays, 8:30 p.m.; Jazz Fridays, Saturdays, 8:30-11:30 p.m.

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

Live Pianist Thursdays, 5:308:30 p.m., Fridays-Saturdays, 5:30-9 p.m., Sundays, 11 a.m.-2 p.m., and MondaysWednesdays, 5:30-8 p.m.

The Plexx 380 E.H. CRUMP - 744-2225

Old School Blues & Jazz Fridays, Saturdays, 9 p.m.

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

DJ dance music ongoing, 10 p.m.; School of Rock Memphis Presents “A Tribute to Rush” Friday-Saturday, Jan. 30-31, 7 p.m.

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Camy’s

Hi-Tone

303 S. Main - 523-0020

3 S. barkSdale - 725-1667

412-414 n. cleveland 278-tone

100 Peabody Place 435-6915

DJ Cody Fridays, Saturdays, 10 p.m.

Spindini 383 S. Main - 578-2767

Jeff Crosslin Thursdays, 7-11 p.m.

Bar DKDC 964 S. cooPer - 272-0830

MeMphis UkUlele Band at Otherlands Why are ukuleles everywhere? Don’t get me wrong - I’m glad to see people picking up instruments and making music together.

Nothing in the world pleases me more. But Memphis went from approximately zero ukuleles to Midtown being waist deep in the things. I’m not complaining, just saying.

There are group lessons, which I have endorsed. Local bassist Daniel McKee knocked me out with a bass ukulele solo at Midtown Music. When the Germantown Performing Arts Center hosted Jake Shimabukuro, the Andres Segovia of the instrument, last November, Memphis raised his bet and called in our own Memphis Ukulele Band (MUB) to open. Yep, we have our own ukulele band. You can see them this Friday, January 30th, at Otherlands.

The band started when Sun Studio engineer Matt Ross-Spang, musician Jason Freeman, and local NARAS chapter president Jon Hornyak began jamming on ukuleles at Sun Studio. They play some Sun rockabilly, some Memphis Jug Band, and added a rotating cast of Memphis roots winners like Jana Misener, Mark Stuart, Lahna Deering, and Kyndle McMahan of the Mason Jar Fireflies. Freeman and Hornyak play tenor. Ross-Pang play baritone. Deering plays a concert model, and Stuart is on bass. All ukuleles. So how did the ukulele revolution get started? Better ask Memphis Grammy Big Kahuna Hornyak: “We all play Kamoa Ukuleles. Larry Nager introduced me to the owner, Sam Bonanno, about three years ago when I first became fascinated with ukuleles. Sam asked me to help him get his ukes in the hands of working musicians. He came to Folk Alliance the last year it was in Memphis and had a booth and led ukulele workshops.

In addition to all of us in MUB, Luther Dickinson, Amy LaVere and John Kilzer, and many others play Kamoa. It is amazing how popular ukuleles are now.”

Let’s get this Kanikapila started! — Joe Boone The Memphis Ukulele Band plays at Otherlands on Friday, January 30th.

Papa Top’s West Coast Turnaround Friday, Jan. 30; Marcella & Her Lovers Saturday, Jan. 31; DJ Dropout Boogie and Buck Wilders Saturday, Jan. 31; Amy LaVere Wednesday, Feb. 4, 6-9 p.m.

Celtic Crossing 903 S. cooPer - 274-5151

Chris Johnson Thursdays, 10 p.m.; DJ Tree Fridays, 10 p.m.; DJ Eggroll Saturdays, 10 p.m.; The Reel McCoy Sundays, 11 a.m.; Jeremy Stanfill and Joshua Cosby Sundays, 5 p.m.; The Candy Company Wednesdays, 10 p.m.

Cooper Walker Place 1015 S. cooPer 303-990-3999

Bluezday Thursday hosted

by Abdul Wahid Mostafa Thursdays; Cowboy Bob’s Roundup Mondays.

The Cove 2559 broad - 730-0719

Kyle Kiser Thursday, Jan. 29, 9-11:45 p.m.; Manateees with Overnight Lows, Nowhere Squares Saturday, Jan. 31, 9-11:30 p.m.; Open Mic Comedy Night Tuesdays, 9 p.m.; Matt Wright with Keelan Donovan Tuesday, Feb. 3, 9-11:45 p.m.; David Bronson Wednesday, Feb. 4, 10-11:45 p.m.

Lafayette’s Music Room 2119 MadiSon - 207-5097

Chris Milam Thursday, Jan. 29, 6 p.m.; Alvin Youngblood Hart’s Muscle Theory Thursday, Jan. 29, 9 p.m.; Will Sexton Friday, Jan. 30, 6 p.m.; Motel Mirrors featuring Amy LaVere and John Paul Keith Friday, Jan. 30, 9:30 p.m.; Memphis Bluegrass All-Stars Saturday, Jan. 31, 11 a.m.; Jeremy Stanfill and Joshua Cosby Saturday, Jan. 31, 6 p.m.; John Nemeth Saturday, Jan. 31, 9:30 p.m.

Two Peace Saturdays, 710:30 p.m.; Loveland Duren Sundays, 6-9 p.m.

Jazz with Jeremy & Ed Thursdays, 9 p.m.; Mighty Souls Brass Band Friday, Jan. 30, 10 p.m.; Martini Madness Saturdays, 5-8 p.m.; Discolux Saturday, Jan. 31, 10 p.m.; Open Jam Sundays, 6 p.m.; Open Mic with Justin White Mondays, 6-10 p.m.; Juke Joint Blues Jam Tuesday, Feb. 3, 8 p.m.-midnight; Karaoke Wednesdays, 9 p.m.

Dru’s Place

Minglewood Hall

Blue Monkey

1474 MadiSon - 275-8082

1555 MadiSon 866-609-1744

Bhan Thai 1324 Peabody - 272-1538

2012 MadiSon - 272-blUe

Karaoke Thursdays, 9 p.m.midnight; Reemus Bodeemus Friday, Jan. 30, 10:30 p.m.; Hosty Duo Saturday, Jan. 31, 10:30 p.m.

Boscos Squared 2120 MadiSon - 432-2222

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

The Buccaneer 1368 Monroe - 278-0909

Switchblade Kid, Bruiser Queen Saturday, Jan. 31, 10 p.m.; John Paul Keith Sunday, Feb. 1, 10 p.m.; Devil Train Mondays, 8 p.m.; Richard James and Dave Cousar Tuesdays, 11 p.m.; Stammer Wednesday, Feb. 4, 10 p.m.

Karaoke Fridays-Sundays.

Evergreen Presbyterian Church 613 UniverSity - 274-3740

Memphis Messiah: The Memphis Symphony Orchestra and the Rhodes MasterSingers Chorale Friday, Jan. 30, 7:30-9:30 p.m.; First Tuesdays at 4 Concert Series: Music of Samuel Barber featuring Rhodes College music faculty Tuesdays, 4 p.m.; First Tuesdays at 4 Concert Series Tuesday, Feb. 3, 4 p.m.

The Midtown Crossing Grill 394 WatkinS - 443-0502

Karaoke Thursdays, 8 p.m.; Sazerac every other Friday.

Moon Taxi, The Lonely Biscuits, and Firekid Friday, Jan. 30, 8 p.m.; Josh Abbott Band with Frank Foster Friday, Jan. 30, 9 p.m.

Otherlands Coffee Bar 641 S. cooPer - 278-4994

Memphis Ukulele Band Friday, Jan. 30, 8-11 p.m.; Rice Drewry and The Donnas, Parker Card, and Jon Dillard Saturday, Jan. 31, 8-11 p.m.

Goner Records 2152 yoUng - 722-0095

Hanna Star Friday, Jan. 30.

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Open Daily Sunday | Thursday

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

Friday | Saturday

Rhodes College Hardie Auditorium

4pm-3am

2000 n. Parkway

4pm-10pm

An Evening of Opera Scenes Monday, Feb. 2, 7:30 p.m.

Rockhouse Live Midtown 2586 PoPlar

Karaoke with DJ Lil Egg Roll Wednesday, Feb. 4, 9 p.m.

Strano Sicilian Kitchen 948 s. CooPer - 552-7122

Davy Ray Bennett Wednesdays, Sundays, 6-9 p.m.

Wild Bill’s 1580 Vollintine - 207-3975

Soul Survivors FridaysSundays, 10 p.m.-3 a.m.; The Soul Connection Fridays, Saturdays, 11 p.m.-3 a.m.

Young Avenue Deli 2119 young - 278-0034

Backup Planet Friday, Jan. 30, 10 p.m.

7144 Winchester Rd at Germantown Rd www.inlovememphis.com 901-417-8042

Oasis Hookah Lounge & Cafe

Fox and Hound English Pub & Grill

663 s. HigHland - 729-6960

5101 sanderlin - 763-2013

Ubee’s

590 n. Perkins - 761-9321

Live DJ Saturdays, 9 p.m.2 a.m.

Van Duren Thursdays, 6:308:30 p.m.

University of Memphis Harris Concert Hall

1817 kirBy - 755-2481

Karaoke Tuesdays, 8 p.m.

inside tHe rudi e. sCHeidt sCHool of MusiC 678-5400

The Windjammer Restaurant

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

Leonardo Altino: A Bach Celebration Sunday, Feb. 1, 3 p.m.; Concerts International presents the Cann Piano Duo Wednesday, Feb. 4, 7:30 p.m.

January 29-February 4, 2015

786 e. BrookHaVen CirCle 683-9044

Karaoke ongoing.

Poplar/I-240 5727 QuinCe - 682-2300

Booksellers Bistro tHe Booksellers at laurelwood, 387 Perkinds extd. - 374-0881

Steve Newby Saturday, Jan. 31.

Dan McGuinness Pub 4698 sPottswood 761-3711

Open Mic Night with Frankie Hollie Thursdays, 8 p.m.-midnight; Acoustic with Charvey Tuesdays, 8:30 p.m.; Karaoke Wednesdays, 8 p.m.

The Thrill at Neil’s featuring Jack Rowell and Triplthret Thursdays, 8 p.m.-midnight; Eddie Smith Fridays, 8 p.m.; Natchez Saturday, Jan. 31, 8 p.m.; Eddie Harrison and Debbie Jamison Tuesdays, 6 p.m.; Elmo and the Shades Wednesdays, 8 p.m.midnight.

Owen Brennan’s tHe regalia, 6150 PoPlar 761-0990

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

Summer/Berclair Maria’s Restaurant

University of Memphis

Karaoke and Dance Music with DJ Funn Mondays, 7-10 p.m.

Juicy Jim’s Pizzeria

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

T.J. Mulligan’s

Neil’s Music Room

East Memphis

El Toro Loco

L.G.B.T. Sunset Sundays Sundays, 9 p.m.-2 a.m.; “Toke Up Tuesdays” Open Mic & Hookah Nite Tuesdays, 8 p.m.-midnight; Wet Wednesdays Wednesdays, 9 p.m.-2 a.m.

Mortimer’s

521 s. HigHland - 323-0900

2809 kirBy Pkwy.

759-0593

551 s. HigHland - 435-6243

Karaoke Tuesdays, 9 p.m.

6439 suMMer - 356-2324

Karaoke Fridays, 5-8 p.m.

The Other Place Bar & Grill

4148 wales - 373-0155

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

Karaoke Saturdays, 9 p.m.1 a.m. and Wednesdays, 8 p.m.-midnight.

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“Live in Studio A” Tuesdays, 2-4 p.m.

Ice Bar & Grill

The Crossing Bar & Grill

4202 hackS croSS 757-1423

7281 hackS croSS, oLivE branch, MS - 662-893-6242

Karaoke with Ricky Mac Thursdays, 8 p.m.-midnight; Live Bands Fridays, Saturdays, 8 p.m.; Almost Famous Friday, Jan. 30, 9:30 p.m.; The Original Open Mic Jam Mondays, 8 p.m-midnight; Live Music Tuesdays, Wednesdays, 8 p.m.-midnight.

Nick Garrison Friday, Jan. 30; Bryan Moffitt Band Saturday, Jan. 31; Karaoke Wednesdays, 10 p.m.

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

Mesquite Chop House 3165 ForESt hiLL-irEnE 249-5661

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

Karaoke with Buddha Thursdays, Tuesdays, 8 p.m.midnight; Acoustic Show Wednesdays, 7-11 p.m.

Dan McGuinness 3964 GooDMan, SouthavEn, MS - 662-890-7611

Acoustic Music Tuesdays.

1800 Main, SouthavEn, MS 662-253-8451

Gary Wayne and the Mainstreet Band Saturdays, 9 p.m.-midnight.

Club Superior 1459 ELviS PrESLEy 503-5544

Mesquite Chop House

Old School and Blues Fridays, 7 p.m.; Hottest Track Show with various artists Sundays, 6 p.m.

5960 GEtWELL, SouthavEn, MS - 662-890-2467

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

Hawaiian Isle Bar and Grill

Sam’s Town Casino

1542 ELviS PrESLEy 569-3217

Happy Hour with Live DJ Thursdays, MondaysWednesdays, 4-6 p.m.

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Bartlett Hadley’s Pub 2779 WhittEn - 266-5006

Shelby Forest General Store 7729 bEnjEStoWn 876-5770

Tony Butler Fridays, 6-8 p.m.

Cordova Cordova Community Center 1017 SanGa

West TN Youth Chorus/ West TN Children’s Chorus Sundays-Mondays.

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

Bonfire Orchestra Friday, Jan. 30; Section 8 Saturday, Jan. 31; The Lineup Tuesdays, 8 p.m.-midnight.

Frayser/Millington Haystack Bar & Grill 6560 hWy 51 n. - 872-0567

Karaoke Nights at The Stack Thursdays-Fridays, Sundays, and Wednesdays 7 p.m.-1 a.m.

ZIG (Zena Ivy Group) Friday, Jan. 30, 9 p.m.-1 a.m.; REWIND Saturday, Jan. 31, 9 p.m.-1 a.m.

Fox and Hound English Pub & Grill

Germantown

Old Whitten Tavern

Karaoke Tuesdays, 9 p.m.

847 ExocEt - 624-9060

Germantown Performing Arts Center

Loose Goose Bar & Grill

1801 ExEtEr - 751-7500

2800 WhittEn - 379-1965

Live Music Fridays, 9 p.m.1 a.m.; Karaoke with Ricky Mack Mondays, 10 p.m.1 a.m.; Open Mic with Susie and Bob Salley Wednesdays, 8 p.m.

Tunica Roadhouse 1107 caSino cEntEr DrivE, tunica, MS - 662-363-4900

Wadford’s Grill & Bar

Starbucks

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

Jerry Lee Lewis Saturday, Jan. 31.

474 church, SouthavEn, MS - 662-510-5861

7945 WinchEStEr 751-2345

6230 GrEEnLEE - 592-0344

1477 caSino StriP rESortS, GEtWELL, robinSonviLLE, MS - 662-357-7686

Live Music Fridays, Saturdays.

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

Rizzi’s/Paradiso Pub

In Legends Stage Bar: Live Entertainment Nightly ongoing.

Main Street Pizza

Laidback Mondays featuring Live Music and Karaoke Mondays, 7 p.m.

Arlington/Eads/ Oakland

38664 caSino cEntEr, tunica, MS - 800-357-5600

Moon Taxi with Firekid, the Lonely Biscuits Thursday, Jan. 29, 8 p.m.

1482 E. ShELby Dr. 922-8839

Family-Friendly Poetry and Open Mic Last Saturday of every month, 8-10 p.m.

Horseshoe Casino Tunica

1006 van burEn, oxForD, MS - 662-234-5333

BeRatus

4381 ELviS PrESLEy 332-4159

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

Lyric Theatre

Whitehaven/ Airport

Marlowe’s Ribs & Restaurant

Hollywood Casino 1150 caSino StriP rESort, tunica, MS - 662-357-7700

8014 cLub cEntEr 343-0860

DJ Tree Saturdays.

Ricky Skaggs and Kentucky Thunder Thursday, Jan. 29, 7:30 p.m.

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

Live Music on the patio Thursdays-Saturdays, 710 p.m.; Half Step Down Fridays, 7-10 p.m.

North Mississippi/ Tunica Buffalo Bill’s Wild West Grill 1686 Main, SouthavEn, MS 662-470-6549

Live Music Thursdays, 7 p.m.; Karaoke Fridays, Saturdays, and Tuesdays, 7 p.m.

Club Emotions 2.0 143 brickhouSE Dr., SLayDEn, MS - 662-551-1522

DJ Ty Sundays, 10 p.m.-2 a.m.

Fitz Casino & Hotel 711 Lucky Ln., tunica, MS 800-766-5825

Live Entertainment Thursdays-Sundays, Wednesdays, 6 p.m.

Fox and Hound English Pub & Grill 6565 toWnE cEntEr, SouthavEn, MS 662-536-2200

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

Ground Zero ZEro bLuES aLLEy, cLarkSDaLE, MS 662-621-9009

BluesGate Jams Thursday, Jan. 29, 8 p.m.; Lala and Element 88 Friday, Jan. 30, 9 p.m.; The Cadillac Funk Band Saturday, Jan. 31, 9 p.m.; Marshall Harper Wednesday, Feb. 4, 8 p.m.

Mugs Pub 4396 raLEiGh-LaGranGE 372-3556

Karaoke Fridays, Saturdays, 9 p.m.-1 a.m.

Stage Stop 2951 cELa - 382-1576

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

West Memphis Southland Park Gaming & Racing 1550 n. inGraM, WESt MEMPhiS, ar - 800-467-6182

DJ Crumbz Thursdays, 8 p.m.; Club Night Fridays, Saturdays, 9 p.m.; Live Band Karaoke Sundays, 7:30 p.m.; Karaoke Tuesdays, 7 p.m.; Boot Scootin’ Wednesdays, 7 p.m.

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T.J. Mulligan’s 64 2821 n. houSton LEvEE 377-9997

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Lucky Charms

Hoodoo Love is a grim Delta blues fairy tale by Memphis playwright Katori Hall.

She keeps a ra’t’s foot in her hand at night when she goes to sleep, She keeps a ra’t’s foot in her hand at night when she goes to sleep, to keep [me with] her, so I won’t make no midnight creep.

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’d like to see a Texas cage match where Katori Hall’s Hoodoo Love takes on Memphis: The Musical. Not because I think it would be much of a fight, but because it would be deeply satisfying to see Hall’s scruffy fairy tale school that wannabe rock-and-roll origin story by a couple of good-intentioned Jersey boys.

Hall’s a Memphis writer who writes Memphis and writes it well. Hoodoo Love, currently onstage at the Hattiloo Theatre, is an intensely poetic love story from the Great Migration, about a little bitty woman with a great big voice, who escapes her hellish preacher’s daughter’s life in rural Mississippi, hoping to make it as a blues singer on Beale Street and to cut a record for the white man on down the road in Chicago. She spends most of her time washing clothes for other people and thinking up songs.

Toulou, sweetly embodied by Keia Johnson, falls hard for Ace, a masterful bluesman with a girl in every town. Desperate to make him her one and only, she turns to Candy Lady, a conjure woman, whose root work is “powerful shit.” The charms work, but there’s a price.

To spice up this voodoo stew, Toulou’s violent, hard-drinking brother follows her to town with the intention of founding his own congregation. Jib, a character reminiscent of Jacob Engstrand from Ibsen’s Ghosts, brings everything Toulou was running away from with him.

Hall has a gift for writing colorful, idiom-laden dialogue that tumbles from her characters’ mouths like Shakespeare’s prose. Hurt Village sounds like Shakespeare. It also sounds like North Memphis at the turn of the last century. She also has a gift for style-hopping, and Hoodoo Love’s mix of earthy music and magical realism is like an Alice Walker story arriving by train in one of Sam Shepard’s early rockand-blues fantasias. It studies the violence and deprivation underpinning the thing we call the blues, riffing on myths, and the memories of people who claim to have seen guitar legend Robert Johnson on the

day he died, crawling on the floor on his hands and knees and barking like a dog.

There are many satisfying things about the Hattiloo’s run through Hoodoo. Johnson’s vulnerable, unforced performance tops the list, although every actor brings something good to the table. Arthur Ford’s Ace is a smooth operator, whether he’s blowing harp or blowing smoke. His scenes in Toulou’s arms, and under her spell, make steam. As brother Jib, Rickey Thomas is an awkward mess of a manchild and a loose cannon. Candy Lady is brought vividly to life by Hurt Village veteran Angela Wynn. But on opening weekend, not all of the actors seemed comfortable with the lines and blocking, and nothing upsets the flow of a performance like actors having to think about what they are doing and saying. Here’s hoping that gets better once the cast has a few shows under its belt.

It’s frustrating, in Memphis especially, to watch actors pretending to play blues out of sync with music from the wings.

Even if you commit to actors who can’t play, Hoodoo Love’s Memphis setting and magical elements create opportunities to present music in a theatrical way, without turning the show into an actual musical.

Director Brooke Sarden may not have found perfect solutions for Hoodoo Love’s musical challenges, but she seems especially attuned to the meaning and natural musicality of Hall’s language.

Although it’s set in the 1930s, Hoodoo Love’s modern Memphisness shines through in a way that should make it especially satisfying for regional audiences.

Hoodoo Love at the Hattiloo Theatre through February 15th. Hattiloo.org

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• $1,000 grand prize • Two $500 honorable Mention prizes* • entry Fee $10 per story

• Deadline: February 15th sponsored by:

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they’ve documented MacLeod’s collection in Graceland Too Revisited (DevaultGraves Digital Editions), subtitled “Images from the Home of the Universes*, Galaxys*, Planets*, Worlds*, Ultimate #1 Elvis Fan.” In recent phone interviews, Devault called the house “the wackiest place I’ve ever seen.” Graves — borrowing from music writer and cultural critic Greil Marcus — called it a fine example of a vanishing species: “the old weird America.” But Graceland Too isn’t just endangered. It’s soon to be extinct, and the exact date is that auction date: January 31st. No telling how high the bids on individual items could go, but MacLeod claimed his collection was worth millions, though, judging from Devault’s and Graves’ images, it’s hard to spot the rarities. Impossible, however, not to recognize MacLeod’s single-mindedness.

“Graceland Too was a two-part attraction,” Devault said. “The first was the artifacts. The second was Paul. He was a raconteur of the highest order.”

“A dyed-in-the-wool Elvis guy” is how Graves described him. “Bric-a-brac chaos” is what Graves called Graceland Too — chaos captured in the color-saturated imagery of Graceland Too Revisited.

The publishing team visited Holly Springs twice to take photos: the first visit during Graceland Too’s “Blue Period” in July 2011; then in August 2014. The end result, so far as the authors know: the only evidence in book form of MacLeod’s collection. “We want readers to be able to touch the pages, get a good sense of the color,” Graves said of the book, which differs from the digital editions normally produced by the Devault-Graves Agency.

“We looked at Paul MacLeod as a man who devoted his life to something he believed in,” Devault said against any charges that Graceland Too Revisited is simply a spotlight on an eccentric individual.

But the book already puts those possible charges to rest. On the dedication page, it’s there for all to see: “To the memory of Paul B. MacLeod, an Elvis fan who showed us how to chase our dreams.”

Darrin Devault and Tom Graves will be discussing and signing Graceland Too Revisited at the Booksellers at Laurelwood on Thursday, January 29th, at 6:30 p.m. The Graceland Too auction is on Saturday, January 31st, beginning at 10 a.m., with a preview of the collection on Friday, January 30th, from 1 to 5 p.m.

For more information on the auction and online bidding, go to spurkauctions.com.

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n the evening of July 15, 2014, Paul B. MacLeod, age 70, shot and killed the 28-yearold man who tried to enter MacLeod’s house in Holly Springs, Mississippi. Two days after the shooting, MacLeod himself was found dead on his front porch, the cause of death ruled to be natural causes.

But the crowd that gathers at 200 E. Gholson in Holly Springs on Saturday won’t be there just to remember the late Paul MacLeod. They’ll be on hand for an auction not only of the house’s contents but of the house itself, a house known as Graceland Too. Since opening his door, any hour of the day or night, to the public, MacLeod acted as the onsite guide to his cluttered collection of Elvis memorabilia, a collection that ran from front porch to backyard and from floors to walls to ceilings. Elvis busts and full-figure cutouts; rooms wallpapered in Elvis albums and album covers; Elvis concert photos, curtains, and wall hangings: It was Elvis “Moody Blue” everywhere, and never mind the kitsch factor. This was more like folk art run riot and raised to the level of roomsize art installation. There was a pink limo parked out back. There was a faux electric chair wired to a (working?) DieHard battery and inspired by Jailhouse Rock. But there were non-Elvis decorative touches too: fake Christmas tree branches, Mardi Gras beads, chain-link fencing, and barbed wire. The house itself (including the glass in its windows) could be painted a bright blue one year and a combination brown/ white the next — with little to no rhyme or reason why the colors went where. But the tourists were certainly there. They could be drunken college students by night or foreign tourists by day, and they weren’t just treated to one man’s fixation on all things Elvis. They met the man himself, Paul MacLeod, who claimed to drink a case of Coke a day.

Among the visitors were journalists and publishers Darrin Devault, who teaches at the University of Memphis, and Tom Graves, who teaches at LeMoyne-Owen College. Devault and Graves are amateur but accomplished photographers too, and

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INSIDE THE MEMPHIS COLLEGE OF ARTÕS NESIN GRADUATE SCHOOL, 477 S. MAIN.

Bartlett Performing Arts and Conference Center

Marshall Arts Gallery

Opening reception for “Two Smoking Barrels,” exhibition

by Morgan Page and Dusty Mitchell exploring gun violence in the United States in work that addresses guns as anecdotal objects and historical devices. www. marshallartsmemphis.com.

Fri., Jan. 30, 5-8 p.m.

What Would Lucy Do?, a tribute to the life, career, and antics of Lucille Ball.

Actress-impressionist Suzanne LaRusch recreates the magic of the beloved comedienne. www.bpacc.org. $25. Fri., Jan. 30, 2:30 and 8 p.m.

3663 APPLING (385-6440).

Buckman Arts Center at St. Mary’s School

639 MARSHALL (679-6837).

Popovich Comedy Pet Theater, unique theatrics of Moscow-born Gregory Popovich featuring his 15 cats and 10 dogs rescued from animal shelters. www. buckmanartscenter.com. $28.

Sat., Jan. 31, 7-9 p.m.

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“30 in 30”

Original paintings of shelter dogs, one a day for 30 days, will be posted for sale on www.samanthasherry.com.

Proceeds will benefit the Tunica Humane Society.

Through Feb. 28.

60 N. PERKINS EXT. (537-1483).

Cannon Center for the Performing Arts

Baby Hold On To Memphis, musical inspired by the life of Gerald Levert, American soul singer, songwriter, and producer. $32.75$56.75. Fri., Jan. 30, 8 p.m.

MEMPHIS COOK CONVENTION CENTER, 255 N. MAIN (525-1515).

Circuit Playhouse

Bad Jews, comedy about a “Real Jew” with an Israeli boyfriend. Her cousin Liam brings home his shiksa girlfriend and declares ownership of their grandfather’s Chai necklace. www.playhouseonthesquare. org. $22-$35. Through Feb. 8.

51 S. COOPER (725-0776).

Miss Firecracker Contest, watch out for flying batons, cans of Aqua Net, and loads of hair dye as the kooky characters take the stage in this Southern gothic masterpiece from Beth Henley. www.gctcomeplay.org. $21.

Fridays, Saturdays, 8 p.m., Sundays, 2:30 p.m., and Thursdays, 7:30 p.m. Through Feb. 8.

3037 FOREST HILL-IRENE (754-2680).

Harrell Performing Arts Theatre

If Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Were Alive Today, soulriveting one-man play that puts a modern perspective on the life of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and his dream.

(278-0881), www. harrelltheatre.org. $20.

Thursdays-Sundays, 8-9 p.m.

Through Feb. 8.

440 POWELL, (853-3228).

Hattiloo Theatre

Hoodoo Love, Toulou dreams of singing the blues. Laughed at by her lover, she hexes him with the assistance of Candy Lady. But she doesn’t always get what she wants. (Mature audiences only.) www.hattiloo. org. $28. Through Feb. 15.

37 S. COOPER (502-3486).

Hernando High School Performing Arts Center

Once Upon a Mattress, rollicking spin on the familiar classic Princess and the Pea. www.kudzuplayers.com.

Through Feb. 1.

805 DILWORTH, HERNANDO, MS.

“Sideshow” at LM Gallery 363

The Orpheum

The Lion King, visually stunning, technically astounding with a musical score like no other. www. orpheum-memphis.com. $34.

Feb. 3-March 1.

203 S. MAIN (525-3000).

Playhouse on the Square The Rocky Horror Show, reality, fiction, and camp collide in this mash up of comics, rock-and-roll, and late-night horror flicks. $24.

Through Feb. 15.

Call to Artists for “NewWorks@TheWorks” competition, writers have an opportunity to submit new scripts for competition. For more information, guidelines, and rules, visit website. www. playhouseonthesquare.org. $15. Through May 30.

66 S. COOPER (726-4656).

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VARIOUS LOCATIONS, SEE WEBSITE FOR MORE INFORMATION, WWW.SAMANTHASHERRY.COM.

Opening reception for “Delicate Tension: A Collection of Multi-Generational Needlework,” exhibition of needlework created by a wide range of artists with varying techniques and aesthetics. www.crosstownarts.org.

Thurs., Jan. 29, 5-7 p.m.

Art Trolley Tour

430 N. CLEVELAND (507-8030).

Artists are invited to participate by purchasing any object of inspiration from the Cleveland Street Flea Market to transform into (or use as inspiration for) a new work of art. Through March 24.

Tour the local galleries and shops on South Main. Free trolley rides. Last Friday of every month, 6-9 p.m.

SOUTH MAIN HISTORIC ARTS DISTRICT, DOWNTOWN.

Memphis Magazine Fiction Awards Contest

For rules and further details, see website. $10 entry fee per story. Through Feb. 15.

VARIOUS LOCATIONS, SEE WEBSITE FOR MORE INFORMATION, WWW.MEMPHISMAGAZINE.COM.

Secrets in Oils Painting Seminar

Oil-painting demonstration by Matthew Hasty overlooking the Mississippi River. From blank canvas to finished piece, price includes lunch and wine and cheese post reception.

Call for reservations. $95.

Wed.-Thu., Jan. 28-29, 10 a.m.-3 p.m.

PAULETTEÕS, RIVER INN, 50 HARBOR TOWN SQUARE (260-3333), WWW.MATTHEWHASTY.COM.

Shoot & Splice: New Millennium Film Financing

Tips, tricks, and advice on successfully crowdfunding your film from a few folks who have actually done it. Tues., Feb. 3, 6 p.m.

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

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Call to Artists: “Belongings”

Art Museum at the University of Memphis (AMUM)

363 S. MAIN.

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

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

Hyde Gallery

“The Ideal Set Back”

LM Gallery 363

Opening reception for “Sideshow,” exhibition of work by Mickey Bond, Marc Rouillard, Jon Sparks, Johnny Taylor, Mary Long, and Brittany Vega. Fri., Jan. 30, 6-8:30 p.m.

Opening reception for Art Education Thesis Exhibition, showcasing printmaking, painting, drawing, ceramics, photography, and animation work by 10 candidates for Master of Arts in Art Education and Master of Arts in Teaching. www.mca.edu.

Fri., Jan. 30, 6-9 p.m.

Collaborative music, art, and video show organized by Todd Chappell. Sat., Jan. 31, 8-11 p.m.

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

32nd Annual Juried Student Exhibition, www.amum. memphis.edu. Jan. 31-Feb. 28.

“Africa: Art of a Continent,” permanent exhibition of African art from the Martha and Robert Fogelman collection. Ongoing.

Belz Museum of Asian and Judaic Art

“Chinese Symbols in Art,” exhibition of ancient Chinese pottery and bronze. www. belzmuseum.org. Ongoing.

119 S. MAIN, IN THE PEMBROKE SQUARE BUILDING (523-ARTS).

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Buckman Arts Center at St. Mary’s School

“Earthbound Treasures,” exhibition of new works

by Tiffany Myers Foss and pottery by Katie Dann. www. buckmanartscenter.com.

Through Feb. 13.

60 N. PERKINS EXT. (537-1483).

Clough-Hanson Gallery

“I Thought I Might See You Here,” exhibition by Memphis filmmaker Brian Pera. www. rhodes.edu. Through Feb. 14.

RHODES COLLEGE, 2000 N. PARKWAY (843-3442).

Crosstown Arts

“Delicate Tension: A Collection of MultiGenerational Needlework,” exhibition of needlework created by a wide range of artists with varying techniques and aesthetics. www.crosstownarts.org.

Wed.-Fri., Jan 28-30.

430 N. CLEVELAND (507-8030).

4339 PARK (761-5250).

INSIDE THE MEMPHIS COLLEGE OF ARTÕS NESIN GRADUATE SCHOOL, 477 S. MAIN.

Eclectic Eye

“Pathways,” exhibition of paintings by Tom Stem. www.eclectic-eye.com.

Through March 4.

242 S. COOPER (276-3937).

Fogelman Galleries of Contemporary Art, University of Memphis

“Identity Cinema: Volume Four,” through Feb. 6.

James Luna, exhibition of contemporary Native American art. www.memphis. edu. Through March 6.

3715 CENTRAL.

Fratelli’s

“Collected Fragments,” exhibition of works by Rachel Grant. www. memphisbotanicgarden.com.

Feb. 4-28.

750 CHERRY (766-9900).

LM Gallery 363

“Sideshow,” exhibition of work by Mickey Bond, Marc Rouillard, Jon Sparks, Johnny Taylor, Mary Long, and Brittany Vega. Jan. 30-Feb. 23.

363 S. MAIN.

David Lusk Gallery

Pinkney Herbert, exhibition of new drawings. Tues.-Sat., Jan. 27-31.

“Brothers Keeper,” exhibition of new work by Jerry and Terry Lynn. Through Jan. 31.

Mary Sims, exhibition of monumental narrative paintings based on Bible stories. Feb. 3-March 13.

Tyler Hildebrand, exhibition of new paintings, drawings, and film work. www. davidluskgallery.com. Feb. 3-March 14.

4540 POPLAR (767-3800).

The Dixon Gallery & Gardens

“Hail, Britannia! Six Centuries of British Art from the Berger Collection,” exhibition of 50 paintings from the medieval period to the 21st century by luminaries such as Hans Holbein the Younger, Sir Anthony van Dyck, and others.

Through April 19.

“Nothing Is For Ever Last,”

Exhibition of work by Mary Sims at David Lusk Gallery

Marshall Arts Gallery

“Two Smoking Barrels,” exhibition by Morgan Page and Dusty Mitchell exploring gun violence in the United States in work that addresses guns as anecdotal objects and historical devices. www. marshallartsmemphis.com.

Jan. 30-Feb. 13.

639 MARSHALL (679-6837).

Memphis Botanic Garden

“Incognito,” exhibition of anonymous works by 100 of Memphis’ finest artists. Gala and auction will be held Jan. 30. www. memphisbotanicgarden.com.

Through Jan. 30.

750 CHERRY (636-4100).

Memphis Brooks Museum of Art

Mid-South Scholastic Art Awards, exhibition of winning art work by students in grades 7-12 from 500 schools in the Mid-South area. Jan. 31-March 1.

“Looking at Women,” exhibition of images of women appearing in a variety of roles: goddess, harlot, mother, or femme fatale.

Through Feb. 22.

“Greetings of Love: Printed Valentines from the Late Victorian Era,” exhibition of rare examples with a particular focus on those with colorful chromolithographic printing and lacy die-cut details. Through March 8.

“Discover Me: Exploring Identity Through Art Therapy,” exhibition of the creative exploration and self-discovery by participants in the art therapy access program at South Park Elementary School. Through March 15.

“Cats and Quotes,” exhibition featuring felines in paintings, sculptures, ceramics, and prints paired with famous quotes about felines from a variety of periods. www. brooksmuseum.org. Through Jan. 3, 2016.

1934 POPLAR (544-6209).

Memphis College of Art Gallery Ten Ninety One

“Bof! le Mix!,” exhibition of paintings by Keith Rash.

Through Jan. 30.

“Memphis Through the Looking Glass,” exhibition featuring gouache on board works by Mollie Riggs, acrylic paintings by Carol Robison, and stained-glass art by Cindy Sharpe of Carved Designs. www.wkno.org. Feb. 2-27.

WKNO STUDIO, 7151 CHERRY FARMS (458-2521).

Hyde Gallery

Art Education Thesis Exhibition, showcasing printmaking, painting, drawing, ceramics, photography, and animation work by 10 candidates

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“Lost the Map,” exhibition of mixed-media works by Ben Utigard. www.mca.edu.

Through Feb. 7.

1930 POPLAR (272-5100).

Metal Museum

“All That Glitters,” exhibition reflecting the diversity of the museum’s permanent collection divided into three sections showcasing pieces made of gold, silver, and copper. Through March 1.

“Tributaries: Susie Ganch,” exhibition of jewelry with suspended precious stones and enameled copper in intricate webs of silver and steel. Through March 1.

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“14,000,” exhibition of installation works by Jill Horne using everyday objects found in a house. www.memphis.edu.

Through Feb. 13.

for Master of Arts in Art Education and Master of Arts in Teaching. www.mca.edu.

Through Feb. 14.

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Box Gallery

exhibition of collage works by Lester Julian Merriweather. www.dixon.org. Through March 29.

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“The Business of Music” Listen to Mississippi’s finest up-and-coming artists while receiving information to understand product, fan base, customers, and help achieve music business goals. Thurs., Jan. 29, 6-7:30 p.m.

Ben Dory, and Rob Jackson whose work combines the delicate and the sturdy. www. metalmuseum.org. Through April 19.

374 METAL MUSEUM DR. (774-6380).

LEE COUNTY LIBRARY, 219 N. MADISON (662-841-9027), WWW. MSMUSICFOUNDATION.COM.

Painted Planet

Gallery Artists on View, exhibition by gallery artists.

(338-5223), TuesdaysSaturdays, 11:45 a.m.-6 p.m.

Munch & Learn Lectures

Bring a brown bag lunch.

Listen to lectures on art by various speakers. Free for members, $5 nonmembers.

Noon-1 p.m.

1015 S. COOPER (725-0054).

Playhouse on the Square “Episodes,” exhibition of paintings by Mike Coulson.

Through Feb. 28.

“One of a Kind,” exhibition of works by Lewis Feibelman.

Through March 1.

“Perdido,” exhibition of paintings and drawings by Wesley Ortiz. www.mca.edu.

Through March 1.

Dale Anderson, exhibition of photography featuring a wide range of work from architecture to abstracts. wwww.playhouseonthesquare. org. Through March 3.

66 S. COOPER (726-4656).

Ross Gallery

“Forge, Cast, Fabricate: Artists from the Metal Museum,” exhibition of works by Metal Museum apprentices and staff.

Through Feb. 12.

“A Tribute to Jan Singer, Glass Artist,” exhibition of glass art

by Jan Singer. www.cbu.edu/ gallery. Through Feb. 12.

CHRISTIAN BROTHERS UNIVERSITY, PLOUGH LIBRARY, 650 E. PARKWAY S. (321-3000).

Shady Grove Presbyterian Church

“Next Thing’s Next,” exhibition of portraiture by Paul Miller. www.shadygrovepres.org.

Feb. 3-28.

5530 SHADY GROVE (683-7329).

Stax Museum of American Soul Music

“Soul: Memphis’ Original Sound,” exhibition of photography by Thom Gilbert. www.soulsvillefoundation.org.

Through June 13.

January 29-February 4, 2015

926 E. MCLEMORE (946-2535).

Sue Layman Designs

“Conclusion of Delusion,” exhibition of original oil paintings by Sue Layman Lightman. www.facebook. com/SueLaymanDesigns.

Wednesdays, Saturdays, 10 a.m.-3 p.m.

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Opera

An Evening of Opera Scenes

Featuring Rhodes voice students and Perry Mears, musical director. Mon., Feb. 2, 7:30 p.m.

RHODES COLLEGE, HARDIE AUDITORIUM, 2000 N. PARKWAY, WWW.RHODES.EDU/MUSIC.

Talbot Heirs

5992 QUINCE (767-7322).

1532 MADISON (726-0906).

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Hosted by Julie Wheeler. $10$20. Last Saturday of every month, 8 p.m.

EARNESTINE & HAZELÕS, 531 S. MAIN (523-9754), WWW.THEJULIEWHEELER.COM.

Diavolo

Athletic performers engage in gravity-defying choreography that requires the precision of a perfectly designed machine. $35. Sat., Jan. 31, 8 p.m.

GERMANTOWN PERFORMING ARTS CENTER, 1801 EXETER (751-7500), GPACWEB.COM/SEASON/ITEM/ DIAVALO.

Shrine Tea Dance

Featuring Noble Sounds Orchestra and the Bankers.

Semi-formal attire. BYOB. Includes popcorn and soft drinks. $10. First Sunday of every month, 2-6 p.m.

AL CHYMIA SHRINE CENTER, 5770 SHELBY OAKS (377-7336), WWW.SHRINE-DANCE-MEMPHIS. COM.

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Thursdays, 6 p.m.

Hi-Tone

Don’t Be Afraid of the Comedy, Memphis, an evening of comedy hosted

by Josh McLane featuring Nashville’s Brad Hinderliter and Mary Jay Berger along with Memphis’ own Brandon Sams and Jared Herring.

(725-9999), www. hitonememphis.com. $3.

Mon., Feb. 2, 8:15 p.m.

412-414 N. CLEVELAND (278-TONE).

Birding for Beginners, Winter Birdfeeding 101, Winter Garden Tool Maintenance, and more. www. memphismuseums.org. Sat., Jan. 31, 10 a.m.-2 p.m.

Open Mic Comedy, Thursdays, 9 p.m.

Brinson’s

Flirt Nightclub

“Voice of the Turtle,” exhibition of work by Kenneth Lawrence Beaudoin, Peter Bowman, Jim Buchman, Guy Church, William Eggleston, John Fahey, John McIntire, Johnathan Payne, and Terri Phillips. www.topsgallery.com.

Through Feb. 8.

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Edge Art, exhibition and private showing of works by Debra Edge. www.talbotheirs. com. Through Jan. 30.

TOPS Gallery

The Birds and the Seeds at Lichterman Nature Center

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First Sunday, featuring artist showcase, vendors, free admission, and complimentary wine. Sun., Feb. 1, 2-6 p.m.

Melting Pot: Artist Showcase, open mic night hosted by Darius “Phatmak” Clayton. $5.

Thursdays, 7-11 p.m.

Strictly Hip Hop Sunday, featuring open mic, live band, and DJ. $5, ladies free.

Sundays, 5 p.m.

341 MADISON (524-0104).

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LoveSpeaks, Fridays, 11 p.m.2 a.m.

515 E.H. CRUMP.

Java Cabana

Open Mic Nite, www. javacabanacoffeehouse.com.

Thursdays, 8-10 p.m.

2170 YOUNG (272-7210).

The Midtown Crossing Grill

Poetry Slam, Tuesdays, 7 p.m.

Booksigning by Ally Carter

Author discusses and signs Embassy Row: All Fall Down.

Tues., Feb. 3, 6 p.m.

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

Booksigning by Tom Graves and Darrin De Vault Authors discuss and sign Graceland Too Revisited.

Thurs., Jan. 29, 6:30 p.m.

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

Literacy Is Key Luncheon

Patti Callahan Henry, Michael Farris Smith, and Natalie Baszile discuss and sign their latest books benefiting FirstBook. $55. Thurs., Jan. 29, 10 a.m.-1 p.m.

UNIVERSITY OF MEMPHIS HOLIDAY INN, 3700 CENTRAL (751-4177), WWW.MEMPHIS.KAPPA.ORG.

394 WATKINS (443-0502).

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The Dixon Gallery & Gardens

Collage Workshop with Lester Merriweather, participants will use a variety of popular culture magazines to create a juxtaposition of imagery, and a digital sketch that will produce a single collage. www. dixon.org. $60 members, $75 nonmembers. Sat., Jan. 31, 1-5 p.m.

4339 PARK (761-5250).

Lichterman Nature Center

The Birds and the Seeds, annual Seed Swap with new workshops, seminars and demonstrations. Featuring

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Beyond Red: The Colorful New World of Amaryllis

Lecture by Jason Delaney. Sat., Jan. 31, 10:30 a.m.

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

Brown Bag: Chickens in your Backyard

Discussion on raising chickens, addressing housing, feed, troubleshooting, and the day-to-day care needed to keep a small flock healthy.

Free with admission. Wed., Feb. 4, noon-1 p.m.

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

Educational seminar series that introduces 10 different nonprofits, work they are doing, impact they are having, and easy ways to get engaged in five-minute lightning rounds. Free. Thurs., Jan. 29, 8-10 a.m.

LIPSCOMB AND PITTS COMMUNITY ROOM, 2670 UNION, WWW.THELPBC.COM.

What Lies Beneath

Elmwood director Kim McCollum and assistant director Bob Barnett share stories, secrets, and hidden treasures beneath the red roof of Elmwood’s historic Cottage. $15. Sat., Jan. 31, 1 p.m.

ELMWOOD CEMETERY, 824 S. DUDLEY (774-3212), WWW.ELMWOODCEMETERY.ORG.

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Downline Summit

Two powerful days focused on igniting a restoration of Biblical disciple-making in the home, church, and community. $75. Fri., Jan. 30, 5:30-9:30 p.m., and Sat., Jan. 31, 8:30 a.m.-4 p.m.

HIGHPOINT CHURCH, 6000 BRIARCREST, WWW.DOWNLINESUMMIT.COM.

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Amaryllis Tours

Garden docents will be available in the Canale Conservatory to guide visitors through the amaryllis exhibition and answer questions. Free with admission. Saturdays, 10 a.m.-noon.

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

Tour: Pre-Columbian Collection with Elizabeth Cruzado Tour the mysterious preColumbian artworks with Elizabeth Cruzado who has conducted archaeological research in the highland Andes. Free for members, with admission for nonmembers.

Sun., Feb. 1, 2-3 p.m.

MEMPHIS BROOKS MUSEUM OF ART, 1934 POPLAR (544-6200), WWW. BROOKSMUSEUM.ORG.

Tours at Two

Join a Dixon docent or member of the curatorial staff on a tour of the current exhibitions. Free for members. $5 nonmembers.

Tuesdays, Sundays, 2-3 p.m.

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

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New Year, New You

Discover how to lose unwanted pounds in minutes per day, save money while eating healthy, and promote the most neglected part of your health.

Thurs., Jan. 29, 6-7 p.m.

ENVISION MEMPHIS, 149 MONROE, WWW.CHIROPRACTICMEMPHIS.COM.

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Animal Grossology

Interactive exhibition that takes science information and incorporates it into interactive entertainment featuring some of the stinkiest, slimiest, and downright yuckiest creatures.

Free for members, $12.75 nonmembers. Through April 19.

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

A License to Quill: Creative Writing Conference

Workshop sessions will give students a chance to sharpen their skills by focusing on poetry, fiction, journaling, and nonfiction. Call for details and registration. $50. Sat., Jan. 31, 9:30 a.m.-3 p.m., and Sun., Feb. 1, 1:30-4 p.m.

HUTCHISON SCHOOL, 1740 RIDGEWAY (507-2460).

PB&J: Animal Jamz with Prizm Ensemble Featuring performances that bridge the gap between the performer and the audience. $8. Sat., Jan. 31, 9:30 and 10:30 a.m.

GERMANTOWN PERFORMING ARTS CENTER, 1801 EXETER (751-7500), WWW.GPACWEB.COM.

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World Series of Poker Circuit Event

Featuring 12 official WSOP Circuit events. The winner of the main event will earn free entry into the 2015 WSOP National Championship.

Through Feb. 2.

HORSESHOE CASINO TUNICA, 38664 CASINO CENTER, TUNICA, MS (800-357-5600), WWW.HORSESHOETUNICA.COM.

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35th Annual AWA Banquet

Enjoy cocktail hour, auction, dinner, and music by Carson and Pool. Program will honor Tennessee Supreme Court Justice Holly M. Kirby, award scholarships, and induction of 2015 AWA president, officers, and chairs. $40-$70. Thurs., Jan. 29, 5:30 p.m.

UNIVERSITY OF MEMPHIS HOLIDAY INN, 3700 CENTRAL (844-4438), WWW.AWAMEMPHIS.ORG.

C a l e n da r: ja n ua ry 2 9 - f e b r ua ry 4 Amaryllis Exhibition

Rare varieties of amaryllis in the Canale Conservatory. Through March 1.

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

Arts & Crafts

Fun for the whole family while showing the importance of arts and crafts for students. Thurs., Jan. 29, 3-5 p.m.

SE ACADEMY, 5960 KNIGHT ARNOLD (729-6021).

Bass Pro Shop Job Fair

Applications will be accepted for full-time and part-time positions for the Pyramid location set to open in the spring. Feb. 2-4.

MEMPHIS COOK CONVENTION CENTER, 255 N. MAIN (5761200), WWW.BASSPRO.COM/CAREERS.

Film & Book Talk

Excerpts from the film An Ordinary Hero: Joan Trumpauer and the book We Shall Not Be Moved by M. J. O’Brien will be discussed in the context of how protest was used to affect social change. Free. Thurs., Jan. 29, 6 p.m.

F o o d & d r i n k E vE nts

Feb. 1, 4 p.m.

Big Game Buffet

FLYING SAUCER, 1400 N. GERMANTOWN PKWY. (755-5530), BEERKNURD.COM/STORES/CORDOVA.

Offering a “super” buffet featuring game-day favorites, along with a $4.50 Bloody Mary bar all day long. Sun., Feb. 1, 5 p.m.

FLYING SAUCER DRAUGHT EMPORIUM, 130 PEABODY PLACE (523-8536), BEERKNURD.COM/STORES/MEMPHIS.

Sugar Arts Show and Competition

The West Tennessee Sugar Artists team up with the Kidney Foundation’s Chocolate Fantasy Sat., Jan. 31, 10 a.m.-5 p.m.

OAK COURT MALL, 4465 POPLAR (854-1104), WWW.WESTTNSUGARARTISTS.ORG.

Super Sunday

Offering $3 pints from 4 p.m. to close and a tailgate menu featuring bacon-wrapped jalapenos, Angus nachos, corn dogs, and Mojo wings. Sun.,

Wine Down: The Cheese Edition

Featuring wines, cheeses, and live music. $25 members, $35 nonmembers. Fri., Jan. 30, 6-8 p.m.

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

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The 78 Project Movie

Documentary inspired by musicologist Alan Lomax and his quest to capture music where it lived throughout the early 20th century. $9.

Thurs., Jan. 29, 7 p.m.

Selections from the Woman’s Picture Series Thurs., Jan. 29, 6-8 p.m.

RHODES COLLEGE, BLOUNT AUDITORIUM IN BUCKMAN HALL, 2000 N. PARKWAY (843-3470), WWW.RHODES.EDU.

Tournées French Film Festival

Grigris: Feb. 3; Augustine: Feb. 4; The Missing Picture: Feb. 10; closing reception featuring The Lovely Month of May: Feb. 11. Tues., Feb. 3, 7 p.m., and Wed., Feb. 4, 7 p.m.

RHODES COLLEGE, BLOUNT AUDITORIUM IN BUCKMAN HALL, 2000 N. PARKWAY (843-3470), WWW.RHODES.EDU.

MEMPHIS BROOKS MUSEUM OF ART, 1934 POPLAR (544-6200), WWW.BROOKSMUSEUM.ORG.

NATIONAL CIVIL RIGHTS MUSEUM, 450 MULBERRY (5219699), WWW.CIVILRIGHTSMUSEUM.ORG.

Fresh Branding Concepts

Luncheon and 2015 Silver Medal presentation. $10 members, $25 nonmembers. Thurs., Jan. 29, 11:30 a.m.

MEMPHIS BOTANIC GARDEN, 750 CHERRY (636-4100), WWW.FACEBOOK.COM/AAFMEMPHIS.

Popovich Comedy Pet Theater at the Buckman Saturday “I AM AN ICON”

Exhibit centered on an original “I AM A MAN” sign from 1968 as an icon for social, political, and artistic expressions featuring signs, photographs, and the painting “IM.” $12.75. Feb. 1-Oct. 11.

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

MEMPHIS HILTON, 939 RIDGE LAKE (684-6664), WWW.IDXEVENT.COM.

Incognito Art Gala and Silent Auction

Silent auction featuring anonymous works of art by 100 of Memphis’ finest artists. $25 members, $35 nonmembers. Fri., Jan. 30, 5:30-7:30 p.m.

MEMPHIS BOTANIC GARDEN, 750 CHERRY (636-4131), WWW.MEMPHISBOTANICGARDEN.COM.

Income Tax Preparation Day

Income tax experts assist in preparing 2014 income tax forms with the aid of interpreters.

Please call for an appointment time. Free. Fri., Jan. 30, 10 a.m.-3 p.m.

DEAFCONNECT, 144 N. BELLEVUE (278-9307), WWW.DEAFCONNECTMIDSOUTH.ORG.

Mystic Krewe of Pegasus Mardi Gras Ball XII: Walking in Memphis $50. Sat., Jan. 31, 7 p.m.

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

Young Adult Ministry Game Night

Featuring food, ice breakers, games, and fellowship with like-minded men and women.

Fri., Jan. 30, 7-10 p.m.

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

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CHARRED CARROT HOTDOGS 6 very large carrots* 1 teaspoon toasted sesame oil Kosher salt and cracked black pepper (to taste) 6 whole wheat or gluten-free hot dog buns Vegetarian chili, cheddar cheese, chopped white onion, sauerkraut, pickles, ketchup, spicy mustard (to serve) Over a high flame on your outdoor grill’s side burner or under your oven’s broiler, char the carrots until they are deeply blackened all over. This will take roughly 20 minutes if you turn the carrots 1/4 turn every 5 minutes. Once they are sufficiently blackened, remove them and wrap them tightly in aluminum foil.

Allow the charred carrots to rest for 15 minutes. They will finish cooking through during that time, and the smoke flavor will infuse throughout.

If they are cool enough to handle, pull the char off of each carrot just like you would for a roasted red pepper. Drizzle the carrots with sesame oil and add salt and pepper to taste. Feel free to warm them up on the grill if you’d like; serve them on a bun with your favorite toppings. (Serves 4-6.)

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dog bowl *Look for the carrots that are about as big around as a half-dollar and have very little taper to them. The biggest carrots you can find are what’s going to work best here. They shrink slightly during the cooking process, and then you pull off the charred part, so they will be smaller once it comes time to eat.

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Mushroom-Stuffed Mushrooms Add the chopped shallot, garlic, mushrooms, celery, and carrot to the pan. Stir consistently and sauté until all of the liquid has released and then evaporated; this should take about 5 minutes. Add the sage, red pepper flakes, clove, nutmeg, soy sauce, and maple syrup to the pan. Stir to incorporate and remove from heat. Add the uncooked quick-cooking oats and stir the mixture until everything is well incorporated. Add salt and pepper to taste. Cover and set aside in the fridge for at least 15 minutes to allow the moisture to distribute.

Cover casserole dish tightly with foil and bake for 30 minutes. Remove the foil, top each with cheddar and bake another 3 minutes or until cheese is melted.

Top with sliced green onions and serve. These can be served warm or at room temperature.

For more ideas on delicious ways to incorporate more vegetables in your diet log on to The Chubby Vegetarian blog or come see us at Palladio Antiques and Art (2169 Central) on Friday, January 30th, 11 a.m.-2 p.m. Justin will be serving samples and signing copies of The Southern Vegetarian: 100 Down-Home Recipes for the Modern Table (Thomas Nelson, 2013) along with Jennifer Chandler, author of The Southern Pantry Cookbook (Thomas Nelson, 2015).

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film review By Chris McCoy

Military Aged American Sniper wants you!

Bradley Cooper in American Sniper; (Below) Sienna Miller as Taya

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mong the many changes wrought by World War II was the birth of the American war movie. Newsreels produced by the likes of John Ford were accompanied by dramatizations of the exploits of America’s brave fighting men, such as Howard Hawks’ Sergeant York and Flying Tigers, starring John Wayne. These films served as wartime propaganda for the Allied side, produced by an artistic community trying to do its part. The good guys and the bad guys had to be easily identifiable, a skill Hollywood picked up from making westerns and Saturday morning serials.

After the war, moral ambiguity crept back into film.

1946 saw both William Wyler’s The Best Years of Our Lives and Frank Capra’s It’s a Wonderful Life, stories about people on the front lines and on the home front wondering if it was all worth it. In England, Stairway to Heaven saw David Niven arguing before a court of angels that the actions he took in war were just.

But then a funny thing happened: American audiences decided they liked the moral certainty of wartime propaganda, and Hollywood, which always does what puts butts in seats, gave them more of it with films such as Sands of Iwo Jima. In 1955, real-life American war hero Audie Murphy, awarded a Congressional Medal of Honor at age 19, played himself in To Hell and Back, the dramatization of his wartime memoir. The war that created the need for propaganda was over, but military propaganda had become a genre in its own right.

Perhaps that history can shed some light on the success of American Sniper, which has soared past $200 million in box office in two weeks. Unlike World War II, the War on Terror provided no moments of catharsis. Bin Laden was shot offscreen, necessitating the creation of the last great military propaganda movie, Zero Dark Thirty. But with its female protagonist and recognition of the moral complexity of asymmetrical warfare, it was no Flying Leathernecks.

Fortunately, Clint Eastwood knows how make a real, old-fashioned war film. He was in Where Eagles Dare with Richard Burton. He was also in

Kelly’s Heroes, but American Sniper is not about to paint its real-life hero Chris Kyle (Bradley Cooper) and his band of SEAL sidekicks as cynical rogues in uniforms out for plunder. Nor is Eastwood here to contemplate the wisdom of Bush’s great blunder into Iraq. The single worst decision in American foreign policy history is announced with a celebratory cellphone call that interrupts Cooper’s wedding to Taya (Sienna Miller). Iraq’s connection to the 9/11 terrorists is implied but never stated; the words “weapons of mass destruction” are never uttered.

Eastwood’s not here to rehash the debate over the Iraq War, he’s here to make the people who were duped into it feel better about that $2 trillion they just buried in a hole in the desert. He aims to make Cooper into John Wayne for the generation that spent the best years of their lives in Fallujah. His

directorial mode seems to be, “Do it like we did it in the old days.” And he’s right! The old ways were better, at least when it comes to film craftsmanship.

Eastwood’s battle sequences have a clarity and tightness hacks like Michael Bay can’t begin to touch.

There’s nothing the least bit expressive or off-putting in Eastwood’s lighting or framing. He understands classical film grammar and knows how to deploy it to maximum emotional effect.

American Sniper is about, and for, the men — and it’s all men — who did their duty bravely in Iraq.

That they were sent on a fool’s errand doesn’t matter to them, to Eastwood, or to the audience. American Sniper is not shy about dividing the good guys from the bad guys: Kyle calls the Iraqis “savages.” But Eastwood understands that heroes should behave heroically. Unlike the recent Fury, he doesn’t portray American soldiers as rapists who shoot POWs in cold blood. Kyle only kills “military-aged males” — and women and children who really deserve it.

Much has been made of American Sniper’s alleged historical inaccuracies, but it doesn’t matter. I’m no expert on military protocol, but I’m pretty sure Kyle’s habit of calling his wife while in the heat of battle is frowned upon. But those tearful calls lend a good, emotional punch to a scene. To paraphrase another great American war movie, Apocalypse Now, charging a man for lying in a movie about a war based on a lie is like handing out speeding tickets at the Indy 500.

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A Most Boring Movie Gangsters do gangster stuff in A Most Violent Year.

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company for … well it’s never quite clear, but it has something to do with the second set of books Anna is hiding in their fancy new house that looks like somewhere Al Pacino’s Scarface would have flopped. Anna looks great in the New Wave nightmare of a home, styled as she is after Michelle Pfeiffer’s cocainecrazed Elvira. But at least Tony Montana and Elvira were doing something more interesting than late-night accounting.

There’s also a shadowy bunch of gangsters hijacking the company’s oil trucks before they can get to market, which provides the movie’s sole interesting sequence, a running gun battle across the Queensboro Bridge.

So you see, A Most Violent Year is not a very violent movie. It would probably be better if it were. Instead, it’s mostly a bunch of men trying to look intimidating while eating Italian food.

And yet, as The Godfather proves, it is actually possible to make a good movie about intimidating people eating Italian food. That gets to the heart of the problem with A Most Violent Year: It’s a cargo-cult movie. It has all of the trappings of a gangster epic without actually understanding how to use those trappings or why they work.

Take The Sopranos, for example. James Gandolfini was a guy who could really eat intimidatingly. Isaac, on the other hand, just looks lost. And the writing isn’t strong enough to keep those mealtime conversations interesting. The dialog is flat, the story flabby and incoherent right up to the part where writer/director J.C. Chandor throws up his hands and craps out a deus ex machina ending. I’ll leave you with the final note I took during the movie: “The sideways gun is just icing on the shit cake.”

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During a screening of A Most Violent Year, I had a revelation: I’m sick of movies about New York gangsters. I like The Godfather and The Godfather 2 as much as the next guy. Francis Ford Coppola’s twin masterpieces are rightly held up as some of the best American films ever made. I understand that a generation of filmmakers was inspired by them. But come on, people! That was 40 years ago! Can we maybe find some other group of people besides the Mob to represent the economic, social, and moral struggles of Americans reaching for the dream?

If you asked Abel Morales (Oscar Isaac) if he was a gangster, he would say no. He’s in the heating oil business, and he’s got a plan to expand. When the film opens, he’s in a real estate deal with a Hasidic Jewish family who may or may not also be gangsters. It’s 1981 in New York City, so apparently everyone is a gangster: Abel’s wife Anna (Jessica Chastain) comes from a mob family and keeps a close eye on the heating oil businesses’ second set of books. As you might expect from people who may or may not be gangsters, the terms of the real estate deal are not particularly good for Abel. But the plot of land is on the Hudson River, and it’s got some disused oil storage tanks on it that Abel plans to use as a basis for a new oil terminal that he can use to build his completely legitimate heating oil business into an empire.

Excited yet? Maybe you will be as Abel winds through meeting after meeting with the bank and potential investors in his attempt to scrounge up enough financing to pay off his creditors and avoid losing his down payment on the vital plot of land. Because as anyone who has ever seen Star Wars Episode 1: The Phantom Menace will tell you, a string of endless boardroom meetings where people talk about arcane trade and finance issues always makes for riveting cinema.

Abel and Anna, accompanied by their trusty lawyer Andrew Walsh (Albert Brooks), are beset on all sides by mysterious opponents trying to sabotage them. The district attorney Lawrence (David Oyelowo) is investigating their

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The president just signed historic accords with India on climate legislation and nuclear trade, before making a pit stop to pay respects to the leaders of America’s gas station, Saudi Arabia.

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Bibi Netanyahu, also known as George W. Bush in wingtips, is campaigning for reelection as Israeli Prime Minister, only in front of the U.S. Congress — without prior knowledge or approval by the White House — as the guest of John Boehner.

In Iowa, Sarah Palin made an incomprehensible speech at Representative Steve King’s “Freedom Summit,” then told The Washington Post that she was “seriously interested,” in running for president.

And a crippling blizzard is headed for the east coast that New York Mayor Bill de Blasio warned may be “one of the largest snowstorms in the history of this city.” Memphis freaks out over three inches of snow. Try an expected three feet, which would set records from Philadelphia to Boston and affect nearly 30 million people. Take that Al Gore.

But screw all that: The NFL discovered that during their conference championship game, the New England Patriots used under-inflated footballs.

I could write four paragraphs of balls jokes, but that’s far too easy. And since this has been the lead news story on every network for a week, I’ve heard every smarmy, double-entendre testicle reference Tom Brady in the history of broadcast news, from Rachel Maddow to Jimmy Fallon. I now know more about Bill New England Belichick than I ever intended.

Patriots I guess I’m as big a football fan as the next jerk, only I’m not emotionally invested in the outcome. I enjoy watching pro football because it’s a brutish and violent game played by mutants. If you asked me my favorite team, I guess it would be the Packers, because the citizen/stockholders of Green Bay actually own the team. If you ask me my least favorite team, it would be those with the loud-mouth owners who give high-fives in their luxury boxes while actually believing that what they say has any bearing on the game. Also, those owners that mix their personal, partisan politics with sport.

The NFL is just a billionaire’s playground where team owners play their own, exclusive version of fantasy football. It’s become an industry that has grown like kudzu around what was once a game. Since pro football is the American substitute for gladiatorial war, it has become the perfect vessel for carpet-bombing advertisements, and nothing does it better than the Super Bowl. Can I use that word without sending somebody a check?

Billions of dollars will be spent in and around the Super Bowl on product placement, branding, Hollywood-produced ads, entertainment galas, including the world’s biggest halftime show, and particularly sports betting. Only the outcome is pertinent. The game is secondary to the commerce. With record amounts of cash spent on commercials, the Super Bowl serves as the quasi-Black Friday for awards season.

The game will be played in Glendale, Arizona, at the University of Phoenix Stadium. Of course, the University of Phoenix is a for-profit, online, kollege of knowledge with no actual campus, and thus has no football team to play in its stadium. Like good corporate citizens, they merely bought the naming rights and changed it from what was Cardinals Stadium. So, the Super Bowl played in the University of Phoenix Stadium is like a scam within a scam. Everybody gets paid.

Except for the entertainers. The Wall Street Journal reported that the NFL approached Rihanna, Coldplay, and Katy Perry to play the halftime show, but asked the musicians to “contribute a portion of their post-Super Bowl tour income to the league,” or alternately, “make some other financial contribution,” in exchange for the halftime gig.

Perry is this year’s special attraction. I sure hope she’s not paying those greedy bastards to play.

In summary, the Patriots are cheaters owned by Robert Kraft of Kraft Foods, whose net worth is around $4 billion, and who has a son who worked for Bain Capital in the ’80s. They have a coach with a shady reputation and a quarterback who’s married to a Brazilian supermodel, makes $40 million a year in salary and endorsements, is said to have a near-genius IQ, and “did not alter the ball in any way,” even though he admitted he preferred them slightly deflated in a previous interview. When asked if he was a cheater, Brady said, “I don’t believe so.”

They play the Seattle Seahawks, owned by low-key Microsoft billionaire Paul Allen, who also owns the NBA Trailblazers. According to SeatGeek, the average ticket price is going for $3,262. Wouldn’t it be ironic if the monster snowstorm headed for Boston caused widespread power outages on Super Sunday? I hope by then they will have finally stopped talking about “Deflategate.” The only thing I have to add to that conversation is that Tom Brady’s balls aren’t as big as he thought. The Santa Ana winds are doing biblical-like, wildfire damage in California, and there’s a measles outbreak in Disneyland. And I’ll take the Seahawks and the points.

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