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Jazz-a-Fire @ the Firehouse
Last Sunday of every month, 3-5 p.m. Continues through Dec. 27
948-9522Classical/Jazz/World/Gospel
Performance by current and former teachers at the FireHouse Community Arts Academy.
Cooper-Young Night Out
First Thursday of every month, 5-9 p.m. 276-7222Miscellaneous Fun
Shops, restaurants, and galleries will be open late and offer workshops, food and drink specials, and live music.
Memphis Mystery Tour
OngoingTours
The truth is out there. What it is, exactly, we can’t say. Where it is also is TBA.
Here’s what we do know: The Memphis Mystery Tours will host its first walking tour on Saturday, August 22nd. According to Kaylah Holland, who founded the company with her mother, Sherry, it’s a tour as well as a game and a show. A day or two before the tour, ticket-holders will receive a call and be given a location somewhere downtown. At that rendezvous spot, an incident occurs, and participants will be tasked with solving the mystery. Clues will lead them from one point to another, and along the way, they’ll meet up with characters both trustworthy and nefarious.
Holland says she and her mother always have enjoyed themed parties and the like, or anything that involves interaction. They knew that other cities had such tours and decided to start one in Memphis. Mother and daughter spent three months working on the tour’s plot points. The crew includes about six actors, but there is no guide for this two- to three-hour tour, because, Holland says, “It would ruin the surprise.” Two more points: This is not a historical tour, and, to keep the mystery family-friendly, no one is murdered.
Holland acknowledges that the unknowns about the tour could make it a tough sell. “I know it’s a risk,” she says, “but it’s well worth it.” — Susan Ellis
Old Forest Hike
Second Saturday of every month, 10 a.m. 276-1387Tours
Walking tour of the region's only urban old-growth forest.
"GM Selects"
Through Nov. 7 678-2224Ongoing Art
Artist Greely Myatt has invited five former students to contribute work — Dwayne Butcher, Jeff Mickey, Niki Johnson, Sara Good, and Carrol Harding-McTyre.
142 Communication & Fine Arts Building
U of M/Chickasaw Gardens
"Greely Myatt and exactly Twenty Years" 2
Through Nov. 7 678-2224Ongoing Art
One of nine shows across the city celebrating the work of Greely Myatt.
142 Communication & Fine Arts Building
U of M/Chickasaw Gardens
142 Communication & Fine Arts Building
U of M/Chickasaw Gardens
"I Have a Dream"
Through Nov. 8 521-9699Educational Exhibitions & Events
International tribute exhibition to Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
Master Metalsmith Show
Through Nov. 8 774-6380Ongoing Art
Metal stilettos and iron-encrusted tiaras are a two of Elizabeth Brim’s favorite things. Brim will be the National Ornamental Metal Museum’s Master Metalsmith for 2009, from August 28th to November 8th.
Brim is a well-known blacksmith in North Carolina. She is an instructor at the Penland School of Crafts in Penland, North Carolina. Originally from Georgia, she received her Master’s of Fine Arts from the University of Georgia in print making.
In 1988, an iron pair of high-heeled shoes won her first prize in the Artist Blacksmith’s Association of North America Southeastern Regional Conference. Her femininity shows through her work. Brim transitioned from tool-making to creating pieces of work personal to her. At the exhibit you can see such ironwork as aprons, tutus, handbags, and pillows.
New Work
Through Nov. 8 761-0810Ongoing Art
By Julie Groveman, Lisa Williamson, and the Wood Turners Guild.
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