- Issue Archive for
- Dec 28, 2000 - Jan 3, 2001
- Vol. 1, No. 619
Art
OUT AND ABOUT
Few among us will ever dive with dolphins-- but viewing the latest IMAX film Dolphins may be the next best thing. MacGillivray Freeman Films, the makers of Everest and The Living Sea, deliver another compelling film with an equal measure of exotic beauty and interesting science. Shot largely under the turquoise waters of the Caribbean, Dolphins gives us a rare, intimate look at these intelligent creatures and the research being done to better understand them.
News
GET OUT!
The Flyer recommends some New Year's Eve venues.
NUMBER OF MEMPHIS LATINOS GROWS
There may be more than 53,000 Latinos in the Memphis metropolitan area, with most of them arriving in the last decade to work in construction or warehouses, according to a study by researchers at the University of Memphis.
RIVERFRONT DEVELOPMENT HOLDS WORKSHOPS
Urged to think big and avoid practical details for now, Memphians sounded off about plans to redevelop the riverfront, Mud Island, Front Street, and Tom Lee Park. Listening were members of the Riverfront Development Corporation (RDC), a public-private partnership looking at ways to improve the riverfront.
A TRIP IN TIME
While in search of the New Year, don't forget the Cutty Sark
FRESH START
This time last year, the Center for Southern Folklore was plagued with debt and desperately seeking a new home. In the hole more than $100,000 to creditors, the center was forced to move from its location at 209 Beale Street and faced a bleak future. Today its director, Judy Peiser, looks back at that period with a smile.
THREE JOIN BOARD
The Memphis City School board wanted more parental involvement. And in a way, it has gotten it.
ON THE CHANGING OF THE COUNCIL GUARD
This year's problems cannot be blamed entirely on Holt, rather they are the fault of a system that allows a chairman to unilaterally introduce and approve costly proposals.
ANNUAL MANUAL IS HERE
Check out the Flyer's ANNUAL MANUAL online now.
THE ANNUAL MANUAL IS NOW ONLINE
Check out the Flyer's ANNUAL MANUAL online now.
POP ROCKS
It should have been one of the most embarrassing moments of my entire life. I was in Blockbuster with my 15-year-old sister when we saw two magazine covers sitting side by side: Christina Aguilera on Rolling Stone and Britney Spears on Teen People (or maybe it was the other way around).
DARK AS A DUNGEON: THE YEAR IN FILM:
Everyone's saying that 2000 was the worst year for film in decades. I don't believe that. If you choose to listen to serious critics whose reach doesn't stop at the borders of the Hollywood publicity machine, there's plenty of action overseas, and IÕve sampled enough contemporary foreign fare to believe the hype. But, in Memphis, where filmmakers like Wong Kar-Wai, Abbas Kiarostami, and Claire Denis are essentially barred from local screens, it was a bleak year indeed.
AMERICAN BEAUTY
This began as a quest of sorts. Actually, a quest of mythical proportions, because I had visited the Reelfoot Lake area only once, at night as a small child, and had only a memory of a dark, murky place with very strange relatives in a very strange house. I don't recall there being any color whatsoever, save for gray and black. It's an eerie memory that has been slightly unsettling most of my life.
Politics
WHAT'S NEXT FOR GORE? (Part One)
It is way premature to be reckoning on it, but there is some circumstantial evidence indicating that outgoing Vice President Al Gore could be thinking of running for yet another executive position - that of governor of Tennessee.
Sports
TIGERS FEED ON BISON
Marcus Moody scored 25 points to lead all scorers in a 112-42 University of Memphis (6-8) romp over Howard University (2-9). Moody's 25 also earned him a spot on the 1,000 point plateau, sharing the accomplishment with only 33 other Memphis players.
All I WANT . . .
A few New Year's wishes for a Memphis sports nut.
OUT WITH THE OLD ...
For Ole Miss fans, what was supposed to be a "goodbye" turned out to be a "hello."
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