- Issue Archive for
- Jan 18-24, 2001
- Vol. 1, No. 622
Art
OPENING ACT
Lindsey Roberts says she feels like Wonder Woman these days. You wouldn't guess this by looking at her. She doesn't quite fulfill the Linda Carter six-foot height requirement or the cup-overfloweth bustline, but she does have dark hair. As for flying in her invisible jet and using the golden lasso to gain the truth, well, both could be in the near future for Roberts, most recently known for her role as Harper in Craig Brewer's award-winning, made-in-Memphis, independent film, The Poor and Hungry.
News
BAPTIST WOMEN'S HOSPITAL OPENS IN MAY
For the third time in their careers, many Memphis obstetricians are making plans to deliver babies at a new Baptist Hospital. Located on the opposite corner from Baptist East at Walnut Grove Road, the new Women's Medical Center fronting on Humphreys Boulevard is scheduled to open May 6th.
LIGHT RAIL PLAN LAYS TRACKS TO THE AIRPORT
Will Hudson, general manager of the Memphis Area Transit Authority and his light Rail experts pulled into the Memphis City CouncilÕs Transportation Committee meeting January 2nd. With funding from a million-dollar grant, the Regional Rail Steering Committee was appointed by Mayor Herenton to study two light rail transportation issues. The first was the selection of the best routes to link downtown to north, south, and east Memphis The second involved finding a source of funding for the light rail system.
THE SWEETEST TABOO
"I'm Chucky," the man says, a broad, affable grin spreading like juicy gossip beneath his wispy graying mustache. He shook my hand and led me to an unoccupied table. This was, of course, no difficult task. Even though it was early afternoon on a weekday, the time when most restaurants are jumping, Chucky's, the tiny cafe on Overton Park Avenue that once housed the storied Cuban restaurant Lupe and Bea's, was totally empty.
OPERATION WEIGHT LOSS
I won't say what gym it was," says Lisa Buckner, "but the guys who signed me up promised to help me. After I signed up, I walked in the door at 268 [pounds] and no one looked like me. It was a freaky experience. No one would help me; they didn't know how to help me." Looking at a "before" picture of herself, Buckner says, almost wistfully, "That used to be me. That ol' girl is long gone now."
MEMPHIS FLYER ARTICLE AT salon.com
Memphis Flyer investigative writer Ashley Fantz's story on the Shelby County Jail is today's lead story on salon.com.
201 POPLAR IN THE NEWS
Check out Ashley Fantz's Salon.com feature story on Shelby County jails.
Politics
GORE DESIRED AS U OF M PRESIDENT
There's a move on to entice outgoing Vice President Al Gore to consider taking over the reins of the University of Memphis - unclaimed since the resignation last year of former president V. Lane Rawlins to become president of Washington State University.
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