I’m walking through an otherwise empty FedExForum Thursday when one of the uniformed ushers asks, “Do you do elbows?” I don’t, but it’s a good bet that at least one of the roughly 150 medical students in the UT College of Medicine class of 2005 does “do elbows.” The graduating class met in the FedExForum’s […]
Posted inNews, The Fly-By
Cases Closed
The Tennessee Supreme Court withdrew guidelines earlier this month that allowed people to view civil court case records. Open-records advocates said the court bowed to lobbying pressure.
Posted inEditorial, Opinion
Darius the Great
Some of us were there. Many more of us saw it on television. And almost all of us have heard about it by now: the two missed free throws that ended a game, an era, and the hopes of an entire city; Darius Washington, the valiant freshman who had been fouled in the act of […]
Posted inEditorial, Opinion
Public or Private
The issue of privatizing public functions surfaced twice locally within the last week — once when President Bush arrived here last Friday to push his plan for partial privatization of Social Security and again when a dispute arose on the Shelby County Commission concerning a move to out-source the management of the county’s correction facilities. […]
Posted inFood & Wine, Food & Drink
Food News
Square Foods is adding beer to its shelves. “Shop Well, Eat Well, and Live Well,” the motto printed on receipts from Square Foods may have to be amended to include the line “Drink Well.” After their license is approved this week, the three-year-old, natural-foods grocery, located on Madison Avenue in Overton Square, will finally be […]
Posted inLetters To The Editor, Opinion
Postscript
Budget Cuts To the Editor: Thanks for your coverage of the effects of the city budget cuts on park-system employees (“Tightening the Belt,” March 10th issue). It is sad that for such a small amount of money saved, the Mallory-Neely and Magevney houses are now closed to the public. The staff worked hard to build […]
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The Cheat Sheet
1. The Air Force, which has threatened to move the Memphis Belle to a museum in Ohio, says the famed B-17 can stay here if the city promises it can draw 300,000 visitors annually. That’s half the annual attendance of Graceland — which will be a pretty tall order, we’re afraid. 2. President Bush visits […]
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WHICH END IS UP?
After his forum on Social Security at the Cannon Center last Friday, President Bush signed this admission ticket for an admirer. Question: Which end is up? Plante: How It Looks
Posted inMusic, Music Features
On the Road Again
Austin’s South By Southwest Music Festival might be the biggest and best annual musical gathering in the country. But even if you don’t have the time or inclination to make the daylong drive, brave the crowds, and spend the dough to do SXSW yourself, Memphis’ proximity to Austin yields a chance for local music fans […]
Posted inMusic, Music Features
Local beat
Last December, I pegged guitarist Ron Franklin‘s group, The Entertainers, as one of the best bands of 2004. Their self-released album, 50,000 Watts of Heavenly Joy, was an edgy concoction of roots rock-and-soul that, in my book, deserved a listen alongside more popular local releases such as Harlan T. Bobo’s Too Much Love and the […]
Posted inArt, Art Feature
Child’s Play
When Tom Lee was young, he drew cartoons to vent his anger and to express ideas that were outside the mindset of his Southern Baptist preacher father. The adult Lee is still venting through cartooning — in this case, all over the gallery walls of Second Floor Contemporary for his exhibit “What’s This?” In the […]
