At first glance, local singer-songwriter S.J. Tucker (aka Skinny White Chick), with her long brown hair and petite frame, looks like a nice, shy girl — the type of girl who lives in your apartment complex and only quietly mumbles hello when you run into her in the parking lot. But when she straps on […]
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The Jazz Foundation of Memphis’ World Class Jazz Series gets going again this week with a performance from pianist Donald Brown at CafÇ Soul on Saturday, March 20th. Brown will perform two sets at 7:30 and 10 p.m. in a trio format with Renardo Ward on drums and an as-yet-unnamed bassist. Tickets are on sale […]
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sunday , 14
Decibully, The Klopeks, and The Ready Set at Young Avenue Deli. Jam On It 70s & 80s Disco, Funk, and Hip-hop night at Melange. Or you could go visit the Stax Museum of American Soul Music.
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Were I a clever cartoonist, I might depict this week’s club scene as a muscle-bound pack mule whose knees were buckling beneath an impossible burden. Sadly, I am no such thing, so you’ll just have to believe me when I say there are just too many great shows playing this week, and nobody can hope […]
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Give ‘Em Hell, Mel
Bo List reviews THE PASSION OF THE CHRIST and Chris Herrington sees THE COMPANY.
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wednesday, 3
GALLERY TALK. Abstract artist Adam Geary discusses his show, k”A Nomad Comes Home.” Memphis Brooks museum of Art, education Gallery, Overton Park, 6:30 p.m.
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tuesday, 2
BOOKSIGNING BY CAROLYN HART. Author signs Murder Walks the Plank. Davis-Kidd Booksellers, 387 Perkins East, 6 p.m. SEUSSCENTENNIAL CELEBRATION: a reading rally with book giveaways, bands, and pep squads. Central Library, 3030 Poplar.
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monday, 1
Frank Runyeon performs the interactive presentations Sermon on the Mount and Hollywood vs. Faith, and salute to the Memphis Arts Council. 6:30 p.m., Lenten Speaker Series, Calvary Episcopal Church, 102 N. Second St.
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sunday, 29
FILM SHOWING. Robert Greenwald’s Uncovered: the Whole Truth about the Iraq War, Media Co-op. First Congregational Church, 10009 S. Cooper, 3 p.m.
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friday, 27
OPENING RECEPTIONS: for landscapes by Greg Gustafson, Midtown Galleries, 2232 Central, 5 -8 p.m.; Cynthia Thompson, Rhodes College, Clough-Hanson Gallery, 2000 North Parkway, 6 – 8 p.m.; “set + situations,” a contemporary photography exhibition, Memhis College of Art, Overton Park, 6 – 8 p.m.; “Lullabies in Sea Minor,” drawings by Amanda Stanfill, Otgherlands, 641 S. […]
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15 years of looking at the news a little differently.
15 years of looking at the news a little differently, and pretty damn good at being the same old thing.
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Chicago’s Califone was born from the disintegration of mid-’90s indie rockers Red Red Meat, a band whose peculiar notion of “blues rock” amounted to what might be called post-punk field recordings. With Califone, the Red Red Meat sound has morphed and expanded, the new group’s interest in arty-yet-rootsy sonic textures becoming something like a Midwestern […]