CBU’s Missy Gregg has set the new standard for scoring in college soccer; Where’s the outrage from the African-American community?
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wednesday, 13
BOOKSIGNING BY MICHAEL PERRY. Author will sign Population 485: Meeting Your Neighbors One Siren at a Time. Square Books. 160 Courthouse Square. Oxford, Mississippi. 5 p.m. CHAMBER MUSIC FESTIVAL. Featuring music school undergraduate and graduate instumentalists and vocalist U of M. Art Museum. Communications/Fine Arts Building. Free. 12:30 p.m. (through Thursday).
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tuesday, 12
HEALTHY HOLIDAY MEALS LECTURE. Personal chef Casey Speltz will present the lecture. Baptist Memorial Hospital for Women. 6225Humphreys Blvd. Free. 1-2 p,.m. OPERA MEMPHIS. The Orpheum. Giacomo Puccini’sMadame Butterly. starring Kellen Esperian in the title role. (Last performance.) 7:30 p.m.
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monday, 11
CONFESSIONS OF A STORYTELLER LECTURE and DINNER. Public speaker and professiona story-teller Vicki McIntyre will present the lecture. Central Church. 2005 Wichester Blvd. 6:30 p.m. INSTANT PIANO WORKSHOP. A beginning class in chord piano. Southwest Tennessee Community College. 6-9:30 p.m. VETERANS MEMORIAL DEDICATION. Oliver North will be the keynote speaker. Downtown Tunica, Mississippi. 10:30 a.m.
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sunday, 10
MEMPHIS CYCLING RACES. Amphitheater of Pain cyclotron series. Shelby Farms. 10 a.m. GREAT CHREFS’ TASTING PARTY. The party will include a tasting of dishes prepared by more than 20 Memphis chefs and a silent auction of more than 200 items. Memphis Marriot Hotel, 2625 Thousand Oaks Blvd. 1-4:30 p.m.
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saturday, 9
GPAC FAMILY SERIES. Germantown Performing Arts Centre. Germantown Symhony Orchestra, freaturing cellist Felix Wang. 8 pm. VERTICAL IMBALANCE. Improvisional theater and comedy trouple. Theatre Memphis(Little Theatre), 630 Perkins,ext. 10:30 p.m. BOOKSIGNING BY CHARLOTTE MILLER. Author will sign There is a River. David-Kidd Booksellers, 387 Perkins, Ext. 1 p.m.
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Taking a Hit
Paul Thomas Anderson’s Punch-Drunk Love, the Adam Sandler vehicle the director has referred to (with some mixture of cheekiness and honesty) as an “art-house Adam Sandler film,” is essentially a love story about a man who discovers a gimmick to obtain cheap frequent-flyer miles and then finds a reason to use them. The film was […]
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friday, 8
EMERALD THEATRE COMPANY. At TheatreWorks, 2085 Monroe. Showing through Sunday. Maddona Obsessive Support Group, a comedy about those obsessed with the Material Girl. UNIVERSITY OF MEMPHIS. Main Stage, through Saturday. The Shape of Things, a play that asks, “How much would you change about yourself for the one you love?” PLAYHOUSE ON THE SQUARE. Showing […]
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Sound Advice
Most of you probably don’t associate the Young Avenue Deli with the blues. That’s what Beale Street is for, right? Well, not this week. Helena, Arkansas, native and Fat Possum alumnus Cedell Davis plays his blues the old-fashioned way — with a butter knife as a slide. Born in 1927, Davis has been around for […]
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Our Towns
Those of us who have traveled far from home (and it is a significant percentage these days) cannot but wonder from time to time whether those journeys have enriched or impoverished our lives. Is it better to see the world and lose your own backyard or put down roots and get to know a place […]
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City Sports
As J-Will goes, so go the Griz; Yet again, the Tigers snatched defeat from the jaws of victory.
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thursday, 7
UNIVERSITY OF MEMHIS, Main stage, Showing through Saturday, November 9th: The Shape of Things, a play that asks the question, “How much would you change about yourself for the one you love?” ALBERS FINE ART GALLERY, through December 6th, oil-on-canvas urban landscapes by Brent Hooper.