DOWNTOWN ELVIS STYLE. Walking tour of more than 30 sites related to Elvis, led by the authors of Memphis Elvis-Style. $10 plus 50 cents for trolley fare. Begins at Elvis statue on Beale (info: 761-1838). 10 a.m.-1 p.m. By reservation only. PLAYHOUSE ON THE SQUARE. 51 S. Cooper. Showing Saturday and Sunday: Peter Pan.
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friday, 4
WORD FROM THE BASEMENT. A mix of poetry, jazz, and performance. Threads, 704 Madison Ave. 9 p.m. WORLD RECORD GINGERBREAD HOUSE. Roger Pelcher’s world-record gingerbread house will be on display through January 15. Proceeds benefit St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital. Wolfchase Galleria.
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thursday, 3
ART MUSEUM OF THE UNVIVERSITY OF MEMPHIS, 142 Communications/Fine Arts Building. Showing through Jan. 12th, “Two Rooms with 10 Doors,” by Jane Highstein, and Master of Fine Aerts Thesis Exhibition, by Yancey Alison, Johnny Park, and Bonnie Thornborough.
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monday, 31
All right. New Year’s Eve. a good night to stay in under the covers and hide. BUT for those of you who are going out, there are New Year’s eve parties all over the place. A few tothink about are: Saltymacs at the Blue Monkey; Reba Russell at the Black Diamond; The Emily Patterson Band […]
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The Bear Cat
Others may ultimately be reckoned as more important figures in Memphis music (W.C. Handy, Sam Phillips, Elvis Presley — it’d be a very short list), but perhaps no single person has been as central to the history of the city’s musical legacy as Rufus Thomas. Entertainer, ambassador, raconteur, patriarch, and artist, Rufus Thomas died Saturday, […]
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Short Cuts
Live at the Royal Festival Hall, London Dizzy Gillespie and the United Nation Orchestra (Eagle Jazz) In his waning years, John Birks “Dizzy” Gillespie fronted one of the finest big bands of his career, the United Nation Orchestra, a 15-member, multiethnic jazz contraption which featured a panoply of renowned musicians such as saxophonists James Moody […]
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sunday, 16
One more art opening today: It s at Lilly s Dim Sum, Then Some for Art for the Cure, photography by Andrea Zucker, benefiting the Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation. At Germantown Performing Arts Centre, there s an Isaac Stern Memorial Concert with Emanuel Ax, Jaime Laredo, and Yo-Yo Ma performing with IRIS. Tonight […]
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wednesday, 12
Larry Lewis Blues Mojo Band with Joe Thomas and Butch Mudbone at JJ’s Lounge. Ron Shorr & The Box boys in the M Bar at Melange.
