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Dec 22-28, 2016
Vol. 1, No. 1452

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News

Cover Feature
Memphis 2017: The Year to Come

What to expect in business and development, food and dining, music, film, politics, and theater.
by Flyer Staff
Tags: Cover Feature, Predictions for 2017 in Memphis, What's going to happen in Memphis in 2017 in business, music, theater, politics, news, food and dining, and more, Crosstown Concourse, ServiceMaster, South City, Central Station, St. Jude/ALSAC, Old Dominick, Wiseacre, Southern Avenue, Valerie June, Ballet Memphis, Cover Story

News Blog
SMU 58, Tigers 54
by Flyer Staff

News Blog
Concerned He Would Miss His Megabus, a Texas Man Calls in a False Shooting Threat to Delay Departure
by Micaela Watts

News Blog
Memphis Pets of the Week (Jan. 5-11)
by Susan Ellis
Tags: Memphis Pets Alive, Memphis Animal Shelter, Slideshow

News Feature
All About Eve

What to do this New Year’s Eve.
by Joshua Cannon
Tags: News Feature, New Year's Eve

The Fly-By
Greensward, Weirich, and Black Lives Matter

A look back at news highlights from 2016 in the Bluff City
by Flyer Staff
Tags: The Fly-By

We Recommend

Holiday Craft Bottle Swap at the Young Avenue Deli
by Chris Davis
Tags: We Recommend

Britt Haraway at Bar DKDC
by Chris Davis
Tags: We Recommend, Britt Haraway, Early Men, Tim Regan

Politics

Politics Feature
Trumped Expectations

One major surprise colored the 2016 political year. One major surprise colored the 2016 political year.
by Jackson Baker
Tags: Politics Feature, 2016: The political year in review -- nationally, Shelby County, Tennessee, Donald Trump's campaign, WTF? cover of the Memphis Flyer, Governor BIll Haslam, David Lenoir, Michael Rallings, Mayor Jim Strickland, David Kustoff, Herb Slatery

Opinion

Fly On The Wall Blog
2016: The Year in Weird News, Memphis-Style
by Chris Davis
Tags: Criminals, From the Morgue, Media, Memphisness, Weird Tennessee, Video

Viewpoint
It’s Memphis’ Water!

TVA’s designs on the city’s sand aquifier have exposed serious shortcomings in local water-use rules.
by Scott Banbury
Tags: Viewpoint, Memphis Sand aquifer, TVA drilling in Memphis Sand, Shelby County Groundwater Quality Control Board, Fort Pillow aquifer, Sierra Club of Tennessee

The Rant
See Ya, 2016: Some Things We Need to Leave Behind
by Jen Clarke
Tags: The Rant, Things to leave behind in 2016, the word "great", "alt-right", fake news, Memphis Grizzlies injuries, Memphis drivers, the I-40 Flyover, Crying Jordan, Harambe

Letter From The Editor
All the News That’s Fake
by Bruce VanWyngarden
Tags: Letter From The Editor, Fake news, The Twelve Days of Christmas, Newt Gingrich, New York Times, Washington Post, Wall Street Journal, Vanity Fair, Graydon Carter

Music

Music Blog
Country Rockers, Fuck Get Notable Reissues
by Chris Davis
Tags: Geek Level: Medium, Music, Video

Music Features
New Year’s Eve Roundup
by Chris Shaw
Tags: Music Features, Memphs Music, New Year's Eve Roundup, Marcella and her Lovers

Music Features
Best Concerts of 2016

Music staff writers pick their favorite concerts of 2016.
by Flyer Staff
Tags: Music Features, Local Shows, Best Local Shows, 2016 Shows, Memphis Music

Film/TV

Film Features
2016: The Year In Film

Yes, Gods Of Egypt Was That Bad.
by Chris McCoy
Tags: Film Features, Gods Of Egypt, 10 Cloverfield Lane, Sausage Party, La La Land, The Witch, Miss Sharon Jones!, The People vs. O.J. Simpson, O.J.: Made In America, Little Men, The Invaders, Feral, Miles Ahead, Arrival, 2016, film, the year in film

Film/TV/Etc. Blog
Music Video Monday: Don Lifted
by Chris McCoy
Tags: Don Lifted, Lawrence Matthews, Kevin Brooks, music video, Alreo, Video

Film/TV/Etc. Blog
Top 20 Memphis Music Videos of 2016 (Part 1)
by Chris McCoy
Tags: Richard James, George Hancock, Nathan Ross Murphy, Light Beam Rider, Leah Beth Bolton-Wingfield, Jacob Wingfield, Donald Myers, Faux Killas, Moe Nunley, Deering & Down, Lahna Deering, Ben Siler, Chris Miner, 9ris 9ris, Angry Angles, Alix Brown, Ryan Rousseau, Jay Reatard, Michael Jasud, Sam Shansky, Dead Soldiers, Hooten Hollars, Matt Lukas, Rahimhotep Ishakarah, Melissa Anderson Sweazy, Caleb Sweazy, Eileen Townsend, Moe Nunley, Faux Killas, FaceICU, Preauxx, Video

Books

Theater

Intermission Impossible
Best of Memphis Theater, 2016: A Highly Subjective List
by Chris Davis
Tags: Spotlight

Food & Drink

Hungry Memphis
Wimpy's Burgers & Fries Coming to Midtown
by Susan Ellis
Tags: Wimpy's Burgers & Fries, Jacob Crafton

Food & Wine
Guinness & Stew: Nothing Finer on a Winter’s Day
by Richard Murff
Tags: Food & Wine, Guinness Irish stew, DJ Naylor, Celtic Crossing, good stouts, winter food and drink, Arthur Guinness

Sports

Beyond the Arc
Grizzlies 115, Rockets 109: Six Victory Haiku
by Kevin Lipe

Beyond the Arc
Grizzlies 114, Thunder 80: Ejections Don’t Count As Assists
by Kevin Lipe

From My Seat
Memphis Sports Resolutions for 2017
by Frank Murtaugh
Tags: Memphis Sports Resolutions 2017, Dedric Lawson, Zach Randolph, Stubby Clapp, Tubby Smith, Mike Conley, Anthony Miller, David Fizdale

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