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Q&A with Cecelia Wingate
Cecelia Wingate is in the director's chair again, this time helming the Theatre Memphis production of Mamma Mia! It's been quite the eventful year for the actor/director/force of nature. In March, she...
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Gonerfest 16 is Booked — In Every Sense of the Word
The main outlines of this year's Gonerfest 16 have been known for some months now, but it wasn't until Friday that the full lineup was announced. It's the usual grab bag of stylistically unpredictable...
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Zoo Lot Construction to Begin Monday
It’s the beginning of the end for parking on the Overton Park Greensward. Construction is slated to begin Monday on a project that will reconfigure the Memphis Zoo parking lot, adding an additional...
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Fix Brings New Meal Service to Memphis
A new Memphis meal kit service hopes to fix the problems consumers find with other such services and do it with a local flair. Wayne Culbreth founded Fix here last month. He believes his concept in...
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Memphis Pets of the Week (8/20/19-8/26/19)
Each week, the Flyer will feature adoptable dogs and cats from Memphis Animal Services. All photos are credited to Memphis Pets Alive. More pictures and more information can be found on the Memphis...
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Best Bets: Lucchesi's Beer Garden Triple H Gyro and I'm From Memphis Sandwich
I love sweet-and-savory food. So when I want a sandwich that fits in that category, I visit Lucchesi’s Beer Garden for a Triple H gyro. When I stopped by the other day, I was delighted to discover...
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You Got a Friend: Susan Cushman’s Friends of the Library
Susan Cushman’s collection Friends of the Library. Libraries are something of an endangered species these days. Public spaces without an admission fee rarely fit into the makeup of the modern city....
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Mac Sabbath: This is Your Brain on French Fries
Mike Odd has a tough job. He's the man in charge of Mac Sabbath, the world's greatest drive-through metal band that's made up of twisted doppelgangers of McDonaldland inhabitants led by a creepy clown...
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Gong Meditation at Delta Groove
"Reorient" yourself with a guided gong meditation with Aaron Glazer. Gong meditation is a form of sound therapy, dating as far back as 16,000 B.C., that uses a series of vibrations and sounds to induce...
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Midnight Yard Sale at the Hi Tone
Can't make it to an early morning yard sale? Hi Tone has you covered. The Hi Tone hosts its second Midnight Yard Sale this Friday, with items like art, vintage clothing, video game systems, and sound...
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Challenge the Candidates
Voters should press those running for office to commit to true structural reform. Though we're supposedly in the middle of a Memphis city election campaign, there've been precious few chances for...
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Unique Drinks at Sage on S. Main
It's a "social situation" at Sage. I barely made it in the door of Sage Memphis when the thunderstorm hit. It's a full-on monsoon outside, and Sage, despite being a reliable shelter and serving...
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The Buck Stops ... Where?
As someone who writes words for a living, I'm admittedly not what one would call a "math person." My grasp on economic concepts is tenuous, so please do not treat the following as financial advice....
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MEMernet: An Unlikely Trio and Wet Heat
A round-up of Memphis on the World Wide Web.It's electric About 17,000 Memphis Light, Gas & Water customers were without power last week when a storm rolled in Tuesday night. Reddit user...
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Execution Shift
Conservatives argue death penalty is a ‘prime example of bloated, broken government.’ State officials began executing death-row inmates again here last year — another just last week — but a group of...
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The Recycling Crisis
Where does it go? What happens to it when it gets there? Does recycling have a future? It was one of those disconcerting moments where the reality you've accepted for years seems to evaporate in the...
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Memphis City Council: Circumventing the People’s Will
On a preceding page of this issue, law professor Steve Mulroy, who paid his political dues as a two-term member of the Shelby County Commission, exhorts the candidates in this year's city election to...
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Let’s Go Krogering ...
If you're like most Mid-Southerners, you've quite likely paid a visit or two to a Kroger store. Maybe you're a weekly regular or perhaps just an occasional shopper, but it's hard to imagine any local...
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Good Boys
The quest for a first, middle-school kiss makes for some good, if familiar, comedy Few films of the 21st century have had as long a shadow as Superbad. Written by high school friends Seth Rogen and...
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Grandma’s Heavenly Meatball Eating Contest and More
Alex “Mac” Fairly was top banana when it came to meatballs at Grandma’s Heavenly Meatball Eating Contest at the Breakaway Bardog 5K and Monroe Avenue Festival. He was declared the winner after eating...
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