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This week at OTHERLANDS: Jimmy Davis, Jay Clark, Richard Ford, John Elliott, Blair Combest
08-06-2008
Friday, August 8: Jimmy Davis, Jay Clark, Richard Ford Saturday, August 9: John Elliot (The Hereafter), Blair Combest
$5 Cover. Doors at 7 pm. Show starts at dark. All ages. Smoke free. Beer Coffee and Food. Large patio and deck. 641 S Cooper. 901-278-4994. www.myspace.com/otherlands
NEXT WEEK... Friday, Aug. 15: Brian T. Sharpe, Brandon McGovern Saturday, Aug. 16: Dan Montgomery Three, The Passing Parade, Tori Sparks
Show the world ways you save energy in your home and win a Home Depot gift card! We're launching a channel on YouTube where you can post a video demonstrating how you save energy in your home.
“We want our customers to show us innovative ways that they conserve energy at home everyday,” said Chris Stanley, Lead, Media Relations.
Upload videos between now and August 31 by going to MLGW's homepage and clicking on the YouTube link. The videos will be judged by MLGW staff and media representatives. The top three will receive gift cards from Home Depot valued at up to $250. The cards can be used for energy efficient home improvement items. Customers can also go to YouTube during the contest to vote for their favorite video.
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Memphis Record Shop and Label Announces Lineup for Fall Festival
Goner Records has announced the lineup for its fifth annual music festival, which will take place September 25-28, 2008 in Memphis, TN. Goner Fest 5 will include three evening showcases at the Hi-Tone, a Saturday afternoon two-stage concert at Murphy's, opening and closing shows at the Goner Record Shop, and various day shows and art shows throughout the weekend.
Highlights of this year's event include San Francisco noise duo Sic Alps, Memphis' punk prince Jay Reatard, Michigan angular Anglicans TVK (formerly Tyvek), Fred and Toody Cole of Dead Moon's new venture Pierced Arrows, and Rough Trade throwbacks Vivian Girls. Other bands on the bill include The Intelligence, Eat Skull, Cheap Time, Australia's Ooga Boogas, Jack Oblivian & The Tearjerkers, Jeffrey Evans & His Southern Aces, The Barbaras, France's Crusaders Of Love, Denmark's Cola Freaks, Dan Melchior, Psychedelic Horseshit, England's Black Time, Box Elders, Mouserocket and Thee Oh Sees. Goner Fest 5 will be MC'd by Memphis icon Ross Johnson.
This year's event will also feature a photography exhibit from San Francisco photographer Geoffrey Ellis.
The festival will bring together 35 bands from three continents for four days of rock and roll mayhem. Attendance for Goner Fest 5 is anticipated to top 2500 people for the weekend; more than half of whom will be coming from outside of Memphis. The first four Goner festivals have attracted rock and roll fans from Austria, Australia, Japan, Germany, Italy, Holland, France, UK, Croatia and Canada.
Festivities begin informally Wednesday, September 24 with a free ping-pong tournament at the Hi-Tone.
For tickets, a complete schedule and more information visit http://gonerfest.com.
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Students from the Stax Music Academy spent two weeks in Australia. It was a goodwill tour of sorts between the two cultures called "The Summer Soul Tour." Whether you call it heart or soul, the students put it all into their trip.
Memphis College of Art presents "Oh Lord Won't You Send Me a Sign" July 24 through August 9 at MCA’s downtown gallery on the street, located at 338 South Main. The exhibition of works from the 2008 Printmakers of the The University of Mississippi is curated by Sheri Fleck Rieth. Artists included in the exhibition are Len Clark, Micah Craven, Melissa Lee, Tyler Morgan, Dabbs Anderson and Vitus Shell.
An opening reception is Friday, July 25, 6-9 pm, Trolley Night!
Don't Miss a Night Full of Events This Saturday, come party the night away as Cafe Ole holds its 3rd Annual Bikini Beach Bash with Saturday "Salsa Night"!
Sponsored by Corona and Snap 94.1, MC Coco will host the highlight event of the night with a bikini contest worth $1000 in Cash!
Doors open at 9pm with open dancing, a live house band and Salsa Memphis DJ's playing the best mix of salsa, merengue, reggaeton, and hip-hop! Join the fun with $2 beer pints, $1 tequila shots, and other drink specials all night long!
Event Info When: Saturday, July 26th Where: Cafe Ole, 959 S. Cooper Admission: $10 Doors open at 9pm
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BENEFIT FOR KIAH THIS SUNDAY
07-25-2008
THIS SUNDAY (7/27) - YOUNG AVENUE DELI 7:30 - 11:00PM
This Sunday there will be a special Memphis Music benefit show for Kiah Pickering at the Young Avenue Deli. Kiah is the stepson of famed Memphis guitarist Steve Johnston of Gypsy Rose. Kiah has recently been diagnosed with an aggressive form of cancer and is without health insurance. We hope to raise some money to help him pay some bills. Please come and HELP!
THE SHOW STARS ROB CAUDILL and his Rod Stewart Tribute ALSO APPEARING - ELMO LEE THOMAS and GYPSY ROSE
And there are several special guest stars that have promised to come and Jam. You won't be disappointed.
$5 admission - But additional donations accepted
YOUNG AVENUE DELI on Young Avenue - Just West of Cooper
This week at OTHERLANDS Ryan Peel, Grace Askew, Rob Jungklas, Valerie June
07-25-2008
Friday, July 25: Ryan Peel, Grace Askew Saturday, July 26: Rob Jungklas Trio, Valerie June & the Dirty Ramblers
$5 Cover. Doors 7 pm. Show at dark. All ages. Smoke free. Beer Coffee and Food. Large patio and deck. 641 S Cooper. 901-278-4994. www.livefrommemphis.com/otherlands
COMING SOON... August 1 or 2: Harlan T. Bobo August 8: Jimmy Davis, Jay Clark August 9: John Elliott, Blair Combest August 15: Brian Timothy Sharpe
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BONEY JAMES & JONATHAN BUTLER
07-24-2008
BONEY JAMES & JONATHAN BUTLER August 22, 2008 8:00 p.m. Tickets: $100, $68, $65 & $55. All seats reserved. NOW ON SALE at all Ticketmaster outlets or online at www.ticketmaster.com . To charge by phone, call (901) 525-1515.
....opening for Boney James and Jonathon Butler is local Latoya Baker
Artist James Russell of Lomita, CA, was in town on Thursday, July 17 to install the sculpture Zephyr at the Auction Street traffic circle on Mud Island.
The Auction Street Traffic Circle project is a City of Memphis Percent for Art project, created in conjunction with the Riverfront Development Corporation (RDC). The RDC wanted the art enhancement to obstruct the view of traffic to force drivers to slow down as they go around the circle.
James Russell created a 16' tall stainless steel sculpture for the location, comprised of two graceful arching elements.
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VINI Socal Club Every Nite This Week
07-22-2008
DAVE AND TODD ARE HERE. (The SIAMESEBIRDS) Dave Teng Olsen and Todd Lown are in Memphis and diligently working on their installation (which opens at VINI on Friday Nite). In honor of our first from-out-of-town-artists we are holding social club hours each and every night this week during install from the hours of 6pm-10pm. Please feel free to swing by and get an eyeful of their giant mural in progress and get to know a couple of our favorite makers. We have ice cold Pabst on tap and we'll be happily accepting donations to replenish the beer fund.
Social Club admission is free, but bring some dough for popcorn. Enter through our back door (the big green one) and come introduce yourself. Making art collectively since 1998, Dave and Todd are artists, animators, and all around fun guys. The VINI resident artists for July drove down from Boston in a van full of ideas and supplies, and we are working at VINI all week on the installation of their murals, paintings, drawings, and animations spanning ten years of making art together and individually. More information on SIAMESEBIRDS can be found at www.siamesebirds.com.and their blog... AND....Please join us for the Opening Reception of Siamesebirds on FRIDAY, JULY 25, at 9pm. Admission is $10 and includes a cup what for with to drink your drank. PLUS you can get your limited edition SIAMESEBIRDS PINT GLASS for only $5 with your admission. We are STILL and thankfully located at 423 North Watkins in Memphis, Tennessee. That is one block west of Cleveland between North Parkway and Overton Park Boulevard or Avenue or whatever it is. We hope to see you out this week.
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Rock for Love 2 announcement
07-19-2008
We are very proud to announce the line-up for Rock for Love 2!
This year's event is booked for TWO NIGHTS @ the Hi-Tone Cafe.
Friday, August 22: Lord T and Eloise, Two Way Radio, J.D. Reager & the Cold Blooded Three, Vending Machine, emcee Chris Vernon (730 ESPN).
Saturday, August 23: Snowglobe, Antenna Shoes, the Coach and Four, Oh No! Oh My!, the Royal Bangs, emcee Janet Wilson (WEVL's "Janet's Planet")
The Memphis Roller Derby will be on hand both nights running a silent auction.
All proceeds will once again benefit the Church Health Center.
Sponsors include Ardent Studios, the Center City Commission, the Memphis Music Commission, the Memphis Music Foundation, the Memphis Flyer, the Memphis Downtowner, ESPN 730, BB King's, the Hi-Tone, and Live From Memphis.
Advance ticket information will be coming shortly.
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This week at OTHERLANDS Giant Bear, The Yazoo Shakes, Dirtfoot, Dan Montgomery
07-18-2008
Friday, July 18: Giant Bear, The Dan Montgomery Three +1 Saturday, July 19: The Yazoo Shakes, Dirtfoot (Shreveport, LA)
$5 Cover. Doors at 7. Show at Dark. All ages. Smoke free. Beer Coffee and Food. Large patio and deck. 641 S Cooper. 901-278-4994. www.myspace.com/otherlands
Our monthlong 2nd Anniversary celebration Continues. July 25: Ryan Peel, Grace Askew July 26: The Rob Jungklas Trio, Valerie June August 1 or 2: Harlan T Bobo August 8: Jimmy Davis August 9: John Elliot, Blair Combest
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KLUB NACHT
07-16-2008
KLUB NACHT
With FunkE (Memphis)
Mr. White (Alleviated/Humid)
Mind at Large (Humid)
Klub Nacht, taking a hint from the Germans, is for those craving the "life" in night life. Deep, sexy, dark and loud - this is electronic dance music from three of Memphis' most forward-thinking DJs, who have an ear to the European underground and a foot firmly planted in Chicago/Detroit roots. Klub Nacht is made for late-night speaker huggers and uninhibited body movers: no VIP, no guest list, and only for those passionate about partying.
Friday July 18,2008 9pm-3am Free Before 10pm, $5 After 21+
Neil’s 1835 Madison Avenue 901-278-6345
For more information contact: needlesgroovesinc@yahoo.com
Part 2 of Nancy Apple's Song Slinger Showdown
07-15-2008
Last Train to Memphis and Rusted Sun Films would like you to join us for Part 2 of Nancy Apple's Song Slinger Showdown Live from Kuduz's Bar and Grill. It's not a fancy MTV produced show you need hi-tech and hi-speed to see. It's a real-live-hour-long, full quality, music show you can watch while you park yourself on the couch with a six pack in front of your TV and watch five - count 'em - 5 times a week on WYPL TV-18. Hosted by Memphis' princess of twang Nancy Apple and featuring Jake Kelly and Phil Lee.
Air times: Sunday 5:00am-6:00am Monday 8:00pm-9:00pm Wednesday 5:30am-6:30am Friday 1:00pm-2:00pm
This is a weekly schedule that begins immediately and is subject to change.
Kilowatt Ours is the story of filmmaker and conservationist Jeff Barrie's journey across the U.S. to document our energy-related problems and present practical, cost-saving solutions for consumers. The film illustrates practical solutions that help homeowners save more than $600 per year on energy bills while helping the environment and protecting human health.
Dan Joranko of the Kilowatt Ours organization will travel to Memphis to discuss the film with the audience.
Admission is FREE! Refreshments will be available including Beer, Wine, Sodas, and Popcorn. Donations are appreciated.
MEMPHIS ROLLER DERBY PRESENTS THE THE "WHITE TRASH BEACH BASH" AND BURLESQUE SHOW July 19
07-15-2008
July 19, 2008 – The Hi Tone @ 1913 Poplar Avenue, Midtown, Memphis. Doors open at 9:00p.m. This event is open to anyone age 21 and up. Admission is $7 and all funds will go to Memphis Roller Derby
Memphis Roller Derby will host a Beach Bash to remember. Special guests The Memphis Belles will perform as well as local bands Jump Back Jake, The Whistle Pigs and music mixes courtesy of DJ Steve Ann!!
In December 2007 Memphis Roller Derby had their second annual HoHoHo Burlesque Show and everyone loved it so much they've decided to do it again, summer style!! The lovely ladies of Memphis Roller Derby have many talents and they are prepared to show you one of them on stage!!
Memphis Roller Derby's travel season ends in November. Interleague season 3 will begin in December.
These guys are amazing! Originally released in February of this year while I was bedridden, I missed the CD Release. I just now got a chance to check out the new album "The Curse" and I am glad I did. I have watched these guys grow musically for some time now. Jeremy Stanfill (Vocals,Keys,Guitar), Chris Mitchell (Guitars), John Emerson (Drums) have been playing music together in different forms and facets since they were teenagers. From the heavy rock'n Crippled Nation, to The United and now their newest and very different formation, Street Side Symphony. It Simply amazes me that these guys aren't all over the world but as Jeremy says, "I like to do things my way". It's Obvious. There's no commercial pandering here, nothing but great music. It's real life and passionate. If you want to listen to some great original and best of all local music, here it is. Do yourself a favor and BUY their music. It's more that worth it.
THE REAL DELTA BLUES Blind Mississippi Morris And Brad Webb At The Center For Southern Folklore Store
07-09-2008
Ironically, people travel to Memphis from all over the world in search of blues – the good stuff as real and raw as it gets – but they often have trouble finding it. Not at the Center for Southern Folklore Store where Saturday nights this summer are dedicated to showcasing the best blues musicians in the region. With only a harmonica and a rough-edge electric guitar, Blind Mississippi Morris and Brad Webb personify that legendary juke house sound. This dynamic duo of the blues will perform Saturday, July 12 at the Folklore Store, 123 S Main @ The Peabody Place Trolley Stop in downtown Memphis. Showtime is 9:00 p.m. Admission is only $5.00.
Blind Mississippi Morris hails from Clarksdale, MS, home of many of the finest blues musicians to come out of the Delta. He hails from a musical family - two cousins in the legendary country blues band, The Mississippi Sheiks and an aunt who played with the gospel group, The Harps of Melody. Years of playing at house parties and hole-in-the wall clubs honed his trademark harmonica wail leading to his being rated one of the ten best harmonica players in the world by Bluzharp Magazine.
His partner for over 20 years, Brad Webb, got his first taste of blues guitar as a teenager and never stopped coming back for more. Growing up in Memphis, Brad heard it all – from Furry Lewis performing in a train station to the big shows at the Overton Park Shell featuring the likes of Johnny Winter, Bukka White, Fred McDowell and Moloch. A consummate guitar player and music producer, Brad Webb proved to be the perfect musical partner for Blind Mississippi Morris.
This blues duo delivers a rocking good time for folks of all ages who want to enjoy the blues in the smoke-free, family friendly Folklore Store, a special place that captures the feel of a Delta juke house where it “ain’t nothin’ but a party!”
For more information, check out: http://www.bradwebb.com/blindmississippimorris.html
Upcoming Events at the Center for Southern Folklore July 12 Robert Hastings signs his book Three Grapes and a Cold Biscuit July 19 The Daddy Mack Blues Band July 26 The Daddy Mack Blues Band (DVD release party for the Daddy Mack documentary “Plain Man Blues”)
Each week, from Monday thru Friday, 1pm – 5pm, we will take 10 guitar students & 3 drum students on an amazing musical journey, from wonderment to enlightenment, and show each one how to get good really quick on their instrument – and have them playing their favorite music better than they ever have before. There will be videos shown, demonstrations, and live performances from instructors to keep all the campers’ motivation & enthusiasm up. Refreshments, games & breaks as well.
Instructors
Brian Costner (myself) – been playing guitar for 19 years, piano for 26, and was a teacher of guitar, piano, & bass at Jonathan Fletcher Music in Smyrna, TN from 2001 – 2002. In 2004, began teaching at Bartlett Hills Baptist Church in Memphis, TN and continued up through 2007. Been playing in various bands & groups for 15 years, and still currently active in several Memphis bands. Can pick out any song by ear & show anyone how to play it.
Tony Sojourner – been playing drums for 26 years, DJ’ing & programming beats for 10 years, and playing live gigs for 20 years. Teaches drummers to play the drum set with a natural groove, and how to jam with other musicians.
Each student will get a CD of music learned throughout the week, songs & lessons on handouts to keep, and a camp t-shirt.
Camps will be held at Galloway United Methodist Church (1015 S. Cooper, midtown Memphis, 38104 272-2973) until school is back in session. Other locations may also be available later in the summer, so please ask. This may be a once-in-a-lifetime happening, so if you know anyone whose kid would love to learn how to play, help them save time & money by getting them on the fast path with us. This 20-hour camp is like 40 weeks of ½-hour private lessons, which usually runs around $600. But this kind of concentrated learning could never happen over the course of 6 months of lessons. And at $200, the price is just a fraction of the value received. If anyone you know is interested or wants to know more, please have them call me (Brian) at (901) 428-4606.
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The 2008 Live From Memphis MUSIC VIDEO SHOWCASE announces a Call For Entries!
06-27-2008
MEMPHIS (July 26, 2008) – Live From Memphis™ is announcing a “call for entries” for the 2008 Music Video Showcase.
This is the fourth annual Live From Memphis Music Video Showcase. Music Videos and EPKs (not exceeding 6 minutes in length) will be accepted through September 26, 2008.
In addition to our traditional “Best Music Video/EPK” award, we are happy to announce the addition of an “Audience Choice” award. If you are a local filmmaker or local band with a music video – submit it now! Deadline for entries is September 26, 2008.
This is your chance to ROCK THE BIG SCREEN!
For More information about LFM’s Music Video Showcase including downloading the entry form please visit:
I am seeking an intelligent and attractive actress between the ages of 21 - 28 for the lead role in my new feature length film, "Chelsea".
It is an abstract/surrealist/horror/suspense film about a young woman who finds herself in a living nightmare and must find a way out of the Dark road that she stumbled on to.
This project is written and directed by myself (Timm Scalita-Smoking Gnome productions) and is associated with King productions, Knight entertainment and Falling For Grey.
If you are interested please contact me either on myspace.com/scalita1 or you can call me @ 901 281 3982.
I hope to hear from you soon. Timm Scalita Writer/Director
We will also need some extras for some key scenes where in you will get some face time and some small speaking parts.
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Memphis Pops Festival 2008! July 25th & 26th
06-18-2008
The Memphis Pops Festival Friday & Saturday July 25th & 26th
Tops of the Memphis Pops Friday, July 25 Mike Dees Two Way Radio Hi Electric The Barbaras
Saturday, July 26 The Warble The Hombres Terry Manning Roy Head & the Bo-Keys
$20 Pass for both nights/ $5 for Friday Pass/ $15 for Saturday Pass/ 9pm
Bonnaroo 2008 was marked by several significant happenings – from traditionally not-peace-loving Metallica's triumphant headlining set on Friday to Kanye West's controversial, crowd-infuriating performance the following night which saw the hip-hop artist take the main stage almost two hours late (4:30 AM!) to a smattering of boos.
But most significant to LFM is the ever-growing presence of Memphis artists at the 'roo. Mainstay local acts Lord T and Eloise, Amy LaVere and Oxford, MS's the Colour Revolt all performed to healthy crowds on smaller side-stages, while blues legend B.B. King and MGMT (which is co-fronted by former Memphian Andrew VanWyngarden) both entertained the masses from larger venues at the festival.
Lord T and Eloise's Lord Treadwell sent in this first-hand account of the festival:
Dear Live From Memphis Family,
Although the humid weather did not agree with my hair, I must say that the Bonnaroo Music and Arts festival exceeded my expectations for crunkness. The last time that I descended upon a fest of this scale was Glastonbury in 88'. That was before laser lights. I was really still coming off of the whole New Wave thing. But I digress....
I was honored to meet such fellow performers as !!! and MIA, who was surprised to see me so far from home. I also managed to bump in to Amy LaVere one afternoon, and we proceeded to go get free cigarettes and other swag in the artist hospitality area. As an epicurean, I enjoyed the Bonnaroo festival thoroughly, and "lived life to the lees" to the best of my ability, as Whitman once said.
The rain was in our favor the night we played as our tent, the Troo Music Lounge, filled up rather quickly. After the show, we retreated to the shower outside and washed off the sweat. It was a grand night.
The Memphis & Shelby County Film and Television Commission announces the scheduling of its second fee-free city/county-funded crew training workshops, “Inside the Production Office: How to be an Office Production Assistant: 101.” The Benjamin C. Hooks Central Library is an additional sponsor. The two-day, intensive workshop will be held at the Central Library all-day Saturday, June 28th, and Sunday afternoon, June 29th.
The Commission Selection Committee will offer 30 class positions to legal residents of Memphis or Shelby County. Immediate availability to become a crew member, proven prior interest in film and television through studies and/or production work, and computer proficiency will enhance applications. A strong letter of recommendation is essential. Deadline for submission is the end of the business day June 20th. Those interested in applying should go to www.memphisfilmcomm.org to download the application form. (Minimum age for application is 18 years of age.)
The workshop will offer an introduction to what is really the hub or “nerve center” of any movie or large television show – the production office, where a team of close-knit office workers provides the support which holds a production together and moves it forward, day by day. Positions ranging from office production assistant to office production coordinator will be explained and illustrated against a general context of the workings of the film industry.
The workshop leader will be industry veteran Anne (“Andi”) McCaffrey, production supervisor on 20th Century Fox Television’s “Southern Comfort,” shot in Memphis in 2006. McCaffrey came to know Memphis well during her months living here while filming.
According to McCaffrey, “I feel as though I started training Memphians back then on-the-job as I found the production office personnel available in Memphis to be inexperienced, although very eager to learn. I welcome the opportunity to return to what has become one of my favorite production cities!”
Successful graduates of “Inside the Production Office” will be qualified to receive a listing as an “office production assistant” in the next Memphis & Shelby County Film and Television Commission Production Directory. Moreover, graduates will be given priority consideration in selection for hiring through the Commission’s crew trainee program which provides partial refunds of crew trainee’s salaries to major film employers.
For more information, call The Commission Offices at 901-527-8300, ext. 3 or email linn@memphisfilmcomm.org
June 20 - August 9, 2008 Power House Memphis Reception with the artist opening on Friday June 20th 6 - 8pm
Power House Memphis has invited internationally renowned contemporary artist Rob Pruitt to exhibit his latest work. His playfully interactive post-conceptual projects include iconic "Panda Paintings" and, currently on view at the Tony Shafrazi Gallery. a waterfall titled 'Viagra Falls' made of sand bags, plastic, water, an electric pump and Viagra. Born 1964, Washington, D.C., the artist lives and works in New York. Pruitt has participated in more than fifty groups shows, and has had solo exhibitions in New York, Los Angeles, London, Venice, and Cologne. In 2008 Pruitt was Master Artist-in-Residence at the Atlantic Center For The Arts at New Smyrna Beach, Florida. He has recently completed a new series of paintings as a commission for St Jude's Hospital. At Power House Memphis he is exhibiting a large selection of new digital prints photographed on his iPhone and made in Memphis.
ARTIST STATEMENT Rob Pruitt: "SInce I bought an iPhone it is like having a second brain in my pocket. I can seize my visual impulses and it's very satisfying."
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GonerFest Five Bands!
06-12-2008
Here's a preliminary list of bands coming to GONERFEST FIVE, September 25-28, Memphis, TN
More to come!
In no particular order...
Sic Alps Tearjerkers Crusaders Of Love (France!) Dan Melchior Oh-Sees Touch-Me-Nots The Duke & The Duchess Cheap Time Ooga Boogas (Australia) Black Time (UK) Cola Freaks (Denmark) AV Murder Eat Skull Psychedelic Horseshit Box Elders Ryan Wong Barbaras Wizzard Sleeve Turpentine Brothers Mouserocket Intelligence TVK Static Static
Holly Martins (Joseph Cotten), an American writer of cheap westerns, arrives in a post-war Vienna to take a job with an old friend Harry Lime (Orson Welles) only to find that he has been killed in a car accident. Or has he? Based on Graham Greene's mystery, this classic film of directed by Carol Reed examines changing realities and shifting loyalties amid the rubble of post World War II Vienna. A film noir classic.
Oscar winning cinematography by Robert Krasker.
Film free with admission Galleries open until 8 pm Film begins at 7 pm Free with admission Cash bar available at 6 pm
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Passport to Paris: Nineteenth-Century French Prints from the Georgia Museum of Art
06-11-2008
June 15 - July 27
The 46 works featured in this exhibition embody a variety of illustrious prints made in the 19th-century that rival the prominent paintings of that period. Many of the masters presented in this exhibition are renowned for their accomplishments in sculpture and painting, while others, rediscovered in this century, are receiving recognition once again for their prints. The prints are acclaimed for the artists' obvious experimentation with and refinement of earlier techniques, such as lithography, etching and woodcut. Also of particular significance, printmakers of the 19th-century furthered the imaging of a variety of themes finding inspiration in the countryside, peasant life and the urban landscape.
"Passport to Paris" presents momentous examples of themes, techniques and styles which propelled artists of this time.
The prints featured in the exhibition include gifts to the Georgia Museum of Art from museum founder Alfred H. Holbrook and Dr. and Mrs. S. William Pelletier.
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Brilliant by Design: Masterpieces of American Cut Glass, 1880 - 1915
06-11-2008
June 15 - July 27
The Dixon-organized exhibition Brilliant by Design: Masterpieces of American Cut Glass, 1880 - 1915 showcases some 75 works from the great age of cut-glass artistry, nearly all chosen from distinguished private collections in the Memphis area. Assembled by Dr. Tom Fortner, a well-known author and expert in cut glass, Brilliant by Design includes stunning examples by all the famous makers of the brilliant period: Dorflinger & Sons, T. G. Hawkes, J. Hoare & Company, and Libby Glass Company, among others.
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Indie Memphis Micro Cinema Club #41
06-10-2008
Rural Route Tour - Encore Presentation 7:30 pm Wednesday, June 11 @ Power House Memphis
Admission is free, donations are recommended. The Rural Route Film Festival was created to highlight works that deal with rural people and places. This year's "Rural Route Tour" program leans towards the artistic and documentary films, with both fun and serious pieces from all around the world. Arctic owls in Montana, Canadian lawnmower races, films about light pollution, a Ukrainian poetic peasant masterpiece, dancers in the snowy Norwegian tundra, plastic lawn deer lost in Brooklyn, a man's captivating search for his ancestors in Lithuania, and some good, 'ol banjo playin' at a Kentucky old folks home. Total running time is 97 minutes
Orson’s Shadow June 6 - July 6: Thursdays-Saturdays 8pm; Sundays 2pm
06-09-2008
e Circuit Playhouse - 1705 Poplar Avenue, Midtown, 38104 June 6 - July 6: Thursdays-Saturdays 8pm; Sundays 2pm
In 1960 in the West End London theatre district, legendary critic Kenneth Tynan makes a startling proposal: Orson Welles should direct Laurence Olivier and the young Joan Plowright in Rhinoceros, Ionesco’s absurdist masterpiece. But it is the rehearsal process that brims with absurdity and egos as titanic personalities, including Vivien Leigh, wrestle the muse in this ingenious, witty, and incisive depiction of the drama of theatre. “...a highly entertaining romp through a forgotten moment in theatrical history...” - Chicago Sun-Times.
Starring: Mary Buchignani, Jerry Chipman, Irene Crist, John Hemphill, Tony Isbell, & Nate Smith; Directed by Pamela Polletti
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TSP Presents
06-09-2008
Leveling the Playing Field - 20 Tears of Bridge Builders
Thursday, July 31 at 7pm at Studio on the Square – 140 seats.
Thursday, September 18 at 7pm at Paradiso – 300 seats.
$10 each, or $15 including a copy of the DVD. RSVP to reserve a seat. (274-9092)
Leveling the Playing Field is a creative, thought-provoking documentary that incorporates images and footage from the BRIDGES archive plus new interviews with the program’s founder, current and past directors, community leaders and most importantly, program participants from over the years. The DVD includes a discussion guide that can be used for education purposes and community enrichment. DVDs are now available.
A companion exhibit, which True Story Pictures produced in partnership with Good Show, LLC, will be on permanent display at BRIDGES in the hallway leading to the Wilson Family High Adventure Hall. The exhibit runs along the left side of the hallway, following the contours of the building and echoing the shape of the windows on the right side of the hallway. Images and text panels form a timeline that tells the story of the Bridge Builders program from 1988 to the present.
Playhouse on the Square - 51 South Cooper Street, Midtown, 38104 June 20 - July 27: Thursdays-Saturdays 8pm; Sundays 2pm
"Step 1: We find the worst play ever written. Step 2: We hire the worst director in town. Step 3: We raise two million dollars...Step 4: We hire the worst actors in New York and open on Broadway and before you can say Step 5, we close on Broadway, take our two million and go to Rio." That's right! The Producers, the critically acclaimed musical comedy adapted by from Mel Brooks' 1968 film of the same name, finally comes marching onto the Playhouse stage. Time Magazine says "this is a gift from the show-biz gods!" and The New York Times calls The Producers "A sublimely ridiculous spectacle that will leave you delirious."
Starring: Michael Detroit, Dave Landis, & Ken Zimmerman; Directed by Jay Berkow
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Spend an Evening with Greatness
06-09-2008
FREE: Attend a live TV taping of The Loretta McNary Show! Everyone is invited to be a part of our Studio audience June 11, 2008!
Special Guests: 1st Show will feature Judy Childress Chairman & President Ovarian Cancer Awareness Foundation. Come hear the latest news on Ovarian Cancer awareness and its prevention. http://www.ovariancancerawarenessfoundation.org
2nd Show will feature our10 Beauty Makeover Essay Winners - Paul Mitchell School - Bartlett will perform the hair and makeup makeovers. Flirt – Germantown and Ashley Stewart will provide the clothing to the winners. PLUS: FREE Beauty samples and surprise mini- makeovers for some audience members during the taping. There will be lots of door prizes.
3rd Show will feature Michael V. Roberts Chairman & CEO The Roberts Companies – and author of "Action Has no Season". Mr. Roberts has been featured in Forbes Magazine, Black Enterprise and on Black Enterprise TV, The Steve Harvey Show and countless other TV, internet and print media outlets. http://www.michaelvroberts.com/images/MVR_BIO_APR_2007.pdf
The live TV taping is also GREAT NETWORKING OPPORTUNIY!
We are seeking audience members so invite all of your family, friends, colleagues, and neighbors to have this wonderful TV experience!
Wed., June 11, 2008 from 6:00 P.M. – 8:15 P.M. Admission is free and open to the public. Doors open at 5:30 pm!
Crichton College – Virgil I. Iles Auditorium - 255 Highland Street N. Memphis, TN.
The Loretta McNary Show’s goal is to encourage our audiences to learn something new, try something fun and realize that you often get out of life what you put into it. The show airs every Tuesday on My 50 Memphis at 12:30 pm!
MUSIC
Bands not Bombs 08
06-04-2008
Bands not Bombs • SnowGlobe, Pezz, the Warble, Holly Cole and many, many more....
On Saturday June 7, 2008, from 2pm til midnight, the Mid-South Peace and Justice Center will hold an outdoor benefit concert entitled Bands not Bombs. Featuring almost a dozen local bands, including Snowglobe, the Warble, Pezz, Holly Cole, The Yazoo Shakes, Jeffrey James and the Haul, Harmony Brothers, Nehl Cloete, Dead Trends, While I Breathe I Hope, Dragoon and more.
Its all happening outside at Galloway Church, 1015 S. Cooper. Admission is only $10 for the entire days events and participants can come and go as they please. It will be a kid friendly environment and feel free to bring a blanket and/or chair. Rain location is the Galloway Coffee House, inside Galloway Church.
For more info cal 901.725.4990 or go to www.midsouthpeace.org. Below is an interactive map showing the concert area and parking. Parking is free and plentiful.
Schedule: 1pm- Andrew Bryant 1:40- Nehl Cloete 2:20- Brad Bailey 3:00- The Warble 4:00- Harmony Brothers 5:00- Holly Cole 6:00- Dead Trends 7:00- Jeffery James and the Haul 8:00- The Yazoo Shakes 9:00- Dragoon 10:00- While I Breathe I Hope 11:00- Pezz Midnight- Brad Postlethwaite
MUSIC
This Week at OTHERLANDS: Doug Hoekstra, Blair Combest Band, Dan Montgomery Three
06-04-2008
Friday, June 6: Doug Hoekstra, Marissa Lynae, Richard Ford Saturday, June 7: Blair Combest & The Quitters, The Dan Montgomery Three +1. Charlie Shaw
$5 Cover. Doors at 7 pm. Show starts at dark. All ages. Smoke free. Beer Coffee and Food. Large patio and deck. 641 S Cooper. 901-278-4994. www.myspace.com/otherlands
COMING SOON... June 13: Jump Back Jake, The Third Man unplugged June 14: GIANT BEAR, The Wrights June 21: Bryan Hartley, Jeffrey James & the Haul, Holly Cole June 22: Jeff Holmes of the Floating Men (Holmes Alone) June 28: Spondoolicks
RELATED LINKS
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COMMUNITY
Memphis Roller Derby
06-04-2008
Hustlin' Rollers vs. Central Arkansas Rockin' Renegades
House of Bruise Mid-South Fairgrounds (Youth Building) 940 Early Maxwell Memphis, TN
After more than a year on the road, Memphis Roller Derby's travel team—the Hustlin' Rollers—will be making their home-track debut as they battle it out with the Central Arkansas Roller Derby's Rockin' Renegades from Little Rock.
The Hustlin' Rollers is comprised of members from all four Memphis Roller Derby intra-league teams: the Angels of Death, the Legion of Zoom, the PrissKilla Prezleys and the Women of Mass Destruction. In their first year on the road, the Hustlin' Rollers have defeated every team they have faced as a visiting team, including Nashville, Knoxville, New Orleans and Huntsville.
The future looks bright for your Memphis Hustlin' Rollers. Please come out and support them as they bring their second travel season schedule to their home track in the House of Bruise.
You can see the Hustlin' Rollers in action all summer and into the fall, both at home and on the road. Below is a list of dates, with home bouts in red and away bouts in gray. The Hustlin' Rollers can't wait to see and hear all of you MRDeviants at ALL of these bouts!
JUNE 7th vs. Central Arkansas Rockin' Renegades (Little Rock, AR)
JUNE 28th vs. Tragic City Rollers (Birmingham, AL)
JULY 12th vs. Tragic City Rollers (Birmingham, AL)
JULY 26th vs. River Valley Rollergirls (Ft. Smith, AR)
AUGUST 9th vs. Blue Ridge Rollergirls (Asheville, NC)
AUGUST 23rd - 2nd Annual Honky Tonk Stomp vs. Nashville Rollergirls (Nashville, TN) vs. Hard Knox Rollergirls (Knoxville, TN)
SEPTEMBER 21st vs. Central Arkansas Rockin' Renegades (Little Rock, AR)
NOVEMBER 1st vs. Green Country Rollergirls (Tulsa, OK)
NOVEMBER 22nd vs. Dixie Derby Girls (Huntsville, AL)
LTTM's Shorts Fest is all new for June starting this weekend!
06-03-2008
LTTM's Shorts Fest is all new for June starting this weekend! Episode 18 is one of the best yet. Hosted by Memphis' own super starlet, Monica Summerfield. The films are a classic mix of vintage Memphis films, to Memphis natives making films in LA, to future projects to be shot in Memphis.
We would also like to thank all those that came out to the FABA Bash at the Hi-Tone to support LTTM's future project, 5 Shots. It was a big success and it was good to see the local support for Memphis film!
THE PREVIEW:
5 Shots- The Ronald Baldridge Story: A future project by LTTM directed by Ken Axmaker, Jr. and written by Wasabi Jones
THE FILMS:
"Extra Extra"- directed by Matthew Goodman and produced by Bartlett native Dawn Higginbotham.
Extra Extra is the story of Heather who's just come to Hollywood in hopes of breaking into showbiz. She realizes that even being an extra is competitive as she witnesses the ultimate battle for coveted a "union voucher." In her quest she learns the lengths people will go to; she learns how to stand up for herself; and she learns that true love can happen even behind the scenes.
"Flipping Coins"- directed by Tony Bloodworth.
From the Last Train to Memphis Indie film archives, Flippin' Coins is a 5 Takes of Nothing Picture and starring, Allison Christian, Joel Pope and Memphis film icon, J.W. Williams.
MUSIC FOR ENDING CREDITS:
"Missed Parker" sung by Matt Isbell and Rock Lotto from the Rock Lotto album.
This is a weekly schedule that will begin this weekend.
Be sure to tune in all June long to see some great Memphis talent. We are accepting entries again! If you want info on how to enter, email: info@LastTraintoMemphis.com.
On Saturday June 7, 2008, from 2pm til midnight, the Mid-South Peace and Justice Center will hold an outdoor benefit concert entitled Bands not Bombs. Featuring almost a dozen local bands, including Brad Postlethwaite, the Warble, Pezz, Holly Cole, The Yazoo Shakes, Jeffrey James and the Haul, Harmony Brothers, Nehl Cloete, Dead Trends, While I Breathe I Hope, Dragoon and more
Its all happening outside at Galloway Church, 1015 S. Cooper. Admission is only $10 for the entire days events and participants can come and go as they please. It will be a kid friendly environment and feel free to bring a blanket and/or chair. Rain location is the Galloway Coffee House, inside Galloway Church.
