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Reigning Sound returns with new album
With the release of the Reigning Sound's Too Much Guitar album, Greg Cartwright was poised on the cusp of something big. But the group didn't make another album for five years. Finally, Cartwright and the Reigning Sound -- which now includes keyboardist Dave Amels, bassist David Gay, and drummer Lance Willie -- are back, and touring in support of the group's new album Love and Curses. They will perform at the Hi-Tone Café on Saturday.
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Music
Young R&B singer Arika Kane looking to learn at fest
Though the youngest -- and only -- female on the bill at Sunday's Pre-Thanksgiving Day Music Festival at DeSoto Civic Center, R&B singer Arika Kane isn't nervous about hitting the stage with veteran soul survivors like Kenneth "Babyface" Edmonds, Charlie Wilson of the Gap Band and Maze featuring Frankie Beverly.
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Movies
Film Review: '2012' merges disaster genre's greatest hits
The bad news: The world as we know it has come to an end. The good news: Mommy's new boyfriend was squashed in the gears of a giant high-tech ark, so Daddy's back in the picture! In typical disaster-movie fashion, "2012" presents these events as being of more or less equal significance. Such Hollywood accounting may offend the literal-minded, but others will accept the equation as part of the preposterous fun of this campy if overlong exercise in gleeful world-smashing spectacle.
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Dining
Dining Review: Deli is Kosher delight for all
Keeping Kosher means little to me, as I'm not Jewish and would likely not be kosher if I were. I do like the pig, plus I am weak. But I also like a good matzo ball soup, would eat lox and bagels every morning if my waistline would allow, and don't even get me started on chopped liver -- I love it. Holy Cow, the kosher deli in the lobby of the Memphis Jewish Community Center, has obvious appeal to the Jewish community, but it doesn't stop there. Who doesn't like a good chicken salad?
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11.14.2009: Agricenter International: Ebony Women's Expo of Memphis 2009. 7777 Walnut Grove.
11.14.2009: Agricenter International: Ebony Women's Expo of Memphis 2009. 7777 Walnut Grove.
11.14.2009: Strawberry Plains Audubon Center: Bird Walk. 285 Plains Road. 662-252-1155.
11.14.2009: Dixon Gallery & Gardens: Family Studio. 4339 Park Ave.. 901-761-5250.
11.14.2009: The Cove: Martini Madness Saturdays. 2559 Broad Avenue. 901-730-0719.
11.14.2009: Sam's Town River Palace Entertainment Center: Darius Rucker. 800-456-0711.
11.14.2009: TheatreWorks: "Devil Boys From Beyond". 2085 Monroe. 901-274-7139.
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Go Taste
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