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5/16/13
1:02 p.m.
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Nashville by way of Detroit: Deadstring Brothers set out on Americana music mission

Nashville by way of Detroit: Deadstring Brothers set out on Americana music mission

Story by Mark Jordan

Country-rock band the Deadstring Brothers return to Memphis on Wednesday at the art space 430 N. Cleveland for a show produced by the Hi-Tone Café, which hopes to open down the block soon.

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5/16/13
12:45 p.m.
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Black Arts Fest aims to build awareness from grass roots up

Story by Christopher Blank

Arts advocate and producer Ekundayo Bandele is realizing just how big the lack of awareness is for African-American arts groups in the city, including his own.

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5/16/13
1:48 p.m.
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MSO honors composer who broke barriers

MSO honors composer who broke barriers

Story by Jon W. Sparks

Florence B. Price secured her place in history on June 15, 1933.

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5/16/13
1:28 p.m.
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Art review: Terri Phillips'

Art review: Terri Phillips' "Chapel of Yes"

Story by Fredric Koeppel

Notions of what is spiritual in the lives of human beings do not necessarily have anything to do with established religions or the tenets of orthodoxy. The mind’s capacity for awareness of the transcendental exercises its powers in myriad ways.

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5/16/13
2:23 p.m.
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Go out

Go out

Friday

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5/16/13
12:49 p.m.
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Movie Review: Modern India is born in 'Midnight's Children'

Movie Review: Modern India is born in 'Midnight's Children'

Story by John Beifuss

Sprawling, even meandering, the 146-minute movie version of Salman Rushdie’s 1981 Booker Prize-winning novel “Midnight’s Children” is faithful to its source to a fault — probably because Rushdie himself wrote the script, with director Deepa Mehta.

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5/16/13
12:55 p.m.
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Movie Review: Coming of age in post-Nazi Germany

Story by John Beifuss

“Lore” is a coming-of-age story in an extreme context. The title character, Hannelore (Saskia Rosendahl), a pretty teenager, is the daughter of Nazis, forced to become a surrogate mother to the three siblings she leads through the Black Forest after the disappearance of their parents, in the days following the Allied victory over Germany.

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5/16/13
2:16 p.m.
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Best Bets

Best Bets

Story by Michael Donahue

I already had ordered a cup of butter pecan ice cream when I was given a sample of Mexican Cake ice cream at La Michoacana. I knew I had to go back some day and get a big dish of it. It’s a blend of cake and ice cream and other flavors that just kept bursting every time I took a bite.

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5/16/13
2:21 p.m.
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Meet the Chef: Bruce Ford

Meet the Chef: Bruce Ford

Title: Executive chef at Horseshoe Tunica Hotel and Casino and Tunica Roadhouse Casino & Hotel

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5/16/13
2:25 p.m.
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Movie capsule reviews

Capsule descriptions and starred mini-reviews by John Beifuss.

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5/19/13
11:12 p.m.
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Taylor Swift wins 8 trophies at Billboard Awards

Taylor Swift wins 8 trophies at Billboard Awards

Taylor Swift won eight of 11 Billboard Music awards, including top artist and top Billboard 200 album for "Red."

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5/16/13
2:04 p.m.
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Dickinson brothers kick off Levitt Shell spring concert season

Dickinson brothers kick off Levitt Shell spring concert season

Story by Bob Mehr

Fifty years ago, in the spring of 1963, Jim Dickinson became the first independent promoter to stage a show at the city-owned Overton Park Shell.

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5/16/13
1:48 p.m.
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MSO honors composer who broke barriers

MSO honors composer who broke barriers

Story by Jon W. Sparks

Florence B. Price secured her place in history on June 15, 1933.

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5/16/13
1:02 p.m.
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Nashville by way of Detroit: Deadstring Brothers set out on Americana music mission

Nashville by way of Detroit: Deadstring Brothers set out on Americana music mission

Story by Mark Jordan

Country-rock band the Deadstring Brothers return to Memphis on Wednesday at the art space 430 N. Cleveland for a show produced by the Hi-Tone Café, which hopes to open down the block soon.

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5/21/13
5:53 p.m.
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Malco Ridgeway adds grill, fryer to credits

Story by John Beifuss

Chew on this, movie lovers: The Malco Ridgeway Four is being “rebranded” as the Malco Ridgeway Cinema Grill.

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5/17/13
7:16 p.m.
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Memphis' Bill Kendall: eccentric champion of art cinema

Story by John Beifuss

Fearless and flamboyant, the late William Kendall was an outspoken champion of art cinema and gay pride at a time when both concepts were met with suspicion or even hostility by most Memphians.

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5/16/13
1:45 p.m.
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Movie Review: 'Black Rock,' red blood

Movie Review: 'Black Rock,' red blood

Story by John Beifuss

Dishonorably discharged male War on Terror vets menace attractive female campers in “Black Rock,” a photogenic Maine-set shocker that seems to have been motivated by a desire to craft a commercial thriller with an indie aesthetic — and budget.

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5/16/13
12:55 p.m.
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Movie Review: Coming of age in post-Nazi Germany

Story by John Beifuss

“Lore” is a coming-of-age story in an extreme context. The title character, Hannelore (Saskia Rosendahl), a pretty teenager, is the daughter of Nazis, forced to become a surrogate mother to the three siblings she leads through the Black Forest after the disappearance of their parents, in the days following the Allied victory over Germany.

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5/20/13
7:50 p.m.
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Memphis Symphony's final Mastersworks concert masterful

Story by Jon W. Sparks

The final Masterworks concerts of the Memphis Symphony Orchestra’s season were a robust, all-American affair.

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5/16/13
2:26 p.m.
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On Stage this week

On stage

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5/16/13
1:34 p.m.
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Art events around town

NEW SHOWS Germantown Performing Arts Centre, 1801 Exeter, Germantown: Memphis/Germantown Art League 36th annual Juried Spring Exhibition, through May 29. Artist reception 4-8 p.m. Saturday. Open 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Monday through Friday. Call 901-751-7664.

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5/16/13
1:28 p.m.
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Art review: Terri Phillips'

Art review: Terri Phillips' "Chapel of Yes"

Story by Fredric Koeppel

Notions of what is spiritual in the lives of human beings do not necessarily have anything to do with established religions or the tenets of orthodoxy. The mind’s capacity for awareness of the transcendental exercises its powers in myriad ways.

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5/16/13
1:24 p.m.
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Smoking meat and music on the menu at barbecue contest

Smoking meat and music on the menu at barbecue contest

Story by Jon W. Sparks

The Memphis in May World Championship Barbecue Cooking Contest is under way at Tom Lee Park and, for three days, is the most aromatic temporary city in the world.

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5/16/13
12:04 p.m.
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Dining review: Central BBQ

Dining review: Central BBQ

Story by Jennifer Biggs

If a stranger to our town gathered the national television footage and press clippings from national publications about food in Memphis, he would likely think that all we eat is barbecue. Folks from other places sure do like to tell that as our story.

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5/10/13
3:00 a.m.
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Dining Review: Chiwawa is Memphis meets Mexico

Dining Review: Chiwawa is Memphis meets Mexico

Story by Jennifer Biggs

If you read early, crowd-sourced reviews of Chiwawa online, clear your mind and start fresh. Restaurants have opening pangs and the ones that are highly anticipated are also the ones that bear the brunt of dashed, though unrealistic, expectations.

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5/3/13
8:25 p.m.
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Some like it hot, some like it spicy

Some like it hot, some like it spicy

Story by Jennifer Biggs

Some culinary scents are unmistakable. Blindfolded, you’d know if you were led to a barbecue restaurant. Same for burgers on the grill, onions in a skillet, and just as certainly for Indian food. Bharat International Market & Restaurant is no exception.

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5/7/13
12:00 a.m.
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Party Line: Music triumphs over rain, cold, river at Musicfest

Party Line: Music triumphs over rain, cold, river at Musicfest

Story by Michael Donahue

Cinco de Mayo was “sink in the mire” on Sunday night as people slogged through mud to get to the stages to hear their favorite bands at the Memphis in May Beale Street Music Festival in Tom Lee Park.

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4/30/13
3:00 a.m.
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Party Line: Priscilla Presley attends Dixon party for French jewelry exhibit

Party Line: Priscilla Presley attends Dixon party for French jewelry exhibit

The accent was on French at “Les Bijoux,” Saturday night’s opening gala for the “Bijoux Parisians: French Jewelry from the Petit Palais, Paris” exhibit at Dixon Gallery and Gardens.

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