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Created in the shadow of the Deepwater Horizon explosion and what has been described as the largest marine oil spill in the history of the petroleum industry, the "Horn Island 26" exhibition at Memphis College of Art is more somber than its predecessors. "We were really concerned about whether we were going to make this trip," said MCA faculty member and expedition leader Don DuMont. Full story »

Sometimes the most uncanny or mysterious works of art are the most revelatory. The films of Buster Keaton or Jean Cocteau; the short stories of Saki or Hawthorne; the poems of Stevie Smith; the German fairy tales collected by the Brothers Grimm: Such artless and artful constructs teach us deep volumes about the play of the unconscious within the dreamy realities of hope and fear, innocence and experience. Full story »

"Annie Get Your Gun": Musical about the best shot around, Annie Oakley. 7:30 p.m. Thursdays, 8 p.m. Fridays-Saturdays, 2 p.m. Sundays, through Sept. 12. Tickets: $28/adults, $15/students, and $10/children under ages 12. Other shows: 7:30 p.m. Sept. 1 and 8 (both are Wednesday shows). Theatre Memphis (Lohrey Stage), 630 Perkins Ext. Call 682-8323. theatrememphis.org. Full story »

Playhouse on the Square has more than a few things in common with Chicago's famed Steppenwolf Theatre Company. For one, the same architect designed the two theaters and their spaces are similar. They also share an affinity for Tulsa-born playwright Tracy Letts, the Pulitzer Prize-winning writer of "August: Osage County," an epic three-act Broadway play that is packed with more family dysfunction than a touring gospel musical. Full story »