Section A
A1-2    Sweetgrass
A3    Summerwinds Resorts
A4-5    CYCA – CY Festival T-shirts
A6    The Flying Pencil Art
A7    House of Mews Cat Adoption
A18    Paul Clark Artwork
A9    Blue Sky Tie Dye
A10    Glass Finish art
A11    Metal Museum
A12-13    New Contemporary Works By Amery
A14    Hand Carved Wooden Gifts
A15    Garden Delights
A16    Albert Cook Plumbing
A17    Saltire Images & Photography
A18    BOH Creations
A19    Buckeye Hollow
A2    WEVL FM 89.9
A21    Dilly and Dough
A22-23    Spring River Candles
A24-25    Midtown Acupuncture
A26    Elaine Neeley Arti
A27-28    Generations
A29    Can I Keep It?
A30    Solstice Studios
A31    Vintage Clothing and Folk Art
A32-33    Celtic Crossing    Restaurant
A34    In The Eye Designs
A35    Through the Portals Fused Glass
A36    Judy Vandergrift fine art
A37    Multi Media by Lauren Coulson
A38    Pinkie’s Jams & Jellies
A39    Tutu Fancy    tutus
A40    Mixed Metal Jewelry
A41    GinkgoGlass
A42    Dorothy Spencer Art
A43    Kingfish HotRods Metal Art
A44    David Smith Antiques
45-46    Artistic Impressions by Dottie Harness
A47    Backwoods Toys
A48    Winfrey Works
A49    Debbie Sew Busy
A50-51    Rich’s Folk Art
A52    Liz Stafford Designs
A53    St. John’s SOJOs
A54    Creative Wire Jewelry
A55    Anderson’s Pottery
A56    Marjorie Mebane Originals
A57    Southland Park Gaming & Racing
A58    Southern Soy
A59    Heifer International
A60    Sew Great!
A61    Marokel Handcrafted Jewelry
A62    Mr. Sogs Creatures
A63    Sierra Club Chickasaw Group
A64    GaGa in Memphis
A65    Paintings Kristi Bauer
A66    P.M. Crafts
A67    Chris Greer Studio
A68    John D’s Wood Things
A69    Sundry Blossoms
A70    Lali’s Designs
A71-72    Graffiti Graphics
A73    Boyd’s Photography
A74    Poplar Ridge Pottery
A75    Tracey Lee Duncan Artworks
A76    Real Art
A77    Silver Leaf Jewelry
A78    Memphis Freethought Alliance
A79    Joy Wright
A80    Emily Allison Studios
A81    Earthcrafts
A82    Fancy That! Hats
A83    Stevie’s Stuff
A84    Wooden hands
A85    McAlister’s Deli
A86-87    The Eclectic Artist
A88    Snookies
A89    The Dead Set
A90-91    Cabin Dreamworks
A92    Marjorie’s Meltdowns
A93    Down South Country Candles
A94    Ledman/Lunsford Art
A95    Trilogy Tattoos     bumper stickers
A96    Patricia Louriero Jewelry
A97    Friends for Our Riverfront
A98    Just*a*tad Crosses and Such
A99    Hats etc. by Trudy
A100    Love Nation Creations
A102    Handmade Books and Other Art
A103    Utopia Animal Hospital
A104    Ole Don’s Craft Shoppe
A105    Zebra Marketing T-shirt
A106    Toadilly Handmade
107-108    J & S Design
109-110    Au Fond Farmable
A111    Gavin’s Metal Art
A112    Soy Creations
A113    Sherry Sanders
A114    Burke’s Book Store
A115    A-Star Canvas Paintings
A116    Rene Nickel
A117    Certo Italian Handcraft
A118    Starving Artists’ Co-op
A119    Dell Clark    Studio art jewelry
A120    Rock Paper Scissors
A121    Memphis Roller Derby
122-123    Robyn G. Nickell and Co.
A124    J & D Richardson Photography
A125    Playhouse on the Square
A126    Art n Things
A127    On the Rag Designs
128-129    Southern Rocks and Fossils
A130    Vintagecraft
A131    Greywood Creations
A132    SJS Images Fused Glass
A133    For the love of vintage
A134    Sew Sassi Quilts
135-136    Pronto Pup
A137    Lenny’s Sub Shops
A138    Don Blalock specimens
A139    Temp U Temporary Tattoos
A140    Angi Art & Pottery by Sandy
A141    Bearly Chenille
A142    Artsy Fartsy
A143    Bebo folk art
A144    Attic dwellers
A145    EyeAccentuate Photography
A146    Mid-South Pride
147-148    MGLCC
A149    Joanz N Studios
A150    Happy Hippie
A151    Painted by Holly
A152    Planned Parenthood
A153    Wilmot Originals
A154    J. R. Pillows
155-156    By Nature Playing w/Fire
A157    Powers Design & Studio
A158    Candy Hill Creations
A159    ANA Designs
160-161    Memphis Drum Shop
A163    Art by Susan
A164    The Art of the Bath
A165    Susanglass and Hel’s Bels Beads
A166    Wolf River Conservancy
A167    Morrisette Pottery
A168    M & M Handcrafts
169-170    Soul Fish Café
A171    Salvation Army Kroc Center
A172    MPM Designs
A173    Meg’s Unique Beaded Jewelry
A174    Unique Gifts
A175    Custom Trinkets & Treasures
A176    HPC
A177    Celtic Dream Creations
A178    Painted Aurora
A179    Joy Artfully
A180    Imagine Brazil
A181    Vintage Collectables and Jewelry
A184-85    Ben & Jerry’s
A186    Karen Bottle Capps Folk Art
A187    Gail Grice Pottery
A188    Wolf Ridge Crafts
A189    Gurleygurl Design
A190    Daily Blessings Farm Goat Milk Soap
A191    T-Mobile
A192    P & G Creations
A193    Love For Sale
A194    Art from Door of Hope
A195    Beauty Hound
A196    Prestage Artistic Wood
A197    Kindred Spirit Styles
A198    Concessions
A199    Concessions
A200    Cha Cha Charly’s
A201    Zoftigdoll
A202    Ear Art Designs
A203    Enchanted Florist
A204    Leslie Turner Designs
A205    Coldwater Alpaca Ranch
A206    Pet Hats & Tags
A207    Mid-South Spay & Neuter Services
A208    MPACT Memphis
A209    Castle Delites
Sections B
B1    Mewtopia Cat Rescue
B2    Methodist Healthcare / Emer.Mobile
B3    Studio 1688
B4    Art by Kenny Hays
B5    Big River Graphics
B6    The Blues Foundation
B7    Covenant Creek Farm – Goat Dairy
B8    McCarter Coasters
B9    Empty Space
B10    Green Seas Wire
B11    Indie Memphis
B12    Lil McKH Jewelry
B13    Christine Jones Photography
B14    Glassical Imagination Welcome
B15    Kelly Gourds
B16    Kingfisher Designs Jewelry
B17    Concessions
B21    Liz’s Art
B22    Citizens to Preserve Overton Park
B23    Metal and Mud Designs
B24    The Guthridges
B25    Bob X Art
B27    Lalosh Silver
B28    Birdhouses Galore and More
B29    Gifted Hands
B30    Goner Records
B31    Lester Jones Raku
B32    Pawprintclothingcompany.com
B33    Lou’s Pizza
B34    ARTjamN
B35-36    Glass Works
B37-38    Yvonne Bobo
B39    Elke’s Bees
B40-41    Java Cabana
B42    Bubble & Wax Bistro
B42    CASA of Memphis
B43    Loudean’s
B44    Photography & Bottle Holders
B45    Adeli Designs
B46    Soul Food Canvases
B47    Snow Lake Pottery
B48    Girl’s With Guitars
B49    Amazing Jellyfish
B50    Garden Path Studio
B51    New World Henna
B52    Paintings By Sarah
Section C
C1    Art by Lizi Beard-Ward
C2    Chuck’s Fabulous Retro
C3    Glass Jewelry By Betty Burton
C4    Darla L-Henson / Bryan Blankenship
C5    Robert McCarroll Ceramics
C6    Artwork by Barry Joyce
C7    Desert Destiny Designs
C8    State Farm Insurance
C9    Lisa Hudson Pottery
C10    Rixwoodwurx
C11    Christenberry’s Creations
C12-13    Tracy Parish Collectibles
C14    Blockhead Arts
C15    Eco Art
C16    Mud Pie Factory
C17    Mr. Hyde’s Custom Leather
C18    Aluminations
C19-20    KCtiedye.com
C021    Shelby Farms Park & Greenline
C22    Jeffrey Stayton
C23    Garden of Aden
C24    Knitosophy
C25    Empty Nest Studio
C26    Art Works
C27    Antebellums
C28    Mark McKie
C29    Ellen Hays Jewelry
C30    Hartwell Arts
C31    Greater Memphis Greenline
C32    The Reef Restaurant
C33    WKNO
C34-35    Do Sushi
C36    The Beauty Shop
C37    Memphis Heritage
C38    Bell Fine Art Jewelers
C39    Jennifer Hyatt
C40    Driveway entrance to Section E
C41    Crop Circle Designs
C42    Weidhaas Design
C43    Filigree inc
C44    Opera Memphis
C45    Peace and Justice Center
C46    Revolutions Bicycle Shop
C47    Memphis Area Gay Youth
C48    Def. Depot Concerned Citizen Comm.
C49    First Congo Church
C50    First Congo Church
C51    Meditation Works
C52    Stellaware
C53    Anago Samina
C54    Memphis Bonsai Society
C55    D&J Creations    “sculptures
C56    K and J Designs or Wooden Toys
C57    Distracted Art
C58    Harper’s Slate Illuminations
C59    Apothecary Fairy
C60    Friends For Life
C61    My Word! Jewelry
C62    The Bag Girl
C63    Sam’s Engine Company
C64    Lawimosa Designs
C65    2 Stitches    “aprons
C66    Dryads Dancing
C67    Georgia Grace Ink
C68    Lifelink Church
Section D
D1    Irish Creations
D2    KC’s Clip Joint
D3-4    Flybabt Designs
D5    The Classy Bag Ladies
D6    Kmt. Creations    “Prints
D7    FlowLuckyFree
D8    Casm Creations
D9    AROMA 4 U
D10    International Flair
D11    Girls Night Out Parties
D12    Ladybug Loops
D13    Pomegranante Moon
D14    Hippie Geek
D15    Lucy’s Pottery
D16    Sistas’ Doin’ it for Themselves
D17    Name Trains
D18    The Freckled Frog
D19-20    Trinkets & Baubles
D21    Awesome Laundry
D22    Soc Creatures by Dara
D23    Handmade Jewelry Made Esp. for You
D24-25    Happy Days Clothing
D26    Kudzoo Kids
D27    Wire-wrapped Jewelry
D28    DeDe’s Jewelry Box
D29    Usborne Books & More
D30    Kathrene Labelle Jewelry
D31    Cookie Lee Jewelry and Scentsy Candles
D32    The Nile
D33    Lucky Bamboo
D34-35    Gifts To Go
D36    Bella Designs from Italy
D37    Bows By Lisa
D38    United Housing
D39    Bead-A-Ful Beads
D40    Heavenly Essence Skin Care
D41    Lynne’s Pearls
D42    Emme
D43    VonStine Jewelry Designs
D44    Make A Statement Studio
D45    Mid South Aikido
D46    Rhodes College Bid Diehl
D47    Insolite
D48    Best Wishes Boutique
D49    Groovy Gurlz
D50    Inspirations by Iron Petal
D51    Kashlee Kreations
D52    Funny Faces
D53    Ask A Vet
D54    Your Name in Gold or Silver
D55    Fire and Water Creations
Section E
E1    Michael Rocks Jewelry
E2    Paul Baker Books
E3    Agnes Gordon Spark Pottery
E4    AEB Design
E5    Tall Cotton Photography & Art
E6    Penny Poems
E7    Slover-Wilson-Art
E8    FeeFiFibby art
E010    Southern Silverworks
E11    Taro Pop
E12    GoodMoodGirl Mood Jewelry
E13    Erin Bradley Designs
E14    Lisa Bolton Art

E15    Knack Paintings

E20    Hooper Troopers Hula Hoops

By Kasey Price
Tickets are now on sale for Goner Records’ seventh annual international music festival taking place in venues throughout Memphis, September 22-26. Goner Fest 7 will include four evening showcases at the Hi-Tone, a Saturday afternoon ten band blowout at Murphy’s, opening and closing shows at the Goner Record Shop, and various daytime music and art shows throughout the weekend.
In its short life span, Goner Fest has quickly increased the size of its blip on the radar of mainstream independent music. Spin Magazine wrote that it “showcases talent galore,” and Paste praised Goner Fest as, “three days with so much overdriven, yelp-tastic rock ‘n’ roll that, for the slightest moment, the city of Memphis becomes one big parents’ garage.”
This year’s Goner Fest marks the return of two great heroes of the Memphis 90s underground, the first being Guitar Wolf. Goner Records founder Eric Friedl gave these Japanese noise rockers their start by releasing their debut LP, Wolf Rock, in 1993. Their affinity for the city was so strong that while on tour in the states they often told people they were from Memphis! They went on to record albums for Matador Records and Sony Japan and are massive stars in their native country.
The second of the returning legends are the Oblivions. This group blasted back on the scene last year with two sold-out hometown dates and a critically-lauded European tour with Detroit contemporaries, the Gories. A decade after their music paved the way for the White Stripes and the Hives, Greg O (Reigning Sound), Jack O (Tearjerkers), and Eric O (Goner Records) are set to share the stage with a new batch of fuzzed out strummers and bumblers. The Oblivions will headline Friday night.
Additional highlights include appearances by Memphis legend, Jeffrey Evans (’68 Comeback, Gibson Bros.); Philadelphia’s rural noise folkers, Strapping Fieldhands; Goner favorite and Bay area reverb wonder kid, Ty Segall; Australian scatterpunks, UV Race; UK pub rockin’ hooligans, Armitage Shanks; Irish poppers, So Cow; Columbus rock and roll buzzsaw, New Bomb Turks; true Texas crazy man, John Wesley Coleman; trippy west coast racketeers, Thee Oh-Sees; and Nashville outsider legend, Dave Cloud.
The festival will bring together 40 bands from eight countries for four days and three nights of rock and roll mayhem. Attendance is anticipated to top 2,500 people, as many as half of whom will be coming from outside Memphis. Previous festivals have attracted rock and roll fans from Austria, Japan, Germany, Italy, Spain, Wales, Holland, France, England, Australia, Croatia, Tasmania, and Canada.
In addition to the bands, celebrity emcees for the event include Tom Scharpling and Terre T (Best Show On WFMU, Cherry Blossom Clinic), Dick Scum (Armitage Shanks), and Brace Belden (MRR, Wild Thing). Writer Eric Davidson (CMJ, Village Voice, New Bomb Turks) will also give a punk-style presentation and reading from his new book, We’ll Never Learn, about the 90s garage punk underground.
For tickets, complete schedules, sponsorships, advertising, and more visit gonerfest.com.
Pictured to the right is Ty Segall, Thursday’s Hi-Tone headliner. Photo by Kandi Cook.

By J. Everett
In a world full of throw-aways, three artists prove that one person’s trash is someone else’s treasure. Emily Allison, Mark Lammie, and Kenny Hays find beauty and humor in the discarded. Their imaginative works fill Gallery Fifty Six with “trashy art” for the September show, Recycle!
Emily Allison loves junk. You may call it garbage, but in Emily’s hands those tin cans become finely beaten silver and those bits of glass transform into enamel mosaics. Throwing her offbeat sense of humor into her shake and bake creations, she serves up sculptures and collages that are beautiful, yet quietly humorous.
Mark Lammie gathers previously used materials like cans, wood, dirt, and bark for his work. “The materials I use have all been discovered along my art making road and get used, discarded, and reused constantly…every work I create is an act of discovery as well as a repeat of a previous act, just like life.” His creations will lure you in as his stories unfold.
Kenny Hays has always been a railroad man, which means lots of down time waiting for that next train. That’s when he hits the tracks and picks up stuff. Lots of stuff! His found-object mobiles hang from Memphis overpasses, and his lone pipe and pliers saxophone player is soon joined by an entire scrap-metal orchestra. You’ll be delighted with his repertoire.
Everyone is invited to the artist’s reception, Friday, September 10, from 5-8pm, at Gallery Fifty Six, 2256 Central Avenue. Wear your garage sale bargains and enjoy seeing what really happened to all that stuff you’ve thrown away! For more information go online to galleryfiftysix.com or call (901) 276-1251.

By Carroll Oswalt
The Chartreuse Envelope: Murder in Memphis by Dr. James C. Paavola, is a suspense/thriller written from the perspective of a fictional psychologist working with Memphis police officers as they solve murders. This is the first in a planned series of novels with the second book scheduled for release early next year.
In this story the conflict begins when the sub-prime mortgage strategies begin to unwind in 2007 and the stock market experiences the first waves of economic collapse. Against this backdrop, Dr. Charleze Mitchell plans to save her hedge fund by any means necessary—including industrial sabotage, illegal stock price manipulation, and murder.
Beginning with the appearance of a blood-stained chartreuse envelope, Memphis Police Lieutenant Julia Todd systematically uncovers Mitchell’s plot and the planned murders of three biomedical engineers. Both the criminal and the lieutenant are products of abusive parents. One child matured to become protective of others’ rights, while one became self-protective and Machiavellian. These two women lead their respective teams in a high stakes game of “the winner lives.”
Kirkus Discoveries, a national book reviewer, hailed it as an “intricately plotted mystery thriller…sleuthing is engaging…Paavola keeps the action coming and his characters consistently interesting…” And our own Colonel Lori Bullard, Precinct Commander of Union Station, applauded the book as “well thought out…riveting…couldn’t put it down…”
James Paavola has been a practicing psychologist in Memphis for over 35 years, retiring from Memphis City Schools in 1999. He draws upon his expertise with children, adolescents, families, and the education system throughout his writing. From his positions with Memphis City Schools he participated in numerous projects with the Memphis Police Department, including procedures for dealing with substance abuse, physical and sexual abuse, violence, youth gangs, and mental illness. He also facilitated Critical Incident Stress Debriefings for fire fighters, paramedics, emergency medical technicians, and members of law enforcement. Psychosocial themes are highlighted throughout this story including: the power of the family, whether nurturing or violent; trauma and the human capacity for resilience; and the importance of empathy in a healthy society.
The Chartreuse Envelope: Murder in Memphis is available in paperback for $13.95 from Davis – Kidd Booksellers in Memphis and at the author’s website, jamespaavola.com. A portion of the proceeds will go to the Memphis Police Foundation, memphispolicefoundation.org. You may contact the author via email at jimpaavola@comcast.net or by phone at (901) 233-9202. There is also a book signing scheduled at Davis-Kidd on Saturday, October 23, at 1 pm.

By Kimberly Richardson
When I think of the word “bibliophile” I automatically think of myself. In my apartment are five bookcases filled to the brim with books of every subject and genre. Reading and now writing books has been a passion of mine since childhood. Even now I would much rather spend my money on books than clothing, shoes, jewelry, or anything else. I have even scraped together change from the bottom of my messenger bag to purchase a book. So yes, I fully accept my bibliophile nature. Yet, while I enjoy my addiction, I would never cross legal lines to obtain my passion.
Others, however, would have no problem doing such a thing. Take John Gilkey for example, the subject of Allison Hoover Bartlett’s non-fiction book, The Man Who Loved Books Too Much. Gilkey adored books, and he would steal them from bookstores and book fairs in order to sell them for profit. He would even obtain credit card numbers (back when the numbers were printed on receipt slips) and call in orders to antiquarian book dealers all over the country. His activities stumped many book dealers until bookseller Ken Sanders made it his personal mission to track down the thief and deliver an appropriate amount of justice.
While conducting research for her novel, Bartlett spent a great deal of time speaking to both Sanders and Gilkey. She even went so far as to walk with Gilkey into one of the bookstores that he had stolen from. Gilkey explained that he had stolen the collectible books because they were priced too high for the common man to obtain. He loved books so much that he felt it was his right and duty to “acquire” them for his personal library. Sanders, along with other antiquarian book dealers, feel otherwise. They claim that, although he may have loved books, stealing them was unfair to those who would have obtained the books through legal means. Some of the book dealers Bartlett interviewed questioned her own motives in following and speaking to the book thief, wondering if perhaps she was in on the scam as well. There has been much debate as to Bartlett’s ethics while gathering research for her novel and whether or not she romanticized Gilkey, portraying him as a passionate lover of books rather than just a petty thief. Nevertheless, Bartlett does a fantastic job conveying both sides of the book world: those who sell the highly prized books and those who would do anything to obtain them, both legally and illegally.
When I finished reading the book, I wondered if Gilkey was still out there stealing books for his collection, or if perhaps he had turned a new leaf and purchased them like everyone elses. Regardless, one thing I know for certain is that once bitten by the bibliophile bug, there is no turning back. Right or wrong, a bibliophile is still a bibliophile, giving into our literary passions to satisfy that endless need, no matter to what extreme measures our passions may drive us.

Goner Records
Young Avenue Deli Stage
12:30 pm – John Paul Keith and 145s
1:30 pm – Overnight Lows
2:30 pm – Jack O and the Tennessee
Tearjerkers
3:30 pm – Missing Monuments
4:30 pm – The Limes
VISIBLE SCHOOL Stage
12:15 pm – Darien Clea
12:35 pm – Battle Victorious
1:15 pm – Donte’ Everhart
2:15 pm – Arma Secreta
3:15 pm – Keia Johnson
4:15 pm – Speakerboxx
Main Stage
12:15 pm – U of M Jazz Quartet
1:15 pm – The Sheriffs of Nottingham
2:15 pm – D Monet
3:15 pm – Tony Dickerson
4:15 pm – Reba Russell
5:15 pm – Marcela & Orquesta Caliente

By Sallie Johnson
Twenty-six percent of adults in Memphis lack basic prose literacy skills, meaning they read below the third grade level. They are unable to understand a note from a teacher, read the instructions on a medicine bottle, or gain employment, and they generally live in poverty. Illiteracy is generational, and it is a contributing factor underlying many societal problems facing our community today. Volunteers are welcome to help Literacy Mid-South make a difference.
The Memphis Literacy Council has been a part of Cooper-Young since the late nineties, working to improve the reading skills of adult students. Another literacy organization, Mid South Reads, previously housed at the University of Memphis, has worked for a number of years to bring organizations together to address the literacy need in our city. Discussions about merging these two organizations began in the summer of 2009. The talks were successful, and on January 1, 2010, the Memphis Literacy Council and Mid South Reads joined forces to become Literacy Mid-South. In July 2010, Literacy Mid-South added yet another literacy service provider to its ranks, the Academy Tutoring Program. This group focuses on providing tutors for elementary and middle school students in five innovative Memphis charter schools.
The mission of Literacy Mid-South is to mobilize the community to maximize the impact of literacy and learning services to all segments of our population. The organization is working to realize this goal through advocacy, research, resource development, tutor training, tutoring for basic literacy, English as a second language, and family literacy workshops.
All Literacy Mid-South tutors in ESL and basic adult literacy are volunteers. A ten hour volunteer training program is held ten times a year. Volunteers are asked to commit to two hours per week for a year, however, many tutors choose to remain much longer. Opportunities are available for one-on-one tutoring, as well as for classroom teaching. Previous experience as a teacher is unnecessary.
Charter school tutors work with individual students to improve reading and math skills. This commitment is one hour a week for the school year. Tutors must attend a three hour training session and undergo a background check. Several training sessions are offered throughout the fall and early spring.
Every year Literacy Mid-South looks forward to the Cooper-Young Festival. During the Festival The Commercial Appeal sponsors a book sale at our location, 902 Cooper St., to benefit all of our programs. Over 5000 new books will be available for purchase that day. There will be a Preview Party held before the Festival on Friday, September 17, from 4-7pm. Tickets for the Preview Party are $20. Party attendees will enjoy food, wine, and live music. They will also have the first opportunity to peruse and purchase the fantastic books for sale. During the Festival the book sale is free and open to the public.
Whether you are interested in visiting us to learn more about our organization, to volunteer as a tutor, or to shop at the Festival book sale, all are welcome. We need your help if we are to carry out our great mission to improve literacy in this community.

Wed Sep 1
9pm Neil’s – Wednesday Night Bar Stars feat: Jeremy Stanfill, Nick Redmond, Grace Askew.

Thu Sep 2
7pm Neil’s – Memphis Blues Society

Fri Sep 3
12:30pm Memphis Symphony Orchestra -
Arts in the Airport. memphissymphony.org
8pm Neil’s – Country Music featuring Eddie L Smith, Buddy Church, & Terry Bailey

Sat Sep 4
Memphis Symphony Orchestra – Borders
Family Tunes & Tales.
8pm Neil’s – Funk Music with Michael Morales & Mo Boogie!
9pm Neil’s – The Olde West – Record
Release Party

Mon Sep 6
7am Chick-Fil-A 5K @ Autozone Park
www.chickfila5k.com
9pm Neil’s – Monday Night Folk Ups Acoustic Singer Songwriter Showcase.

Tues – Sep 7
6pm CYCA Beautification Meeting – 2298 Young
9pm Neil’s – Open Mic Comedy Night

Wed Sep 8
9pm Neil’s – Wednesday Night Bar Stars feat: Jeremy Stanfill, Nick Redmond, Grace Askew.

Thu Sep 9
6pm  National Civil Rights Museum
Freedom + Money
Change Comes Knocking presented by the National Civil Rights Museum. A powerful documentary poses an important question. The North Carolina Fund proved that a grassroots campaign on a large scale, federally funded, could successfully combat poverty. So why was it stopped?
indiememphis.com/freedom
9pm Neil’s – Orchestra Calienté w/ Marcella

Fri Sep 10
8pm Memphis Symphony Orchestra -
Russian Folklore – Paul & Linnea Bert Chamber Series – Buckman.
8pm Neil’s – Country Music featuring Eddie L Smith, Buddy Church, & Terry Bailey

Sat Sep 11
9pm Neil’s – The Van Duren Band & JD Reager and the Near Reaches.

Sun Sep 12
4pm Memphis Symphony Orchestra -
From the Heart to the Soul
LeMoyne-Owen College. Contact the MSO Box Office at 901-537-2525 or LeMoyne-Owen College at 901-435-1000 for tickets.

Mon Sep 13
9pm Neil’s – Monday Night Folk Ups Acoustic Singer Songwriter Showcase. Tue Sep

Tues sep 146p
6pm CYCA General Meeting – Book Signing at Burke’s Book Store. cooperyoung.org
9pm Neil’s – Open Mic Comedy Night

Wed Sep 15
9pm Neil’s Wednesday Night Bar Stars feat: Jeremy Stanfill, Nick Redmond, Grace Askew.

Thu Sep 16
6-9pm Art Invitational and Festival Kickoff Party – David Perry Smith Gallery
7pm Neil’s – Memphis Blues Society

Fri Sep 17
7pm Cooper-Young Festival Friday 4 Miler
cooperyoung4miler.racesonline.com
8pm Neil’s – Country Music featuring Eddie L Smith, Buddy Church, & Terry Bailey

Sat Sep 18
9 am-7pm Cooper-Young Festival

8pm Memphis Symphony Orchestra -
Russian Masters – Cannon Center
9pm Neil’s – Comedy Show

Sun Sep 19
2:30pm Memphis Symphony Orchestra -
Russian Masters – GPAC.
9pm Neil’s – Rainy Day Manual & Mobley

Mon Sep 20
9pm Neil’s – Monday Night Folk Ups Acoustic Singer Songwriter Showcase. T

Tues Sep 21
9pm Neil’s – Open Mic Comedy Night

Wed Sep 22
9pm Neil’s – Wednesday Night Bar Stars feat: Jeremy Stanfill, Nick Redmond, Grace Askew.

Fri Sep 24
8pm Neil’s – Country Music featuring
Eddie L Smith, Buddy Church, & Terry Bailey
9pm Neil’s – Larry Raspberry & The
Highsteppers.

Sat Sep 25
7pm Memphis Symphony Orchestra -
Symphony League Inaugural Gala
One Commerce Square
10pm Neil’s – Nedi & Turbo w/ The Rindstars

Sun Sep 26
5pm Memphis Symphony Orchestra
Symphony in the Gardens
Gates open at 3pm
7pm Neil’s – Kwest Jazz.

Mon Sep 27
9pm Neil’s – Monday Night Folk Ups Acoustic Singer Songwriter Showcase

Tue Sep 28
7pm GSL-Screamfree Parenting Seminar at Grace-St. Luke’s Episcopal School, Anchor Center. gslschool.org
9pm Neil’s – Open Mic Comedy Night

Wed Sep 29
9pm Neil’s – Wednesday Night Bar Stars feat: Jeremy Stanfill, Nick Redmond, Grace Askew.

Fri Oct 1
8pm Neil’s – Country Music featuring Eddie L Smith, Buddy Church, & Terry Bailey.

Sun Oct 3
4pm Memphis Symphony Orchestra -
Bach at Idlewild Presbyterian Church

Sat OCT 9
1pm Cooper-Young Regional Beerfest
1015 S. Cooper, cooperyoung.org

By Judy Kitts
Memphis Acoustic Music Association (MAMA) will be presenting Spencer Bohren at 8pm on Saturday, September 11, at Otherlands Coffee Bar located at 641 Cooper. Spencer Bohren’s music resonates with the ambience of the rivers, roads, and bayous of the American South. He has a marvelous gift for sharing his great love for America’s traditional folk, blues, gospel, and country music with audiences of all ages. His ability to animate the musicians and singers of the past, with both respectful readings of their music and spellbinding stories, is legendary. Spencer’s laid-back stage presence and comfortable delivery make each concert feel like a pleasant visit with an old friend.
Since he last performed in Memphis, Spencer has released his latest CD, Live at the Tube Temple, recorded in Solingen, Germany, and earning rave reviews. In ad­dition to an active concert schedule, he continues to host gui­tar workshops across the country, and he regularly performs his Down the Dirt Road Blues show to educate audiences at schools, universities, and museums about the shared history of blues and rock music. For this work Spencer received the Keeping the Blues Alive in Education award from the Blues Foundation this year.
For more information about this artist you can visit spencerbohren.com. Tickets are $12 and are available at Otherlands and Davis-Kidd Booksellers.
For more information about the Memphis Acoustic Music Association visit mamamusic.org.

By Barb Elder
Those of us who are relatively new to Cooper-Young may not understand the amazing comeback story that is our neighborhood’s history. We take for granted the safe, tight knit community that we are a part of. We don’t think twice about having active community organizations like the CYCA to advocate for our wellbeing. We enjoy restaurants and businesses that we can walk to and our newfound friendships down the street, thinking that life in Cooper-Young has always been this way. But we are a part of a much larger story whether we realize it or not. It is a story full of unsung heroes, successes and failures, and it is our story as well. It is this story, this history, that has been recorded by authors Lisa Lumb and Jim Kovarik in the newly published book, Cooper-Young: A Community that Works.
Below you will find a reprint of the books preface to pique your interest. I know it’s hard to wait for something this good, but it won’t be much longer. On Tuesday, September 14, from 5:30-6:30pm you can walk on down to Burkes’ Books, at 936 S. Cooper St., and procure your autographed copy. The book will sell for $25, and the accompanying neighborhood map, created by Paula Kovarik, is $10. You can purchase both the book and map together for a discounted $30. All proceeds go to support our CY Community Association. Enjoy!
Preface from Cooper-Young: A Community that Works
In 1977, Peggy Jemison and Virginia Dunaway took on the task of writing the history of this neighborhood. Armed with tape recorders and searching for stories, they ventured into Clark’s Barber Shop, a well-known local hangout, near the corner of Cooper and Young. Jemison recalls, “The barber ( J. W. Clark) took one look at us and said, ‘Ladies, you’re too late. The neighborhood is gone.’”
Fast forward three decades: it’s a sunny spring Thursday in the early evening. The barber shop has been transformed into a bustling Mexican restaurant. Couples belly up to the bar for margaritas, and a salsa band sets up out on the outdoor patio. The intersection brims with restaurants serving seafood, sushi, and French country cooking. It’s CY Night Out—party night in Cooper-Young powered by a business association and grateful vendors up and down the street. Merchants pull out racks with their wares: lingerie, stained glass, chocolate, $100 blue jeans and $2 used books. Eateries move their tables to the sidewalk. Another band sets up by the gazebo to offer free music, which mixes with the noise of the night.
Down Oliver Avenue, past an Irish pub where the Waterboys blast their music and Guinness fans nurse their pints, sits Edna. Holding court from her front porch rocking chair, this spry lady of 90 spreads wisdom and gossip as she has done for over half a century. Monte and Jon, walking their new springer spaniel puppy, saunter over and sit a spell. Edna’s neighbor brings her a plate for supper, and the older lady gives her the third degree about the whereabouts of her three boys, whom she has watched grow up. Samantha and Jeremy next door bring over their new baby girl, Gabriella, for inspection. A cluster of kids hoot and holler on the Peabody School playground next to her house. A multiracial mix of teenagers jostles round a basketball hoop at the end of the block for a rowdy game of street ball.
Parking spots along the street fill quickly as folks pour in for the night’s festivities; locals follow on foot. Young artists transplanted from New York parade by with their toddlers in a psychedelically painted Radio Flyer wagon. A teenager in black with mohawk, nose-ring, and tribal tattoos crawling up both arms gives the group on the porch a furtive nod as he slinks by. Two young women cruising tandem on a bike stream past, their vintage petticoats billowing behind them like parachutes on their rusty retro Schwinn. It’s a walking, wonderful mix of a night in CY. Everyone and their mama is in motion. The block is rocking, as is most of the neighborhood these days.
For more than a century, the fortunes and fables of the area have ebbed and flowed with growth and contraction. From an area in freefall during the 70s, the Cooper-Young neighborhood has come back. Empty lots and houses are now filled and rebuilt. Property values have skyrocketed. Businesses vie for space along Cooper Street and Young Avenue. A neighborhood of aging residents has in stages become a Bohemian enclave, a flipper’s paradise, and lately a trendy haven for young professionals ripe with children. Through it all, it retains its status as a good place to live in the city of Memphis.
Its edges have changed over the years, but the Cooper-Young neighborhood (CY) is roughly bound by Central Avenue on the north, East Parkway on the east, Southern Avenue on the south, and McLean on the west. In the summer of 2010, there are about 1700 households and 5000 residents. It’s a tiny slice of a larger metropolitan Memphis of about one million people.
Here in 2010, life is good for those who live in CY. Peabody Elementary School has survived since 1910 and blossomed 100 years later. The area’s largest church—First Congregational—is alive with inspiration and opportunity. Specialty retail and restaurants dot the commercial corridor. The neighborhood remains a madhouse of renovation, and it’s rare to come across a non-renovated house in the neighborhood. CY retains a reputation for tolerance and diversity, welcoming all types and shapes and sorts of people.
A generous helping of public and private resources has led to the rebound of business and housing here. Public dollars have fueled big changes; private sweat has built great value. All of this has been elevated by the work of the three neighborhood groups: The Cooper-Young Community Association (CYCA), the CY Business Association (CYBA), and the CY Development Corporation (CYDC). Once again, as it was deemed to be in the first few decades of the last century, CY is seen as a good place to live, to play, to open a business, or to raise a family.
This book is a history of CY in two parts. The first part was commissioned by the Metropolitan Inter-Faith Association (MIFA) in the 1970s and written by Peggy Jemison and Virginia Dunaway. A copy published in 1980 is reprinted in its entirety here with three additions: headings to assist readers, photos to illuminate text, and essays—by decade— for historical context.
This original (MIFA) history covers the founding of the neighborhood up to the early 70s as the area teetered on the edge of ruin. As the largest social service organization in the entire region, MIFA was attempting to document and revive neighborhood development in Memphis. The original history laid out many of the reasons for CY’s initial boom, its subsequent decline, and tiny new signs of life.
The second part of this book is the next chapter in the history of CY written by Lisa Lumb and Jim Kovarik. It starts where the MIFA history stops in the 1970s and continues to 2010. This story starts with a neighborhood in decline and ends with a neighborhood on the rise and in full blossom with business booming and housing more valuable than ever in 2010.
This updated history was originally commissioned by Memphis Heritage and eventually published by the CYCA in 2010. Paula Kovarik at Shades of Gray, Inc. designed and produced the document (and the neighborhood map that accompanies this book). The entire project has been guided by the steadfast and shepherding hand of Emily Bishop, one of the stellar examples of an individual investor, talented volunteer, and dedicated resident whose stories are told in this book.
The story itself is the compilation of thousands of residents, owners, stakeholders, and strangers that have had their small role in the history of Cooper-Young. It is through the lives and stories of these folks that the history of Cooper-Young came to life and continues today.
Happily, the man in the barbershop who warned the original historians turned out to be wrong.