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ImmIgratIon | dream act

After more than ten years of battling for legislation to legalize undocumented young people

who have resided in the US since they were children, the Senate immigration reform bill

may offer the Dreamers the best chance yet.by Mike Feeley

ImmIgratIon

June 13, 2013

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“Room 237” Peeks Into A Classic

Most local cinephiles already know that Mise En Scenesters is the best thing to happen to the film world in Chattanooga in a long time. Fresh from bringing Shane Carruth’s mind-bender “Upstream Color” to the Scenic City, MES continue their hot streak with a one-night-only screening of “Room 237,” June 14 at Barking Legs Theater. Fans of “The Shining” will recognize that number instantly, and won’t want to miss this special docu-mentary about the hardcore dedication and crazy theories the film inspires.

MES head honcho Chris Dortch says he’s pleased to be presenting “Room 237” in Chattanooga. “For cinephiles and Kubrick fans, it's already a real treat, but for me what I re-ally love about the film is that it clearly shows you the power that films and especially great films have,” said Dortch. “When you're dealing with a filmmaker that's a real auteur like Kubrick…you really can't help but read deeper

meanings into things, but in the case of “Room 237,” you meet a group of genuinely strange folks who have gone pretty damn deep into “The Shining” rabbit hole.” Local “Shining” expert Perrin Lance will be the special guest for the evening, leading a discussion about his own theo-ries about the film and more. If you’re a fan of Kubrick—or film in general—you don’t want to miss this.

Friday, June 14, 8:30 p.m., Barking Legs Theater, 1307 Dodds Ave. (423) 624-5347, barkinglegs.org

— Carson O'Shoney

FATHERS DAy

Hoist A Pint Or Two With Dad

Looking for somewhere to take your dear old dad on Father’s Day? The Chattanooga Market has you covered—especially if Dad is into beer and banjos. On June 16, the Market is putting on a Father’s Day Brews & Blue-grass celebration, hosted by New Belgium Brewery. Plenty of local and regional breweries will be on

hand with bottles and drafts, in-cluding Highland Brewing Com-pany, Atlanta Brewing Company, Terrapin Brewing Company and Chattanooga Brewing Company. Packway Handle Band and the Barker Brothers will be handling the bluegrass side of things, both performing on the EPB stage at 12:30 and 2:00 p.m., respec-tively. Families with young kids won’t be left out either, as Habitat for Humanity brings their annual Lego Build Contest to the market the same day. The rest of the mar-ket will be open as usual, so pick up some fresh local meat and veggies for a great Father’s Day cookout while you’re there.

Sunday, June 16, 11 a.m. – 4 p.m., Chattanooga Market, First Tennessee Pavilion, 1829 Carter St. chattanoogamarket.com.

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CARE FOR A BITE

Eat Up and Show You Care

This past weekend, Chatta-noogans teamed up with Jack’s Chattanoggins (say that three times fast) to help raise money for the Children’s Hospital Foun-

dation at Erlanger. Next week, join forces with Chattanooga CARES to take a bite out of HIV/AIDS . . . somewhat literally.

CARES is a local nonprofit that provides both affordable care and medication to HIV/AIDS positive individuals, as well as free, rapid HIV testing to the general public. CARES also focuses on support, outreach, and education around greater Chattanooga.

CARE for a Bite (along with Strides of March and Cut Up for Life), is one of three annual fundraising events hosted by CARES to ensure that its servic-es will continue to be available to those who need it. Helping is as easy as eating, and since that’s something we all have to do any-way, we might as well do some good while we’re at it.

During selected hours on Wednesday June 19, participat-ing area restaurants will donate 25 percent of their profits to CARES. The list includes The Public House, Alleia, St. John’s Meeting Place, The Big Chill, Brewhaus, Mojo Burrito, Trem-ont Tavern, Sing It or Wing It, Ototto and BiBa’s.

Visit chattanoogacares.org for eligible dining hours.

— Keeli Monroe

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Mind Full of ArtIf you haven’t yet visited the

Center for Mindful Living, you may not be aware that in addi-tion to opportunities to learn about various forms of medi-tation, you can access classes related to mindfulness. For ex-ample, well-known local artist Jas Milam is teaching a series of classes at the Center called “Art As A Daily Practice.” As the Center describes it: “This group for conscious adults is an art-centered support and study group for both artists and non artists. Classes combine teach-ing, demonstration and hands-on art making as participants learn how creativity and the creative process add beauty and meaning to life.” And who can’t use more beauty and meaning in their life?

Classes meet Fridays, 10 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. Contact Milam at (423) 322-2514 to register for the series ($50), or visit www.jasmi-lam.com

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the dreamers | reform

by Mike Feely

ImmIgratIonAfter more than ten years of battling for legislation to legalize undocumented young people who have resided in the US since they were children, the Senate immigration reform bill may offer the Dreamers the best chance yet.

If immigration reform is to happen this year, it will be driven by the economic and political changes occurring in commu-nities across our country. But it will also be because of the lives that have been touched by this issue. One of the groups that would benefit the most is the one known as the “Dreamers,” the Latino (a) generations who have grown up and spent their lives in this country, but who are counted as “undocu-mented” because they were brought here as children without proper visas. Under the immigration bill currently being proposed in Washington, the Dreamers would be able to obtain legal residency, and be able to ap-ply to become citizens. The Dreamers are an educated, articulate and motivated group—an incredible important but unrealized part of the human capital of this city and state.

Chattanooga is a city of many Dreamers, and when asked what difference this legisla-tion would make in their lives, one Dreamer in South Chattanooga, a recent high school graduate with a 3.6 GPA, simply said, “I would be able to be myself, to work under my own name, and to go to college.” A Dreamer in Hixson, an avid reader who writes poetry and short stories, “would be able to go to col-lege, and to own a house in my own name, and to build a future for my son.” And Karla, a Dreamer in Nashville who has helped or-ganize clusters of Dreamers across the state was “very excited” about this provision being in Senate Bill 744, but stressed it was impor-tant that reform includes the parents and those “original Dreamers” who came here to provide a better life for their families.

Social change happens as we hear each other’s stories. And real change happens as we work toward a community and country where

everyone not only can dream, but

fully participate. The debate continues.

Where immigration reform currently stands

We live in a time of partisan sniping and the politics of exclusion and extremism. A litany of political commentators and social media buzz on both the left and right contin-ually assure us that we are in a perfect storm of political gridlock. But there are those rare times when it all comes together even in the midst of political inertia. This may be one of those times. And immigration reform is the cause.

As t h e Wash-ing ton P o s t s a i d , “The most far-reach-ing overhaul of the na-tion’s immigra-tion system in a generation has emerged mostly unscathed from the Senate Judiciary Committee. The bill’s bipartisan sponsors showed that, even in Washington, the cen-ter can sometimes hold. Though the legislation, all 800-odd pages of it, con-tains provisions that pained Democratic and Republican backers alike, they grit-ted their teeth and voted it out o f committee

and onto the Senate floor.” Or in the words of

the New Yorker, “The bill that was passed, on May 21st, satisfies nobody.”

U.S. Senate Bill 744 (with the summary title “To provide for comprehensive immi-gration reform and for other purposes”) was introduced on April 17, 2013 by a group of senators known as the “Gang of 8.”This bi-partisan group has unsuccessfully tried to find some common ground and progress on several issues, and now has joined the debate over immigration. On May 21, their proposal, amended (over 200 amendments were offered) but not substantively changed, was voted out of the Senate Judiciary Com-mittee, and could be on the floor of the Sen-ate for full debate this week or next. The bill’s chances for passage look good in the Senate. And companion bills are being written in the House.

Of course, there are significant challenges ahead before immigration reform can be signed into law. Yet there are several reasons to hope and believe that immigration reform could happen this year. Political decisions are often if not always driven by electoral reality, and our politicians—even in Tennes-see—have been noticing some changes in our area and nationally. We have changed demo-

graph-ically: im-

migration rates have been higher in the

Southeast during the past ten years. We are a much more ethnically

and racially diverse community. And the voting rolls are beginning to reflect that change. We have changed economically; im-migration has provided a stronger and more diverse workforce for a number of area busi-nesses, and immigrants pay more than their fair share of taxes, especially in a sales-tax-dependent state like Tennessee. Immigration continues to be a positive economic driver in the local and state economy. And we have changed culturally; immigration has been an integral part of our cultural mix since the first Native American — European encoun-ters in the 1500s. Chattanooga’s history has had a robust cultural mix ever since. Those changes haven’t gone unnoticed—Tennessee groups supporting immigration reform this year include unlikely allies across the politi-cal spectrum.

The 800 pages of Senate bill 744

S.B.744, the “Border Security, Economic Opportunity, and Immigration Moderniza-tion Act” has four major sections, each deal-ing with specific issues in the immigration area.

Title I (Border Security) includes require-ments for various border plans, triggers, and the structure for Department of Homeland

Secu-rity over-

sight. Title II (Immigrant Visas) deals

with the legalization of the cur-rent undocumented population, the

regulation of future legal immigration flows, and the integration of newcomers. Title III (Interior Enforcement) addresses workforce issues such as E-Verify, humanitarian re-forms, and due process protections. Title IV (Reforms to Nonimmigrant Visa Programs) addresses existing visa programs for nonim-migrant workers and creates a new “W” visa for lesser-skilled workers (such as the “blue card” for undocumented farm workers) and includes a startup visa provision for entre-preneurs from other countries who create jobs and raise more than $500, 000 in capi-tal.

There are arguable flaws in the bill, most concerned with arbitrary cut-off dates on ap-plications and limits on visas in some areas. And border security spending is still driven more by political expediency rather than data and qualitative research, as was made clear during the discussion and amendment process in the Senate Judiciary committee. This is nothing new, as most immigration bills since the late 19th century have reflect-ed the political needs and prejudices of their day, especially in the allotment of visas for different groups and nationalities.

Still, most analysts agree that S.B. 744 would fundamentally rebuild the nation’s broken-down, irrational, and politically driven immigration system in positive and substantive ways. It would also provide an opportunity to remove (or at least tone down) immigration reform as a political is-sue and offer 11 million of our undocument-ed neighbors a chance to fully participate in the American economy and society. And that certainly includes the Dreamers, na-tionally, statewide and here in Chattanooga.

by The

numbers

Using Ochs Center

data covering 2000-2008,

the Hispanic population in Hamilton

County grew 67.3 percent. Perhaps even more

significantly, percentages of overall births grew from

being 6.1 percent Hispanic in 2001 to 10.2 percent in 2006,

and Hispanic student enrollment in Hamilton County schools grew

from approximately 1,000 in 2003 to approximately 1,750 in 2008.

The Ochs Center also supplied some as-yet unpublished demographic data it

has been compiling based on the 2010 census, which shows that in 2000, the

Hispanic population of Hamilton County was 8,179, but was 14,993 in 2010.

Although this article has focused primarily on the Latino population, it’s also

worth noting that proposed immigration reform would also dramatically

affect other immigrant groups, and that populations identified by the Ochs

Center data as “Other” grew from 5,473 in 2000 to 11,832 in 2010—in

other words, they have more than doubled. Immigrants who would be

classified as either “White” or “Black” also figure into the total ten-

year county population growth of more than 29,000 people.



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During Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeroes’ performance of “Home”

at this year’s Sasquatch Festival in Seattle, front man Alex Ebert waded into the crowd asking for “stories.” After several insufferable minutes of X’d out twenty-some-things screaming, “you’re my fa-vorite band” or repeating what can only be described as their favorite bits of dialogue from “Girls Gone Wild,” Ebert found what he was looking for. Through dangerously dilated pupils, a girl said (and I’m paraphrasing):

“I went to India and I met a sheep that told me all my dreams would come true. I followed him to the United States where I danced for twelve hours, and as I did all my dreams came true. And I found that my home is right here.”

Picking up on the thread, Ebert and company amended the lyrics to the summer anthem of 2010 singing, “Home is anywhere we are,” creating a moment of unity between artist and audience rarely seen this side of a U2 concert.

This is the crux of what makes Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeroes who they are. You see, there is no Ed Sharpe; he’s a fictional

messianic character from a book Ebert started working on while in a 12-step program. The Zeroes began as a musical project formed not long after Ebert met vocalist/guitarist Jade Castrinos outside a Los Angeles café. Though he strives to look physically like an unwashed Jesus, Ebert is less mes-sianic figure and more community organizer. The loose, shambling Zeroes are a collective as much as a band, boasting 10 current mem-bers and another dozen former and auxiliary ones (including one who specializes in “off-note har-monies”).

The band is at the forefront of a wave of sprawling collectives, re-plete with gang vocals and guy/girl duets that started with bands like Arcade Fire and the Polyphonic Spree, and have become a full-blown trend (if this year’s SXSW is to be believed). But Ebert’s stories of love—and really—community, call to mind what we around here would call “a pickin’”; musically talented part-timers who play for the joy of music, getting together to share the music they love. If you wanna listen, great; but if you’d rather join in—even better.

Hack music writers tend to

compare this band to the current “Laurel Canyon Sound” or, more often, to the music of the ’60s. While the gratuitous use of plate reverb certainly lends a throw-back air to the tracks, it’s the sense of companionship and unbridled optimism that, perhaps unsur-prisingly, makes this band so ap-pealing to echo boomers. That and the fact that Ebert’s infectious pop melodies have more hooks than a Pocket Fisherman.

This particular tour takes them around the festival circuit, includ-ing stops at the Bonnaroo, Floyd Fest and the aforementioned Sas-

quatch festivals. It’s a tour that culminates with the gig in their hometown of LA at the Hollywood Bowl.

The band is on the road pro-moting its new eponymous re-lease (available July 23 on Com-munity Records) and if the first release,“Better Days,” is any indi-cation, it represents a modest shift from the Polyphonic Partridge Family sound of previous albums to a murkier—but more anthe-mic—sound that backs away from like-minded bands such as Mum-ford and Sons and the Lumineers towards something that wouldn’t sound out of place on a mid-’90s Flaming Lips album.

"These songs mean everything to me," says Ebert, who produced the album. "It's the rawest, most liberated, most rambunctious stuff we've done."

Later legs of this tour find them reuniting with bro-mates Mum-ford as well as Old Crow Medicine Show and others, playing non-traditional venues as part of the “Gentlemen of the Road Stopover” tour

Edward Sharpe and the Mag-netic Zeroes bring their rambling, acid-tinged, feel-good folk rock to the Scenic City Tuesday, June 18 at Track 29. Tickets are $25. The similarly themed LA quintet He’s My Brother, She’s My Sister opens.

Home Is Anywhere You AreEdward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeroes wade into Track 29

MUSIC CECILIA CARBIDES


Here we go for another round of “Name That Influence,” the game that all music nerds love to play (while regular people within earshot just roll their eyes.) The Brighton,

England quartet Fear of Men plays a kind of clean, bright pop music that seems to bor-row elements from early ’80s post-post-punk pop, like Al-tered Images, and Sarah Re-cords recording artists along with successors such as the group Lush. Singer Jessica Weiss has the kind of singing style—clear, pretty and un-flashy—that this writer is a sucker for, and it bears many similarities to that of Alison Statton, who sang for the early ’80s bands Young Marble Gi-ants and Weekend. Even the band’s visual aesthetic, with stark layouts and photos of

marble statues, seems to be a tip-of-the-hat to Factory Records, and the group apparently is well-versed in indie-pop history, hav-ing covered songs by the New Zealand group The Chills and Beat Happening.

Early Fragments is a satisfying compilation full of easy delights, collecting tracks from three singles from 2011 and 2012—Ritual Confession, Mosaic, and Green Sea—plus a demo version of “Dol-drums” and the track “Seer,” which serves as the mini-album’s opener, with wistful electric guitar strums and some irresistible vocal turns. “Mosaic” continues the salvo, offering the earworm chorus vocal hook “Break me into pieces to feel safe” among atypi-cal drum patterns and ringing, jangle-guitar patterns. As the col-lection progresses, the songs actually get slightly more aggressive and driving, although the proceedings remain mannered and controlled. Actually, the drummer at times seems like he’s trying to break free from pop structures, with a pounding attack that’s not oppressive but more raucous than usual pop drumbeats. Two of the peaks on Early Fragments are back-to-back: the motorik-beat-driven “Born” and “Doldrums,” which jumps up with a sur-prise blast in its last 20 seconds. On this collection, Fear of Men clearly accomplishes what it sets out to do, delivering willowy, memorable pop with simplicity while avoiding being bland.

This writer has a soft spot for 7-inch vinyl singles, whose limited time capacity offers a sort of challenge to the musi-cian: you’ve got just a few minutes to win over the listener,

so make the most of it. Singles were the dominant music media in east Africa between the ’60s and ’80s, and the new compila-tion of late-’70s singles from Or-chestra Super Mazembe, none of which has been released on CD previously, wastes no time in making an impression on the listener. Immediately, from the beginning of Mazembe @ 45RPM, Vol. 1, the listener is immersed in the group’s upbeat, irrepressible sonic fabric, with a vitality that is nearly impossible to shake.

With members originating in Zaire before settling in Nai-robi, Kenya in the mid-’70s, Orchestra Super Mazembe, which translated means “giant

bulldozer orchestra,” played a form of dance music called Lingala, named after the language. With a uniformly high quality of ma-terial, the collection highlights several of the band’s touchstones: fluid, spirited call-and-response vocals, animated drum rhythms on a minimal kit—often just using a hi-hat and snare drum—and most strikingly, absolutely gorgeous lead electric guitar melodies that flow effortlessly.

Most tracks here are around eight-to-nine minutes long, pre-sented in their unedited forms, since the limited size of a 7-inch single required the tracks to be split into two pieces, and the sound quality is excellent, with a commendable job by Douglas Pater-son who spent hundreds of hours on the audio restoration and re-search for this project, which also yielded a second volume (also recommended) available only as a digital download. Apparently, despite having incredibly vibrant and upbeat music, many of the songs here have lyrics about strife and concern for the poor and suffering. Typically on our fair continent, we just hear infusions of east African styles only occasionally permeating popular music, but in its unadulterated form, as heard on this collection, it’s as rewarding as it is inviting.

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Riverbend: Lynyrd Skynyrd, Monophonics, Strung Like A Horse, Larry Carlton Trio, Drake White, Hillbilly Sins, more5 p.m. - 12 a.m. Riverbend music Festival, 200 Riverfront Pkwy. riverbendfestival.comQueen Lightning7 p.m. sugar’s Ribs, 507 Broad st. (423) 508-8956, sugarsribs.comTechno Dance Party7:30 p.m. Backyard grille, 4021 hixson Pike. (423) 486-1369. Lonely Horse8 p.m. The camp house, 1427 Williams st. (423) 702-8081, thecamphouse.comThe Royal Hounds, My name is Drew, Get Hot or Go Home9 p.m. The honest Pint, 35 Patten Pkwy. (423) 468-4192, thehonestpint.comStrung Like a Horse9:15 p.m. TVFcu stage, Riverbend Festival, 200 Riverfront Pwy. riverbendfestival.comDrake White9:30 p.m. coke stage, Riverbend Festival, 200 Riverfront Pawy. riverbendfestival.comThe Vino Takes, Phugoids10 p.m. JJ’s Bohemia, 231 e. mlK Blvd. (423) 266-1400, jjsbohemia.comOpen Mic night with Hap Henninger10 p.m. The office, 901 carter st. (inside Days Inn) (423) 634-9191, facebook.com/theoffice.chattLynyrd Skynyrd10 p.m. coke stage, Riverbend Festival, 200 Riverfront Pwy. riverbendfestival.com

Fri 06.14

Riverbend: Gavin DeGraw, Hot Chelle Rae, Moon Taxi, nantucket, Drew Sterchi & blues Tribe, Dennis

brown, LeOGun, more5 p.m.-12 a.m. Riverbend music Festival, 200 Riverfront Pkwy. riverbendfestival.comDeacon bluz band7 p.m. nightfall music series, River city stage at miller Plaza, 850 market st. nightfallchattanooga.comCarielle & Oaklynn7:30 p.m. The camp house, 1427 Williams st. (423) 702-8081, thecamphouse.comPaul Smith, Sky High band7:30 p.m. Backyard grille, 4021 hixson Pike. (423) 486-1369. Walter “Wolfman” Washington8 p.m. nightfall music series, River city stage at miller Plaza, 850 market st. nightfallchattanooga.comDavid Peterson & 19468 p.m. acoustic café, 61 RBc Dr., Ringgold, ga. (706) 965-2065, ringgoldacoustic.comThe Maycomb Criers with Marshall Law8 p.m. skyZoo, 5709 lee hwy. (423) 468-4533, skyzoochattanooga.comjohnathan Wimpee9 p.m. The office, 901

carter st. (inside Days Inn) (423) 634-9191, facebook.com/theoffice.chatt“bonna-boo-hoo-hoo!” with Sandal Stomp, brick Mower, Secret Guilt10 p.m. sluggo’s, 501 cherokee Blvd. (423) 752-5224Scenic, Full Moon Crazies, Get Hot or Go Home10 p.m. JJ’s Bohemia, 231 e. mlK Blvd. (423) 266-1400, jjsbohemia.comSeven Handle Circus, Cicada Rhythm10 p.m. Rhythm & Brews, 221 market st. rhythm-brews.comGavin DeGraw10 p.m. coke stage, Riverbend Festival, 200 Riverfront Pkwy. riverbendfestival.com

Sat 06.15

jeff Miller12:30 p.m. chattanooga River market, Tennessee aquarium Plaza, 1 Broad st. chattanoogarivermarket.comRiverbend: O.A.R., Steel Pulse, break Science, kelsey’s Woods, Reckless Adams, The C.C. Show,

Cherub, more6 - 11 p.m. Riverbend music Festival, 200 Riverfront Pkwy. riverbendfestival.comPassion Play, Alabama Smith7:30 p.m. Backyard grille, 4021 hixson Pike. (423) 486-1369.endless Cycle, Sinner of Attention8 p.m. Rhythm & Brews, 221 market st. rhythm-brews.comThe band Raven8 p.m. acoustic café, 61 RBc Dr., Ringgold, ga. (706) 965-2065, ringgoldacoustic.comArlo Gilliam8 p.m. Palms Patio at The Palms at hamilton, 6925 shallowford Rd., #202. (423) 499-5055, thepalmsathamilton.comOne night Stand band9 p.m. Jack a’s chop shop saloon, 742 ashland Terr. (423) 713-8739, jackaschopshopsaloon.comMilele Roots9 p.m. skyZoo, 5709 lee hwy. (423) 468-4533, skyzoochattanooga.comO.A.R.9:30 p.m. Riverbend Festival, 200 Riverfront Pkwy.

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THE DEACON BRINGS THE BLUES TO NIGHTFALL• dr. clark White, better known to blues aficionados as deacon bluz, brings his down-home soul-fired blues vibe to nightfall. nationally known and respected as an educator, blues historian and electrifying perfomer, deacon has been preaching the faith on traditional blues for decades. a former radio host at atlanta's longtime blues and jazz station WclK, deacon not only can work a harmonica better than just about anyone you've ever heard, he has a voice drenched in the sounds of the Mississipi delta with a touch of classic chicago blues.

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riverbendfestival.comRiverbend Finale with Queen b and the Well Strung band9:30 p.m. sugar’s Ribs, 507 Broad st. (423) 508-8956, sugarsribs.combottle Rocket, Rodner back, Medicine Tree10 p.m. JJ’s Bohemia, 231 e. mlK Blvd. (423) 266-1400, jjsbohemia.comAunt betty10 p.m. Bud’s sports Bar, 5751 Brainerd Rd. (423) 499-9878, budssportsbar.combryan “Crunkbones” jones10 p.m. The office, 901 carter st. (inside Days Inn). (423) 634-9191, facebook.com/theofficechattSinner of Attention with endless Cycle10:30 p.m. Rhythm & Brews, 221 market st. rhythm-brews.com

Sun 06.16

Slim Pickins bluegrass12:30 p.m. chattanooga market, First Tennessee Pavilion, 1829 carter st. chattanoogamarket.combluegrass Pharaohs

2 p.m. chattanooga market, First Tennessee Pavilion, 1829 carter st. chattanoogamarket.comkids Open jam4 p.m. Backyard grille, 4021 hixson Pike. (423) 486-1369.Tim Lewis4 p.m. Jack a’s chop shop saloon, 742 ashland Terr. (423) 713-8739, jackaschopshopsaloon.comChattanooga Traditional Irish Music Session5 p.m. moccasin Bend Brewing company, 4015 Tennessee ave. (423) 821-6392.Isle of Rhodes, Sons of Hippies8 p.m. The honest Pint, 35 Patten Pkwy. (423) 468-4192, thehonestpint.comCherub Dj set 8 p.m. JJ’s Bohemia, 231 e. mlK Blvd. (423) 266-1400, jjsbohemia.comPeewee Moore and the Awful Dreadful Snakes10 p.m. Raw, 409 market st. (423) 756-1919.

Mon 06.17

Tica Douglas with james bradshaw7 p.m. The camp house, 1427 Williams st.

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Tue 06.18

edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros, 9 p.m. Track 29, 1400 market st. (423) 266-4323, track29.co

Wed 06.19

Cat Country Presents: eric Heatherly8 p.m. Rhythm & Brews, 221 market st. rhythm-brews.comThe Local Group8 p.m. acoustic café, 61 RBc Dr., Ringgold, ga. (706) 965-2065 ringgoldacoustic.comjosh Lewis9 p.m. Bud’s sports Bar, 5751 Brainerd Rd. (423) 499-9878, budssportsbar.comTilford Sellers and the Wagon burners, Hot Damn9 p.m. The honest Pint, 35 Patten Pkwy. (423) 468-4192, thehonestpint.comDan Sheffield7 p.m. sugar's Ribs, 507 Broad st. (423) 508-8956, sugarsribs.com

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The second biggest challenge of designing Enzo's, according to its architect Craig Kronen-berg, was relating the building to Main Street and to the pub-lic realm.

"The building was kind of hermetic," said Kronen-berg. He and his wife Heidi Hefferlin are principals of Hefferlin+Kronenberg, which designed the building. "It was a florist's warehouse, and it was com-pletely closed up from the street. So we programmed the building to have a public cafe at the corner of Main and Long for reaching out to the community. But the real key to the project was how to get the parking to relate to the building."

Yes, despite this long-await-ed grocery store being poised to become the cornerstone of

a walkable neighborhood, the parking was a potential deal killer. The store would need more customers than those who live in the neighborhood, so parking had to work.

At first look, it seemed im-possible to Kronenberg. The rear of the building was a load-ing dock three feet, six inches higher than the parking. His first sketches showed people

pushing grocery carts along a series of switchbacks to get from the door to the parking at grade.

But the pieces all came together when Kronenberg realized there was enough

room behind the building to turn the entire parking lot into a ramp leading to the entrance.

"That unlocked the whole thing," he said. "It meant that the parking was a sort of auto-mobile procession to the front

door, but it also allowed for elevating the outdoor cafe and the entry on Main as a splendid public terrace. There are two front doors. That dual function is reflected in the architecture, with flanking cubes of slate with big overhangs that an-nounce 'entry.' A covered pub-lic terrace bridges those two entries.”

With Enzo's open only a month, it's too soon to assess its long-term impact on the neighborhood, but Kronen-berg—who lives two-and-a-half blocks away and shops there daily—already sees it becoming a "social condenser," bringing together Southside residents, a Lookout Mountain crowd on their way home and groups of Craftworks employ-ees who buy a couple of six-packs at Enzo's and drink them on the terrace.

"We're finding ourselves walking to Enzo's," says Kro-

nenberg. "In terms of auto trips, it will have the effect of completely eliminating a huge carbon footprint because people who live and work in the area can walk to get their groceries. Enzo's is a diagram of how to do responsible urban design."

He doesn't want to mention "the P word," but I'll go there.

Enzo's integrates into its urban neighborhood precisely how Publix and Walgreen's should have in North Chat-tanooga, and might have if former Mayor Littlefield had urged them in that direction instead of caving to their de-velopers' insistence that dumb-ing down our urban core with suburban design is the only economically feasible way to do business downtown.

Note to Mayor Berke: Enzo's shows what can happen when a developer allows an archi-tect to use design to solve a

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problem, rather than steamrolling a generic corporate design over a specific place. The developers of Enzo's have created both a business and a true place, and Enzo's is well on the way to becoming a beloved part of its neighborhood. The North Chattanooga

Publix will serve a welcome purpose, but it will be an ugly utility that people pass through as fast as possible on their way to places they care about. In my book, that constitutes damaging the city. Please urge downtown developers to do more projects

like Enzo's and no more—never—like Publix and Walgreen's.

Other Hefferlin+Kronenberg Southside projects in the pipeline include a pocket park nearing completion at Long and 17th Street that will double as a play yard for

Battle Academy. Kronenberg describes it as a small outdoor room based on the sub-parks of the Tuileries in Paris. A new H+K-designed office building for Southern Surgi-cal Arts is under construction just off Main between Broad and Cowart. And design has begun on 50 apartments to be built in a two renovated timber warehouses on Madison, in the sliver of land between Main Street and the railroad tracks.

What the Southside really needs now, ac-cording to Kronenberg, is more affordable rental housing to increase density. "Density creates more opportunities for human in-teraction," said Kronenberg. "You can aban-don your car and hoof it. It's not a suburban lifestyle anymore, you're not always driving around."

Kronenberg sees good urban revitaliza-tion as a lot like the surrealist game of “The Exquisite Corpse,” where a piece of paper is folded so that four artists create a portrait by drawing head, chest, genitals and feet in-dependently.

No matter how much civic planning we do, "People are doing projects separately and are blind to what other people are do-ing," said Kronenberg, who's heard that a storage warehouse is being built next to one of his new projects.

But, "Sometimes you get serendipitous re-lationships like Craftworks moving in and Enzo's opening.”

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Ice Cream Festival8 a.m. - 8 p.m. Ruby Falls, 1720 s. scenic hwy. (423) 821-254, rubyfalls.com“Inside & Out”10 a.m. - 5 p.m. River gallery, 400 e. 2nd st. (423) 265-5033, river-gallery.com“Whitfield Lovell: Deep River”10 a.m. - 8. p.m. hunter museum of american art, 10 Bluff View ave. (423) 267-0968, huntermuseum.org“Michael Murphy: Damage”11 a.m.-5 p.m. ava gallery, 30 Frazier ave. (423) 265-4282, avarts.orgRock City Raptors11 a.m. - 3 p.m. Rock city, 1400 Patten Rd., lookout mtn, ga. seerockcity.comOoltewah Farmer’s Market2 p.m. - 5 p.m. ooltewah nursery & landscape co. Inc., 5829 main st. (423) 238-9775.Outdoor Chattanooga: Moccasin bend bicycle Tour6 - 8 p.m. outdoor chattanooga, 200 River st. (423) 643-6888.Streaming of “The Audience” with Helen Mirren7 p.m. east Ridge 18, 5080 s. Terrace, east Ridge. (423) 855-9652.“Mystery at the Redneck Italian Wedding”7 p.m. Vaudeville café, 138 market st. (423) 517-1839, funnydinner.com“Sunset Love” painting workshop7 - 10 p.m. artsy-u, 5084 s. Terrace. (423) 321-2317, artsychattanooga.com“jekyll & Hyde”7:30 p.m. ensemble Theatre of chattanooga, 5900 Brainerd Rd. (423) 987-5141.Carlos Mencia7:30 p.m. The comedy catch, 3224 Brainerd Rd. (423) 629-2233, thecomedycatch.com“Monster”

7:30 p.m. studio Theatre, uTc Fine arts center, 752 Vine st., (423) 425-4371, utc.edu/fineartsCraft night!8 p.m. sluggo’s, 501 cherokee Blvd. (423) 752-5224.

Fri 06.14

Ice Cream Festival8 a.m. - 8 p.m. Ruby Falls, 1720 s. scenic hwy. (423) 821-254, rubyfalls.com“Inside & Out”10 a.m. - 5 p.m. River gallery, 400 e. 2nd st. (423) 265-5033, river-gallery.com“Whitfield Lovell: Deep River”10 a.m. - 5 p.m. hunter museum of american art, 10 Bluff View ave. (423) 267-0968, huntermuseum.org“Michael Murphy: Damage”11 a.m.-5 p.m. ava gallery, 30 Frazier ave. (423) 265-4282, avarts.orgFresh On Fridays11 a.m. - 2 p.m. center Park, 728 market st. (423) 265-3700,facebook.com/centerparkchattanoogaRock City Raptors11 a.m. - 3 p.m. Rock city, 1400 Patten Road, lookout mtn, ga. seerockcity.comDaytime - “Dogwood” painting workshop2 - 4:30 p.m. artsy-u, 5084 s. Terrace. (423) 321-2317, artsychattanooga.com“Mystery at the nightmare Office Party”7 p.m. Vaudeville café, 138 market st. (423) 517-1839, funnydinner.com“jekyll & Hyde”7:30 p.m. ensemble Theatre of chattanooga, 5900 Brainerd Rd. (423) 987-5141.Carlos Mencia7:30. 9:45 p.m. The comedy catch, 3224 Brainerd Rd. (423) 629-2233, thecomedycatch.com

“Monster”7:30 p.m. studio Theatre, uTc Fine arts center, 752 Vine st. (423) 425-4371, utc.edu/finearts“bloody, bloody Andrew jackson”8 p.m. chattanooga Theatre centre, 400 River st. (423) 267-8538, theatrecentre.com“Room 237” with special guest Perrin Lance8:30 p.m. Barking legs Theater, 1307 Dodds ave. (423) 624-5347, barkinglegs.orgSu: Vince Morris9:30 p.m. Vaudeville café, 138 market st. (423) 517-1839, funnydinner.com

Sat 06.15

Ice Cream Festival8 a.m. - 8 p.m. Ruby Falls, 1720 s. scenic hwy. (423) 821-254, rubyfalls.comRepticon Reptile Show10 a.m.- 5 p.m. camp Jordan, 323 camp Jordan Pkwy., east Ridge.repticon.com/chattanooga“Inside & Out”10 a.m. - 5 p.m. River gallery, 400 e. 2nd st. (423) 265-5033, river-gallery.com“Whitfield Lovell: Deep River”10 a.m. - 5 p.m. hunter museum of american art, 10 Bluff View ave. (423) 267-0968, huntermuseum.org“Open Gallery”11 a.m. - 4 p.m. shuptrine’s gold leaf Designs, 2646 Broad st. (423) 266-4453, shuptrines.comRock City Raptors11 a.m. - 4:30 p.m. Rock city, 1400 Patten Road, lookout mtn, ga. seerockcity.com“Michael Murphy: Damage”11 a.m.-5 p.m. ava gallery, 30 Frazier ave. (423) 265-4282, avarts.orgSaturday Cinema: “up”2:30 p.m. chattanooga Public

library, 1001 Broad st. (423) 757-5310, lib.chattanooga.gov“Mystery of Flight 138”5:30 p.m. Vaudeville café, 138 market st. (423) 517-1839, funnydinner.comThe 100 Dinner6 p.m. crabtree Farms, 1000 e 30th st. (423) 493-9155, crabtreefarms.org“Warm Wine bottles” painting workshop7-10 p.m. artsy-u, 5084 s. Terrace, (423) 321-2317, artsychattanooga.comCarlos Mencia7, 9:30 p.m. The comedy catch, 3224 Brainerd Rd. (423) 629-2233, thecomedycatch.com“jekyll & Hyde”7:30 p.m. ensemble Theatre of chattanooga, 5900 Brainerd Rd. (423) 987-5141.“Monster”7:30 p.m. studio Theatre, uTc Fine arts center, 752 Vine st. (423) 425-4371, utc.edu/finearts“Mystery of the Facebook Fugitive”8 p.m. Vaudeville café, 138 market st. (423) 517-1839, funnydinner.com“bloody, bloody Andrew jackson”8 p.m. chattanooga Theatre centre, 400 River st. (423) 267-8538, theatrecentre.comSu: Vince Morris10:30 p.m. Vaudeville café, 138 market st. (423) 517-1839, funnydinner.com

Sun 06.16

Ice Cream Festival8 a.m. - 8 p.m. Ruby Falls, 1720 s. scenic hwy. (423) 821-254, rubyfalls.comRepticon Reptile Show10 a.m.- 4 p.m. camp Jordan, 323 camp Jordan Pkwy., east Ridge.repticon.com/chattanooga

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Mon 06.17

Ice Cream Festival8 a.m. - 8 p.m. Ruby Falls, 1720 s. scenic highway, (423) 821-254, rubyfalls.comMagic Tree House traveling exhibit10 a.m. - 5 p.m. creative Discovery museum, 321 chestnut st. (423) 756-2738, cdmfun.org“Inside & Out”10 a.m. - 5 p.m. River gallery, 400 e. 2nd st. (423) 265-5033, www.river-gallery.comWhitfield Lovell: Deep River10 a.m. - 5 p.m. hunter museum of american art, 10 Bluff View ave., (423) 267-0968, huntermuseum.orgFamily night- “Swirly Plant” painting workshop6:30 - 8:30 p.m. artsy-u, 5084 s. Terrace, (423) 321-2317, artsychattanooga.comChris Sclarb8 p.m. Barking legs Theater, 1307 Dodds ave., (423) 624-5347, barkinglegs.org

Tue 06.18

Ice Cream Festival8 a.m. - 8 p.m. Ruby Falls, 1720 s. scenic hwy. (423) 821-254, rubyfalls.comPLeIn AIR: The Art of

Outdoor Painting9 a.m. - 5 p.m. shuptrine’s gold leaf Designs, 2646 Broad st. (423) 266-4453, shuptrines.comMagic Tree House traveling exhibit10 a.m. - 5 p.m. creative Discovery museum, 321 chestnut st. (423) 756-2738, cdmfun.org“Inside & Out”10 a.m. - 5 p.m. River gallery, 400 e. 2nd st. (423) 265-5033, river-gallery.com“Whitfield Lovell: Deep River”10 a.m. - 5 p.m. hunter museum of american art, 10 Bluff View ave. (423) 267-0968, huntermuseum.org“Michael Murphy: Damage”11 a.m. - 5 p.m. ava gallery, 30 Frazier ave, (423) 265-4282, avarts.orgCSA Song Symposium6-10 p.m. heritage house arts and civic center, 1428 Jenkins Rd. (423) 855-9474.“Poppy Close-up” painting workshop7 - 9 p.m. artsy-u, 5084 s. Terrace. (423) 321-2317, artsychattanooga.comAll-You-Can-eat Comedy buffet with Rob Shapiro8 p.m. JJ’s Bohemia, 231 e. mlK Blvd.

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Wed 06.19

Ice Cream Festival8 a.m. - 8 p.m. Ruby Falls, 1720 s. scenic hwy. (423) 821-254, rubyfalls.comMagic Tree House traveling exhibit10 a.m. - 5 p.m. creative Discovery museum, 321 chestnut st. (423) 756-2738, cdmfun.org“Inside & Out”10 a.m. - 5 p.m. River gallery, 400 e. 2nd st. (423) 265-5033, river-gallery.com“Whitfield Lovell: Deep River”10 a.m. - 5 p.m. hunter museum of american art, 10 Bluff View ave. (423) 267-0968, huntermuseum.org“Michael Murphy: Damage”11 a.m. - 5 p.m. ava gallery, 30 Frazier ave. (423) 265-4282, avarts.org

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Helen Mirren played QE2 (the per-son, not the ship) in “The Queen” and won an Oscar for it. Now she’s onstage in London’s National Theatre as the same august personage in “The Audi-ence”—but you don’t need to cross the Atlantic to see it. Hie thee to the East Ridge 18 for “National Theatre Live” and don’t forget to curtsey.

• Streaming of “The Audience” with Helen Mirren $23. Thursday, June 13. 7 p.m. east Ridge 18, 5080 s. Terrace, east Ridge. (423) 855-9652.

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By John DeVore

A movie about bank rob-ber magicians doesn’t sound great on paper.

Coincidentally, a movie about bank robber magicians is also not great on screen. Maybe modern magicians are just inherently silly. Today, many people associate magicians with Vegas performers like Da-vid Copperfield, the mysterious dark-haired performer with an overly melodramatic stage per-sona, complete with puffy shirt and long flowing handkerchiefs. Or people like David Blaine, the stuntman who stands on tall poles for weeks on end and freezes himself in blocks of ice. More than likely, though, most people think about “Arrested Development”’s Gob Bluth, standing in a group of magi-cians all dressed for their act

with a sign that says “We de-mand to be taken seriously.” I’ve got nothing against magi-cians—I like misdirection and sleight-of-hand as much as the next guy—but the magic indus-try has a PR problem. Unfortu-nately, “Now You See Me” does nothing to make magic seem any cooler. If anything, it might make you roll your eyes a little bit more.

The film is essentially a heist movie, like “Ocean’s 11-13.” Just like those films, “Now You See Me” boasts a wonderful cast, with actors like Jesse Eisen-berg, Morgan Freeman, Mi-chael Caine and Woody Har-relson. Four street performers with only modest success in the magic industry are approached separately by an anonymous benefactor to put on three gi-ant shows for the purpose of stealing enormous amounts of money to redistribute to the au-dience. The plot follows Mark

Ruffalo’s character as he chas-es the magicians from show to show, trying to catch them in the act but always lagging one step behind. The plotting is relatively thin and the tricks are rather obvious to anyone that has ever seen anything by The Amazing Randi. Those that appear unexplainable can be attributed to the illusion of CGI. The misdirections that the screenwriters attempted to in-clude in the plot are telegraphed more than Western Union, and any one paying attention can easily see where the film will end up. There isn’t any tension in the film because the charac-ters don’t appear to have any flaws. Every act, every set up is executed perfectly while the FBI follows along, hapless and mystified.

This is by far the largest prob-lem with the film. It might have been a decent concept if the film had any characters to speak of.

Instead of characters, we have boilerplate stand-ins that have no personalities beyond the very narrow definition of their role: The close magic/card trick guy. The assistant-turned-escape-artist. The mentalist/hypno-tist. The swindler/rogue. These four are pitted against the most American of film stereotypes: the hard-boiled cop that has no time for shenanigans. Add to these typical movie tropes a forced and awkward love story, and you have a film that is bor-ing and unconvincing. For a movie about magicians to work, the audience needs to be able to see them off the stage, where they behave like real people with actual motivations.

Films like “The Prestige” or “The Illusionist” worked well because we saw a lifetime of work and commitment out of magicians who had actual rela-tionships with other people that weren’t simply part of the act. There is nothing at stake in this film, and as a result it’s hard to care about it.

There are a few scenes that are amusing, largely because of the talent of the cast. Woody Harrelson and Jesse Eisenberg do a good job at being smarmy and self satisfied, which here is shown as being a positive per-sonality trait. It’s almost like in every scene, you can almost hear “The Final Countdown” playing softly somewhere in the background.

The film tries very hard to be electrifying and explosive, but the flames fizzle and fail, dampening the audience’s en-thusiasm. I guess you could ask where the lighter fluid came from. I would suggest staying home and watching the newest season of “Arrested Develop-ment” on Netflix rather than wasting even a matinee on “Now You See Me.”

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Sure, summer audiences are smaller, but so are the budgets and casts of many of the shows (though not all). What separates summer shows from the major network offerings in the fall and winter is their focus. They are aimed at specific audiences in-stead of trying for mass appeal. Whether it’s drama, sci-fi, hor-ror or screwball comedy, there are plenty of offerings to keep you inside enjoying the air-con-ditioned comfort of your living room.

While we can't review all of the new and returning shows, there are several that stand out for originality, quality of writ-ing and acting, and the way they have influenced better writing and acting on the major net-work's more mainstream offer-ings. It can be argued that the success of CBS's “Person of In-terest,” one of the best-written shows on TV, would never have happened if the cable networks hadn't demonstrated during the

past several summers how intel-ligent and edgy programming can find and sustain an audi-ence.

Case in point has been the ongoing success of everyone's fa-vorite South Beach serial killer in Showtime's “Dexter.” Asking the question "Am I a good man doing bad or a bad man doing good?", “Dexter” had the chutz-pah to create a protagonist out of the least-likely leading char-acter possible. That viewers found themselves rooting for a sociopathic murderer opened the door for more complex and morally gray characters to an-chor a new breed of dramas. Without “Dexter” on Showtime, there would not have been a “Hannibal” on NBC.

Although “Dexter” followed the time-tested formula of find-ing unknown actors to create memorable characters, many of the summer shows give well-established actors a chance to stretch their acting legs. Show-

time will debut the new “Ray Donovan” right after the Dex-ter premiere, featuring the tal-ents of Liev Schreiber and Jon Voight. Schreiber isn't exactly a stranger to television, but his turn a few season ago on the ag-ing “C.S.I.” vastly underutilized his range and quirky talent. And when it comes to quirky, there are few more out there than Jon Voight.

It's not only established film and stage actors making their mark on the small screen. “Will & Grace” star Erik McCormack and “ER”'s Noah Wyle both lead a pair of TNT shows that have found an audience. Consider-ing that neither McCormack or Wyle are concerned about a weekly paycheck any longer, they have found the freedom to dive deep into compelling and complicated roles. McCormack as a schizophrenic college pro-fessor working with the FBI in “Deception” and Wyle as a father trying to keep his family togeth-

er in a post-apocalyptic world in “Falling Skies” are both joys to watch.

Yet while most summer shows are to be found on cable net-works, that's not to say the major networks are ceding the summer to the new kids on the program-ming block. Stephen King's in-triguing “Under The Dome,” based on the sci-fi thriller about a town in Maine that discovers one day it has been sealed un-derneath a massive transparent dome, lands on none other than CBS. The network is putting ma-jor money (and a hefty promo-tional campaign) behind what

just a few years ago would most likely have been a low-budget fluff show, or a slightly higher-budget miniseries.

Simply put, while there are plenty of things to do out of the house this summer—and Holly-wood's film division isn't exactly sitting the summer out, either—if you do find yourself just want-ing to kick back in your easy chair with the remote control, chances are you'll find some-thing quite interesting to watch. In fact, the only downside is that AMC's “Breaking Bad” won't be back until August. Damn them.

Summertime and the Viewing is EasyBack in the not-so-long-ago past, summer television was the great wasteland of endless

re-runs and lots of baseball. Now, though, the summer viewing season is where the cable networks present some of the better shows on the tube, and this summer promises to be

no different. For USA, TNT, FX, AMC, TVLand, HBO and Showtime, the summer has become their time to shine. And for fans of the small screen, this is a reason to rejoice.

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gEmInI (May 21-June 20): Long after the artist Amedeo Clemente Modigliani died, his paintings sold for millions of dollars. But while alive, he never got rich from doing what he loved to do. He expressed frustration about the gap between his ambitions and his rewards. "I do at least three paintings a day in my head," he said. "What's the use of spoiling canvas when nobody will buy anything?" I hope you don't arrive at a comparable conclusion, Gemini. It's crucial that

you NOT keep your good ideas bottled up in your imagination. You need to translate them into practical actions, even if there's no immediate or obvi-ous benefit in doing so. Expressing yourself concretely has rarely been more important than it is right now.

CanCEr (June 21-July 22): In 1967, dissidents dreamed up a novel way to protest America's horrific Viet-nam War. They marched to the Pen-tagon, the military's headquarters,

and performed an exorcism to purge the place of its evil. With the power of songs and chants, they invoked magic spells designed to levitate the 6.5 million-square-feet building into the air. Their plan didn't quite work in a literal way—the Pentagon remained firmly fixed to the ground—but the legend they spawned was potent. When I heard about it years later, it in-spired me to become an activist. I see myth-making as a worthy goal for you right now, Cancerian. Dream up an epic task or project that will fuel your imagination for a long time.

LEo (July 23-Aug. 22): In 1926, sur-realist artist Max Ernst painted "The Blessed Virgin Chastising the Infant Jesus in Front of Three Witnesses." It shows Mary vigorously spanking her son as he lies on her lap. Nowa-days, the image doesn't seem nearly as scandalous as it did when it first appeared. Even some Christians I know find it amusing, welcoming the portrayal of Jesus as a genuine hu-man being with lessons to learn. What would be your equivalent of creating a cheeky image like this, Leo? How could you achieve cathartic release by being irreverent toward something or someone you respect? I recom-mend it. (See the image: tinyurl.com/SpankingJesus.)

VIrgo (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): It's prime time to promote cross-cultural liaisons and interspecies relation-ships, Virgo. I encourage you to ex-periment with hybrids and facilitate the union of diverse interests. You will be working in alignment with cosmic trends if you strengthen the connec-tions between influences that belong together, and even between influenc-es that don't know they belong togeth-er. So see what you can do to facilitate conversations between Us and Them. Negotiate peace treaties between Yes

and No. Look for legitimate ways to compare apples and oranges.

LIBra (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): Gonzo columnist Mark Morford wrote a list of liberated behaviors he wants to culti-vate. Since you're in the emancipatory phase of your yearly cycle, I invite you to try some of his strategies. 1. Have a gentler grip. Let go of tight-assed at-titudes. 2. Make deeper penetration. Don't be satisfied with surfaces. 3. Raise the vibration. Isn't it a waste of precious life energy to mope around in a sour and shriveled frame of mind? 4. Appreciate appreciation. Treat gratitude as an emotion of the same caliber as joy. 5. Cultivate ecstatic sil-liness. Develop a blissful ability to take everything less seriously. 6. Drink the awe. Allow astonishment to seep in. (More: tinyurl.com/morford joy.)

SCorPIo (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): From an astrological perspective, now would be a good time to go on a meditation retreat for a few days or make a pilgrimage to your ancestral homeland. You would generate just the right shifts in your brain chemis-try by doing something like that. Other recommended adventures: reviewing the story of your entire life from your first memory to the present moment; writing a brief letter to the five people you have loved best, telling them why you've loved them; spending a day outside of time, when you don't con-sult a clock or use electronic media for the duration.

SagIttarIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): Sagittarius comedian Steven Wright says he took a class in speed waiting. "Now I can wait an hour in only ten minutes," he brags. I think you will have the same knack in the coming days, Sagittarius. Your pa-tience is likely to be much more ef-fective than usual. Results will come

faster and they'll be more intense. The only catch is that you will really have to be calm and composed and willing to wait a long time. It won't work if you're secretly antsy and only pretending to be imperturbable.

CaPrICorn (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): Let the boundaries blur a bit, Capri-corn. Don't stick too rigidly to the strict definitions. Play around with some good old-fashioned fuzzy logic. The straight facts and the precise details are important to keep in mind, but you shouldn't cling to them so ferociously that they stifle your imagination. You need to give yourself enough slack to try open-ended experiments. You'll be smart to allow some wobble in your theories and a tremble in your voice. Magic will happen if there's plenty of wiggle room.

aQUarIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): "One should be light like a bird, and not like a feather," said French poet Paul Valery. How do you interpret that thought, Aquarius? In the book "The Science of Self-Control," here's how Howard Rachlin expands on Valery's idea: "We need to be spontaneous, but only in the context of some framework that allows us to attain higher levels of spontaneity; a feather is a slave to the wind, while a bird uses the wind." Take heed, Aquarius! Your creative flights will go further and last longer if you have a solid foundation to take off from.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): Let's call today Sigh-Day. Tomorrow, too, and the next day, and the two days af-ter that. During these five Sigh-Days, you should feel free to let out big, deep sighs at a higher rate than usual. Allow yourself to be filled up with poignant thoughts about life's paradoxical mys-teries. Give yourself permission to be overwhelmed with emotions that are

midway between lamentation and reverent amazement. For even bet-ter results, indulge in some free-form moaning during your five Sigh-Days. That'll help you release your full back-log of tension and give you more ap-preciation for the crazy beauty of your fate. (P.S. Try not to whine, though.)

arIES (March 21-April 19): Irish poet Richard Brinsley Sheridan didn't confine his lyrical wit to well-crafted poems on the printed page. He used it to say things that would advance his practical ambitions. For example, when he first met the woman who would eventually become his wife, he said to her, "Why don't you come into my garden? I would like my roses to see you." That's the kind of persua-sive power I hope you will summon in the coming days, Aries. According to my analysis of the omens, you should have it in abundance. So what's the best use of this mojo? Is there any-thing you would really like to sell? What new resources do you want to bring into your sphere? Who do you want to convince?

taUrUS (April 20-May 20): In "The Book of the Damned," Charles Fort revealed one of the secrets of power. He said that if you want power over something, you should be more real than it. What does that mean? How do you become real in the first place, and how do you get even more real? Here's what I think: Purge your hypocrisies and tell as few lies as possible. Find out what your deepest self is like—not just what your ego is like—and be your deepest self with vigorous rigor. Make sure that the face you show the world is an accurate rep-resentation of what's going on in your inner world. If you do all that good stuff, you will eventually be as real and as powerful as you need to be.


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As annoyed as they may have been, however, I was the one coping with the whistling noise coming from below that was likely emanating from the seam between the floorboard and the piece of steel that had been riveted in place to patch a once gaping hole. That there was a section of stop sign attached to the floor of the car didn’t strike me as odd for two reasons: It was better than allow-ing rainwater and muck to fly up from the road and into my face, and I had been working for the city just long enough to get a feel for how it func-tioned. To say it would have been long-since bankrupt if it were a business was putting it lightly; it would have been far more accurate to say that if it were a business, it would have been bound with wire and re-peatedly beaten unconscious with thick bamboo poles for a few weeks until it finally died.

As I drove, I absently rubbed the thumb and first two fingers of my right hand together to ease the irritation of the cuts there. I was con-cerned about infection. It was 1994, and it wasn’t like you could carry soap and water in your car, but the rubbing soothed the occasional sting. Like the recently solved prob-lem of inhaling carbon mon-oxide through the floorboards, the cuts were also caused by the car. Our blue lights were activated by plungers locat-

ed under the dash that you pulled downward into an “on” position. After a while, the caps on the plungers pulled off completely and were lost, leaving only a serrated tooth-pick-sized post to pull down

on to activate your emergency equipment, and after a few hours on the shift I worked there was a neat red line of blood on each finger where they met together to pull. The cars

from 1990 on up all had flip-switches you could see in the dark, but I was lucky as hell to be in one as new as five years old. With only 260,000 miles on the odometer, who could complain?

I was working Brainerd and glad to be there; the call load was ridiculous, but it was more exciting than Hixson and safer than the deterio-rating buildings downtown. The Aquarium had opened two years before and I heard they’d even turned the Wal-nut Street Bridge into a pe-destrian bridge a few months ago, but otherwise the place was filthy and attractive only to vagrants. It may have been nice in the ’70s, but the ’80s had been cruel, while Brain-erd grew modern and clean. Everything happened here; getting from one end of Lee Highway to the end of Brain-erd Road was a 45-minute od-yssey on Friday and Saturday nights because of the cruising traffic. Seeing the kids lean-

ing on their cars alongside the road by the hundred was reminiscent of scenes from “American Graffiti,” except the cars were smaller and Buddy Holly had been re-placed by Ace of Base. The place was so congested they were even clearing property over on Gunbarrel Road, but they could never hope to re-place the beating heart of Brainerd if that’s what they were thinking.

The sun was fading and I thought I’d check on a local 24-hour poker game up be-hind Corkscrews and Confetti before things got serious; the owner kept it under control for the most part, but it was a good excuse to buy a cheap fried turkey leg off of the grill in their yard, and I wanted fuel for the rush hours ahead.

As I slowed the cruiser to make the turn off Brain-erd, the whistling floorboard died down and I heard the comforting rumble of the en-gine, when it occurred to me that I was driving the last of the carbureted V8 engines in the fleet, and that times were changing. I had no idea where I’d be in the next year, much less ten or 15, but I sure enjoyed where I was at for the moment. I mean really: Could the city or the job get any better than this?

Ask me then, I suppose.

I was cruising in a battered ’89 Chevy Caprice within ten miles of the posted speed limit, which annoyed those “stuck” behind me to no end. This didn’t bring me plea-sure, but the fact that the same people would no doubt phone in a complaint for

speeding if I went at or above their preferred pace did not escape me.

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• Alex Teach is a police officer of nearly 20 years experience. The opinions expressed are his own. Follow him on Facebook at facebook.com/alex.teach.

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