The Commercial Appeal - Go Memphis
SUNDAY
NJINGLE JINGLE
Toddlers to teens can don their holiday apparel Sunday and go dashing through
for parties will begin with the
for toddlers through second grade from 2 to 3:30 p.m. and continue with the
for third and fourth graders from 4 to 5:30 p.m.; the for fifth and sixth graders from 3 to 4:30 p.m.; and
for seventh and eighth graders from 5:30 to 7 p.m. Proceeds will go to the Madonna Learning Center and March of Dimes. Tickets: $25 each, available at Cotton Tails and Sachi at 389 North Perkins Ext. For more information, call 901-527-5683.
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Children’s Cookie
Mistletoe Mash
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The Holiday
DARK MUSIC DURING THE DAY
The still relatively new outfit
plays gothic-tinged Americana that evokes country murder ballads mixed with punk rock. Raspy-voiced chanteuse — back in town after a year spent mostly on the road — likewise has a dark, Tom Waits-inspired edge. This Sunday the two team for an afternoon show at 4 p.m.; 1368 Monroe. Free admission. For more information, call 901-278-0909.
SUNNY FOLK Jonathan Edwards Beth Sholom
Guy Clark
Folk troubadour town Sunday night to perform at
with fellow tunesmiths and The event, organized by local entertainment attorney and radio deejay
is a fundraiser for the synagogue. Edwards is best remembered for his 1971 Top 10 hit “Sunshine” off his self-titled debut album. 7 p.m.; 6675 Humphreys Blvd. Tickets: $39 and $100, available at bsholom.org. For more information, call 901-683-3591.
Synagogue
Keith Sykes.
Newman,
rolls into
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ARTIST MARKET
will hold a in the Dunavant Rotunda that features a wide variety of art and crafts by more than 30 local and regional artists, free admission to the galleries and a cash bar all day. Each sale supports the museum. 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. 1934 Poplar in Overton Park. Call 901-5446200.
CLASSY CLASSIC
The beloved ballet returns to the place of its birth in this filmedlive-onstage presentation of the holiday classic, performed by the world-famous
in the Mariinsky Theatre in Grace Askew returns to Memphis for a show at the Buccaneer on Saturday night. Chinese activist/artist Ai Weiwei is the subject of the documentary film “Never Sorry,” screening at the Brooks Museum.
7:30 p.m., Malco Paradiso. Tickets: $12.50. Visit malco.com.
ON THE DARKER SIDE
Shortly before the acclaimed British playwright Sarah Kane took her own life in 1999, she wrote the play that would be her farewell note to the world. contemplates issues surrounding solitude, depression and suicide. University of Memphis MFA directing candidate Brian Fruits stages this dark and intimate play at 7:30 p.m. Monday and Tuesday at Theatre South, 1000 S. Cooper. Admission is free. Call 901-726-0800.
‘THUNDER’ STRIKES
An irregular Central Library film series dubbed begins with a screening of
the 1958 rural road-chase classic starring Robert Mitchum as a Korean War vet who runs moonshine through Kentucky to Memphis. manager of the library’s History Department, will introduce the movie, a staple of Southern drive-ins for almost two decades and an influence on such artists as Bruce Springsteen and Quentin Tarantino. 6 p.m., Memphis Room, Benjamin L. Hooks Central Library, 5050 Poplar. Admission: free.
DEFIANT, NOT ‘SORRY’
Awarded a special jury prize for its “Spirit of Defiance” when it premiered in January at the Sundance Film Festival, the documentary makes its Mid-South debut at 7 p.m. at the
The film follows the internationally acclaimed Chinese sculptor, painter, muralist and activist Ai Weiwei as he endures beatings and imprisonment in his attempt to make provocative and truthful art that criticizes the Chinese government. Admission: $8, or $6 for museum members. Visit brooksmuseum.org.