The Weekly

com­mu­nity events

Down­town

The Or­pheum, 203 S. Main, presents Gla­dys Knight with spe­cial guest Jam­min Jay Lamont, at 8 p.m. Thurs­day. A clas­sic con­cert in the 26th South­ern Her­itage Clas­sic Cul­tural Cel­e­bra­tion. Tick­ets are $62.50-82.50. Call 901-525-3000 or visit or­pheum-mem­phis.com. Also com­ing up:

■ Sept. 19: Emmy and Tony Award win­ning ac­tress and singer, Kristin Chenoweth, Com­ing Home Tour, 8 p.m. Tick­ets are $60-165.

■ Sept. 24: The Roast of Pat Hal­lo­ran, 8 p.m. Af­ter al­most 35 years of in­valu­able ser­vice to the Or­pheum, long­time pres­i­dent and CEO Pat Hal­lo­ran will be hon­ored with a roast. Tick­ets are $250 per per­son. Ions: A Geek Gallery, 546 S. Main, presents the

Haunted Pub Crawl Sept. 16, from 7:30-10 p.m. En­joy the macabre history and spir­its with the spir­its ex­plor­ing two types of Mem­phis tra­di­tions: ghost sto­ries and al­co­hol. Fea­tur­ing a real para­nor­mal in­ves­ti­ga­tor with his­tor­i­cal tales of Mem­phis. Cost is $20. E-mail stephen@his­tor­i­cal­hauntsmem­phis.com, visit his­tor­i­cal­hauntsmem­phis.com or call 901-864-4688. The Woodruff Fon­taine House, 680 Adams, hosts

Ghost Tour Sept. 18, from 7:30-9:30 p.m. Spooky tour of the land­mark Vic­to­rian Vil­lage Man­sion com­pleted in 1871. Your tour guide will have in­ves­ti­ga­tion equip­ment to de­tect pos­si­ble ac­tiv­ity dur­ing tour. Cost is $25. E-mail stephen@his­tor­i­cal­hauntsmem­phis.com, visit his­tor­i­cal­hauntsmem­phis.com or call 901-4864688. Also com­ing up:

Sept. 19: Ghost School and In­ves­ti­ga­tion, 7 p.m. to mid­night. Bring dig­i­tal au­dio recorder and cam­era for an evening of learn­ing how to set-up and con­duct a para­nor­mal in­ves­ti­ga­tion cov­er­ing tools, tech­niques, ev­i­dence gath­er­ing and ev­i­dence re­view. Cost is $50.

The Black Writ­ers & Book Clubs Lit­er­acy Fes­ti­val is Sept. 19, from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m., at Mem­phis Cook Con­ven­tion Cen­ter, 255 N. Main. Open to read­ers and book lovers of all stripes, this cel­e­bra­tion of lit­er­acy in­cludes meet-and-greets, games, door prizes, book dis­cus­sions, clubs, and help­ful re­sources and in­for­ma­tion. Free to at­tend. Call 901-355-3564 or visit bwab­clit­er­a­cyfes­ti­val.com.

The FARE Walk for Food Al­lergy unites thou­sands of Amer­i­cans in the goal to en­sure a safer world for those who live with food al­lergy. Join the cause on Sept. 26 at Mud Is­land River Park, 144 Is­land Drive. Check in starts at 10 a.m. To register, vis­it­foodal­ler­gy­walk.org/ Mem­phis2015. For more in­for­ma­tion, con­tact Andi

East Mem­phis

Farmer’s Mar­ket at the Gar­den ev­ery Wed­nes­day, from 2-6 p.m., through Oct. 28. Shop a va­ri­ety of lo­cal goods, in­clud­ing fresh pro­duce, flow­ers, home-baked breads and sweets, honey, ar­ti­san items and more. Open to the public. Call 901-636-4131 or visit mem­phis­b­otan­ic­gar­den.com.

The Depart­ment of For­eign Lan­guages and Lit­er­a­tures at the Univer­sity of Mem­phis presents the

His­panic Film Se­ries to celebrate the His­panic Her­itage Month. All movies will be shown in Span­ish with English sub­ti­tles. Show­ings at 5 p.m. in the Psy­chol­ogy Au­di­to­rium, 3710 Vet­er­ans Ave. Free to at­tend. His­panic Film Se­ries:

Sept. 17: “Juana la Loca” (Mad Love), Vi­cente Aranda (Spain, 2001)

Sept. 24: “Música cam­pesina” (Coun­try Mu­sic), Al­berto Fuguet (Chile, USA, 2011)

Oct. 1: “Paisito” (Small Coun­try), Ana Díez (Uruguay, 2009)

Oct. 8: “El ed­i­fi­cio de los chilenos” (The Chilean Build­ing), Macarena Aguiló (Chile, Cuba, 2010)

The St. Agnes Academy Theatre Depart­ment presents “Death By Dessert” Sept. 17 and 19 at 7 p.m. in Siena Hall, 4830 Wal­nut Grove Road. Come for an evening of fun and en­ter­tain­ment that in­cludes lounge singers, cake walks, taran­tella lessons and lots of can­noli. The land­lady of Don­na­duce’s Res­tau­rant in Lit­tle Italy is dead, and in this crazy cast of char­ac­ters, any­one could have done it. You should never trust the can­noli. Tick­ets are $8 and can be pur­chased by con­tact­ing Ann Neal at 901-435-5837 or aneal@saa-sds.org.

The Time Warp Drive-In is back. Ex­pe­ri­ence clas­sic films on the big screen each month at Malco Sum­mer 4 Drive-In, 5310 Sum­mer Ave. Ad­mis­sion is $10 per per­son, chil­dren un­der 10 free. Shows start at dusk. Com­ing up:

Sept. 23: Rock & Roll Drive-In (co-spon­sored by GONERFEST), fea­tur­ing “Don’t Knock The Rock” (1964), “Rock & Roll High School,” “This is Spinal Tap” and “The Sore Losers” (Jack Obli­vian/Guitar Wolf). The Dixon Gallery & Gar­dens, 4339 Park, Food Truck

Fri­days, 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. En­joy lunch from your fa­vorite Mem­phis food trucks. Sit in the out­door café area un­der mist­ing fans, re­lax at a ta­ble in our cut­ting gar­dens or find your own se­cret lunch spot any­where on the grounds. Visit dixon.org. Also com­ing up:

Thurs­day: Art on Tap, 6-9 p.m. En­joy un­lim­ited beer sam­plings from around the world and food from Rock ‘n’ Dough Pizza, One and Only BBQ , Boscos, Gus’s Fried Chicken, Frost Bake Shop and more. Cost is $30 for mem­bers, $40 non­mem­bers. Call 901-761-5250.

Craftsn’Creation­sintheCom­mu­nity will be Satur­day, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., at Church of the Holy Com­mu­nion, 4645 Wal­nut Grove. Arts fes­ti­val ben­e­fit­ing the Epis­co­pal Church Women of West Ten­nessee. Reg­is­tra­tion for ar­ti­sans avail­able at ecwwtn.org. Call 901-299-6061 or e-mail ecwwt­npres@gmail.com for more in­for­ma­tion.

Stomp in the Swamp BBQ and Bid­ding will be Sept. 20, 5-8 p.m., at Lichter­man Na­ture Cen­ter, 5992 Quince. Fea­tur­ing din­nery by Ger­man­town Com­mis­sary, live en­ter­tain­ment, Pink Palace Crafts Fair silent auc­tion, chil­dren’s ac­tiv­i­ties, scare­crow ex­hibit and more. Spe­cial guest: Sis­ter My­otis. Tick­ets are $15 for adults and $7 for chil­dren 10 and un­der. Pur­chase at the Pink Palace Mu­seum and Lichter­man Na­ture Cen­ter. Call 901-636-2362 or visit mem­phis­mu­se­ums.org.

Midtown

The Mid-South Book Fes­ti­val is Wed­nes­day through Sun­day at Play­house on the Square, 66 S. Cooper. Fea­tur­ing writer’s con­fer­ences, sum­mits, book sign­ings, street fair and more. Some events will be held at Cir­cuit Play­house. For more in­for­ma­tion and sched­ule, visit mid­south­book­fest.org. Elm­wood Ceme­tery, 824 S. Dud­ley, presents “The

History of the Mem­phis River­front” Wed­nes­day at noon. Shelby County his­to­rian, Jimmy Ogle will talk cob­ble­stones, build­ings, cot­ton, mules, steamships and more dur­ing this hour-long pre­sen­ta­tion on our beloved river­front and its evo­lu­tion. Cost is $7. Visit elm­wood­ceme­tery.org.

The Pan­cakes & Booze Art Show is Satur­day, from 8 p.m. to 2 a.m., at the Hi-Tone, 412-414 N. Cleve­land. Fea­tur­ing more than 40 artists show­cas­ing, free pan­cake bar, live au­dio and vis­ual per­for­mances, live body paint­ing, art bat­tles and more. Ages 21 and up. Cost is $5. E-mail info@pan­cake­sand­booze.com or visit pan­cake­sand­booze.com. The 39th an­nual Cen­tral Gar­dens His­toric Dis­trict

Home & Gar­den Tour will be Satur­day, from 1-6 p.m. A new fea­ture for this year’s tour is a dis­play of vintage cars. Tick­ets are $12 and can be pur­chased at cen­tral­gar­dens.org.

On Satur­day, New Or­leans blues mu­si­cian Spencer Bohren will be at Over­ton Chapel, 53 S. Park­way at 8 p.m. Pre-con­cert cre­ole din­ner catered by Just for Lunch will start at 6 p.m. The cost is $15. Din­ner is $20. De­tails at ma­ma­mu­sic.org. Look­ing for some­thing spe­cial? Then try the South­ern Junkers Fall Mar­ket Satur­day and Sun­day on Over­ton Square. More than 30 ven­dors fea­tur­ing out­door vintage, an­tique, re­pur­posed, up­cy­cled, hand­made, jew­elry, ar­chi­tec­tural sal­vage, cool junk, mu­sic, vintage photo booth and more. Times are 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. Satur­day and 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sun­day. E-mail ruth­snap@ya­hoo.com, vis­it­south­ern­junkers.com or call 901-412-5485.

“The Art of Video Games” at Mem­phis Brooks Mu­seum of Art, 1934 Po­plar. Ex­hi­bi­tion ex­plor­ing the forty-year evo­lu­tion of video games through paint­ing, writ­ing, sculp­ture, mu­sic, sto­ry­telling and cin­e­matog­ra­phy. Runs through Sun­day. Visit brooksmu­seum.org. Also com­ing up:

Wed­nes­day: 30 Days of Opera: All Your Opera Are Be­long To Us, 6-7 p.m. Join Opera Mem­phis at the Brooks for a pro­gres­sive per­for­mance through The Art of Video Games that show­cases ex­am­ples of opera in video games, in­clud­ing Fi­nal Fan­tasy VI. Free ad­mis­sion.

Wed­nes­day: “THX 1138,” 7-8:30 p.m. De­picts a dystopian fu­ture in which the pop­u­lace is con­trolled through an­droid po­lice of­fi­cers and manda­tory drugs sup­press­ing emo­tion. Cost is $9.