Janet Jackson with Ludacris at Fed Ex Forum. It was a chance to celebrate DaMarco Randle's birthday watching his favorite performer.
As a puppeteer, I rarely get a chance to see puppet shows. My friend Drew contacted me to let me know that "Jeghetto" Tarish Pipkins was coming to town! I first learned about him through the Puppeteers of America "The Puppetry Journal" and was so excited to see him perform! It was so much fun, and if Jeghetto is in your area, PLEASE go see him.
The show was described as:
Puppet Genius Tarish "Jeghetto"
Pipkin comes to The Memphis Public Library
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While there, we visited the art show by Rose Marr-Scott, whose work you can see at The Mayfair Art Gallery. Read more about her here.
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Around another corner of the library was a section dedicated to an exhibition titled "Evicted." I'm too much of a sentimental softy, I suppose, and facing the reality of poverty and how it effects families was a bit too much, so I didn't stay long, but want you to zoom in on the image of the boxes. That's a lot of numbers of homelessness in the United States due to evictions.
Memphis Zoo Boo was a lot of fun, people in costumes were the best and the candy stations were not stingy with the candy. Janet Wade (not in costume, boooooo), Anakin Wade (dressed as a Ghostbuster), DaMarco Randle (it's a-Mario!), and I (Scarecrow of Oz {books}) went and met up with Julie Minh and her young'uns.
Marco was a hit as everyone kept shouting out, "Mario!" Even other folks dressed as Mario.
