Leila Hamdan is the collections manager and registrar at the National Ornamental Metal Museum downtown. She's a Memphis College of Art graduate and has been living in town for about eight years. In other news: - Memphis has been chosen by the White House as one of six cities that will take part in the new "Strong Cities, Strong Communities" program. This means that Memphis will be working with a team from the federal government to turn us into a city of choice. - If you want to see "Memphis: The Musical" before it's touring debut at the Orphuem this fall, you'll be able to stream a recorded live performance with the original cast through Netflix starting next week. - Attention, fried chicken fiends. The new East Memphis location of Gus's Fried Chicken opened over the weekend. It's located on that odd little island on Mt. Moriah between Poplar and Park. - Congratulations to all of the Memphis-area National Merit Scholars. Best of luck to you in college.