The To-Do List: Rainbows and zombies on Beale, plus music on the river
This week, Theatre Memphis closes out its season with “Ragtime,” High Cotton Brewing hosts a beer mile and a Memphis native author celebrates her book release with a skate party.
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June 2022
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The To-Do List
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May 2022
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Arts & Culture Memphis native ‘skates’ back into town with debut YA novel
Young Black love and joy are the themes of writer Kelis Rowe’s debut novel but Memphis readers will also recognize a lot of settings in the story, as well.
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The To-Do List The To-Do List: Tour CY gardens, eat baklava and drink whiskey with dogs in wind suits
This week, the Tilt-a-Whirl will be spinning at the Bluff City Fair, the mimosas will be bottomless in Court Square and you can learn how to save your seat (literally).
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The To-Do List The To-Do List: The Who’s on first; Collage Dance presents second tribute to Brazil
This week, Ballet Memphis presents a pay-what-you-can performance, the Raleigh Library celebrates cookbooks and Memphis in May triathletes swim, bike and run through Shelby Farms Park.
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The To-Do List The To-Do List: Barks, blues, canoes and barbecues
This week, Ballet Memphis presents a collaborative performance, Crosstown High students present both a music fest and a chalk fest, and a local fashion designer offers a watercolor class for Mother’s Day.
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Music Survival Guide: Sunday at Beale Street Music Fest
It’s day three of Beale Street Music Festival, and we tell you how to score some free whiskey and the best place to take a selfie. Plus, we highlight a 1990s-era headliner and some local rappers you’ve got to see.
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April 2022
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Food News New Edge District cocktail bar preps May opening
In Inkwell, Ben Colar said he wanted to build another option that felt inviting, where people could come, relax and not have to settle.
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The To-Do List The To-Do List: Stax soul fest, jookin meets Philip Glass, and a puppet fashion show
This week, The Subteens get the band back together, Bodywerk plays electronic music at Silly Goose and Memphians of all ages share their stories at Storyfest. Plus, it’s Beale Street Music Festival weekend.
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Performing Arts Exclusive: U of M’s High Water Records relaunches label with Talibah Safiya
More than 40 years after its initial creation, the University of Memphis’ High Water Records is recording new music again.
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The To-Do List The To-Do List: Spring fashion, weird beers and lots of ballet
This week, cheer on the Memphis Grizzlies at Fourth Bluff watch parties, catch local music shows on porches throughout Cooper-Young and see Memphis soul singer Talibah Safiya at Crosstown Arts.
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The To-Do List The To-Do List: Festival season is here! Plus, Waxahatchee plays Crosstown Theater
This week, spring festivals feature everything from gardening and music to beer and African culture. Plus, Ghanaian rapper Ata Kak plays Crosstown Arts, and Memphis Botanic Garden hosts a giant egg hunt with some pretty awesome prizes.
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The To-Do List The To-Do List: Smokey Robinson, Bob Dylan and Isaac Hayes’ dashiki collection
This week, eat all the things at the Vegan Block Party on Mud Island and celebrate Shelby County Star Trek Day at Black Lodge. Plus, Tennessee Ballet Theater honors photographer Jack Robinson, and Collage Dance Collective honors Brazil.
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Arts & Culture ‘Memphis’ novelist celebrates fiction debut — and Black women
On Tuesday, Memphian Tara M. Stringfellow will celebrate the launch of her first novel in style.
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March 2022
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The To-Do List The To-Do List: Farmers markets, ‘Remembering MLK’ and a party in the park
This week, Opera Memphis kicks off 30 Days of Opera, animatronic dinos stomp into the Renasant Convention Center and an art show at Tone explores gender and gender variation.
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The To-Do List The To-Do List: Science fiction, secret feature (and some places to Gogh)
This week, Arooj Aftab and Bang on a Can All-Stars perform at Crosstown Theater, Pussii Dusse’s music and art come to the Benjamin L. Hooks Library, bluegrass is back on the Collierville Town Square and the Metal Museum puts on “RINGS!”
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Visual Arts Memphis airport to reinstall Tommy Kha artwork
The Memphis-Shelby County Airport Authority says it will reinstall the Tommy Kha artwork it had taken down after saying it had generated “a lot of” negative feedback from Elvis fans.
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Update
Visual ArtsPhotographer’s work removed from Memphis airport
The Memphis-Shelby County Airport Authority stated negative feedback came from Elvis fans.
Related story:
Petition started to bring Tommy Kha back to Memphis International
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The To-Do List The To-Do List: A very Celtic party, a spring picnic and Andy Warhol’s “Silver Clouds”
This week, get your green beer fix at Celtic Crossing, take a look into the life of Jellicle cats at the Orpheum Theatre and wade through Andy Warhol’s “Silver Clouds” at the Brooks.
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February 2022
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The To-Do List The To-Do List: Servers dish, Chucky plays and dancers honor Patsy Cline
This week, Memphis native filmmakers screen films on racism and civil rights. “Child’s Play” screens at Time Warp Drive-in. Luna Nova presents a free concert, and the Band CAMINO plays the Orpheum.
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Arts & Culture The To-Do List: Quarantine photos, big-band blues and a Souper Party
This week, Collage Dance Collective is back on stage after a two-year hiatus, artists from the University of Memphis’ student-run record label perform at Crosstown Arts, and prog-metal band Coheed and Cambria is at Graceland.
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Arts & Culture Former Grizzly, native Memphian developing two television series
The series will both examine “the ruthless intersection of sports, music and street culture” in Memphis.
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The To-Do List The To-Do List: Valentine’s concerts, Broadway’s Tootsie and virtual Stax films
This week, see Memphis jookin’ legend Lil Buck and the Broadway adaptation of “Tootsie” at the Orpheum, learn the history of Memphis street names, and treat yourself (and maybe your special someone) to Valentine’s week concerts.
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The To-Do List The To-Do List: Jookin’ class, transit equity and toasting to Lunar New Year
This week, you can learn about public transit advocacy and how to jook and then you can raise your glass to the Lunar New Year.
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January 2022
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The To-Do List The To-Do List: New movies, big drums, a trip to H-E-double hockey sticks
Find yourself transported this week to Sundance, Hadestown or even Walt Disney World’s EPCOT Japan pavilion. You can also enjoy birdwatching, a new album from a veteran guitarist and one of the final performances from a local musical group.
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The To-Do List The To-Do List: ‘Our Town,’ ‘The Mountaintop’ and ‘Mirror’
This week’s picks are heavy on theater and film, but we’re also celebrating Dolly Parton, Betty White and Mark Twain. Plus, now’s the right time for a tell-all.
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