The To-Do List: Cherry blossom picnic, puppets and where to get green beer
This week, we’ve got your St. Patrick’s Day guide. Plus, the Godmother of Soul is at the Orpheum, and there’s magic at the Halloran Centre.
Topic: Memphis Botanic Garden
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March 2023
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Memphis Botanic Garden to host new plant pop-up sale
“By hosting a pop-up sale featuring these selections, we are hoping to share our love for spring ephemerals and the early pop of color they offer with our fellow Mid-South gardeners,” said Daniel Grose, Memphis Botanic Garden director of horticulture.
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February 2023
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The To-Do List: TEDx, pinball and your Valentine’s Day events guide
This week, the Memphis Botanic Garden pairs Phillip Ashley Chocolates with whiskey, and Old Dominick pairs whiskey with the Super Bowl. Plus, Don Bryant and The Bo-Keys play the Halloran.
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January 2023
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Learning comes naturally at Memphis Botanic Garden
The educational programs MBG offers include on-site classes for students as well as in-school visits. Both have been blooming as schools have been returning to more normal routines.
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Park? Music venue? Wedding site? Executive director discusses Botanic Garden
Mike Allen, the Botanic Garden’s executive director, joined Eric Barnes on this week’s episode of The Sidebar to talk about all the different aspects of the Botanic Garden and plans for expansion.
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The To-Do List: Artists go incognito, Dan Montgomery’s back and the Brooks gets ‘wild’
This week, manifest your dreams with a vision board, or learn the arts of mindfulness and origami. Plus, Lisa Marie Presley will be in town for Elvis’ birthday weekend.
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December 2022
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The To-Do List: Victorian caroling, Christmas on Beale and Corey Feldman
This week, cuddle up by a fire pit near the river, celebrate Latin American and Caribbean holiday traditions and get buck at Imagine Vegan Cafe.
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November 2022
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The To-Do List: Memphis gets lit, plus WinterArts and Lil Buck
This week brings holiday lights (and Lizzo lasers) galore, a chance to hike off Thanksgiving excesses, monster trucks and various adaptations of the classics.
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Memphis Botanic Garden shines light on Japanese traditions
The Memphis Japan Festival, presented through a collaboration between the garden and the Japan-America Society of Tennessee, showcases all things Japanese.
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The To-Do List: Downtown has a field day, and Bigfoot stomps in one last time
This week, The PRLVG plays a free happy hour show, Visible Music College students drum for 24 hours and coffee lovers perk up at the Grind City Coffee Xpo.
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Memphis Botanic Garden to build outdoor kitchen, tropical glasshouse
The Memphis Botanic Garden has launched a new, $5 million capital campaign to pay for a number of facility upgrades at the East Memphis site.
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October 2022
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The To-Do List: ‘Stranger Things’ with lasers and the Queen of Hip-Hop Soul
This week, festivals offer gourmet food and hundreds of wines and beers, Geoff Calkins moderates a sports talk and PRIZM Ensemble plays the works of Amanzi Arnett.
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Mempho Music Fest spotlights national and local artists
“I’ve heard some good music here this weekend,” said Steph Grindell, who drove from Birmingham to attend the three-day festival. “And the weather was all good”
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September 2022
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Mempho returns with Widespread Panic headlining two nights for 2022 festival
Mempho Music Festival returns this weekend, bringing options for music and food lovers alike.
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Six local artists to provide instruction at Memphis Botanic Gardens
Artists who attend the en plein air events are encouraged to submit their work for an exhibition that will be on display in December. However, any artist can submit their artwork for consideration for the exhibit; the submission deadline is Tuesday, Nov. 1.
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August 2022
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Live at the Garden searches for Lady A replacement
Lady A, which was scheduled to perform at Live at the Garden later this month, has postponed its tour.
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April 2022
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Botanic Garden creates ‘901-derland’ with new Alice exhibit
Armed with a new mosaiculture manager, a 20-foot-tall Red Queen and lots of bunnies, the Memphis Botanic Garden is hoping visitors are ready to fall down a rabbit hole.
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Live at the Garden brings Steely Dan, Lady A to Memphis
The concert series begins in June with Steely Dan and continues through October, with one show a month at the Radians Amphitheater at Memphis Botanic Garden.
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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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March 2022
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The To-Do List: Belated Mardi Gras, Broad’s First Fridays and Sidney Poitier on the big screen
This week, “La Cages aux Folles” opens at Theatre Memphis, Pulitzer Prize-winning poet Jericho Brown reads at the University of Memphis, Railgarten hosts a belated Mardi Gras party and Broad Avenue’s First Fridays are back with “March Madness.”
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November 2021
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The To-Do List: Holiday lights, wonders and trees
‘Tis the season for holiday merriment.
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October 2021
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All treats, no tricks at Halloween Hike
About 1,000 trick-or-treaters strolled through Memphis Botanic Garden Saturday. As children gathered candy, they met costumed volunteers like “Professor Fang” and “Indiana Bones,” who taught them about nature.
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The To-Do List: Earth, Wind and lots of Fire
This week’s listing of events is burning hot with Earth, Wind & Fire, Art on Fire, Indie Memphis Film Festival, Spree Wilson and more.
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Mempho Music Festival sees capacity crowds, mostly clear skies, good tunes in concert return
Mempho Music Festival’s return came at a new location, on the grounds of the Radians Amphitheater at the Memphis Botanic Garden.
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June 2021
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Live at the Garden lineup includes Paisley, Crow, and Earth, Wind & Fire
The popular series at Memphis Botanic Garden starts July 17 with Little Big Town. Tickets are on sale now.
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