American Revival brings Yo-Yo Ma, T Bone Burnett, Valerie June, Arrested Development
American Revival, which features a Festival of Helpers and performances, is coming to Memphis.
Topic: Arts & Culture
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May 2026
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This secondhand shop always has a VHS movie playing — unless someone’s on the Sega Genesis
While the shop is open some days, visitors can order Boycott Coffee by landline phone and watch it being prepared on a closed-circuit TV.
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April 2026
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Photo Gallery: Soulsville Foundation Power of Music Honors
The foundation honored Wu-Tung Clan, which is headlining the Riverbeat Music Festival this weekend, with the 2026 Global Impact Award.
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5 must-see concerts in May
May is a notable month for music in Memphis.
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Memphis Movies This Week: ‘The Devil Wears Prada,’ ‘Hairspray’
From one commercial sure-shot (“Michael”) to another: This week brings the 20-years-later sequel “The Devil Wears Prada 2,” which returns the four main players and director from 2006’s catty comedy hit.
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Classic hip-hop stars bring Memphis influences back to the bluff for Riverbeat
Hip-hop groups De La Soul, Wu-Tang Clan and Salt-N-Pepa all drew on Memphis sounds for their 1980s/1990s breakthroughs. They bring those sounds home at the Riverbeat Music Festival.
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The Wolf named Radio Station of the Year
A Memphis station is the Academy of Country Music’s Radio Station of the Year.
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Fuchsia, Los Angeles landscapes, light inspire April art shows
Bright fuchsia, light and space, “Alice in Wonderland,” full-circle moments, retrospectives, nature, and mysteries decorate Memphis art galleries in April.
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5 must-see concerts (and a festival) for April
April is full of opportunities to see multiple Memphis musicians on the bills of local venues. The month also includes the debut of a local venue and the return of a local festival.
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March 2026
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Dance, eat and drink the night away at Brazil by Night
“(Brazil by Night is) a way for us to celebrate their cultures and celebrate many of the Brazilians and South Americans that live in the city of Memphis,” Collage Dance Collective’s marketing and communications director said.
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Memphis Movies This Week: Oscars (finally) arrive, Hitchcock’s ‘The Birds’
The Iranian drama “It Was Just an Accident” is the best 2025 film to skip Memphis screens entirely, Chris Herrington said.
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8Ball — along with GloRilla, Three 6 Mafia and other Memphis musicians — recognized by Tennessee Legislature
February 2027 is set to be Tennessee’s first Tennessee Songwriter Month. 8Ball was recognized for his significant cultural impact and as a pioneer of Memphis hip-hop.
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Memphis artists explore identity, memory and the metaphysical
This March art roundup includes one show that honors Neena Wang, who died last fall at the age of 30.
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February 2026
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Art you can find in Memphis this month
Here’s a selection of art exhibitions happening in the greater Memphis area this month.
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January 2026
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Memphis Movies This Week: See Oscar hopefuls ‘The Secret Agent,’ ‘Sentimental Value’ while you can
The Oscar nominations will be announced Thursday and will be followed locally by a bundle of expected nominees making their debut on local screens, making a return or expanding their footprint.
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Memphis Movies This Week: Bradley Cooper’s ‘Is This Thing On?,’ a Jim Jarmusch award-winner
Jim Jarmusch is a New York filmmaker, but one with Memphis connections. Chris Herrington says the filmmaker’s “Mystery Train” is arguably the greatest of Memphis movies.
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Memphis, Mississippi play key role in new Michael B. Jordan vampire film
“Black Panther” director Ryan Coogler and actor Michael B. Jordan collaborate again in “Sinners,” where blues music and Memphis musicians play a major role.
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November 2025
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What’s at the movies this week? ‘A Knives Out Mystery,’ ‘Zootopia 2,’ more
Also opening this week: “Zootopia 2” hits the big screen along with Benedict Cumberbatch, Elizabeth Olsen and Miles Teller.
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It’s ‘cuffing season,’ so here are 5 Memphis first-date ideas
For those looking for someone special — even if only seasonally — here are some first-date ideas.
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New Memphis-based novel recalls news industry’s bygone days
David Wesley Williams dodged layoffs in a more than 30-year newspaper career. In his novel “Come Again No More,” he memorializes a now-bygone era and celebrates his adopted hometown of Memphis.
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Artist Jay Etkin’s passion is celebrating life — but it looks a lot like community instead
Jay Etkin’s been an artist, a gallery owner, the head of a museum, an innovator — and a friend.
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From ‘Southside Doublewide’ to ‘Cuffing Season,’ 5 must-see November concerts
Homegrown Booker T. Jones, rock singer-songwriter Jeff Tweedy, two-time Grammy-winning jazz instrumentalist Marcus Miller and more musicians come to Memphis this month.
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Photo Gallery: Celebrating Día de Los Muertos
The Memphis Brooks Museum of Art partnered with Cazateatro Bilingual Theatre Group for the Día de Los Muertos Parade and Festival on Saturday, Nov. 1.
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October 2025
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Brandy and Monica reunite, and fests honor Ireland, India and Japan
This week, Memphis rap pioneers take the stage, the Memphis Brooks Museum of Art honors the dead and we’ve got your guide to Halloween fun.
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Party like a vampire at Cameo and watch ‘Frankenstein’ come to life
This week, meditate with a Buddhist monk at Crosstown, view Mexican art at the University of Memphis and hoist a stein in Overton Square.
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