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    The To-Do List: Art openings, free outdoor music and a Playa Fly party

    This week, Memphis in May ends its run with a run, “P-Valley” actor Bertram Williams Jr. hosts a party and Lionel Richie joins Earth, Wind & Fire at FedExForum.

    By Bianca Phillips, Elle Perry May 24, 2024
  • Music

    Here’s who is playing the 2024 Mempho Music Festival

    The lineup includes Queens of the Stone Age, The Roots, Sublime with Rome, Marcus King, Charles Wesley Godwin, Drew Holcomb and The Neighbors and Digable Planets.

    By Elle Perry May 22, 2024
  • Visual Arts

    Artists explore legacy and homemaking through new exhibit

    The 2024 AAPI Month Memphis exhibition is expanded in both duration and its mission from the 2023 iteration.

    By Elle Perry May 22, 2024
  • Spirit of Memphis

    Hattiloo leader graduates from Morehouse

    “That was the rite of passage from what we call a man of Morehouse to a Morehouse Man,” said Ekundayo Bandele, founder and CEO of Hattiloo Theatre.

    By Alys Drake May 23, 2024
  • Midtown

    Seeding inspiration: Memphians get the dirt on blooming gardens

    During the 2024 Cooper-Young Garden Walk, attendees toured herb gardens and backyard oases throughout the historic Midtown neighborhood. 

    By Kambui Bomani May 19, 2024
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    U of M saxophonist will solo with US Army Concert Band in June

    Two days before the concert, Andrew Stine will audition for an opening in the concert band, a test of nerve before one of the biggest days of his life.

    By Jane Roberts May 19, 2024
  • Music

    Memphis music icon joining Beale Street Walk of Fame

    Bobby Whitlock grew up in Millington and got his start at Stax Records. He was a member of Derek and the Dominoes, the classic English band that included Eric Clapton, and also recorded with George Harrison, Dr. John, the Rolling Stones and more

    By Jody Callahan May 18, 2024
  • Music

    HBO documentary captures story — and soul — of Stax

    Stax is more than a great story. It’s great stories within great stories, with highs and lows and lessons and complexities, with big personalities and big moments and resonance beyond the music it produced.

    By Chris Herrington May 17, 2024
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    Three places to catch free concerts in the suburbs

    Bands by the Square, blues by the lake and orchestras in at a winery: Two different concert series kick off in Shelby County suburbs, and a “Night of Enchantment” will unfold in Lakeland.

    By Michael Waddell May 18, 2024
  • The To-Do List

    The To-Do List: Garden walk, fantasy films and the tea on Mr. Bridgerton

    This week, vegan cheese meets wine at Crosstown, a new arts fest comes to Uptown and the City of Memphis turns 205.

    By Bianca Phillips, Elle Perry, Kelsey Bowen, Nick Lingerfelt, Chris Herrington May 16, 2024
  • The Sidebar: Eric Barnes on arts, culture & more

    A (very short) history of local beer in Memphis

     Andy Ashby, one of the co-founders of the oldest local breweries in Memphis, along with Maggie Emerson, co-founder of Maroon Brew Co., one the newest local breweries, join Eric Barnes on this week’s episode of The Sidebar.

    By Eric Barnes May 19, 2024
  • Performing Arts

    Opera Memphis sets ‘La Bohème’ on Beale Street in 1915

    The Metropolitan Opera tenor who stars as Rodolfo believes “La Bohème' serves as an archetype for modern TV sitcoms that also center around six friends. Like “Living Single.”

    By Elle Perry May 15, 2024
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    ‘Call Me Director': Buddy Chapman recalls MPD reforms at book signing

    Buddy Chapman looked back on his time as MPD director from 1976 to 1983 during a book signing event for his newly published book, “Call Me Director: Memoir of a Police Reformer.” 

    By Julia Baker May 14, 2024
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    Former Opera Memphis building reborn as women’s health facility

    Memphis Obstetrics & Gynecological Association has transformed the former Opera Memphis headquarters on Wolf River Boulevard from a center for performing arts into one for the healing arts. 

    By Aisling Mäki May 13, 2024
  • About Town

    ‘Beauty grows here’ as Experience Memphis Gardens returns

    The six-week event includes 270 gardens across 40 neighborhoods in Shelby and Fayette counties, as well as some public spaces. Vendors will also be in attendance at certain locations. 

    By Kambui Bomani May 12, 2024
  • Arts & Culture

    From ballet to gospel, festival showcases Memphis’ artistic side

    “We want to uplift all arts and culture that’s taking place in Shelby County,” Shelby County Arts and Culture Liaison Nykesha Cole said of the Art for All event at Memphis Brooks Museum of Art in Overton Park. 

    By Kambui Bomani May 13, 2024
  • Visual Arts

    Airport honors student artistic achievement in 17th annual contest

    Much of the art is for sale; it will hang in baggage-claim area for one year.

    By Jane Roberts May 11, 2024
  • Arts & Culture

    ‘Koala,’ says Memphis family, but they win ‘Family Feud’ anyway

    The strange answer came from Angela Thomas, ex-wife of former County Commissioner Chris Thomas, who joined her former husband, daughter and two other family members as contestants on the nationally syndicated game show hosted by comedian Steve Harvey.

    By Jody Callahan May 12, 2024
  • Business

    Memphis-based production company expands to Kansas City market

    Lauren Ready, an Iowa native who first landed in Memphis working in television news, launched Forever Ready Productions in 2014 while still working at Action News 5 (WMC-TV). Her clientele grew from there.

    By Aisling Mäki May 10, 2024
  • The To-Do List

    The To-Do List: Dance with David Quarles and sing along with Simien

    This week, new art exhibitions feature work by Erin Harmon, Kong Wee Pang and Iwona Rhodes. Plus, Kevin Ford’s Tops Gallery show gets one last hurrah.

    By Bianca Phillips, Elle Perry, Kelsey Bowen, Nick Lingerfelt, Alys Drake May 09, 2024
  • The Sidebar: Eric Barnes on arts, culture & more

    How Beale Street influenced ‘La Bohème’ at Opera Memphis

    Ned Canty and Dennis Whitehead Darling joined Eric Barnes on this week’s episode of The Sidebar to talk about the production, the cast and how Darling came to love opera.

    By Eric Barnes May 09, 2024
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    The story of Tom Lee and his afterlife

    After his heroic efforts to save 32 people from a capsized excursion boat on the Mississippi River, Tom Lee worked as a city sanitation worker and lived in the Klondike neighborhood.

    By Bill Dries May 09, 2024
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    99 years later, Tom Lee’s heroism remains relevant in poetry competition

    Against a wall of windows facing a wind-swept Mississippi River, a small group of people at Beale Street Landing raised a toast to Tom Lee Wednesday, May 8, in the park named in his honor.

    By Bill Dries May 09, 2024
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    Calkins: Memphis is on the verge of a food fight. That doesn’t have to be bad

    Mack Weaver, the new president and CEO of Memphis in May, was asked about “the competition” in BBQ contests this year. “There’s another contest going on?” he deadpanned. Yes, Memphis, there certainly is.

    By Geoff Calkins May 13, 2024
  • Premium Music

    From the stage to the studio: Rhodes graduate fine-tunes music career

    While her childhood consisted of standing on tabletops and performing for family and friends, a singing career was initially just an afterthought for Cordova native Raneem Imam.

    By Kambui Bomani May 06, 2024

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