Citing the community’s health and safety as its top priority, the Memphis Symphony Orchestra will not hold two upcoming performances: “Masterworks 5: Strauss, Tchaikovsky, & Shostakovich” that were scheduled Saturday, March 21, at the Cannon Center for the Performing Arts, and Sunday, March 22, at Germantown Performing Arts Center.

Malco Theatres, the Memphis-based chain that owns and operates the majority of movie theaters in the Memphis and Mid-South, is changing their ticking policies in response to the coronavirus outbreak, limiting ticketing to 50% of theater capacity.