The AM/DM podcast: There’s a world of fun to celebrate this weekend
Jessy Meadows accompanies the Memphis Record Presses float during the Dia de los Muertos (Day of the Dead) parade from Overton Square to Overton Park on Nov. 2, 2018. (The Daily Memphian file)
This weekend is one to learn about people, places and traditions from outside the U.S.
There’s the Dia de los Muertos Parade & Festival on Saturday, the Mekong Memphis Festival at the Vietnamese Buddhist Association of Memphis on Sunday and “Monty Python’s Spamalot” at The Orpheum Theatre, beginning on Tuesday.
There’s also a new 5K from the Memphis Zoo, the Junior League of Memphis estate sale and the Broad Avenue Art Walk.
Newsletter editor Bianca Phillips is here, and we’ll be talking about all the fun, and educational, things you could do this weekend.
Join us.
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AM/DMMary Cashiola
Mary Cashiola has been a Memphis journalist for nearly two decades, beginning her career covering city government and local neighborhoods at the Memphis Flyer before being hired by Memphis Mayor A C Wharton’s administration.
Before joining The Daily Memphian, she was the managing editor of the Memphis Business Journal, which was named one of the top 10 Best Designed Newspapers in the world by the Society of News Design while she was there.
She also has a background in advertising, with a focus on higher education and the hospitality industry.
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