Birds can use your help: ‘It takes a lot of energy to fly’
Packed snow and ice seal off major food sources for birds. ‘For these species that winter with us, setting seeds out is a real kindness to help them get through,’ says Julie Markham.
Peggy Burch
There are 57 articles by Peggy Burch :
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February 2021
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Food News Soup Sunday gets a makeover for a pandemic year
This year, instead of lasting three hours on one day at FedExForum, the annual event to benefit Youth Villages will be held over two days, Feb. 27-28, at 20 restaurants.
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March 2021
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Reviews New Eats: Hustle & Dough
Sourdough bread is the star at this South Main bakery and cafe, but an egg sandwich with milk bread is well worth trying. The lobby of the Arrive Memphis hotel provides the appealing backdrop.
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Food News Memphis native Chef D. Arthur competes on ‘Chopped’
Desmond Robinson, who graduated from the University of Memphis, is known professionally as Chef D. Arthur. His “Chopped” competition is titled “Meat Fight: Bison!”
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Food News Memphis native takes a turn on Food Network’s ‘Chopped’
Desmond Robinson says just appearing on ‘Chopped’ was a big win: “The response has been so overwhelming, from congratulations to business inquiries. It’s going to take me months to go through these messages.’
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Reviews Memphis Black Restaurant Week: SugaShack
There’s a new spot for classic Southern comfort food on Beale.
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Reviews Memphis Black Restaurant Week: Mahogany Memphis
The restaurant inside Chickasaw Oaks mall serves familiar dishes with a flair personalized by owners Carlee McCullough and VeVe Yates.
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Music GPAC offers ‘Bluebird Happy Hour’ concert series
Musicians will perform live at The Grove at GPAC on Thursday nights through April. The concerts are free, and cocktails and snacks will be available to purchase.
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Arts & Culture If spring is here, can plant sales be far behind?
Garden directors can’t predict when flowers will bloom, but they can set dates and times for plant sales. The traditional spring events start in mid-April this year, and each venue has unique offerings.
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April 2021
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Visual Arts Impressionism goes West in a show at the Dixon
Seven paintings from Dixon’s collection are included in an exhibition that will travel to San Antonio Museum of Art and the Brandywine River Museum of Art near Philadelphia after it leaves Memphis on May 9.
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Performing Arts Orpheum takes visitors far behind the scenes on ‘Hidden’ tour
‘These are places never seen by the public and never to be seen again,’ said Orpheum president Brett Batterson.
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Food News Memphis Farmers Market opens Saturday
Before the pandemic, the Memphis Farmers Market brought out as many as 2,000 visitors on a Saturday in peak season. This year, 61 vendors have signed up to sell goods in the pavilion.
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Spirit of Memphis The streets are alive with the sound of opera
The annual “30 Days of Opera” performances, free and outdoors, seem made to order for pandemic times, though the series has been around at Opera Memphis since 2012.
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Visual Arts ‘Design Star’ prepares to film her new show, with Memphis in the mix
Carmeon Hamilton’s HGTV show will likely be a six-episode “docu-style series” that shines a light on the city from her perspective.
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Visual Arts The weekend blooms with art events
The debut of “Pour Me Another” at Brooks Museum is among several art events – indoors, outdoors, in-person, online – available to viewers April 17 and 18 in Memphis.
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Reviews New Eats: Sugar Grits makes art of topping grits
The restaurant justifies its name with a list of fanciful “Signature Grit Bowls” that make use of the excellent stoneground grits from Oxford, Mississippi’s Original Grit Girl.
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Music After year’s delay, violin star to take stage with Iris Orchestra
Iris founding director Michael Stern says, ‘Welcoming a live audience again, even limited capacity and even outdoors, is incredibly emotional.’
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Food News Four Way gets Amex surprise: A $40K grant
During an appearance on the ‘Today’ show this morning, Four Way owner Patrice Bates Thompson learned the restaurant was getting a grant courtesy of the National Trust for Historic Preservation and American Express.
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Table Talk Table Talk: The Four Way owners and Gibson’s Donuts patrons get surprises
The Four Way’s owner Patrice Bates Thompson got a gift of $40,000 when she appeared on NBC’s “Today” show, and Gibson’s Donuts participated in The Kindness Revolution.
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May 2021
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Arts & Culture A garden walk grows in Cooper-Young
Since the Cooper-Young Garden Walk started in 2016, the number of stops on the tour has quadrupled. “People keep upping their game,” says event founder Kim Halyak.
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Arts & Culture ArtsMemphis, First Horizon scramble to patch holes in arts budgets
Collage Dance Collective, which opened its new $11 million studio on Broad Avenue in Binghampton mid-pandemic, received a $150,000 grant for its capital campaign from First Horizon.
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The To-Do List The To-Do List: MSO connects music and the civil rights movement
An “Orchestra Unplugged” concert includes a performance of “The Seven Last Words of the Unarmed.”
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June 2021
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Visual Arts At Brooks Museum, an artist’s view of ‘Strong Black Women’
“Persevere and Resist: The Strong Black Women of Elizabeth Catlett” will be at Memphis Brooks Museum of Art through Aug. 29.
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November 2021
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Performing Arts Noted author brings ghosts, fairy tales and queer theory to U of M
Acclaimed author and memoirist Carmen Maria Machado will appear at the University of Memphis Nov. 11 and 12.
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February 2022
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Food News How cottage bakers do it: Early waking, pastry making, bread baking
The cottage bakers are licensed and legal, just not as well known because they bake from home or leased commercial space instead of having a store. That’s changing for one of them next month.
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