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Chris Herrington covers the Memphis Grizzlies and writes about Memphis culture, food, and civic life. He lives in the Vollintine-Evergreen neighborhood of Midtown with his wife, two kids, and two dogs.
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Rolling Stone just published its latest list of the “500 Greatest Songs of All Time” and Chris Herrington was among the voters. A look at the Memphis music that did and didn’t make the list, plus Chris’ own ballot.
“On Christopher Street: Transgender Portraits by Mark Seliger” first became a book in 2016, with a companion film in which Seliger’s subjects tell their own stories. This weekend, in Memphis and for the first time, it becomes a museum exhibit at the Brooks Museum of Art.
The Cooper-Young Festival returns, the show goes on for Memphis Music Hall of Famers ZZ Top and the Brooks Museum hosts a major new exhibit. That and more are among our picks for this week.
Some of the world’s most acclaimed filmmakers and some of the year’s most anticipated films will be in the mix at this fall’s 24th edition of the Indie Memphis Film Festival.
With Zio Matto, the filmmaker/producer relationship — where art blends into commerce — has been replicated in a delicious frozen form.
Bain BBQ, the Texas-style food truck on Broad Avenue, has decided to embrace barbecue nachos, but with its own spin: using its housemade smoked queso with brisket.
It’s Southern Heritage Classic weekend, bringing football fans to town, and the Levitt Shell concert series heats up. Elsewhere: Flicks both foodie and futuristic, some left-of-center country and two high-wattage authors.
Live, outdoor music hits Midtown in a big way this weekend. Meanwhile, smoke ’em if ya got ’em at Handy Park, find some laughs in Cordova, go record-shopping in Crosstown or hit the midway.
Elizabeth Gilbert (“Eat, Pray, Love”) and Kiese Laymon (“Heavy”) became literary stars via soul-baring memoirs. They’ll be in conversation for the first time for MIFA’s “Our City, Our Story.”
At Midtown’s Barksdale Restaurant, 10 bucks can get you a country ham & red-eye gravy platter, the kind of breakfast worth singing about.
With an emphasis on Memphis and regional music, River City Records will be the only Downtown record shop north of the Beale, and the biggest since Pop Tunes closed more than a decade ago.
The Grizzlies will receive Kris Dunn, Carsen Edwards and the rights to swap a future second-round pick.
As cellist Nazira Wali was moving onto campus at the University of Memphis, family and friends back home in Afghanistan were trying to get out. Wali’s cello has taken her around the world and has brought her to Memphis, but at home music and musicians are again under threat from the Taliban regime.
On this episode of The Daily Memphian’s Memphis Grizzlies podcast, columnist Chris Herrington answers reader/listener questions there wasn’t space for in this week’s Grizzlies Mailbag column.
Tounkara opened his eponymous restaurant in 2019, in a small strip on Raines Road, very near the Memphis International Airport, serving such staples as goat curry, chicken peanut stew and jollof rice.
Among some topics addressed: What about Ben Simmons? Where does Ziaire Williams stand? And we don’t want to discuss the “Top Shot” thing.
You can get a Jaren Jackson Jr. bobblehead for $10 and update your Growl Towel collection — “GRZ NXT GEN,” Ya Hear Me!,” etc. — on the cheap, at a buck a pop. All proceeds from this one-day sale go to St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital.
This week, “After Hours” is both a movie and a bike ride. Fashion gets a week and the whole city gets a day with a week’s worth of events packed into it.
Jaren Jackson Jr. could play this season without an extension in place to prove he is worth a max deal.
The big stars, the national television games, the weekend showcases. Chris Herrington goes game-by-game to rate the entertainment value of the Grizzlies’ 2021-22 home schedule.
The Grizzlies will host the Chicago Bulls on MLK Day, one of seven nationally televised games for the franchise as the 2021-2022 NBA schedule was released.
The Grizzlies have added five new players in their past three trades. Which, if any, are likely to wear Beale Street blue this season?
It’s no longer Elvis Week, but they’re still rocking at Graceland. Meanwhile, there’s barbecue in the park and dining deals all over.
With the Mem Dim Sum food truck, Denny Law serves Chinese small plates, made fresh and cooked to order.
Centers Steven Adams and Jonas Valanciunas are different players. The former has long been known as a dirty-work guy. The latter is a buckets-and-boards machine. But I’m struck by the similarities.