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Should he remain a starter, or does he serve better as the team’s backup point guard?
The WLOK Black Film Festival screens “Respect,” “The Bucket List” and “The Great Debaters” while the Summer Drive-In brings a doozy of David Fincher.
Drew Hill and Chris Herrington discuss the offseason coaching changes and how they might impact the Grizzlies this season.
This week, celebrate Latin culture with salsa dance, art, DJs and an Overton Square fest. Plus, old-school hip-hop artists come together in Orange Mound, and 1990s alt-rockers The Wallflowers take the stage at Graceland.
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Lean into Western fare at Thornwood’s new restaurant.
Major music figures from elsewhere often appear at the event to celebrate Memphis music greats, though perhaps few with the stature of Young.
Other movies showing this week: the horror movie “Azrael,” biopic “Lee,” religious movie “Faith of Angels,” partisan documentary “Vindicating Trump” and more.
James Carr’s “The Dark End of the Street,” a little-known but oft-covered song, is possibly the greatest Memphis soul song of all time.
On the eve of Chris Herrington’s move to Minnesota, “Sound Bites” food podcast producer Natalie Van Gundy asked him what Memphis foods he would miss. He said, “I guess I’ll find out.”
James Carr’s “The Dark End of the Street,” a little-known but oft-covered song, is possibly the greatest Memphis soul song of all time.
Named after a Memphis grocery store chain, Big Star recorded three haphazardly distributed albums over the course of just a few years, toured sporadically, got good press and had no hits. This obscurity grew over time into a considerable cult.
This week, sneakers meet art and cocktails at Artifacts, Memphians tell stories at TEDx and Orchestra Noir is bringing Y2K back.
Drew Hill and Chris Herrington discuss moves the Grizzlies could make now that Derrick Rose has retired.
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