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Brew parties for coffee or beer lovers, plus art on the river
This week, local theaters perform murder shows, Crosstown showcases Vietnamese culture and you can make pottery at Chucalissa.
Chris Herrington
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Chris Herrington has covered the Memphis Grizzlies, in one way or another, since the franchise’s second season in Memphis, while also writing about music, movies, food and civic life.
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Grizzlies Podcast Grizzlies podcast: NBA season predictions! Will Memphis avoid play-in?
Drew Hill and Chris Herrington share their 2025-26 season predictions, including individual player awards.
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Memphis GrizzliesHerrington: The Grizzlies have been bad in preseason. A reason to worry?
Preseason struggles are rarely predictive, but have the Memphis Grizzlies given fans good reason to worry?
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Visual Arts Memphis Movies This Week: ‘After the Hunt,’ ‘Silence of the Lambs’
“Challengers” and “Call Me By Your Name” director Luca Guadagnino takes a swing at “cancel culture” and Malco’s Throwback Thursday showing this week hits home — partly.
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Grizzlies Podcast Grizzlies podcast: Three losses, Coward hits the court
Drew Hill and Chris Herrington react to the Grizzlies’ preseason losses and discuss what they have seen from Cedric Coward this month.
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Memphis GrizzliesHerrington: Jaylen Wells, Cedric Coward lead deep cast of Grizzlies perimeter prospects
The Grizzlies have been cycling through young perimeter prospects for a few years now. Will they find some keepers this season?
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Memphis GrizzliesHerrington: A wide-angle preview of coming NBA season
Will the Oklahoma City Thunder repeat as champs? Who will come out of an injury-rattled Eastern Conference? How many games will the Memphis Grizzlies win? Chris Herrington gazes into his NBA crystal ball for league-wide preseason predictions.
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Visual Arts Memphis Movies This Week: ‘Roofman,’ ‘Battle Royale’
A new comedic crime caper and the 25th anniversary encore of a notorious Japanese cult film are on Memphis movie screens this week.
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Memphis GrizzliesHerrington: Amid injuries, Santi Aldama and Jock Landale will be crucial to a good Grizzlies start
Over the summer, the Memphis Grizzlies made a big investment in Santi Aldama and placed a bet on Jock Landale. Now, injuries could force both into the starting lineup.
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Grizzlies Podcast Grizzlies podcast: Media day reactions, start of camp
Drew Hill and Chris Herrington react to the best quotes from media day and the start of training camp in Nashville.
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Visual Arts Memphis Movies This Week: ‘Smashing Machine,’ ‘One Battle After Another’
Fall arrived — on the calendar and in the theaters. Paul Thomas Anderson’s “One Battle After Another” begins a string of award-season hopefuls, including one the could solidify Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson’s transition from the mat to the matinee.
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Memphis Grizzlies Morant assists, Jackson Jr. teases at Grizzlies open practice
While the rookies danced at Grizzlies open practice, a couple of veterans stole the show.
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Memphis GrizzliesHerrington: With newcomers Jerome and Caldwell-Pope, the Grizzlies are betting on now
If Memphis fans had any concerns about a full-scale rebuild after Desmond Bane’s departure, two new Grizzlies should alleviate that concern.
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The To-Do List Jam out at Mempho, and do the Time Warp again at the Orpheum
This week, eat mooncakes at Crosstown, taste your way around the Medical District and show your commitment to Sparkle Motion at the Pink Palace.
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Memphis GrizzliesHerrington: In Year 7 together, a new Grizzlies beginning for ‘Ja & Jaren’
This is now a new iteration of the Ja & Jaren era. What will it bring? And how much longer will it last?
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Memphis GrizzliesHerrington: For the Grizzlies, class is again in session
Not much actual instruction happens on the first day, of course. For the 2025-2026 Memphis Grizzlies, instruction will begin Tuesday during a training camp held, for the second consecutive year, in Nashville.
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Memphis GrizzliesHerrington: 8 storylines for Memphis Grizzlies training camp
After an opening media session in Memphis, the team will hit the Music Highway for a three-day training camp in Nashville. (Don’t worry, Zach Edey will not be driving the team bus.)
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The To-Do List Soak up the fall vibes with cocktails, campfires, fair rides and outdoor music
This week, watch artisans at work at the Pink Palace Craft Fair, celebrate the Greenline’s birthday at Hampline and view rarely seen artwork by Edward H. Perry.
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Music Adventurous array of underground rock will fill the Memphis air for Gonerfest 22
A Memphis festival this week includes ‘70s Zambian psychedelic rock, early ‘80s Georgia post-punk, Moroccan “desert blues,” Rhode Island noise-rock, Chicago power-pop, soulful New Orleans garage-rock, U.K. and Australian singer-songwriters and Pacific Northwest indie mainstays.
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Visual Arts Memphis Movies This Week: ‘One Battle After Another,’ ‘Hustle & Flow’ anniversary
It’s a big week of both new and old movies on public screens in Memphis, including one instance of the two categories intersecting.
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The To-Do List What’s up: ‘X-Files,’ a fungi fest and ‘Bop Til You Drop’
This week, old movies return to the big screen, a plant pop-up pops up at another pop-up and two Downtown hotels host DJ events.
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Visual Arts Memphis Movies This Week: Two modern classics, one night only
There are plenty of new movies opening this week, but it’s a particularly good week for Memphis’ inconsistent repertory scene. Plus, Chris Herrington gives us his top 5 Robert Redford movies.
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Visual Arts Memphis Movies This Week: ‘Pavements,’ ‘The Long Walk’
The movie/TV Stephen King adaptation doesn’t have a great history, but it does have a lengthy one.
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The To-Do List Cooper-Young Fest, Pride Fest (again) and the co-creator of the Ninja Turtles
This week, Southaven launches its hummingbird fest, the Halloran Centre celebrates 10 years and Beale Street throws a 100th birthday party for B.B. King.
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Grizzlies Podcast Grizzlies podcast: Memphis adds new player
The Grizzlies signed Olivier-Maxence Prosper to a two-way contract Thursday.
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