Acquiring masks has been too much of a community adventure
The diversity of masks and their origins would be charming if it wasn’t yet another sign of official dysfunction in our collective approach to controlling a pandemic.
Chris Herrington
Columnist
Chris Herrington covers the Memphis Grizzlies and writes about Memphis culture, food, and civic life. He lives in the Vollentine-Evergreen neighborhood of Midtown with his wife, two kids, and two dogs.
506 articles by Chris Herrington :
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May 2020
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Herrington: Reopening? We’ll wait and see
The city and county can loosen restrictions, but a tour of Midtown and Downtown neighborhoods shows businesses and potential customers still have decisions to make.
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Grizzlies ‘Rewind’ weekend preview: Z-Bo becomes a legend, Grizz-OKC goes to 3OT
“Grizzlies Rewind: Playoff Edition” broadcasts remind us of the thrills of days and players gone by — especially the heroics of Z-Bo.
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The Essential Memphis Library: Jay Reatard’s ‘Watch Me Fall’
The crazy-talented wunderkind Jay Reatard was coming into his own with 'Watch Me Fall.' Five months later, he was gone.
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April 2020
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Destination: Delicious Podcast: The pork belly one
Three Daily Memphian staffers talk (remotely, of course) about what they're eating these days.
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Quarantine Cuisine: Lucky Cat Ramen
The Lucky Cat takeout menu offers family meals for four or six. The ramen, with ingredients packaged separately, travels surprisingly well.
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Herrington: When will Memphis reopen? Memphis never closed
The past month has meant navigating a matrix of official restrictions and individual decisions, and so will the many months — maybe years — to come.
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Herrington: First thoughts on Shelby County’s ‘back-to-business’ framework
Shelby County's path through coronavirus is a faucet not a switch: We'll gradually loosen the local economy, but will be prepared to restrict the flow of activity again if and when the virus spikes.
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Herrington: When it comes to coronavirus in Memphis, ‘Tennessee’ only means so much
A constant factor of Memphis life seems more pressing now than usual: To paraphrase Texas songwriter Joe Ely, we may walk the streets of Memphis, but we’ll have you understand, Tennessee is not entirely the state we’re in.
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Grizzlies ‘Rewind’ weekend preview: Conley dons the mask, Battier buries the past
The Grizzlies and Fox Sports Southeast begin an eight-game, four-weekend trip through the team's playoff past, with new commentary from Tony Allen. Up first: Mike Conley's "mask game" and the franchise's first playoff win.
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The Extra Podcast: Inside the ICU
What Chris Herrington saw and learned in his exclusive tour of Baptist’s COVID fighting efforts.
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The Essential Memphis Library: Otis Redding’s ‘Otis Blue’
From Sam Cooke to Motown, blues to the British Invasion to his own classic songwriting, Otis Redding’s groundbreaking 1965 album turned everything it touched into one man’s soulful sound.
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Grizzlies Notebook: Jaren Jackson Jr. Zooms, Niele Ivey jets and throwback games on tap
Jaren Jackson Jr. talks about training at home and what he's watching and the impact of now-former assistant coach Niele Ivey, who became Notre Dame's head coach on Wednesday.
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Herrington: Lee’s decision is no green light; now we all live in the flashing yellow
Impatience was always going to be part of this matrix: There’s a natural urge to get past bad situations without fully dealing with them. But a governmental failure has fed this impatience, and it didn’t come from Nashville.
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Destination: Delicious Podcast: Isolated with takeout and TV
Jennifer Biggs, Chris Herrington and Natalie Van Gundy talk takeout and what they’re watching on the tube.
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Herrington: Local book, record shops ‘essential’ to the city we want to keep
These are not just places to go to find a thing you know you want. They are places to be. To share space with people who share your affinities. They are at their best when you go in just to browse and a book or record finds you.
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The Essential Memphis Library: Francis Ford Coppola’s ‘The Rainmaker’
In 1997, Matt Damon's first starring role and Francis Ford Coppola's last major film intersected in Memphis with the third and (so far) final locally set John Grisham adapation.
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Quarantine Cuisine: Hog & Hominy
Take-and-bake “pizza kits” of three of Hog & Hominy’s most elemental pies are available as part of the curbside takeout program at Catherine & Mary’s on South Main.
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The Essential Memphis Library: Molly Crosby’s ‘The American Plague’
In a month’s time, during the late summer of 1878, the city’s population plummeted from 50,000 to 20,000, with the vast majority of those remaining infected by the fever. Crosby's "The American Plague" takes you to this crucible moment in Memphis history, and helps explain what it meant.
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Destination: Delicious Podcast: Keeping it in the house
What do you do when the cupboard's kinda bare and you're not supposed to go shopping and even if you do the stores are nearly empty?
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Inside Baptist’s COVID-19 ICU: No visitors, IV stations in the halls and experimental treatments
In this exclusive look inside Baptist’s COVID-19 units, leaders have reconfigured the hospital to meet the specific demands of the virus, found ways to preserve crucial resources for the surge, and are deploying groundbreaking treatments to save lives.
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Herrington: There’s too much we don’t – but should – know about coronavirus in Memphis
Shelby County has had deaths in 2.25% of coronavirus cases, compared to 1.61% in the rest of the state and 0.84% in Nashville’s Davidson County. Does this suggest that racial disparities are spiking higher rates locally? For now we can only guess.
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The Essential Memphis Library: John Prine’s made-in-Memphis debut
John Prine was raised in Illinois and settled in Nashville, but he recorded three of his first six albums at different Memphis studios, including his classic debut, “John Prine.”
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The 50 best moments of the 2019-2020 Memphis Grizzlies season (Nos. 25-1)
From game-winning layups to buzzer-beating setups, Ja-dropping dunks landed or just missed, Ja Morant's personal highlight reel dominates our list of the best moments of the Grizzlies' season.
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The 50 best moments of the 2019-2020 Memphis Grizzlies season (Nos. 50-26)
From irritating "King James" to dunking on the "Greek Freak," the Grizzlies proved a surprise to the rest of the league this season. Here are the first 25 of the 50 best moments from a young team ahead of schedule.
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