‘Abbott Elementary’ star slated for new Memphis block party event
A group of DJs, including actor, comedian and rapper Zack Fox, is putting the soul in summer solstice at Grind City Brewing.
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Arts & CultureWhere things stand with Memphis museum projects
Construction on the Memphis Art Museum, what the Memphis Brooks Museum of Art will become when it moves Downtown, has continued. So has construction on the Metal Museum’s location in the Memphis College of Art building.
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Arts & Culture Here’s a guide to Memphis Juneteenth events 2025
This year’s Memphis Juneteenth events include concerts, festivals, parades, film screenings, dance, theater and spoken word.
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The Arts BeatArts Beat: Craig Brewer’s Snoop Dogg biopic and more Memphis ‘Lilo & Stitch’ connections
Plus, Memphis director Suzannah Herbert’s film takes 2025 Tribeca Festival’s Best Documentary Feature award.
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The To-Do List The To-Do List: Black Pride, dog yoga and what to do for Bonnaroo FOMO
This week, Juneteenth gets started early, the BoDeans are at the Shell and the Memphis Social Bicycle Club races — in drag.
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Music Gonerfest announces lineup for 22nd edition
The Cooper-Young record label and record store will bring its fest to Wiseacre Brewery on Broad Avenue for three days, with the final day at the Overton Park Shell.
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Visual Arts Ladders take flight at latest Dixon exhibition
Visitors to the Dixon Gallery & Gardens can venture inside a fantastical world for free until Sunday, June 29.
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The Arts BeatArts Beat: Is Thursday the new Tuesday for movies in Memphis?
Despite Tuesdays reigning supreme as a day for discounts, another choice day for moviegoing is emerging in Memphis.
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The Arts BeatArts Beat: Novel shares summer reading list with a local twist
The devil’s in the Bluff City in at least two of the novels on this book list — a Memphis-set family drama and a “Southern noir’ full of “madcappery.”
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Music Willie Nelson, Bob Dylan and more coming to Memphis stages in June
Third Eye Blind, Ashanti, Ja Rule and other artists are also scheduled to perform. Here’s a roundup of concerts coming to the Memphis area in June.
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The To-Do List The To-Do List: Pride is on Beale, and ‘weird music’ is at Crosstown
This week, Juneteenth kicks off early, Just City gives us a reason to laugh and you can sip booze in a bookshop for a good cause.
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The To-Do List The To-Do List: Slowdown Cinema, dragon boats and Cooper-Young cats
This week, watch a ghost movie at Elmwood, meet Chris Parnell at Comic Con and eat all the pasta at Memphis Italian Festival.
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Visual Arts Memphis art scene heats up with Southern summers, swamp studies
As temperatures rise, June comes with new art exhibitions across Memphis that explore the Ghost River, blend Southern culture with iconic Japanese imagery and highlight metal artistry.
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The Arts BeatArts Beat: Stax honors Chicago soul DJ with new digital archive
Bob Abrahamian’s collecting journey began with him wanting to learn about soul samples of hip-hop records.
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The To-Do List The To-Do List: Garden secrets, water lanterns and Miranda Lambert
This week, read in the Ravine with Cafe Noir, and try vegan dishes paired with music at Alex Wong’s Permission Party.
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Music Memphis featured in new Steve Aoki music video
Before his performance at Riverbeat Music Festival, DJ Steve Aoki and former Florida Georgia Line singer Tyler Hubbard made some stops at Memphis hotspots to film the music video for their new song.
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The To-Do ListThe To-Do List: SmokeSlam, Cosmic Carnival and Bill & Ted’s last adventure
This week, Ruby Bridges is here for her namesake reading festival and GWAR brings shock rock (and lots of fake blood) to Minglewood.
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Real Estate Goodbye, drive-In: Summer Avenue theater closes
The site was listed for sale in March, but the president of Malco Theatres said it would only be sold “if it was the right thing to do.”
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Germantown GPAC director stepping down
Germantown Performing Arts Center’s longtime executive director is stepping down effective Friday, May 30.
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The Arts BeatArts Beat: Music from V.C.R, Valerie June, Victoria Dowdy
A pope movie returns to the big screen, GloRilla is throwing a bash and Memphians look ‘superfine' for a Met Gala party.
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Music From Bonnie to Lil Wayne, here are five must-see May concerts
A Rock and Roll Hall of Famer and a trio of R&B singers hit the Orpheum stage, hot New Orleans rappers come to the FedExForum, a plethora of gospel singers come to the Landers Center, and a satirical heavy-metal band travels to Minglewood Hall.
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The To-Do List The To-Do List: BBQ fest, Greek Fest, Jugfest and art that’s out of this world
This week, Memphis celebrates Tom Lee, Soul & Spirits celebrates smoked beer and Wiseacre is having the most metal pop-up shop ever.
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Visual ArtsMemphis May art exhibitions feature AAPI, youth artists
In May, Memphis art exhibitions are showcasing youth and Asian American and Pacific Islander artists.
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Music ’Fit for a fest: What did Memphians wear to Riverbeat?
Something for the rain and something for flair. At a music festival where fashion meets function, here’s what attendees were wearing.
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Music ‘Memphis is the center point of the world’ when it comes to music
Carlton Douglas Ridenhour, better known as Chuck D as part of hip-hop group Public Enemy, received a Soulsville Foundation Power of Music award Friday and spoke about the power of music to change the world.
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