The To-Do List: Holiday parades, pics with Krampus and Tuba Christmas
This week, Crosstown Arts resident artists open their studios, Shangri-La hosts a free holiday show and you can ice skate in Audubon Park for free.
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Spirit of MemphisMemphis filmmaker writes Hallmark Channel Christmas movie
Writing for the Hallmark Channel was a bucket list job for Memphian April “Skyy” Blair. That dream becomes fully realized when “Magic in Mistletoe” airs Friday, Dec. 8, on the network.
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Spirit of MemphisMeet V.C.R: the Memphis native featured on André 3000’s solo album
“I dedicate everything I do to Memphis, Tennessee. It’s a magical place to be from,” said violinist, singer and composer V.C.R.
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Music Bass Drum of Death, A.J. Haynes headline Raised by Sound free shows
Bass Drum of Death revisits Memphis; The Seratones’ A.J. Haynes will preview her unreleased solo material.
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November 2023
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Music Five must-see shows for December 2023
A Christmastime classic combines heavy metal, classical music and lasers at FedExForum, musical couples will perform together at the Graceland Soundstage and the Orpheum Theatre, and an ensemble performance — including dancing Santas — takes the stage at the Cannon Center for the Performing Arts.
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The To-Do List The To-Do List: Holiday lights, holiday shopping and ice skating at AutoZone
This week, there’s a Miracle on Broad Avenue, Lord T & Eloise get aristocrunk at Railgarten and we’ve got a hot tip on photos with Krampus.
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Arts & CultureFormer UrbanArt leader readies new gallery to ‘welcome in’ public
“‘Sheet Cake’ feels like an invitation to me,” owner Lauren Kennedy said about the gallery’s name. “It’s an inelegant yet consistent, comforting experience. Come on in and have a slice of something sweet.”
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The To-Do List The To-Do List: Christmas comes early, Adam Sandler comes to Memphis
This week, “Lil Buck” stars in “NutReMix,” trees are blue in Germantown and that Anita Baker show we’ve been hearing about on Bally Sports all year is finally happening.
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The To-Do List The To-Do List: Perk up, plant seeds and prep for the holidays
This week, single folks share their stories, Friends of George’s kicks off the holiday season and we learn to move past the trauma of those sad children’s movies from the 1990s. (“All Dogs Go to Heaven,” we’re looking at you.)
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Music Five must-see shows for November 2023
This month’s must-see concert list takes music lovers to Downtown, Midtown and Germantown for indie pop, blues rock, experimental, gospel and jazz.
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October 2023
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Arts & CultureRaven Jackson sells out Indie Memphis screening ahead of national release
“All Dirt Roads Taste of Salt” was not filmed in Memphis or in Tennessee. But Memphis and Tennessee have left indelible marks on the A24 film.
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The To-Do List The To-Do List: Halloween hike, underwater bubbles and ‘Beetlejuice’
This week, 1990s R&B legends Tony! Toni! Tone! play the Orpheum, spooky double dutch comes to Tom Lee and you can sample your way around India at the Agricenter.
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The To-Do List The To-Do List: Repair Days, River Arts and ‘Black Artists in America’
This week, art is on fire at the Dixon, the Memphis Roller Derby debuts home teams in a spooky double header and there are beer fests in Cooper-Young and at Wiseacre on Broad Avenue.
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Visual ArtsSecond chapter of Dixon’s ‘most ambitious’ series opens
The Dixon’s “Black Artists in America” exhibition is one of at least eight art shows in Memphis open this fall or winter based on an individual Black artist or group of Black artists.
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Arts & CulturePainter invites audience to ‘commune’ at the Dixon
Memphian Kaylyn Webster viewed art at the Dixon Gallery and Gardens as a child. A year after graduating college, her solo exhibition opens at the museum.
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The To-Do List The To-Do List: Spooky movies, campfires and Harry Potter in concert
This week, Tennessee Shakespeare presents “The Tempest” (twice and for free!), more than 100 artists will paint murals around the Edge and the Drive-By Truckers bring Southern rock to the Shell.
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September 2023
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Music Five must-see shows in Memphis for October 2023
A recent Tiny Desk Concert band hits Growlers, Willie Nelson’s festival comes to Snowden Grove, Raphael Saadiq revisits Tony! Toni! Tone! and Stevie Nicks comes to FedExForum.
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MusicCat Power to headline Raised by Sound Fest at Crosstown Concourse
Most of the daylong festival is free, but tickets to Cat Powers’ concert and an after party featuring New York-based DJ Alix Brown will go on sale Friday.
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The To-Do List The To-Do List: Mid-Autumn Fest, Bluff City Chinese, Tim Burton’s gothic dreams
This week, you can catch plenty of live music at Gonerfest and Mempho. Plus, Memphis Made celebrates 10 years of beers.
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The To-Do List The To-Do List: Bluff Cakes party, Barbie Rave and cowabunga at the Comic Expo
This week brings the Mid-South Fair, the Pink Palace Crafts Fair, the Memphis Country Blues Festival and an album release party from Aktion Kat.
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MetroThe Daily Memphian writers share their favorite stories
The Daily Memphian celebrates its fifth anniversary by asking long-term writers to share a few of their favorite stories. Here are those stories and why the authors chose them, in their own words.
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Performing ArtsHere’s how Hattiloo sold out its first two shows of the season
The first two shows of a season selling out weeks before opening date is unprecedented at the Black repertory theater, according to Hattiloo founder Ekundayo Bandele.
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Metro Meet The Daily Memphian’s fall 2023 interns
One intern is working on general assignment news; another is focusing on high school sports.
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The To-Do List The To-Do List: Ballet, balloons, brews and Tabitha Brown
This week, Mempho brings Americana star Jason Isbell, Al Kapone plays a free show at the Shell and the Cooper-Young Festival is back.
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Performing Arts Ballet Memphis to refresh ‘Nutcracker,’ pay tribute to Americana music
“We are investing in … new sets, costumes, new choreography, but everything will still have the same music, energy that people have come to love and expect,” said Ballet Memphis’ artistic director.
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