The To-Do List: Frightful films, a spooky bar and workouts after dark
This week, Mempho takes over Radians Amphitheater, pumpkin season is on at the Dixon and the Hi-Tone turns 25.
Elle Perry
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October 2024
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Visual ArtsHere’s a look at Memphis museums, galleries in October
Art shows on view in October include the Metal Museum’s Master Metalsmith, two shows at Sheet Cake Gallery and two photographers at Brantley Ellzey’s Summer Studio.
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September 2024
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Music Five must-see Memphis shows for October
Also this month, a rising Louisiana folk singer and a well-known jazz saxophonist come to Minglewood Hall, a multi-platinum rock band comes to the Snowden Grove and a slew of ’90s R&B heartthrobs take the Landers Center stage.
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Performing Arts ‘Dracula’ begins season of duality for Ballet Memphis
Good and bad. Right and Wrong. Sanity and madness. Ballet Memphis explores the link between opposing forces throughout its 38th season, starting with a classic.
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The To-Do List The To-Do List: Gonerfest is 21
This week, sneakers meet art and cocktails at Artifacts, Memphians tell stories at TEDx and Orchestra Noir is bringing Y2K back.
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The To-Do List The To-Do List: Pizza, pints, funnel cakes and the art of letting go
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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The To-Do List The To-Do List: A Mid-Autumn fest and a ‘Midsummer Night’s Dream’
This week, fests feature French films, multiple styles of yoga, live music and more than 430 local artists and vendors.
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Visual Arts Here’s a look at Memphis museums, galleries in September
September art shows have themes of abstract expressionism and minimalism, making syrup from fruit, expanding the definition of drawing, the rural U.S., video games and “ana” — slang for “animosity.”
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Arts & Culture Fine-arts program for teens finds home in Edge District
Artist Derek Fordjour said the organization hopes to become a community resource for any young person in Memphis who is serious about art.
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Metro Meet The Daily Memphian’s fall 2024 interns
This class includes The Daily Memphian’s first social media video intern, Jordan Rodgers.
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Music Five must-see shows for September
A noted rapper takes her ‘Cinderella’ tour to Minglewood Hall, storied rock bands take the stage at Snowden Grove and the Radians Amphitheater, and a rising country-soul singer comes to Hernando’s Hide-A-Way.
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The To-Do List The To-Do List: Really short plays, fancy homes and Smashing Pumpkins
This week, Memphis musicians preview AmericanaFest sets, pink wines get some love and 35 years of the Southern Heritage Classic are on display.
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Visual ArtsNew exhibit shows recent Memphis history through a ‘fresh lens’
Through Morales' lens, viewers will meet drag queens, people working at restaurants, people worshipping at church, neighborhood football players, cheerleaders and majorettes.
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Music Raised by Sound Fest includes Black Keys DJ set, Hurray for the Riff Raff
During the DJ set, The Black Keys will play “party music” and be joined by Memphis rap pioneers Tommy Wright III and Lil Noid. Lil Noid appears on the Black Keys song “Candy and Her Friends.”
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Arts & Culture Craig Brewer, Terrence Howard and Taraji P. Henson are reuniting for post-'Hustle & Flow’ project
The series is a true crime drama based on a decades-old Atlanta “street tale,” according to the Memphis director.
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August 2024
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The To-Do List The To-Do List: Monkeys ride dogs and Memphians celebrate the 901
This week, runners finish the miles Eliza Fletcher could not, Matthew Sweet and MonoNeon are at the Shell and you can shop — without spending a dime — on Broad Avenue.
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Performing Arts GPAC has new naming-rights agreement
“For almost 30 years, our community has benefited from its commitment to GPAC and the value it adds to our city’s culture, economy and quality of life,” City of Germantown Mayor Mike Palazzolo said.
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Music Retirees party with the arts at community gala
Trezevant recently welcomed its second Iris Collective artists-in-residence. Typically in their 20s or 30s, the artists live in the senior community for a year in exchange for playing at least four hours a week there.
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Visual ArtsU of M museum puts entire African collection on display
Museum staffers have brought every African piece out of storage for a sprawling exhibition that includes new items.
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The To-Do List The To-Do List: Graceland Too is back! And ye olde Ren Faire is here with beer
This week, Crosstown Arts screens a classic breakdancing film, romance fans meet (cute) at Novel and Juvenile gets the ladies on the dance floor.
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Music Opera Memphis will stage ‘Carmen,’ Edgar Allan Poe-inspired operas
The group announced its new season and plans to host an international opera conference in Memphis.
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Midtown Queen of Memphis Soul to headline Cooper-Young Fest
The annual Midtown festival has announced its music lineup and event plans for 2024.
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Visual Arts Meet the Brooks Museum’s new Memphis-area curators
The Memphis Brooks Museum of Art added two locals to its curatorial staff in 2023. Meet Kristin Pedrozo and C. Rose Smith.
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Elections No wait for voters at Saint John’s Episcopal
A campaign worker was handing out Corey Strong flyers at around 10 a.m. at Thursday, Aug. 1.
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July 2024
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Performing Arts Memphis playwright wins 2024 Yale Drama Series Prize
Playwright Jeremy O. Harris selected a piece by Keegon Schuett from more than 2,000 entries from 55 countries to win the 2024 Yale Drama Series Prize. Schuett is a graduate of Collierville High and the University of Memphis.
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