Holiday event creep, plus a silent book club/disco and ‘Wicked’ good crafts
This week, a Tav Falco film gets the live-score treatment, “Romeo and Juliet” is re-told through a feminist lens and an art exhibition reinterprets the tarot.
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The Arts Beat Arts Beat: How can Memphians write a script? Start with a seed
A new LoneTree Live program will help a dozen budding playwrights develop a script in 10 weeks.
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Visual Arts Tennessee Triennial will include events at seven Memphis sites this weekend
The Tennessee Triennial — a five-month art exhibition — kicked off in Memphis, Nashville, Knoxville and Chattanooga in January. As the Triennial’s May 7 close approaches, Memphis becomes the final city to host a “highlight weekend.”
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Visual Arts From Beale to Broadway, statewide art exhibition spotlights 4 museums in Tennessee
The statewide event’s Memphis exhibit will focus on the legacy of the Memphis College of Art.
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The Arts BeatArts Beat: Memphis Zine Fest celebrates mini-magazines and their makers
Erica Qualy, the founder of Memphis Zine Fest, has one word for the make-it-yourself mini-magazines with endless possibilities: liberating.
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The To-Do List Hop on the Shamrock Shuttle, do yoga with pups and eat pudding with a fork
This week, the Memphis Zoo launches a new holiday lighting show with lanterns, and an Orpheum party goes “Back to the Future.”
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MusicThese Memphis artists are up for 2026 Grammy Awards
One Memphis artist is nominated for “Best Rap Album.” Blues performers are also represented.
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The Arts BeatArts Beat: Beautifying the city starts with a call to artists
The manager of the city’s percent-for-art program is looking for artists of any age to reimagine crosswalks, neighborhood signs, markers and beyond.
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The To-Do List Booker T. takes the stage, and Stax offers a look inside ‘Bettye’s Bin’
This week, Fire Pit Fridays makes a comeback, Ken Burns’ new film screens for free and Meddlesome hosts what may be the shortest race ever.
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Music Hold on to that feelin': Journey farewell tour to hit FedExForum
The band behind hits such as “Don’t Stop Believin’” and “Any Way You Want It” will embark on a 60-show tour across North America.
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Music From ‘Southside Doublewide’ to ‘Cuffing Season,’ 5 must-see November concerts
Homegrown Booker T. Jones, rock singer-songwriter Jeff Tweedy, two-time Grammy-winning jazz instrumentalist Marcus Miller and more musicians come to Memphis this month.
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Visual Arts Four Memphis artists share a birthday and an exhibition
Also in November, five friends and artists invite the public into their new art school and gallery, ShapeShifter.
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Downtown Memphis Art Museum has a plan for opening
The Brooks Museum will change its name to “Memphis Art Museum” when it moves to the new building.
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The Arts BeatArts Beat: The Irish Network says ‘sláinte’ to Samhain
As the air chills and the leaves begin to fall, Irish Network Memphis is kicking off its first-ever Samhain Festival.
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The To-Do List Brandy and Monica reunite, and fests honor Ireland, India and Japan
This week, Memphis rap pioneers take the stage, the Memphis Brooks Museum of Art honors the dead and we’ve got your guide to Halloween fun.
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Visual Arts Brooks Museum names new chief curator
Born in New Jersey, raised in North Carolina and now a mother of two “full-blooded Memphians,” Patricia Lee Daigle is no stranger to change. And as the Brooks Museum’s new chief curator, she’s taking on some big changes.
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The Arts BeatArts Beat: How Princeton James ‘operates in (his) gift’
Princeton Echols says his touring Soulful Murder Mystery Experience is like: “an escape room and dinner theater had a baby.” He’s also traveling to Italy next month for a screening of a film he directed.
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The To-Do List Party like a vampire at Cameo and watch ‘Frankenstein’ come to life
This week, meditate with a Buddhist monk at Crosstown, view Mexican art at the University of Memphis and hoist a stein in Overton Square.
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The To-Do ListBrew 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.
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The Arts BeatArts Beat: Lifetime, AMC network feature Memphians in new shows
A new show, filmed in Memphis and Atlanta, stars Memphis rapper Slimeroni and features numerous other local connections. And, Eric Jerome Dickey’s novel comes to Lifetime.
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Visual Arts Historic-photo exhibit exports Memphis soul to Seoul
The Memphis Brooks Museum of Art and Arts Council Korea are also planning a three-year partnership that would bring emerging Korean curators to the American Southeast.
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Performing Arts Collage Dance debuts a new season, new members program
Collage’s $25,000 National Endowment for the Arts grant was canceled earlier this year, but the Memphis dance company is forging ahead with a new season of shows that open this weekend.
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The To-Do List One Artoberfest, two Oktoberfests and Beale Street’s new hoodoo museum
This week, Monster Market opens, Slowdown Cinema screens a vampire classic and Brantley Ellzey takes over Crosstown Arts’ galleries.
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Performing ArtsArts Beat: Nine dance organizations unite in new initiative
“We have an embarrassment of riches of quality, excellent dance in Memphis,” Steven McMahon, of Ballet Memphis, said.
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Arts & CultureHow Memphis designer Holtermonster crafted ‘a freaky pop-up for weirdos like you’
Lauren Rae Holtermann’s career is filled with movie designs and concert posters. But when October rolls around, her Monster Market comes out.
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