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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Music Five must-see August concerts
A country star comes to Snowden Grove, a rock star hits Live at the Garden, a rap star celebrates 25 years of the song that brings women running to the dance floor, and an annual gathering celebrates blues.
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The To-Do List The To-Do List: Horror musicals, library tats and a dancing UPS man
This week, Memphis gets air time on “Down in the Valley,” Crosstown Arts residents open their studios and Asian Night Market goes even bigger.
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The To-Do List The To-Do List: Dixon shows Southern art; Memphis Made says bye for now
This week, Wilson, Arkansas-inspired art comes to Memphis, a Richard Linklater classic screens at Crosstown and the Goo Goo Dolls still won’t tell ’em your name.
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Music 2024 Raised by Sound Festival headliners announced
The performance is a live score of William Eggleston’s “Stranded in Canton” film.
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Music With ‘Epic Cool,’ Kirk Whalum releases first album in five years
On his newest album, Whalum says he refuses to “fall prey” to a common trend in modern smooth jazz.
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June 2024
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Music Five must-see July concerts include a citywide talent show
Also in July, Texas rappers take the Minglewood Hall stage, a New Orleans jazz band comes to The Green Room at Crosstown Arts, and celebrated rockers play Minglewood and Radians Amphitheater.
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The To-Do List The To-Do List: Picnics for glam rock and hill country blues, plus a Y2K party
This week, watch a four-hour Taiwanese epic, indulge in self-care at Shelby Forest and sample wine as DJs spin wax at Stax.
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Metro Meet The Daily Memphian’s summer 2024 interns
This cohort includes The Daily Memphian’s first photojournalism intern. The second summer intern works on general news assignments.
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Arts & Culture Memphis author’s poetry book explores Black Southern womanhood
Tara M. Stringfellow, the bestselling author of “Memphis,” calls her new poetry collection “her life’s work.”
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The To-Do ListThe To-Do List: Puppy Pride, Dude abides and how to tropic like it’s hot
This week, Ikea celebrates Midsommar with meatballs, Dead Soldiers sing sad songs and author Tara Stringfellow releases her “Magic” book.
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Arts & Culture What we know about ‘P-Valley’ season 3 and the new spin-off
As audiences wait for the third season of Memphis-native Katori Hall’s TV series “P-Valley” on Starz, a documentary spin-off series will premiere in July.
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