The To-Do List: Count birds, eat soup and celebrate Mardi Gras
This week, Leyla McCalla plays Crosstown Theater, Kristin Chenoweth signs her book and Ukrainian artists share how war has changed their culture.
Elle Perry
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February 2023
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The To-Do List To-Do List: Blaxploitation on the big screen and belated Mardi Gras parties
This week, the U.S. Poet Laureate will read at Rhodes, Spillit stops in Orange Mound and Ballet Memphis pays homage to love.
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Performing Arts Memphis dancer headlines new Netflix series
Charles “Lil Buck” Riley is one of the subjects of a Netflix dance documentary series that debuts Friday, Oct. 23.
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March 2023
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The To-Do List The To-Do List: Alvin Ailey, Black country music and lot of Elvises
This week, the Dixon and Theatre Memphis celebrate women in the arts, Step Afrika steps into GPAC and there’s a chili showdown at Memphis Made.
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The To-Do List The To-Do List: St. Pat’s parade, trash can painting and a Super Mario party
This week, Black Lodge serves a “Nope”-themed dinner, New Edition gets the band back together and artist Harmonia Rosales’ exhibition opens at the Brooks.
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The To-Do ListThe To-Do List: Cherry blossom picnic, puppets and where to get green beer
This week, we’ve got your St. Patrick’s Day guide. Plus, the Godmother of Soul is at the Orpheum, and there’s magic at the Halloran Centre.
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The To-Do List The To-Do List: Legos, chalk, beer Olympics and a Red Bull dance off
This week, Master Gardeners get the garden party started, U of M dance students present new works and “Ink” tells the story of Robert Murdoch’s rise.
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The To-Do List The To-Do List: Campfire party, Journey and trail running films
This week, learn who’s not buried at Elmwood, see Van Duren at the Halloran and honor the memory of Martin Luther King Jr. on the 55th anniversary of his death.
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April 2023
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Music MoSH to combine laser shows with Memphis concerts
“The acoustics are fantastic in the planetarium,” said MoSH’s executive director.
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The To-Do List The To-Do List: Porchfest, Storyfest and Shelby Forest Spring Fest
This week, Marc Cohn and Shawn Colvin are walking in Memphis (er, well, Germantown), MoSH offers a look behind the scenes and Wiseacre hosts a weird beer festival.
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Music Overton Park Shell reveals 2023 free concert lineup
Free concerts return to the Overton Park Shell next month, with the 2023 Orion Free Music Concert Series continuing into October.
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Music The Black Crowes, My Morning Jacket headline 2023 Mempho Music Festival
Other scheduled acts include Lake Street Dive, Band of Horses, Tash Sultana, The War and Treaty, Devon Gilfillian and Larkin Poe.
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Music Memphis Botanic Garden reveals 2023 Live at the Garden lineup
The 2023 Live at the Garden lineup includes two shows that were canceled last year.
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The To-Do List The To-Do List: Puppies, crystals, Lizzo and Little Richard
This week, shop for Memphis merch at the Choose901 spring market, celebrate Earth Day with Bodywerk DJs and rock out with Shinedown at FedExForum.
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City of Memphis AAPI Heritage Month events are professor’s ‘love letter’ to Memphis
SunAh M. Laybourn can name multiple reasons that spurred her to organize a calendar of events in honor of Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month in May.
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The To-Do List The To-Do List: Bouncy houses, books, ballet and Ms. Jackson (if you’re nasty)
This week, the Tennessee Triennial highlights Memphis artists, jookers battle in the Ravine and MEMFix returns with a festival in Alcy-Ball.
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May 2023
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South Memphis MEMFix coming to seven areas in 2023, starting with Alcy-Ball
Each neighborhood’s event will feature local vendors and pop-up shops, local performers and temporary street and space activations. The upcoming Alcy-Ball event is set to feature 45 vendors.
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Music MIM Guide: Beale Street Music Fest’s Downtown Return
This weekend, thousands will descend upon the newly renovated Tom Lee Park for Memphis in May’s Beale Street Music Festival. We’ve got a stage map, festival food tips, must-see music recommendations and more.
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The To-Do List The To-Do List: Beignets at the drive-in, Star Wars Day and Groucho Marx
This week, celebrate Cinco de Mayo in Overton Square, catch 1990s hip-hop act Digable Planets at Minglewood and meet the artist behind Memphis Botanic Garden’s new “Rich Soil” exhibition.
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The To-Do List The To-Do List: Dogchella, Mother’s Day and lots of ballet
This week, Memphis in May celebrates Malaysia, Opera Memphis honors soldiers and Motownphilly’s back again.
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Performing Arts Memphis choreographer fuses country music with modern dance
“I was looking for my next inspiration, my next project, and was listening to (country) music, and there’s all these stories in cowboy music. It’s kind of like the joke, ‘My wife left me for best friend, my dog died, or I like beer,’ but there’s also something haunting and hard and isolating about country music and the idea of the landscape and Americana.”
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The To-Do List The To-Do List: Bikes, drag, ‘Serial Mom’ and Joyce Cobb
This week, take a “mammoth” hike at Shelby Farms, meet the musicians buried at Elmwood and explore a revamped South City during MEMFix.
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The To-Do List The To-Do List: Dolph’s cars, Inkwell’s birthday and powwow music
This week, celebrate Southern soul food at Slave Haven, learn to skate at the River Garden and catch an Academy Award winner at Comeback Coffee.
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June 2023
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MusicFive must-see shows for June 2023 (plus, a festival)
Folk singers who have lived around the country will take the Hernando’s Hide-A-Way stage, local hip hop and R&B acts will perform in a Green Room showcase and Drake comes home to the FedExForum.
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The To-Do List The To-Do List: Your Pride guide, plus Todd Snider and Kingpin Skinny Pimp
This week, Memphis Italian Festival has all the carbs, fries are paired with wine at Railgarten and Grind City gets hoppy and sour.
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