Country singer Dale Watson wants to bring music back to Hernando’s Hideaway
Musician Dale Watson has purchased the historic Hernando's Hideaway and has plans to reopen it in late March as a venue for local and touring roots musicians.
Elle Perry
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February 2019
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Downtown Malco: Powerhouse Cinema will open Downtown in March
Malco's Powerhouse Cinema location has a March opening date.
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Arts & Culture Cardi B, Dave Matthews Band, The Killers, Khalid playing Beale Street Music Festival
The lineup is out for the 2019 Beale Street Music Festival, to be held May 3-5 in Tom Lee Park.
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Visual Arts The Metal Museum at 40
This week, the Metal Museum turned 40. The institution has grown over the years and has plans for even more growth.
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Music Memphis-connected Grammy nominees share their thoughts
The 2019 Grammy Awards are full of nominees from Memphis or that are connected to the MidSouth.
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Music Alumna KIRBY gives back to Stax Music Academy
Singer, songwriter KIRBY, a Stax Music Academy alumna, is giving back to the institution, in a couple of ways.
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Music Director Tonya Dyson wants Slim House brand to be global
Memphis Slim House is officially its own nonprofit, after starting off as a program of Community LIFT. Its new director, Tonya Dyson, is thinking globally about the Memphis Slim Collaboratory.
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Metro Empathy a common theme among 2019 TEDxMemphis speakers
In a series of 18 TEDxMemphis talks, speakers shared their "ideas worth spreading," with the common thread of empathy emerging during the event.
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Arts & Culture ArtsMemphis boosts operating support for arts organizations
ArtsMemphis is increasing its operating grant support for local arts organizations and rolling out a redesigned process that aims to ensure the funding is more accessible and equitably distributed.
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January 2019
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Metro TEDxMemphis speakers to share ‘ideas worth spreading’
TEDxMemphis returns Saturday, with leaders from different industries sharing "ideas worth sharing."
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Business Upgraded Mollie Fontaine patio, Wright Café coming to Victorian Village
Wright Cafe will be the newest addition to Victorian Village, where two other businesses also are receiving Memphis Medical District Collaborative grants for property improvements.
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Arts & Culture Hattiloo series commemorates 400 years of African-American history
The first documented Africans arrived in the American colonies in 1619. A Hattiloo event series is commemorating 400 years of African-American history.
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Downtown $1.5M building permit filed for Clayborn Temple exterior work
Clayborn Temple is preparing for work to begin on the historic site's exterior.
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City of Memphis Frayser residents tell city, architects their Ed Rice redesign ideas
The City of Memphis hosted the first public meeting with Frayser citizens Thursday to get their input on what a brand new Ed Rice Community Center should look and feel like.
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Music International Blues Challenge showcases the genre’s youngest performers
Blues may be thought of as a genre of older performers, but during the International Blues Challenge, young blues musicians from all over the world meet in Memphis.
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Business Memphis trivia companies provide group bonding over shared culture
Memphis groups have been conducting trivia nights as an entertainment offering that brings patrons into restaurants and facilitates bonding over shared cultures.
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Visual Arts Paper, metalwork showcased at CBU Ross Gallery exhibitions
Two shows open Friday at CBU's Beverly & Sam Ross Gallery. "Labor" features paper work created by artist Katie Maish. "Forge, Cast, Fabricate" features the Metal Museum's staff artists and apprentices.
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Music JCKSN Ave, composed of 5 Memphis sisters, preps for album debut
Five Memphis sisters, all members of the band JCKSN Ave, are working on their debut album. Soon they are departing to L.A. to work on the project with two acclaimed producers from Memphis.
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Music Bobby Rush and Buddy Guy among nominees for Blues Music Awards
The Memphis-based Blues Foundation has announced nominees for its 40th awards celebration. The winners, recognized for achievements in performances, recordings, songwriting and sustaining the blues, will be revealed in May.
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Shelby County Eads family seeks return of father banned from U.S. after immigration interview in Mexico
An Eads family has been working to secure the return of their father to the United States after they say he was permanently banned from re-entering in August after a scheduled immigrant visa interview at the U.S. Consulate in Juarez, Mexico. -
Visual Arts Memphis’ Creative Works conference noted for speaker gender equality strides
American Institute of Graphic Arts, a professional design association, has highlighted a Memphis creative conference for strides in the gender equality of its speakers. -
Business LRK leaders on designing creative spaces in Memphis, Dallas and Philly
The Crosstown Arts Theater and South Main Artspace Lofts both opened this year. Besides being spaces built with artists in mind, the spaces also have something else in common – the projects were designed by Memphis architecture firm Looney Ricks Kiss. -
Performing Arts Memphis mother and son run LGBTQ magazine, radio show
Gwendolyn Clemons and her son Davin have a lot in common.
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December 2018
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Music 2019 will be a ‘Year for Memphis Music’
The Memphis music community is launching an initiative called Year for Memphis Music to align and amplify local projects being created, says Visible Music College president Ken Steorts. -
Performing Arts Venezolanos en Memphis, cellists organize string donation drive
When members of the local Venezuelan alliance Venezolanos en Memphis learn of a fellow countryperson arriving in Memphis, often with nothing, they provide everything from clothing and mattresses to referrals for housing support.
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