Pro sports leaders talk about how their operations benefit Memphis
The leaders of professional sports franchises in Memphis and WGC FedEx St. Jude Invitational discussed the economic impact of sports on the city Thursday.
Elle Perry
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Business EDGE approves ICED loans for Soulsville burger joint, Whitehaven hair salon
The finance committee of the Economic Development Growth Engine for Memphis & Shelby County (EDGE) approved two forgivable loans for small businesses Wednesday.
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Business Mystic Styles Glam Studio, Al’s Tasty Burger seek ICED loans
A restaurant owner seeking to open an Al’s Tasty Burger in its original Soulsville location and a long-time Whitehaven hair salon owner are seeking Inner City Economic Development (ICED) loans.
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April 2019
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Visual Arts Major Dixon expansion to open to the public May 4
Dixon Gallery & Gardens is preparing to open the Liz and Tommy Farnsworth Education Building, its first expansion since 1985.
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Health Care UTHSC College of Medicine hosting inaugural African-American alumni reunion
The first gathering of black graduates of the University of Tennessee Health Science Center College of Medicine this weekend will include the formal introduction of an endowment for scholarships for first-year black students at the college.
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Music Memphis musician Omar Higgins’ funeral set for Clayborn Temple
Omar Higgins, leader of reggae band Chinese Connection Dub Embassy and hardcore punk band Negro Terror, died April 18 at the age of 37.
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Visual Arts Memphis Film Prize weekend like a ‘slice of Sundance meets SXSW’
Record a short film in Shelby County, win a $10,000 cash prize.
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Arts & Culture Memphis Made celebrating five years of hoppy beers
Memphis Made Brewing Co. in Cooper-Young is hosting its fifth annual Hopped festival on Saturday.
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Food News Aldo Dean buys ‘5-star dive bar’ Dirty Crow Inn
Aldo Dean, owner of Aldo’s Pizza Pies, Bardog Tavern and Slider Inn, has purchased another Downtown eatery, the Dirty Crow Inn.
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Arts & Culture New-to-Memphis program pays college students for internships in arts institutions
ArtsMemphis, Memphis Brooks Museum of Art, the National Civil Rights Museum and Stax Museum of American Soul Music are among institutions that will host interns.
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Arts & Culture Memphis Fashion Week struts 901 style
Memphis Fashion Week is back, with events at locations including Crosstown Concourse, Hu Hotel and Memphis College of Art.
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Arts & Culture Powerhouse Cinema debuts with full-service restaurant
Patrons can stop in at the Powerhouse for a movie, just a cocktail or glass of wine after work, or to grab a wood-fired pizza or avocado BLT.
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City of Memphis Mud Island gets mini-makeover for Memphis’ bicentennial celebration
By the city’s 200th anniversary on May 22, people looking out of their Downtown offices and crossing the bridges back and forth across the Mississippi River will have a different view when they peer out over Mud Island.
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Real Estate The Clipper developers plan taller structures
The developers of The Clipper, a $250 million mixed-use development next to the future FedEx Logistics global headquarters, have applied for a height exception.
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March 2019
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Real Estate Soulsville shipping container restaurant planned
A vacant lot in the Soulsville neighborhood of South Memphis could soon be home to a shipping container restaurant.
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Real Estate City issues call to ‘reimagine’ Brooks Museum, Memphis College of Art buildings
The city of Memphis has issued a “Create Your Space” call for ideas to occupy the Memphis Brooks Museum of Art and Memphis College of Art buildings in Overton Park.
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City of Memphis Reimagining the Civic Commons representatives to gather in Memphis
Memphis, as well as Chicago, Akron and Detroit, are all participating in the three-year, $40 million Reimagining the Civic Commons initiative. Their involvement follows the initiative's pilot in Philadelphia.
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Business Demolition begins for Beale Street hotel project
Demolition work has begun on a $16 million hotel project at the previous site of the Muhammad Ali Towne II Cinema and several nightclubs at 380 Beale St.
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Visual Arts Young Collectors Contemporary art fair open through March 24
The four-day Young Collectors Contemporary art fair and conference, which brings together artists, patrons, entrepreneurs, academics and writers from Memphis and around the country, is returning for its fourth year.
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Arts & Culture Memphis in May unveils festival poster
For the first time Memphis in May International Festival held an open call for the 42-year-old organization’s annual fine arts poster.
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City of Memphis Memphis walk will draw attention to Down syndrome
Joshua Greer is walking to 13 locations on a daylong Down syndrome awareness walk in Memphis.
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City of Memphis Mourners recall John Kilzer’s message of ‘hope, love and recovery’
John Kilzer’s memorial service was Monday in the place where he ministered, St. John’s United Methodist Church.
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Performing Arts Meet seven Memphis playwrights
Seven Memphis playwrights talk about how they got their start, their goals and their perceptions of the local industry.
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Business Former Memphis Sprouts employee suing for discrimination, retaliation
A former Memphis employee of Sprouts Farmers Market is suing the Phoenix-based grocer for her firing, which she alleges was due to her gender, race and pregnancy, and for complaining about sexual harassment.
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Visual Arts Pitt and Barbara Hyde, Elliot Perry share motivations for art collecting
The "Dear Artist" exhibition features works from the collections of Memphians like Pitt Hyde and Elliot Perry as well as the collectors' letters to the creators of the works.
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