Elle Perry
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January 2019
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Shelby County 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. -
Arts & Culture Novel, Literacy Mid-South team up for children
According to 2018 TNReady test scores almost 80 percent of Shelby County Schools' third-graders are not proficient in reading. Read901, convened by Literacy Mid-South, is working to get 90 percent of third-graders reading at grade level by 2025. -
Arts & Culture The CLTV finds home in Orange Mound
Founded in 2015, The Collective (CLTV) has a three-part mission: empowering black artists, using their creative expression to elevate the black community and using the first two parts to shift the culture in Memphis. -
Metro Knowledge Quest students bring design thinking to Tom Lee Park redesign
The Knowledge Quest students helping with the reimagining of the Memphis riverfront and Tom Lee Park spent this past summer engaged in a Stanford University-style design thinking lab. -
Business New dorm proposed near University of Memphis
A developer is looking to turn the former Sigma Alpha Epsilon house near the University of Memphis campus into a privately owned and operated dormitory. -
Business Community Foundation awards $200,000 to 19 organizations
Local organizations getting funds for technology enhancements, personnel training through Coummnuity Foundation grants.
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Arts & Culture Memphian Alice Faye Duncan’s newest book focuses on Gwendolyn Brooks
Macmillan published Alice Faye Duncan’s first children’s book in 1995. Sterling Children’s Books will release Duncan’s latest, “A Song for Gwendolyn Brooks” on Jan. 1. Duncan will host a virtual book signing where she will read Brooks’ poems from the book, as well as discuss her significance in American literature. -
Arts & Culture Memphian Skyy Blair wins nationwide competition from BET and Issa Rae’s ColorCreative
Memphis author, screenwriter and playwright April “Skyy” Blair decided 2018 would be her “year of yes,” a leap of faith to start saying yes to things she normally would not consider. -
Arts & Culture Aretha Franklin birthplace case continued in environmental court
Shelby County Environmental Court Judge Patrick Dandridge heard a status update about Aretha Franklin’s birthplace on Dec. 12. -
Business Tech901 course helps Rhodes College employee grow in career
With a $250 class – and hard work – Kimberly Wamble was able to grow her salary by 20 percent. -
Visual Arts New program places working artists in Memphis preschools
Fifty Shelby County Schools pre-kindergarten teachers and administrators began professional development workshops in early childhood visual arts curricula, art center management strategies and the connections between visual arts, literacy and early childhood development in late September. -
Visual Arts How Feldman’s time in Memphis prepped the incoming National Gallery of Art director
Earlier this week Kaywin Feldman was named the first female director of the National Gallery of Art in the museum’s 77-year history – and nobody in Memphis was surprised. -
Performing Arts Lil Buck talks transition to film
While Charles “Lil Buck” Riley rehearsed for this year’s edition of "Nut ReMix" at New Ballet Ensemble & School on Monday afternoon, a crew of two filmed him for an upcoming television dance docuseries. -
Performing Arts How a Swiss ballet company founder became ‘Nut ReMix’ Snow Queen
The Snow Queen in New Ballet Ensemble & School’s 2018 performances of “Nut ReMix” comes all the way from Zurich. But how she came to perform with the group actually begins in Italy. -
Music Latest Acoustic Sunday Live features Bobby Rush, benefits Protect Our Aquifer
Bobby Rush is playing a Memphis benefit concert in a little more than a week’s time. The beneficiary of the concert: a nonprofit with the mission to create an entity that will monitor and manage the Memphis Sand Aquifer in Shelby County. The aquifer is the source of Memphis’ drinking water. -
Visual Arts ‘La Posada’ features Opera Memphis singers, immigrant detention center replica
Since September, there has been a replica of a U.S. immigrant detention center cage at the Art Museum of the University of Memphis. And on Saturday, Opera Memphis singers and a pianist will perform in that custom-built structure. -
Music Visible Radio is all Memphis music, all the time
Visible Music College president Ken Steorts has joked that the institution for higher learning has a secret FM radio station. The station, on the dial at 100.3 FM, is not a secret exactly. -
City of Memphis Big Jump Project brings Glide Rides and a cultural kiosk to South Memphis
It’s a warm and sunny Saturday morning in South Memphis. About 40 people have gathered at the South Memphis Farmers Market for the latest South Memphis Glide Ride.
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November 2018
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Performing Arts Starz orders Katori Hall drama to series; Memphis native cast
Subscription cable and satellite network Starz has announced the pickup of a television series created by Memphis native Katori Hall. -
Business Amy Howard’s A Makers’ Studio combines direct sales and DIY
About 26 years ago, Amy Howard started Amy Howard Collection, a company where she designed and manufactured furniture.
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