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.
Elle Perry
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February 2019
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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 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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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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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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Business Malco: Powerhouse Cinema will open Downtown in March
Malco's Powerhouse Cinema location has a March opening date.
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Real Estate 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.
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Shelby County Memphis groups react to Title X family planning grant changes
Local groups are reacting to last week's draft release of rule revisions for the Title X family planning program, changes that some say is a step toward defunding Planned Parenthood.
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Real Estate Belz submits application for Uptown brewery
Belz is requesting a microbrewery be allowed on land the company owns at 845 N. Main St. in Uptown.
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March 2019
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Business Women and Business panelists give career, life advice
Beverly Robertson, Gina Sweat and Melissa McFerrin give career advice to a mostly female audience at The Daily Memphian's Women and Business Seminar.
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Food News Memphis Black Restaurant Week back for biggest year yet
This year’s Memphis Black Restaurant Week is March 3-9, with 14 restaurants ranging in locales from Downtown to Hickory Hill.
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Business Next generation of female leaders gives visions of Memphis’ future
Five emerging leaders from the biotech, arts, community organization, philanthropic and education sectors shared their perspectives and visions of how Memphis can evolve during New Memphis' "Celebrate What's Right: The Next Wave of Women" luncheon Tuesday.
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Business Grow, grow, grow: Growers, technology, innovation converge at Farm & Gin Show
From huge, shiny new tractors to amazing new technology, growers and suppliers flock in droves to the annual Mid-South Farm & Gin Show in Memphis.
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Business EDGE approves ICED loans for Trap Fusion, Warehouse Studios
On Wednesday, EDGE approved forgivable loans for a Whitehaven restaurant and a studio warehouse for artists near Vance Avenue.
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Business Trap Fusion restaurant, artist studios seek ICED loans
A Whitehaven restaurant and proposed artist studios are seeking forgivable loans from the Economic Development Growth Engine for Memphis & Shelby County.
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Business Malco Powerhouse Cinema to have in-theater food delivery
Malco Theatres latest location will allow patrons to recline back in their seats and have food delivered to them inside the theater.
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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