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 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: 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 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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February 2023
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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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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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The To-Do List 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.
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The To-Do List The To-Do List: TEDx, pinball and your Valentine’s Day events guide
This week, the Memphis Botanic Garden pairs Phillip Ashley Chocolates with whiskey, and Old Dominick pairs whiskey with the Super Bowl. Plus, Don Bryant and The Bo-Keys play the Halloran.
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Metro Meet The Daily Memphian’s spring 2023 interns
Our newest interns are from Rhodes College and the University of Memphis.
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The To-Do List The To-Do List: Black lit, Black art and ‘Works of Heart’
This week, Hattiloo Theatre and Crosstown Arts share coming-of-age stories on the stage and screen. And Tennessee Shakespeare Company shares a classic love story switcheroo.
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January 2023
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The To-Do List The To-Do List: Lunar New Year parties, Tommy Kha and 250 years of American art
This week, NKA Gallery shows work by Black male artists, Opera Memphis presents a political thriller and you can learn to play the harmonica (for free).
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Visual Arts Statewide art exhibit opens this week with Kha, Safiya, others participating
Memphis will join Nashville, Knoxville and Chattanooga in a five-month, statewide art exhibition this week.
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Arts & Culture Memphis native returns home to celebrate second novel
Memphis native and young adult author Kristen R. Lee said she wants to tell stories from people who are not heard from often. Her new book, out Tuesday, explores those experiences.
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LITE Memphis alum, Rhodes students unite for b2b retail startup
Imagine walking into a store to purchase a pair of shoes. You have found a style of shoe you like, but need to try it on in your size. Several other people need help, too, though, so you have to wait. -
Music Beale Street Music Fest’s Blues Tent returning to its roots
The festival’s three main stages will take place in Tom Lee Park.
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The To-Do List The To-Do List: Photos at Tone, AI at MoSH and two Dolly Parton parties
This week, the late George Hunt has a posthumous exhibition, Playhouse presents the story of Alabama’s “Scottsboro Boys” and Black Lodge hosts a showtunes rave.
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The To-Do List The To-Do List: Beer for wizards, Sondheim’s greatest hits and MLK Day events
This week, a TheatreWorks play centers on Chicago’s Pekin Theater, the Mid-South’s wilderness is on display at the Dixon and the 1980s are back at Minglewood.
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December 2022
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The To-Do List The To-Do List: New Year’s Eve edition
We’ve got ideas for your New Year’s Eve, including an art party, a rap show and a Victorian six-course meal. Plus, some places are still celebrating Christmas.
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The To-Do List The To-Do List: Raised By Sound, Emily Dickinson on stage and stumbling Santas
This week, Crosstown Concourse and Overton Square light up the night, a photo exhibit offers a glimpse into evictions and a folk music concert raises funds for the aquifer.
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November 2022
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The To-Do List The To-Do List: Memphis gets lit, plus WinterArts and Lil Buck
This week brings holiday lights (and Lizzo lasers) galore, a chance to hike off Thanksgiving excesses, monster trucks and various adaptations of the classics.
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The To-Do List The To-Do List: Christmas creep, Reba, and Cory Branan’s album release
This week, Devan Shimoyama discusses his portraits of queer Black men, a Memphis publishing icon signs his first novel and a pop-up offers Thanksgiving dinner without the meat.
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The To-Do List The To-Do List: Memphis Black history through photos, film and music
This week, get into the holiday spirit with drag, take a tour of fall foliage and drink while you shop.
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The To-Do List The To-Do List: Downtown has a field day, and Bigfoot stomps in one last time
This week, The PRLVG plays a free happy hour show, Visible Music College students drum for 24 hours and coffee lovers perk up at the Grind City Coffee Xpo.
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October 2022
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The To-Do List The To-Do List: Dancing vampires, brewing witches and the ‘Evil Dead’
This week offers Halloween happenings galore; plus, the Buckman Arts Center turns 25 and Rick Springfield plays Graceland on “General Hospital” fan weekend.
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The To-Do List The To-Do List: Watch movies, buy art, honor your dead
This week, metalsmiths repair your broken stuff, brewers descend on Cooper-Young and Chicago comes to Memphis.
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