New series combines conversations and concerts
Welcome to Neosoulville: Live at The Green Room at Crosstown Arts is a concert-and-conversation series set to launch Saturday.
Elle Perry
Arts and Culture Editor
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The Arts BeatArts Beat: A ride on the Memphis Rap & Hip Hop Tour
Memphis brother and sister Carlos and Taylor Barksdale launched the tour in mid-August.
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The To-Do List Smash Mouth is at the zoo, ZZ Top is at the Garden and the brat pack is back
This week, art meets booze at the Dixon and the Brooks, and weenie dogs race at the Germantown Festival.
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Performing Arts Ballet Memphis names first executive director
Ballet Memphis will now operate under a dual leadership model with the new executive director and the existing artistic director.
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Music Stephen Malkmus, Kurt Vile to headline 2025 Raised by Sound Fest
“We’re expanding the free daytime programming to two stages inside Crosstown Concourse, which means even more chances to catch incredible live music and explore the building throughout the day,” said Liv Cohen, WYXR’s community engagement and events lead.
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Performing Arts Ballet Memphis tackles Shakespeare twice in new season
A tragic romance and a spooky drama are on Ballet Memphis' newest season schedule.
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August 2025
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The Arts BeatArts Beat: Listen to new Memphis music for 901 Day
Discover new Memphis music with the Arts Beat’s latest playlist, here just in time for 901 Day.
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Visual Arts Memphis artists tackle flora and the abstract in September shows
Here’s a roundup of what’s coming to local art galleries in September.
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The To-Do List Shinedown comes home, opera is everyday and Project Pat is on Beale
This week, the sun sets on the Sunset Skate series, the Delta Fair brings thrills (and a lot more) and Slider Inn goes “Back to the Future.”
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Performing Arts True crime, ‘Sweeney Todd’ and ‘LaZer Divas’ show up in Opera Memphis’ new season
A new season of Opera Memphis starts at libraries, farmers markets and festivals.
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Visual ArtsArts Beat: New Overton Park Shell project is a walk of art
When going to the Overton Park Shell, you’re gonna want to take the scenic route.
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Visual Arts Brooks curators want Memphis to be nationally known for Black art
In her newly permanent role, Adeze Wilford comes to the Memphis Brooks Museum of Art to help provide opportunities to people who frequently feel left out.
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Music Southaven’s KIRBY plays tribute to Mississippi in new album
The album is a “familial” record, KIRBY says, based on her “Mississippi Black American experience.”
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The To-Do List Darius Rucker’s at the Garden, and there’s a horror circus at the mall
On The To-Do List this week: The Ostrander’s show must go on, Kelly English serves an art-inspired menu and the Stax Music Academy opens the fall Shell series with a summer-themed show.
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The Arts BeatArts Beat: Learning the art of business at teen craft market
The Memphis Youth Art Mart returns, and this year, 17-year-old co-organizer Baylus Schaffler says it’s tapping into a new form of art.
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The To-Do List The Orpheum is alive with the ‘Sound of Music,’ and Labubus hit the runway
On The To-Do List this week are the Memphis Chicken and Beer Fest and an Unapologetic anniversary. Plus, Like Really Creative is doing, like, a lot this week.
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Performing Arts Hattiloo will bring ‘Jubilee’ to Jackson, Tennessee
After its run is completed in Memphis, a Hattiloo production will travel 85 miles northeast.
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Arts & CultureArts Beat: A party that invites Memphians to be ‘unapologetically themselves’
“I want everybody to come through dressed as if they’re the artists. It’s a festival ... a block party.”
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Music Memphis Listening Lab taps Central Station music curator as director
With Chad Weekley’s new Listening Lab role comes the opportunity for collaboration, where someone in town to play Central Station could do a Q&A or workshops at the Listening Lab.
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Performing Arts Puppet theater to take the stage at local parks
“I love the fact that we’re giving another opportunity for kids to not only see something different. Because it’s different from television. It’s different from their cellphones. It’s different from all these technology-based entertainment.”
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The To-Do ListBook fair and recess for adults, speed dating for artists and a luau for dogs
This week, Elvis Week begins and a Jeff Buckley documentary screens.
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MusicArts Beat: GloRilla takes charge, with a festival of her own making
Memphian Gloria Woods’ “Glo Bash” is set for Friday, July 25, at FedExForum. The event lets the three-time Grammy Award nominee and multi-platinum artist set her own agenda.
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Visual Arts Figure drawing at the Dixon features costumed performers
In May, attendees of the Stage & Sketch figure-drawing class drew wrestlers as graphic designer and illustrator Shelda Edwards called out poses.
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The Arts BeatArts Beat: ‘Cosmic Produce’ a homecoming for Kansas-based artist
Overton High grad Sean Nash’s show at Tops Gallery at Madison Avenue Park in Downtown Memphis has origins in the Kansas City International Airport.
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Music From K. Michelle to Teddy Swims, August’s must-see concerts in Memphis
Concert opportunities abound in August, so much so that the must-see concerts story this month includes the usual five concerts, as well as two festivals worth your time.
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