Elle Perry
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September 2018
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Music Since its founding four years ago the Memphis Music Initiative has led a vagabond existence: first sharing office space with ArtsMemphis in East Memphis, then with the Memphis Education Fund at the former Memphis College of Art graduate school building on South Main and finally in Crosstown Concourse. -
Real Estate L.A. boutique hotel plans to ARRIVE in Memphis next year
Palm Springs, California. Austin, Texas. Phoenix, Arizona. Wilmington, North Carolina. Albuquerque, New Mexico. Houston, Texas. Memphis, Tennessee. -
South Memphis Bike and community projects proposed for South Memphis inspired by the Netherlands
One by one, each Big Jump Project advisory committee member explained the project they want to pursue in South Memphis, based on inspiration from a week spent in the Netherlands in June. -
Music Memphis chosen as one of first cities for AT&T music fan initiative
About 30 people gathered in the IHeartMedia offices on Thousand Oaks Boulevard on Thursday, Sept. 20, to meet gospel star Jonathan McReynolds, an event that was part of a new partnership between IHeartRadio and AT&T. -
City of Memphis Explore Bike Share adding stations in Mud Island, Greenbelt Park
In May, Explore Bike Share launched its 600-bike, 60-station system. Now, the bike share system is expanding into Mud Island and Harbor Town via three stations along Greenbelt Park. -
Visual Arts Memphian creates a web hit with animated series ‘Junt Land’
A “junt” could be any variety of things. -
Visual Arts Origami exhibition unfolds at Memphis Botanic Garden
Kevin Box grew up folding paper airplanes and paper making and wound up studying graphic design. But he decided he wanted to do sculpture. -
Midtown MIFA celebrates jubilee year
Since its founding by church and community leaders on Sept. 15, 1968, the Metropolitan Inter-Faith Association has spawned a number of organizations and has grown into one of the most important nonprofits in the Mid-South. In fiscal 2018, which ran from July 1, 2017, to June 30, 2018, MIFA served more than half a million meals to more than 3,600 seniors; helped more 3,500 families with utility, rent and mortgage assistance; distributed more than 11,000 food vouchers; connected more than 250 families with permanent, stable housing; and screened more than 7,000 calls through a 24-hour homeless hotline. -
East Memphis Fashion entrepreneur Ashley Dean-Parson’s ‘glamtique’ offers one-stop shopping
With her “glamtique” Ashley Dean-Parson has flipped the concept of boutique on its head. “A lot of times, being a full-figured woman, we would go into a store that we would really, really love and they wouldn’t have a plus-size section or if they did, it was really, really small,” she said. “So, I took that same concept and did it here and did the reverse.” -
Performing Arts Ballet Memphis joins three-year, national project
Ballet Memphis has been chosen to participate in a national, three-year partnership program designed to “support the advancement of racial equity in professional ballet companies.” -
Business Ole Miss grads create technology to make maintenance requests easier
Amber Hayes and Marterrious McClain decided to begin their startup, SecondKeys, in Memphis for two main reasons. -
Business Please Assist Me uses tech to tackle work-life balance problem
Work-life balance is the reason Stephanie Cummings started a tech-enabled personal assistance service, Please Assist Me. -
Performing Arts ‘If Beale Street Could Talk’ among 2018 Indie Memphis Film Festival lineup
The Barry Jenkins-directed adaptation of the James Baldwin novel “If Beale Street Could Talk” will screen as the centerpiece presentation of this year’s Indie Memphis Film Festival. -
Visual Arts Stax Museum, Crosstown Arts partner for ‘Give a Damn! Music + Activism at Stax Records’
The main artifact for a new exhibition at Crosstown Arts is Isaac Hayes' 14-foot-long, custom-made, red velvet office desk complete with white Formica top. Previously, the desk had been in storage for more than a year, after the Stax Museum of American Soul Music recovered it from the owner of East Nashville vintage boutique, The Hip Zipper. -
Business Three Memphis natives bring their Nashville bar to local landmark
In about a month’s time, three native Memphians plan to open a version of their upscale Nashville bar in the former Raiford’s Hollywood Disco on Vance Avenue. -
Performing Arts 30 Days of Opera, McCleave Project extend Opera Memphis’ reach
The end of September is approaching rapidly, but there are still several opportunities to catch an Opera Memphis 30 Days of Opera performance. -
Music St. Jude, ALSAC employees in bands team up for ‘Moonlighting for the Cure’
Seven bands will come together Saturday night for a concert at Lafayette’s Music Room benefitting St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital. -
Music Tai Murray featured at Memphis Symphony Orchestra opening weekend
Acclaimed violinist Tai Murray will be featured at the Memphis Symphony Orchestra’s opening weekend concerts for its 2018-19 season Sept. 29-30.
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October 2018
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Health Care Study shows for many women, chemo not needed for breast cancer
Genomic testing can done based on a 21-gene profile to classify breast cancer patients into categories of low risk, intermediate risk or high risk. And based on that profile, doctors determine whether or not the patient would benefit from chemotherapy. -
Performing Arts GPAC, Indian Community Foundation for Greater Memphis partner for shows
Dhoad Gypsies of Rajasthan, Indian folk-music performers, are bringing their vocals, poetry, dancing and acrobats to the Germantown Performing Arts Center on Friday, Oct. 5. -
Music Halloran Centre kicking off Whalum’s Kafe Kirk series
Last month, Memphian and Grammy-winning saxophonist Kirk Whalum received a note on the Beale Street Brass Note Walk of Fame. -
Visual Arts Film directed by Memphis optometrist, starring Grey’s Anatomy actors, premieres
A film directed by a Memphis optometrist, shot in Memphis and Santa Clarita, California, and that stars several actors from “Grey’s Anatomy,” had its Memphis red-carpet premiere on Oct. 2 at the Orpheum Theatre. The movie will be in theaters nationwide on Oct. 26. -
Performing Arts Tina Turner musical, written by Memphis-native Katori Hall, heading to Broadway
A musical about Nutbush-native Tina Turner, written by Memphis-native Katori Hall, will head to Broadway in fall 2019. -
Metro Explore Bike Share, My City Rides team up
Explore Bike Share, the nonprofit bike-share program which gives Memphians and tourists access to bikes, rolled out its first bike in May. My City Rides, the nonprofit that leases scooters to Memphians who need transportation for work, rolled out its first scooter late this spring. -
Music Year two of Mempho adds Shelby Farms camping; Beck, Janelle Monae, Nas among performers
The idea of Mempho Music Festival stems from a bike ride founder Diego Winegardner took with friends a couple of summers ago on the Shelby Farms Greenline to Shelby Farms Park itself.
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