The Memphis native and two-time University of Memphis graduate has written for publications including The Memphis Business Journal, Memphis Flyer and High Ground News, and previously served as coordinator of The Teen Appeal.
There are 728 articles by Elle Perry :
This week, hear music by Bruno Mars (but with lasers) and G. Love (as in Special Sauce), dust off your boots for the “Gay Ole Opry,” and celebrate 10 years in the garden.
This week, see cult classics from John Waters and David Lynch, explore an interactive art exhibition made from guitar cords and microphones and take a trip to Southern Decadence at MOSH.
A Memphis-based film editor has created a festival that is Black, education-based and sheds light on roles in the entertainment industry that aren’t just actor or director.
This week, Theatre Memphis honors Priscilla Presley with a black-tie gala, a Tops Gallery group exhibition explores “metafiguration” and the Time Warp Drive-in will take you way back to Fantasia and Neverland.
This week, see artist Jamond Bullock’s new mural while you slice the pool at Gooch Park, get a glimpse into artist Tangela’s “Splendid Mind” at Crosstown Arts and catch the world premiere of “Shanktown” at TheatreWorks.
This week, Regina Bradley talks Southern hip-hop, a two-day music fest raises funds to help those struggling with addiction and Backbeat Tours drives you around town for beer and pizza.
Orange Mound’s Tone is hosting a Juneteenth gala that calls for dress in “Afrofuturistic black tie.”
From Beale Street to Overton Square and Cooper-Young, Memphis’ music, dance and theater scenes are alive and well.
This week, drink craft cocktails to benefit Literacy Mid-South, see contemporary art in a not-so-contemporary Victorian Village home and check out two shows — one free and one not — by Durand Jones & The Indications.
“It’s very exciting to have so many young journalists working in the newsroom,” said Eric Barnes, Daily Memphian CEO. “So many of our staff members — myself included — were once interns. To give back this way and support the future of journalism has always been part of The Daily Memphian’s vision.”
This week, Theatre Memphis closes out its season with “Ragtime,” High Cotton Brewing hosts a beer mile and a Memphis native author celebrates her book release with a skate party.
Young Black love and joy are the themes of writer Kelis Rowe’s debut novel but Memphis readers will also recognize a lot of settings in the story, as well.
This week, the Tilt-a-Whirl will be spinning at the Bluff City Fair, the mimosas will be bottomless in Court Square and you can learn how to save your seat (literally).
This week, Ballet Memphis presents a pay-what-you-can performance, the Raleigh Library celebrates cookbooks and Memphis in May triathletes swim, bike and run through Shelby Farms Park.
This week, Ballet Memphis presents a collaborative performance, Crosstown High students present both a music fest and a chalk fest, and a local fashion designer offers a watercolor class for Mother’s Day.
It’s day three of Beale Street Music Festival, and we tell you how to score some free whiskey and the best place to take a selfie. Plus, we highlight a 1990s-era headliner and some local rappers you’ve got to see.
In Inkwell, Ben Colar said he wanted to build another option that felt inviting, where people could come, relax and not have to settle.
This week, The Subteens get the band back together, Bodywerk plays electronic music at Silly Goose and Memphians of all ages share their stories at Storyfest. Plus, it’s Beale Street Music Festival weekend.
More than 40 years after its initial creation, the University of Memphis’ High Water Records is recording new music again.
This week, cheer on the Memphis Grizzlies at Fourth Bluff watch parties, catch local music shows on porches throughout Cooper-Young and see Memphis soul singer Talibah Safiya at Crosstown Arts.
This week, spring festivals feature everything from gardening and music to beer and African culture. Plus, Ghanaian rapper Ata Kak plays Crosstown Arts, and Memphis Botanic Garden hosts a giant egg hunt with some pretty awesome prizes.
This week, eat all the things at the Vegan Block Party on Mud Island and celebrate Shelby County Star Trek Day at Black Lodge. Plus, Tennessee Ballet Theater honors photographer Jack Robinson, and Collage Dance Collective honors Brazil.
On Tuesday, Memphian Tara M. Stringfellow will celebrate the launch of her first novel in style.
This week, Opera Memphis kicks off 30 Days of Opera, animatronic dinos stomp into the Renasant Convention Center and an art show at Tone explores gender and gender variation.
This week, Arooj Aftab and Bang on a Can All-Stars perform at Crosstown Theater, Pussii Dusse’s music and art come to the Benjamin L. Hooks Library, bluegrass is back on the Collierville Town Square and the Metal Museum puts on “RINGS!”