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
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.
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February 2019
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Metro Empathy a common theme among 2019 TEDxMemphis speakers
In a series of 18 TEDxMemphis talks, speakers shared their "ideas worth spreading," with the common thread of empathy emerging during the event.
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Arts & Culture ArtsMemphis boosts operating support for arts organizations
ArtsMemphis is increasing its operating grant support for local arts organizations and rolling out a redesigned process that aims to ensure the funding is more accessible and equitably distributed.
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January 2019
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Metro TEDxMemphis speakers to share ‘ideas worth spreading’
TEDxMemphis returns Saturday, with leaders from different industries sharing "ideas worth sharing."
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Business Upgraded Mollie Fontaine patio, Wright Café coming to Victorian Village
Wright Cafe will be the newest addition to Victorian Village, where two other businesses also are receiving Memphis Medical District Collaborative grants for property improvements.
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Arts & Culture Hattiloo series commemorates 400 years of African-American history
The first documented Africans arrived in the American colonies in 1619. A Hattiloo event series is commemorating 400 years of African-American history.
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Neighborhoods $1.5M building permit filed for Clayborn Temple exterior work
Clayborn Temple is preparing for work to begin on the historic site's exterior.
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Neighborhoods Frayser residents tell city, architects their Ed Rice redesign ideas
The City of Memphis hosted the first public meeting with Frayser citizens Thursday to get their input on what a brand new Ed Rice Community Center should look and feel like.
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Music International Blues Challenge showcases the genre’s youngest performers
Blues may be thought of as a genre of older performers, but during the International Blues Challenge, young blues musicians from all over the world meet in Memphis.
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Business Memphis trivia companies provide group bonding over shared culture
Memphis groups have been conducting trivia nights as an entertainment offering that brings patrons into restaurants and facilitates bonding over shared cultures.
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Visual Arts Paper, metalwork showcased at CBU Ross Gallery exhibitions
Two shows open Friday at CBU's Beverly & Sam Ross Gallery. "Labor" features paper work created by artist Katie Maish. "Forge, Cast, Fabricate" features the Metal Museum's staff artists and apprentices.
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Music JCKSN Ave, composed of 5 Memphis sisters, preps for album debut
Five Memphis sisters, all members of the band JCKSN Ave, are working on their debut album. Soon they are departing to L.A. to work on the project with two acclaimed producers from Memphis.
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Music Bobby Rush and Buddy Guy among nominees for Blues Music Awards
The Memphis-based Blues Foundation has announced nominees for its 40th awards celebration. The winners, recognized for achievements in performances, recordings, songwriting and sustaining the blues, will be revealed in May.
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Shelby County Eads family seeks return of father banned from U.S. after immigration interview in Mexico
An Eads family has been working to secure the return of their father to the United States after they say he was permanently banned from re-entering in August after a scheduled immigrant visa interview at the U.S. Consulate in Juarez, Mexico. -
Arts & Culture Memphis’ Creative Works conference noted for speaker gender equality strides
American Institute of Graphic Arts, a professional design association, has highlighted a Memphis creative conference for strides in the gender equality of its speakers. -
Business LRK leaders on designing creative spaces in Memphis, Dallas and Philly
The Crosstown Arts Theater and South Main Artspace Lofts both opened this year. Besides being spaces built with artists in mind, the spaces also have something else in common – the projects were designed by Memphis architecture firm Looney Ricks Kiss. -
Arts & Culture Memphis mother and son run LGBTQ magazine, radio show
Gwendolyn Clemons and her son Davin have a lot in common.
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December 2018
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Arts & Culture 2019 will be a ‘Year for Memphis Music’
The Memphis music community is launching an initiative called Year for Memphis Music to align and amplify local projects being created, says Visible Music College president Ken Steorts. -
Arts & Culture Venezolanos en Memphis, cellists organize string donation drive
When members of the local Venezuelan alliance Venezolanos en Memphis learn of a fellow countryperson arriving in Memphis, often with nothing, they provide everything from clothing and mattresses to referrals for housing support. -
Metro Novel, Literacy Mid-South team up for children
According to 2018 TNReady test scores almost 80 percent of Shelby County Schools' third-graders are not proficient in reading. Read901, convened by Literacy Mid-South, is working to get 90 percent of third-graders reading at grade level by 2025. -
Arts & Culture The CLTV finds home in Orange Mound
Founded in 2015, The Collective (CLTV) has a three-part mission: empowering black artists, using their creative expression to elevate the black community and using the first two parts to shift the culture in Memphis. -
Metro Knowledge Quest students bring design thinking to Tom Lee Park redesign
The Knowledge Quest students helping with the reimagining of the Memphis riverfront and Tom Lee Park spent this past summer engaged in a Stanford University-style design thinking lab. -
Business New dorm proposed near University of Memphis
A developer is looking to turn the former Sigma Alpha Epsilon house near the University of Memphis campus into a privately owned and operated dormitory. -
Business Community Foundation awards $200,000 to 19 organizations
Local organizations getting funds for technology enhancements, personnel training through Coummnuity Foundation grants.
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Arts & Culture Memphian Alice Faye Duncan’s newest book focuses on Gwendolyn Brooks
Macmillan published Alice Faye Duncan’s first children’s book in 1995. Sterling Children’s Books will release Duncan’s latest, “A Song for Gwendolyn Brooks” on Jan. 1. Duncan will host a virtual book signing where she will read Brooks’ poems from the book, as well as discuss her significance in American literature.
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