The To-Do List: Really short plays, fancy homes and Smashing Pumpkins
This week, Memphis musicians preview AmericanaFest sets, pink wines get some love and 35 years of the Southern Heritage Classic are on display.
Bianca Phillips
Bianca Phillips is a Northeast Arkansas native and longtime Memphian who’s worked in local journalism and PR for more than 20 years. She’s a diehard morning person who spends her free time running marathons and ultras. She’s the author of “Cookin Crunk: Eatin’ Vegan in the Dirty South.”
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The Early WordThe Early Word: Lee’s got ‘fighting’ words; Nichols jury selection begins
A jail bailout is delayed, power outages are less frequent and cathead biscuits are coming back.
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The Early WordThe Early Word: Council puts brakes on gas stations, says MATA is ‘lying’
MSCS could lose preschool funding, the jury is selected in the Nichols trial and Smith & Nephew’s campus is up for grabs.
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The Early WordThe Early Word: Francine’s at the front door, and gun reform is back on
First witness is called in Tyre Nichols trial, Bob’s Barksdale is coming back and pumpkin spice season comes early this year.
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The To-Do List The To-Do List: A Mid-Autumn fest and a ‘Midsummer Night’s Dream’
This week, fests feature French films, multiple styles of yoga, live music and more than 430 local artists and vendors.
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The Early WordThe Early Word: Young’s the U.N. on gun issue; Feagins may close schools
FedEx gets sued by the EEOC, St. Jude and the Tigers will bring the Carolinas to Memphis and banana pudding is coming to a Kroger near you.
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The Early WordThe Early Word: Tigers football wins big; plus, a new ‘Spin’ on Poplar Plaza
Wanda Halbert stays for now, another big power user is setting up near xAI and Chicago meets Philly on a food truck.
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The Early WordThe Early Word: Should the Tigers stay or go? Plus, Mike Cody, remembered
Memphis police killed a carjacking suspect, the alleged Railgarten shooter is back in jail and 100 N. Main is selling for much less.
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The Early WordThe Early Word: Oprah talks Presleys; Germantown gets taste of the West
A Germantown man is arrested for arson, an ex-cop testifies in Tyre Nichols trial and the AAC commissioner wants Memphis to stay.
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The Early WordThe Early Word: School was hit with stray bullets; 100 N. Main gets a hotel
Students were detained after a school shooting threat, the Tyre Nichols trial continues and we remember the late founder of Tiger Bookstore.
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The To-Do List The To-Do List: Pizza, pints, funnel cakes and the art of letting go
This week, celebrate Latin culture with salsa dance, art, DJs and an Overton Square fest. Plus, old-school hip-hop artists come together in Orange Mound, and 1990s alt-rockers The Wallflowers take the stage at Graceland.
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The Early WordThe Early Word: Nash teen made Mem threats, and guns are still on the ballot
FedEx Corp. missed Wall Street’s mark, a newspaper-inspired bar opens Downtown and you can claw your way to a good time at the mall.
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The Early WordThe Early Word: Grizz caught in the gun fight? Plus, a Champion goes west
AutoZone Park could get a refresh, Mini Claw (and places like it) may save the mall and you can get a taste of Montana in Germantown.
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The Early WordThe Early Word: Derrick Rose is out, but the Memphis Tigers are staying in
Young Dolph’s murder trial begins, the city plans to buy a Downtown hotel and we meet the woman who identified the DeSoto Jane Doe.
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The Early WordThe Early Word: Whata-nope for burgers and why the city wants a hotel
Much is made of a Mercedes in the Young Dolph trial, the MSCS board has new leaders and we tell you about the greatest soul song that no one knows.
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The Early WordThe Early Word: 12’s No. 2 Nike shoe drops, and a ‘superhero’ is honored
Cell phone data tracked alleged Young Dolph shooter, the state’s drag ban is allowed to stand and a Memphis expat reflects on the meals he misses most.
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The To-Do List The To-Do List: Gonerfest is 21
This week, sneakers meet art and cocktails at Artifacts, Memphians tell stories at TEDx and Orchestra Noir is bringing Y2K back.
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The Early WordThe Early Word: A guilty verdict, three acquittals filed and a case dismissed
City could subpoena MATA, Bain owners buy Bob’s Barksdale and Pac-12 would have been a “really, really bad deal.”
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The Early WordThe Early Word: Ed Scott is too proud to beg, and Mud Island cleans up
Former school board member regrets the Feagins hire, Seth Henigan breaks a streak and Ja gets up.
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The Early WordThe Early Word: Grizz aren’t ‘losers,’ and Germantown lays down party rules
Defense rests in the Tyre Nichols trial, the judge in Wanda Halbert’s ouster case needs more info and you can fly nonstop to Austin again.
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The Early WordThe Early Word: You’re buying a hotel, and a barbecuer wins a big award
Violent school threats are on the rise, the longshoreman strike could hit Memphis and JJJ may be injured.
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The Early WordThe Early Word: Cargo theft is big here, xAI may get bigger and Edey is just big
Memphis Flyway is underway, Cohen asks for MATA money and the Whitehaven STEM lab breaks ground for real this time.
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The Early WordThe Early Word: Some guilty verdicts in Nichols trial, and port strike is over
Zinnie’s reopens (and smells better), JJJ may be OK and we tell you why you don’t need to hoard toilet paper.
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The To-Do List The To-Do List: Frightful films, a spooky bar and workouts after dark
This week, Mempho takes over Radians Amphitheater, pumpkin season is on at the Dixon and the Hi-Tone turns 25.
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The Early WordThe Early Word: Gunshot victims rose post-pandemic; plus, Yuki can griddy
The Sheraton hotel has been troubled from the start, the Tigers basketball team stands a chance at an AAC title and it’s robot week in Memphis.
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