The Shell’s new normal following the pandemic
How does an organization like The Levitt Shell — which was founded to offer as many as 50 free concerts a year — adapt to COVID?
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Eric Barnes is CEO of The Daily Memphian, host of Behind the Headlines on WKNO-TV, host of The Sidebar on WYXR 91.7, and the author of four novels.
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May 2021
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The Sidebar: Eric Barnes on arts, culture & more As the pandemic eases, arts organizations in Memphis attempt to recover
Elizabeth Rouse of ArtsMemphis joins Eric Barnes on The Sidebar.
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Opinion The things we leave out at Mother’s Day
“Maybe most of all, my mother was a woman who loved her two boys, my brother and me, more than anything. It’s all in the obit. And it’s all entirely true. But then there are the parts that I left out.”
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The Sidebar: Eric Barnes on arts, culture & more Elliot Perry on the power of mentoring
Elliot Perry joins Eric Barnes this week on The Sidebar to talk about the challenges of mentoring during - and after - the pandemic.
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April 2021
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The Sidebar: Eric Barnes on arts, culture & more Talking restaurants, COVID and WYXR with Jennifer Biggs
Jennifer Biggs joins Eric Barnes on this week’s episode of The Sidebar.
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The Sidebar: Eric Barnes on arts, culture & more Volunteering to help with vaccines, serve the homeless, or help take pictures of a cat
Sarah Petschonek, founder and executive director of Volunteer Odyssey, joins Eric Barnes on this week’s edition of The Sidebar to talk about volunteering changes during the pandemic.
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The Sidebar: Eric Barnes on arts, culture & more What cities can do to recover from COVID’s economic impact
Eric Robertson of Community LIFT joins Eric Barnes on The Sidebar.
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March 2021
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The Sidebar: Eric Barnes on arts, culture & more Finding a new path to mentoring and engaging youths
Ty Cobb, who’s been part of mentoring thousands of kids in Memphis over many years, joins Eric Barnes this week on The Sidebar,
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The Sidebar: Eric Barnes on arts, culture & more Measuring the outcomes of the fight against poverty in Memphis
Eric Barnes interviews Jared Barnett, managing director of Slingshot Memphis, about fighting poverty in this week’s episode of The Sidebar.
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The Sidebar: Eric Barnes on arts, culture & more How nonprofits and community organizations are weathering the pandemic
Kevin Dean, CEO of Momentum Nonprofit Partners, joins Eric Barnes on this week’s episode of The Sidebar.
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Business A note about reader comments
We have made the decision to turn off the commenting sections on our articles until we can find a better way of including comments within The Daily Memphian.
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The Sidebar: Eric Barnes on arts, culture & more From suburban sprawl to Greenprint to Memphis 3.0
John Zeanah talks about the evolution of regional planning on this week’s episode of The Sidebar.
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February 2021
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The Sidebar: Eric Barnes on arts, culture & more The Wolf River’s connections to places and people throughout Memphis
This week on The Sidebar, Eric Barnes was joined by two key members of the staff of the Wolf River Conservancy, Executive Director Keith Cole and Chief Development Officer Kelsey Hamilton Gibbs.
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The Sidebar: Eric Barnes on arts, culture & more Robert Gordon on where Memphis has been and where it is going
The writer and documentarian joins Eric Barnes and Chris Herrington on The Sidebar.
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The Sidebar: Eric Barnes on arts, culture & more Robert Gordon on the re-release of ‘It Came From Memphis’
The author and filmmaker joins Chris Herrington and Eric Barnes on The Sidebar.
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Behind The Headlines The risks of reopening — and not reopening — Shelby County Schools
This episode of “Behind the Headlines” is part of a series of shows on education during COVID.
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Podcast
Behind The HeadlinesThe challenges of virtual learning and how to recover from “learning loss”
The conversation on “Behind the Headlines” with three experts in education reveals the complexities in reopening schools and helping students catch up.
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The Sidebar: Eric Barnes on arts, culture & more Overton Park during the pandemic and beyond
Eric Barnes talks to Overton Park Conservancy director Tina Sullivan about the park, the future of Rust Hall, the golf course renovation and the change and development happening in the surrounding neighborhoods.
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Music Opinion: Have you heard the sound?
WYXR-FM 91.7 is a local “cool” nonprofit radio station built by the University of Memphis, Crosstown Concourse and Daily Memphian.
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January 2021
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The Sidebar: Eric Barnes on arts, culture & more Transforming the University District through streetscapes and walkability
Cody Fletcher joins Eric Barnes on The Sidebar.
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The Sidebar: Eric Barnes on arts, culture & more Projects in Raleigh, Midtown and The Pinch are remaking Memphis
Mary Claire Borys from Housing Community & Development joins Eric Barnes on The Sidebar.
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The Sidebar: Eric Barnes on arts, culture & more Carol Coletta on why greenspaces are so important to a city
Eric Barnes talks to Carol Coletta, the president and CEO of Memphis River Parks Partnership, about green spaces, and the resistance to getting them established.
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Spirit of Memphis Why neighborhoods matter
Hearing Steve Barlow talk about what a neighborhood truly is will change how you look at the world around you.
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December 2020
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The Sidebar: Eric Barnes on arts, culture & more The U of M’s Anne Hogan on WYXR, ballet and how she learned to drive
The dean of the College of Communication and Fine Arts at the University of Memphis, Anne Hogan, on WYXR, ballet and how she learned to drive.
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The Sidebar: Eric Barnes on arts, culture & more How Crosstown joined the U of M and The Daily Memphian to create WYXR
The President of Crosstown, Todd Richardson, joins Daily Memphian CEO Eric Barnes on The Sidebar to talk about Crosstown’s role in re-creating the former WUMR as WYXR.
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