The hard, block-by-block work to improve Klondike, Smokey City
Klondike Smokey City CDC is working to mow and maintain yards, build a pocket park and turn 150 vacant lots and empty homes into assets in the community.
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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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October 2025
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The Sidebar: Eric Barnes on arts, culture & more Supporting the well-being of college students in a post-COVID, screen-heavy world
Barth House Episcopal Center’s Maggie Schaumleffel joins Eric Barnes on The Sidebar podcast to talk about the organization, its mission and the many challenges college students now face.
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September 2025
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Podcasts Shante Avant on the Women’s Foundation for a Greater Memphis
It’s hard not to talk to Shante Avant about politics, but that’s exactly what “The Sidebar” host Eric Barnes does in this episode focused on the mission of the Women’s Foundation.
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The Sidebar: Eric Barnes on arts, culture & more The Buckman Performing and Fine Arts Center heads into its fall season
Cindi Younker, the director of the Buckman Performing and Fine Arts Center, talks with Eric Barnes on The Sidebar podcast about what makes the intimate venue so appealing for audiences and artists.
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The Sidebar: Eric Barnes on arts, culture & more Sam O’Bryant, the CEO of Bridges, on the impact of the organization in Memphis
Sam O’Bryant joins Eric Barnes on The Sidebar podcast to talk about Bridges, the organization he runs.
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The Sidebar: Eric Barnes on arts, culture & more GPAC’s new executive director, Parke Kennedy, on the upcoming season and the history of GPAC
Parke Kennedy joins Eric Barnes on The Sidebar podcast to talk about GPAC’s upcoming season as well as her goals for the organization after taking over as executive director.
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The Sidebar: Eric Barnes on arts, culture & more David Lusk on the 30-year anniversary of his art gallery
David Lusk joins Eric Barnes on The Sidebar podcast to talk about his art gallery.
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August 2025
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The Sidebar: Eric Barnes on arts, culture & more Overton Park looks ahead to new parkland — and less parking
Kaci Murley remembers well the fights about the future of the Greensward.
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July 2025
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The Sidebar: Eric Barnes on arts, culture & more ARTSmemphis marks $100 million in grants
ARTSmemphis president and CEO Elizabeth Rouse joins Eric Barnes on this week’s episode of “The Sidebar.”
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The Sidebar: Eric Barnes on arts, culture & more How Young Avenue Sound hopes to unite musicians
What all is going on at the historic recording studio in Cooper-Young?
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The Sidebar: Eric Barnes on arts, culture & more CodeCrew teaches how fun and creative computer programming can be
Now 10 years after their launch, CodeCrew is reaching thousands of young people in the Memphis area.
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June 2025
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The Sidebar: Eric Barnes on arts, culture & more Metal Museum head talks about future, new plans for old building
Executive director Carissa Hussong breaks down how the new Metal Museum building dramatically increases the programming — and the revenue generation — that will be possible in the museum’s new home.
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The Sidebar: Eric Barnes on arts, culture & more How the Shell on Wheels expands The Shell’s reach
Shell on Wheels is bringing the experience of being in Overton Park at The Shell to Memphis neighborhoods.
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Podcasts Live at the Garden’s summer lineup
Olivia Wall from the Memphis Botanic Garden talks with Eric Barnes about the 25th anniversary of Live at the Garden.
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May 2025
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The Sidebar: Eric Barnes on arts, culture & more SunAh Laybourn on Asian American culture and history in Memphis
SunAh Laybourn’s desire to highlight the culture and history of Asian Americans in Memphis has brought, in part, the extensive range of local events happening during Asian American & Pacific Islander Heritage Month.
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The Sidebar: Eric Barnes on arts, culture & more Why libraries and public spaces are important
Shamichael Hallman is the author of “Meet Me at the Library,” which makes the case for the importance not just of libraries but public spaces of all kinds.
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Opinion Barnes: We need to talk more about dementia
“Had my stepmom broken a limb or cut herself open or gotten cancer or a chronic disease, she and my dad and the family would all would have talked about it. But not with dementia.”
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The Sidebar: Eric Barnes on arts, culture & more ‘Clap Three Times’ — but don’t listen to the lyrics — on The Sidebar
On this week’s Sidebar podcast, Eric Barnes is interviewed about music, work and how he doesn’t listen to the lyrics.
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The Sidebar: Eric Barnes on arts, culture & more Stax’s Pat Mitchell Worley on the Power of Music Honors
Soulsville Foundation CEO Pat Mitchell Worley joined Eric Barnes on “The Sidebar” to talk about the Stax Museum’s first ever Power of Music Honors.
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April 2025
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The Sidebar: Eric Barnes on arts, culture & more Dive into Spanish culture at the Brooks
A new concert series at the Memphis Brooks Museum of Art explores the different styles and genre of Spanish music, led by Marina Carracedo, a visiting lecturer at the University of Memphis.
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The Sidebar: Eric Barnes on arts, culture & more The expanded Sultana Disaster Museum moves closer to reality
The museum, which is run by the Sultana Historical Preservation Society, has raised $10 million so far as it moves toward a full opening on the 161st anniversary of the disaster next April.
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Sound Bites Tad Pierson on how the highway is his home
Indoor Trailer Park creator and tire artist Tad Pierson’s latest installation will span along Mississippi Boulevard from E.H. Crump Boulevard to South Parkway.
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March 2025
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The Sidebar: Eric Barnes on arts, culture & more How playing bridge might change your life
Bronia Jenkins, who is the executive director of the American Contract Bridge League, joined Eric Barnes on this week’s episode of “The Sidebar.”
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The Sidebar: Eric Barnes on arts, culture & more Shelby Farms leader on the nonprofit’s past and future
Jen Andrews joins Eric Barnes to discuss the controversies that once hung around Shelby Farms Parks and what’s going on inside it now.
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February 2025
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The Sidebar: Eric Barnes on arts, culture & more Brooks’ new curator talks about Downtown museum and more
Adeze Wilford is the Memphis Brooks Museum’s new curator of African American art and art of the African Diaspora. She joined Eric Barnes on this week’s episode of “The Sidebar.”
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