Dia de los Muertos, Irish autumn and a Southeast Asian anniversary party
This week, Collage Dance Collective opens its 17th season, the Broad Avenue Art Walk returns and “Monty Python’s Spamalot” opens at the Orpheum.
Alys Drake
Alys Drake is a Memphian born and raised in the Bluff City. A theater-lover, she has worked in a variety of marketing and communications roles at entities within the advertising, legal, marketing, religious and financial services sectors. She is a graduate of Memphis Central High School and Millsaps College in Jackson, Mississippi.
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October 2026
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Performing ArtsArts Beat: 2 Tony Award-winning shows open
One is a musical based on the real jam session at Sun Records, while another play, pre-dating the COVID pandemic, explores vaccination debates at a school.
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Movers and Shakers Movers & Shakers: Martin Tate attorney named Lawyer of the Year
Shea Sisk Wellford receives construction law recognition while GPAC and Memphis River Parks Partnership announce staff additions.
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Movers and Shakers Movers & Shakers: Memphis attorney to lead national law firm
Kristine S. Roberts, a Baker Donelson shareholder since 2004, will lead the firm starting in May 2027. MoSH, Junior Achievement and Insightec also announced new hires.
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The To-Do List Mempho is back, Jazz Fest is new and we say bye (sort of) to Oktoberfest
This week, there’s a theater fest for kids, Opera Memphis celebrates 70 years and Modest Mouse “floats on” over to Satellite Music Hall.
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Performing ArtsArts Beat: Quark stages Pulitzer finalist ‘Thom Pain’
Tony Isbell stars in and directs Will Eno’s 75-minute monologue at TheatreWorks at the Evergreen, and Germantown Community Theatre sets Louisa May Alcott’s story inside Jo March’s attic.
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Movers and Shakers Movers & Shakers: Rhodes professor wins award for poetry
Also in this week’s roundup: a new investment banker at Red Door Wealth Management and a new communications manager in the Shelby County Assessor’s Office.
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The To-Do List Outdoor fests from Evergreen to V&E to Broad Ave; plus, a Tom Lee parade
This week, the Mid-South Fair opens in Southaven, and there’s a vegan fest at the Pink Palace.
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September 2026
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Movers and Shakers Movers & Shakers: ARTSmemphis adds to leadership
Also, a college adds new faculty, an architecture firm grows, a top real estate agent joins a storied firm and a local grocer adds to its leadership.
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Movers and Shakers Movers & Shakers: UTHSC adds to leadership
Also, Junior Achievement of Memphis and the Mid-South, Financial Federal Bank and Lobos Rush Soccer announce new hires.
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The To-Do List Hispanic Heritage celebrations, CY Fest and barbecuing for beginners
In this week’s To-Do List, folk star Valerie June comes home, parking spots become parks and Neo bends bullets at the Pink Palace.
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Movers and Shakers Movers & Shakers: St. Mary’s announces new leaders
A private school makes leadership announcements, and a bank promotes from within.
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Performing Arts Mystery, ghosts and music play on Memphis stages
“Clue” graces the Orpheum Theatre’s stage this month along with “The Sound of Music” at the Harrell Performing Arts Theatre and more.
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The To-Do List ‘Shellebrate’ 90 years of music, and share your Memphis hot takes
In this week’s To-Do List, there’s a new comedy club opening at Flyway, and 8Ball and MJG team up with an orchestra at the Orpheum.
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Movers and Shakers Movers & Shakers: Memphis firm earns industry honor from Urban Land Institute
Also, Baptist Memorial Health Care announces a slate of leadership changes, and a bank and a law firm add new employees.
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Movers and Shakers Movers & Shakers: Evans Petree attorneys named ‘Lawyer of the Year’
Memphis job moves this week also include a Germantown school board member named CEO of an educational company, ARTSmemphis adding to its board and a building supply company that grew.
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The To-Do List Nu metal and power pop are at the Shell, and it’s Beyoncé's birthday
In this week’s To-Do List, get a sneak peek at the Memphis musicians playing AmericanaFest, and check out the openings of Satellite Music Hall and the Metal Museum.
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August 2026
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Performing ArtsA new stage for the Ostranders as Memphis celebrates its top talent
The annual awards honored performers, designers and directors as the ceremony debuted at the Scheidt Family Performing Arts Center.
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Movers and Shakers Movers & Shakers: Attorney earns American Bar Association service award
Also, an architecture firm expands, and a college adds leaders.
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Performing ArtsArts Beat: New festival brings works of Hemingway, Whitman, Wright to the stage
“We’d really like Memphis to be known as a classical arts incubator — one of the capitals of classical theater, not just for Shakespeare but for the great American writers, too.”
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The To-Do List Tomatoes get edgy, A. Schwab rocks out and Playhouse is gonna be so ‘fetch’
This week, “Inception” will bend your mind, a comedy fest goes to the dogs and tequila is everywhere.
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Movers and Shakers Movers & Shakers: Fox13 hires news director
Fox13, BLDG Memphis, Bluff City Advisory Group, Burch, Porter & Johnson and the River Inn of Harbor Town announce new hires and promotions.
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Performing Arts‘The Music Man,’ ‘Mean Girls’ open Memphis theater seasons
Quark Theatre begins its season in its new home at TheatreWorks with a musical whodunit that includes a four-hands piano duet.
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Performing ArtsArts Beat: ‘Matrix’ and ‘Blacklist’ actor starring in Hattiloo show
Harry Lennix said Hattiloo’s success has shown what a Black-led regional theater can mean for a city’s cultural life.
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The To-Do List Dinosaurs, trains, Phoebe Bridgers and a dive-in movie at a city pool
In this week’s To-Do List, John Legend is live at the Garden, a “Matrix” actor stars in a Hattiloo play and you can get a sneak peek at Stomping Grounds.
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