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The To-Do List: Puppy Pride, Dude abides and how to tropic like it’s hot
This week, Ikea celebrates Midsommar with meatballs, Dead Soldiers sing sad songs and author Tara Stringfellow releases her “Magic” book.
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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June 2024
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Performing ArtsA final bow: Theater to stage Memphis playwright’s work one last time
Playwright and Memphis theater stalwart Howell Pearre wrote 46 plays during his life, and his longtime friend will direct one of his dramatic, Southern tales in Pearre’s honor.
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The To-Do List The To-Do List: Crafts, drafts, records and vintage treasures
This week, get a taste of Filipino culture at the Agricenter, get weird at a Gwar show and celebrate Juneteenth with festivals, galas, spades and more.
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The To-Do List The To-Do List: Dierks Bentley, Doogie Howser’s mom and free park parties
This week, the Metal Museum displays bracelets from the past 70-plus years, The Bluff City Liars bring improv to TheatreWorks and you can drink martinis for a good cause.
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Performing ArtsTumble out of bed, stumble to Memphis stages in June
In June, Memphis theaters will perform a familiar fairy tale, a slick con-man’s life story, a Dolly Parton musical and more.
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Performing ArtsMemphis theater company’s seventh season includes three firsts
Quark Theatre is known for thoughtful and provocative shows that challenge the audience. But one thing the company has not done is a musical.
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May 2024
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The To-Do List The To-Do List: Pasta! Pride! Beyoncé! Hot Girl Summer!
This week, zombies take over the big screen at Crosstown Theater, happy hours (with a view) are back at the Metal Museum and Memphis Made hosts a pinewood derby for grown-ups.
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Spirit of Memphis Hattiloo leader graduates from Morehouse
“That was the rite of passage from what we call a man of Morehouse to a Morehouse Man,” said Ekundayo Bandele, founder and CEO of Hattiloo Theatre.
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The To-Do List The To-Do List: Dance with David Quarles and sing along with Simien
This week, new art exhibitions feature work by Erin Harmon, Kong Wee Pang and Iwona Rhodes. Plus, Kevin Ford’s Tops Gallery show gets one last hurrah.
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The To-Do List The To-Do List: Crystals, chalk art, crawfish and cafe au lait
This week, see Brittany Howard and Kingfish in Oxford, eat breakfast for dinner for a cause and get all the free stuff at Strangewaze Wednesdaze.
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Performing ArtsAn ogre, a king, a blonde and a bunch more stars come to Memphis
“Shrek the Musical” and “Legally Blonde” are some of the shows coming to theater stages across Memphis. Plus, a Pulitzer Prize winning comedy-drama makes its regional premiere at Circuit Playhouse.
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The To-Do List The To-Do List: Food truck fests, river beats and what to do for Cinco de Mayo
This week, the Memphis Symphony Orchestra plays “Star Wars” tunes, Overton Park hosts a discussion on snakes and the Listening Lab celebrates a blues great’s 90th birthday.
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April 2024
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Performing ArtsPlayhouse resurrects a forgotten Broadway musical
The Tony-winning musical “Your Arms Too Short to Box with God” hasn’t been officially produced since 1982 but will return to the stage in Memphis.
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State Government Flags at half-staff Monday to honor McKinney
Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee ordered the status in accordance with the Honoring Hometown Heroes Act.
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The To-Do List The To-Do List: 4/20 music, a Swiftie Saturday and ballet on the big stage
This week, 1990s hip-hop group Arrested Development headlines Africa in April, Shelby Farms Park gets a head start on Earth Day and music is back on Cooper-Young porches.
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The To-Do List The To-Do List: Puppies on the plaza, fairy tales on stage, rock ‘n’ roll on film
This week, Stax kicks off a summer dance series in Handy Park, flowers meet art at the Dixon and Memphis Made rolls out the hops.
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Performing Arts‘Wicked,’ ‘Hamlet,’ ‘Steel Magnolias’ and more on Memphis stages in April
The month starts with a “Wicked”(ish) witch defying gravity in a musical that’s coming to the big screen this year. Also, fairy-tale friends take a journey “Into The Woods” and “Hamlet” is reimagined in the 1920s.
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The To-Do List The To-Do List: Fests celebrate tattoos, yoga, books, music and the arts
This week, Memphis Farmers Market opens, Elizabeth King performs “sacred soul” at Crosstown Arts and there’s an eclipse party in Overton Park.
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March 2024
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The To-Do List The To-Do List: Back in time with ‘Roadhouse,’ Golden Girls, Bob Dylan
Learn the indigenous history of coffee, frolic in spring blooms at Memphis Botanic Garden and hunt for Easter eggs at the Dixon.
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The To-Do List The To-Do List: Siriano style, hoops on Beale and cherry blossoms in bloom
This week, sci-fi fans unite at Mid-South Con, ZZ Top and Lynyrd Skynyrd share a stage and the Memphis Symphony Orchestra gets cosmic with Pink Floyd.
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The To-Do List The To-Do List: St. Patrick’s fun, Scorsese films and a JT album drop
This week, an old Young Avenue Deli staple gets the band back together, Scarface offers a look behind the Tiny Desk and you can read books in silence at Novel.
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Performing Arts‘Beautiful: The Carole King Musical’ adds performance at Theatre Memphis
Theater fans can catch ‘Charlie Brown,’ ‘Beautiful: The Carole King Musical,’ Broadway’s hit ‘Mrs. Doubtfire’ and other shows on stages in Memphis this March.
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The To-Do List The To-Do List: Orange Mound art, a SXSW preview and free banned books
This week, Hayley Arceneaux talks about her space trip, Beto O’Rourke signs books and Crosstown celebrates Nintendo’s Mario franchise.
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February 2024
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The To-Do List The To-Do List: Rocker’s rockabilly, Whiskey Warmer, Poetry in the Park
This week, Joyce Cobb kicks off “5 Fridays of Jazz,” crafters swap supplies at Five in One Social Club and comedian Pete Davidson makes a stop at Minglewood.
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The To-Do List The To-Do List: ‘Black Magic,’ Irish dance, old coins and blue bottles
This week, Sean Murphy performs Crosstown soundscapes, percussionist Chris Corsano plays Goner and a break-up drama plays out at Elmwood.
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