Art openings, storytelling and live music inside and out
In this week’s To-Do List, we tell you where to catch a mind-bending Jim Carrey classic on the big screen and how to get a peek inside Ballet Memphis’ HQ.
Kelsey Bowen
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July 2026
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The To-Do List Where to watch the World Cup Final and party like it’s 2003 or Halloween
In this week’s To-Do List, we’ve got ways to celebrate 30 years of the North Mississippi Allstars and 30 years of the V&E Greenline.
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The Early WordThe Early Word: New owners to take a whack at Racquet Club; Vacant Fancy’s space gets a bite
Two Memphis City Council members are under investigation, and the Memphis Fire Department’s first responders get a fresh set of wheels — two wheels, that is.
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The Early WordThe Early Word: AutoZone Park is a diamond in the rough; Chapter ends for Memphis libraries — for now
The home base of the Memphis Redbirds has been pretty much untouched for two decades. If it doesn’t get its upgrades, will the team walk? Plus, where in Memphis do you still need to use cash?
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The To-Do List A very artsy weekend with some pole vaulting and an armored smackdown
In this week’s To-Do List, you can learn to listen like an artist and help some art kids get to Italy.
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June 2026
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The To-Do List LGBTQ+ Pride takes over Beale Street, and ‘The Goonies’ are in the cemetery
In this week’s To-Do List, we’ve got your LGBTQ+ Pride guide. Plus, Elmwood screens a 1980s classic, Filipino culture is on display in Millington and there are Pizza Witches in Crosstown.
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The To-Do List Eat spaghetti gravy at Italian Fest, and dance to Italo disco at Wiseacre
In this week’s To-Do List, hear “weird music” at Crosstown, watch dragon boats race at Shelby Farms and see Olympic stars on ice in Southaven.
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May 2026
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The To-Do List The River Run, the Sunset Symphony and lemon drops in the park
In this week’s To-Do List, meet the artist behind Wiseacre’s cans, take a storybook tour of Tom Lee Park and get a taste of Cuba.
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The To-Do List Brass band on the Wolf, Bigfoot on Beale and Birdcap’s new book
This week, you can peep Cooper-Young backyard gardens, camp out with mushroom people and release your intentions into Hyde Lake.
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The To-Do List Puppies take over Crosstown, and Greek Fest serves 7,000 kebabs
In this week’s To-Do List, catch up on the first “Heat” before the sequel drops, watch an Irish sports throwdown and catch the season’s first free show at Overton Park Shell.
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April 2026
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The To-Do List A very Wu-Tang weekend, a River of Time and Riverbeat Music Fest
In this week’s To-Do List, you get a pass to peek into people’s backyards, there’s a morning rave on Beale Street and Global Cafe hosts a beer mile for a cause.
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The To-Do List A free Grind City show, a singalong brunch and a Halloween party in April
In this week’s To-Do List, a Kubrick classic screens at Crosstown, Shelby Forest has a fest for hillbillies and Memphis Roller Derby opens its 20th season.
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The Early WordThe Early Word: Takeover compromise brewing; Muddy’s ownership changes pans
A Downtown bar space is Spoken For, things are looking up for a local library’s escalators and how Lester Quinones’ shorts landed a Memphis Tigers basketball recruit — kind of.
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The Arts BeatArts Beat: More on baseball movies
More Daily Memphian staffers share their favorite baseball movies.
Some of these can be considered to be more baseball movies than others, but hear us out.
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The To-Do List Easter egg hunts, a pierogi class and thrift shopping to benefit WKNO
In this week’s To-Do List, the ’80s are back at Bar Keough, the women of Memphis jazz are at Crosstown Arts and Blue Suede Vintage has retro finds for all sizes.
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March 2026
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The To-Do List Trolley Night is back, and a garden party at the Dixon is gonna be golden
In this week’s To-Do List, a Ghanaian artist makes life-sized movie poster art, an author chases ghosts at Elmwood and Soul & Spirits has a street-food fest.
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The To-Do List Welcome spring with beer, kites, fairies and all the colors of the rainbow
In this week’s To-Do List, there’s a comedy show at DKDC, a final goodbye from Journey at FedExForum and a mash-up of goth culture and cumbia music at Growlers.
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February 2026
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The To-Do List Heated revelry over ‘Heated Rivalry’; Orpheum goes ‘Back to the Future’
In this week’s To-Do List, ABBA songs hit the Theatre Memphis stage, hundreds of tulips are in bloom at Memphis Botanic Garden and there’s wrestling in The Green Room.
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The To-Do List From speed dating to partner painting: What to do for Valentine’s Day
In this week’s To-Do List, see new works from Ballet Memphis, swap seeds at Lichterman Nature Center and eat free king cake at Moxy.
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Arts & CultureThe Arts Beat: No Valentine’s Day plans? No problem
What to do when you reserved no plans for Valentine’s Day. Plus, Memphis musicians and music lovers curate a playlist to set the mood.
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The To-Do List Lunar New Year, Mardi Gras bar crawls and a concert by Diana Krall
In this week’s To-Do List, eat ice cream for breakfast, party like Edgar Allan Poe and get campy at CMOM.
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The Arts BeatThe Arts Beat: Connect with the arts, even if you’re iced in
Whether it’s snow, sleet, ice or all of the above, there are plenty of ways to bring the arts into your home this snowpocalypse.
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The Arts BeatArts Beat: Satisfying our craving for crafting
The Bluff City has a taste for zine-making parties, vision-board groups, flash-tattoo embroidery classes and beyond.
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January 2026
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The To-Do ListFormer Vice President Harris is here; plus, ways to serve on MLK Day
In this week’s To-Do List, cozy up with a book at Loflin, revive your dying houseplants with tips from Carmeon Hamilton and mask up for a rave at the Cadre.
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The To-Do List Be a blacksmith for a day, and celebrate the Goblin King’s 40th birthday
This week, Novel hosts a Broadway party, local cartoonists gamify art and Good Fortune’s head bartender takes over an Edge District bar.
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