Year of the Dragon roars in at Brooks Museum
The Lunar New Year is “a celebration of the arrival of spring, and a time for families to gather,” Kathy Dumlao, Director of Education and Interpretation at the Brooks Museum of Art, said.
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The Lunar New Year is “a celebration of the arrival of spring, and a time for families to gather,” Kathy Dumlao, Director of Education and Interpretation at the Brooks Museum of Art, said.
A program designed to commemorate Memphis Black History opened this weekend at the Museum of Science and History.
With a crowd of hundreds of people, Good Fortune Co. at 361 South Main St. began its monthlong bar crawl Saturday, Feb. 3, to honor the upcoming Year of the Dragon, which starts Feb. 10.
Memphis organizations feature a variety of experiences for attendees to witness, learn from and enjoy in honor of Black History Month.
The International Association of Blacks in Dance ended its 34th annual conference with its “The Soul Must Dance” Gospel Performance and Scholarship Awards Brunch.
Chattanooga-based Freedom Sings USA and the Department of Veteran Affairs presented a two-day music therapy event at the Lt. Col. Luke Weathers Jr. VA Medical Center at 1030 Jefferson Ave.
An Italianate home in South Memphis and an early middle-class housing complex in Midtown have been nominated for the National Register of Historic Places.
This week, Mystic Krewe kicks off Mardi Gras season, and snow day cancellations at Sheet Cake, the Brooks Museum, Playhouse on the Square and Theatre Memphis get a re-do.
The James Beard Awards honor the best chefs and restaurants across the U.S.
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University of Memphis responded Saturday to the city’s ongoing water crisis, as both U of M, Christian Brother University and LeMoyne-Owen campuses will remain closed Monday, Jan. 22.
MLGW’s water customers remain under a precautionary boil-water advisory.
For the first time in about a week, temperatures are expected to rise above freezing Jan. 21 and officials say that will likely reveal more water main breaks and help them gauge the full extent of damage.
A winner of the lottery for free tickets to the Orpheum concert said the hometown singer’s “focus was on us, the people of Memphis.”
In honor of Martin Luther King’s heart for working people such as the sanitation workers in Memphis, the Intersection of Race and Sports panel focused on economic power in Memphis.
“We’re turning a toxic dumpsite off of Highland Road into a beautiful, forested area for the community to enjoy.”
A number of Memphis organizations will provide community service opportunities in honor of the birthday of the late Martin Luther King Jr.
Memphis Museum of Science and History will feature a longtime art teacher’s solo exhibition: A collection of studio and candid pictures from the 1920s through 1950s.
“Memphis, we need to get it together here because we going in the wrong direction,” said RowVaughn Wells, Tyre Nichols’ mother, at the one-year anniversary vigil in Hickory Hill. “This is a beautiful city, I used to brag about it. I don’t brag about it anymore.”
A Goldwax Records standout and a co-founder of Memphis’ Center for Southern Folklore are among the newest Blues Hall of Fame members.
At the birthday celebration, Joel Weinshanker presented an acetate record of Elvis Presley’s “That’s Alright Mama,” which was the late singer’s first commercial recording.
Carpenter Art Garden and a team of local collaborators are constructing the park on the corner of Princeton Avenue and Tillman Street.
During a StoryCorps session, two people record a 40-minute conversation on who they are, what they’ve learned in life and how they would like to be remembered.
The donation includes 75 works created by Black local, national and international artists. Mediums represented include painting, photography, video and sculpture.
Graceland will host its four days of events beginning Friday, Jan. 5, and finishing on The King’s Monday, Jan. 8, birthday, with a fan meetup, stories, tours, music and, of course, cake.