‘Beauty grows here’ as Experience Memphis Gardens returns
The six-week event includes 270 gardens across 40 neighborhoods in Shelby and Fayette counties, as well as some public spaces. Vendors will also be in attendance at certain locations.
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The six-week event includes 270 gardens across 40 neighborhoods in Shelby and Fayette counties, as well as some public spaces. Vendors will also be in attendance at certain locations.
Multipurpose sports courts help the neighborhood adapt to changing needs, said Jared Myers of the Heights Community Development Corp. “It’s a beautiful way to mesh community between different demographics through sports.”
“We want to uplift all arts and culture that’s taking place in Shelby County,” Shelby County Arts and Culture Liaison Nykesha Cole said of the Art for All event at Memphis Brooks Museum of Art in Overton Park.
Area residents should be on the lookout for severe weather Wednesday, May 8.
Renee Parker Sekander, a Memphis native, graduated from the University of Tennessee, Knoxville.
Johnnie Taylor was honored posthumously with a discussion on his legacy, the unveiling of his Beale Street Brass Note and the showing of a 20-minute documentary on his musical career.
While her childhood consisted of standing on tabletops and performing for family and friends, a singing career was initially just an afterthought for Cordova native Raneem Imam.
Throughout the weekend, artists such as The Fugees, Yung Gravy and Al Kapone & the B.A.W. Band performed for various audiences throughout Tom Lee Park. Related content:
The celebration was held on the 70th anniversary of the Supreme Court’s 1954 Brown v. Board desegregation case ruling and featured an outdoor giveaway of children’s books for grades pre-K to sixth grade and up.
“You’ll have a job; it just may not be the role or title that you have right now,” MSCS Superintendent Feagins told staffers during a meeting.
MSCS says it is investing an additional $28.4 million toward teacher salaries in the 2024-25 fiscal year.
Saturday marked the 29th year for the Midtown event that merges Memphis and New Orleans cultures, with a bounty of beer, vendors and crustaceans.
“We do have a front that looks to move through Friday,” said a NWS Memphis meteorologist. “However with that it doesn’t look like anything severe.”
Bewhiskered members of the International Brotherhood of Real Bearded Santas call their red-suited Christmas service a labor of love.
MPD said it responded to a shooting around 3:30 a.m. Saturday on Beale Street.
Multiple Memphis organizations will take part in a science challenge that spans six continents this week.
“Everybody got a festival celebrating their own heritage and ethnicity,” David Acey said. “So, our efforts in the early ’60s was to develop something that could get our people into their history and culture.”
For the first time in a decade, a musical artist will take the stage at AutoZone Park to perform in a live full-scale production.
Organizations ranging from FedEx, MATA, Maximus Child Support and the Memphis Electrical Joint Apprenticeship Training Center were in attendance to promote work opportunities.
A number of application workshops have popped up in the wake of the U.S. Department of Education’s 2024-2025 FAFSA relaunch earlier this year.
Live classical music from local groups such as the University of Memphis Lorraine String Quartet, Prizm Ensemble and the Bartlett Community Concert Band could also be heard at Art in the Loop.
Memphis producer Teddy Walton has worked with artists like Kendrick Lamar and has produced music for Hulu and Netflix. With his new media company, he hopes to give opportunities to others — especially young Memphians.
“The bluebird’s bright blue flash of color brings a smile to your face emphasizing why we call them the ‘bluebird of happiness,’” Germantown Vice Mayor Mary Anne Gibson said of the city’s official bird.
“I found that I’m always learning new things,” one of the master gardener tour guides said about the annual spring walk. “Even though I know about some of the plants out here, I always learn something new.”
Even more shoppers across the southeast will be able to find Memphis barbecue in their grocery stores soon.