In this week’s About Town, we tell you what to expect at Saturday’s 34th Cooper-Young Festival, and we meet South Memphis rapper and producer Timothy “Lukah” Love. Plus, Emily Bishop and Karen Lebovitz from MidtownMemphis.org talk about their plans to improve and beautify a section of Madison Avenue on The Sidebar.

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One of the standards of the festival season — the Cooper-Young Festival will take over the Midtown neighborhood Saturday with vendors, artists and entertainment.

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Audubon Park golf course tees up complete redesign By Alicia Davidson

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Tom Lee Park cutbank bluff to be named for One Beale developers By Bill Dries

Malone Park Commons receives $150,000 development grant By Neil Strebig

As Booker T. grooves, Stax Museum readies 20th anniversary By Chris Herrington

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