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Did you hear that it might snow this weekend?
According to current forecasts, Memphis can most likely expect sleet, with or without snow or a combination of all, or even some mysterious fourth option.
One thing’s for sure: We’ll likely be spending our weekend at home. At publication time, the arts and culture events scheduled for this weekend are still on.
Here are a few things you can do during our snow-in.
Got power? Go for a movie marathon.
The Oscar nominations came out Thursday, Jan. 22, with solid Memphis representation from two films. Both are available on several streaming services.
“Sinners” made Oscars history, earning more nominations than any movie ever — a whopping 16 nods. One of those many nominations is for the score. “Sinners” composer Ludwig Göransson, who’s won twice so far at the Oscars (“Black Panther,” “Oppenheimer”), spent time in Memphis and Mississippi for musical inspiration from blues and rock artists in the region.
Local musicians appear in the film and contribute to the score, including Memphis guitarist Eric Gales and Clarksdale singer-guitarist Christone “Kingfish” Ingram.
Directed by Memphis’ own Craig Brewer, “Song Sung Blue” earned Kate Hudson a best actress nomination for her role in the film. She appears as one-half of a Neil Diamond tribute band alongside co-star Hugh Jackman. Brewer was up at nearly 6 a.m. Thursday to watch the Oscars announcement live. He posted on Instagram a simple: “LET’S GO, KATE!”
 Kate Hudson, left, as Claire Sardina and Hugh Jackman as Mike Sardina in director Craig Brewer’s “Song Sung Blue.” (Credit: Sarah Shatz/Focus Features © 2025 All Rights Reserved)
Round out the movie day with a few more Oscar-nominated flicks, recommended by The Daily Memphian’s resident movie buff Chris Herrington. Among his favorite movies of 2025 are “One Battle After Another,” which received 13 nominations, “Sentimental Value,” which earned five, and “If I Had Legs I’d Kick You,” which gives Rose Byrne her first best actress Oscar nod.
Try a new recipe
If you’re tired of milk sandwiches and managed to throw more than bread and milk in your grocery cart this go-round, here’s an idea: try a new recipe. A dabble in the culinary arts.
It’s the perfect time to raid the fridge, dig around in your freezer and excavate some items from the back of your pantry to see what you can whip up.
Need some inspiration? Check out our Recipe Exchange archives. A few ideas:
The Interim macaroni and cheese mostly calls for fridge and pantry staples (we won’t tell if you sub whatever you have for the Gruyere) and it’s a way to use up a few leftover ham slices.
 Jennifer Chandler’s macaroni and cheese with a twist was inspired by the version chef Jackson Kramer served at Interim Restaurant. (Jennifer Chandler/The Daily Memphian file)
A cheeseburger soup from Rizzo’s (and now at Magnolia Bend Grille in Nesbit, Mississippi) is creamy and hearty if you have celery, onion, ground beef and some canned goods and spices.
Here’s a classic Memphis staple, if you have pulled pork and barbecue sauce on hand: barbecue spaghetti.
Not only will you have something comforting to snack on, your stove or oven might warm your house up a bit.
Artful inspiration
It’s easy to snuggle in bed and break out TikTok. But you’ll quickly find you’ve spent your whole day “doomscrolling,” especially when our phones are telling us doomsday is coming. Doomscrolling is when one continually scrolls through and reads depressing or worrying content on social media.
But Memphis experts agree that excessive screen use is quietly reshaping sleep, relationships and even basic coping skills across all ages.
A couple of days cooped up is a good excuse to put that phone down. You’ll need to save your battery anyway. So spend some time on whatever arts and crafts hobby — or nondigital activity — you resolved to start in the new year.
 Attendees participate in a Like Really Creative collage workshop at Ugly Art Co. (Courtesy Like Really Creative)
The Daily Memphian’s Digital Desk team partakes in a variety of these so-called “granny hobbies”: coloring, embroidery, vision-boarding, creating collages, sewing, comic-book collecting, fiction writing and water color painting.
For inspiration, we have some shameless plugs: a league of knitters sharing love and hope through yarn, the story behind one of the city’s largest murals, how an actor grew her love of the stage into a theater company and a group of Memphis artists’ adventure into the Arctic Circle.
Hopefully, we all survive the first snowpocalypse of the year, and we’ll be back next week with a warmer Arts Beat!
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