The To-Do List: ‘Our Town,’ ‘The Mountaintop’ and ‘Mirror’
This week’s picks are heavy on theater and film, but we’re also celebrating Dolly Parton, Betty White and Mark Twain. Plus, now’s the right time for a tell-all.
Topic: Hattiloo Theatre
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January 2022
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October 2021
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TEDxMemphis returns to in-person event
This year’s theme for the TED event, independently organized by New Memphis, is “Ctrl+Alt+Del.” In the same way the keyboard function resets a computer so it can start fresh, speakers will introduce ideas that will help attendees reset thinking.
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February 2021
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Black History Month events go virtual at Civil Rights Museum, Stax, Hattiloo
The National Civil Rights Museum will host a virtual panel Feb. 5 with editors and contributors to the new book “Four Hundred Souls.”
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January 2021
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Local leaders get parts in ‘Say It Loud’ at Hattiloo Theatre
In a free, virtual series, actors will perform speeches by Booker T. Washington, Shirley Chisholm, Dick Gregory and John Lewis. They’ll be introduced by Shelby County Commission members present and past and a Rhodes College professor, among others.
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December 2020
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Hattiloo gives COVID frontline workers a voice
The theater company based in Overton Square worked with Regional One to create “From the Frontlines of COVID-19,” a series that gives a virtual stage to some of the health care providers who are getting us through a crisis.
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Theaters deliver ‘A Christmas Carol’ and holiday shows to your living room
We’re not just going to be home for the holidays, but also homebound by COVID-19. Still you’ll be able to see “A Christmas Carol” performed by Memphis actors and other seasonal shows.
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August 2020
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Stages are dark, but performance theaters are plotting their returns
Live theater companies in Memphis endured a long exercise in improv in the second half of the 2019-20 theater season. And 2020-21 is shaping up as more of the same.
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March 2020
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Coronavirus daily blog, March 17: Strickland declares state of emergency; third local case confirmed
The state reports the total number of confirmed cases in Tennessee is 73, and a third Shelby County case has also been reported. That individual is isolated at home and did not contract it in Shelby County.
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January 2020
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The Early Word: New year, new youth program; a deuce of a lawsuit
Good morning; it’s Thursday, Jan. 2, 2020. Today marks the beginning of Hoopfest Memphis, which includes 13 high school basketball games and used to be called the Penny Hardaway Classic.
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Black art must be more than a niche on Memphis’ cultural landscape
For the new decade, Hattiloo Theatre is renewing its vow to amplify the voice of the African American community within the arts community, and doubling down on that effort by investing more in developing artists.
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July 2019
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Nelson: ‘Hamilton’ moved on, but Memphis’ theater scene still dazzles
Memphis theaters have reasonable prices, easy access and, above all, superb talent. When you see a play at one of these venues, you are seeing the theatrical equivalent of the Memphis Grizzlies. Not a team playing in the NBA finals. But definitely major league.
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March 2019
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The Weekly Memphian: Ballet 5:8, Ken Burns, David Porter tribute, Weezer and Bluff City Brawl
The Weekly Memphian is a partial guide to things happening in Memphis, recommended by Daily Memphian staff. This guide covers March 21-26.
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January 2019
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Hattiloo series commemorates 400 years of African-American history
The first documented Africans arrived in the American colonies in 1619. A Hattiloo event series is commemorating 400 years of African-American history.
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