There are 121 article(s) tagged Memphis In May:

• May 2019

  • Destination: Delicious Podcast: The other volunteer state

    Jennifer Biggs and Memphis in May volunteer John Lawrence talk about barbecue and how volunteers keep the month-long festival working.

    By Natalie Van Gundy May 07, 2019

  • Let’s talk before we send the bulldozers to Tom Lee Park

    Let’s not lose valuable green space to concrete structures before determining this is what citizens want, as well as the impact on tourism, traffic flow and celebrations. 

    By John Doyle May 04, 2019

  • Miley Cyrus added to Saturday’s Beale Street Music Fest lineup

    Beale Street Music Fest took over the Downtown riverfront with performances by BlocBoy JB, Shinedown, Brandon Santini, Chvrches and Dirty Heads.

    By Jared Boyd May 04, 2019

  • ‘Social media giant’ will be a Memphis in May sponsor

    Memphis in May's new partnership with a social media giant includes live streaming from the Beale Street Music Festival and will carry over to the World Championship Barbecue Cooking Contest.

    By Jared Boyd May 03, 2019

• April 2019

  • Memphis in May almost failed to launch

    More than 40 years ago, as the Memphis in May International Festival was getting off the ground, the organization's first president was told that he could “tank MIM” and “nobody would care.”

    By Lyman D. Aldrich April 30, 2019

  • Biggs: Memphis in May kicks off picnic season with the world’s largest table

    The world's largest picnic table will be in Tom Lee Park for Memphis in May, you're invited, and we want your favorite picnic recipes.

    By Jennifer Biggs April 29, 2019

  • Serve the collective good at Tom Lee Park

    We’ve got to decide if we want Tom Lee Park to be merely a space for hosting events, or a distinctive place that inspires and unites us. The clock is ticking.

    By William Murray April 20, 2019

  • Governor pours $10 million into Tom Lee Park improvements

    Gov. Bill Lee is putting $10 million of his $66.8 million supplemental budget into a Memphis riverfront development grant, though the scope of the funding is unclear. Mayor Jim Strickland said the money is specifically for Tom Lee Park.

    By Sam Stockard, Bill Dries April 18, 2019

  • Memphis in May unveils children’s poster honoring Memphis

    Houston High School student Eagan Smith's poster, "Jazzy Jim," was unveiled Thursday night as the winner of Memphis in May's 2019 Children's Poster competition. 

    By Natalie Pilgrim April 12, 2019

• March 2019

  • Holder to mediate Tom Lee Park talks

    Retired Tennessee Supreme Court Justice Janice Holder has been appointed to mediate talks between Memphis in May International Festival and the Memphis River Parks Partnership over plans to redesign Tom Lee Park.

    By Bill Dries March 25, 2019

  • Memphis in May unveils festival poster

    For the first time Memphis in May International Festival held an open call for the 42-year-old organization’s annual fine arts poster.

    By Elle Perry March 21, 2019

  • Can’t see the river for the trees in new designs for Tom Lee Park

    The beauty of Tom Lee Park is the unobstructed expansiveness of it all. It could certainly use some improvements, but keep it simple. Let this park be a park. 

    By John Kirkscey March 14, 2019

  • ‘Celebrate Memphis’ Memorial Day weekend event marks city’s bicentennial

    The bicentennial observance includes the world's longest picnic table, fireworks, skydivers, an airshow and a parachute team.

    By Bill Dries March 06, 2019

• February 2019

  • Partnership, Memphis in May relay ‘productive’ meeting Tuesday on differences

    Memphis in May staff, Memphis River Parks Partnership and architects emerge from a meeting Tuesday with confidence a solution to differences on a redesigned Tom Lee Park can be achieved. 

    By The Daily Memphian Staff February 26, 2019

  • Memphis in May seeks Tom Lee Park redesign changes

    Memphis in May International Festival's chief executive will seek alterations to a plan to redevelop Tom Lee Park, sharing his concerns about how its largest events will fit into smaller space in the new park. 

    By Michelle Corbet February 22, 2019

  • Tom Lee Park plans get close look from council

    The Memphis River Parks Partnership plan for a redevelopment of Tom Lee Park got a close look and lots of questions as well as a few suggestions from city council members this week.

    By Bill Dries February 21, 2019

  • City Hall pushes coexistence of Tom Lee Park redevelopment and Memphis In May festival

    City Hall says a redeveloped Tom Lee Park can be done in coexistence with the Memphis In May International Festival and that the festival will likely have to move out of the park temporarily in 2020.

    By Bill Dries February 12, 2019

  • Transformed Tom Lee Park to be a hybrid of city, nature

    Plans to redesign Tom Lee Park will bridge the disconnect between Downtown Memphis and the Mississippi Riverfront using nature-inspired elements and permanent infrastructure. 

    By Michelle Corbet February 02, 2019

• November 2018

  • Beale Street Music Festival passes are now on sale

    Three-day passes for the 2019 Beale Street Music Festival are now on sale. 

    By Elle Perry November 19, 2018

  • Biggs: MIM art entries due soon; time to make Thanksgiving reservations

    On Saturday I joined 100-plus folks in a banquet room at a Holiday Inn, where we spent the day learning how to be a certified Memphis in May barbecue judge.

    By Jennifer Biggs November 13, 2018

• September 2018

  • Conaway: Memphis is one of a kind

    Really unique is really not. Memphis is.

    By Dan Conaway September 28, 2018