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This week, a Día de Los Muertos parade honors the dead, a Memphis Botanic Garden festival celebrates Japan and three new art shows open at the Dixon Gallery and Gardens.
Topic: Arts & Culture
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October 2024
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Memphis hires DeMarcus Suggs as new ‘arts czar’
“The easiest way to explain is that for the first time in the city’s history, we’ve created what is basically an Office of Arts and Culture,” said an official involved in the hire.
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Indie Memphis announces film-fest slate, featuring ‘Nickel Boys’
One of the year’s most highly anticipated films, an adaptation of author Colson Whitehead’s Pulitzer-winning novel “Nickel Boys,” will be the centerpiece selection of the 27th Indie Memphis Film Festival.
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September 2024
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Memphis Movies This Week: ‘Megalopolis,’ ‘My Robot’
Other movies showing this week: the horror movie “Azrael,” biopic “Lee,” religious movie “Faith of Angels,” partisan documentary “Vindicating Trump” and more.
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Rhodes College hosting free French film festival
The festival is supported by a grant from Albertine Cinémathèque, which aims to bring contemporary French cinema to American campuses.
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The To-Do List: Really short plays, fancy homes and Smashing Pumpkins
This week, Memphis musicians preview AmericanaFest sets, pink wines get some love and 35 years of the Southern Heritage Classic are on display.
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July 2024
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Memphis muralist helping artists display their ‘artifacts’
Jamond Bullock, known for his many murals around the city, recently hosted a soft opening for a new art gallery in Whitehaven.
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June 2024
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Memphis Music Hall of Fame announces new inductees
Soul and opera singers, civic promoters and recording-session aces are among the latest class of the Memphis Music Hall of Fame, which will surpass 100 inductees this year.
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The To-Do List: Dierks Bentley, Doogie Howser’s mom and free park parties
This week, the Metal Museum displays bracelets from the past 70-plus years, The Bluff City Liars bring improv to TheatreWorks and you can drink martinis for a good cause.
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May 2024
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Hattiloo leader graduates from Morehouse
“That was the rite of passage from what we call a man of Morehouse to a Morehouse Man,” said Ekundayo Bandele, founder and CEO of Hattiloo Theatre.
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Airport honors student artistic achievement in 17th annual contest
Much of the art is for sale; it will hang in baggage-claim area for one year.
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April 2024
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This Week in Memphis: New tropical-plant house, Riverbeat Music Festival
Also happening this week: The trial of Gregory Livingston begins, and a new pub with an old feel celebrates its grand opening in Olive Branch.
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‘Wicked,’ ‘Hamlet,’ ‘Steel Magnolias’ and more on Memphis stages in April
The month starts with a “Wicked”(ish) witch defying gravity in a musical that’s coming to the big screen this year. Also, fairy-tale friends take a journey “Into The Woods” and “Hamlet” is reimagined in the 1920s.
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March 2024
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Studiohouse on Malvern art gallery opens doors
Studiohouse on Malvern, located at 418 Malvern St. in Midtown, hosted its second annual open house March 2. It featured owner-artists Keiko Gonzalez and Mary Jo Karimnia as well as other artists and performers.
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February 2024
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Ikea unveils Memphis mural and model recording studio
Ikea pays homage to Memphis’ music legacy and future with two new attractions at its local store.
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January 2024
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Birdcap’s first Memphis solo exhibition a ‘full circle moment’
Michael Roy, who started his arts career geared towards “serious abstract paint(ing),” says a Memphis College of Art professor told him “(your) hand wants to be a cartoonist.”
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November 2023
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Artists share their wares at Broad Avenue Art Walk
Handmade jewelry, art exhibits, dessert studio activities and the chance to drink a cup of coffee were just some of the things at the fifth annual Broad Avenue Art Walk.
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October 2023
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A viewer’s guide to the 2023 Indie Memphis Film Festival
Chris Herrington has all the info on the festival’s major features, movies of local interest and the revivals you can’t miss.
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Paint Memphis 2023 finds the Edge District
In the bright Saturday sun and cool fall breeze, a local nonprofit held its annual paint festival for the public to come out to support.
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September 2023
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The To-Do List: Mid-Autumn Fest, Bluff City Chinese, Tim Burton’s gothic dreams
This week, you can catch plenty of live music at Gonerfest and Mempho. Plus, Memphis Made celebrates 10 years of beers.
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Memphis Comic Expo spotlights comic creators and fans
The two-day event headlined by Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles co-creator Kevin Eastman features a stacked guest lineup that would make any comics fan giddy.
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Review: Dixon exhibit captures ‘the very essence of America’
“There are so many other unique objects and curiosities in this relatable exhibit, all created by this country’s diverse population.”
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Crosstown Concourse hosts annual Record Swap and Zine Fest
Music lovers, record collectors, zinesters, artists, punks and poets alike were participants at the festival taking place in Crosstown’s Central Atrium.
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July 2023
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Playhouse on the Square cuts ticket prices by half for its 55th season
Playhouse on the Square has cut ticket prices by 50% from $50 to $25 per ticket to expand accessibility to live theater.
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May 2023
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See it now: Metal Museum preps move to Overton Park’s Rust Hall
“At the Metal Museum, we’re taking ancient metalworking techniques and combining them with contemporary technology to create beautiful objects,” said Carissa Hussong, the museum’s executive director. “The building itself kind of represents what we do.”
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