There are 44 article(s) tagged Black Lodge:

• September 2024

  • How Spillit helps people tell their stories

    Creative director for Spillit Josh Campbell talks about the organization’s events, its origin at Crosstown and how it moves from venue to venue around Memphis.

    By Eric Barnes September 14, 2024

• August 2024

  • Black Lodge to close

    The venue’s extensive film library is expected to move into a new location. 

    By Sophia Surrett August 19, 2024

  • Credits roll for Black Lodge, but owner is hoping for reboot

    Movie lovers are hoping Black Lodge’s closing on North Cleveland Street won’t be the end for the video store. They may be in luck.

    By Jody Callahan August 15, 2024

• March 2024

  • The To-Do List: Back in time with ‘Roadhouse,’ Golden Girls, Bob Dylan

    Learn the indigenous history of coffee, frolic in spring blooms at Memphis Botanic Garden and hunt for Easter eggs at the Dixon.

    By Bianca Phillips, Chris Herrington, Alys Drake, Kelsey Bowen, Nick Lingerfelt March 28, 2024

• February 2024

  • The To-Do List: Squirrels on stage, backyard birds and Mardi Gras for dogs

    This week, a Tom Lee Park documentary premieres, an Oscar-nominated film screens for free and Valentine’s Day isn’t over yet.

    By Bianca Phillips, Chris Herrington, Sarah Dassinger, Kambui Bomani, Alys Drake February 15, 2024

  • The To-Do List: Mardi Gras, Valentine’s and a T. rex named Sue

    This week, a Black History Month exhibition opens at Arrow, the Brooks Museum celebrates Lunar New Year and Elvis tribute artists invade Graceland.

    By Bianca Phillips, Holly Whitfield, Kelsey Bowen, Chris Herrington, Christopher Wright, Alys Drake February 08, 2024

• January 2024

  • The To-Do List: Let’s do the Time Warp again; plus C.S. Lewis on stage

    This week, Black Lodge hosts a 20th anniversary screening of “Kill Bill,” and thousands of Black dance professionals gather in Memphis. 

    By Bianca Phillips, Chris Herrington, Elle Perry, Alys Drake, Holly Whitfield January 20, 2024

  • The To-Do List: Elvis’ birthday, wrastling and a party for the ‘grrls’

    This week, artist Vera Reed celebrates her 90th birthday, the Metal Museum offers a “taste” of the metal arts and there’s a one-mile race to kickstart your resolutions.

    By Bianca Phillips, Kelsey Bowen, Holly Whitfield January 04, 2024

• December 2023

  • The To-Do List: Wurlitzer solstice, Honky-Tonk Christmas and Festivus for the rest of us

    This week brings Christmas Day bowling at Bass Pro, a five-course dinner paired with a “Barbie” screening and last-minute shopping for art and other holiday gifts. 

    By Bianca Phillips, Elle Perry, Holly Whitfield, Kelsey Bowen December 21, 2023

  • The To-Do List: Holiday burlesque, Rudolph and a peek at Cafe Noir

    This week, Trans-Siberian Orchestra brings lasers and metal, Santa makes a stop at a Hickory Hill pool and two questionable Christmas films screen at Black Lodge.

    By Bianca Phillips, Elle Perry, Chris Herrington, Kambui Bomani December 15, 2023

  • New cocktail bar opens inside Black Lodge

    Black Lodge’s new cocktail bar serves classic cocktails with an old-Hollywood vibe.

    By Christin Yates December 01, 2023

• November 2023

  • Armored combat: Where mettle meets metal

    Wearing medieval warrior gear and wielding longswords, members of Memphis Armored Fight Club thrash and clash with panache.

    By Kambui Bomani November 27, 2023

  • The To-Do List: Holiday lights, holiday shopping and ice skating at AutoZone

    This week, there’s a Miracle on Broad Avenue, Lord T & Eloise get aristocrunk at Railgarten and we’ve got a hot tip on photos with Krampus.

    By Bianca Phillips, Elle Perry, Holly Whitfield, Kelsey Bowen November 22, 2023

  • The To-Do List: Christmas comes early, Adam Sandler comes to Memphis

    This week, “Lil Buck” stars in “NutReMix,” trees are blue in Germantown and that Anita Baker show we’ve been hearing about on Bally Sports all year is finally happening. 

    By Bianca Phillips, Chris Herrington, Elle Perry, Holly Whitfield, Kelsey Bowen November 16, 2023

• September 2023

  • The To-Do List: Bluff Cakes party, Barbie Rave and cowabunga at the Comic Expo

    This week brings the Mid-South Fair, the Pink Palace Crafts Fair, the Memphis Country Blues Festival and an album release party from Aktion Kat.

    By Bianca Phillips, Beth Sullivan, Elle Perry, Kelsey Bowen, Holly Whitfield September 21, 2023

  • Indie Memphis festival lineup includes Cannes winner, Oscar hopefuls, more

    International award winners, Oscar hopefuls, revived cult classics and regional-interest documentaries — the Indie Memphis Film Festival will check those boxes and more when it begins its nearly weeklong run at multiple Memphis venues next month.

    By Chris Herrington September 20, 2023

  • The To-Do List: Gladys Knight, Cheap Trick and oodles of noodles

    This week, the dream of the 2000s is Live at the Garden, an art exhibition at Rhodes is in “conversation” with one at the Brooks and the weenies will be running in Germantown.

    By Bianca Phillips, Elle Perry, Chris Herrington, Holly Whitfield September 07, 2023

• August 2023

  • The To-Do List: Beyonce, zines and many ways to celebrate 901 Day

    This week, WLOK’s Stone Soul Picnic moves indoors, the Central Library hosts an LGBTQ 1980s dance party and former members of R.E.M. sing songs about baseball.

    By Bianca Phillips, Elle Perry, Chris Herrington, Kelsey Bowen, Holly Whitfield August 31, 2023

• July 2023

  • The To-Do List: Al Kapone, pop-up fashion and movie nights galore

    This week, there are parties at the Southwest Twin and in a new Downtown neighborhood. Plus, professionals link up on e-bikes, and an author explores why farmers love their land.

    By Bianca Phillips, Elle Perry, Holly Whitfield, Rashod Cobb July 27, 2023

  • The To-Do List: Pickleball, Golden Girls and Asian street food

    This week, Crosstown Arts screens a John Waters classic, MEMFix comes to Klondike Smokey City and there’s a sound bath in the Crystal Shrine Grotto.

    By Bianca Phillips, Elle Perry, Kelsey Bowen, Rashod Cobb July 20, 2023

  • The To-Do List: Break-Up Show returns, Christmas comes early

    This week, Cyrena Wages is at the Grove, Anthony Q is at The Green Room and you can make wishes at the Memphis Botanic Garden.

    By Bianca Phillips, Holly Whitfield, Kelsey Bowen, Jada Ojii July 07, 2023

• June 2023

  • The To-Do List: Slide into summer, boot-scoot at Black Lodge; plus, your fireworks guide

    This week, the Hi-Tone hosts a freestyle rap battle, Alicia Keys is at FedExForum and yoga meets plant-based cheese at Crosstown Concourse.

    By Kelsey Bowen, Bianca Phillips, Holly Whitfield June 29, 2023

• May 2023

  • The To-Do List: Bikes, drag, ‘Serial Mom’ and Joyce Cobb

    This week, take a “mammoth” hike at Shelby Farms, meet the musicians buried at Elmwood and explore a revamped South City during MEMFix.

    By Bianca Phillips, Chris Herrington, Elle Perry, Kelsey Bowen May 18, 2023

  • The To-Do List: Beignets at the drive-in, Star Wars Day and Groucho Marx

    This week, celebrate Cinco de Mayo in Overton Square, catch 1990s hip-hop act Digable Planets at Minglewood and meet the artist behind Memphis Botanic Garden’s new “Rich Soil” exhibition.

    By Bianca Phillips, Elle Perry, Kelsey Bowen, Holly Whitfield May 05, 2023

• April 2023

  • The To-Do List: Swing at the Shell, jazz at Crosstown and what to do for Easter

    This week, Amy Dang blends South Asian sounds with contemporary pop, sci-fi fans gather at Midtown Con 2 and the Harlem Globetrotters bring basketball back to FedExForum. 

    By Bianca Phillips, Chris Herrington April 07, 2023