There are 13 article(s) tagged Malco Summer Drive-in:

• May 2025

  • Malco Summer Drive-In sold for $2.3 million

    Terms of the sale include a condition that the new owners will not operate a movie theater without the written consent of the seller and Malco for the next 20 years. 

    By Dima Amro May 30, 2025

  • Summer Drive-In closing

    The site was listed for sale in March, but the president of Malco Theatres said it would only be sold “if it was the right thing to do.” 

    By Elle Perry May 16, 2025

• April 2025

  • Conaway: You can’t sell Summer Drive-In memories; they’re priceless

    “If the drive-in was mine, what would I do with it?"

    By Dan Conaway April 04, 2025

• March 2025

  • Malco ‘putting out feelers’ for drive-in, president says

     Malco says it will only sell if it’s “the right thing to do.”

    By Dima Amro March 31, 2025

• March 2024

  • The To-Do List: St. Patrick’s fun, Scorsese films and a JT album drop

    This week, an old Young Avenue Deli staple gets the band back together, Scarface offers a look behind the Tiny Desk and you can read books in silence at Novel. 

    By Bianca Phillips, Holly Whitfield, Chris Herrington, Kelsey Bowen, Elle Perry, Alys Drake March 14, 2024

• 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

• June 2023

  • The To-Do List: Queer Prom, alien movies and a summer party on Summer

    This week, cool off with Disney’s “Frozen” at the Orpheum, get nostalgic with Matchbox Twenty and watch plays created in 24 hours

    By Bianca Phillips, Chris Herrington, Elle Perry, Holly Whitfield, Kelsey Bowen, Jada Ojii June 22, 2023

• May 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: Bouncy houses, books, ballet and Ms. Jackson (if you’re nasty)

    This week, the Tennessee Triennial highlights Memphis artists, jookers battle in the Ravine and MEMFix returns with a festival in Alcy-Ball.

    By Bianca Phillips, Chris Herrington, Elle Perry, Kelsey Bowen April 27, 2023

• February 2023

  • To-Do List: Blaxploitation on the big screen and belated Mardi Gras parties

    This week, the U.S. Poet Laureate will read at Rhodes, Spillit stops in Orange Mound and Ballet Memphis pays homage to love.

    By Bianca Phillips, Chris Herrington, Elle Perry February 24, 2023

• December 2022

  • The To-Do List: Victorian caroling, Christmas on Beale and Corey Feldman

    This week, cuddle up by a fire pit near the river, celebrate Latin American and Caribbean holiday traditions and get buck at Imagine Vegan Cafe.

    By Bianca Phillips, Chris Herrington December 09, 2022

• March 2021

  • The Memphis 10: No more passes for the General Lee, and shots all around

    The iconography atop the General Lee is the battle flag of a slavery republic. Violence in the name of white supremacy is its inherent, explicit meaning.

    By Chris Herrington March 25, 2021

• January 2021

  • Indie Memphis brings a dozen Sundance screenings to Summer Drive-In

    Sundance has long been the American independent film scene’s most prominent launching pad.

    By Chris Herrington January 13, 2021