There are 9 article(s) tagged Memphis bicentennial:

• December 2019

  • The Memphis 200 Chapter 3: Alice Mitchell, Overton Square, Piomingo and the Memphis Chicks

    The third of our four-part survey of the 200 people, places and events that have made Memphis what is was, what it is and what it could be. 

    By Bill Dries December 02, 2019

• May 2019

  • OUR PLENTIFUL TABLE

    Memphis restaurants owe a debt to immigrants, both in the city's early years and in more recent times. And to barbecue; it's what got us to the party.

    By Jennifer Biggs May 31, 2019

  • A Memphis Music Road Map: The Golden Age

    This year is Memphis' bicentennial, but while there's been Memphis music as long as there's been a Memphis, you can't listen back 200 years. As a result, our three-part Memphis Music Road Map is a de facto centennial of sound. This second part follows a trail from B.B. King's first recordings to the rise of rock 'n' roll and soul, on to Al Green's rejection of secular soul, the emergence of alternative Memphis and Beale Street's decline.

    By Chris Herrington, Jared Boyd May 15, 2019

  • A Memphis Music Road Map: The Early Years

    This year is Memphis' bicentennial, but while there's been Memphis music as long as there's been a Memphis, you can't listen back 200 years. As a result, our three-part Memphis Music Road Map is a de facto centennial (and a little more) of sound. We tell a story of Memphis music's evolution one song at a time, from early blues and the Beale Street sound to the golden age of Sun and Stax and on to the contemporary styles of rock and rap. This first part follows the trail from W.C. Handy to the dawn of World War II.  

    By Chris Herrington May 15, 2019

  • A Memphis Music Road Map: The Modern Era

    This year is Memphis' bicentennial, but while there's been Memphis music as long as there's been a Memphis, you can't listen back 200 years. As a result, our three-part Memphis Music Road Map is a de facto centennial of sound. This final installment follows a trail from the lost decade of the '80s, to rap and indie rock of the '90s, the new bands and breakthroughs of the 2000s, and finally, Memphis music now.

    By Chris Herrington, Jared Boyd May 15, 2019

• March 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

  • Pink Palace bicentennial exhibit follows Memphis history, defines its identity

    A new exhibit on the city's bicentennial combines some elements of the city's history in a display that is also about what is means to be a Memphian. The exhibit at the Memphis Pink Palace Museum runs through October.

    By Bill Dries March 04, 2019

• January 2019

  • City’s history, bicentennial review draws crowd to library

    The start of a Memphis Public Libraries lecture series on the city's bicentennial draws a standing-room-only crowd, while the Memphis Pink Palace museum prepares for a March opening of its own bicentennial exhibit.

    By Bill Dries January 27, 2019

• November 2018

  • Bicentennial Memphis makes Frommer’s list of 19 places to visit in 2019

    Memphis is one of Frommer’s travel guide’s “Best Places to Go in 2019” on the strength of the city’s 200th anniversary celebration next year, Memphis Tourism announced Wednesday.

    By Wayne Risher November 28, 2018