There are 10 article(s) tagged Mid-South Coliseum:

• October 2021

  • Father-daughter art duo create Mid-South Coliseum mural

    The pair worked together to develop a six-panel mural in support of reopening the coliseum.

    By Jasmine McCraven October 05, 2021

• March 2021

  • Opinion: If you’re copying, it’s not yours

    Dan Conaway: While we ignore Mud island, we’re giving Tom Lee Park more plastic surgery than the attendees at the Academy Awards, and if we’re going to make the Fairgrounds ours, the Coliseum has to be part of it and original thinking is required.

    By Dan Conaway March 26, 2021

• February 2021

  • Coliseum has size but clean-up makes it unlikely as vaccination site

    While theme parks, baseball parks and football stadiums are being used to distribute vaccines nationwide, city and county officials say the Mid-South Coliseum is not a candidate for a mass vaccination site.

    By Jane Roberts February 03, 2021

• January 2021

  • Opinion: Use the Coliseum as a vaccination site

    “Memphis needs the trusty Mid-South Coliseum right now, and it’s within our means to call its name from the end of our civic bench once again.”

    By Marvin Stockwell January 29, 2021

• October 2020

  • Artist Christopher Reyes’ ‘BVOE’ is an immersive eruption of creativity, and maybe a preview of coming attractions

    Reyes’ collaborated with more than 20 other Memphis artists to create the astounding “BVOE Quadrant 360” on the edges of Downtown Memphis. The multimedia artist launched and operated the late, lamented “Live From Memphis.”

    By Chris Herrington October 03, 2020

• January 2020

  • Lost Coliseum files reveal Prince, Queen and an entire era of music history

    A team from the Memphis Public Libraries has digitized some of the trove of files they found last year in the mothballed Mid-South Coliseum. 

    By Bill Dries January 30, 2020

  • The Early Word: Inside the Coliseum’s vault, shooting strategy, and are snoballs food?

    It's Thursday, Jan. 30, and we're staring down history with a Grizz win, a flu outbreak and vintage rock 'n' roll memorabilia for the opening of a Coliseum archive. 

    By Mary Cashiola January 30, 2020

• August 2019

  • Coalition hosts second cleanup event to rehab Mid-South Coliseum

    Grassroots organization Coliseum Coalition wants to invite the public in to see the condition of the Mid-South Coliseum. But first, they've got to clean it up.

    By Jared Boyd August 11, 2019

• April 2019

  • Volunteers answer call to help clean up Mid-South Coliseum

    Volunteers answered the call from the Coliseum Coalition to help "pre-vitalize" the Mid-South Coliseum, turning out Saturday to clean up the storied Memphis landmark.

    By The Daily Memphian Staff April 27, 2019

• March 2019

  • Tour acquaints visitors with Coliseum’s past and potential

    The Coliseum Coalition, a grassroots group dedicated to preserving the Mid-South Coliseum, gave a tour Friday as part of the group's ongoing effort to show off the building's potential. 

    By Jared Boyd March 23, 2019