There are 21 article(s) tagged Novel:

• June 2024

  • Memphis author’s poetry book explores Black Southern womanhood

    Tara M. Stringfellow, the bestselling author of “Memphis,” calls her new poetry collection “her life’s work.”

    By Elle Perry June 24, 2024

• 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

  • The To-Do List: Orange Mound art, a SXSW preview and free banned books

    This week, Hayley Arceneaux talks about her space trip, Beto O’Rourke signs books and Crosstown celebrates Nintendo’s Mario franchise. 

    By Alys Drake, Bianca Phillips, Chris Herrington, Elle Perry, Kelsey Bowen, Sarah Dassinger March 07, 2024

• January 2024

  • The To-Do List: Victorian valentines, ‘The Vous’ and a Gene Wilder tribute

    This week, Mystic Krewe kicks off Mardi Gras season, and snow day cancellations at Sheet Cake, the Brooks Museum, Playhouse on the Square and Theatre Memphis get a re-do.

    By Bianca Phillips, Alys Drake, Kelsey Bowen, Elle Perry, Kambui Bomani January 25, 2024

  • The To-Do List: Monster club, Inscho art and a trip to Flavortown

    This week, Arrow Creative celebrates all things Memphis, Keri Lee hosts a sound bath in the Sound Room and DJ Alpha Whiskey DJs her own birthday party.

    By Bianca Phillips, Chris Herrington, Elle Perry, Kelsey Bowen January 11, 2024

• September 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: Elvis, golf and party where Swifties can ‘Shake It Off’

    This week, Large Professor plays on the anniversary of hip-hop, Michael Oher signs his new book and Crosstown’s plaza becomes a water park.

    By Bianca Phillips, Chris Herrington, Elle Perry, Kambui Bomani, Kelsey Bowen August 15, 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

• May 2023

  • The To-Do List: Dogchella, Mother’s Day and lots of ballet

    This week, Memphis in May celebrates Malaysia, Opera Memphis honors soldiers and Motownphilly’s back again.

    By Bianca Phillips, Chris Herrington, Elle Perry, Holly Whitfield, Kelsey Bowen May 11, 2023

• March 2023

  • Octogenarians share stories in ‘From Rock Around the Clock to TikTok’

    More than a dozen members of Central High’s class of 1959 chronicle their up-close and personal views of the historic events of their generation.

    By Alicia Davidson March 26, 2023

  • The To-Do List: Alvin Ailey, Black country music and lot of Elvises

    This week, the Dixon and Theatre Memphis celebrate women in the arts, Step Afrika steps into GPAC and there’s a chili showdown at Memphis Made.

    By Bianca Phillips, Elle Perry, Chris Herrington, Blair Kinsey March 02, 2023

• February 2023

  • The To-Do List: Count birds, eat soup and celebrate Mardi Gras

    This week, Leyla McCalla plays Crosstown Theater, Kristin Chenoweth signs her book and Ukrainian artists share how war has changed their culture.

    By Bianca Phillips, Chris Herrington, Elle Perry February 16, 2023

• July 2022

  • The To-Do List: Summer booze, South Main and a fest for Black and brown filmmakers

    This week, see cult classics from John Waters and David Lynch, explore an interactive art exhibition made from guitar cords and microphones and take a trip to Southern Decadence at MOSH.

    By Bianca Phillips, Chris Herrington, Elle Perry July 28, 2022

• June 2022

  • The To-Do List: The scoop on an ice cream party, a tasty fundraiser and Steely Dan

    This week, drink craft cocktails to benefit Literacy Mid-South, see contemporary art in a not-so-contemporary Victorian Village home and check out two shows — one free and one not — by Durand Jones & The Indications.

    By Elle Perry, Bianca Phillips June 09, 2022

  • The To-Do List: Rainbows and zombies on Beale, plus music on the river

    This week, Theatre Memphis closes out its season with “Ragtime,” High Cotton Brewing hosts a beer mile and a Memphis native author celebrates her book release with a skate party. 

    By Chris Herrington, Elle Perry, Bianca Phillips June 02, 2022

• March 2022

  • The To-Do List: Farmers markets, ‘Remembering MLK’ and a party in the park

    This week, Opera Memphis kicks off 30 Days of Opera, animatronic dinos stomp into the Renasant Convention Center and an art show at Tone explores gender and gender variation.

    By Bianca Phillips, Chris Herrington, Elle Perry March 31, 2022

  • Teaching eating: Local author encourages kids to play with their food

    Memphian Ali Manning has written a new children’s book to help grow healthier adults. 

    By Jordan Arellano March 04, 2022

• November 2020

  • Black Friday shopping not as robust in unusual year

    Both e-commerce and early shopping could be contributors to the smaller-than-normal crowds, not to mention the COVID-19 pandemic.

    By Christin Yates November 27, 2020

• May 2019

  • The Weekly Memphian: Memphis Children’s Theatre Festival, A Vibe on the Island and more

    The Weekly Memphian is a partial guide to things happening in Memphis, recommended by Daily Memphian staff. This guide covers May 22-25.

    By The Daily Memphian Staff May 22, 2019

• December 2018

  • Novel, Literacy Mid-South team up for children

    According to 2018 TNReady test scores almost 80 percent of Shelby County Schools' third-graders are not proficient in reading. Read901, convened by Literacy Mid-South, is working to get 90 percent of third-graders reading at grade level by 2025.

    By Elle Perry December 25, 2018