There are 11 article(s) tagged Orange Mound Tower:

• June 2024

  • ‘Something for everybody’ at the Tone Juneteenth Festival

    Horseback rides and the chance to hear live music were some of the ways attendees enjoyed themselves during the Tone Juneteenth Festival. 

    By Kambui Bomani June 17, 2024

  • Memphis hosts a variety of Juneteenth celebrations

    One event, Tone’s music festival, features Memphis rap legend Juicy J and Memphis producer HitKidd.

    By Kambui Bomani June 13, 2024

  • Gala celebrates Juneteenth in style

    With eyes on the future while nodding to the past, the Black arts organization Tone gets glamorous before Sunday’s ‘Family Reunion’ in Orange Mound.

    By Carmen Darden June 11, 2024

  • Orange Mound Tower $40M redevelopment entering design phase

    Co-owned by Black nonprofit organizations Tone Memphis and Unapologetic, the mixed-use development project has begun its design and schematic phases with construction to soon follow in late 2024 or early 2025. 

    By Sophia Surrett June 09, 2024

• October 2022

  • The To-Do List: Wattstax, Weird Al, ‘Pretty Woman’ and Nasty Women

    This week, original members of The 24-Carat Black stop at Stax, the Broad Avenue Arts District gets a “Paint Memphis” makeover and soul legend Mavis Staples plays GPAC.

    By Bianca Phillips, Chris Herrington, Jasmine McCraven, Judaea Driscoll October 07, 2022

  • Memphis celebrates Wattstax anniversary with film screening

    The concert sometimes called the “Black Woodstock” turns 50 this year.

    By Judaea Driscoll October 03, 2022

• August 2022

  • Social Club: Memphis rap veteran contributes to Beyonce’s ‘Renaissance’

    Network channel TLC captures local visiting Manhattan-based Kleinfeld Bridal salon and rapper Tommy Wright III is on the first track of Beyonce’s newly released album, “Renaissance.”

    By Jasmine McCraven August 02, 2022

• July 2022

  • Orange Mound Tower owners say abortion-rights banner was unauthorized

    The banner read, “Thou shall aid & abet abortion,” was placed on the tower by art collective organization, Indecline. 

    By Jasmine McCraven July 24, 2022

• June 2022

  • Everything ‘scaled up’ for second Juneteenth gala, festival

    Orange Mound’s Tone is hosting a Juneteenth gala that calls for dress in “Afrofuturistic black tie.”

    By Elle Perry June 17, 2022

  • Here’s how Memphis organizations are celebrating Juneteenth

    A variety of events will celebrate Juneteenth in Memphis, many returning to live events this year for the first time since the pandemic began. 

    By Kofi Whitehead June 08, 2022

• June 2021

  • Orange Mound’s United Equipment landmark bought for mixed-use development

    The former United Equipment Building towers over Lamar Avenue and the surrounding community.

    By Elle Perry June 08, 2021