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.
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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.
“This makes for $14 million in total from foundations that are outside of the (Memphis) community,” said the museum’s executive director. “That speaks to the national importance of our institution.”
This week, Joyce Cobb kicks off “5 Fridays of Jazz,” crafters swap supplies at Five in One Social Club and comedian Pete Davidson makes a stop at Minglewood.
This week, a Tom Lee Park documentary premieres, an Oscar-nominated film screens for free and Valentine’s Day isn’t over yet.
This week, “Confederates” at Hattiloo explores racial and gender bias, singer-songwriter Jason Isbell speaks at Rhodes and adults get play time at CMOM.
More than 40 people attended and paid their respects to both fallen and living war veterans at the Doughboy Statue in Overton Park’s Veterans Plaza during the Daughters of the American Revolution Veterans Day Ceremony.
The decade-long struggle over a patch of grass in Overton Park has reflected a changing city and served as a kind of proxy battle for larger civic questions.
These sandwiches are not for the light or neat eater, nor are they for the faint of heart.
Brooks Lamb, who wrote “Overton Park: A History,” joins Eric Barnes to talk about his new book, “Love for the Land: Lessons from Farmers Who Persist in Place.”
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.
This week, the Hi-Tone hosts a freestyle rap battle, Alicia Keys is at FedExForum and yoga meets plant-based cheese at Crosstown Concourse.
Celebrate Earth Day by spending some time observing a single creature — what it looks like, how it moves, how it interacts with other plants or creatures in its habitat, and whether it makes any distinctive sounds.
Museum admission for a family can quickly add up, but in Memphis, several institutions offer free days throughout the year.
Evening is the perfect time for catching a glimpse of the evasive nocturnal species, and the Midtown park’s old forest is “a really great habitat.”
This week, the U.S. Poet Laureate will read at Rhodes, Spillit stops in Orange Mound and Ballet Memphis pays homage to love.
Memphis Zoo CEO Matt Thompson met with representatives from the Overton Park Conservancy and City of Memphis Monday, Nov. 21,.
Inspired by the Japanese concept of shinrin-yoku, or “forest bathing,” the Overton Park Conservancy is focused on connecting the community to nature. A week of mindful, outdoor activities begin with a stroll through the Old Forest.
George Cates won’t be here to see Friday’s official opening of the Overton Park 9. He died in a plane crash a year ago. But when you play the course, you’ll see his good work. And you’ll honor him with your smiles.
Golf began for everyone in Memphis in Overton Park in 1906 with the opening of the Overton Park 9, the city’s first public course.
This week, Regina Bradley talks Southern hip-hop, a two-day music fest raises funds to help those struggling with addiction and Backbeat Tours drives you around town for beer and pizza.
This week, Juneteenth celebrations are planned across the city, ’90s alt-rockers Collective Soul and Everclear will play (but not together) and an “ooky” musical opens at The Harrell Performing Arts Theatre.
Terms of the 100-year lease include a $35 million renovation of the Overton Park landmark with money from private donors.
A new exhibit chronicles the Shell’s more than eight-decade existence and pays tribute to some of the musicians who have played there.
The 176-unit @the Park apartment complex near Overton Park is scheduled to be completed this fall. Construction on the $22.25 million development near Sam Cooper Boulevard and East Parkway began in fall 2019.
“It’s so sad, because there were people there that had very severe handicaps,” said one former resident. “It was very difficult for them. They were almost homeless. And they were able to somehow gather the money to pay to move.”