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Executive director Carissa Hussong breaks down how the new Metal Museum building dramatically increases the programming — and the revenue generation — that will be possible in the museum’s new home.
Construction on the Memphis Art Museum, what the Memphis Brooks Museum of Art will become when it moves Downtown, has continued. So has construction on the Metal Museum’s location in the Memphis College of Art building.
Shell on Wheels is bringing the experience of being in Overton Park at The Shell to Memphis neighborhoods.
The death of 14-year-old William McConnell, who died in 2022 while crossing East Parkway, inspired the William’s Walk event at Overton Park’s Old Forest.
Chalkfest drew hundreds to the Brooks Museum of Art in Overton Park, as Memphians took advantage of a sunny afternoon to have fun at outdoor events around town.
“This year we want people to join us in walking to create a world without suicide,” said Robert Gebbia, CEO of the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention.
A midcentury building in Midtown is undergoing a transformation to become the new gallery and studio space for one Memphis museum.
Her first job out of college was working for millionaire Alfred Gwynne Vanderbilt in New York. She got the job through a New York Times want ad.
Inspired by a similar account in Atlanta, Conner McLeod created an Instagram account dedicated to leaving $50 in different places around the city. He has gained more than 3,500 followers in less than a week.
Families came to the Greensward Saturday as part of the Overton Park Conservancy’s Summer Splash series, which its communications director said she hopes shows the benefit of a large grassy space for something other than parking.
“There is something uniquely magical about this place that inspires such strong bonds among the people who come here, and I am grateful to have been woven into this park’s storied history,” said Overton Park Conservancy’s executive director.
Multiple Memphis organizations will take part in a science challenge that spans six continents this week.
This game follows some of the conventions of Wordle. You get six tries to guess each individual word.
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.