There are 18 article(s) tagged Shelby Farms:

• April 2022

  • Shelby Farms hosts park cleanup for Earth Day 2022

    Caroline Norris, director of Sales and Events for Shelby Farms, said Earth Day 2022’s theme of #InvestInOurPlanet encompasses the park’s mission to keep the environment clean. 

    By Alicia Davidson April 22, 2022

• March 2022

  • Memphis Road Runners: Hamilton Eye Institute Race for Sight 5K winners

    Winners of the Hamilton Eye Institute Race for Sight 5K at Shelby Farms. 

    By The Daily Memphian Staff March 10, 2022

• November 2021

  • Velo at Shelby Farms requests closing extension

    The Birmingham-based developer is asking to move its closing deadline to next year. 

    By Rob Moore November 16, 2021

• October 2021

  • Inaugural St. Jude IRONMAN triathlon takes off in Memphis

    Despite rainy weather all day, more than 1,700 athletes started the race. Spectators watched and cheered their loved ones on as they swam, bicycled and ran the 70.3-mile course.

    By Julia Baker October 02, 2021

• May 2021

  • Shelby Farms during a pandemic: ‘Life changing’ visits and buffalo vaccinations

    Jen Andrews joins Eric Barnes on this week’s episode of The Sidebar.

    By Eric Barnes May 26, 2021

• February 2021

  • Investigators puzzled by dumping of animal carcasses on public land

    Someone has been dumping dead horses, cows and deer on county land not far from a public trail along the Wolf River near Shelby Farms. Investigators can’t figure out who.

    By Christopher Fulton February 05, 2021

  • Mempho Music Festival announces new dates, new location

    The festival is now slated for Oct. 1-3, moving west from its initial home at Shelby Farms Park to the Radians Amphitheater at the Memphis Botanic Garden. 

    By Chris Herrington February 04, 2021

• November 2020

  • Opinion: Imagine, and be thankful

    People are called visionary after whatever seemingly crazy idea they’ve envisioned becomes reality against all odds. Otherwise, they’re just called crazy. And it’s just crazy how many visionaries this city has been blessed with.

    By Dan Conaway November 27, 2020

  • Opinion: Even in 2020, there is much to be thankful for in Memphis

    This Thanksgiving, as I approach my first-year anniversary in Memphis, there is much I am thankful for.

    By Ronnie Ramos November 26, 2020

  • Falling under the spell of autumn

    Soak up the beauty of a crisp autumn day through photos of Mid-South scenes including Overton Park in Midtown, Links at Galloway and Shelby Farms Park in East Memphis, and Martin Luther King Jr. Riverside Park in South Memphis.

    By The Daily Memphian Staff November 22, 2020

• September 2020

  • Q&A with Frayser CDC Executive Director Damon Williams

    New Frayser CDC Executive Director Damon Williams participated in a Q&A with The Daily Memphian ranging from his favorite sports team to where he would take someone if he was giving a Memphis tour.

    By Omer Yusuf September 06, 2020

• June 2020

  • Protesters block Germantown Parkway

    A small group of protesters led by Darin Abston of the Memphis People Coalition started at Shelby Farms on Tuesday night and eventually blocked lanes of Germantown Parkway.

    By The Daily Memphian Staff June 03, 2020

• April 2020

  • Shelby Farms will be closed to cars on Easter

    Shelby Farms Park will be closed to vehicular traffic on April 12 in an effort to limit crowds during one of its busiest days. Visitors can still enter the park on foot or by bicycle. 

    By Yolanda Jones April 08, 2020

• February 2020

  • Coastal Fish Company delivers almost — but not quite — flawlessly

    Coastal Fish Company delivers. It’s beautiful, the staff is fully attentive and while it’s pricey, you can spend considerably more for food that doesn’t approach this quality. Spectacular sunsets, sadly, cannot be guaranteed.

    By Jennifer Biggs February 28, 2020

• October 2019

  • Coastal Fish Company opens Tuesday at Shelby Farms

    Seafood from various coasts is on the menu at Coastal Fish Company, which opens Tuesday in Shelby Farms.

    By Jennifer Biggs October 28, 2019

• July 2019

  • Local Duchenne patient meets participants in cross-country bike ride

    Dalton Al-Chokhachi, a local 14-year-old, lives with Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy. Sunday, he took part in a cross-country bike ride through Shelby Farms as cyclists try to raise awareness.

    By Abigail Warren July 29, 2019

  • Shelby Farms names new restaurant tenant

    Coastal Fish Company, owned by Russ Graham and Tom Powers, will open this fall in the space on Hyde Lake formerly occupied by The Kitchen.

    By Jennifer Biggs July 08, 2019

• November 2018

  • The Kitchen at Shelby Farms to close at end of 2018

    Shelby Farms Park plans to fill the restaurant space next to the FedEx Event Center as soon as possible. The Kitchen has occupied the space since it opened in 2016 but will close at the end of the year.

    By Jennifer Biggs November 17, 2018