There are 10 article(s) tagged Stax Museum of American Soul:

• June 2023

  • The To-Do List: Black Pride, Puppy Pride and Juneteenth weekend

    This week, cult classic “Halloween III” is set to music, the Memphis Botanic Garden celebrates 70 years and Zora Neale Hurston’s life story takes center stage.

    By Bianca Phillips, Chris Herrington, Elle Perry, Kelsey Bowen June 15, 2023

• December 2022

  • Stax founder Jim Stewart dies, an unlikely giant of Southern soul

    Stewart perhaps cut an unlikely figure for the founder of a label that became synonymous with Southern soul music, creating stars such as Otis Redding and Isaac Hayes amid releasing roughly 800 singles and 300 albums in an initial span of fewer than 20 years.

    By Chris Herrington December 08, 2022

• August 2022

  • Panel highlights Memphis’ impact on national civil rights movement

    Community leaders and officials highlighted the legacy of Stax, the record label and museum, with a musical performance and panel in celebration of its addition to the U.S. Civil Rights Trail. 

    By Daja E. Henry August 02, 2022

• February 2022

  • Black History Month events roll in for February

    Stax, National Civil Rights Museum and gear up to celebrate Black History Month.

    By Jasmine McCraven February 02, 2022

• November 2021

  • Cyndi Lauper sells signed artwork to support Stax Music Academy

    Lauper joins Booker T. Jones of Booker T. & the MGs, Huey Lewis, Elvis Costello, Hall and Oates and Ke$ha in partnering with Soundwaves to launch artworks to benefit Stax Music Academy.

    By Jasmine McCraven November 10, 2021

• August 2021

  • Stax unlocks the vault

    “Solid Gold Soul: The Best of the Rest from the Stax Museum” is on show now. The exhibit features staff-selected artifacts from Stax’s vast archives, including Isaac Hayes’ desk from the 1970s. 

    By Rob Moore August 08, 2021

• January 2021

  • Justin Timberlake, Stax Music Academy bring Memphis flavor to inauguration night

    Performing from the Stax Museum of American Soul Music, Memphis-bred superstar Timberlake and students from the Stax Academy were part of the “Celebrating America” broadcast following Wednesday’s presidential inauguration. 

    By Chris Herrington January 20, 2021

• June 2020

  • Stax Museum to reopen June 18

    The museum will require staff and guests to wear masks, and will have cashless transaction points and sneeze guards.

    By Jared Boyd June 18, 2020

• October 2019

  • ‘The bond is the legacy of Stax Records’

    How Justin Timberlake came to visit Soulsville and tapped into the musical and cultural legacy of Stax Records. Plus what it takes to run a museum, a charter school and a music academy.

    By Eric Barnes October 31, 2019

• February 2019

  • The Weekly Memphian: Oxford Film Festival, Works of Heart, ‘Dirty Dancing’ and 901 Wrestling

    The Weekly Memphian is a partial guide to things happening in Memphis, recommended by Daily Memphian staff. This guide covers Feb. 6-12.

    By The Daily Memphian Staff February 06, 2019