Pat Mitchell Worley tapped to lead Soulsville Foundation
Stax Music Academy’s executive director and a longtime local arts advocate is set to head the Memphis music foundation beginning in August.
Topic: Stax Museum of American Soul Music
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July 2022
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Consul-General of Japan welcomed to Memphis at Stax Museum
CEO of Greater Memphis Chamber Beverly Robertson says with Memphis being a global logistics leader along with exciting economic developments like landing the 2021 Ford’s BlueOval City, encouraging Memphis-Japanese relations enriches the city culturally and economically.
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June 2022
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Stax, NCRM featured in new Civil Rights podcast
The three-episode series entitled, “Tennessee Civil Rights Trail Podcast,” will feature events of the movement that happened in the state during the 1950s and 1960s, as told by veteran civil rights activists.
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March 2022
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The To-Do List: Beale goes green, Tiger Lane has soul and the ‘80s are back at FedExForum
This week, PXLS covers video game music at Crosstown Arts, Stax opens an exhibition of 1970s nightclub photography and Alton Brown Live stops at the Orpheum Theatre.
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February 2022
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The To-Do List: Valentine’s concerts, Broadway’s Tootsie and virtual Stax films
This week, see Memphis jookin’ legend Lil Buck and the Broadway adaptation of “Tootsie” at the Orpheum, learn the history of Memphis street names, and treat yourself (and maybe your special someone) to Valentine’s week concerts.
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The To-Do List: Jookin’ class, transit equity and toasting to Lunar New Year
This week, you can learn about public transit advocacy and how to jook and then you can raise your glass to the Lunar New Year.
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Black History Month events roll in for February
Stax, National Civil Rights Museum and gear up to celebrate Black History Month.
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February 2021
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Black History Month events go virtual at Civil Rights Museum, Stax, Hattiloo
The National Civil Rights Museum will host a virtual panel Feb. 5 with editors and contributors to the new book “Four Hundred Souls.”
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May 2020
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How Stax Museum will reopen – Executive Director Jeff Kollath joins Eric Barnes on the Extra Podcast
The head of the Stax Museum talks about plans for reopening — and contemplates when live music and events will happen again.
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March 2020
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Coronavirus daily blog, March 10: U of M athletics releases statement
CBU faculty member, student under self-quarantine; Le Bonheur updates visitor policy; stocks rebound.
Editor's note: Due to the serious public health implications associated with COVID-19, The Daily Memphian is making our coronavirus coverage accessible to all readers.
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Coronavirus daily blog, March 16: SCS extends closure to April 6
Confirmed cases Tennessee52 Shelby County2 - Tunica casinos close temporarily
- Catholic Diocese of Memphis decree cancels Eucharist celebration, excuses people from mass
- U of M may postpone spring graduation
- Dow experiences worst day since 1987
- Gov. urges all Tennessee schools to close
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January 2020
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Booker T. Jones takes a sentimental journey ahead of homecoming show
In advance of a performance at Crosstown Theater, Booker T. Jones reflects on his recent visit to Memphis and the meaning of homecomings.
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November 2019
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Boyd: Booker T. Jones’ memoir a meditation on moving on
Booker T. Jones' memoir "Time Is Tight" considers what it's like to let your talent lead you away from the comforts of the Bluff City.
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September 2019
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‘Woman to Woman': Shirley Brown’s first hit, and Stax’s last
In the mid-1970s it was the final hit record of a Memphis soul empire. In 2019, it's an adored meme. But for Shirley Brown, "Woman to Woman" was the song that changed her life.
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July 2019
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Memphis has plenty of musical heroes
Think of Aretha Franklin or Isaac Hayes in Soulsville, Willie Mitchell in Orange Mound and Dewey Phillips at the Hotel Chisca. A Rufus Thomas statue could go just about anywhere in town and Memphis Minnie and Furry Lewis sure would look good on Beale Street.
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May 2019
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John Gary Williams, frontman of Stax’s The Mad Lads, dies at 73
Memphis native John Gary Williams, who recorded for Stax as a part of The Mad Lads and as a solo artist, was found dead in his home. The 73-year-old's soul music legacy stands at the intersection of the Black Power movement and the Vietnam War.
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February 2019
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Director Tonya Dyson wants Slim House brand to be global
Memphis Slim House is officially its own nonprofit, after starting off as a program of Community LIFT. Its new director, Tonya Dyson, is thinking globally about the Memphis Slim Collaboratory.
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November 2018
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Southern Avenue finds quick success, locally and internationally
Named for Southern Avenue, which runs from the easternmost part of the Memphis city limits all the way to South Memphis, Southern Avenue is also the name of an up-and-coming Memphis band that embodies the city’s soul, blues and gospel traditions.
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October 2018
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What could happen to Aretha Franklin’s birthplace based on Memphis precedents
A small house with boarded-up windows and a metal fence around the yard sits on Lucy Avenue off of Wellington Street.
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September 2018
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Stax Museum, Crosstown Arts partner for ‘Give a Damn! Music + Activism at Stax Records’
The main artifact for a new exhibition at Crosstown Arts is Isaac Hayes' 14-foot-long, custom-made, red velvet office desk complete with white Formica top. Previously, the desk had been in storage for more than a year, after the Stax Museum of American Soul Music recovered it from the owner of East Nashville vintage boutique, The Hip Zipper.
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