There are 31 article(s) tagged The To-Do List:

• June 2024

  • The To-Do List: Puppy Pride, Dude abides and how to tropic like it’s hot

    This week, Ikea celebrates Midsommar with meatballs, Dead Soldiers sing sad songs and author Tara Stringfellow releases her “Magic” book.

    By Bianca Phillips, Kelsey Bowen, Chris Herrington, Alys Drake, Elle Perry June 21, 2024

  • The To-Do List: Dierks Bentley, Doogie Howser’s mom and free park parties

    This week, the Metal Museum displays bracelets from the past 70-plus years, The Bluff City Liars bring improv to TheatreWorks and you can drink martinis for a good cause.

    By Bianca Phillips, Elle Perry, Kelsey Bowen, Chris Herrington, Alys Drake June 13, 2024

• September 2023

  • The To-Do List: Mid-Autumn Fest, Bluff City Chinese, Tim Burton’s gothic dreams

    This week, you can catch plenty of live music at Gonerfest and Mempho. Plus, Memphis Made celebrates 10 years of beers.

    By Bianca Phillips, Elle Perry, Holly Whitfield, Chris Herrington, Kelsey Bowen September 28, 2023

• November 2022

  • The To-Do List: Memphis Black history through photos, film and music

    This week, get into the holiday spirit with drag, take a tour of fall foliage and drink while you shop.

    By Bianca Phillips, Elle Perry November 10, 2022

• July 2022

  • The To-Do List: Black metalworkers, Blvck Hippie and a dream weekend for music fans

    This week, Theatre Memphis honors Priscilla Presley with a black-tie gala, a Tops Gallery group exhibition explores “metafiguration” and the Time Warp Drive-in will take you way back to Fantasia and Neverland.

    By Bianca Phillips, Elle Perry July 25, 2022

• May 2022

  • The To-Do List: The Who’s on first; Collage Dance presents second tribute to Brazil

    This week, Ballet Memphis presents a pay-what-you-can performance, the Raleigh Library celebrates cookbooks and Memphis in May triathletes swim, bike and run through Shelby Farms Park. 

    By Bianca Phillips, Elle Perry May 12, 2022

  • The To-Do List: Barks, blues, canoes and barbecues

    This week, Ballet Memphis presents a collaborative performance, Crosstown High students present both a music fest and a chalk fest, and a local fashion designer offers a watercolor class for Mother’s Day.

    By Bianca Phillips, Elle Perry, Abigail Warren May 05, 2022

• March 2022

  • 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.

    By Bianca Phillips, Chris Herrington March 10, 2022

• February 2022

  • The To-Do List: Quarantine photos, big-band blues and a Souper Party

    This week, Collage Dance Collective is back on stage after a two-year hiatus, artists from the University of Memphis’ student-run record label perform at Crosstown Arts, and prog-metal band Coheed and Cambria is at Graceland.

    By Elle Perry, Bianca Phillips, Chris Herrington February 17, 2022

• January 2022

  • The To-Do List: Family ‘knights,’ bonfires and the history of street names

    We’re playing chess, drinking beer, honoring icons and “Walking Tall” this week. 

    By Elle Perry, Chris Herrington January 13, 2022

• October 2021

  • The To-Do List: Zoo Boo, Lil Baby and Memphis Music on Main

    Get your costumes and your going-out clothes ready. This week’s Halloween edition of The To-Do List has lots of options you can dress up for, some spooky and some not.

    By Chris Herrington, Elle Perry October 28, 2021

  • The To-Do List: Country Blues Fest, Greek Fest and Cooper-Young Beerfest

    If you’re looking for a festival to attend, there’s probably one to your liking happening in Memphis this weekend. 

    By Chris Herrington October 07, 2021

• September 2021

  • The To-Do List: Broadway, Mempho return; Ironman holds inaugural event

    Broadway returns to Memphis this week, as does a big music festival. It’s also the first local event for the Ironman organization, which will see competitors doing a 1.2-mile swim, a 56-mile bike and a 13.1-mile run, all in the space of a few hours.

    By Chris Herrington September 30, 2021

  • The To-Do List: Cooper-Young Fest, ZZ Top and more

    The Cooper-Young Festival returns, the show goes on for Memphis Music Hall of Famers ZZ Top and the Brooks Museum hosts a major new exhibit. That and more are among our picks for this week.

    By Chris Herrington September 23, 2021

  • The To-Do List: Crosstown shopping, Midtown music and Cordova chuckles

    Live, outdoor music hits Midtown in a big way this weekend. Meanwhile, smoke ’em if ya got ’em at Handy Park, find some laughs in Cordova, go record-shopping in Crosstown or hit the midway. 

    By Chris Herrington September 09, 2021

• August 2021

  • The To-Do List: Fashion Week, 901 Day and William Bell

    This week, “After Hours” is both a movie and a bike ride. Fashion gets a week and the whole city gets a day with a week’s worth of events packed into it.

    By Chris Herrington August 26, 2021

  • The To-Do List: A Cheap Trick and Loose Opinions

    It’s no longer Elvis Week, but they’re still rocking at Graceland. Meanwhile, there’s barbecue in the park and dining deals all over.

    By Chris Herrington August 19, 2021

  • The To-Do List: The King returns, as does a hockey-mask-wearing killer

    This week in Memphis: Big concerts, throwback flicks, dining specials and the unbeatable combo of chicken and beer. Plus, it’s Elvis Week. 

    By Chris Herrington August 12, 2021

  • The To-Do List: Food Truck Thursday is back (and so is Ashley McBryde)

    This week in Memphis, a movie that’s become hard to see and artifacts of Memphis soul history never-before-seen are among our picks for reasons to leave the house. 

    By Chris Herrington August 05, 2021

• July 2021

  • The To-Do List: Live music, hoops, stargazing

    This week Lucero frontman Ben Nichols will play a solo acoustic birthday show and septuagenarian gospel artist Elizabeth King, flanked by some ace Memphis sidemen, will perform a live score to a pioneering work of Black cinema. 

    By Chris Herrington July 30, 2021

  • The To-Do List: John Paul Keith celebrates ‘The Rhythm of the City’

    Final mixes on John Paul Keith’s new album were done in February 2020, but the record had to be shelved for nearly a year due to COVID. 

    By Chris Herrington July 15, 2021

  • The To-Do List: Where to see fireworks shows this weekend

    This weekend will see fireworks shows in the area’s suburbs as well as at Graceland and in Downtown Memphis. 

    By Rob Moore July 02, 2021

• June 2021

  • The To-Do List: Memphis Heritage sale could have you saying ‘Mais oui’

    When Memphis Heritage hosts an estate sale this weekend, it’ll be a little bit of Memphis meets Paris.

    By Rob Moore June 24, 2021

  • The To-Do List: Balloon Jamboree ready for liftoff

    After being postponed a year, the inaugural Bluff City Balloon Jamboree in Collierville is finally here.

    By Abigail Warren June 17, 2021

  • The To-Do List: 901 FC returns to AutoZone Park

    After five consecutive away games, the Memphis 901 FC will return to AutoZone Park for its season home opener. 

    By John Varlas June 10, 2021