There are 47 article(s) tagged The To-Do List:

• September 2025

  • Y2K is vintage now, an ‘X-Files’ star is coming and a fest celebrates fungi

    This week, old movies return to the big screen, a plant pop-up pops up at another pop-up and two Downtown hotels host DJ nights.

    By Bianca Phillips, Elle Perry, Kelsey Bowen, Chris Herrington, Alys Drake 25 minutes ago

  • Smash Mouth is at the zoo, ZZ Top is at the Garden and the brat pack is back

    This week, art meets booze at the Dixon and the Brooks, and weenie dogs race at the Germantown Festival.

    By Bianca Phillips, Kelsey Bowen, Elle Perry, Chris Herrington, Alys Drake, Abigail Warren September 05, 2025

• August 2025

  • Shinedown comes home, opera is everyday and Project Pat is on Beale

    This week, the sun sets on the Sunset Skate series, the Delta Fair brings thrills (and a lot more) and Slider Inn goes “Back to the Future.”

    By Bianca Phillips, Elle Perry, Chris Herrington, Kelsey Bowen August 29, 2025

  • Darius Rucker’s at the Garden, and there’s a horror circus at the mall

    On The To-Do List this week: The Ostrander’s show must go on, Kelly English serves an art-inspired menu and the Stax Music Academy opens the fall Shell series with a summer-themed show. 

    By Bianca Phillips, Elle Perry, Kelsey Bowen, Chris Herrington August 21, 2025

  • The Orpheum is alive with the ‘Sound of Music,’ and Labubus hit the runway

    On The To-Do List this week are the Memphis Chicken and Beer Fest and an Unapologetic anniversary. Plus, Like Really Creative is doing, like, a lot this week.

    By Bianca Phillips, Elle Perry, Kelsey Bowen, Alys Drake August 15, 2025

• July 2025

  • Unleash your inner Sandra Dee, jam to Jerry Garcia tunes, party with Skinny

    This week, support kidpreneurs in Germantown, learn to homestead in Millington and get broken stuff fixed at the Central Library.

    By Bianca Phillips, Elle Perry, Kelsey Bowen July 31, 2025

  • Party in an Uptown alley, art-crawl in the Edge and dance at a coffee shop

    This week, GloRilla’s show goes on despite her arrest, the Last Vegan on Earth is in Crosstown and the “Most Epic Lemonade Stand in Memphis History” is in Collierville.

    By Bianca Phillips, Elle Perry, Kelsey Bowen, Chris Herrington, Alys Drake July 25, 2025

  • Asian Night Market is back, and Wilco’s Pat Sansone pops up

    This week, learn what happens if you fall inside a black hole, watch a summer cult classic and ease on down the road to see “The Wiz.”

    By Alys Drake, Bianca Phillips, Chris Herrington, Elle Perry, Kelsey Bowen July 23, 2025

  • Watch fireworks three days in a row, and turn it up to 41 with Spinal Tap

    This week the Hi-Tone Cafe hosts a market with queer vendors and free hot dogs. Plus a couple of guys named Lee join forces with a Sheikholeslami for an art show at the Dixon Gallery & Gardens.

    By Bianca Phillips, Chris Herrington, Elle Perry July 03, 2025

• May 2025

  • The To-Do List: BBQ fest, Greek Fest, Jugfest and art that’s out of this world

    This week, Memphis celebrates Tom Lee, Soul & Spirits celebrates smoked beer and Wiseacre is having the most metal pop-up shop ever.

    By Elle Perry, Bianca Phillips, Holly Whitfield, Kelsey Bowen May 08, 2025

• March 2025

  • The To-Do List: Women spin, blossoms bloom and nerds unite

    This week, punk rock changes a teen girl’s life at Circuit, Black-owned food trucks take over Tiger Lane and you’ve got one more chance to go back to Comeback Coffee.

    By Bianca Phillips, Elle Perry, Kelsey Bowen, Alys Drake, Chris Herrington March 20, 2025

  • The To-Do List: How to celebrate St. Pat’s Day, plus daffodils and drag

    This week, the owls are not what they seem at Crosstown Arts, “Whose Line is it Anyway?” hits the road and the Orpheum reveals its next Broadway lineup.

    By Bianca Phillips, Kelsey Bowen, Elle Perry, Chris Herrington, Alys Drake March 15, 2025

• February 2025

  • The To-Do List: Mardi Gras for dogs, zydeco for people and a monster movie

    This week WYXR wants folks to pull up, author Jared Sullivan talks TVA and the Metal Museum opens an airy exhibition.

    By Bianca Phillips, Alys Drake, Kelsey Bowen, Elle Perry, Beth Gooch February 27, 2025

• November 2024

  • The To-Do List: A Winter Garden, an enchanted castle and sugarplum fairies

    This week, Justin Timberlake is back in Memphis, there’s an early turkey trot at Overton Park and the holiday lights come on at Graceland and Downtown.

    By Bianca Phillips, Laura Testino, Alys Drake November 21, 2024

  • The To-Do List: Cat paw-ty, coffee culture and Hannibal Lector times two

    This week, learn cocktail science at Lichterman, spend an evening in Paris at the Orpheum and hear IMAKEMADBEATS’ new album — but with lasers.

    By Alys Drake, Bianca Phillips, Chris Herrington, Elle Perry, Jennifer Chandler, Kelsey Bowen November 15, 2024

• September 2024

  • The To-Do List: Gonerfest is 21

    This week, sneakers meet art and cocktails at Artifacts, Memphians tell stories at TEDx and Orchestra Noir is bringing Y2K back.

    By Bianca Phillips, Elle Perry, Chris Herrington, Kelsey Bowen September 26, 2024

• 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