There are 6 article(s) tagged Tonya Dyson:

• January 2021

  • The Memphis 10: Kustoff and company still side-stepping accountability

    Plus, Zach Randolph’s honor, a case for Scooby Doo, and restaurants that are gone but not forgotten.

    By Chris Herrington January 14, 2021

  • Next step for Memphis Slim Collaboratory is out in the backyard

    The music nonprofit is expanding performance opportunities for musicians. The new space is a vacant half-acre lot behind the site of the renowned blues musician’s family home.

    By Linda A. Moore January 08, 2021

• November 2020

  • The Memphis 10: Six final thoughts on the 2020 election

    Among Tennessee counties, the late vote didn’t change much, but some tightening in Shelby County meant that for the first time since 2000 – when Nashville’s Al Gore was on the ballot – Davidson County was actually more “blue” than Shelby. 

    By Chris Herrington November 12, 2020

• April 2019

  • Mud Island gets mini-makeover for Memphis’ bicentennial celebration

    By the city’s 200th anniversary on May 22, people looking out of their Downtown offices and crossing the bridges back and forth across the Mississippi River will have a different view when they peer out over Mud Island.

    By Elle Perry April 04, 2019

• February 2019

  • 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. 

    By Elle Perry February 07, 2019

• November 2018

  • Meet some of the artists who live and work in South Main Artspace

    More than 60 Memphis artists call South Main Artspace Lofts home.

    By Elle Perry November 08, 2018