How Memphis Teacher Residency works to improve literacy in Memphis
Leaders of the Memphis Literacy Conference join Eric Barnes on The Sidebar to talk about using science, teachers and constant effort to help people of all ages learn to read.
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July 2022
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The long, hard work of advocating for the LGBTQ community
Marvell L. Terry II joins Eric Barnes on The Sidebar to talk about his advocacy for the LGBTQ community, his work to support people with HIV/AIDS and what it means to be a Black gay man.
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June 2022
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The value of artist residencies in Crosstown and Memphis
The head of Crosstown Arts’ artist-in-residence programs talks opportunities for artists, the role of the arts in Memphis, and her near 10-year-history with the Crosstown project.
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How OUTMemphis supports the LGBTQ+ community in Memphis
Molly Quinn, executive director of OutMemphis, talks about the organization’s work with homeless LGBTQ+ youth and the group’s upcoming Queer Prom.
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From the Antenna Club to the Hustle & Flow film score, Scott Bomar talks Memphis music
Emmy-award-winning film composer Scott Bomar joins Eric Barnes on this week’s episode of The Sidebar.
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May 2022
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Digital art, work of Maurice Sendak are headed to Brooks
On the Sidebar, Eric talks to Patty Daigle, the associate curator of modern and contemporary art at the Memphis Brooks Museum of Art.
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How Humanities Tennessee tries to support Memphis arts and culture
Paul McCoy and Steven Fox, both from Humanities Tennessee, joined Eric Barnes to talk about how the organization has worked with arts and culture organizations in Memphis — and all over the state — during COVID.
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Meet Willy Bearden, fillmmaker, storyteller and limo-rider
Willy Bearden, who has been making movies and documentaries, writing scripts and stories and producing events of all kinds all over the world, is on this week’s edition of The Sidebar.
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April 2022
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Overton Park Shell to open stage to Memphis creatives
When the Overton Park Shell changed its name recently, it was about more than just the name.
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Listen to how more Black-owned businesses can thrive
Ernest Strickland of the Black Business Association joins Eric Barnes on The Sidebar.
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Guest column: The fever dream that was the 1990s indie rock music scene
“The Grifters’ partnership between guitars and bass created something that was oftentimes achingly beautiful or, occasionally, weird and terrifying.”
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Listen to the thrill, realities, heartbreak of life as a musician
Cyrena Wages joins host Eric Barnes on The Sidebar podcast to discuss life as a musician.
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March 2022
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Listen to how power of play can change kids’ lives
Eric Barnes interviews Dr. Stewart Burgess, executive director of the Children’s Museum of Memphis.
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Listen to the history of lynching sites in Memphis
“I think it’s really important to memorialize these events because human nature is to try to cover up painful parts of our history,” Lynching Sites Project of Memphis board member Laura Faith Kebede tells Eric Barnes.
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February 2022
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Listen to Kate Teague on WYXR, the life of a musician and Thacker Mountain Radio
Kate Teague, singer, songwriter and WYXR staffer, joins Eric Barnes on The Sidebar.
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Listen to the difference between volunteering and being ‘voluntold’
The reasons people volunteer, the reasons companies organize their employees for volunteer efforts, and the ways organizations can best utilize volunteers vary greatly.
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Listen to how Memphis has — and has not — changed over the last 15 years
Kerry Hayes, former special assistant to Memphis Mayor AC Wharton Jr., joins Eric Barnes this week on The Sidebar.
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Listen to how Choose901 came to be
Nearly 10 years after founding Choose901, John Carroll joins Eric Barnes on The Sidebar.
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January 2022
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Listen to the impact of Memphis Slim on music and performers in Memphis
Tonya Dyson, executive director of Memphis Slim Collaboratory, joins Eric Barnes on The Sidebar.
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Listen to how Jeff Cohran went from church drummer to music producer
Music producer, DJ and instructor Jeff Cohran joins Eric Barnes on The Sidebar.
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December 2021
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Listen to the new head of the Memphis Association of Black Journalists
Elle Perry of The Daily Memphian joins Eric Barnes on The Sidebar.
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Listen to Bishop Phoebe Roaf on our divisions, connections
Bishop Phoebe Roaf talks about the coarseness of our national discourse, the disconnections COVID brought on all of us, and her journey to become the first Black, female Bishop in Tennessee on The Sidebar.
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Listen to what inspires people to take on lost causes
Eric Barnes talked to Marvin Stockwell, co-founder of the group that has for years tried to bring life back to the Mid-South Coliseum and now also the host of the Champions of the Lost Causes podcast.
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November 2021
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Listen to Joe Royer talk about the evolution of Memphis’ outdoor spaces
The co-founder of Outdoors Inc. joined Eric Barnes on this week’s episode of The Sidebar.
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Legendary Memphis DJ featured in Adidas campaign
The ad plays tribute to Memphis’ DJ Spanish Fly and jookin’.
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