Global art star looks to level playing field for creative teens
The teenagers in the Contemporary Arts Memphis’ summer program spend three weeks at St. Columba Retreat Center and then a week in New York, visiting museums and meeting working artists.
Go Grisanti takes the Elfo Special and Miss Mary’s salad on the road
After five years of tossing around an idea to provide hassle-free takeout — while still offering the same dishes and quality of the main restaurant — Frank and Larkin Grisanti have opened Go Grisanti.
Comeback Coffee expansion bets on soda market
Hayes and Amy McPherson extend their footprint on North Main Street to take one of the shop’s staples — canned coffee sodas — across Memphis and beyond.
Redbirds honor Memphis Red Sox
The Memphis Red Sox were an American Negro Baseball League that operated from 1920 to 1959.
School board member Stephanie Love’s road to recovery
It’s been 16 months since two strokes left the Memphis-Shelby County Schools board member unable to walk, speak or eat.
Breakers snap Showboats’ five-game win streak
New Orleans’ win complicates Memphis’ chances for a USFL playoff berth.
School agriSTEM garden bursts forth from students’ curiosity
It’s fitting for a Collierville elementary school named Tara Oaks, that the idea for a campus garden would sprout from an acorn. Now kids are putting down the devices and getting their hands dirty.
Momentum Nonprofit Partners wants to organize Tennessee alliance
Beginning July 1, Memphis leaders will lay groundwork for a statewide nonprofit association, which they see as the place that will offer research on issues germane to nonprofits and help them get legislative access in Nashville.
Echols: Like a cool cup of water on a very hot day
“That small smile created a bridge and invited me to walk across — if only by smiling back. As a society, we are fractured in a million jagged ways ... that smile was a step toward reconnection.”
D.C. Scorecard: Trump’s indictment, Cohen on Amtrak; Kustoff at Le Bonheur
The D.C. Scorecard shows partisan lines still intact among the city’s four representatives on the espionage indictment against Donald Trump. Also, Cohen talks Memphis to Nashville Amtrak service, while Kustoff talks workforce at Le Bonheur.
Toronto Raptors hire Grizzlies assistant Darko Rajakovic as head coach
The Raptors are hiring Grizzlies assistant Darko Rajakovic as their next head coach, according to a report from ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski.
Movers & Shakers
Methodist Le Bonheur Healthcare and IMC announce promotions and additions.
Metro
Memphis escapes severe wind damage, but freezing temps are on the way
About 9,600 MLGW customers were without power late Sunday night, but Memphis dodged severe wind damage. Freezing temperatures are on the way and will last through Tuesday.
Metro This Week in Memphis: St. Patrick’s Day and Hall of Fame for amateurs
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Metro Heavy winds, thunderstorms expected Sunday night
Business
Movers & Shakers
Orion Financial, Reynolds and Bone & Griesbeck PLC, Alliance Healthcare Services and Jones Aur Commercial Real Estate announce promotions and additions.
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Business Peabody’s Chez Philippe awarded prestigious Five Diamond designation
Health Care Making sure ‘ethics is embedded’ in AI and health care: Panel discusses intersection of health equity, tech
Sports
Santi Aldama to undergo arthroscopic procedure on right knee
Aldama “will undergo an arthroscopic procedure and receive an orthobiologic injection to address ongoing discomfort in the trochlear compartment of his right knee.”
Sports NCAA Tournament: Duke, Arizona, Michigan, Florida get top seeding for March Madness
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Food
Jittery from java? That’s that Grind City Coffee Xpo.
The love of coffee lured an estimated 700 people to the Grind City Coffee Xpo at Crosstown Concourse, but come bedtime, they may regret the extra caffeine.
Business Peabody’s Chez Philippe awarded prestigious Five Diamond designation
Suburbs
A place where the game never ends opens in Bartlett
Garrison Gaming Hub is the latest such business to open in the Bartlett area, with extended hours for those interested in the hobby.
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Arts & Culture
Memphis Movies This Week: Oscars (finally) arrive, Hitchcock’s ‘The Birds’
The Iranian drama “It Was Just an Accident” is the best 2025 film to skip Memphis screens entirely, Chris Herrington said.
Premium Arts & Culture What’s unfolding inside Elmwood Cemetery? Shakespeare, costumes and Alexander Hamilton
Opinion
Opinion: Beware of deceptive business opportunities
“Consumers have been scammed out of tens of millions of dollars in recent get-rich-quick schemes.”
Premium Geoff Calkins Calkins: Lionel Hollins has never left Memphis — or stopped working to make it a better place.
Podcasts
Spring sprung early — and with it, so does heightened Downtown security
Downtown Memphis Commission CEO Chandell Ryan talked on “Behind The Headlines” about an early spring on Beale Street and the city’s plan for enhancing safety.
Podcasts The AM/DM podcast: Time to shamrock out for St. Patrick’s
Games
Daily Jigsaw: Whitehaven beats Houston
Today’s puzzle is from the Region 8-4A tournament game between Whitehaven and Houston high schools and was taken by Greg Campbell.