May is a notable month for music in Memphis.

Millington’s effort to secure the 20th Lone Sailor statue around the world, reached fruition Wednesday as the city and organizers signed the contract to locate the work in a plaza near Navy Road and Easley Avenue.

From one commercial sure-shot (“Michael”) to another: This week brings the 20-years-later sequel “The Devil Wears Prada 2,” which returns the four main players and director from 2006’s catty comedy hit. 

Grind City Amp opened a new outdoor music venue in April, marked by a free festival on Saturday, April 25, featuring a vintage sale, food trucks and a live music lineup with headliner MonoNeon. 

Much like the human body, the week ahead is about 60% water. 

Some seniors at local high schools are playing a game called Senior Assassin, crouching behind bushes, stalking other students in stores and wearing swim gear to protect themselves.

Hip-hop groups De La Soul, Wu-Tang Clan and Salt-N-Pepa all drew on Memphis sounds for their 1980s/1990s breakthroughs. They bring those sounds home at the Riverbeat Music Festival.

At the Brick Convention, continuing through Sunday, fans can celebrate everything Lego, plus buy sets and meet master builders.

A Lego-themed convention this weekend in Southaven will feature various brick-built creations, special guests and interactive fun for all ages.

After 10 years at TheatreSouth, Quark Theatre is joining TheatreWorks as a resident company. Quark’s motto is “small plays about big ideas.”

A popular and controversial rock opera about Jesus’ final week, a satire about theater egos and getting sardines or a look into the criminal underworld of mobs? Take your pick of what’s showing on theater stages across Memphis. 

This weekend includes a rock opera, roller derby, Shelby Forest Spring Fest, a rescheduled vegan block party and a Lego convention. Plus a Friends of the Library book sale and a yard sale. 

Ashley Hannah Davis considered retiring from dance in 2021. But Machine Gun Kelly, the Prohibition-era gangster born (and later arrested) in Memphis, helped changed her mind — or at least his wife and partner-in-crime Kathryn Kelly did.

In this week’s To-Do List, a Kubrick classic screens at Crosstown, Shelby Forest has a fest for hillbillies and Memphis Roller Derby opens its 20th season.

An EGOT winner, a Nashville country group, a funky band alongside the “Godmother of Soul” and beyond are hitting the stage at Memphis Botanic Garden.

A rite of the season: Southaven is holding its Springfest this week through Saturday with rides, concessions and the aromatic draw of the annual barbecue contest.

Memphian Jaylen Hunter makes his movie debut as the young version of Marlon Jackson in the earlier sections of new Michael Jackson biopic, “Michael.”

The ceremony will take place Thursday, May 21, at 7 p.m. at the Orpheum Theatre.

Everyone knows Elvis lived at Graceland. But before this, he spent 13 months at 1034 Audubon Drive, during one of the most consequential periods of his career.

When one Cooper-Young gardener grew tired of driving by trash every day, she rolled up her sleeves and did something about it.

The National Center for Choreography–Akron is “Making Moves” across the United States, but the ties that bring it to Memphis go beyond tour dates. 

A Live Nation venue is expected to open in Memphis this year. This week, a jury declared the organization an illegal monopoly. Where does that leave the city? 

More than 20 comedians, both local and from across the U.S., will hit the stage to tell jokes during the three-day event, now in its third year.

In this week’s To-Do List, an animal-free circus comes to the Buckman, crawfish are on Riverside Drive and you can watch every episode of the first season of “Twin Peaks” on a big screen.

Expected rain delays Cooper-Young Porchfest one day to Sunday, April 19.