Arts Beat: Why the national choreography center is stopping in Memphis
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.
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.
He did so after being encouraged by his mother’s best friend Jeannine Paul, a then-94-year-old Memphis artist.
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.
Memphis City Council members got a peek inside what will be the new Memphis Art Museum before voting to repurpose city funds for public infrastructure outside the Front Street museum.
Growlers, a locally owned and operated concert venue, occupies the building at 1911 Poplar Ave.
Herrington said one movie pick this week is “‘Fargo’ meets ‘John Wick’” with some comedic “Hot Fuzz” in the mix. There’s also an SNL documentary.
David Porter recounts his youth in South Memphis and how Stax Records became Soulsville in his upcoming memoir, “Soul Man: Life of a Songwriter,” releasing April 14.
Hundreds of Native Americans and others gathered at Chucalissa Saturday for the first homecoming festival at the Choctaw site in more than a decade.
Elvis, Jerry Lawler and the Beale Street Flippers: Find the nooks and crannies of Memphis culture in this “Where’s Waldo”-inspired piece.
Singer-songwriter and bassist Mark Edgar Stuart opens the spring series on May 7.
In this week’s To-Do List, the Stax Music Academy takes over Handy Park, Ballet Memphis performs a Shakespeare classic and Novel’s new club lets you walk and read at the same time.
With Cajun delicacies from crawfish to shrimp, the second-annual Bayou Bash is slated for Saturday in Bartlett with hopes for better weather than the rainy first year.
More than 8,000 people are expected to attend this East Memphis art festival.
Sylvia Martinez, the president and CEO of Girls Inc., joins Eric Barnes on this week’s episode of “The Sidebar.”
The Memphis rapper and eight others, including his father, were arrested after the FBI raided his Cordova home.
In addition to the throwbacks, screenings this week include a set-in-Italy romantic comedy, “You, Me and Tuscany,” and the new horror movie “Faces of Death.”
Brandon Harris returns to his role to curate films for an Indie Memphis Film Festival that, he said in an interview, “runs the gamut of American independent cinema.”
Memphis Listening Lab at Crosstown Concourse is adding a viewing of the “Summer of Soul” film and a live performance by hip-hop artist Cut Chemist to events at the old Sears building.
Lawmakers honored the four-time Grammy nominated artist with a resolution making his “Tennessee” an official state song, in the company of classics like “Rocky Top” and “Tennessee Waltz.”
The lineup includes Scottish and Australian artists, as well as artists from Brooklyn, Hawaii and New Orleans.
One hundred years after his untimely death, Harry Houdini still captivates the imaginations of magicians and magic fans worldwide, including in Memphis. In this installment of Ask the Memphian, we tell you about Houdini’s three visits to the Bluff City, the first of which came at the end of the 19th century.
The Whalums have a rich musical history. Here’s how the latest generation of Whalum musicians have carried on their family’s legacy — while also carving out their own distinct and distinguished careers.
You might not have heard of Jimmie Lunceford, a jazz musician and band leader. But in the 1930s, this Memphian was a major star.
A Memphis station is the Academy of Country Music’s Radio Station of the Year.
More Daily Memphian staffers share their favorite baseball movies. Some of these can be considered to be more baseball movies than others, but hear us out.
Catch “Clown Bar,” “Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom,” “The Shawshank Redemption,” “Julius Caesar,” and “Six” this month in Memphis theaters.