Memphis’ premier anime convention brings fans together to celebrate their favorite manga and anime.

A kickoff party honoring Memphis will be hosted by New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio at his Gracie Mansion residence as Harlem pays tribute to the Bluff City.

The Weekly Memphian is a partial guide to things happening in Memphis, recommended by Daily Memphian staff. This guide covers July 11-17.

"Hamilton," the stage production that's been a hot commodity across the country, opens a Memphis run at the Orpheum Theatre Tuesday with secondary market tickets selling for up to about $2,000 – even though Orpheum officials say tickets are still available at much lower prices through the theater.

The Weekly Memphian is a partial guide to things happening in Memphis, recommended by Daily Memphian staff. This guide covers July 4-10.

Smokey Robinson, who has written dozens of compositions that stand the test of time, joins some St. Jude Children's Research Hospital patients in a new endeavor. 

The Levitt Shell fall series features two high-profile benefit concerts. The series also offers 20 free shows, including The War and Treaty, Reverend Horton Heat and Madisen Ward and the Mama Bear. 

Graceland will hold a number of events during at its "All-American July 4th Weekend" July 4-7 including live music, activities for kids, and more.

The South's first black millionaire was remembered Tuesday, on what would have been his 180th birthday, with a Beale Street parade where the heart of his business empire once stood.

The Weekly Memphian is a partial guide to things happening in Memphis, recommended by Daily Memphian staff. This guide covers June 27-July 3.

The list of musicians to be inducted in the Memphis Music Hall of Fame spans genres such as blues, rock, soul, jazz and opera, and 100 years of recorded and live music.

Whitehaven teenagers spent the past month researching the neighborhood’s history and preparing to lead a bus tour Tuesday that included songs and event re-enactments.

Ani Joe’s Karaoke Kafe in Bartlett features karaoke seven nights a week. Its owners, Anita Chu and fiancé Joe Torres, want it to be a fun place where people know one another.

At age 63, Memphis theatre power — and longtime FedEx employee — Cecelia Wingate has made it to the Kennedy Center. Here's the story of how she and Memphis playwright Evan Linder arrived on the nation's stage.

The Weekly Memphian is a partial guide to things happening in Memphis, recommended by Daily Memphian staff. This guide covers June 19-24.

Members of Memphis' hip-hop community weigh in on the loss of one of the genre's local landmarks, controversial nightclub 380 Beale.

The Weekly Memphian is a partial guide to things happening in Memphis, recommended by Daily Memphian staff. This guide covers June 12-18.

The Memphis Music Hall of Fame will announce its eighth class of inductees.

There are no grand plans for Aretha Franklin’s birthplace home in Memphis, but a judge is ready to approve a receiver’s plan to stabilize and preserve it for potential reuse later. 

The Raconteurs, Brandi Carlile, Wu-Tang Clan and The Revivalists are set to headline the third annual Mempho Music Festival, scheduled for Oct. 19-20 in Shelby Farms Park.

The Weekly Memphian is a partial guide to things happening in Memphis, recommended by Daily Memphian staff. This guide covers June 5-11.

Kortland and Kameron Whalum are set to join their uncle, jazz saxophonist Kirk Whalum, to perform at Crosstown Theater. The three men from a Memphis family with rich musical roots all moved home just in time to work together using music as outreach in the city.

According to Memphis Mayor Jim Strickland’s office, $4.25 million in incentives were given to the project from state and local sources.

The Memphis Italian Festival, now in its 30th year, attracts some 30,000 folks who turn out for food, music, games, cooking demos and fancy powder rooms. The event at Marquette Park in East Memphis comes to a close Saturday night.

Memphis native John Gary Williams, who recorded for Stax as a part of The Mad Lads and as a solo artist, was found dead in his home. The 73-year-old's soul music legacy stands at the intersection of the Black Power movement and the Vietnam War.