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Visual Arts
With Memphis River Parks Partnership’s $1.6 million transformation of Mississippi River Park comes an adult-sized treehouse, birdhouses and oversized bird nests, meant for humans, rather than fowl. -
Arts & Culture
Crosstown Arts’ new Shared Art Making facility includes childcare option
Crosstown Arts' new workspace facility, Shared Art Making, is now open and accepting memberships. -
Performing Arts
Idlewild Presbyterian’s 48-bell carillon to toll in fall concert Sunday
A fall concert at Idlewild Presbyterian Church will feature the church’s carillon, the largest musical instrument in Memphis. David Caudill, senior carillonneur, and Peggy McClure, associate carillonneur, will present the church’s fall concert on Sunday, Nov. 11, at 2:30 p.m. -
Performing Arts
‘Insecure’ showrunner Prentice Penny’s ‘Uncorked’ filming in Memphis, Paris for Netflix
Netflix has released details about the feature directorial debut of "Insecure" showrunner Prentice Penny, "Uncorked." -
Performing Arts
2018 Indie Memphis Film Festival: Barry, Boots, Van Duren and the award winners
Shortly before “If Beale Street Could Talk” screened during the 2018 Indie Memphis Film Festival, a video of the film’s director, Barry Jenkins, played on the screens. -
Performing Arts
Playback Memphis looking for 2019 Community Matters partners
Playback Memphis is searching for the next six nonprofit organizations to receive a performance or workshop at a significantly discounted rate. Playback Memphis then invites the chosen organizations to attend a Memphis Matters performance where they will be highlighted and featured. -
Music
Local record label is run by U of M students
Memphis is known for its music, but one record label in town isn’t run by well-known names in the industry – it’s run by students at the University of Memphis. -
Visual Arts
Binder Projects offers a curated art collection from the comfort of home
A new art gallery concept has opened in Memphis. Rather than a traditional showroom, Binder Projects is primarily an online gallery, allowing novice and long-time art collectors to browse and purchase art online. -
Chris Herrington
Searching for Memphis in Justin Timberlake’s new tome
One of the more memorable Memphis cultural moments of the past several years was Justin Timberlake’s 2015 induction speech for the Memphis Music Hall of Fame. -
Music
Jerry Lee Lewis, Carla Thomas surprise and thrill as Memphis Music Hall of Fame adds seven new members
Some nights begin with a bang. The 2018 Memphis Music Hall of Fame induction ceremony started with a ball of fire. -
Performing Arts
Rhodes, Southwest, U of M theater programs team up for ‘NottageFest’
Last year, a graduating senior at Rhodes College was directing scenes from Lynn Nottage’s “Fabulation or, The Re-Education of Undine,” for her final project in the directing class. -
Arts & Culture
National Book Foundation honoree Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah coming to Novel
Indie bookstores love to be on the cutting edge, hoping to discover the very best and to get that best into the hands of their readers, said Nicole Yasinsky, marketing manager and sidelines buyer for Novel. -
Arts & Culture
Dave Godbout’s ‘Charmaine’ wins Indie Memphis Film Festival Pitch Rally
Dave Godbout is the winner of the first Indie Memphis Film Festival Black Filmmakers Pitch Rally, as well as its $10,000 prize. -
Visual Arts
A viewer’s guide to the Indie Memphis Film Festival
Indie Memphis, which begins on Thursday, contains multitudes, with an endless number of films big and small, feature and doc, across multiple venues and multiple days. -
Arts & Culture
India Fest in Memphis continues to grow every year
The India Association of Memphis is gearing up for its 16th year of offering Memphians a grand India Fest experience fit for a king. The organization will be celebrating “Ancient History & Culture” at this year’s festival at Agricenter International on Saturday, Nov. 3, from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. -
Arts & Culture
Memphis groups celebrate Dia de los Muertos
Dia de los Muertos is a Mexican holiday. The title translates into "Day of the Dead." -
Arts & Culture This Week in Books: Memphis Afrofuturism, Southern Living Party Cookbook, Battle for Bonhoeffer
Afrofuturism is more than black science fiction or simply an aesthetic, says Memphis-based author Troy L. Wiggins. -
Arts & Culture
Annual Memphis Comic Expo featured something for all fans
Two Batgirls. A female Loki. Crush (the daughter of DC Comics’ Lobo). Ladybug (from Action Lab’s Miraculous). Harley Quinn (movie version, complete with baseball bat). The Riddler. A green-haired, pre-school Fropper (fromMy Hero Academia). Ghostbuster Spider-Man. Four Captains Marvel. -
Arts & Culture
X-Men creator to be featured at Memphis Comic Expo this weekend
Chris Claremont has enjoyed legendary success writing comics and novels, including a 17-year run on X-Men that introduced fan-favorite characters Kitty Pryde, Mystique, Rogue, Gambit and the New Mutants. -
Arts & Culture
What could happen to Aretha Franklin’s birthplace based on Memphis precedents
A small house with boarded-up windows and a metal fence around the yard sits on Lucy Avenue off of Wellington Street. -
Arts & Culture
South Main Trolley Night celebrates 18 years Friday
Nearly two decades ago, the South Main Association in Downtown Memphis decided that the last Friday of every month would be ideal to celebrate South Main art, culture and community.
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