Memphis' annual Ostrander Awards may not be held this summer as the organization struggles to find funding.

Cost estimates total about $88 million, up from an estimate of about $84 million a year ago. It’s the first major expansion since the venue opened in 2000.

“This project is a reflection of that shared experience — two cities with so much talent and so much to say. ... Memphis and St. Louis are both places where success doesn’t come easy, but that’s exactly why it’s so worth it.”

In March, musicians performing locally are in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, Grammy Hall of Fame, Hollywood Walk of Fame and have earned Tiny Desk Contest, Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award and Juno Award wins.

Also opening this month: a group show featuring nine Memphis artists at Marshall Arts.

Here’s what’s showing in Memphis theaters this March, including one show that the director describes as “incredibly weird.” 

Sound Diplomacy counts 1,148 “music-related assets” in Memphis and within a 5½-mile buffer outside the city. The organization also made recommendations for how to grow the Memphis music industry.

This week WYXR wants folks to pull up, author Jared Sullivan talks TVA and the Metal Museum opens an airy exhibition.

There are a lot of new movies opening this week, including films with Woody Harrelson, Natalie Morales, Ed Harris, Pete Davidson and Mid-South great Morgan Freeman. 

Satellite Music Hall, slated to open in fall 2026, will host concerts, comedy shows, community gatherings and more.

From Buffalo nickels that cost a dollar to a penny that costs nearly $60,000, the Memphis Coin Club’s annual show had it all.

This week, clothing and pottery pop up next to Hard Times Deli, a new sculpture celebrates caregivers and the Dixon’s director talks about cat paintings.

One might think that all of Stephen King’s work has already been adapted into a movie or miniseries, but here comes “The Monkey,” adapted from “Skeleton Crew,” one of King’s short story collections. 

The 2025-26 season includes well-known musicals, family favorites and a classic Shakespearean tragedy. 

The Recording Academy also recently announced that Cordova High School choral director Adrian L. Maclin was selected to receive the organization’s 2025 Music Educator of the Year award.

As visitors return to Oaklawn Garden in Germantown with warmer weather and blossoming flowers in spring, they’ll notice a vibrant addition to the Cloyes house that sits on the grounds.

“The way that she makes dance, it just kind of comes out of her,” Ballet Memphis’ artistic director said of Emilia Sandoval, who choreographed her third commission for the company. 

Adeze Wilford is the Memphis Brooks Museum’s new curator of African American art and art of the African Diaspora. She joined Eric Barnes on this week’s episode of “The Sidebar.”

With bold colors, layered textures and a deep love for Memphis traditions, artist Justin Bowles transforms everyday spaces into vibrant, immersive works of art.

Floyd Newsum Jr. frequently placed ladders — symbols of hope and rescue — in his works as an homage to his father, one of the first 12 Black firefighters in Memphis.

Brandice Daniel, founder of Harlem’s Fashion Row, is collaborating with Gap on a collection that will launch Friday and feature six designers.

This week, the Crosstown Arts film series comes back with a love story, ‘Hamilton’ is back at the Orpheum and the Tennessee Equality Project brings its gumbo contest back for the 12th year.

It’s a week of uncertain sequels, Oscar shorts and an encore for a modern classic screen in Memphis this week.