This week, Lucero plays a free show for Huey’s birthday, a death-row inmate performs from an Ohio prison and you can play musical chairs at Hattiloo.

With video appearances by Trek luminaries Jonathan Frakes and Armin Shimerman, Star Trek Day returns to Memphis this Sunday. The event will also raise money for pancreatic cancer patients. Make it so.

Dan Oppenheimer’s children say he saw no reason in retiring because his work gave him creative expression and avenues for improving the world. 

April means action for movies, and the two most promising, new wide-release titles coming to Memphis screens this week “The Amateur” and “Warfare,” fit the bill.

JabberBlabber magazine published its final issue in March but publishing partners and best friends Theresa Andreuccetti and Nikki Schroeder aren’t quite done yet.

At the “New Works by Marion Malone and Alicja Trout” exhibit at Church Health, art by mother and daughter artists merge into one show.

Public officials and others gathered at the National Civil Rights Museum Friday evening to commemorate the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. at that site on April 4, 1968.

Indie Memphis announced Friday it was “pausing” programming, but the organization is adamant the “intermission isn’t goodbye.”

Whether you want to tap into some nostalgia or discover new artists, Memphis concerts have something for you in multiple genres.

This week, Martin Luther King Jr. is honored, a fashion legend is celebrated and a mid-century home transforms into a vintage pop-up shop.

April artists on view in Memphis include Dolph Smith, Colleen Couch, April Bey, Joel Parsons, Brian Jobe, Kiersten Williams, Yancy Villa, and many more.

Booth, a wildly talented journalist and music critic, died in Memphis in December. Thursday, he’ll be honored at the Memphis Listening Lab. 

With “Luckiest Man in America” and “Freaky Tales,” this might be a good week at the movies for anyone nostalgic for the 1980s. 

A Broadway version of classic Marilyn Monroe film — with plenty of tap-dancing — is one of several shows opening in Memphis theaters in April.

Coming May 15-17 to Tom Lee Park, the festival will feature nearly 75 teams in competition, along with music, Ferris wheel rides and other entertainment.

Appeal letters to Memphis Library Foundation supporters have already gone out as a new executive order would eliminate the federal Institute of Museum and Library Services.

Indoor Trailer Park creator and tire artist Tad Pierson’s latest installation will span along Mississippi Boulevard from E.H. Crump Boulevard to South Parkway. 

The Silo Square Arts Festival will return for its second year Saturday, March 29, offering a mix of local artistry, live music and activities.

“Without Bayard Rustin, there is no ‘I Have a Dream’ at the Lincoln Memorial on Aug. 28, 1963.”

 Malco says it will only sell if it’s “the right thing to do.”

This week, visual art and dance are on display at the U of M, MIM brings barbecue to Collierville (in March) and Sir Meatball has a dog party. 

Manning had a more than 50-year career as a player, producer, composer and, perhaps most prominently, recording engineer.

What were the odds English-Irish actor Steve Coogan would grace local screens twice this week? Strangely, pretty good.

For now, the Dollywood Foundation owns the former Pancho’s site in West Memphis, but if all goes according to plan, the site will be sold this summer with the proceeds going to the Foundation.

The upcoming 2025-2026 season also includes a celebration of the U.S.’ 250th birthday and a collaboration with Opera Memphis.