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    The To-Do List: Dirty mackin’ R&B, vampire ballet and a creature feature

    This week, Sheila E. brings the “Glamorous Life” to Rhodes, Choices celebrates 50 years and the Memphis Tequila Festival helps you get into the Halloween spirit(s). 

    By Bianca Phillips, Elle Perry, Kelsey Bowen, Bianca Thedford, Alys Drake, Chris Herrington October 24, 2024
  • Visual Arts

    Memphis filmmakers create Black mental health documentary

    In the documentary five Memphis women are interviewed about their mental health — specifically anxiety — and how they deal with challenges.

    By Bianca Thedford October 25, 2024
  • The Sidebar: Eric Barnes on arts, culture & more

    WYXR leaders discuss anniversary, next Raised By Sound Fest

    WYXR’s Jared Boyd and Liv Cohen join Eric Barnes on The Sidebar to talk about the station’s four years since launch and the upcoming Raised By Sound Fest in December. 

    By Eric Barnes October 24, 2024
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    Memphis hires DeMarcus Suggs as new ‘arts czar’

    “The easiest way to explain is that for the first time in the city’s history, we’ve created what is basically an Office of Arts and Culture,” said an official involved in the hire.

    By Jody Callahan October 24, 2024
  • Music

    GloRilla conquers self-doubt on her path to becoming one of hip-hop’s most promising voices

    “Even when (GloRilla) talks about the struggles throughout this journey, it’s refreshing,” said Yo Gotti. “I don’t think many artists do that. Everybody wants to play perfect. I think that’s why so many people gravitate to her. She relates to real people.”

    By The Associated Press October 23, 2024
  • Visual Arts

    Memphis Movies This Week: Pre-Halloween double-features, if you dare

    This week’s recommendations are very much in “proceed with caution” territory. Plus, “Conclave” joins the Oscar race.

    By Chris Herrington October 23, 2024
  • Public Safety

    ‘Iconic’ awards show aims to reduce violence

    Local and state leaders hope the fourth annual Stomp the City Iconic Awards Show will help reduce crime and gun violence in Memphis. 

    By Julia Baker October 22, 2024
  • Arts & Culture

    Where to trick-or-treat; plus, Halloween decor and parties for guys and ghouls

    In the second Halloween guide in our Holidays in Memphis series, we’ve got decorating tips, pumpkin everything, candy ideas and a list of trick-or-treating events and grown-up parties.

    By Bianca Phillips October 21, 2024
  • Music

    Orange Mound Music Festival returns for second year

    “I believe it’s a beautiful way to merge the arts and give us a day to show something positive because there is so much love and talent in the Mound,” said one of the participating artists.

    By Bianca Thedford October 19, 2024
  • Visual Arts

    Artist who painted for Oprah has show at Beale Street hotel

    The Hyatt Centric Beale Street Memphis hotel, just up the bluff from Riverside Drive at Beale Street, will open a new exhibition Saturday, Oct. 19.

    By Bianca Thedford October 21, 2024
  • The Sidebar: Eric Barnes on arts, culture & more

    Lora Chilton on her history with the Patawomeck Indian Tribe

    Lora Chilton joined Eric Barnes on this week’s episode of “The Sidebar” to talk about the book, her family’s history, her writing process and the necessity of telling the full story of the violence against the Patawomeck.

    By Eric Barnes October 18, 2024
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    ‘This Really Happened’ pilot to screen in Memphis after Tribeca success

    When a comedian and a playwright discovered they were dating the same guy, it was only logical they would write a screenplay about it.

    By Alys Drake October 17, 2024
  • The To-Do List

    The To-Do List: Horror on screens and stages; Tim Burton style on the runway

    This week, get your damaged doodads repaired at the Metal Museum, take a selfie with an alpaca in Overton Square and do the Time Warp again. 

    By Bianca Phillips, Holly Whitfield, Alys Drake, Chris Herrington, Elle Perry, Bianca Thedford, Kelsey Bowen October 22, 2024
  • Music

    The Essential Memphis Library: Alberta Hunter’s ‘Amtrak Blues’

    In the annals of American music comebacks, few were as surprising, as long-in-coming or, in its own modestly charming way, as grand as the re-emergence of Alberta Hunter in the late 1970s. 

    By Chris Herrington October 17, 2024
  • Visual Arts

    Indie Memphis announces film-fest slate, featuring ‘Nickel Boys’

    One of the year’s most highly anticipated films, an adaptation of author Colson Whitehead’s Pulitzer-winning novel “Nickel Boys,” will be the centerpiece selection of the 27th Indie Memphis Film Festival.

    By Chris Herrington October 16, 2024
  • Arts & Culture

    Craig Brewer to direct Hugh Jackman, Kate Hudson in Neil Diamond-tribute artist film

    Memphian Craig Brewer captures “Lightning & Thunder” in his latest project about a tribute artist duo.

    By Elle Perry October 16, 2024
  • Arts & Culture

    Memphis Movies This Week: ‘We Live in Time,’ ‘Rumours,’ horror galore

    Chris Herrington’s pick for the best movie in Memphis this week is Mel Brooks’ black-and-white horror-comedy classic “Young Frankenstein.”

    By Chris Herrington October 15, 2024
  • Premium Music

    After years of releasing singles, music duo Mak Ro curated an album

    One Thanksgiving break, cousins Eric Makapugay and Kris Ruaro visited each other and accidentally wrote their first song together. 

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    Singer Marcella Simien connects with Creole ancestry in debut solo album

    By Stevie Paige October 15, 2024
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    Singer Marcella Simien connects with Creole ancestry in debut solo album

    Through visions experienced in dreams and during meditation, the artist said she felt called to dig deep into her family tree and channel her discoveries through music.

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    After years of releasing singles, music duo Mak Ro curated an album

    By Stevie Paige October 15, 2024
  • Neighborhoods

    The To-Boo List: Pumpkin patches, corn mazes, haunted houses and more

    Spooky season is well underway, and there are more pumpkin patches, haunted houses and pop-ups than you can shake your broomstick at. 

    By Bianca Phillips October 14, 2024
  • Performing Arts

    Hattiloo accepting submissions for 10-minute play festival

    Along with play performances, the festival will include panel discussions, talk backs and workshops.

    By Bianca Thedford October 14, 2024
  • Visual Arts

    Brooks Museum fuses fashion, fall with Tim Burton-inspired costume ball

    Couture Collective, the museum’s new fashion affinity group, and award-winning designer and University of Memphis fashion design professor Sonin Lee are hosts of “Come as Thou Art.” 

    By Stevie Paige October 15, 2024
  • Arts & Culture

    A new generation can’t help falling in love with Elvis

    More than 2,000 fans jam the Soundstage at Graceland to hear Riley Keough discuss the book she co-wrote with her famous mom, plus a surprise visit with grandmother Priscilla Presley.

    By Jody Callahan October 13, 2024
  • The To-Do List

    The To-Do List: Helene help, Hitchcock and Halloween all over

    This week, car lovers motor into the Edge, artists paint murals near Al Town and Oktoberfests are in full swing. 

    By Bianca Phillips, Elle Perry, Chris Herrington, Kelsey Bowen, Alys Drake October 10, 2024
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    Memphis Movies This Week: ‘Saturday Night’ any night; ‘Psycho,’ ‘Amadeus’ at Crosstown

    The theme at the movies this week: New York in the 1970s, via two intriguing, high-profile new docudramas. Crosstown Theater’s Halloween movie series begins with a horror classic and a family-friendly cult favorite. 

    By Chris Herrington October 08, 2024

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