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    The To-Do List: Pizza, pints, funnel cakes and the art of letting go

    This week, celebrate Latin culture with salsa dance, art, DJs and an Overton Square fest. Plus, old-school hip-hop artists come together in Orange Mound, and 1990s alt-rockers The Wallflowers take the stage at Graceland. 

    By Alys Drake, Bianca Phillips, Chris Herrington, Elle Perry, Jennifer Chandler September 19, 2024
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    Oprah sits down for a little more conversation with Riley Keough

    Oprah Winfrey traveled to Graceland in Memphis for the interview, Riley Keough’s first since her mother, Lisa Marie Presley’s death.

    By Nick Lingerfelt September 18, 2024
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    Memphis Movies This Week: Fall begins with ‘Substance’ with Demi Moore

    The WLOK Black Film Festival screens “Respect,” “The Bucket List” and “The Great Debaters” while the Summer Drive-In brings a doozy of David Fincher. 

    By Chris Herrington September 18, 2024
  • Music

    Memphis Symphony Orchestra brings ‘big band’ sound to Shelby County Corrections Center

    A choir belted out “Magnify the Lord with me,” a special guest sang “I’m Gonna Live Till I Die” and the Orchestra’s “big band” filled the air behind bars with marvelous music.

    By Aarron Fleming September 18, 2024
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    Bartlett Performing Arts Center prepares for start of 26th season

    With a variety of shows and entertainers, the Bartlett Performing Arts and Conference Center announces its new season opening later this month.

    By Michael Waddell September 17, 2024
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    Art Gilliam to be inducted into National Black Radio Hall of Fame

    He was inducted in the Tennessee Radio Hall of Fame in 2023.

    By Bianca Thedford September 16, 2024
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    Here’s how one Memphis museum is celebrating Hispanic Heritage Month

    Children’s Museum of Memphis is hosting Hispanic Heritage Month events for the third year and going “a lot bigger.” The celebration runs each year from Sept. 15 to Oct. 15.

    By Stevie Paige September 16, 2024
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    Cooper-Young festivalgoers come out rain or shine

    For a typical Cooper-Young Festival, organizers anticipate crowds of 125,000 or more with more than 400 vendors. For the 35th annual event this year, the threat of rain and perhaps football depressed early attendance.

    By Jody Callahan September 14, 2024
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    How Spillit helps people tell their stories

    Creative director for Spillit Josh Campbell talks about the organization’s events, its origin at Crosstown and how it moves from venue to venue around Memphis.

    By Eric Barnes September 14, 2024
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    Justin Timberlake: ‘I should’ve had better judgment’

    Justin Timberlake pleaded guilty to impaired driving Friday, resolving the criminal case stemming from his June arrest in New York’s Hamptons.

    By The Associated Press September 13, 2024
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    The To-Do List: A Mid-Autumn fest and a ‘Midsummer Night’s Dream’

    This week, fests feature French films, multiple styles of yoga, live music and more than 430 local artists and vendors. 

    By Alys Drake, Bianca Phillips, Chris Herrington, Elle Perry, Holly Whitfield September 13, 2024
  • Music

    Justin Timberlake reaches plea deal in drunken driving case

    The pop star and Millington native will appear in court Friday.

    By The Associated Press September 11, 2024
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    Outdoor music venue approved for Bartlett

    Ramble On Summer will be located on the site of the former Bartlett Nursery.

    By Michael Waddell September 11, 2024
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    Memphis Movies This Week: James Earl Jones’ Memphis movie, more

    This week’s special Memphis screenings include “Blazing Saddles,” “Everything Everywhere all at Once” and a free French film festival. 

    By Chris Herrington September 11, 2024
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    Facing History and Ourselves explores social justice

    Daniel Kiel, who is co-chair of an upcoming Facing History event, joins Eric Barnes on this week’s episode of “The Sidebar” to talk about how the organization approaches race and social justice.

    By Eric Barnes September 11, 2024
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    Fine-arts program for teens finds home in Edge District

    Artist Derek Fordjour said the organization hopes to become a community resource for any young person in Memphis who is serious about art. 

    By Elle Perry September 11, 2024
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    Exhibition showcases three decades of Southern Heritage Classic history

    It will feature 120 items from founder Fred Jones Jr.’s collection, as well as memorabilia from the five HBCUs that have participated since its 1990 inception.

    By Bianca Thedford September 09, 2024
  • Music

    The Essential Memphis Library index

    If you wanted to build a home library of things relevant to Memphis history and culture, what should be in it? What books, movies, albums, songs, art prints, etc.? 

    By Chris Herrington January 15, 2025
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    The Essential Memphis Library: ‘Louis Armstrong Plays W.C. Handy’

    “If W.C. Handy was a talented, opportunistic musician in the right place at the right time, Louis Armstrong was a genius, period. And Armstrong and his “All-Stars” band elevate Handy’s famous tunes.”

    By Chris Herrington September 09, 2024
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    Rhodes College hosting free French film festival

    The festival is supported by a grant from Albertine Cinémathèque, which aims to bring contemporary French cinema to American campuses.

    By Jane Roberts September 08, 2024
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    Here’s a look at Memphis museums, galleries in September

    September art shows have themes of abstract expressionism and minimalism, making syrup from fruit, expanding the definition of drawing, the rural U.S., video games and “ana” — slang for “animosity.”

    By Elle Perry September 11, 2024
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    Memphis film’s answer to food deserts: Grow fresh produce at home

    Brody Kuhar and Joshua Cannon’s ”Mama Sundry” next screens in Memphis on Thursday, Sept. 12, at Crosstown Theater, followed by a panel.

    By Stevie Paige September 08, 2024
  • Music

    Five must-see shows for September

    A noted rapper takes her ‘Cinderella’ tour to Minglewood Hall, storied rock bands take the stage at Snowden Grove and the Radians Amphitheater, and a rising country-soul singer comes to Hernando’s Hide-A-Way.

    By Elle Perry September 06, 2024
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    King of Pop, man-eating plant, fairies in the spotlight

    Whether it’s a 10-minute play, the story of jazz club in Detroit or a classic Shakespearean tale, Memphis theaters’ September lineup has a taste of everything. 

    By Alys Drake September 10, 2024
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    The To-Do List: Really short plays, fancy homes and Smashing Pumpkins

    This week, Memphis musicians preview AmericanaFest sets, pink wines get some love and 35 years of the Southern Heritage Classic are on display.

    By Bianca Phillips, Chris Herrington, Elle Perry, Alys Drake, Jennifer Chandler, Abigail Warren September 06, 2024

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