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    Kelly English and IMAKEMADBEATS on the new late night party at Le Bon Appetit

    Kelly English and musician/producer IMAKEMADBEATS discuss the new late night party that’s added this year to Le Bon Appetit and English shares his own childhood hospital story.

    By Eric Barnes June 05, 2024
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    Collage Dance bringing ‘Their Eyes Were Watching God’ ballet back

    The Memphis-based company begins its 2024-2025 season with the return of its free Memphis Dance Festival Saturday, Sept. 21 — which is also National Dance Day. 

    By Elle Perry June 05, 2024
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    Owner of popular Oxford music store plans Memphis book pop-ups

    The portable bookstore will have pop-ups through the rest of the year as the owners prepare to open a brick-and-mortar shop in Memphis.

    By Elle Perry June 05, 2024
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    Memphis Italian Fest prides itself on being ‘family-friendly’

    This year’s event featured carnival rides for the kids, an Italian cooking demo, an indoor game of cornhole, and 901 Goats for families to view, along with 46 cooking teams competing in a variety of Italian food cuisine competitions. 

    By Kambui Bomani June 06, 2024
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    Unity, love and appreciation on display at Memphis Pride Parade

    About 3,000 people participated in the Beale Street event, with floats and marchers representing 110 local groups including businesses, performing arts organizations and nonprofits. 

    By Kambui Bomani June 06, 2024
  • Music

    Promoter begins blues, Southern soul format on Flinn AM/FM stations

    Lamonte Cunningham, owner of ER Entertainment, is launching The Source 104.1 FM, a Southern soul and R & B format station, Saturday, June 1, hoping to give new talent a boost.

    By Jane Roberts May 31, 2024
  • Arts & Culture

    Freedom Summer architect, author joins son in book talk at NCRM

    David Dennis was a Freedom Rider in 1961 and jailed at Parchman.

    By The Daily Memphian Staff May 31, 2024
  • The To-Do List

    The To-Do List: Pasta! Pride! Beyoncé! Hot Girl Summer!

    This week, zombies take over the big screen at Crosstown Theater, happy hours (with a view) are back at the Metal Museum and Memphis Made hosts a pinewood derby for grown-ups.

    By Bianca Phillips, Elle Perry, Alys Drake, Chris Herrington, Kelsey Bowen May 30, 2024
  • Arts & Culture

    Pride events include parade, drive-in films, balls and dance parties

    Mid-South Pride, Tri-State Black Pride and other organizations will host a variety of events to celebrate Pride Month in Memphis. 

    By Kambui Bomani May 30, 2024
  • Music

    Photo gallery: Sunset Symphony

    Photographer Karen Pulfer Focht captures photos of Memphis Symphony Orchestra at Overton Park Shell.

    By The Daily Memphian Staff May 27, 2024
  • Music

    Five must-see Memphis concerts for June

    A celebrated saxophonist has a release show for his first album in five years at The Green Room, a Gen-Z jazz phenom comes to the Cannon Center, R&B stalwarts grace the Orpheum stage and more.

    By Elle Perry May 27, 2024
  • Arts & Culture

    Memphis-area florists bring flower power to Botanic Garden

    Through Aug. 15, each two-hour floral arranging workshop features a different florist and theme. 

    By Elle Perry May 30, 2024
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    Calkins: These Navy operatives are among the best in the world. And they’re in Millington.

    If a Navy bassoonist stationed in Hawaii busts up his bassoon or a tuba player stationed in Seattle dents her tuba, where do you imagine those instruments end up?

    By Geoff Calkins May 26, 2024
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    Grammy Award winner Matt Ross-Spang on becoming a producer

    The owner of Southern Grooves studio discusses how he started working at Sun Studio as a teenager then became a producer of musicians ranging from Jason Isbell to the Mountain Goats to Margo Price and more.

    By Eric Barnes June 04, 2024
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    Bartlett announces first summer concert series

    The summer concert series features eight dates from mid-June to late-September at the A. Keith McDonald Pavilion at W.J. Freeman Park.

    By Michael Waddell May 24, 2024
  • Visual Arts

    Memphis slang and underrated artists highlighted at Crosstown shows

    Artist and curator Najee Strickland said he wants attendees to leave with a sense of what Memphis represents, through art, and what Memphis means to the artists involved.

    By Elle Perry May 23, 2024
  • The To-Do List

    The To-Do List: Art openings, free outdoor music and a Playa Fly party

    This week, Memphis in May ends its run with a run, “P-Valley” actor Bertram Williams Jr. hosts a party and Lionel Richie joins Earth, Wind & Fire at FedExForum.

    By Bianca Phillips, Elle Perry May 24, 2024
  • Music

    Here’s who is playing the 2024 Mempho Music Festival

    The lineup includes Queens of the Stone Age, The Roots, Sublime with Rome, Marcus King, Charles Wesley Godwin, Drew Holcomb and The Neighbors and Digable Planets.

    By Elle Perry May 22, 2024
  • Visual Arts

    Artists explore legacy and homemaking through new exhibit

    The 2024 AAPI Month Memphis exhibition is expanded in both duration and its mission from the 2023 iteration.

    By Elle Perry May 22, 2024
  • Spirit of Memphis

    Hattiloo leader graduates from Morehouse

    “That was the rite of passage from what we call a man of Morehouse to a Morehouse Man,” said Ekundayo Bandele, founder and CEO of Hattiloo Theatre.

    By Alys Drake May 23, 2024
  • Midtown

    Seeding inspiration: Memphians get the dirt on blooming gardens

    During the 2024 Cooper-Young Garden Walk, attendees toured herb gardens and backyard oases throughout the historic Midtown neighborhood. 

    By Kambui Bomani May 19, 2024
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    U of M saxophonist will solo with US Army Concert Band in June

    Two days before the concert, Andrew Stine will audition for an opening in the concert band, a test of nerve before one of the biggest days of his life.

    By Jane Roberts May 19, 2024
  • Music

    Memphis music icon joining Beale Street Walk of Fame

    Bobby Whitlock grew up in Millington and got his start at Stax Records. He was a member of Derek and the Dominoes, the classic English band that included Eric Clapton, and also recorded with George Harrison, Dr. John, the Rolling Stones and more

    By Jody Callahan May 18, 2024
  • Music

    HBO documentary captures story — and soul — of Stax

    Stax is more than a great story. It’s great stories within great stories, with highs and lows and lessons and complexities, with big personalities and big moments and resonance beyond the music it produced.

    By Chris Herrington May 17, 2024
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    Three places to catch free concerts in the suburbs

    Bands by the Square, blues by the lake and orchestras in at a winery: Two different concert series kick off in Shelby County suburbs, and a “Night of Enchantment” will unfold in Lakeland.

    By Michael Waddell May 18, 2024

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