The 10-episode web series, which will launch online on Nov. 9, combines real-world renovation ideas with restorative justice work. 

“I’m a fan of Memphis,” Mike McCarthy says on this week’s episode of The Sidebar. “I believe that if we save Memphis, then we save the world.”

This week, learn about the fungus among us at Meeman-Shelby, cheese the day at the Hi-Tone and get ready to spruce up your holiday tree at John Mark’s.

The festival’s short films include the premiere of “Grand Larceny,” which was created by students in DeSoto Arts Institutes’ first-ever filmmaking program. 

One of the film’s tag lines is “dive into her world,” and Memphis will get its chance this weekend. Here are a few ways of thinking about Sofia Coppola’s “Priscilla” and how it compares to “Elvis.”

This month’s must-see concert list takes music lovers to Downtown, Midtown and Germantown for indie pop, blues rock, experimental, gospel and jazz.

Two of the museum’s three Wheeler Williams statues, named “Spring” and “Summer,” as well as the Brooks' exterior, were damaged.

“This festival plays a very pivotal role in fostering cross-cultural awareness and education,” said Manjit Kaur, India Association of Memphis board member. 

In this episode of Sound Bites, Natalie Van Gundy and Holly Whitfield join Eric Barnes to talk about which local brewery taprooms have the best atmosphere, their favorite patios and the most delicious food options.

The long-time and much-loved TV anchor talks about her new show on WREG, her career in local journalism and how she saved Eric Barnes from catastrophic embarrassment during a recent mayoral debate. Plus she dances. And sings!

“I was baptized for the most part figuratively in Memphis,” Terrence Howard said. “And I don’t mind dipping in the water again just to remember what was important.”

This week, 1990s R&B legends Tony! Toni! Tone! play the Orpheum, spooky double dutch comes to Tom Lee and you can sample your way around India at the Agricenter.

“The Blues Society” captures the richness and inspiration of a cultural moment in Memphis, with performance footage of musicians such as Furry Lewis and Rev. Robert Wilkins and home-video footage of bohemian Memphis.

Born in Iran but receiving much of her formal training in the U.S., she was a classical guitarist recognized across the world and spent 34 years on the University of Memphis music school’s faculty.

“With this project, it was kinda different because a lot of times clients are trying to steer things toward more of a clean-cut look,” said artist Brandon Marshall. 

“All Dirt Roads Taste of Salt” was not filmed in Memphis or in Tennessee. But Memphis and Tennessee have left indelible marks on the A24 film.

“I’m meeting all these artists from all over the world, and until someone told me that my art was of the caliber of those other artists, I would’ve never considered myself of that same caliber.”

Founded in 2005, Rock-n-Romp plans a comeback for kid-friendly live music with an Oct. 28 Halloween Extravaganza featuring KittyPool, Above Jupiter and Tamar Love.

Chris Herrington has all the info on the festival’s major features, movies of local interest and the revivals you can’t miss.

In addition to the free Shout-Out Shakespeare series, the company will host the Jack Jones Children’s Literacy Gala, and Southern Literary Salon featuring “The Bible of Barbara Kingsolver.”

This week, art is on fire at the Dixon, the Memphis Roller Derby debuts home teams in a spooky double header and there are beer fests in Cooper-Young and at Wiseacre on Broad Avenue.

The show will be inspired by the time in Memphis when W.C. Handy and William Grant Still were working together on Beale Street.

The family was told last spring after the decision was made to change the name, says descendant Vance Lewis. 

The executive director of BPACC, Michael Bollinger, joined Eric Barnes to talk about the organization’s history, recent shows and upcoming performances.

The Dixon’s “Black Artists in America” exhibition is one of at least eight art shows in Memphis open this fall or winter based on an individual Black artist or group of Black artists.