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    Live at the Garden’s summer lineup

    Olivia Wall from the Memphis Botanic Garden talks with Eric Barnes about the 25th anniversary of Live at the Garden.

    By Eric Barnes June 06, 2025
  • Visual Arts

    Memphis Movies This Week: ‘John Wick’ goes dancing, ‘Terminator’ goes metal

    Seeing a movie on the big screen with the score performed live is a real treat, and one usually reserved for silent films. But not so Thursday.

    By Chris Herrington June 03, 2025
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    Memphis writer wins fiction award with first book

    Novel Bookstore will host a launch party for Robert Busby’s “Bodock: Stories.” The short-story collection is set in North Mississippi during the ice storm of 1994.

    By Jane Roberts June 01, 2025
  • Midtown

    Can you spell and drink at the same time?

    Those who fancied themselves good spellers gathered Saturday at Crosstown Brewing Co. for the Drunken Dictionary Spelling Bee.

    By Jody Callahan May 31, 2025
  • Music

    Willie Nelson, Bob Dylan and more coming to Memphis stages in June

    Third Eye Blind, Ashanti, Ja Rule and other artists are also scheduled to perform. Here’s a roundup of concerts coming to the Memphis area in June.

    By Elle Perry June 06, 2025
  • Downtown

    New art gallery to start Downtown test run

    Local artist Andre LeMoyne Miller will open an art gallery Saturday, May 31, as part of the Downtown Memphis Commission’s Open on Main initiative.

    By Dima Amro May 30, 2025
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    Arts Beat: Is Thursday the new Tuesday for movies in Memphis?

    Despite Tuesdays reigning supreme as a day for discounts, another choice day for moviegoing is emerging in Memphis.

    By Elle Perry June 11, 2025
  • Music

    Gallery: Celebrating the Central High School jazz band

    The Central High School jazz band won the Essentially Ellington contest at Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts in New York. 

    By The Daily Memphian Staff May 30, 2025
  • The To-Do List

    The To-Do List: Slowdown Cinema, dragon boats and Cooper-Young cats

    This week, watch a ghost movie at Elmwood, meet Chris Parnell at Comic Con and eat all the pasta at Memphis Italian Festival.

    By Bianca Phillips, Elle Perry, Kelsey Bowen, Abigail Warren May 30, 2025
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    DeSoto’s dug-in details: Landers expansion progress

    DeSoto County supervisors have approved a contract for concrete foundations and steel, the latest step in an $88 million expansion at the Lander Center.

    By Brandon LaGrone II May 29, 2025
  • Germantown

    GPAC selects new director

    In a release, Patrick O’Connor, GPAC board president, said when he shared the recommendation with the board, there was “total support for Parke.”

    By Abigail Warren June 02, 2025
  • Visual Arts

    Memphis Movies This Week: A ‘Mission’ for ‘Friendship’

    Is going to the movies about popcorn escapism or sitting in discomfort? Plus, “Karate Kid: Legends” brings back Ralph Macchio and Jackie Chan, together. 

    By Chris Herrington May 30, 2025
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    Murder mystery thriller kicks off DeSoto film series

    A new independent film festival begins next month featuring local talent from Memphis and Mississippi, an avenue for filmmakers to present their work.

    By Brandon LaGrone II May 30, 2025
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    All the drive-in theaters that used to be in Memphis

    “There was a time when drive-in movie theaters — Bellevue, Jaxon, Sky-Vue — were all around town. But you have to be of a certain age to remember where they were.”

    By Clay Bailey May 30, 2025
  • The Sidebar: Eric Barnes on arts, culture & more

    Why libraries and public spaces are important

    Shamichael Hallman is the author of “Meet Me at the Library,” which makes the case for the importance not just of libraries but public spaces of all kinds.

    By Eric Barnes May 25, 2025
  • Performing Arts

    Local stars shine bright at high school theater awards

    The Orpheum High School Music Theatre Awards took place Thursday, May 22, at the Orpheum Theatre in Downtown Memphis.

    By Alys Drake May 23, 2025
  • Arts & Culture

    Kids get in museums for free with new summer pass

    The summertime Art for All digital pass gives kids free, unlimited entry to a dozen Memphis area museums. It joins the physical Art for All card that offers one-time admission to 30 attractions all year long.

    By Sarai Bennett May 30, 2025
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    Arts Beat: Stax honors Chicago soul DJ with new digital archive

    Bob Abrahamian’s collecting journey began with him wanting to learn about soul samples of hip-hop records.

    By Elle Perry May 23, 2025
  • Visual Arts

    Memphis art scene heats up with Southern summers, swamp studies

    As temperatures rise, June comes with new art exhibitions across Memphis that explore the Ghost River, blend Southern culture with iconic Japanese imagery and highlight metal artistry.

    By Elle Perry May 28, 2025
  • The Sidebar: Eric Barnes on arts, culture & more

    SunAh Laybourn on Asian American culture and history in Memphis

    SunAh Laybourn’s desire to highlight the culture and history of Asian Americans in Memphis has brought, in part, the extensive range of local events happening during Asian American & Pacific Islander Heritage Month. 

    By Eric Barnes May 31, 2025
  • The To-Do List

    The To-Do List: Garden secrets, water lanterns and Miranda Lambert

    This week, read in the Ravine with Cafe Noir, and try vegan dishes paired with music at Alex Wong’s Permission Party.

    By Bianca Phillips, Elle Perry, Kelsey Bowen, Chris Herrington, Alys Drake May 22, 2025
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    Next GPAC director must understand ‘the Germantown way’

    Germantown will likely hire its next executive director from within. The opening comes as Paul Chandler takes the top position at Memphis River Parks Partnership.

    By Abigail Warren May 21, 2025
  • Arts & Culture

    Memphis Movies This Week: ‘Mission,’ ‘Friendship,’ and ‘Mildred Pierce’

    If you’ve seen each of the previous seven installments of the “Mission: Impossible” franchise, which first descended — from cables into a CIA vault — there’s no way you won’t be completing the mission.

    By Chris Herrington May 20, 2025
  • Music

    Memphis featured in new Steve Aoki music video

    Before his performance at Riverbeat Music Festival, DJ Steve Aoki and former Florida Georgia Line singer Tyler Hubbard made some stops at Memphis hotspots to film the music video for their new song. 

    By Elle Perry May 20, 2025
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    ‘Movie night for the whole city’ coming to a screen near you

    With concessions curated by the chefs at Kinfolk, Hard Times Deli and Comeback Coffee, photo installations and a 40-foot screen, there’s a new club in town, and it’s all about bringing the community to the movies. 

    By Kelsey Bowen May 19, 2025

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