The alternative/folk/country musician who launched his lengthy career from a long-gone Memphis bar more than 30 years ago died Friday. He was 59.

Filmmaker Craig Brewer directed Crosstown High School’s “12 Angry Jurors,” and, as the student who played Juror Number Nine put it, “Not a lot of people can say they’ve gotten this opportunity.”

Erica Qualy, the founder of Memphis Zine Fest, has one word for the make-it-yourself mini-magazines with endless possibilities: liberating.

Are you ready to get a little bit wacky? Then this weekend’s events are for you. 

This week, the Memphis Zoo launches a new holiday lighting show with lanterns, and an Orpheum party goes “Back to the Future.”

Nick Barbian joins Eric Barnes on The Sidebar to talk about the goals for the outdoor venue located at Grind City Brewing in North Memphis.

The AutoZone Liberty Bowl has chosen a country music artist as the recipient of its 2025 Outstanding Achievement Award.

Before Ira Sachs studied film and literature at Yale, he grew up in Memphis. And before he found a filmmaking groove in New York, he cut his teeth back home.

True stories of Rowan Oak property in Oxford, adopting greyhounds from the racetracks and Tom Lee’s life will be screened at the first Spillit film festival.

Our Thanksgiving guide will help you prep your holiday menu and plan what to do after the big meal. 

David Wesley Williams dodged layoffs in a more than 30-year newspaper career. In his novel “Come Again No More,” he memorializes a now-bygone era and celebrates his adopted hometown of Memphis.

Jack Alberts and Jordan Veilleux don’t just install Christmas lights. They dress in elf costumes, play holiday music and talk and pose for photos with the kids.

Curios, statues, Albrecht Durer and Elton John: How have Memphis museums been victimized by thieves in the last century?

Jay Etkin’s been an artist, a gallery owner, the head of a museum, an innovator — and a friend.

The renovation of the school gym in Marion, Arkansas is just about complete. It will be followed by exhibits to chronicle the history of the nation’s worst maritime disaster 7 miles from Memphis.

One Memphis artist is nominated for “Best Rap Album.” Blues performers are also represented.

The manager of the city’s percent-for-art program is looking for artists of any age to reimagine crosswalks, neighborhood signs, markers and beyond.

This week, Fire Pit Fridays makes a comeback, Ken Burns’ new film screens for free and Meddlesome hosts what may be the shortest race ever.

The band behind hits such as “Don’t Stop Believin’” and “Any Way You Want It” will embark on a 60-show tour across North America.

The Sidebar podcast talks to Latino community leaders about the fear customers and employees have of being detained.

Could Jennifer Lawrence be back in a big way? Plus, alien attacks at the Pink Palace, and chickens on the run. 

The first area School of Rock location opened in 2013.

Homegrown Booker T. Jones, rock singer-songwriter Jeff Tweedy, two-time Grammy-winning jazz instrumentalist Marcus Miller and more musicians come to Memphis this month. 

The revitalization project is the latest in the Orpheum Theatre Group’s work to modernize the Downtown campus.

The Memphis Brooks Museum of Art partnered with Cazateatro Bilingual Theatre Group for the Día de Los Muertos Parade and Festival on Saturday, Nov. 1.