This week, the soul ensemble announced a Memphis show in October at Minglewood Hall. 

It’s Memphis in May’s “international week,” and we’ve got your essential guide to celebrating this year’s honored country of Malaysia.

This weekend, thousands will descend upon the newly renovated Tom Lee Park for Memphis in May’s Beale Street Music Festival. We’ve got a stage map, festival food tips, must-see music recommendations and more.

This week, celebrate Cinco de Mayo in Overton Square, catch 1990s hip-hop act Digable Planets at Minglewood and meet the artist behind Memphis Botanic Garden’s new “Rich Soil” exhibition.

Torey Bates, For the Kingdom’s executive director, and Summerjoy Scott, the director of human development, joins Eric Barnes on this week’s episode of The Sidebar.

The 29 sculptures that are a part of “Rich Soil” are spread in seven groupings on the Memphis Botanic Garden’s 96 acres.

According to founder and CEO Katie Smythe, “Springloaded” is “important to Memphis because it places these ballets here, in the context of our lives in Memphis.”

In five days, music fans will return to the river for Beale Street Music Festival at the newly redesigned Tom Lee Park. Here’s what you need to know before you go.

Actor Joe Pantoliano, known for his Emmy Award-winning portrayal of Ralph Cifaretto on “The Sopranos,” will share his personal struggles with depression and his mental health advocacy work when he speaks at Methodist Le Bonheur Healthcare’s ninth annual Mental Health Breakfast. 

Newsom died while out of town with the band in Atlanta, where they performed yesterday, April 29.

Memphis audiences can see a regional Mexican band, a singer-songwriter duo with Mid-South roots, a Memphis rapper, a Coldplay tribute, and the Dave Matthews Band.

Big Bounce America, the “largest touring inflatable event in the entire world,” pops up at Shelby Farms Park, featuring an obstacle course, an inflatable sports course, “an immersive, intergalactic-themed attraction” and a giant bounce house.

Mother’s Day is May 14 and several Memphis restaurants will host brunches to celebrate. 

More than 500 years later and 5,205 miles away from Rome, Michelangelo gets “his own private gallery experience.”

He was the morning drive-time voice on WHBQ from 1958 to 1971. 

“Illiteracy is one of the most solvable issues of our lifetime. We have the research, we have the practice, we know how to teach reading to students.”

This week, the Tennessee Triennial highlights Memphis artists, jookers battle in the Ravine and MEMFix returns with a festival in Alcy-Ball.

SunAh M. Laybourn can name multiple reasons that spurred her to organize a calendar of events in honor of Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month in May.

Outlaw country veteran Willie Nelson will play Southaven in October as part of his annual Outlaw Music Festival Tour and extension of his 90th birthday.

The Tennessee Triennial — a five-month art exhibition — kicked off in Memphis, Nashville, Knoxville and Chattanooga in January. As the Triennial’s May 7 close approaches, Memphis becomes the final city to host a “highlight weekend.”

Artist Michael Roy, aka Birdcap, has 45,000 followers on Instagram and highly recognizable work, especially in Memphis, with his larger-than-life, stylized murals. 

For artist Anthony Lee, the city is his muse, but his style is a compilation of his life.

Memphis Museum of Science and History exhibit hits the right note with “Band of Brothers – CBHS: America’s Oldest High School Band.” 

Daily Memphian food writer Jennifer Biggs, along with our producer Natalie Van Gundy, joined CEO Eric Barnes on this week’s episode of The Sidebar, which was recorded live during WYXR’s pledge week. 

Record Store Day is an annual event celebrated by vinyl shops and music enthusiasts around the world since 2007; this year, national organizers expect more than 400 exclusive releases.