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  • The Sidebar: Eric Barnes on arts, culture & more

    ‘Clap Three Times’ — but don’t listen to the lyrics — on The Sidebar

    On this week’s Sidebar podcast, Eric Barnes is interviewed about music, work and how he doesn’t listen to the lyrics. 

    By Eric Barnes May 05, 2025
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    Mellon Foundation gives $15M for emergency support of humanities councils

    Tennessee Humanities will receive $200,000 for operations and an additional $50,000 to seed a challenge fund.

    By Jane Roberts May 02, 2025
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    Arts Beat: Brooks Museum hosts Memphis Art & Fashion Week

    Fashion programming has become so in-demand at a local art museum that the institution will soon host a week of festivities dedicated to it.

    By Elle Perry May 02, 2025
  • The To-Do List

    The To-Do List: Troll Fest, murder songs and the death of the Log Lady

    This week, Alton Brown brings his “Last Bite” to Memphis, and Chris Isaak brings his “Wicked Games” to Graceland. Plus, Riverbeat takes over Tom Lee, and Memphis Fashion Week is here.

    By Bianca Phillips, Kelsey Bowen, Elle Perry May 01, 2025
  • Music

    The Memphis connection to Anderson .Paak and Tokimonsta

    During Riverbeat, be on the lookout for cameos from R&B group GAWD, composed of Los Angeles native Alana Linsey and Memphis native Alayna Rodgers.

    By Elle Perry May 01, 2025
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    Memphis May art exhibitions feature AAPI, youth artists

    In May, Memphis art exhibitions are showcasing youth and Asian American and Pacific Islander artists.

    By Elle Perry May 06, 2025
  • The Sidebar: Eric Barnes on arts, culture & more

    Dive into Spanish culture at the Brooks

    A new concert series at the Memphis Brooks Museum of Art explores the different styles and genre of Spanish music, led by Marina Carracedo, a visiting lecturer at the University of Memphis. 

    By Eric Barnes April 30, 2025
  • Music

    GloRilla’s ‘Glo Bash’ coming to FedExForum

    GloRilla last performed at FedExForum last year as part of Megan Thee Stallion’s “Hot Girl Summer” tour.

    By Elle Perry April 30, 2025
  • Performing Arts

    Ostrander Awards to return to the Orpheum

    The annual Memphis theater awards program has overcome its financial shortfall with a fundraising drive and plans a change for this year.

    By Alys Drake April 29, 2025
  • Visual Arts

    Memphis Movies This Week: Marvel tries again with ‘Thunderbolts*'

    Also, comedy classic “Monty Python and the Holy Grail” returns for a 50th anniversary big screen revival at several local theaters. 

    By Chris Herrington April 29, 2025
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    Lamar Sorrento paints world only way he knows how

    “Some people, their goal in life is to be their authentic selves. Most people never get there,” said a longtime friend. “(Lamar Sorrento’s) gotten there and gone past it, I think.”

    By Jane Roberts May 01, 2025
  • Performing Arts

    ‘Cabaret,’ ‘Caroline, or Change’ and more take Memphis theaters in May

    Comedies and musicals are what’s on stage this month in Memphis theaters.

    By Alys Drake April 25, 2025
  • Arts & Culture

    Former NEH head says agency will survive, but won’t be the same

    Some state humanities councils, funded primarily by the agency, will begin closing in the next month, Shelly Lowe said.

    By Jane Roberts April 28, 2025
  • Music

    Day-by-day guide to Riverbeat

    Don’t know every band on the Riverbeat lineup? Daily Memphian staffers did the cold hard research into each artist performing at the Downtown Memphis music festival.

    By The Daily Memphian Staff May 02, 2025
  • Music

    The Daily Memphian Music Guide to Riverbeat: Sunday, May 4

    Sunday at Riverbeat includes psychedelic-rock band Jombi, Memphis instrumental group Salo Pallini, 2025 Best New Artist Grammy nominee Benson Boone and headliner Anderson .Paak & The Free Nationals.

    By The Daily Memphian Staff April 24, 2025
  • The To-Do List

    The To-Do List: Race cars or crawfish, and nerd out on the science of wine

    This week, watch 10-minute plays at Hattiloo Theatre, see Julien Baker & Torres in Oxford and get a sneak peek of Baron von Opperbean (with cocktails for a cause).

    By Alys Drake, Bianca Phillips, Elle Perry, Nick Lingerfelt April 24, 2025
  • Music

    The Daily Memphian Music Guide to Riverbeat: Saturday, May 3

    This guide is for Riverbeat’s Saturday lineup — day two.

    By The Daily Memphian Staff April 24, 2025
  • Music

    The Daily Memphian Music Guide to Riverbeat: Friday, May 2

    Riverbeat is a three-day music festival held at Tom Lee Park on May 2-4, 2025. 

    By The Daily Memphian Staff April 25, 2025
  • Education

    Trump-ousted National Endowment for Humanities head to talk at Rhodes

    Shelly Lowe, who was asked to step down as chair of the National Endowment for the Humanities by President Donald Trump in March, is giving a public lecture Thursday.

    By Jane Roberts April 23, 2025
  • Visual Arts

    Memphis Movies This Week: Go see ‘Sinners’ on the big screen

    Believe the buzz; “Sinners” demands to be seen with the best sound and image quality you can find.

    By Chris Herrington April 22, 2025
  • Music

    Widespread Panic, Tyler Childers to headline 2025 Mempho Music Festival

    The lineup includes Flaming Lips, Sierra Ferrell, Mavis Staples, Father John Misty, Charley Crockett and The Pharcyde.

    By Elle Perry April 22, 2025
  • Music

    Overton Park Shell reveals 2025 free summer concert series lineup

    The Overton Park Shell’s free summer concert series opens and closes with local acts.

    By Elle Perry April 22, 2025
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    Ask the Memphian: Why hasn’t Liberty Stadium had a concert in years?

    For roughly three decades, the only musicians who played what is now the Simmons Bank Liberty Stadium were marching bands. But why?

    By Jody Callahan April 21, 2025
  • Visual Arts

    Renasant Convention Center showcases artists in rotating exhibits

    The Renasant Convention Center is putting the work of local artists on display to its 450,000 annual visitors.

    By Elle Perry April 20, 2025
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    ‘We’ve had quite a bit of a shakeup’: Landers Center board president talks venue’s future

    The president of the DeSoto County Convention and Visitors Bureau, which recently became part of a story about alleged racism in the firing of its executive director, says a broader “shakeup” will take local tourism to another level.

    By Toni Lepeska April 21, 2025

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