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

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

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.

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.

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.

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

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. 

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

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

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

“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.”

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

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

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.

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.

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).

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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.