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    Figure drawing at the Dixon features costumed performers

    In May, attendees of the Stage & Sketch figure-drawing class drew wrestlers as graphic designer and illustrator Shelda Edwards called out poses.

    By Elle Perry August 05, 2025
  • Arts & Culture

    Memphis Movies This Week: Jeff Buckley doc arrives

    “It’s Never Over, Jeff Buckley,” a new feature-length documentary about Buckley’s life and music, will be released Friday, Aug. 8, where it will begin a full, exclusive engagement at Malco’s Ridgeway Cinema Grill.

    By Chris Herrington August 09, 2025
  • Shelby County

    Long-serving county commissioner who had a passion for theater dies

    Julian Bolton, an attorney who also mentored younger politicians in the community after leaving the County Commission in 2006, died Monday. He was 75.

    By Jody Callahan August 05, 2025
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    ‘Not just a career ... a legacy’ — Hornyak retiring after 30+ years with Recording Academy

    For someone who has spent their entire working life in show business in one capacity or another, Jon Hornyak has avoided the limelight. Until now. 

    By Mark Jordan August 06, 2025
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    Self-made music stirs Memphis running back, Tigers teammates

    Greg Desrosiers Jr. has three songs on Apple Music and Spotify. Most of his music is unreleased, but he shares his catalog with teammates.

    By Frank Bonner II August 04, 2025
  • Spirit of Memphis

    Man who helped save Overton Park Shell dies

    John Larkin was a tireless advocate for the Overton Park Shell, and if not for him and those like him, the Shell might have been torn down and replaced by a parking lot years ago.

    By Jody Callahan August 04, 2025
  • Music

    From K. Michelle to Teddy Swims, August’s must-see concerts in Memphis

    Concert opportunities abound in August, so much so that the must-see concerts story this month includes the usual five concerts, as well as two festivals worth your time.

    By Elle Perry August 04, 2025
  • The Sidebar: Eric Barnes on arts, culture & more

    Overton Park looks ahead to new parkland — and less parking

    Kaci Murley remembers well the fights about the future of the Greensward.

    By Eric Barnes August 04, 2025
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    Arts Beat: ‘Cosmic Produce’ a homecoming for Kansas-based artist

    Overton High grad Sean Nash’s show at Tops Gallery at Madison Avenue Park in Downtown Memphis has origins in the Kansas City International Airport.

    By Elle Perry August 04, 2025
  • Music

    Live at the Garden names replacement for Steve Miller Band

    The group, which was founded in the 1950s, had its first hit with 1959’s “Shout.” 

    By Elle Perry August 01, 2025
  • Music

    Justin Timberlake says he’s been diagnosed with Lyme disease

    Timberlake shared the news in a post commemorating his Forget Tomorrow tour adding that the disease “can be relentlessly debilitating, both mentally and physically.”

    By The Associated Press July 31, 2025
  • The To-Do List

    Unleash your inner Sandra Dee, jam to Jerry Garcia tunes, party with Skinny

    This week, support kidpreneurs in Germantown, learn to homestead in Millington and get broken stuff fixed at the Central Library.

    By Bianca Phillips, Elle Perry, Kelsey Bowen July 31, 2025
  • Visual Arts

    Memphis Movies This Week: ‘The Naked Gun,’ ‘Sunset Boulevard’ at 75

    At mid-year, the biggest comedy hit at a somewhat resurgent American box office has been a sleeper-success female-buddy movie. Maybe that will change in the weeks ahead.

    By Chris Herrington July 29, 2025
  • Update Music

    Memphis rapper stars in new ads for Checkers, Adidas

    Days after her sold-out Glo Bash at FedExForum, national and international brands are spotlighting the Memphis native.

    By Elle Perry July 31, 2025
  • The Sidebar: Eric Barnes on arts, culture & more

    ARTSmemphis marks $100 million in grants

    ARTSmemphis president and CEO Elizabeth Rouse joins Eric Barnes on this week’s episode of “The Sidebar.”

    By Eric Barnes July 29, 2025
  • Visual Arts

    Gender, erasure and ‘pink lives': August art exhibitions explore social issues, connection

    One artist uses performance, mixed media, collage, and video “to converse with other young, alienated women and femmes who struggle to find their entire selves in a capitalistic landscape.”

    By Elle Perry July 29, 2025
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    TDOT: Paver of roads, saver of butterflies?

    With Project Milkweed, the Tennessee Department of Transportation is trying to stem one pollinator’s declining population by shipping free seeds to state residents.

    By Nick Lingerfelt July 29, 2025
  • Arts & Culture

    Footwear fans tread in, with bulging wallets and dreams of lacing up the latest kicks

    ‘Sneakerheads’ willing to buy, trade or sell their soles descend on the Agricenter International for SneakFest Sneaker Expo.

    By Jody Callahan July 29, 2025
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    Arts Beat: GloRilla takes charge, with a festival of her own making

    Memphian Gloria Woods’ “Glo Bash” is set for Friday, July 25, at FedExForum. The event lets the three-time Grammy Award nominee and multi-platinum artist set her own agenda. 

    By Elle Perry August 05, 2025
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    Grizzlies Insider: Morant goes to China, Jackson in boot, other summer notes

    Ja Morant is scheduled to be in China for the next five days as part of Nike’s “Let Them Watch” tour to promote the Ja 3 sneaker. Grizzlies forward Brandon Clarke released new music under the artist name BCVS.

    By Drew Hill July 25, 2025
  • Music

    The AM/DM podcast: Glo’s show, coffee dance party are what to do this weekend

    On this episode of The AM/DM podcast, editorial director Mary Cashiola and newsletter editor Bianca Phillips celebrate Fri-yay with their picks for the weekend. 

    By Mary Cashiola July 25, 2025
  • Arts & Culture

    Memphis Movies This Week: ‘Fantastic Four’ arrives, ‘Eddington’ remains

    This latest Marvel Comics movie finally opens this weekend and marks the third attempt in the past 20 years to launch Marvel’s foundational comic-book hero team on the big screen.

    By Chris Herrington July 26, 2025
  • The To-Do List

    Party in an Uptown alley, art-crawl in the Edge and dance at a coffee shop

    This week, GloRilla’s show goes on despite her arrest, the Last Vegan on Earth is in Crosstown and the “Most Epic Lemonade Stand in Memphis History” is in Collierville.

    By Bianca Phillips, Elle Perry, Kelsey Bowen, Chris Herrington, Alys Drake July 25, 2025
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    Table Talk: Easing on down the road

    More than a dozen Memphis restaurants are promoting the Broadway show “The Wiz,” and most aren’t even requiring proof of ticket purchase to participate in the edible, whimsical fun.

    By Ellen Chamberlain July 24, 2025
  • Visual Arts

    B.B. King lives on in Stax photo exhibit

    The photos capture the joy and energy of a live B.B. King performance.

    By Joseph Mangin July 29, 2025

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