In this week’s To-Do List, catch the premiere of a new opera set in Memphis, the Dixon celebrates women in the arts and the Monster Club honors the King of Cool.

February 2027 is set to be Tennessee’s first Tennessee Songwriter Month. 8Ball was recognized for his significant cultural impact and as a pioneer of Memphis hip-hop.

A former Memphis pastor opens The Living Room, a luxury lounge without liquor at the former Abundant Life Fellowship Church on Knight Arnold Road.

Fans of music in genres from yacht rock to funk have concerts to look forward to in various Memphis venues in March.

Also, “Seussical” returns to Circuit Playhouse, dedicated to a beloved actor. 

This March art roundup includes one show that honors Neena Wang, who died last fall at the age of 30.

Where Guillermo del Toro’s current Oscar nominee “Frankenstein” is a quasi-straight adaptation of Mary Shelley’s original novel, writer-director Maggie Gyllenhaal’s new movie is a highly stylized adaptation transported to the gangster milieu of 1930s Chicago. 

“Ain’t Too Proud” and “Les Miserables” are two more shows coming to Playhouse on the Square next season.

“All the teachers were fine artists and loved to teach,” said Murray Riss, who established the photography department at Memphis College of Art.

Aint Film Festival, the passion project of Memphis native and filmmaker Zaire Love, runs Thursday through Saturday, Feb. 26-28.

A grant fund named in honor of Luke White will be announced on Friday during a special event at B-Side Memphis.

Overton Park Shell’s outreach program Shell on Wheels will host 5 Fridays of Jazz for the 10th year.

In this week’s To-Do List, ABBA songs hit the Theatre Memphis stage, hundreds of tulips are in bloom at Memphis Botanic Garden and there’s wrestling in The Green Room.

Tickets go on sale this week for Ashley McBryde and Alexandra Kay, who will open the BankPlus Amphitheater season in April.

Ghostface is back ... and so is Leonardo DiCaprio’s Oscar winner. 

“Bloom: A Million Shades of Spring” includes events with enticing names like Bloom Saturdays, Sips of Spring, Tulips at Twilight and Petals and Parasols.

Lawson’s autobiography, coauthored by Memphian Emily Yellin, had a Memphis launch Friday, Feb. 20, at the National Civil Rights Museum.

“Verbally Effective,” with Ena Esco, and “You Can See Me In The Dark,” hosted by Nathan Reisman and Melissa Sweazy, both launched in 2018. They have hundreds of published episodes and continue today.

In a world where technology sometimes seems to have overwhelmed music, the world of Memphis Youth Symphony Program is refreshing.

In this week’s To-Do List, celebrate Lunar New Year at the Brooks, read about wrasslin’ at Novel and celebrate Afro-Latino Week all over town. 

Lord Huron, Salt-N-Pepa, De La Soul, Ice Cube, Phantogram, T-Pain, St. Vincent and Wale are among the acts scheduled.

For one night a month, Bar Limina will be serving craft cocktails at the nearby Sheet Cake Gallery.

From Shakespeare to show tunes, February theater has something for everyone.

Tyler Perry passes through Memphis. And remembering when Robert Duvall and Rufus Thomas shared a scene. 

Content producer, curator, and DJ Bryan Roberson — aka YoBreezye — is featured in episode 2 of “The Story in Us,” which was released on Jan. 15.