“The work we do doesn’t exist in response to the legacy of Elvis Presley. It exists in response to our contemporary scene — scenes, really — that are thriving, diverse and full of transcendent talent.”
The entertainment lineup surrounding the 34th Southern Heritage Classic has been released.
FedExForum announces a new date for “Drake: It’s All A Blur Tour” with 21 Savage, which was set for Thursday, June 29.
Noel Durant, the Tennessee director of the Trust for Public Land, joins Eric Barnes on The Sidebar.
The film is based on Priscilla Presley’s 1985 memoir, “Elvis and Me.”
“I embraced the concept, ‘I love my job’,” he said. “You gotta love what you do.”
This week, cool off with Disney’s “Frozen” at the Orpheum, get nostalgic with Matchbox Twenty and watch plays created in 24 hours
A 7-CD box set brings together 146 demos from the legendary label, including 140 previously unreleased recordings.
Fireworks, parades and community events will be held across the Memphis area in celebration of Independence Day 2023.
A new mural on a building at Arlington’s Depot Square depicts a number of iconic places and items from the town’s past.
“For us, being Chinese American in the South feels like a very specific experience. And we’re really interested in exploring how we share that experience with the outside world.”
The lineup includes several local favorites, including seasoned jazz songstress Joyce Cobb, rapper Glockianna, and the Klitz Sisters, Memphis’ pioneering punk band that formed in the late 1970s.
William Hill of Southaven will represent Mississippi in a competition sponsored by the National Federation of State Poetry Societies Association.
The TV program will follow the designer and her team as she helps “frustrated Memphis-area homeowners who are stuck with houses that aren’t practical for their family’s needs.”
Tone celebrates Juneteenth with a festival on its Orange Mound Tower grounds on Jun 18, 2023.
More than 100 vendors were stationed at Health Sciences Park in the Medical District as Memphians took part in the City of Memphis’ Juneteenth fest.
“Douglass is exactly 40 acres and was given to a freed slave by his former slaveowner and that family still lives in Douglass,” said organizer Kathy Yancy-Temple. “My family were freed from this very land, and we have families that go back six, seven, even eight generations here.
“Titanic” will set sail this week in The Harrell Performing Arts Theatre. It’s the first time a local theatre has taken on the production.
This week, cult classic “Halloween III” is set to music, the Memphis Botanic Garden celebrates 70 years and Zora Neale Hurston’s life story takes center stage.
“When you think of dance music in the city — like, legitimate dance music, you see that we are now the beacons of what people are looking for in the dance community.”
MUS graduate Stephen Pacheco spent hundreds of hours last season capturing the best moments from Grizzlies point guard Ja Morant.
The teenagers in the Contemporary Arts Memphis’ summer program spend three weeks at St. Columba Retreat Center and then a week in New York, visiting museums and meeting working artists.
Gina Harris, the Botanic Garden’s director of education and events said the venue has grown “by leaps and bounds” in the last 20 years, adding new gardens and areas, as well as communities served.
Memphis Juneteenth events include concerts, a poetry slam, cultural conversations, a bike ride, a run, a “B.A.P.S.”-themed black tie gala, chamber music and a festival featuring Project Pat.
After three seasons — the last filmed entirely in Memphis — Dwayne Johnson’s NBC sitcom “Young Rock” ends.