As the Bartlett Performing Arts and Conference Center embarks on a new season, the lineup features a variety of shows geared to an array of audiences.

Comic book lovers and fantasy fans are descending on Agricenter International this weekend as the Memphis Comic Expo returns after an absence.

Stan Bell said that there is a close correlation between teaching and broadcasting. In both fields, a person can be a voice of influence for generations.

Memphis photographer Brad Vest snapped up a slew of photos at last weekend’s Collierville Balloon Festival. Take a look and choose your favorite.

The Museum of Science & History apologizes and offers refunds after two Friday night events were canceled, including the Memphis Proud drag show and dance party.

The Pink Palace Crafts Fair, a Memphis tradition, continues through Sunday, Sept. 25, at Audubon Park. 

The show helps support the Trezevant Manor Foundation, which funds capital improvements at the senior living facility. 

Gloria “GloRilla” Woods visited her former high school, MLK Prep, to surprise students with a musical performance and a donation.

This week, Crosstown Arts screens a Japanese gangster film, Cynthia Daniels hosts five parties in one and the Pink Palace Crafts Fair is back for the 50th time.

From major touring bands headed to Elvis’ house to emerging Memphis groups, the fall concert calendar has some intriguing options for risk-taking rock fans. 

Twenty brass legends, including Chicago’s Lee Loughnane. will join Robert Moody, music director of the Memphis Symphony Orchestra, for the “Cancer Blows” benefit concert Sept. 24 at the Cannon Center.

Memphis is awash in dramatic examples of adaptive reuse, from a Downtown shopping mall turned corporate headquarters to a Sears warehouse building turned “vertical urban village” to even a Pyramid-shaped arena turned world’s biggest bait shop. But Mud Island and the Mid-South Coliseum have proved trickier for rebirth. 

Arthur Flowers — the native South Memphian, novelist, Syracuse professor emeritus, and self-proclaimed High Hoodoo of Memphis — is coming home this week to perform at the Stax Museum.

Hulsey Britt and Frankey Anderson approached Kenneth Wayne Alexander with a proposition: to curate a combined art space, restaurant, and entertainment venue dedicated to Black culture and Black excellence.

With an interest in music dating to her early childhood days, Priya Vani hs expanded her talents and is featured on a new music series called Arlington Jams.

The Collierville Balloon Festival soared into Shelby County for the second time, Sept. 17-18, 2022, with early morning ascensions, and an afternoon-evening carnival.

Three nights of costumed walking tours, Oct. 6-8, pay tribute to the songwriters, producers, composers and singers buried in Memphis’ oldest cemetery.

After weeks of violence, community members gather at the Cooper-Young Festival Saturday, Sept. 17, to celebrate “our diversity and beauty and our rich culture.”

Patrick Lantrip snapped a slew of pictures to capture what may be the final Southern Heritage Classic matchup for Jackson State and Tennessee State. Take a look and select your favorite.

Crumpy’s Hot Wings celebrates 31 years, The Rock gives a toast to Memphis and rapper GloRilla gets nominated for a BET Award. 

Through the project, the Memphis Medical District Collaborative is on a mission to “add some vibrancy” to the area.

In a city that is mostly recognized for its gritty rap scene, Timothy “Lukah” Love is restoring balance. 

Booker T. Jones and Priscilla Presley were among eight new inductees to the Memphis Music Hall of Fame.

For two shows, Pete Pranica will transform into Mark Twain. Call him Big Twain, maybe? It’s all for the benefit of the Tennessee Shakespeare Company. And it’s just the latest evidence that Pranica is a great Memphian. 

This week, hot air balloons ascend over Collierville, dragons dance at Crosstown Concourse and stars are inducted into the Memphis Music Hall of Fame.