Justin J. Pearson is the only Memphian on the list, joining other leaders including LeBron James, Tyler Perry, Jordan Peele and Solange Knowles. 

The Memphis Black Arts Alliance is celebrating four decades with an award show honoring Memphians with impact on local, national or global artistry.

Art inspired by Tennessee created by Arlington students is part of the National Tree Lighting festivities in Washington.

Stewart perhaps cut an unlikely figure for the founder of a label that became synonymous with Southern soul music, creating stars such as Otis Redding and Isaac Hayes amid releasing roughly 800 singles and 300 albums in an initial span of fewer than 20 years.

Since launching in 2007, Painting With A Twist has donated over $5 million to nonprofit organizations across the nation. Sunday’s event supported Memphis Pets Alive! animal rescue group.

There was plenty to celebrate week, with a big game, an important visit at the airport, a massive batch of toffee, and the reopening of Bogie’s Deli Downtown after a two-month closure.

“Support Chris Reyes and his quest for a two-year lease of 15,000 square feet inside the Coliseum so he can expand and build his incredible interactive playground.”

A multi-media art exhibit cataloging the American eviction crisis comes to Memphis, the “eviction capital.” 

St. Jude Memphis Marathon weekend kicked off Thursday, Dec. 1, with the unveiling of a St. Jude patient art display at the Renasant Convention Center where it completely covers two walls on the center’s second floor.

This week, Crosstown Concourse and Overton Square light up the night, a photo exhibit offers a glimpse into evictions and a folk music concert raises funds for the aquifer.

Coming to a stage near you this month: A legendary Motown band, an Orange Mound-born rapper with national acclaim and a three-time Grammy Award-winning a cappella crew.

Memphis Arts Collective’s temporary shop at Poplar Plaza, which offers pottery, jewelry, sculptures, handmade clothes and more, marks its 30th anniversary. 

After releasing a children’s book earlier this year about playing with food, local food scientist Ali Manning took her own advice. 

Thanksgiving week means opportunities to be outdoors like the young equestrians in the BridgeUp: GiddyUp program, special meals, binge shopping, and lots of sports. 

One of the city’s go-to engineers has recently moved from the board and into the booth as an artist in his own right. 

This week brings holiday lights (and Lizzo lasers) galore, a chance to hike off Thanksgiving excesses, monster trucks and various adaptations of the classics.

“We talk a lot about ‘the Memphis Sound,’ which means something very different if you’re discussing rock or soul or hip-hop. Our goal was to build a lineup that showcases what the ‘Memphis Sound’ means in various contexts.” 

In the musical “It’s Christmas Again,” Lawson Touliatos takes on the role of Jake Young, a teenager who isn’t yet familiar with the true meaning of Christmas. 

It has been more than a year since Memphis rapper Young Dolph was killed at Makeda’s on Airways Boulevard. Since that day, new details continue to come to light. 

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Memphis Fashion Week founders established Arrow Creative as an incubator and studio space for local artists to “really push that creative entrepreneur spirit.” 

The two-level exhibit, which opened on Saturday, includes 43 holiday decorated trees, a selfie station, a gingerbread village and a snow-covered Christmas village. 

“I want the viewer to connect with the characters in the painting. I want the viewer to know the history of Tom Lee,” local artist Carl. E. Moore said. 

Looks like a cuppa joe, but the story of JoJo’s Espresso is so much more. And that’s just one of the warm images photographers Mark Weber and Brad Vest captured this week.

“When people know we’re coming, they show up in hot dog outfits, bring their weenie dogs, and that’s really all normal for us,” said one of Oscar Mayer’s hotdoggers. 

In Memphis, and across the nation, people received services such as free meals, winter kits, haircuts and mental health services.