Sheree Renée Thomas was named editor of the venerable Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, and she’s one of the authors included in “Black Panther: Tales of Wakanda,” which comes out March 9.
Holly Jansen Fulkerson started work as executive director of Memphis Heritage in January 2020, and resigned on Thursday, March 4.
Minglewood Plaza owner Richard Roberts also is looking for someone to manage Minglewood Hall concert venue. Other businesses inside Minglewood Plaza continue to operate.
Knox Shelton, who has been executive director of Literacy Mid-South since 2016, will take over the lead role at Indie Memphis.
With available, clean drinking water an increasingly precious commodity, Memphis’ supply is perhaps the city’s most important asset. We did nothing to earn it. But it’s on us to preserve and manage it.
Desmond Robinson says just appearing on ‘Chopped’ was a big win: “The response has been so overwhelming, from congratulations to business inquiries. It’s going to take me months to go through these messages.’
A new sensory certification will help people with sensory sensitivities enjoy the Memphis Zoo.
Desmond Robinson, who graduated from the University of Memphis, is known professionally as Chef D. Arthur. His “Chopped” competition is titled “Meat Fight: Bison!”
Memphis comic LaToya Tennille finds humor in her hometown and in her own life. If that translates to making the “big-time,” great. If it doesn’t, well, maybe she’s cleared a path for somebody else.
Jordan Dodson, who performs as Jordan Occasionally, wrote the song “Don’t Shoot,” which became an unofficial anthem of the widespread Black Lives Matter protests in Memphis in 2020.
“It’s a moment I will never be able to duplicate,” the director says of the movie’s Amazon debut. ‘Think about it, man. Millions of people around the globe are going to be watching “Coming 2 America” all at the same time.’
The gallery resonated deeply with what we’re experiencing right now, outside the walls, in real time.
‘Nomadland’ and ‘Minari’ are both currently showing in Memphis theaters, ‘Minari’ exclusively at Malco’s Ridgeway Cinema Grill and ‘Nomadland’ currently showing at multiple theaters.
Packed snow and ice seal off major food sources for birds. ‘For these species that winter with us, setting seeds out is a real kindness to help them get through,’ says Julie Markham.
“Buried by the Bernards” on Netflix is emerging as a surprise hit of sorts. And while the wider viewing world may not be fully seeing “reality,” they are getting a true feel for Memphis.
For a while, the good times rolled when Memphis had its own Mardi Gras. Then Yellow Fever happened. This year, as the pandemic takes a toll on Fat Tuesday, we look at 1870s images that recall a citywide celebration.
The Center City Development Corp. will consider a $50,000 grant to help create new stained-glass windows for Historic Clayborn Temple.
The author and filmmaker joins Chris Herrington and Eric Barnes on The Sidebar.
‘Nostalgia drives tourism, but Memphis is making new moves now — it’s time to move on from Elvis,’ says Brady Tackett, who makes music as Night Park.
Memphis in May has moved its planned 2021 salute to Ghana to 2022 because of the ongoing coronavirus pandemic.
“Nomadland” has competition for biggest movie opening in Memphis this week. The other is Malco’s Studio on the Square, which joins the handful of other Memphis Malco theaters that have reopened over the past couple of weeks.
Last fall, Architectural Digest featured Carmeon Hamilton as one of nine rising stars in the design world, and tapped her for its first virtual design show house.
The festival is now slated for Oct. 1-3, moving west from its initial home at Shelby Farms Park to the Radians Amphitheater at the Memphis Botanic Garden.
The National Civil Rights Museum will host a virtual panel Feb. 5 with editors and contributors to the new book “Four Hundred Souls.”
Hampline Brewing had reinvent early in COVID, before it even opened, and it gave the principals a way to get through the pandemic. It wasn’t just a new business for them; it became a passion project.