Earnestine & Hazel’s, a literal cornerstone of South Main history, culture and nightlife through good times and bad, is now for sale, as Caitlin Chittom announced on Facebook on Monday. 

The film stands as both a great Memphis story and a showcase for the city as a filmmaking location that can do more than play itself.

Soak up the beauty of a crisp autumn day through photos of Mid-South scenes including Overton Park in Midtown, Links at Galloway and Shelby Farms Park in East Memphis, and Martin Luther King Jr. Riverside Park in South Memphis.

A painting donated by Memphis-born artist Derek Fordjour drew a $410,000 bid to benefit St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital. 

In a career that spans nearly three decades, Marlon “MJG” Goodwin and Premro “8Ball” Smith, are known for their reality raps about the seedy underbelly of society in the Mid-South, but rarely given credit for their ability to pair those observations with a heavy dose of imagination and sobering social commentary. 

In November and December, 19th century literary classics will be the focus on the TSC stage. Shows will also be simulcast for online ticket holders.

The billboard campaign to encourage civic engagement is sponsored by an arts-based organization called For Freedoms.

After a $500,000 restoration, the Orpheum’s organ is “better than it was in 1928.” The theater will offer a free concert by organists Tony Thomas and Vincent Astor on Nov. 19. 

The wait is nearly over for BPACC after receiving approval from the Shelby County Health Department to return in 2021. Its abbreviated winter 2021 season, including 11 performances, is slated to begin Jan. 16, with the first show “Linda Ronstadt Experience.” 

Currently, 68 pages from the seven volumes of the illuminated Bible, with contemporary artworks that illustrate the verses, glow in carefully lit exhibition galleries at the Dixon.

For Ramzi Abdoch and Allan Yongo, DJs on WYXR, “pop music” is filtered through their world views and inspired by their lineages.

VoicesUnited created the installation in partnership with the Mariposas Collective.

If you’re in pursuit of good outdoor walks, good outdoor dining and quick browsing/shopping, you’ll find plenty in Little Rock, just a two-hour drive west of Memphis.

This fall, three classical musicians moved to Memphis to take part in a new fellowship between the Memphis Symphony Orchestra and the University of Memphis’ Rudi E. Scheidt School of Music.

Tickets are on sale now for Holiday Wonders, Nov. 27 to Dec. 27, which combines light shows in the garden’s outdoor spaces with way stations for visitors to try roasting marshmallows and sipping tea, cocoa and holiday spirits.

While the rest of the world bobs for apples, fans of hardcore Memphis rap bob their heads to a collection of artists in the 1990s who built a repertoire around slasher film samples, cartoonish descriptions of grotesque violence and occult imagery. 

Elizabeth Cawein’s lifelong love affair with radio informs her new WYXR show, “Straight from the Source,” and the October Playlist.

Beginning today, South Main will look a little brighter. 

Putting BVOE in the Mid-South Coliseum remains Reyes’ dream scenario. And, yes, this seems far-fetched. But let me ask you this: What Mid-South Coliseum idea isn’t far-fetched?

Lorraine Bracco, known for her role as Tony Soprano’s psychiatrist, will play one of the lead roles.

RiverArtsFest opened a virtual artists market Oct. 27 for nearly 150 artists who were chosen to participate in the 2020 RiverArtsFest, which was canceled this year because of COVID-19.

Jared Boyd of WYXR joins Eric Barnes on The Sidebar.

The federal lawsuit claimed the city interfered with Graceland’s plans for a Whitehaven arena.

“Tina” was nominated for a total of 12 Tonys.

Charles “Lil Buck” Riley is one of the subjects of a Netflix dance documentary series that debuts Friday, Oct. 23.