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    Coming to a screen near you: ‘The Nutcracker’ ballet

    Ballet Memphis produced an hour-long film of the classic holiday ballet, which will be offered free on the company’s website. The New Ballet Ensemble and Children’s Ballet Theater will screen films of their “Nutcracker” performances at Malco Summer Drive-in. 

    By Peggy Burch December 10, 2020
  • Arts & Culture

    Singer Reagan Strange to host virtual concert benefitting Le Bonheur

    Reagan Strange, a former contestant on NBC’s “The Voice’ is hosting a virtual Christmas concert to benefit Le Bonheur Children’s Hospital. 

    By Abigail Warren December 06, 2020
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    Opinion: Arts Week celebrates the ‘aha!’ moments that change our lives

    To celebrate the work artists and arts organizations have created in 2020 despite the pandemic, ArtsMemphis is introducing Arts Week Dec. 7-13. ArtsMemphis provides grants to 70 arts organization, and this year supplied emergency funds to individual artists.

    By Mia Henley December 06, 2020
  • Arts & Culture

    Beale St. Music Festival artist George Hunt is dead at 87

    Since 1992, Hunt was the official artist for the Beale Street Music Festival, creating a new painting for the festival each year for nearly three decades.

    By Omer Yusuf December 06, 2020
  • City of Memphis

    Final piece of Raleigh Springs Civic Center near completion

    The new Raleigh branch library is set to open Dec. 14, replacing the 54-year-old location at 3157 Powers Rd., which is closed as the transition begins to its future home.

    By Omer Yusuf December 05, 2020
  • City of Memphis

    For Terri Lee Freeman, leaving rights museum ‘a personal decision’

    National Civil Rights Museum president Terri Lee Freeman is leaving in February to lead a museum in Baltimore. She arrived at the helm of the museum just as the city’s new activism began to surface.

    By Bill Dries December 04, 2020
  • Food News

    Day Tripper: Time to deck the Halls, Tennessee

    A sprawling collection of mostly historic buildings and farmhouses makes up Charlene’s Colony in Halls, Tennessee, which is decked out with more holiday decorations than you’ve likely seen in one place.

    By Jennifer Biggs December 04, 2020
  • Arts & Culture

    Freeman leaves National Civil Rights Museum for Baltimore post

    During her six-year tenure, Freeman oversaw the museum’s year-and-a-half-long commemoration of the 50th anniversary of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s assassination at the Lorraine Motel.

    By The Daily Memphian Staff December 03, 2020
  • Performing Arts

    Theaters deliver ‘A Christmas Carol’ and holiday shows to your living room

    We’re not just going to be home for the holidays, but also homebound by COVID-19. Still you’ll be able to see “A Christmas Carol” performed by Memphis actors and other seasonal shows.

    By Peggy Burch December 03, 2020
  • Collierville

    Literature and outdoors meet with Collierville’s StoryWalk

    Avid readers and outdoor enthusiasts will both enjoy a new safe and socially distant activity at Halle Park in Collierville.

    By Abigail Warren December 02, 2020
  • Visual Arts

    Indie Memphis to bring Sundance Film Fest to Summer Drive-In

    The festival, considered the most prestigious festival geared around American indie film, will be screening its selections this year at satellite locations, and Memphis will be one of these “Satellite Screens.”

    By Chris Herrington December 02, 2020
  • Financial Services

    Black, white and green: How race affects local nonprofits’ funding

    In a recent three-year period, the total number of dollars granted to nonprofits led by people of color in Memphis actually dropped — from 37% to 31%.

    By Jane Roberts December 02, 2020
  • Music

    Mark Edgar Stuart brings songwriters back to Halloran Centre

    This week’s lineup includes Savannah Brister, a former contestant on “The Voice”; Jeremy Stanfill, who writes and plays soulful roots rock; and The PRVLG, a brother duo who play modern soul.

    By Chris Herrington December 02, 2020
  • Music

    November playlist: ‘Fresh Out the Oven’

    ‘Your friends and family may be familiar with Memphis music past, but how much do they know about Memphis music present? This playlist includes a selection of the freshest tracks I’ve played on my WYXR show “Straight from the Source.”’

    By Elizabeth Cawein November 27, 2020
  • Music

    Classic Memphis dive bar Earnestine & Hazel’s for sale

    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. 

    By Chris Herrington November 23, 2020
  • Premium Music

    The Essential Memphis Library: ‘Walk the Line’

    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.

    By Chris Herrington September 04, 2024
  • Spirit of Memphis

    Falling under the spell of autumn

    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.

    By The Daily Memphian Staff November 22, 2020
  • Visual Arts

    A star in the global art world recalls Memphis childhood in a painting

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

    By Peggy Burch November 20, 2020
  • Music

    Boyd: Afrofuturism, via 8Ball & MJG

    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. 

    By Jared Boyd November 17, 2020
  • Performing Arts

    Shakespeare Co. takes on Louisa May Alcott and Charles Dickens

    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.

    By Peggy Burch November 14, 2020
  • Visual Arts

    National voter campaign includes East High student’s work

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

    By David Waters November 18, 2020
  • Music

    Orpheum’s Mighty Wurlitzer gets an encore

    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. 

    By Peggy Burch November 10, 2020
  • Performing Arts

    BPACC to resume shows in January 2021

    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.” 

    By Omer Yusuf November 08, 2020
  • Visual Arts

    Handwritten, illuminated ‘Saint John’s Bible’ on display at Dixon

    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.

    By Peggy Burch November 07, 2020
  • Music

    Two Memphis DJs share their East African heritage

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

    By Jared Boyd November 06, 2020

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