Filmmaker Craig Brewer takes a break from directing Eddie Murphy in "Coming 2 America" to talk about directing Murphy in the new Netflix feature "Dolemite Is My Name." 

Awaiting the release of his third project with Craig Brewer, composer Scott Bomar talks about the tools he uses to bring the Memphis soul sound to Hollywood scores.

The Weekly Memphian is a partial guide to things happening in Memphis, recommended by Daily Memphian staff. This guide covers Oct. 3-9.

Classic films, new work and lots of local interest highlight the 2019 Indie Memphis Film Festival schedule. 

Led by David Porter, the Consortium MMT is a music incubator that seeks to fast-track success for a rebuilding Memphis music industry.

In its second episode, "Bluff City Law" takes on barbecue and Elijah Strait tells us where he's from. 

Tony Award-winning singer and actress Sutton Foster, Latin vocalist Eliane Elias, and explorer Mireya Mayor are on GPAC's fall lineup.

The Weekly Memphian is a partial guide to things happening in Memphis, recommended by Daily Memphian staff. This guide covers Sept. 26-Oct. 2.

In the mid-1970s it was the final hit record of a Memphis soul empire. In 2019, it's an adored meme. But for Shirley Brown, "Woman to Woman" was the song that changed her life.

From the Hernando de Soto Bridge to Rum Boogie Cafe and various points in between, Memphis looked sharp in the debut episode of "Bluff City Law."

The concert is an exhilarating mix of the fresh and the familiar, from 'The William Tell Overture' to 'You'll Never Walk Alone.' 

LeAnthony Douglas, a teaching and performing artist at New Ballet Ensemble and School, started in the organization’s first cohort of Dunbar Elementary School students. 

Mempho Music Festival returns to Shelby Farms Park for a third year, and festival organizers say the park itself will be this year's biggest star.

The Weekly Memphian is a partial guide to things happening in Memphis, recommended by Daily Memphian staff. This guide covers Sept. 19-25.

When the made-in-Memphis series "Bluff City Law" premieres on NBC on Monday night, it will be the first time the city plays itself, in the present tense, in a television series. 

The University of Memphis' Hooks Institute and Art Museum are set to co-host a closing lecture of the “If I Had A Camera: Art Shay ­– Activism, Civil Rights & Justice” exhibit.

Working/teaching decorative painting studio and DIY boutique me & mrs. jones has opened a new East Memphis location at 600 South Perkins Rd.

By surrounding its 20,000-title DVD collection with screenings, concerts, gaming and more, Memphis video store Black Lodge returns from the dead with an expanded mission.  

An estimated 130,000 attended the 32nd annual Cooper-Young Festival in Midtown.

Bernie Williams, once an outfielder for the New York Yankees, has traded his baseball bat for a guitar. On Sunday, he will accompany local saxophonist Kirk Whalum in a Crosstown Theater show.

Iris DeMent’s distinctly American voice will kick off the 2019-2020 season Sunday, Sept. 15 at the Buckman Performing Arts Center in East Memphis.

The Weekly Memphian is a partial guide to things happening in Memphis, recommended by Daily Memphian staff. This guide covers Sept. 12-18.

Important shows in two Memphis museums are winding up soon: the Bouguereau at Brooks, and two by Southern women artists at the Dixon. 

'Bluff City Law' gave Memphis some love – and got it right back – as the NBC series premiered its pilot episode at the Halloran Centre. 

School of Rock, a chain of music schools, has opened its third Memphis area location near Wolfchase.