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The Sidebar: Eric Barnes on arts, culture & more
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Arts Beat: ‘Cosmic Produce’ a homecoming for Kansas-based artist
Overton High grad Sean Nash’s show at Tops Gallery at Madison Avenue Park in Downtown Memphis has origins in the Kansas City International Airport.
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Music
Live at the Garden names replacement for Steve Miller Band
The group, which was founded in the 1950s, had its first hit with 1959’s “Shout.”
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Music
Justin Timberlake says he’s been diagnosed with Lyme disease
Timberlake shared the news in a post commemorating his Forget Tomorrow tour adding that the disease “can be relentlessly debilitating, both mentally and physically.”
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The To-Do List
Unleash your inner Sandra Dee, jam to Jerry Garcia tunes, party with Skinny
This week, support kidpreneurs in Germantown, learn to homestead in Millington and get broken stuff fixed at the Central Library.
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Visual Arts
Memphis Movies This Week: ‘The Naked Gun,’ ‘Sunset Boulevard’ at 75
At mid-year, the biggest comedy hit at a somewhat resurgent American box office has been a sleeper-success female-buddy movie. Maybe that will change in the weeks ahead.
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Memphis rapper stars in new ads for Checkers, Adidas
Days after her sold-out Glo Bash at FedExForum, national and international brands are spotlighting the Memphis native.
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The Sidebar: Eric Barnes on arts, culture & more
ARTSmemphis marks $100 million in grants
ARTSmemphis president and CEO Elizabeth Rouse joins Eric Barnes on this week’s episode of “The Sidebar.”
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Visual Arts
Gender, erasure and ‘pink lives': August art exhibitions explore social issues, connection
One artist uses performance, mixed media, collage, and video “to converse with other young, alienated women and femmes who struggle to find their entire selves in a capitalistic landscape.”
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TDOT: Paver of roads, saver of butterflies?
With Project Milkweed, the Tennessee Department of Transportation is trying to stem one pollinator’s declining population by shipping free seeds to state residents.
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Arts & Culture
Footwear fans tread in, with bulging wallets and dreams of lacing up the latest kicks
‘Sneakerheads’ willing to buy, trade or sell their soles descend on the Agricenter International for SneakFest Sneaker Expo.
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Arts Beat: GloRilla takes charge, with a festival of her own making
Memphian Gloria Woods’ “Glo Bash” is set for Friday, July 25, at FedExForum. The event lets the three-time Grammy Award nominee and multi-platinum artist set her own agenda.
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Grizzlies Insider: Morant goes to China, Jackson in boot, other summer notes
Ja Morant is scheduled to be in China for the next five days as part of Nike’s “Let Them Watch” tour to promote the Ja 3 sneaker. Grizzlies forward Brandon Clarke released new music under the artist name BCVS.
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The AM/DM podcast: Glo’s show, coffee dance party are what to do this weekend
On this episode of The AM/DM podcast, editorial director Mary Cashiola and newsletter editor Bianca Phillips celebrate Fri-yay with their picks for the weekend.
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Arts & Culture
Memphis Movies This Week: ‘Fantastic Four’ arrives, ‘Eddington’ remains
This latest Marvel Comics movie finally opens this weekend and marks the third attempt in the past 20 years to launch Marvel’s foundational comic-book hero team on the big screen.
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The To-Do List
Party in an Uptown alley, art-crawl in the Edge and dance at a coffee shop
This week, GloRilla’s show goes on despite her arrest, the Last Vegan on Earth is in Crosstown and the “Most Epic Lemonade Stand in Memphis History” is in Collierville.
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Table Talk: Easing on down the road
More than a dozen Memphis restaurants are promoting the Broadway show “The Wiz,” and most aren’t even requiring proof of ticket purchase to participate in the edible, whimsical fun.
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Visual Arts
B.B. King lives on in Stax photo exhibit
The photos capture the joy and energy of a live B.B. King performance.
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City of Memphis
City Council approves Old Daisy lease, gets look at Oak Court Mall plans
Plus, the Memphis City Council also sent the first installment of capital funding to start the redevelopment of the old Southwest Twin drive-in.
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Ozzy Osbourne dies at 76, but his wild Memphis night will live on forever
It was on May 15, 1984, in Memphis, that an incident happened that made Ozzy Osbourne famous for something other than his music.
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Music
Recent Memphis college grad releases debut album
“A lot of people (criticize) Memphis, including Memphians,” singer Zoë Dominguez said. “But because of that, people really want to try and make it better. That’s what I’m all about.”
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Congress slashes money for Memphis NPR, PBS and WYXR
This comes after both houses of Congress narrowly approved a measure this week that will “claw back” about $9 billion from the budgets for public broadcasting and foreign aid.
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Arts Beat: What is a docent and why does the Brooks Museum need more of them?
“It’s really surprising how many kids have never been to a museum before,” said docent Anne Whirley. “But they’re all engaged and well-behaved.”
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Arts & Culture
The AM/DM podcast: What to do this weekend: Asian Night Market and Big Star supergroup
In this episode of The AM/DM, The Daily Memphian’s new morning podcast, newsletter editor Bianca Phillips and editorial director Mary Cashiola talk about their top picks for the weekend, including the very popular — and very large — Asian Night Market.
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North Mississippi
DeSoto CVB names new director
Her immediate focus will be to leverage the new and larger event spaces that are part of the Landers Center’s $88 million expansion.
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