In today’s episode, editorial director Mary Cashiola and arts and culture editor Elle Perry discuss the arts scene in Memphis, including The Daily Memphian’s new arts newsletter. 

Also, opening this week: “The Conjuring: Last Rites” and “Love, Brooklyn” with “Moonlight” star Andre Holland.

“Everyone’s having a moment to showcase and share their thing that makes them a special artist, and Memphis is here to eat it up.”

Memphis filmmaker and author Robert Gordon and his partners are gearing up for the world premiere of “Newport & the Great Folk Dream,” and they want to be clear: It is not a music documentary. 

The new museum will feature a new Monroe Avenue plaza connecting the museum to the Cossitt Library and providing access to the Mississippi River. 

The Connells bring their jangle-pop sound back to Memphis for the first time in 23 years as part of the Memphis Power Pop Festival Saturday at the Overton Park Shell.

How do Memphis’ outdoor live-music venues decide when the weather is bad enough to cancel events?

Local lovers of the genre are once again staging the Memphis Power Pop Festival. But what is power pop, anyway?

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Here’s a roundup of what’s coming to local art galleries in September.

Discover new Memphis music with the Arts Beat’s latest playlist, here just in time for 901 Day. 

Work begins on the Southaven arena’s $85 million project, starting a new chapter with an economic impact that will benefit the community for generations.

This guide to 2025’s 901 Day events can help Memphis lovers choose how to celebrate the annual civic holiday.

This week, the sun sets on the Sunset Skate series, the Delta Fair brings thrills (and a lot more) and Slider Inn goes “Back to the Future.”

As the “summer blockbuster” concept took hold, “Jaws” was widely credited — or blamed — with birthing the concept.

The Memphis Symphony Chorus is about to hold auditions for its upcoming season, continuing a 60-year tradition of high-level choral arrangements with no financial incentive.

At the 50th Stone Soul Picnic, gospel singers and R&B performers will blend as the owner of Memphis’ first Black-owned radio station is honored. 

A new season of Opera Memphis starts at libraries, farmers markets and festivals.

Awards were given in a wide range of categories, including acting, directing and backstage contributions.

The album is a “familial” record, KIRBY says, based on her “Mississippi Black American experience.”

When going to the Overton Park Shell, you’re gonna want to take the scenic route.

In this episode of The AM/DM, editorial director Mary Cashiola and newsletter editor Bianca Phillips talk about what to do this weekend.

In her newly permanent role, Adeze Wilford comes to the Memphis Brooks Museum of Art to help provide opportunities to people who frequently feel left out.

On The To-Do List this week: The Ostrander’s show must go on, Kelly English serves an art-inspired menu and the Stax Music Academy opens the fall Shell series with a summer-themed show. 

The highest-grossing movie of 2025 worldwide is arriving in Memphis this week. Plus, Chris Herrington also ranks his Top 9 Spike Lee films.

The Beatles stopped in Memphis during their August 1966 tour amid a backdrop of protest. The supergroup never toured again, and Memphis could have been a factor in the decision.