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  • Visual Arts

    Broken window theory: Local architecture firm makes protest art

    A local architecture firm recently “lost a window” but, as they say, took an opportunity – and it quickly went viral. 

    By Mary Cashiola June 08, 2020
  • Arts & Culture

    Online expo celebrates black entrepreneurs in Memphis

    On June 19, event planner Cynthia Daniels is hosting an online market for African American makers to sell their wares, crafts and services.

    By Jared Boyd June 07, 2020
  • Spirit of Memphis

    Beauty in the middle of a pandemic

    If the pandemic allows, the young artist and her family will fly to Washington, D.C., in September for a special reception and viewing of her painting on display in The Capitol.

    By Erinn Figg June 06, 2020
  • Music

    Jim Green’s legacy echoes through venues small and large

    Longtime entertainment booker and concert promoter Jim Green died Monday, June 1, after a heart attack. He was 50 years old.

    By Jared Boyd June 03, 2020
  • Germantown

    The Grove is ready to groove, with a few restrictions

    Germantown is opening The Grove at GPAC outdoor entertainment venue, but for now COVID-19 requirements limit the experience to small groups at the new venue. 

    By Abigail Warren June 02, 2020
  • Arts & Culture

    Joymaker conference offers strategies for home office happiness

    Lori Spicer Robertson found a way to keep her family engaged in isolation. With her Joymaker conference, she hopes to help others share strategies for work-life balance during the pandemic.

    By Jared Boyd June 01, 2020
  • Music

    Hi-Tone moves to new location on Cleveland

    The popular music venue’s owner Brian “Skinny” McCabe is putting the finishing touches on a new two-story entertainment complex, and its first major event is already scheduled.

    By Jared Boyd May 31, 2020
  • Music

    Gospel soul singer meditates on Memphis in new single

    Evvie McKinney left Memphis to pursue her career as a gospel artist with crossover appeal. Her new single "Bring the Whole Hood" finds her looking back to Memphis for inspiration.

    By Jared Boyd May 29, 2020
  • Special reprint Music

    Saxophonist’s 90 years told through the stories he shared

    Ninety-year-old saxophonist Herman Green, who was featured in this article by Jared Boyd last May, died Thursday, Nov. 26, 2020 at his home. Memorial Park Funeral Home has charge. 

    By Jared Boyd November 29, 2020
  • Music

    Tori’s Story: LGBTQ rapper reclaims her identities

    She may not be the world's best rapper, says Tori WhoDat, but she tries to be "true and honest, letting everything I do be led with love and showing respect.”

    By Jared Boyd May 27, 2020
  • Spirit of Memphis

    Mushroom foraging: the perfect pandemic pastime

    The first Memphis Mushroom Festival, scheduled for Oct. 1-4 in Meeman Shelby Forest, welcomes amateur and professional “mycologists,” or fungi fanatics.

    By Jill Johnson Piper June 09, 2020
  • Arts & Culture

    Mural of a masked man makes a statement

    Muralist and tattoo artist David Yancy III says his painting on a Lamar Avenue wall is "something that people can think about." 

    By Jared Boyd May 23, 2020
  • Premium Chris Herrington

    Herrington: Tom Lee Park is on the right path, but questions remain

    The general footprint of the plan to renovate the park – three “stages” with separation and a smaller covered venue – mimics the footprint of Memphis in May's Beale Street Music Fest, but in a way that would make a good park even without it. 

    By Chris Herrington May 22, 2020
  • Arts & Culture

    Herrington: Alone in the Jungle Room and other notes as Graceland reopens

    How do you measure 6 feet of social distance in Elvis speak? Where the Memphis Zoo stenciled 6-foot markings of snakes and alligators on the ground when they reopened, Graceland has gone with six gold records or six teddy bears.

    By Chris Herrington May 21, 2020
  • Performing Arts

    Memphis native plays professional game of tag in new Fox series

    Memphis-bred stunt performer and actress Carrie Bernans joins the cast of Fox's game of "Ultimate Tag," a professional take on the playground pastime.

    By Jared Boyd May 20, 2020
  • Music

    The Essential Memphis Library: Johnny Cash’s ‘Cry, Cry, Cry/Hey Porter!’

    Cash recorded his debut single, released in June 1955, at Sun Records.

    By Chris Herrington September 04, 2024
  • Music

    Survivors memorialize fallen family members with ‘Love Lives On’ album

    Memphis nonprofit music label Roots & American Music Society gathered 10 families of fallen military personnel to share their stories through song.

    By Jared Boyd May 18, 2020
  • Music

    Don Bryant’s soul music endured decades; now it’s got to outlast a pandemic

    The release of Bryant’s third full-length album, “You Make Me Feel,” has been delayed until June. He hopes he'll be able to support it on a concert stage.

    By Jared Boyd May 15, 2020
  • Music

    Rhodes College to release musical collaboration with elementary school choir

    In partnership with Grahamwood Elementary, Rhodes College's Mike Curb Institute is releasing a digital single that drew on the talents of fifth graders.

    By Jared Boyd May 14, 2020
  • Music

    The Essential Memphis Library: Elvis Presley’s ‘Elvis is Back!’

    In all, the album comprises the coolest version of the Elvis the public tended to adore and rock puritans resist, mixing great schlock with great art until you can’t quite tell the difference.

    By Chris Herrington September 03, 2024
  • Spirit of Memphis

    Memphis College of Art celebrates final commencement via Facebook

    A class of 50 graduates were honored through a prerecorded program of remarks and awards during a Facebook Live ceremony, the final graduation of Memphis College of Art's 84-year history.

    By Jared Boyd May 11, 2020
  • Arts & Culture

    English is her second language; she’s been signing since she was 1

    Brenda Cash, a child of deaf parents, uses her first language as an advantage for those unable to access valuable medical information during COVID-19.

    By Jared Boyd May 08, 2020
  • Real Estate

    As art school winds down, what’s next for Rust Hall, Brooks buildings?

    The pandemic may be delaying the city's process for selecting the next users of Rust Hall and the Brooks Museum of Art building in Overton Park.

    By Tom Bailey May 08, 2020
  • Music

    Bartlett’s Mandi Thomas eliminated from ‘The Voice’

    The latest Mid-South participant on "The Voice" won't continue in the competition. Mandi Thomas performed her rendition of Lee Ann Womack's "I Hope You Dance" from her home in Bartlett.

    By Jared Boyd May 05, 2020
  • Arts & Culture

    Ida B. Wells awarded special Pulitzer citation in part for Memphis work

    Wells, whose journalistic roots were formed in the Memphis area, was honored by the Pulitzer Prize committee “For her outstanding and courageous reporting on the horrific and vicious violence against African Americans during the era of lynching.”

    By Omer Yusuf May 05, 2020

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