In this week’s To-Do List, we’ve got your LGBTQ+ Pride guide. Plus, Elmwood screens a 1980s classic, Filipino culture is on display in Millington and there are Pizza Witches in Crosstown.

Olivia Wall, director of marketing and communications for Memphis Botanic Garden, joined Eric Barnes on this week’s episode of “The Sidebar” to talk about Live at the Garden’s 2026 lineup.

A Memphis native has returned home to take the Orpheum stage — and help his castmates find a good place to eat. Plus, the Peabody ducks are keeping time with the help of a new clock.

The Daily Memphian is highlighting five concerts and a block party for Black Music Month in June 2026.

It’s pick your theme at the movies this week and you can double up.

James Jin just graduated from high school, but already, his nonprofit, ArtFlow, is in more than 200 schools and community organizations across 10 countries. Here’s why he started it — and what he’ll do next. 

The honky-tonk was just featured in a new video series by Brand USA that is meant to encourage more international tourism to the U.S. and Tennessee.

The Lakeland native started out in the children’s programs at Germantown Community Theatre, Playhouse on the Square, Harrell Theatre and New Day Children’s Theatre.

In this week’s To-Do List, hear “weird music” at Crosstown, watch dragon boats race at Shelby Farms and see Olympic stars on ice in Southaven.

Wynette Jones, program director for Books from Birth, joined Eric Barnes on this week’s episode of “The Sidebar” to talk about Books from Birth.

As devoted as their cult followings may sometimes be and as reliable as they are — relatively speaking — at luring people into theaters, horror movies used to get no respect.

With Memorial Day now behind us, you might think we’ve started summer. But not yet. 

Jaylen Hunter has toured the U.S. in major stage productions of “The Lion King” and “MJ The Musical,” and in recent weeks, millions around the world have seen him play young Marlon Jackson in the blockbuster movie “Michael.”

“It’s just been amazing what we’ve done with just our sheer talent, just wanting to write and be heard,” Bria Saulsberry said.

Anchoring the Civil Rights Museum expansion is celebrated artist Derek Fordjour’s “Three Kings: Epilogue.” The massive artwork shows three sides of Martin Luther King Jr. in the Lorraine Motel and it tethers Fordjour to his hometown. 

“The person that invites me to a posture of praise is likely not the same person that brings other people to that place, which is why writers and musicians and artists and creators need to keep doing their thing.”

In another first, it will partner with another festival for the first weekend.

CBS Radio News ends broadcasting Friday, May 22, after nearly a century airing on hundreds of radio stations across the country. The end is another change in a way of reporting that is becoming harder to find and define.

The Children’s Museum of Memphis opened a new interactive Disney exhibit that officials hope will draw tens of thousands of extra visitors to the Midtown facility.

The Collierville wins came on a night that brought together students from 56 schools across Tennessee, Mississippi, Arkansas and Missouri.

“People are hungry for songs and stories,” according to a local musician. And a South Main music festival is here to deliver. 

Two longtime Memphis events return this weekend, right in time for Memorial Day. 

As they’ve done for more than 40 years, New Memphis Institute is working to do a not-so-simple thing: connect talented people not just with companies in Memphis but with other talented people here or thinking about moving here.

In this week’s To-Do List, meet the artist behind Wiseacre’s cans, take a storybook tour of Tom Lee Park and get a taste of Cuba. 

Attendees gathered at Downtown’s Cossitt Library to honor the three finalists for the poet laureate role.