The two-day event is a thank-you to supporters of Black Lodge’s Indiegogo campaign, which reached its financial goal before it was set to end. 

‘Nomadland’ and ‘Minari’ are both currently showing in Memphis theaters, ‘Minari’ exclusively at Malco’s Ridgeway Cinema Grill and ‘Nomadland’ currently showing at multiple theaters. 

“Buried by the Bernards” on Netflix is emerging as a surprise hit of sorts. And while the wider viewing world may not be fully seeing “reality,” they are getting a true feel for Memphis.

The National Civil Rights Museum will host a virtual panel Feb. 5 with editors and contributors to the new book “Four Hundred Souls.”

Film shoots aren’t for sightseeing, but the Memphis & Shelby County Film and Television Commission notes that, with COVID a going concern, a shoot for ‘Women of the Movement’ will be even more closed than usual.

The television series on the Civil Rights Movement is set in the 1950s needs people with a ‘50s vibe.

In a free, virtual series, actors will perform speeches by Booker T. Washington, Shirley Chisholm, Dick Gregory and John Lewis. They’ll be introduced by Shelby County Commission members present and past and a Rhodes College professor, among others. 

Through the deal, Hall will also commission Black playwrights.

While the impact of COVID makes this a particularly urgent moment for the survival of the city’s creative community, ArtsMemphis also plans to make Arts Week an annual event. 

Ballet Memphis produced an hour-long film of the classic holiday ballet, which will be offered free on the company’s website. The New Ballet Ensemble and Children’s Ballet Theater will screen films of their “Nutcracker” performances at Malco Summer Drive-in. 

We’re not just going to be home for the holidays, but also homebound by COVID-19. Still you’ll be able to see “A Christmas Carol” performed by Memphis actors and other seasonal shows.

In November and December, 19th century literary classics will be the focus on the TSC stage. Shows will also be simulcast for online ticket holders.

The wait is nearly over for BPACC after receiving approval from the Shelby County Health Department to return in 2021. Its abbreviated winter 2021 season, including 11 performances, is slated to begin Jan. 16, with the first show “Linda Ronstadt Experience.” 

Charles “Lil Buck” Riley is one of the subjects of a Netflix dance documentary series that debuts Friday, Oct. 23.

Robert Penn Warren interrupted his interview over coffee with Peggy Burch to bounce some novel ideas off her. A senile grand marshal taught Wayne Risher an unforgettable lesson about journalism ethics. And there’s more.

Among Iris Orchestra’s latest class of artist fellows is a native Memphian, a first for the young program.

Darius Wallace has performed as Martin Luther King, Malcolm X and Frederick Douglass in schools, universities, theaters and museums around the country. “He’s one of the foremost recreators of these three men that we have in the country,” says Tennessee Shakespeare Company's artistic director.

Children who go on to become successful adults are more likely to have had some arts education enrich their experiences on that path. Studies show the correlation between arts education, academic achievement and compassion for others.

"Arts matter, dance matters," Ballet Memphis CEO Gretchen Wollert McLennon says. "Arts are a respite and a celebration. They change lives, they employ people."

After eight years on Broad Avenue, Collage Dance Collective is relocating to a 22,000-square-foot location on Tillman. This is part of the nonprofit’s vision to grow into the largest Black-owned ballet company in the South.

Tickets go on sale at 10 a.m. Friday, Sept. 4.

Mark Greaney has written nine thrillers about his legendary assassin Court Gentry, aka 'The Gray Man.' Netflix cast Ryan Gosling in the film role.

“Classical Creativity in Isolation” will open the professional theater company’s 13th season. “I don’t care for live theaters being classified as ‘non-essential’ this year,” says TSC founder Dan McCleary. 

Live theater companies in Memphis endured a long exercise in improv in the second half of the 2019-20 theater season. And 2020-21 is shaping up as more of the same.

Some of the Memphis figures buried at Elmwood Cemetery star in a film by Willy Bearden that will be streamed Oct. 10. Bearden's documentary includes a key role for himself as a former mayor of Memphis.