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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.”

By Elle Perry July 21, 2025
Visual Arts

Memphis Movies This Week: ‘Eddington’ isn’t typical summer fare

Plus, Chris Herrington shares his “Best of 2025 so far” movie list.

By Chris Herrington July 15, 2025
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‘A win for the kids’: Local real estate company launches initiative to help at-risk youths 

Funding will go toward three nonprofits with programs to support children dealing with trauma, death and stress through stage performances, art classes and instruments. 

By Dima Amro July 13, 2025
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Table Talk: English brings dinner to the Brooks

Chef Kelly English is hosting a four-course meal inspired by “Away with the Tides,” an exhibition currently at the Brooks Museum of Art. 

By Ellen Chamberlain July 12, 2025

  • Visual Arts

    Memphis Movies This Week: ‘Superman,’ ‘Top Gun’ take flight

    Plus, two new horror films and a thriller about an anti-government extremist in a stand-off with a chief of police. 

    By Chris Herrington July 08, 2025
  • Visual Arts

    Art by Tyré Nichols, Ernest Withers and 100+ unsigned works now on view

    Whether it’s a name you know or a name that’s hidden, this month, artists and photographers from Memphis and beyond capture the Arkansas Delta, quiet moments of everyday life and more. 

    By Elle Perry July 09, 2025
  • Visual Arts

    Incognito presents an art mystery where buyers are encouraged to buy what they love, not what they know

    At the Incognito Art Auction to benefit the Memphis Botanic Garden, buyers will be purchasing pieces that speak to them without knowing who actually created them until the sale is complete.

    By Jody Callahan July 05, 2025
  • Visual Arts

    Memphis Movies This Week: Another trip to ‘Jurassic World’

    And “Spinal Tap” goes to 41.

    By Chris Herrington July 01, 2025
  • Visual Arts

    Memphis Movies This Week: Brad Pitt races in ‘F1,’ ‘Clueless’ turns 30

    “Brad Pitt and race cars? I guess Father’s Day comes twice this year.”

    By Chris Herrington June 25, 2025
  • Spirit of Memphis

    Whitehaven native pays homage to community with YMCA sculpture

    “You go to other areas (of Memphis) and they have memorable sculptures and landmarks,” the artist Lorenzo Scruggs said. “Whitehaven? We build our own landmark.”

    By Joseph Mangin June 26, 2025
  • Visual Arts

    The Children’s Museum has a heart for art

    “We want to show Memphis children that you could grow up and be an artist as a job,” said Children’s Museum CEO Stewart Burgess.

    By Joseph Mangin June 24, 2025
  • Premium Arts & Culture

    Where things stand with Memphis museum projects

    Construction on the Memphis Art Museum, what the Memphis Brooks Museum of Art will become when it moves Downtown, has continued. So has construction on the Metal Museum’s location in the Memphis College of Art building.

    By Elle Perry, Bill Dries June 23, 2025
  • Arts & Culture

    Memphis Movies This Week: Zombies roam ‘28 Years Later’

    Back to “Brokeback Mountain” and why you should see “Materialists.” 

    By Chris Herrington June 17, 2025
  • Visual Arts

    New film festival for kids planned for Pink Palace’s Giant Theater

    Filmmakers from across the world have a chance to enter their best work for young audiences to compete for awards such as Best Narrative Short Film or Audience Favorite Feature Film.

    By Sarai Bennett June 18, 2025
  • Visual Arts

    Ladders take flight at latest Dixon exhibition

    Visitors to the Dixon Gallery & Gardens can venture inside a fantastical world for free until Sunday, June 29.

    By Elle Perry June 11, 2025
  • Visual Arts

    Memphis Movies This Week: ‘Materialists,’ an intriguing rom-dram

    Plus, Chris Herrington ranks the Wes Anderson films he’s seen.

    By Chris Herrington June 11, 2025
  • Visual Arts

    Memphis artist feeds his swamp obsession

    “Landscape is the quickest way to ingratiate yourself and understand what it is to be in Memphis and what it means to be in the Delta South,” Hank Miles Smith said.

    By Sarai Bennett June 12, 2025
  • Premium Visual Arts

    New mural, furniture coming to Edge District alley

    An Edge District alley is getting a glow-up. 

    By Dima Amro June 04, 2025
  • Visual Arts

    Memphis Movies This Week: ‘John Wick’ goes dancing, ‘Terminator’ goes metal

    Seeing a movie on the big screen with the score performed live is a real treat, and one usually reserved for silent films. But not so Thursday.

    By Chris Herrington June 03, 2025
  • Downtown

    New art gallery to start Downtown test run

    Local artist Andre LeMoyne Miller will open an art gallery Saturday, May 31, as part of the Downtown Memphis Commission’s Open on Main initiative.

    By Dima Amro May 30, 2025
  • Germantown

    GPAC selects new director

    In a release, Patrick O’Connor, GPAC board president, said when he shared the recommendation with the board, there was “total support for Parke.”

    By Abigail Warren June 02, 2025
  • Visual Arts

    Memphis Movies This Week: A ‘Mission’ for ‘Friendship’

    Is going to the movies about popcorn escapism or sitting in discomfort? Plus, “Karate Kid: Legends” brings back Ralph Macchio and Jackie Chan, together. 

    By Chris Herrington May 30, 2025
  • Premium Visual Arts

    Murder mystery thriller kicks off DeSoto film series

    A new independent film festival begins next month featuring local talent from Memphis and Mississippi, an avenue for filmmakers to present their work.

    By Brandon LaGrone II May 30, 2025
  • Premium Visual Arts

    All the drive-in theaters that used to be in Memphis

    “There was a time when drive-in movie theaters — Bellevue, Jaxon, Sky-Vue — were all around town. But you have to be of a certain age to remember where they were.”

    By Clay Bailey May 30, 2025
  • Visual Arts

    Memphis art scene heats up with Southern summers, swamp studies

    As temperatures rise, June comes with new art exhibitions across Memphis that explore the Ghost River, blend Southern culture with iconic Japanese imagery and highlight metal artistry.

    By Elle Perry May 28, 2025
  • Arts & Culture

    Memphis Movies This Week: ‘Mission,’ ‘Friendship,’ and ‘Mildred Pierce’

    If you’ve seen each of the previous seven installments of the “Mission: Impossible” franchise, which first descended — from cables into a CIA vault — there’s no way you won’t be completing the mission.

    By Chris Herrington May 20, 2025
  • Premium Arts & Culture

    ‘Movie night for the whole city’ coming to a screen near you

    With concessions curated by the chefs at Kinfolk, Hard Times Deli and Comeback Coffee, photo installations and a 40-foot screen, there’s a new club in town, and it’s all about bringing the community to the movies. 

    By Kelsey Bowen May 19, 2025
  • Visual Arts

    ‘Secret Mall Apartment’ film is ‘highly recommended’

    Other movies making a comeback this week are “North by Northwest,” “The Wiz” and “Bill & Ted’s Excellent Adventure.” 

    By Chris Herrington May 16, 2025
  • Premium Real Estate

    Iconic blue dog paintings replaced

    The owners of Union Centre changed the iconic blue dog art in late April. Only one blue dog painting remains on the building. 

    By Dima Amro May 16, 2025

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