Hey, we’ve got pictures of kids having fun, some new businesses on Beale Street, and Mud Island’s monorail (with a cool skyline view.) Vote for your favorite.

The idea behind “Action!: Art in Motion” was to harness children’s love of animation. 

The largest of the “Sweet 16” shows is called “Homecoming” by native Memphian James Little, who has been working in New York since 1976.

Memphis Pride Fest ends weekend of events with a parade down Beale Street. 

Memphis Music Initiative, a Westwood artist, Memorial Day ceremonies and a U of M Board of Trustees meeting. Vote for your favorite photo from this week.

The board approved updated design plans for the project in the Edge District. 

Westwood artist Tony Hawkins, a product of the southwest Memphis neighborhood, will paint a mural in Westwood to convey the significance of his community. 

Local illustrator Mia Saine, a 2017 graduate of Memphis College of Art, specializes in commercial illustration, branding design, advertising design and environmental design. 

The Daily Memphian staff photographer Mark Weber has been busy this week covering events around Memphis while Patrick Lantrip traveled to Murfreesboro, Tennessee, to capture the action at Spring Fling, a statewide competition for high school athletes. Take a look and vote for your favorite.

Belle Tavern reopens with a familiar face, baby formula shortage takes its toll the Mid-South, Staks Pancake Kitchen plans new breakfast locations, and Northpoint is headed to Spring Fling. 

“I think the public versus private versus publicly-owned private space question is one that should be unpacked,” said Sam Rauch, who has curated exhibits for New York’s LaGuardia Airport.

An art contest is one of the highlights of The Juneteenth Freedom & Heritage Festival in the Douglass neighborhood. This year’s theme is United States Colored Troops, honoring Black men who served in the military during the Civil War.

The hope behind a new mural on the Exchange Building is to teach the community about new types of technology while also raising funds for St. Jude.

Hard to beat a picture of smiling kids, but a winning Grizz game and a bakery full of cookies come close. Let us know which is your favorite.

The Memphis Brooks Museum of Art announced a search committee to oversee the selection of a permanent executive director.

We’ve got Grizzlies, artistry and food. Cast a ballot for the week’s best picture.

Armed with a new mosaiculture manager, a 20-foot-tall Red Queen and lots of bunnies, the Memphis Botanic Garden is hoping visitors are ready to fall down a rabbit hole. 

The large animal puppets will go on parade this weekend and be used in a dance program at the University of Memphis this fall. 

We Tight Knit, comprised of chain-stitch embroidery entrepreneurs Whitney Washington and Ashley Padmore, began as a business in Memphis, made a stop in the Old West and is now expanding to Miami. 

George Hunt died in December 2020, but his final commission for the festival was never released due to the pandemic. 

Under the museum’s $5 million Blackmon-Perry Fellowship, aspiring curators of color will have the opportunity to create their own exhibits and acquire art from all over the world. 

Rock bands the Black Keys and Wilco are among the headliners at this fall’s Mempho Music Festival, which returns to the grounds of the Memphis Botanic Garden. 

The five-day event is slated to begin Wednesday, April 20.

It’s all about people this week. We have four photos featuring faces that we think capture Memphis pretty well. Food, FedEx, history and sports.

The Memphis-born photographer uses his art to connect with people but also to spark a conversation he said is bigger than just him.