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<strong>J-Wonn performs at the 2022 Memphis Tri-State Blues Festival.</strong> (<span class="x_ContentPasted3">Credit: Landers Center)</span>Music

Blues artists bring ‘songs everybody loves’ to festival stage

The lineup for the Tri-State Blues Festival’s 20th anniversary includes J-Wonn, Bobby Rush, Tucka, King George, Chick Rodgers and more.

By Jada Ojii August 18, 2023
Premium Table Talk

Table Talk: The supermarket vs. the specialty stores

Was the supermarket a good idea? Like Holiday Inn, another Memphis business with a feel for the future, Piggly Wiggly tapped into the changing habits of a century that would be defined by cars.

By Chris Herrington August 16, 2023
Visual Arts

Tennessee Triennial will include events at seven Memphis sites this weekend

The Tennessee Triennial — a five-month art exhibition — kicked off in Memphis, Nashville, Knoxville and Chattanooga in January. As the Triennial’s May 7 close approaches, Memphis becomes the final city to host a “highlight weekend.”

By Elle Perry April 25, 2023
About Town

Memphis Botanic Garden to host new plant pop-up sale

“By hosting a pop-up sale featuring these selections, we are hoping to share our love for spring ephemerals and the early pop of color they offer with our fellow Mid-South gardeners,” said Daniel Grose, Memphis Botanic Garden director of horticulture.

By Jasmine McCraven March 14, 2023

  • Criminal Justice

    Mass car break-ins in parking lots have locals talking — and posting

    Car break-ins are up 41% compared to this time last year, according to Memphis Police Department data. 

    By Jasmine McCraven February 20, 2023
  • About Town

    Love goes wild at the Memphis Zoo

    The pre-Valentine’s Day weekend “Love Wild” event allowed Memphis Zoo guests to eat while watching a keeper chat about African penguins, starring the renowned Dexter.

    By Jasmine McCraven February 12, 2023
  • Midtown

    Pride-themed march in Midtown protests cancellation of drag show

    “We have families and rights. To see the children, who were having a good time, crying and terrified, was horrible,” said organizer Jenna Dunn. “It lit a fire inside of me that was already burning.”

    By Joshua Carlucci October 03, 2022
  • North Memphis

    Memphis rapper GloRilla gives back to MLK Prep

    Gloria “GloRilla” Woods visited her former high school, MLK Prep, to surprise students with a musical performance and a donation.

    By Jasmine McCraven September 22, 2022
  • South Memphis

    Judge orders no new tenants for Peppertree for next four months

    The city filed in Federal Court this past month following two elevated walkways collapsing and a fire that burned the apartment leasing office to the ground.

    By Bill Dries August 29, 2022
  • North Memphis

    Community groups to host May Day at Northside High building

    Klondike Smokey City Community Development Corporation, The Works, Inc. and Neighborhood Preservation, Inc. will host a May Day Saturday at Northside High School. 

    By Daja E. Henry May 18, 2022
  • Neighborhoods

    About Town: College Park begins transition to affordable housing

    Six months after residents at College Park, a government-subsidized housing complex in South Memphis, received letters informing them they would need to temporarily move out due to renovations, the site’s new owners hosted a groundbreaking ceremony. 

    By Julia Baker March 18, 2022
  • Neighborhoods

    About Town: Restaurants opening, closing have impact in Cooper-Young

    If there’s anything we can take away from this last week, it’s that the Cooper-Young neighborhood, although it has its stable businesses and celebrations, is constantly evolving while maintaining its unique character.

    By Julia Baker March 11, 2022
  • Neighborhoods

    About Town: Former church becomes resource for the community

    Last month, Frayser saw the addition of the new Legacy Impact Community Resource Center.

    By Julia Baker March 04, 2022
  • Neighborhoods

    Frayser center to make an ‘impact’

    The center in Frayser will bring multiple benefits to the community for everyone from youths to veterans to seniors.

    By Julia Baker March 04, 2022
  • Neighborhoods

    About Town: Former Frayser CDC director joins Blight Authority

    In something of a “surprise,” even to himself, Steve Lockwood is the new interim executive director of BAM. 

    By Julia Baker February 25, 2022
  • Neighborhoods

    About Town: Northside High project taps into newer PILOT

    Klondike-Smokey City project will use an incentive first applied for the Binghampton Gateway Center. 

    By Julia Baker February 18, 2022
  • Neighborhoods

    About Town: What does funding for developments in South Memphis and Soulsville really mean?

    The county approved $1 million in ARPA grant funding for four community development groups in South Memphis, showing signs of growth in the area.

    By Julia Baker February 11, 2022
  • Neighborhoods

    About Town: New fire headquarters part of a changing Memphis landscape

    The Memphis Fire Department reached a new milestone Monday, Jan. 31, when it hosted a ribbon cutting ceremony for its new fire headquarters at its “fire campus” at 2670 Avery Ave.

    By Julia Baker February 04, 2022
  • Neighborhoods

    About Town: Widening roads and recycling tires

    If new barriers are deemed effective on Broad Avenue, they could be used in other areas of the city. Plus, a project finally gets going in Southeast Memphis. 

    By Julia Baker January 28, 2022
  • Neighborhoods

    About Town: Changes abound in the Shelby County Schools

    Shelby County Schools is part of a national trend that shows public school enrollment declining. 

    By Julia Baker January 21, 2022
  • North Memphis

    About Town: Former training center to house homeless veterans

    Alpha Omega Veterans Services was given the former training center through a federal grant by the U.S. General Services Administration (GSA).

    By Julia Baker January 14, 2022
  • Neighborhoods

    About Town: Fight continues against proposed gas station in Binghampton

    The City Council delayed a vote on the convenience store that would be built on Tillman Street between Broad Avenue and Sam Cooper Boulevard in Binghampton. 

    By Julia Baker January 07, 2022
  • Neighborhoods

    About Town: Inside the Memphis Medical District’s transformation

    The Memphis Medical District is currently undergoing a transformation with several private and public developments and redevelopments in the works. 

    By Julia Baker December 24, 2021
  • Neighborhoods

    About Town: ASD releases 4 Frayser schools but it has little to do with gains

    Four Frayser schools will soon return to Shelby County Schools after a 10-year turnover with the Achievement School District, run by the Tennessee Department of Education. 

    By Julia Baker December 17, 2021
  • Neighborhoods

    About Town: Residents welcome Orange Mound community center

    RedZone Ministries Opportunity Zone Center is due to break ground in December and will house a large recreation facility, game room, cafe, multipurpose room, classrooms and offices. 

    By Julia Baker December 29, 2021
  • Neighborhoods

    About Town: Pedestrians hit twice with ‘Naming’ vandalism

    But there may be a small silver lining after most of the art installation was destroyed. 

    By Julia Baker December 03, 2021
  • Neighborhoods

    About Town: What a week for Whitehaven

    This week was a busy one for Whitehaven as it wrapped up its appreciation week, Elvis Presley Boulevard received new Christmas ornaments, and a restaurant moved locations. 

    By Julia Baker November 26, 2021
  • Neighborhoods

    About Town: New fire station has a side benefit for St. Jude

    The City of Memphis Division of Fire Services celebrated the construction of the firehouse, its third new fire station in the last four years, during a groundbreaking ceremony. 

    By Julia Baker November 19, 2021
  • Neighborhoods

    About Town: Meet neighborhoods reporter Julia Baker

    The Daily Memphian’s new neighborhoods reporter is a native Memphian who has lived all over the city.

    By Julia Baker November 12, 2021

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