Cooper-Young festival returns after 2-year gap
Jillian Atlas walks down Cooper Street with Oliver Tiberius Atlas in tow at Cooper-Young Festival in Midtown, Saturday, Sept. 18. (Ziggy Mack/Special to The Daily Memphian)
A crowd enters northern entrance of the Cooper-Young Festival in Midtown on Saturday, Sept. 18. (Ziggy Mack/Special to The Daily Memphian)
Cynthia Rodriguez peruses the Frances Berry Art booth. (Ziggy Mack/Special to The Daily Memphian)
Vicki Loveland of Loveland-Duran Band performs on stage. (Ziggy Mack/Special to The Daily Memphian)
Festival goers blow bubbles at the Cooper-Young Festival. (Ziggy Mack/Special to The Daily Memphian)
Darryl Freeman shows his grandson books from the Cafe Noir Bookstore booth. (Ziggy Mack/Special to The Daily Memphian)
Averi Schaeffer plays with rings in front of Tabernacle Church at the Cooper-Young Festival. (Ziggy Mack/Special to The Daily Memphian)
Callie (left) and Darrylee Arms check out blooms at Enchante Flower Shop. (Ziggy Mack/Special to The Daily Memphian)
A socially distanced gathering returns to the Midtown neighborhood despite coronavirus surges and a daylong drizzle.
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Julia Baker covers Memphis and Shelby County’s law enforcement agencies and is a member of The Daily Memphian’s public safety reporting team. A lifelong Memphian, Julia graduated from the University of Memphis in 2021. Other publications and organizations she has written for include Chalkbeat, Memphis Flyer, Memphis Parent magazine and Memphis magazine.
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