Hosted by the Memphis Area Association of Realtors Commercial Council, more than 160 people attended the event at the FedEx Event Center at Shelby Farms to recognize the top commercial real-estate professionals of 2023.
St. Paul and the Broken Bones will headline the inaugural SmokeSlam barbecue contest. The lineup also includes rap, rock and funk.
“There’s already plenty of gas stations ... That’s not what the community has asked for. They’ve asked for investment in their community in terms of supportive items,” said a board member of Uplift Westwood.
Even more shoppers across the southeast will be able to find Memphis barbecue in their grocery stores soon.
Under new federal guidelines, one Memphis company will have to slash emissions and another seems to be in the process of shutting down.
Sakura, a Japanese restaurant with three Shelby County locations, has added an extensive new section to its menu.
The potential negative health consequences and disregard for community voices associated with this project demand national attention, as these unfounded “carbon management” projects are targeting Black, Latinx and Indigenous communities across the country.
There was an undeniable buzz inside the Memphis Zoo as attendees waited for the partial solar eclipse to hit its maximum percentage.
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The quarterly meetups will include expert guest speakers or panelists discussing the uses of AI in work and other settings.
“I found that I’m always learning new things,” one of the master gardener tour guides said about the annual spring walk. “Even though I know about some of the plants out here, I always learn something new.”
For the third season of Stereo Sessions, WYXR is back to unveil a new crop of six rarities, including the story of a blind keyboardist, an all-female ensemble of roots-punk rockers and more.
“We want to build this brand,” organizer Nick Barbian said. “It’s something that can be hopefully the launch of spring and summer event season here in Memphis.”
While walking to raise awareness for breast-cancer rates in Black women, Sista Strut recognized Danita Brown for her work in the community.
“We pick up a lot of the nostalgic places in Memphis to try to keep them the same and a little bit of the history as much as we can,” said one of the new owners.
The lab’s namesake, who grew up on a dairy farm in Whitehaven, and went on to be a successful businessman, died last month.
Founded by the Sisters of Mercy in 1921, the parochial school ICCS shares a campus with the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception, the mother church of the Diocese of Memphis.
Hands-on cooking classes are scarce, and Church Health’s Cook Well, Be Well program grew out of an acknowledgment that many locals need to learn basic culinary skills to eat more healthily.
The proposed Whataburger would include a drive-thru and outdoor patio, but the original, 2022 plan for the site said no drive-thru restaurants would be allowed there without approval from the Land Use Control Board and Memphis City Council.
Belltower Coffee is hosting a new festival at the end of April, which kicks off its new initiative focused on community, connection and, of course, coffee.
“That’s the best thing about our job,” Craig Unger, Redbirds president and general manager said. “To see the excitement that kids and families have when they come to a game, and then to be able to do something like this, there’s no better feeling to see all those kids just lined up around the warning track.”
Greenhaus at 356 N. Main St. also added a hallway connecting to neighboring Comeback Coffee. The plant shop was formerly known as Golden Hour.
Preservationists at the Lynching Sites Project of Memphis believe that the Ell Persons site will eventually achieve a spot on the National Historic Register.
The event honors the memory Jared McStay, whose nickname was Jughead. In addition to co-owning the record store on Madison Avenue for 20 years, McStay was a musician and radio DJ.