From Shakespeare to musicals to beloved Claymation action shows, there is a show for you, including one non-Christmas musical.

After more than 40 years of operation, Houston’s closed its only Memphis restaurant on Thursday. Some people trace it back to the day the restaurant took chicken tenders off the menu. 

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Memphis will host 22,500 participants, including a record 1,800 patient family members, for this year’s St. Jude Memphis Marathon Weekend.

Thousands of residents are happy to give a present during Porter-Leath’s annual Tot Truck collection. But for Memphians who know what it’s like to grow up without toys, donating a gift is a chance to “return the favor.” 

Residents will a dash of neighborhood stories and a pinch of family recipes to create a cookbook that captures the “authentic voices” of South Memphis.

The funds would have to be allocated at the Shelby County Commission’s meetings on Dec. 11 and Dec. 16, the last two before the end of the year. 

They offer charcuterie boards, sandwiches, salads and healthful drinks at the new Feast & Graze X HighP Hour Wellness. Guests can grab food to go or relax and spin vinyl records while they eat.

Premier Flowers’ owner said she loved being Downtown, but ongoing break-ins and vandalism coupled with constant parking issues contributed to her decision not to renew her shop’s lease this fall.

With a steady hand and a needle and thread, Rose Wheeler taught herself patience again. 

The switch will be flipped Dec. 4 at the church. “From that point forward, it will be a lit beacon of our hope — of Christ’s love — from the heart of Midtown,” Rev. David Powers said.

Mayors along the Mississippi River have watched as intensifying rain storms and floods wreak havoc. This fall, the Mississippi River Cities and Towns Initiative announced a new pilot program to help river towns better recover.

“We would like to have to be first choice for the new chemical engineers, data scientists, chemists that are coming out of the local universities,” said the company’s CEO. “We also hope to attract talent from around the country and perhaps even around the world to come to Memphis.”

First-time and veteran volunteers spent two days cooking and prepping enough food for more than 1,000 people during Westy’s annual mission to serve a Thanksgiving meal to Memphians in need.

The Reimagining the Civic Commons initiative has been funded in Memphis and nine other cities since 2016. It’s now embarking on a new round of work.

The new tower will be at A.W. Willis Avenue and Danny Thomas Boulevard, on a site occupied by three buildings that would be demolished. 

The Memphis City Council has an eye toward the future of Downtown and MLGW’s place in it.

Many have likely driven by it hundreds of times with barely a glance, but this cemetery in the heart of Memphis has stories to tell.

The city and county are banding with Mississippi Boulevard Christian Church for its MemFeast event, where volunteers will deliver food boxes to 300 families across Memphis. 

Phase One of the 100 N. Main redevelopment is more than 75% complete, with plans to begin construction next year. So what exactly goes into cleaning out a 58-year-old, 38-story building?

Noise levels at Annesdale Mansion have caused problems with the neighborhood association a while. But new owner Bill Townsend hasn’t stopped the fun. 

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Townsend updates plans for the Luciann, the Lowenstein and the former Masonic Temple — all of which he owns

Preservationist Bill Townsend provides updates for the Luciann Theatre, the Lowenstein Mansion, the Pillow-McIntyre House and the former Masonic Temple.

A handcrafted, Memphis-made gift or experience is so much more thoughtful than something purchased from a big-box store. Here are a few ideas for Small Business Saturday (and beyond).

At Hawkins Mill Elementary, chronic absenteeism plummeted. And at Trezevant High, graduation rates climbed closer to the district average. Both had been among Tennessee’s bottom 5% for over a decade.

Kids and adults gathered Downtown Saturday for the Downtown Holiday Tree Lighting sponsored by the Downtown Memphis Commission. Photographer Ziggy Mack was there to capture the excitement.

Onlookers at the Memphis Christmas Parade on Saturday talked about how the parade was a nice chance to show off their community spirit, an event to shine a positive light on the vast South Memphis area.