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    National Park Service studying eight Memphis lynching sites

    Preservationists at the Lynching Sites Project of Memphis believe that the Ell Persons site will eventually achieve a spot on the National Historic Register. 

    By Sarah Dassinger March 31, 2024
  • Music

    JugFest takes a spin at Shangri-La Records

    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.

    By Kambui Bomani March 30, 2024
  • Gallery East Memphis

    Children scramble to find Easter eggs at Dixon Gallery and Gardens

    Dozens of children were off the races to hunt for Easter eggs at the Dixon March 30.

    By Patrick Lantrip March 30, 2024
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    Food Files: Sen Trang, Rock’n Dough Orleans Station opening soon

    Sen Trang opens March 29 in the old Pho Binh building, Bojangles is settling into an old Zaxby’s, and Rock’n Dough is having its grand opening soon in the Edge District.

    By Sophia Surrett March 29, 2024
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    Buckley: Baseball season brings hope for Redbirds. And AutoZone Park.

    Redbirds leaders are talking with Memphis Mayor Paul Young and the city about stadium improvement. “Our commitment is to be here long-term,” Craig Unger said.

    By Tim Buckley March 29, 2024
  • City of Memphis

    Mayor Young accosted at East Memphis restaurant

    The City of Memphis said in a statement that a man grabbed Young as he was leaving dinner and the man then attempted to force his way into the mayor’s vehicle.

    By Samuel Hardiman March 28, 2024
  • Music

    Priscilla Presley calls Beale Street site ‘hallowed ground’

    Presley was on hand for the announcement regarding the former Hard Rock Cafe site, which will house the Rock ‘n’ Soul Museum and Memphis Music Hall of Fame.

    By Bill Dries March 28, 2024
  • Education

    Richland student gets ‘soap-prise’ after winning national contest

    Just days after placing in a regional spelling bee, one Richland student was shocked to learn she’d won a national soap-dispenser design contest during a schoolwide celebration.

    By Kambui Bomani March 27, 2024
  • The Sidebar: Eric Barnes on arts, culture & more

    The amazing mission — and incredible brownies — of Lucy J’s bakery

    Josh Burgess, who founded Lucy J’s with his wife, joined Eric Barnes to talk about Lucy’s J’s support of families working to get out of homelessness and the many ways the bakery supports these families.

    By Eric Barnes March 27, 2024
  • City of Memphis

    Trash. Drag racing. Weed, pills and stacks of cash.

    City leaders get an earful from Frayser citizens at Memphis Mayor Paul Young’s third “One Memphis” forum. 

    By Bill Dries March 27, 2024
  • Real Estate

    Commercial Appeal printing building sold for almost $4M

    The former Commercial Appeal facility was recently split into two entities: an office building and a warehouse.

    By Sophia Surrett March 27, 2024
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    Minglewood art gallery opens in former hookah lounge

    A former restaurant server will open a new art gallery and event space inside Midtown’s Minglewood Plaza Friday, March 29. 

    By Kambui Bomani March 26, 2024
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    Memphis bridges designed for ‘barge impact’

    There are a litany of things that can cause a ship or barge to collide with a bridge, with “Mother Nature being a primary one,” according to a waterways management chief with the U.S. Coast Guard. 

    By Keely Brewer, Bill Dries March 26, 2024
  • Performing Arts

    Giving it a twirl: More Memphis schools offer ballet classes

    “If I wanted to have a sophisticated school, I would have ballet,” Principal Louis Padgett said. “I want (the) boys and girls to be more sophisticated than myself. I said I’d never leave this school until it had ballet.” 

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    New Ballet’s new leader brings ‘talent, aspiration, hope’ to young dancers

    By Sarah Dassinger March 27, 2024
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    New Ballet’s new leader brings ‘talent, aspiration, hope’ to young dancers

    “No matter what I’m doing, I spend (time) investing in kids and neighborhoods. At New Ballet, I get to do it in a way that’s fresh and exciting.”

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    Giving it a twirl: More Memphis schools offer ballet classes

    By Sarah Dassinger March 27, 2024
  • Food News

    Popular Asian Night Market coming back — but bigger

    Last year’s Asian Night Market event was packed, and organizers have a plan for how to handle for this year’s crowds. 

    By Christin Yates March 26, 2024
  • Premium Public Safety

    Police presence up, Downtown crime down during NCAA weekend

    This year’s NCAA weekend followed the previous weekend’s St. Patrick’s Day celebrations, when there were 95% more crimes reported.

    By Julia Baker March 26, 2024
  • Food News

    Supper Club to reopen with Chef Tam

    “Today I don’t want to own (a restaurant), but I can never stop cooking,” Chef Tamra Patterson said. “Cooking is in my blood — it’s all I know to do.”

    By Joshua Carlucci March 25, 2024
  • Downtown

    Memphis car show puts attendees in the driver’s seat

    At the Memphis International Auto Show, eligible attendees got the chance to drive some of the latest car models on the main road outside the Renasant Convention Center.

    By Kambui Bomani March 25, 2024
  • Premium North Memphis

    Decades into Velsicol cleanup, community remains skeptical

    At a rare community meeting Thursday evening, tensions between about 30 community members and a couple company representatives boiled over. One message was clear: The community doesn’t trust Velsicol.

    By Keely Brewer March 26, 2024
  • Health Care

    Work begins on playscape at Crosstown Concourse

    The kids’ area that is more wheelchair-friendly than a traditional playground is an expansion of The Well, Church Health’s wellness program for children.

    By Aisling Mäki March 22, 2024
  • Premium Real Estate

    After almost five years of nothing, Intrator puts Pinch District land on market

    The project, which received key approvals in 2019, ran into the buzzsaw of the pandemic, and then the developer blamed higher interest rates after the pandemic for delays. 

    By Samuel Hardiman March 22, 2024
  • Food News

    Popular breakfast pop-up to open restaurant next week

    At Cole Jeanes’ Kinfolk restaurant, he’s blended the seemingly divergent influences of Japan and the American South on the menu and in his mind. For him, they are in culinary harmony.

    By Chris Herrington March 21, 2024
  • Business

    Memphis nonprofits score $3 million from MacKenzie Scott’s charity

    Two Memphis nonprofits are among 361 community-led, community-focused organizations who received funding from billionaire philanthropist and Amazon co-founder MacKenzie Scott. 

    By Aisling Mäki March 21, 2024
  • Update Midtown

    Suspicious package call shuts down part of Union Avenue

    A suspicious package call shut down part of Union Avenue Thursday afternoon, March 21, as the Memphis Police Department investigated a possible bomb threat.

    By Aarron Fleming March 21, 2024

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