From “dirty” sodas to baked chicken, more than a dozen restaurants and food vendors within the Memphis Medical District will showcase their flavors at the annual Taste of the District. 

The Mempho Music Festival will be held Friday, Sept. 29 through Sunday, Oct. 1 at the Radians Amphitheater at the Memphis Botanic Garden, located at 750 Cherry Road. 

Mia Madison, executive director of Memphis Tilth for four years and Mia’s Orchard’s namesake, died in a car crash on July 10, 2022.

Yes, pickleball is coming to Beale Street. And to FedExForum after that. It’s brought to you by two Memphians who started Pickleball 901 on the theory that — as one of them put it — “pickleball’s a beast.”

Since its first year, the Pink Palace Crafts Fair has developed into the largest juried arts and crafts fair in the Mid-South.

Shannon Weston said her son’s food allergy spurred the family to open a “clean food” restaurant in Colorado. When her son enrolled in Rhodes College, Vibe Foods came to Memphis, too.

Mike McCarthy and others want to preserve the city’s music culture with more sculptures similar to the Johnny Cash image he created that stands in Cooper-Young.

Greater Whitehaven Economic Redevelopment Corp. leaders say the mall, that once held 60 stores, can again be an anchor for the Whitehaven community.

“The festival is a melting pot where all communities come together to enjoy the diversity of the Hispanic community,” said Monica Sanchez, co-founder and artistic director of Cazateatro Theatre Group.

“She had that quiet strength,” State Rep. G.A. Hardaway said of the first female federal parole officer in the Western District of Tennessee, who was also influential in the historic Glenview neighborhood. 

The underground fall-out shelter in the gated Lion’s Gate community was built in the early 1960s by Memphis radio and television pioneer Hoyt Wooten.

Roughly two years after opening to fanfare just off Overton Square, Pantà, the colorful, Catalan-inspired bar from restaurateur Kelly English, has closed as a full-service restaurant. 

The latest chapter in The Daily Memphian’s oral history on the 50th anniversary of busing in Memphis City Schools moves into the years of the late 1970s and early 80s.

J. Ivy has written and performed a new piece about Tom Lee to mark the opening of the redesigned riverfront park named in Lee’s honor. The work is the first in a series commissioned by the Mellon Foundation.

Jim Strickland’s $684 million plan to renovate Memphis’ four major sports venues was announced last October. Nearly a year later, no agreements have been reached regarding funding allocation.

Josh Carlucci says the food truck scene on Summer Avenue is like a slot machine: Each visit could yield a different array. But the fish tacos at Los Jarochos are a jackpot. 

“We started in 1974 and we’re looking forward to celebrating our 50th anniversary in January — looking forward, not looking back,” Outdoors Inc. owner Joe Royer said. 

The developer expects 18 months of architectural work before breaking ground. The renovated building could also include up to 260 multifamily units and hotel space. 

In a statement, owners encouraged customers to go to the Regalia location in East Memphis or the “soon-to-be” Silo Square location in Southaven. 

Amid a battle over public use of the river bluff, the Brooks Museum announced new details of a proposed open rooftop park at its planned Downtown location.

It is only in a Black space that the stories and issues of Black people, from traumas to triumphs, can truly be understood. Make sure to join them for their thoughtfully planned season 17 — you will be entertained, you will learn, and you will join the conversation.

Brooks will be the featured speaker at the MIFA annual luncheon Sept. 21, and also will speak at Rhodes College while in Memphis. 

The event space is available for use, but finishing touches — including an air wall, artwork and drapery — will be added by Oct. 1.

The Mid-South’s biggest beer festival featured 40 breweries, cideries and makers of seltzers and other adult beverages Saturday at the Memphis Sports and Events Center in Liberty Park.

Dancers from around the country took to the stage Saturday, Sept. 16 as Collage Dance Collective hosted the Memphis Dance Festival, featuring performances from Lil Buck, Ballet Memphis, Nashville Ballet, Sole Defined of Washington, New York City Ballet, Alonzo King Lines Ballet of San Francisco, and the Grizz Girls.