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  • Arts & Culture

    Opera Memphis raises curtain on Midtown digs

    The nearly 70-year-old organization hosted an open house to showcase its new location at Peabody Avenue and Cooper Street in Midtown.

    By Kambui Bomani October 06, 2023
  • Premium Food News

    901 Hot Pot to expand current location, open second spot

    The 901 Hot Pot & Korean BBQ opened in March in Bartlett and is ready for an expansion. Plus, a second location in East Memphis is in the works.

    By Christin Yates September 29, 2023
  • Downtown

    Memphis 1968 glows in stained glass at Clayborn Temple

    An ongoing renovation of the historic church was paused Thursday, Sept. 28, for a look at new stained-glass images of the city’s turmoil in the 1968 sanitation workers’ strike.

    By Bill Dries September 29, 2023
  • Food News

    Belltower Coffeehouse opens at Shelby Farms Park

    Belltower Coffeehouse is serving its coffee, teas and more at Shelby Farms Park.

    By Sophia Surrett September 28, 2023
  • Public Safety

    Police search for three suspects in Midtown bank robbery

    MPD reported that three suspects armed with handguns robbed an employee who was putting cash into the ATM outside the bank.

    By Julia Baker September 28, 2023
  • Arts & Culture

    Orpheum opens educational ‘Balcony Project’ exhibit

    Outside of where the Orpheum Theatre’s Black-only balcony entrance once stood, a new educational exhibit was unveiled on Wednesday.

    By Kambui Bomani September 27, 2023
  • Health Care

    St. Jude unveils six-story housing Downtown for patients, families

    Pizza cutters were used in place of the usual oversized scissors at Wednesday’s ribbon cutting for The Domino’s Village, funded by pizza giant Domino’s as part of a 10-year, $100 million commitment to St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital. 

    By Aisling Mäki September 27, 2023
  • Update South Memphis

    Whitehaven schools went on lockdown after off-campus shooting

    Whitehaven Elementary and Whitehaven High schools went on a precautionary lockdown as police investigated an off-campus shooting Wednesday afternoon.

    By Julia Baker, Aarron Fleming September 28, 2023
  • East Memphis

    MPD responds to bank robbery in East Memphis

    Memphis Police Department officers are looking for a suspect following a robbery of a Wells Fargo branch in East Memphis.

    By Rob Moore September 27, 2023
  • Midtown

    Memphis Towers residents rail against Millennia, want heightened security

    The meeting ended abruptly because the union invited media to attend by video conference. 

    By Jane Roberts October 02, 2023
  • Update Music

    Cat Power to headline Raised by Sound Fest at Crosstown Concourse

    Most of the daylong festival is free, but tickets to Cat Powers’ concert and an after party featuring New York-based DJ Alix Brown will go on sale Friday.

    By Elle Perry September 29, 2023
  • Public Safety

    Body found in Mississippi River identified as Tamia Taylor

    Sgt. Louis Brownlee, a public information officer with MPD, said no foul play is suspected. 

    By Julia Baker September 26, 2023
  • Food News

    Taste of the District returns with vendors new and old

    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. 

    By Joshua Carlucci September 26, 2023
  • Music

    Here’s what you need to know about Mempho Music Festival

    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. 

    By Kambui Bomani September 26, 2023
  • Premium North Memphis

    Mia’s Orchard is a North Memphis food resource and a tribute

    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.

    By Keely Brewer September 25, 2023
  • Opinion

    Calkins: Pickleball is coming to Beale Street! And FedExForum, too.

    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.”

    By Geoff Calkins September 27, 2023
  • East Memphis

    Pink Palace Crafts Fair showcases nearly 150 artists

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

    By Kambui Bomani September 24, 2023
  • Food

    Vibe Foods adding Crosstown Concourse location

    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.

    By Sophia Surrett September 24, 2023
  • Premium Arts & Culture

    Sculptor wants Memphis music legends to forever stand tall

    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.

    By Don Wade September 25, 2023
  • Neighborhoods

    MEMFix spotlights reimagined Southland Mall

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

    By Kambui Bomani September 23, 2023
  • Arts & Culture

    Latin Fest 901 ‘building a bridge between cultures’

    “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.

    By Kambui Bomani September 23, 2023
  • Metro

    Lorean E. Jones, first female federal parole officer in district, dies

    “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. 

    By Samuel Hardiman September 23, 2023
  • Premium Neighborhoods

    Whitehaven Cold War relic gets historical marker

    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.

    By Bill Dries September 22, 2023
  • Food News

    Pantà closes, will convert to private event, pop-up space

    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. 

    By Chris Herrington September 22, 2023
  • Premium Education

    Chapter Five: The effects of Plan Z busing roll across Memphis

    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.

    By Bill Dries September 28, 2023

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