The pop-up restaurant will feature a dozen authentic small plates, such as porco preto grelhaldo — grilled pork belly — and three desserts.

There are multiple ways Memphis-area groups will celebrate Martin Luther King Jr.’s birth.

FedEx volunteers and Grizzlies volunteered to help spruce up Springdale-Memphis Magnet Elementary on Thursday as part of a day of service in celebration of the coming Martin Luther King Jr. King Day holiday.

The Downtown Memphis Commission celebrated 2022’s developments at its State of Downtown event at the New Daisy Theatre on Thursday, Jan. 12. At the event, they announced parking incentives for some Downtown workers.

A chicken sandwich with Memphis white sauce is new to the menu at Tops Bar-B-Q. But this deal does come with a caveat. 

A group of White Station High School students wanted to get more driver’s education programs into Tennessee schools, so their teacher, Shelby County Commissioner Erika Sugarmon, encouraged them to draft legislation toward the goal. 

The council vote comes the day after the Shelby County Commission approved the same resolution. The funding is spread across four projects, including new affordable housing in Uptown and rehab of existing homes for legacy homeowners.

MSCS hosted an optional school fair on Sunday, Jan. 8, that included representatives from each of the district’s 45 optional schools and programs.

The Jackson Avenue facility is the latest effort of a man who never served in the military but has dedicated 35 years to serving veterans with housing, food, clothing and offering sometimes simply a place to be understood.

Report: Nike is releasing a pair of its Air Max Penny 1 with a colorway inspired by the Binghampton school where Penny once coached.

As the “Elvis” movie looks ahead to possible Oscar nominations, an exhibit about the making of the film opens at Graceland. 

Memphis Mayor Jim Strickland called the development — the latest in the city’s efforts over the last year to force renovations at Peppertree — “great news.”

Queen of Sheba Imperial Restaurant recently opened in Cordova and offers, in addition to an extensive menu, a hearty $10 deal with its shawarma platter. 

Twenty-nine schools in the Memphis-Shelby County Schools district took damage as a result of the recent winter weather storm that swept through the city, MSCS said.

Here is all of the information you need to participate in the first local election of 2023. 

Emmy award-winning entertainers Chris Rock and Dave Chappelle are set to co-headline their first show at the FedExForum.

Defining Midtown is perhaps the key question of Memphis geography, in part because it helps define the rest of the core city. If Midtown is encased by Downtown, South Memphis, East Memphis and North Memphis — and maybe that’s debatable, too — then defining Midtown partly defines the rest.

Despite this year’s low water levels, many volunteers and onlookers showed up on Sunday to participate in this year’s Ski Freeze Memphis event — including six-time top fuel champion Clay Millican. 

“I pray that all of us can live in the moment and that we can get some of the best moments we can out of life” in 2023, host Eric Brinson said.

The U of M spring semester starts Jan. 17 but campus reopens for business Jan. 3. It is the second local university to announce damages from the recent winter weather.

Most Christian Brothers University students — with the exception of those in the nursing and physician’s assistant programs — are affected by the semester delay.

While these areas might bear the brunt of that area’s aging infrastructure, it’s not limited to them. 

Related story:

MLGW lifts boil water advisory

The Downtown Memphis Commission is working on bringing the historic New Daisy Theatre back online next year after being vacant since 2018. The venue will host its first event on Jan. 12.

The nonprofit provider was awarded a four-year federal grant that will be used to develop a new crisis outpatient program.

While some restaurants remained closed Monday following the Christmas holiday, others were open, finding unique ways to adapt to the boil water advisory.