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    Crawfish fest brings bayou-style fun to Overton Square

    Saturday marked the 29th year for the Midtown event that merges Memphis and New Orleans cultures, with a bounty of beer, vendors and crustaceans.

    By Kambui Bomani April 29, 2024
  • Metro

    Memphis participating in international wildlife challenge

    Multiple Memphis organizations will take part in a science challenge that spans six continents this week. 

    By Kambui Bomani April 24, 2024
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    Pizza Dis Pasta Dat: Overton Park Shell adds resident food truck

    Pizza and pasta in the park? No problem. Pizza Dis Pasta Dat will be at the Shell all year long. 

    By Christin Yates April 15, 2024
  • Education

    Hooks Institute takes long view of city in new U of M home

    Daphene McFerren grew up among people who knew how to make a difference. Her parents, John and Viola McFerren, are folk heroes in Fayette County for helping organize Tent City in the 1960s.

    By Jane Roberts May 07, 2024
  • Midtown

    At Memphis Zoo, people and animals soak in solar eclipse

    There was an undeniable buzz inside the Memphis Zoo as attendees waited for the partial solar eclipse to hit its maximum percentage.

    By Kambui Bomani, The Associated Press April 08, 2024
  • Music

    WYXR’s Stereo Sessions bring a ‘wave of astonishment’

    For the third season of Stereo Sessions, WYXR is back to unveil a new crop of six rarities, including the story of a blind keyboardist, an all-female ensemble of roots-punk rockers and more.

    By Jared Boyd April 07, 2024
  • Education

    Immaculate Conception school to close this year

    Founded by the Sisters of Mercy in 1921, the parochial school ICCS shares a campus with the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception, the mother church of the Diocese of Memphis. 

    By Aisling Mäki April 03, 2024
  • Real Estate

    Whataburger eyeing former Midtown police station site

    The proposed Whataburger would include a drive-thru and outdoor patio, but the original, 2022 plan for the site said no drive-thru restaurants would be allowed there without approval from the Land Use Control Board and Memphis City Council. 

    By Sophia Surrett April 02, 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
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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
  • 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
  • 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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    $10 Deal: Lunch at Sekisui Midtown

    This Daily Memphian food writer looks for a fine balance between quantity and quality in everyday sushi, and he said Sekisui straddles that line with the best of them.

    By Joshua Carlucci March 21, 2024
  • Midtown

    ‘Green’ festival sprouts at Overton Park

    Around 300 attendees connected with local organizations working to achieve a greener and cleaner Memphis.

    By Kambui Bomani March 16, 2024
  • $15 Deals

    $10 Deal: Global Cafe’s sambusas, soup and sandwiches

    Nearly all of Global Cafe’s starters are under the $10 deal mark.

    By Joshua Carlucci March 14, 2024
  • Midtown

    Fenced-off area of Overton Park to reopen

    For decades, a dozen acres of old-growth forest have been separated from Overton Park by a chain-link fence, but the area could reconnect to the park’s existing trail system by the end of the year. 

    By Keely Brewer March 18, 2024
  • Performing Arts

    Playhouse on the Square’s 56th season includes ‘Wizard of Oz,’ ‘A Bronx Tale’

    Playhouse on the Square’s latest season includes family favorites, plays examining social and political issues, musicals and comedies. 

    By Elle Perry March 12, 2024
  • Premium Arts & Culture

    Participants learn to cast iron, make skillets in two-day workshop and dinner

    “Metal working can be extremely expensive and prohibitive to families that might not have expendable income,” said Desmond Lewis, sculptor, workshop leader and Metal Museum board member.

    By Kambui Bomani March 12, 2024
  • Visual Arts

    Metal Museum receives $1 million anonymous donation

    “This makes for $14 million in total from foundations that are outside of the (Memphis) community,” said the museum’s executive director. “That speaks to the national importance of our institution.”

    By Christopher Wright March 11, 2024
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    Local food truck finds ‘Good’ home where Muddy’s once was

    Prior to starting Good Groceries Mobile Diner during the pandemic, Chad Getchel was the longtime chef de cuisine at River Oaks Restaurant, while Leah Getchel worked in corporate catering. 

    By Christin Yates March 08, 2024
  • Visual Arts

    Studiohouse on Malvern art gallery opens doors

    Studiohouse on Malvern, located at 418 Malvern St. in Midtown, hosted its second annual open house March 2. It featured owner-artists Keiko Gonzalez and Mary Jo Karimnia as well as other artists and performers.

    By The Daily Memphian Staff March 03, 2024
  • Music

    5 Fridays of Jazz and Crosstown Arts Jazz Month return to Memphis

    Jazz concert series are returning in March to two Memphis institutions.

    By Sarah Dassinger February 29, 2024
  • Midtown

    250-pound sasquatch stolen from Cooper-Young yard

    One neighbor compared the theft to the Mona Lisa being taken from the Louvre. 

    By Holly Whitfield February 27, 2024
  • Real Estate

    Crosstown Concourse eyes parking lot for future event venue

    Crosstown Concourse might get an indoor event center on an unused surface parking lot following approval from the Land Use Control Board meeting on March 14. 

    By Sophia Surrett February 20, 2024
  • The Sidebar: Eric Barnes on arts, culture & more

    The impact of smart urban design in the Medical District

    Rory Thomas, the president of the Memphis Medical District Collaborative, joins Eric Barnes on The Sidebar.

    By Eric Barnes February 14, 2024

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