The bootleg T-shirts that inspire Rebecca Fava’s face masks were symbols of a city coming together. Her masks, and other homemade endeavors like them, are perhaps fitting symbols of the city in pandemic times — coming together by staying apart.

At a Chicago church, on the day after Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated in Memphis, Mississippi-bred bluesman Otis Spann delivered what arguably remains the most profound musical response to the tragedy. 

Our forced experiment in not-really-home-schooling is likely to accelerate educational inequalities. My kids have a fridge full of food, reliable internet and two still-employed parents at home. Many of their fellow public school students do not have all of these things. Too many may not have any of them.

The only Pulitzer Prize-winner with “Memphis” in the title, Peter Taylor's 1986 novel explores the fine social distinctions between Memphis and Nashville at mid-century. 

Managing the coronavirus pandemic will be an uncertain process that takes more than a year to navigate. Are big public festivals compatible with this new reality? 

There are no good answers now. Only bad choices and worse ones. But evidence suggests that going hard on social-distancing is the best long-term bet for both public health and the economy. 

With three hit singles, two turf-grabbing country covers, definitive secular and religious anthems and some of the most tender pop music ever recorded, 1973's "Call Me" is Al Green's finest moment.

Whatever you think of his policy priorities, Strickland prides himself on being a data-driven executive, and his managerial seriousness has served him, and the city, well in this unprecedented moment. 

While I was sitting in an oddly peaceful purgatory, people close to me have lost jobs and postponed weddings. I’ve eavesdropped on conversations about how to keep people employed while also keeping them safe. 

The city's greatest asset faces threats, Memphis has some 'High Fidelity' moments, and the mecca of chicken and donuts has an East Memphis location.

Stax greats Booker T. and Carla Thomas on stage together. Grizz great Tony Allen back at the Grindhouse. "Bluff City Law" in limbo but keeping hope alive. Plus, seven more observations on the month in Memphis. 

Memphis relocates to Dallas for Cotton Bowl weekend, three Memphis parks move forward in different ways, Memphis jazz moves underground and more. 

As a public space, The Peabody lobby is an enduring classic that defines the center of Downtown Memphis. Now, the Central Station Hotel lobby is an instant classic that does the same for South Main. One has ducks spinning around a fountain. The other has vintage vinyl spinning around a turntable.

Seeds planted early in the season bear fruit as "Bluff City Law" delves into Elijah's romantic past, Della's family business and a big break for Jake. 

In the seventh episode, Elijah and Sydney Strait lay down some Bluff City Law in East Tennessee, in a ripped-from-the-headlines case about the opioid crisis. 

The sixth episode of "Bluff City Law" takes on a college football theme and introduces a couple of signature Downtown Memphis locations. 

"Bluff City Law" ventures from a Beale Street blues club to a Midtown recording studio in a music-heavy fifth episode. 

"Bluff City Law" took on racism and free speech in a ripped-from-the-headlines fourth episode. 

Rib lunches, legal triumphs and more family revelations marked week three of "Bluff City Law," where chemistry among the cast seems to be building. 

In its second episode, "Bluff City Law" takes on barbecue and Elijah Strait tells us where he's from. 

From the Hernando de Soto Bridge to Rum Boogie Cafe and various points in between, Memphis looked sharp in the debut episode of "Bluff City Law."

When the made-in-Memphis series "Bluff City Law" premieres on NBC on Monday night, it will be the first time the city plays itself, in the present tense, in a television series. 

Mediation at Tom Lee Park hasn't quieted public debate about the future of the Memphis riverfront. Here are a series of observations on what we talk about when we talk about Tom Lee Park. 

As the confused reader response to “not … anti-racist” underscored, this is not a widely familiar term. Sawyer is seeking the mayor’s office, not tenure. That means persuading voters who haven’t sat in a college sociology or cultural studies class in a while, or ever. 

Thoughts on Willie Herenton's attempt to make the Memphis mayor's race a two-man affair, the influx of scooters and the Memphis story at the National Museum of African American History and Culture.