The Arts Beat: New year, more art

Kelsey Bowen By , Daily Memphian
Updated: December 26, 2025 10:15 AM CT | Published: December 26, 2025 10:15 AM CT Premium

What’s coming in 2026? Museums, band reunions, new concert venues, landmark anniversaries, a handful of funny guys and portals to parallel universes. 

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Kelsey Bowen

Kelsey Bowen

Kelsey Bowen is a born-and-bred Memphian with publications in Creative Nonfiction magazine and at the Library of Congress, who occasionally moonlights as a writing teacher. You can usually find her digging around a Summer Avenue antique mall or seated at a Malco movie theater.


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