In October, Marcela Pinilla and a group of talented young singers released a song called “Un Mundo Bueno.” It means “A Good World,” and Marcela and her fellow bandmates are now working to bring its message to life through a national campaign for Latino education in America. All proceeds from the sales of the single [...]
MemphisConnect mentioned that Sunshine Enterprise CEO Wei Chen sets off next month for an historic global flight- now you have the chance to create his soundtrack. The Memphis Music Foundation (home of the groundbreaking Music Resource Center) has partnered with Wei Around the World to launch a theme song contest that runs through April 25. [...]
I’ve found myself having the same conversation quite a bit lately. “Wow, he moved here from (insert exotic city name) and he promotes Memphis and loves Memphis more than a native!” “Isn’t it refreshing?” But really, this is nothing new: People from Memphis tend to be the ones most down on the city. Transplants tend [...]
I love playing hostess to friends when they come to Memphis. Because I love seeing friends, of course, but also because I love when my friends get to see my city. And when I get to be their tour guide and pick and choose our itinerary for the weekend. Over Easter, my best friend from [...]
Even with the dreary weather, I had managed to forget it — at least temporarily — as I sat inside King’s Palace Cafe on Beale listening to the musicians of the Memphis Farmers Market at the MFM benefit jam. The market opens up again April 17, and the event Sunday brought together some of its regular players to raise a few bucks for the cause.
V-Day is upon us. And I’m not talking about Feb. 14. V-Day is a global movement to end violence against girls and women, which you might know better by the name of the play at the heart of this movement and the woman who started it all: Eve Ensler’s The Vagina Monologues. Every year during [...]
The other night I was at Celtic Crossing in Cooper Young – which I recently declared to be my “local,” as the English do – enjoying a pint of Memphis’ finest: Ghost River Golden. It’s probably my favorite beer at the moment, and I love that I can go to several bars right in my [...]
A few weeks ago, I told you that I would be participating in the inaugural speed dating event hosted by our friends at gastropub South of Beale. I came, I saw and I speed dated, and it’s only the fault of nature and my appendix that I’m just now reporting back to you on the [...]
Finding fun places to drink and see live music isn’t exactly difficult, especially living in midtown. But the places I drink and see live music aren’t necessarily the same places I want to look for or expect to find Mr. Right. Dating in college was easy – from the house parties to the campus events to classes, there were a million pre-fab situations forcing me to mingle and meet people of the opposite sex who were around the same age and had at least one thing in common with me already by virtue of sharing an alma mater.
Three weeks ago, I fell in love. The object of my affection? An old brick quadplex on Cooper with hardwood floors, french doors and the most adorable little nooks and crannies and under-the-stairs closets and more closets and oh my god, THE CLOSETS. I put down the deposit and filled out the application after spending [...]
