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Ken Hall

Volunteerism and civic engagement are in my blood. I served as executive director of Hands on Memphis for six & a half years and served on the national board, Hands on Network, for two years. In two tours of duty, I spent a total of five years working for the Memphis Regional Chamber. My other non-profit jobs in Memphis include stints with The Cotton Museum, Youth Villages, Lifeblood, and Christian Brothers University. I have served on boards for Volunteer Memphis, Mid-South Youth Performing Arts Association, Zion Cemetery Restoration Project, and Partners for the Homeless, and currently serve on boards for Carnival Memphis, Memphis City Beautiful, and the Volunteer Tennessee Commission. I also serve on the Beale Street Brass Note Walk of Fame Committee and on the Jubilee Schools Development Committee. I am a certified MIM BBQ judge and also a multi-year judge for the Blues Foundation's International Blues Challenge! I currently serve as Director of Communications & Alumni Engagement for Leadership Memphis.

Withers created one of the largest and most significant collections of historical photographs ever amassed by an African-American.

I just left a screening at the Brooks of two hours of Buckley-Vidal debate footage. Eight debates were broadcast from the 1968 Democratic and Republican party conventions, four from each. Wow! Partisan sparks flying without doubt, but with erudition and intellect that staggers the senses of the contemporary viewer.  Plus, the dialogue stands as a [...]

Big band leader Jimmie Lunceford (pictured) took the Manassas High School band pro, touring the country in the 1930s and 40s with a style and musicality in a league with Basie, Hines, Henderson, and Ellington.

Jane Goodall “Reason for Hope” Thursday, March 19, 7:00 pm at CBU

I’ll see you at the parade. Watch for me. I’ll be wearing green!

Between the jazz program, the outstanding symphonic and wind ensembles, the opera company, and more, there are scores of terrific performance – either free or cheap – right along Central Avenue all the time.