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Memphis Matters: Playback Memphis

A Playback Memphis show isn’t like the theatre you may be used to. The troupe deals in improv, which likely isn’t new to most avid theatre-goers; it’s the subject matter that’s a novelty. At the beginning of each performance, audience members share real-life stories about themselves, which the actors use …

Orpheum Summer Movies

Summer Flicks at the Orpheum Theatre

The Orpheum Theatre’s 2013 Summer Movie Series will commemorate the theatre’s 85th Anniversary with a bundle of films from that same eight …

Roland Janes- The Secret Ingredient

Roland Janes: The Secret Ingredient

Bob Mehr, the Commercial Appeal’s resident music historian, wrote an exceptional piece earlier this week about musician/engineer/producer/record label honcho Roland Janes, and …

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Southfork: Beautiful Conversations About Art

There’s a second floor apartment in Midtown Memphis with art all over its walls. Lauren Kennedy lives there, among the paintings and …

Ostrander Awards

Sister Myotis and the 2013 Ostrander Rewards

Every summer, the artists who make up the Memphis theatre scene gather for the Ostrander Theatre Awards, an always hilarious and often …

Nancy Apple

The Many Hats of Music

Nancy Apple is a working musician. If this conjures images of her writing songs with a guitar and pen, playing smoky bar …

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Memphis in May: One Last Sunset

Another Memphis in May is just about to see its final sunset, the music and the food and the rain and the …

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Dope MCs and Canned Baked Beans

“I help feed the homeless every other Sunday, and I was thinking about other ways I could help out,” said Memphis rapper …

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The March of the Hogs

If you have the privilege of working out of an office in Downtown Memphis, you’ve already seen the wandering pork zombies making their way …

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The Weird and the Underground

The Beale Street Music Festival exploded all over Downtown last weekend, bringing global stars and regional wonders together in a celebration of …

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