I went on one of Sherman Willmott’s tours of Memphis with my Father a few weeks ago. Sherman gave us a personal tour of Memphis where he pointed out the places, other then Graceland, that contributed to the city’s rich musical history. He is available for personal tours . Turns out he just happens to [...]
Finding a jazz club in Memphis is rare and this one is like the pot of gold at the end of the rainbow.
presents… Memphis Music Monday Beginning 5:30PM @ The Hard Rock Cafe On Beale Street Fresh from Brazil, touring with Julio Iglesias… Memphis Music Monday is proud to welcome home our own vocal powerhouse — Ms WENDY MOTEN! Join Wendy as she fires up the Hard Rock with her band and keeps the “home” [...]
If you haven’t yet seen the Go Memphis article by John Beifuss about last weekend’s On Location: International Film Festival, we encourage you to check it out. On a personal note, we want to point out that the Music Video Award went to “Segue Debris,” directed by Clayton Hurley and starring local postpunk band Arma [...]
Memphis Music Commission holds monthly forum
Withers created one of the largest and most significant collections of historical photographs ever amassed by an African-American.
I cannot even begin to describe how amazing the premier of $5 Cover was last night at the Malco Paradiso! The energy was high, the crowd was ready, and Craig Brewer was more than ready to share the project that he and some other 150 local cast, crew, and production members have been working on [...]
Tomorrow night (Friday, May 1), there will be magic in the air and romance in the stars. While some are rocking out in Tom Lee Park, another Memphis sub-culture will be dining and grooving for a wonderful cause. ARTAFACTOR, An Affair of the Arts, is the annual fundraiser for ArtsMemphis, a non-profit fundraising organization for [...]
This past Sunday, the Metal Museum and Voices of the South joined forces to put on one fantastic event. Spring Arts on the Bluff was an afternoon full of family-friendly performances and activities including an outdoor show of The Ugly Duckling, copper bracelet making, bubble fishing, costume fashioning, and much much more. Kids and parents [...]
This is why Memphis is amazing to me. See this article about the Rhodes-Hill mural I helped guide through UrbanArt with the Rhodes College CODA program. Public art, and murals in particular, create new avenues toward a more meaningful community.
