In a city famous for its musical legends, Mei-Ann Chen is creating one of her own as Memphis Symphony Orchestra’s musical director. In her two years in Memphis, she has lived up to her advance billing as “one of the most highly praised conducting talents of her generation,” according to the description of one reviewer. [...]
The St. Blues Guitar Workshop is ready to show off the first of their new high end, custom shop electric guitars, and with musicians and music fans gathering in Memphis for the International Blues Challenge, the time is ripe for a large public demonstration. Friday, February 3 and Saturday, February 4, St. Blues is hosting [...]
My Top Five with Erik Jambor “Erik Jambor’s 5 Indie Films Every Memphian Should Watch ” Mystery Train (Jim Jarmusch, 1989) The Poor & The Hungry (Craig Brewer, 2000) Forty Shades of Blue (Ira Sachs, 2005) Team Picture/Open Five (Kentucker Audley, 2007/2010) Undefeated (Dan Lindsay & TJ Martin, 2011) Currently up for an Oscar for Best Documentary [...]
Recently, the Memphis Brooks Museum of Art screened the much-anticipated documentary film Black Power Mixtape: 1967-1975. Approximately 75 Memphians of all ages attended the film, heralded by Commercial Appeal film critic John Beifuss as an “essential” document of the sometimes militant struggle for Civil Rights. Culled from on-camera interviews conducted by a group of Swedish [...]
The story of creation of Hattiloo Theatre is as dramatic as any performance on its stage. From a dream by its founder and creative director, Ekundayo Bandele, the theater has added Memphis to a select list of cities with black repertory theaters. In about four years, Hattiloo Theatre, the black repertory theater at 656 Marshall [...]
In honor of the life of Martin Luther King, Jr., Lifeblood is offering its donors two ways to learn more about the Civil Rights Movement. Option 1 Lifeblood is holding a mobile blood drive from 7 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Monday, January 16 – Martin Luther King, Jr., Day – at the National Civil [...]
The Memphis Regional Design Center has been a long time supporter of the right kind of redevelopment of Overton Square. Loeb Properties’ plans are what we need to see a revitalized Overton Square. Please show your support by clicking on the link to sign a petition to Mayor Wharton and the Memphis City Council: thepetitionsite.com/1/SupportOvertonSquare Memphis City Council will [...]
YPConnect: Interactive Social Networking for Young Professionals YPConnect is a monthly networking session of Memphis Urban League Young Professionals, this month at Bleu at 221 South Third on Tuesday, December 13 from 6 – 8:30pm. This FREE event offers a truly unique networking experience as it will be Memphis’ first digital event. Enjoy an evening [...]
I returned with my husband to Memphis in the Fall of 2008 after nearly 8 years of living and working in Portland, Oregon. While Portland is well-known as a “Vintage Haven”, I knew having grown up digging through Memphis-area thrift stores in the 1980′s-1990′s, that Memphis could easily give Portland a run for it’s vintage [...]
A reception was held Saturday, November 5, at Trezevant to view the works of Joey Evangelisti, a local young artist living with autism. Dozens of Trezevant residents and staff members, along with family members and friends of Evangelisti were on hand to celebrate his artistic talent while viewing a gallery of his unique pieces that [...]
