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 [...]
Downtown Memphis invites you to kick off the holiday season with carolers, dancers, and more as we turn the holiday lights on Main Street and in Court Square! Local historian Jimmy Ogle will emcee as the holiday lights in Court Square and along Main Street are turned on for the holiday season. Festivities include entertainment by [...]
For the past few months, the Memphis Convention and Visitors Bureau (aka, the place where I work) has been working on an iPhone app that makes it easy to find all of the great things in Memphis. I’m really excited to announce that it’s finally done. The app features an event calendar loaded with things [...]
Here’s a confession – I love films, but I am not a “film” person. I know that there are films that I love, but I don’t know the nuances of film making – nor do I want to know. I just want to see well-crafted films that take me on a journey. That is why [...]
Thanks to Joan Biddle for the guest review below of Project: Motion and their upcoming PM/25 Anniversary Edition performances: I remember when Project: Motion was formed when I was a young dancer at Memphis Concert Ballet (now Ballet Memphis). Dancing in a work directed by cofounder Judith Wombwell, I was struck by the difference between [...]
If you have a chance this weekend to see the final performances of 2BLoved by Ballet Memphis, then don’t miss it! I had the pleasure to see 2BLoved last weekend, which consists of two short, contemporary works: Julia Adam’s The Little Prince and Trey McIntyre’s The Naughty Boy, and it was the best show I’ve [...]
If you have a chance this weekend, head over to Shelby Farms Park for some crisp fall weather and Shakespeare! The Tennessee Shakespeare Company finishes their season opener with Macbeth at the Shelby Farms Outdoor Wooden Amphitheatre. I had the chance to go last week, right as the weather was getting a bit chilly, and [...]
The arts are booming in Memphis!. We are fortunate to have a wide array of art producing organizations and individual citizens that embrace their creative sides and furnish the city with a thriving artistic community. Recently Memphis made Flavorwire’s list of 8 best cities for young artist, and we would like to offer you the [...]
When most people think about an art gallery, they think of a brick and mortar building with white walls displaying paintings, sculptures, and various forms of drawings. But, in its most simplistic form, a gallery is a word that is put on a space in which we deem it as so. By further dispelling the [...]
