From Planned Parenthood Greater Memphis Region: Carol Leifer, comedian, actress, comedy writer, author and inspiration for the character of Elaine on the long-running TV comedy Seinfeld, will perform at a luncheon hosted by Planned Parenthood Greater Memphis Region on Wednesday, April 29, 2009. Who: Carol Leifer What: Luncheon to benefit Planned Parenthood Greater Memphis Region [...]
Bravo Memphis’ big closing event of the season is just a week away and I could not be more excited! Don’t know what Bravo is? Well, let me tell you…Bravo Memphis is a program of ArtsMemphis (the fundraising organization for the arts) created for young professionals by young professionals. A membership to Bravo includes a [...]
When was the last time you took your lunch outside and enjoyed a free, open rehearsal with Ballet Memphis and other people who just love to see beautiful dance? I woke up excited this morning when I remembered I was going to work in our downtown office today and would get to see the Ballet [...]
If you’re looking to do something fun, free and outdoors on Sunday, then consider your plans made! Shelby Farms Park puts on Down to Earth: an Earth Day Celebration. The fun will include: Live music on two stages Huge exibitor zone with 100+ exibitors showing off how they’re green Kid Zone with small stage, performances, interactive [...]
With this post I want to introduce a rising star of the rap scene, Donald Askew aka Teflon Don. Don reached out to me thanks to the Memphis Music Foundation’s Music Resource Center and their volunteer attorney, Malcolm Futhey. So who is Teflon Don? Starting at age 16, Don began writing and producing his own [...]
On this mostly cloudy day in Downtown Memphis, a group visiting from Austria is enjoying a Court Square concert. My Austrian is a bit light, but I did get that they are visiting Beale Street and Graceland during their sojourn in our fine city. Welcome to Memphis!
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.
Hey, Looking for something to do this weekend? How ’bout a bit of top-notch music in Midtown! The Rhodes College MasterSingers Chorale will be giving a trilingual con-cert, accompanied by members of the Memphis Symphony Orchestra, in the acoustically renowned Idlewild Presbyterian Church. James Feddeck, Assistant Conductor of the MSO, will wield the baton as fifty [...]
If you’re looking for some cool stuff to do this weekend, you definitely have some options. On Friday, April 3 from 6-9pm you can check out ECOllage at Odessa (2613 Broad). The exhibit features “a pair of new works by local artists Morgan Cook and Kara Clarke. Both are engaged in artistic practices that confront [...]
This past Sunday my wife, daughter and I attended the Belvedere Chamber Music Festival Preview Concert at the Beethoven Club at Peabody and McLean. The show drew an audience of about 40 people to the converted home in Midtown. Luna Nova focuses on music composed in the 20th and 21st centuries. The pieces performed at [...]
