Not long ago, I posted a YouTube video of the one and only Sister Myotis. She graced the Theatreworks stage last weekend – and the MemphisConnect.com launch after party with some thong panties – and is now headed into the final performances of her Church Retreat. If you haven’t seen Sister Myotis with Ima Lone [...]
It’s amazing what a handful of belly dancers, opera singers, ballerinas, dead residents, karaoke stars and manhole covers can do for a city. Collectively through the on-the-street performance series, Downtown Alive! they earned an international award for Downtown Memphis at the International Downtown Association in Calgary, Canada last year. Take that New York, Singapore and Portland! Downtown Alive!is [...]
Recap of Memphis Music at SXSW
Hello, my name is Rehema Barber. I am a new Memphis resident and the Executive Director of Power House Memphis, your local non-profit contemporary art and film venue. Let me first start out by saying that I am a blogging neophyte, and I’m hoping to connect with my Memphis community, so please let me know [...]
I was pulling onto Poplar Avenue this morning and glanced to my right, noticing the historical marker for Shelby County. I assumed this location must have been the county line at some point. The marker noted that Isaac Shelby along with Andrew Jackson founded this area by purchasing this land from the Chicksaw Indians in [...]
Marjorie Agosin is a moving speaker and this event is sponsored by Facing History and Ourselves (an amazing organization). Below is the blurb from their website. Hope to see everyone there! Hope and Courage: Women’s Stories of Resistance in Pinochet’s Chile Marjorie Agosin is an award-winning poet, human rights activist and the Luella LaMer Professor [...]
Did you know? In 2007 Memphis was selected as one of America’s Top 25 Arts Destinations by American Style magazine. The city ranked 22nd based on the richness and variety of visual arts sites, activities and events. - Greater Memphis Chamber, M!Power Bragging Rights
Last night my choir was working on Bach’s “Nun danket alle Gott,” and I noticed the bass next to me wasn’t struggling at all with the German text. “Where did you learn your German?” I had to ask. “I’m a native.” It turns out he’s from Berlin but works here now. I had no idea! I thoght, How [...]
I recently ran into Ryan Watt at BarDog Tavern in downtown Memphis. Introduced through a mutual friend, Ryan relayed that he was working on a new film in Memphis as the executive producer. I love hearing about films being made in Memphis and I couldn’t resist having Ryan as a guest blogger on MemphisConnect. So [...]
I recently took a new job as Executive Director of the UrbanArt in Memphis, a 501c3 non-profit organization dedicated to cultivating a dynamic community through public art and design. It has occurred to me as of late that my previous position as Assistant Director of the Rhodes College Center for Outreach in the Development of [...]
