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  • Victory House in Court Square: WWII in Memphis

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  • Solidarity Now! 1968 Poor People’s Campaign at National Civil Rights Museum

  • 2022 International Blues Challenge: Hey, Hey, The Blues is All Right

  • Metal Museum Exhibition Highlights Industrial Steel as Sculpture 

  • Quinceañera Exhibit at the Dixon: A Sweet Celebration

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    Victory House in Court Square: WWII in Memphis

    On the evening of May 13, 1942, a bugler called Assembly in front of a small house in Downtown Memphis’s Court Square. The Bartlett High…

    Caroline Carrico May 24, 2022 No Comments
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    For the Love of Dolphins

    Story and images by Ken Billett Gorgeous blue-green waters shimmered in the afternoon sun. Waves, churned by outboard motors and a relentless wind, lapped against…

    Ken Billett May 23, 2022 No Comments
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    East End Park: Memphis’s First Amusement Park

    East End Park has a mythical quality about it. Where was it? When was it? Are you sure that it was in Memphis?  Was there a roller coaster there,…

    Mark Fleischer May 18, 2022 1 Comment
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    Solidarity Now! 1968 Poor People’s Campaign at National Civil Rights Museum

    The Poor People’s Campaign, one of the lesser known aspects of the 1960s Civil Rights Movement, is the focus of a new Smithsonian Institution traveling…

    Caroline Carrico May 17, 2022 No Comments
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    2022 International Blues Challenge: Hey, Hey, The Blues is All Right

    Elijah Boone strummed a chord on his acoustic guitar and then kicked off his set at Ghost River Brewing Company’s Beale Street taproom and beer…

    Ken Billett May 16, 2022 No Comments
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Featured Story History

Victory House in Court Square: WWII in Memphis

Caroline Carrico May 24, 2022 No Comments Court SquareMemphis HistoryWorld War II

On the evening of May 13, 1942, a bugler called Assembly in front of a small house in Downtown Memphis’s Court Square. The Bartlett High…

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Featured Story Get out of Town Personal Narrative

For the Love of Dolphins

Ken Billett May 23, 2022 No Comments Get Out of TownKen BillettSpring Travel Memories

Story and images by Ken Billett Gorgeous blue-green waters shimmered in the afternoon sun. Waves, churned by outboard motors and a relentless wind, lapped against…

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Two men and two women on a wooden rollercoaster at East End Park
Featured Story History

East End Park: Memphis’s First Amusement Park

Mark Fleischer May 18, 2022 1 Comment East End ParkLenoxMadison AvenueMemphis HistoryTrolleyZippin Pippin

East End Park has a mythical quality about it. Where was it? When was it? Are you sure that it was in Memphis?  Was there a roller coaster there,…

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Solidarity Now! 1968 Poor People’s Campaign at National Civil Rights Museum

Caroline Carrico May 17, 2022 No Comments Civil Rights MovementExhibit ReviewNational Civil Rights Museum

The Poor People’s Campaign, one of the lesser known aspects of the 1960s Civil Rights Movement, is the focus of a new Smithsonian Institution traveling…

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Featured Story Personal Narrative Time Capsules

2022 International Blues Challenge: Hey, Hey, The Blues is All Right

Ken Billett May 16, 2022 No Comments BluesInterational Blues ChallengeKen BillettLive MusicThe Blues FoundationTime Capsules

Elijah Boone strummed a chord on his acoustic guitar and then kicked off his set at Ghost River Brewing Company’s Beale Street taproom and beer…

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Metal Sculpture by Thomas Campbell
Arts Happenings Around Town

Metal Museum Exhibition Highlights Industrial Steel as Sculpture 

Arts Board May 11, 2022 No Comments exhibitionMetal MuseumThomas Campbell

Fifth-generation steelworker Thomas Campbell melds tradition, innovation in Tributaries: Thomas Campbell | Corollary  Fifth-generation steelworker and sculptor Thomas Campbell’s boundary-bending Tributaries exhibition opens May 22, 2022,…

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Quinceañera Exhibit at the Dixon: A Sweet Celebration

Caroline Carrico May 10, 2022 No Comments Dixon Gallery and GardensExhibit ReviewQuinceañera

Passing through two of the Dixon Gallery & Gardens’ Sweet 16 exhibits – an ambitious and successful bid to fill all 16 of the museum’s…

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Community

Mississippi Goddamn at Circuit Playhouse

Arts Board May 10, 2022 No Comments Circuit PlayhouseLive TheatrePlayhouse on the Square

In 1963 Jackson, Mississippi, the stirring of Civil Rights was beginning to rally a nation of long oppressed people. But on a particular street, which…

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Community

Children’s Mental Health: CMOM Launches Mental Health Minute Series

Community Board May 9, 2022 No Comments Children's Museum of MemphisMental HealthStewart Burgess

Children’s Museum of Memphis Executive Director Dr. Stewart Burgess Launches Child-Centered Mental Health Minute Series for Mental Health Awareness Month Dr. Stewart Burgess, Executive Director…

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Community Featured Story Midtown

Cooper-Young Community Farmers Market: More Than a Market

Dannon Eubanks May 9, 2022 No Comments Cooper-YoungCooper-Young Community Farmers MarketVolunteer Odyssey

“There’s so much more to this than just a market” Sarah Turner, Market Manager for the CYCFM The Cooper-Young Community Farmers Market (CYCFG) is a…

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