Peace, Love, and Doodles
“Is that a sheep-a-doodle?” The question came from an older gentleman, kindness behind his eyes. In past seasons of life, had I been asked such…
Stax Music Academy Call for Summer Music Students
Stax Music Academy offering in-person, weeklong Summer Music experiences at reduced tuition as a way to bring young musicians together again; COVID precautions still in…
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Venues Call on SBA to Release Relief Grants Immediately
NIVA and a host of other national organizations issue an urgent plea to help shuttered venues without further delay; read the full statement (Washington, D.C.…
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Peace, Love, and Doodles
“Is that a sheep-a-doodle?” The question came from an older gentleman, kindness behind his eyes. In past seasons of life, had I been asked such…
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Playhouse on the Square Wants You to Get Your Wine On—In-Person—in July
Playhouse on the Square will host their first in-person fundraiser since 2019 The 14th Annual Great Wine Performances, Playhouse on the Square’s trivia and wine…
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Tent City Movement, King Assassination to be discussed at July event in Memphis
Marc Perrusquia, Willy Bearden, Daphene McFerren, John Ashworth and Bill Carey to present July 27 at the Cotton Exchange At a time when many members…
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Happy Birthday, Spiderman
Great fortunes in my treatment for stage IV metastatic melanoma By Ken Billett Seated in a waiting area just outside the Radiology department, a man…
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Notes from the second row: The grit n’ poetry of Grizzlies basketball
The Grizzlies season may be over, but the poetry will go on By Candace Echols People prioritize things. My husband and I love a good…
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Arriving and leaving, it wasn’t his dream
By Mark Allen Scott The first week of May has always been important in our household. It’s a birthday of sorts. Actually, two birthdays. Both…
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Birthday Week: May 17
May Seventeenth By Ken Billett The metal slug lies in a small slot inside my wooden lap desk—the kind of old item you might find…
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The Spaces Between People
Corey Mesler shares a few thoughts on antiheroes, privacy, and prolificity By Maria Browning, for Chapter16.org The titular protagonist of Corey Mesler’s latest novel, The Diminishment…
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