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    Equality Trailblazers Monument: “A Gift to the City”

    This article originally appeared in Volume I, Issue II of StoryBoard Memphis Quarterly in March 2022. Memphis’s newest monument is a testament to the years suffragists fought…

    Caroline Carrico July 4, 2022 No Comments
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    That Memphis Photographer

    Courage at the Emmett Till Trial This is THE image.  The only image – snuck in with courage and defiance by photographer Ernest Withers – captured…

    Mark Fleischer July 2, 2022 No Comments
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    Memphis Historical Fiction with a Historian’s Stamp of Approval

    The most useful interpretations of the past make history relevant and accessible to wide audiences. When authors use well-researched facts about Memphis’s complex history as…

    Caroline Carrico July 1, 2022 No Comments
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  • Featured Story Get out of Town

    Downtown Memphis: All Grown Up

    Chris Johnson serenaded us with a smooth distinct voice that, at one time, captured the hearts of American Idol fans around the country. Chris wasn’t…

    Ken Billett June 29, 2022 2 Comments
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    A Pipeline & A Pandemic: Graphic Essay by Mikhaila Markham

    This article originally appeared in Volume I, Issue II of StoryBoard Memphis Quarterly in March 2022. Funding for this project made possible by the Tennessee Arts Commission’s COVID-19…

    Mikhaila Markham June 28, 2022 No Comments
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Equality Trailblazers Monument in Downtown Memphis
Featured Story History

Equality Trailblazers Monument: “A Gift to the City”

Caroline Carrico July 4, 2022 No Comments Downtown MemphisPaula CaseyWomen's Suffrage

This article originally appeared in Volume I, Issue II of StoryBoard Memphis Quarterly in March 2022. Memphis’s newest monument is a testament to the years suffragists fought…

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That Memphis Photographer

Mark Fleischer July 2, 2022 No Comments Emmett TillEmmett Till TrialErnest Withers

Courage at the Emmett Till Trial This is THE image.  The only image – snuck in with courage and defiance by photographer Ernest Withers – captured…

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Obituaries

David W. Cooley: In Memoriam

Community Board July 1, 2022 No Comments

David W. Cooley was a native of Hendersonville, NC but made a big impact on Memphis. He twice served as the CEO of the Memphis…

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Shanktown
Arts

Shanktown: World Premiere at Theatreworks

Caroline Carrico July 1, 2022 No Comments Performing ArtsPlayhouse on the Square

World Premiere Opens Professional Theatre’s 54th Season There’s a patriarch whose power is waning fast, a questionable friend, an estranged son, and a clinging daughter. Like an…

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Featured Story Literature

Memphis Historical Fiction with a Historian’s Stamp of Approval

Caroline Carrico July 1, 2022 No Comments Book Review

The most useful interpretations of the past make history relevant and accessible to wide audiences. When authors use well-researched facts about Memphis’s complex history as…

Read More Memphis Historical Fiction with a Historian’s Stamp of Approval
Dateline
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Wayne Dowdy’s Dateline: Memphis February – April 1962

Wayne Dowdy June 30, 2022 No Comments MemphisMemphis HistoryWayne Dowdy

This article originally appeared in Volume I, Issue II of StoryBoard Memphis Quarterly in March 2022. Your correspondent takes you to events that occurred in February, March,…

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Memphis mural at Downtown's Hyatt Centric
Featured Story Get out of Town

Downtown Memphis: All Grown Up

Ken Billett June 29, 2022 2 Comments Downtown MemphisSpring Travel Memories

Chris Johnson serenaded us with a smooth distinct voice that, at one time, captured the hearts of American Idol fans around the country. Chris wasn’t…

Read More Downtown Memphis: All Grown Up
Community Featured Story

A Pipeline & A Pandemic: Graphic Essay by Mikhaila Markham

Mikhaila Markham June 28, 2022 No Comments Byhalia PipelineenvironmentGraphic essay

This article originally appeared in Volume I, Issue II of StoryBoard Memphis Quarterly in March 2022. Funding for this project made possible by the Tennessee Arts Commission’s COVID-19…

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Artwork by Lexi Perkins
Arts

Lexi Perkins: Behind the Arts Artist Profile

LeKe’la Jones June 27, 2022 No Comments Artist ProfileBehind the ArtsLexi PerkinsVisual Arts

This article originally appeared in Volume I, Issue II of StoryBoard Memphis Quarterly in March 2022. Eeyore is Faceless Wearing a Fried Egg Necklace She wore an…

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Pollinator Pod at Memphis River Parks Partnership
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Memphis River Parks Partnership – Bringing Biodiversity to the River

Caroline Carrico June 24, 2022 No Comments BiodiversityMemphis River Parks PartnershipMississippi River

Plants, Pollinators, and Programming at the Memphis River Parks Partnership At the new Pollinator Pod near Beale Street Landing on what promised to be a…

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