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Binghamton Community Featured Story Midtown Nonprofits

Caritas to stay closed for summer, restructure, open kitchen to food entrepreneurs

Marvin Stockwell June 1, 2020 No Comments

Greater partnership seen as way to safeguard center’s mission and commitment to Binghamton The April 10 pandemic-related closure of Caritas Community Center and Café, which…

Epicenter’s News You Can Use: This Week’s COVID-19 Small Business Resources

Mark Fleischer May 29, 2020 No Comments

As we enter Phase 2 of reopening in Memphis and Shelby County, please reach out via the link at the end of this email if…

Neighborhoods

Binghamton Community Featured Story Midtown Nonprofits

Caritas to stay closed for summer, restructure, open kitchen to food entrepreneurs

Marvin Stockwell June 1, 2020 No Comments

Greater partnership seen as way to safeguard center’s mission and commitment to Binghamton The April 10 pandemic-related closure of Caritas Community Center and Café, which…

When COVID-19 relief didn’t come, Douglass residents stepped up for their own

High Ground News May 21, 2020 No Comments

By Ashley Davis, for High Ground News There’s been a flood of relief efforts in response to Covid-19, but are resources getting to the Memphis…

Planning & Urbanism

Midtown MidtownMemphis.Org News Opinion Planning & Urbanism Planning Board

MidtownMemphis.org: We Oppose a ‘Transitional Home Use’ for 1309, 1317 and 1319 Jackson Avenue

Midtown Memphis.org April 30, 2020 No Comments

MidtownMemphis.org supports Six Midtown neighborhood organizations that stand in opposition of a proposal that “does not conform with Memphis 3.0 recommendations” MidtownMemphis.org is in support…

Memphis 3.0 Comprehensive Plan honored by American Planning Association as nation’s best for 2020

StoryBoard News Board April 28, 2020 No Comments

Memphis 3.0, the City of Memphis’s first comprehensive plan for growth since 1981, has been selected by the American Planning Association for the prestigious Daniel…

Preservation

Historic Preservation Preservation Renovations - Reuse and Restoration

Painted & Tainted: A primer on why painting exposed brick is often a No-No

Mark Fleischer February 24, 2020 No Comments

Also, solid advice for homeowners on alternatives to painting brick when that newer brick doesn’t quite match the older By Mark Fleischer One is painted…

SB 30 Episode 40: The Future of the Mid-South Coliseum, with Marvin Stockwell and Chooch Pickard of the Coliseum Coalition

StoryBoard News Board February 12, 2020 No Comments

Is 2020 the year when we will see an indoor event in the Mid-South Coliseum? The Coliseum has been empty since 2006, when “Memphis was…

Literature

Black Lives Matter Book Reviews Civil Rights Movement Historical Perspectives Literature Memphis History

The Not-So-Open Road

Chapter16 Reviews June 2, 2020 No Comments

Candacy Taylor documents the revolutionary guide that helped black travelers navigate a segregated America Originally published February, 2020. Feature image: mirrored images of the message…

Pictures of a Life

Chapter16 Reviews May 21, 2020 No Comments

In Richard Alley’s Amelia Thorn, a woman of her time becomes a woman ahead of her time By Faye Jones, for Chapter16 Memphis writer and editor…

History

COVID Stories History Memphis History Wayne Dowdy's Dateline Memphis

Dateline: Memphis May 27 2020

Wayne Dowdy May 29, 2020 No Comments

By Wayne Dowdy In another letter to Colonel John McLeod Keating, managing editor of the Memphis Daily Appeal during the 1878 yellow fever epidemic, your…

Wayne Dowdy’s Dateline, Memphis: May 1897. Spirits, Sightings, May-hem

Wayne Dowdy May 17, 2020 No Comments

Your correspondent takes you to points across the city including Beale Street, the Criminal Courts, Odd Fellows Hall, the Lyceum Theater, and Virginia Avenue, where…

Opinion

Community COVID Stories Education K-12 Featured Story Opinion

A Retirement This School Teacher Didn’t Count On

Mark Scott May 29, 2020 No Comments

By Mark Scott I began this school year with a Facebook post showing me arriving early. As usual. To an empty parking lot. On the…

What We Miss: Memorializing This Holiday Weekend

Mark Fleischer May 22, 2020 No Comments

This is the holiday weekend I would look forward to for months. We have a few war veterans in our family who have passed, and…

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Eva's SCRUMBLES Game Board StoryBoard Media Partners

Tales for Tots Time

Eva Guggenheim May 15, 2020 No Comments

Eva’s SCRUMBLES can be downloaded and printed for your scrumbled pleasure. Scrumbling for answers? They are here:

“You vermin better watch out!”

Eva Guggenheim April 9, 2020 No Comments

Eva’s SCRUMBLES can be downloaded and printed for your scrumbled pleasure.

Arts

Arts Happenings Around Town Memphis Pastimes

Orpheum Announces Revised 2020-21 Broadway Season Update for Come From Away

Kristin Bennett May 29, 2020 No Comments

Through a letter from President & CEO Brett Batterson to ticket holders, the Orpheum Theatre Group announced a revised schedule for the previously announced ’20-21…

UrbanArt Commission issues calls for artists, offers relief for artists in need

High Ground News May 14, 2020 No Comments

By Cole Bradley, for High Ground News UrbanArt Commission has been busy during the COVID-19 pandemic. They’ve created a relief fund for artists, announced finalists…