First Time Walking a Labyrinth I didn’t anticipate that my first trip to a labyrinth would become a race between grade schoolers, but Laura McArtor,…
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Author: Caroline Carrico
RINGS!: Creative Beacons on Display at the Metal Museum
In the second-floor gallery of the National Ornamental Metal Museum, light glints off the wearable art arranged in a series of long, low cases. RINGS!…
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Free Little Art Gallery: Creative Placemaking in Joffre
It can be easy to miss Memphis’s first, and currently only, Free Little Art Gallery & Free Little Zine Library (FLAG and FLZL, respectively). From…
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Before the Tigers: The First University of Memphis
The University of Memphis, with its multiple campuses, R1 research designation, and high achieving NCAA Division 1 sports program, is an anchor in the Memphis…
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Let Leaves of Three Be: A Poison Ivy Primer
Let Leaves of Three Be: A Poison Ivy Primer A gnawing need to scratch. Raised welts that somehow sting and itch simultaneously. Absentminded scraping across…
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Who Is The Hiker & Why Is He There?
This article originally appeared in Volume I, Issue I of StoryBoard Memphis Quarterly in November 2021. Looking out over the Central and East Parkway intersection, tucked back…
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A. Schwab Project Receives SHARP Grant
StoryBoard Memphis is thrilled to announce that we have received a SHARP grant from Humanities Tennessee and the National Endowment for the Humanities for the…
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Fire and Ice: Ice Storm 2022
Fire and Ice: Ice Storm 2022 “We are all fine. Our house is not.” I have texted, emailed, and repeated those words in my heart…
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East Buntyn: Historic Neighborhood in the Center of Memphis
East Buntyn Historic District Neighborhood East Buntyn is a well-defined and compact neighborhood bounded by Greer Street, Central Avenue, Highland Street, and Southern Avenue. The…
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Gayoso Bayou and Catfish Bay: Where are They Now?
Beginning as an open floodway and transformed to an underground drainage system, Gayoso Bayou has become one of Memphis’s hidden waterways. “Bayou” can either refer…
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