“I want StoryBoard to be a sanctuary. A respite from everything we see daily on the news and from the vitriol of FaceBook. However you…
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Author: Mark Fleischer
I was a career consultant and communications specialist in the payroll industry until moving from southern California to Memphis in late 2015. The Bluff City gave me a new start in the second half of my career, gifting me with a chance to return to my childhood fascinations with cities and my college passions in writing, theater, film, and storytelling, all the while allowing me to use my experience working with people, in consulting, teaching and communications, to bring a new voice to Memphis. This may be my first venture into multi-media publishing, but Life and Place - Memphis - gave me all the prep and tools I need.
Central Gardens’ History – Celebrating Fifty Years as a Neighborhood Association
(A version of this appears in the Central Gardens January Newsletter ) 2017 marks the 50th anniversary of the Central Gardens Neighborhood Association. And for their…
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Welcome to StoryBoard Memphis
What Makes Memphis, Memphis? “StoryBoard uses collaborative storytelling to continually ask the central question: What Makes Memphis, Memphis? In re-examining Memphis’ glorious and painful pasts,…
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“Madison is one of the last, walkable streets of its kind that we have left.” That’s what June West of Memphis Heritage told me when…
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My Own Private Memphis
All over the country, and the world, people have unique and personal connections to their cities, their neighborhoods. Their connections are often surface-level. Maybe it’s…
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