“Don’t Tear Down the Malco!” Urban renewal threats spark looks back at a rich history Urban renewal had crept its way to Beale Street. At…
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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.
‘ANARCHY IN MEMPHIS’ Looking Back At The Infamous 1978 Fire (and Police) Department Strikes
A half-mile away, a two-alarm blaze was consuming the library on Vance. Once known as the “colored branch,” the Vance Library was the prime repository…
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Lament for a lost diner
For this writer, when the day comes and if I have a choice of a last meal, I want it to be in a diner…
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Revisited: Introduction to An (almost) Lost History of The Orpheum
In a summer-long series in honor of its 95th birthday, StoryBoard revisits an era when Memphis almost lost its last great theatre palace: its struggles…
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Talking Death, Life, and Angels with author Susan Cushman
The author will be on hand to discuss her new book and introduce some of the contributors next Tuesday, June 20, at Novel Memphis When…
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THIS SUMMER: Revisited, the Hidden History of the Orpheum
In a summer-long series in honor of its 95th birthday, StoryBoard revisits an era when Memphis almost lost its last great theatre palace: its survival…
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Submissions EXTENDED! StoryBoard Shorts, Doc Fest moved to April, 2024
Not ready for Cannes, Sundance or Indie Memphis? There are first times for every filmmaker. The first time picking up a camera. The first time…
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Painted & Tainted: A primer on why painting exposed brick can damage your historic home
Also, solid advice for homeowners on alternatives to painting brick when that newer brick doesn’t quite match the older Updated in May, 2023, this article…
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The Basement is Open: the First Set of Items out of the A. Schwab Collection to be Released
A. Schwab, DIG Memphis, and StoryBoard Memphis release the first few thousand digitally scanned items from the A. Schwab Collection with a Digital Scavenger Hunt…
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POSTPONED: Beale Street Original A. Schwab Dry Goods Store to Receive a Beale Street Brass Note
The store’s Brass Note set for ceremony Saturday, May 6 at 1:00PM on the Blues Stage in Handy Park has been postponed A. Schwab Dry Goods,…
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