A True Christmas Message It starts unassumingly enough, with snowflakes lightly falling backed by the twinkling keys of what is one of the most celebrated jazz…
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No Place Like Home: Playhouse’s THE WIZARD OF OZ Brings Joy & Memories
It’s rare these days – and all the more warm and wonderful when it does happen – that we get to experience something wholly fresh…
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A group of learner participants in Literacy Mid-South programs reflect on personal struggles, life-long learning, and life itself The roots of their struggles are wide-ranging,…
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photos by Mark Fleischer It came to us with a built-in headline and a dose of skepticism: “Ernest Withers at the Till Trial.” Instantly intriguing.…
Read More The Story Behind the Picture: A Discovery in Plain SiteBeauty that’s more than bark deep: improving Madison Avenue with more street trees
Midtown Project to plant trees to improve and beautify Madison Avenue “Summer is Hot, but the Shade is Cool,” says MidtownMemphis.org’s project, aimed at improving…
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REVIEW: A romping musical about musicals, SOMETHING ROTTEN! is the perfect production to ring in the 54th season of Playhouse on the Square Welcome to…
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“That Memphis Photographer” captures courage in the face of white supremacy This is THE image. The only image – strategically snuck in with courage and…
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John Thomas “Tommy” Lambert, Jr. November 2, 1924 – June 12, 2022 John Thomas “Tommy” Lambert, Jr., World War II veteran, husband, father, grandfather, great…
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East End Park has a mythical quality about it. Where was it? When was it? Are you sure that it was in Memphis? Was there a roller coaster there,…
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Still a Field of Dreams, Redbirds baseball at AutoZone Park never fails to inspire joy, nostalgia, and the renewals of spring The crack of the…
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