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.

Sound Board

My Memphis Music Challenge: Elvis and Memphis by way of, click-click, 8-track tape

Mark Fleischer October 15, 2020 I Love Memphis Blog MemphisMusicChallenge

The publisher recalls his first brush with Elvis and Sun, through his father’s eight-tracks By Mark Fleischer Growing up in Southern California, I don’t have…

Community Featured Story Sound Board

Memphis, What’s your Memphis music story? Tell us!

Mark Fleischer October 8, 2020 Memphis Music Month Music Challenge

For this October’s Memphis Music Month, StoryBoard asks our audience to share their music stories and memories If you’re a fan of Memphis music, chances…

Community Featured Story Planning & Urbanism

Lamar Avenue Rezoning, Neighborhood Revitalization

Mark Fleischer October 7, 2020 Lamar Avenue Neighborhood Preservation Inc.Rezoning Summer Avenue Union Avenue

Planning leaders discuss the rezoning of this auto-centric corridor and new approaches to improving livability along major commercial thoroughfares like Lamar, including Summer and Union…

Community Neighborhoods

Alcy-Ball: Blight a first step to transforming the community

Mark Fleischer October 2, 2020 Blight Authority of Memphis Memphis Fights Blight

Friday, October 2nd, Alcy-Ball, Memphis – In the crisp cool air of a bright fall morning and with the static hum of the I-240 nearby,…

Neighborhoods Personal Narrative

Home Tour Detour: Hidden gems in Central Gardens

Mark Fleischer September 16, 2020 Central Gardens Central Gardens Home & Garden Tour Home Tour Detour Midtown

“Selfie” homes help highlight the neighborhood’s diverse architectural styles, hidden gems and landmarks alike Jim Williamson, in his introduction to the neighborhood’s architectural guide Central…

Arts Community Featured Story

Art Review: “Regarding the Pain and Celebration of Others”

Mark Fleischer September 2, 2020 Dave Mason Online Exhibit Photography Sophia Mason

The Photographs of Dave Mason Curated by Sophia Mason Writer and philosopher Susan Sontag once told us that a picture alone doesn’t speak for itself…

History Planning & Urbanism

Union Avenue Anthology. Part I, The Plan of Memphis: 1783-1827

Mark Fleischer August 2, 2020 Streetscapes Union Avenue Union Avenue Anthology

A History of Memphis’ Most Maligned Street “The past is never dead. It’s not even past.” William Faulkner’s famous line, from his 1951 novel Requiem…

Featured Story History Opinion

An Integrated, United Independence

Mark Fleischer July 3, 2020 Black Lives Matter July 4th Juneteenth

ORIGINALLY PUBLISHED JULY 3, 2020: A cohesive, book-ended 16-day celebration of unified American Independence starting on June 19th and culminating on July 4th could be…

Community

WCS & NPI: Partnering to remove systemic obstacles that affect students’ lives, communities, and families.

Mark Fleischer June 18, 2020 Klondike Smokey City Neighborhood Preservation Inc.Whole Child Strategies

Whole Child Strategies partners with Neighborhood Preservation, Inc. in a shared commitment to resolving the systemic barriers to equality in Memphis neighborhoods. Feature photo: Student…

Featured Story Opinion

For What It’s Worth

Mark Fleischer June 12, 2020 1960s Black Lives Matter Protest Songs Protests

By Mark Fleischer, StoryBoard Publisher There’s somethin’ happenin’ here, what it is ain’t exactly clear.There’s a man with a gun over there, tellin’ me I…