The most useful interpretations of the past make history relevant and accessible to wide audiences. When authors use well-researched facts about Memphis’s complex history as…
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Downtown Memphis: All Grown Up
Chris Johnson serenaded us with a smooth distinct voice that, at one time, captured the hearts of American Idol fans around the country. Chris wasn’t…
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A Pipeline & A Pandemic: Graphic Essay by Mikhaila Markham
This article originally appeared in Volume I, Issue II of StoryBoard Memphis Quarterly in March 2022. Funding for this project made possible by the Tennessee Arts Commission’s COVID-19…
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Memphis River Parks Partnership – Bringing Biodiversity to the River
Plants, Pollinators, and Programming at the Memphis River Parks Partnership At the new Pollinator Pod near Beale Street Landing on what promised to be a…
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Memphis Hip-Hop: Rediscovering a Legacy at WYXR’s Stereo Sessions
WYXR Stereo Sessions: The Antidote “How do we keep this going? How do we do this smart?” asked host Jared “Jay B” Boyd to close…
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A. Schwab Archives: Box 1 Finds and Theories
This article originally appeared in Volume I, Issue II of StoryBoard Memphis Quarterly in March 2022. As I stood in the basement at A. Schwab looking over…
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LITE Memphis: Creating Wealth through Entrepreneurship
“LITE Memphis is the opportunity.” – Terini Dewberry, LITE Memphis program alumni and current coach/mentor Terini Dewberry joined LITE Memphis during her last semester of…
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Thomas Campbell solo exhibit Corollary at the Metal Museum
Inside the Keeler Gallery – the first exhibition space behind the Metal Museum’s visitor desk – large, curving steel sculptures hang on walls and sit…
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Annesdale Park: A Subdivision with a Watermelon Legacy
This story was originally published in StoryBoard Memphis in November 2018 By Cathy Winterburn & Annesdale Park Archives “When the next history of the city…
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Exit 56 Blues Fest: Real, Genuine, and Authentic
Words and photos by Ken Billett I navigated my way through a good-sized crowd that occupied lawn chairs, camping chairs, and a couple of wooden…
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