Story and images by Ken Billett Gorgeous blue-green waters shimmered in the afternoon sun. Waves, churned by outboard motors and a relentless wind, lapped against…
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East End Park: Memphis’s First Amusement Park
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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Solidarity Now! 1968 Poor People’s Campaign at National Civil Rights Museum
The Poor People’s Campaign, one of the lesser known aspects of the 1960s Civil Rights Movement, is the focus of a new Smithsonian Institution traveling…
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2022 International Blues Challenge: Hey, Hey, The Blues is All Right
Elijah Boone strummed a chord on his acoustic guitar and then kicked off his set at Ghost River Brewing Company’s Beale Street taproom and beer…
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Quinceañera Exhibit at the Dixon: A Sweet Celebration
Passing through two of the Dixon Gallery & Gardens’ Sweet 16 exhibits – an ambitious and successful bid to fill all 16 of the museum’s…
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Cooper-Young Community Farmers Market: More Than a Market
“There’s so much more to this than just a market” Sarah Turner, Market Manager for the CYCFM The Cooper-Young Community Farmers Market (CYCFG) is a…
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Watch and Read the Winning Tom Lee Poetry Contest Works
Tom Lee Poetry Contest Winners On Friday, May 6, 2022, the Memphis River Parks Partnership recognized the winners of the inaugural Tom Lee Poetry and…
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Becoming a Writer: Anyone Can Reclaim that Bit of Childhood
Anyone can be a writer. Really. We are all writing stories in our heads everyday anyway. All you must do to be a writer is…
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School Bike Rack Solutions for Parents from Commute Options
Memphis has several neighborhood schools with families living within a mile or two of the building. For these families, bicycling to school can be a…
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Memphis Labyrinths: Walking to Feel the Way I Feel
First Time Walking a Labyrinth I didn’t anticipate that my first trip to a labyrinth would become a race between grade schoolers, but Laura McArtor,…
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