If you missed part 1 of the history of Playhouse on the Square, you can read it here. Spring 1969: First Brushes with Celebrity As…
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“Dinner With Dorothy.” A fundraiser for the Dorothy Day House, September 9-10
Inspired by activist Dorothy Day, Dorothy Day House – the nonprofit ministry that provides support services and temporary housing for homeless families in Memphis across…
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2nd Annual Mighty Roots Music Festival
New Talent Additions / Poster Design Unveiled / Call for Volunteers STOVALL, MS., August 14, 2022 – Mississippi’s newest and fastest growing Americana Festival, The…
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Back Live: Central Gardens 46th Annual Home and Garden Tour Returns Sunday, September 11
Region’s Best Architectural Event Back Live After COVID Pause The Central Gardens Association is thrilled to welcome neighbors and friends from around the region back…
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Fall Lineup for Overton Park Shell: Orion Free Music Series, Shell Yeah! Benefit Concerts
Pre-Show Series, programmed by Memphis Black Arts Alliance September 2 will mark the return of the Orion Free Music Concert Series and the Pre-Show Series…
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A Fall Lineup of Stories and Music: GPAC Unveils New Shows starting in September
In a lineup that offers great country music, an evening of intimate stories by the piano, some good ol’ musical collisions of rock ‘n’ roll,…
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Board to Beers: Time for a New Game?
When was the last time you played a brand new board game? Was it Monopoly? Battleship? Scrabble? Time to change all that! There is a…
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The Circuit Players: Playhouse on the Square History, Part 1
1963: First Steps As students at Overton High School, Walter Slaughter and Jackie Nichols frequently worked on school productions together. But in the summer of…
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Equality Trailblazers Monument: “A Gift to the City”
This article originally appeared in Volume I, Issue II of StoryBoard Memphis Quarterly in March 2022. Memphis’s newest monument is a testament to the years suffragists fought…
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The Photograph: A New Perspective of the Emmett Till Trial
“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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