Words and photos by Ken Billett April 16, 2021, 12:10 pm—Today’s adventure starts at The Blue Biscuit in Indianola, Mississippi. The Biscuit is a funky…
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Soulsville Charter School recognized for ongoing poverty-fighting efforts
With an investment of $110,000, Slingshot Memphis’ independent study validates the school’s impact in fighting poverty The Soulsville Charter School announced today that its poverty-fighting…
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Words and Photos by Ken Billett April 16, 2021, 7:15 am—A crop-duster, probably no more than one hundred feet or so above, buzzes over our…
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StoryBoard comes to life, streaming on Memphis Centric, in time for summer viewing In time for summer, STORYBOARD MEMPHIS comes to streaming television exclusively on…
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With its first exhibit being unveiled Saturday, April 24, the new program honors and promotes engagement with the rich rural history of Southwest Tennessee As…
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A love-letter to the place where StoryBoard was born By Mark Fleischer I really didn’t think I would shed any tears. Not that I’m not…
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By Candace Echols It’s Easter weekend, and I’m a Christian. Typing that statement still fills me with angst. Not because of Christ, no, but because of…
Read More A Christian Responds to an Atheist on Good FridayDateline, Boxtown: Memphis, March 17, 2021
Your correspondent returns after witnessing a healthy community resistance A lot has happened since last I shared my thoughts with you. Insurrectionists and white supremacists…
Read More Dateline, Boxtown: Memphis, March 17, 2021DIG Memphis Mysteries: Where in Memphis is this?
DIG Memphis Mysteries brings out the digital Memphis sleuth in all of us In April of 2020, as pandemic isolation was taking a firm hold…
Read More DIG Memphis Mysteries: Where in Memphis is this?‘It’s Too Late to Tinker’ With Expressway Route
In the year of its 50th anniversary, a look back at the headlines, development and lingering aftermath of the epic, 1971 Citizens to Preserve Overton…
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