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…
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Coming apart, and back together, with William Luke White
White’s eponymous solo debut from Nine Mile Records echoes the times By Shannon Seaton, for StoryBoard’s SoundBoard Inspiration is so often driven by challenge. Sometimes…
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Wayne Dowdy’s Dateline: Memphis, September 30, 2020
By G. Wayne Dowdy Your correspondent reflects on the differences and similarities between the Covid-19 pandemic and World War II in another letter to Colonel…
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Burke’s Books: The State of the Store, News and Whatnot
From our friends at Burke’s Books The store is now open to the public. We are requiring that all customers wear a mask when entering.…
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Epicenter President and CEO Leslie Smith Stepping Down
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (Sept. 16, 2020) – Epicenter announced today that Leslie Lynn Smith, founding president and CEO, is stepping down to lead a new national…
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Art Review: “Regarding the Pain and Celebration of Others”
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…
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Women’s Suffrage in Memphis and Beyond
We celebrate Women’s Equality Day on August 26th to commemorate Colby’s certification of the Nineteenth Amendment, but for many Americans, August 18th was the day…
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Shining a light on our neighborhoods, and our grassroots leaders
NPI’s Summit Awards for Grassroots & Neighborhood Leaders Set for an Online Ceremony August 28 By Jeff Hulett, with Mark Fleischer An unsung hero of…
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Gordon School: An Episode from Memphis, Part II
Two of the Memphis 13, and Four Periods of Desegregation in the Shelby County School System WITNESSES TO HISTORY By Sophia Mason Gordon School: An Episode…
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The Eviction Crisis
Stormy days are ahead unless we do something “I think if we want our recovery from the growing eviction issue to look the way we…
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