A True Christmas Message It starts unassumingly enough, with snowflakes lightly falling backed by the twinkling keys of what is one of the most celebrated jazz…
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The news came in December 1915, that one of cinema’s most infamous films – which exalted, glorified and stoked white supremacy – was soon coming…
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“When we think of homelessness, we picture someone who is barely surviving in this world. Homelessness is the most visible form of the ways in…
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It’s rare these days – and all the more warm and wonderful when it does happen – that we get to experience something wholly fresh…
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A jarring telephone ring at 5:30 AM startled businessman Abe Plough awake. On the other end was Clarence Henochsberg, assistant cashier and popular teller at…
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The Metal Museum was recently awarded a $198,051 Museums for America matching grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) to conduct its…
Read More Metal Museum awarded $198k federal grant to take stock of vast collectionGratitude for Home & Learning: Stories, Memories, and Thanks, from Literacy Mid-South
A group of learner participants in Literacy Mid-South programs reflect on personal struggles, life-long learning, and life itself The roots of their struggles are wide-ranging,…
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In 1877, Memphis didn’t have trolleys. It had no elevators. Memphis didn’t even have a single bridge that crossed the Mississippi River – but it…
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This article originally appeared in Volume I, Issue III of StoryBoard Memphis Quarterly in July 2022. In late 1796, Chickasaw Chief Ugulayacabé (you-guh-lah yock-uh-bee) appeared at Fort…
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1975: New Look, New Logo The Playhouse on the Square logo may have an Art Nouveau vibe, but it was in fact designed in 1975…
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