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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This article originally appeared in Volume I, Issue III of StoryBoard Memphis Quarterly in July 2022. A group of strangers sit down in front of a screen.…
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Words and Photos by Ken Billett Along a tree-lined brick sidewalk, a stylized Darth Vader loomed over R2-D2, both metal sculptures securely bolted to an…
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This article originally appeared in Volume I, Issue III of StoryBoard Memphis Quarterly in July 2022. Authors of books get all the glory. I understand why. There’s…
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By David Mason There was just the slightest tik when it happened. No one noticed. On Wednesday, September 21, 1955, the reverend Mose Wright, sixty-four…
Read More That Memphis Photographer: How Ernest Withers captured THE photo of the Emmett Till murder trial
photos by Mark Fleischer It came to us with a built-in headline and a dose of skepticism: “Ernest Withers at the Till Trial.” Instantly intriguing.…
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October 20-23 event invites visitors to bring in broken metal objects for mending, experience metalsmithing at Family Fun Day, join the Dinner + Auction to…
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This article originally appeared in Volume I, Issue III of StoryBoard Memphis Quarterly in July 2022. Union as a Street In the 1830s, Memphis was a fledgling…
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This article originally appeared in Volume I, Issue III of StoryBoard Memphis Quarterly in the summer of 2022. If you walk through A. Schwab’s doors, take a…
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