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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Huntsville, Alabama: Let’s Rocket
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…
Read More Flowers and Writing: A Paperback ReflectionThat Memphis Photographer: How Ernest Withers captured THE photo of the Emmett Till murder trial
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 trialThe Story Behind the Picture: A Discovery in Plain Site
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.…
Read More The Story Behind the Picture: A Discovery in Plain SiteMetal Museum forges togetherness at 44th Annual Repair Days
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…
Read More Metal Museum forges togetherness at 44th Annual Repair DaysUnion Street: A Thoroughfare and a Boundary, 1830 – 1850
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…
Read More Union Street: A Thoroughfare and a Boundary, 1830 – 1850Elliott Schwab Interview: The A. Schwab Project
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…
Read More Elliott Schwab Interview: The A. Schwab ProjectSports journalist Geoff Calkins to moderate discussion on the state of Memphis sports
Memphis Library Foundation hosts a panel to discuss state of Memphis sports community, moderated by journalist Geoff Calkins The Memphis Library Foundation is hosting its…
Read More Sports journalist Geoff Calkins to moderate discussion on the state of Memphis sportsCLOUD901: Teens Creating, Connecting, and Chilling at the Public Library
This article originally appeared in Volume I, Issue III of StoryBoard Memphis Quarterly in July 2022. As an artistic teen, East High School senior Tashi Richmond is…
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