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Black Lives Matter Civil Rights Movement Featured Story From The Editor Opinion

An Integrated, United Independence

Mark Fleischer July 3, 2020 No Comments Black Lives MatterJuly 4thJuneteenth

A cohesive, book-ended 16-day celebration of unified American Independence starting on June 19th and culminating on July 4th could be something meaningful, for all, to celebrate. …

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Black Lives Matter Featured Story From The Editor Opinion

For What It’s Worth

Mark Fleischer June 12, 2020 No Comments 1960sBlack Lives MatterProtest SongsProtests

By Mark Fleischer, StoryBoard Publisher There’s somethin’ happenin’ here, what it is ain’t exactly clear.There’s a man with a gun over there, tellin’ me I…

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Black Lives Matter Featured Story From The Editor Opinion

And what is it that America has failed to hear?

Mark Fleischer June 5, 2020 4 Comments Black Lives MatterDr. Martin Luther King Jr.

“White Allies: Show Yourselves” By Mark Fleischer, StoryBoard Publisher “White allies, show yourselves.” “White people need to be speaking to white people right now.“ On…

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Be a StoryBoard Sponsor & Help Us Continue Into 2020

Mark Fleischer December 27, 2019 No Comments ContributorsGivingSponsorshipsSupporting StoryBoard

BE A CONTRIBUTOR! StoryBoard Memphis relies on your contributions and support to sustain print and its outreach in the community. Help us into 2020 by…

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A 2019 Thank-You from StoryBoard

Mark Fleischer December 23, 2019 No Comments CommmunityDigital NewspapersJournalismLocal JournalismNews DesertsNewspaperPrint Journalism

STORIES. IDEAS. CONNECTIONS. COMMUNITY “The fate of communities and the vitality of local news are intrinsically linked,” and yet “there are hundreds – if not…

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This Is Our Last Print Issue … In Kroger*

Mark Fleischer September 11, 2019 No Comments Cooper-YoungCooper-Young Community AssociationKrogerLampLighterNeighborhoodsPrintPrint EditionSocial ContractWalkabilityWalkable Neighborhood

By Mark Fleischer Dear readers, This is our last print issue… in Kroger stores that is. More on that later. Meanwhile, I am happy to…

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Childhood Impressions Cut Deep

Mark Fleischer June 10, 2019 No Comments Childhood TraumaHopeShared ProsperityTrauma

One Halloween when I was five or six, a rumor went around, shared by a couple of neighborhood kids, that some house was passing out…

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Welcome to The Equitable Issue

Mark Fleischer April 6, 2019 No Comments Bathgate AvenueBeale StreetCrotona ParkEast 175th StreetEast TremontFederal Highway FundsManhattanMindy FulliloveRobert MosesRoot ShockSlum ClearanceThe BronxThird Avenue ElUrban RenewalVance-Pontotoc

“You never really know a man until you understand things from his point of view, until you climb into his skin and walk around in…

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The Green Issue. It’s Not Easy Being Green

Mark Fleischer March 1, 2019 No Comments BBQ FestGreenMemphis in MayMud Island MonorailMusic FestPyramidRiverside DriveSeinfeldTom CruiseTom Lee Park

It’s not easy being green. ~Kermit the Frog Think back on your favorite long-running sitcom. Got it? Now think back on the very first episode…

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The Accidental Wisdom of the Heart

Candace Echols January 15, 2021 No Comments

More in The Yellow Chair ChronEchols By Candace Echols Elizabeth Stone once said, “Making the decision to have a child — it is momentous. It…

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Shuddh Desi Radio brings unity and the sounds of India to listeners

Arijit Basu December 23, 2020 No Comments

Desis’ love to hear, listen and speak about Shuddh Desi Radio – “Pure Desi” – in the foreign land By Arijit Basu In the heart…

Neighborhoods

Featured Story Medical District Neighborhoods Planning & Urbanism Smart City Memphis Tributes

Tributes: Tommy Pacello

Tom Jones November 18, 2020 No Comments

Editor’s Note: My thoughts echo what Tom Jones so eloquently says here, that some deaths make the world stop. Like many in Memphis, I knew…

Community Featured Story Midtown Overton Park Planning & Urbanism Planning Board Urban Design Review Board

Thru Nov. 30, Overton Park Conservancy seeks public input with park’s east side “Zone 1” planning effort

Urban Design Review Board November 10, 2020 No Comments

This month, the Overton Park Conservancy (OPC) is asking for public input as the group continues the comprehensive planning effort that began in 2018. “It’s…

Planning & Urbanism

Featured Story Medical District Neighborhoods Planning & Urbanism Smart City Memphis Tributes

Tributes: Tommy Pacello

Tom Jones November 18, 2020 No Comments

Editor’s Note: My thoughts echo what Tom Jones so eloquently says here, that some deaths make the world stop. Like many in Memphis, I knew…

Community Featured Story Midtown Overton Park Planning & Urbanism Planning Board Urban Design Review Board

Thru Nov. 30, Overton Park Conservancy seeks public input with park’s east side “Zone 1” planning effort

Urban Design Review Board November 10, 2020 No Comments

This month, the Overton Park Conservancy (OPC) is asking for public input as the group continues the comprehensive planning effort that began in 2018. “It’s…

Preservation

Black Lives Matter Civil Rights Movement Featured Story Inspirations Preservation Renovations - Reuse and Restoration

The Sacred and the Vulnerable in the Clayborn Temple

Margot Payne January 14, 2021 No Comments

Clayborn Reborn From the Archives: Originally published in May, 2019 By Margot Payne Sometimes it takes decay, or the near total loss of a tangible…

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The Orpheum Welcomes Back the Mighty Wurlitzer Organ

StoryBoard News Board October 29, 2020 No Comments

Free Limited Capacity Homecoming Event on November 19 MEMPHIS, TN – After over a year of undergoing a complete restoration by JL Weiler Inc. in…

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Community Literature Personal Narratives Yellow Chair ChronEchols

The Accidental Wisdom of the Heart

Candace Echols January 15, 2021 No Comments

More in The Yellow Chair ChronEchols By Candace Echols Elizabeth Stone once said, “Making the decision to have a child — it is momentous. It…

Essays Featured Story Lifestyle Literature Opinion Personal Narratives Yellow Chair ChronEchols

Turning down the noise and slowing down time in search of something called wisdom

Candace Echols January 9, 2021 No Comments

StoryBoard debuts the Yellow Chair ChronEchols By Candace Echols Sometimes, news images have the odd effect of making me feel young and old at the…

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MaDear’s Scrapbook

Chapter16 Community December 23, 2020 No Comments

A granddaughter discovers an unexpected legacy of memories, questions, and untold stories By Lori D. Johnson for Chapter16.org For years, I thought I was the…

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The Long Road to Discovery of Angel’s Glow

John Matthews December 23, 2020 No Comments

By John Matthews The recently-released Coronavirus vaccine is being hailed as nothing short of a medical miracle due to the speed of its development. In…

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Turning down the noise and slowing down time in search of something called wisdom

Candace Echols January 9, 2021 No Comments

StoryBoard debuts the Yellow Chair ChronEchols By Candace Echols Sometimes, news images have the odd effect of making me feel young and old at the…

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A Vision for the Nylon Net Building, #7 Vance

Preservation Board October 27, 2020 1 Comment

UPDATED 11/10: With a demolition permit now filed, StoryBoard joins the building’s former owner to discuss the building and imagines possible re-uses for it UPDATED:…

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Here Lies The Virus

Eva Guggenheim July 17, 2020 No Comments

Eva’s SCRUMBLES can be downloaded and printed for your scrumbled pleasure.  Can’t scrumble-up the answer? All your answers can be found here.

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Bagpipe Player Wanted

Eva Guggenheim June 11, 2020 No Comments

Eva’s SCRUMBLES can be downloaded and printed for your scrumbled pleasure. Scrumbling for answers? They can be found here.

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A Season of Safety – Ballet Memphis brings THE NUTCRACKER to your living rooms for the holidays

Arts Board December 8, 2020 No Comments

A filmed version of the holiday classic, Nutcracker: a Gift from Ballet Memphis, premiers this Friday December 11th at 8pm on WKNO and WKNO2 In…

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ArtsMemphis holds annual ‘Art by Design’ fundraiser as Pop Up Market Dec. 4 & 5

Arts Board December 4, 2020 No Comments

Pop Up Market today and Saturday 10am to 4pm at ArtsMemphis’ gallery showroom, 575 S. Mendenhall, 38117 From ArtsMemphis: Feature image Missy Steffens/M.Steffens Interiors, photo…

Lifestyle

Community Literature Personal Narratives Yellow Chair ChronEchols

The Accidental Wisdom of the Heart

Candace Echols January 15, 2021 No Comments

More in The Yellow Chair ChronEchols By Candace Echols Elizabeth Stone once said, “Making the decision to have a child — it is momentous. It…

Essays Featured Story Lifestyle Literature Opinion Personal Narratives Yellow Chair ChronEchols

Turning down the noise and slowing down time in search of something called wisdom

Candace Echols January 9, 2021 No Comments

StoryBoard debuts the Yellow Chair ChronEchols By Candace Echols Sometimes, news images have the odd effect of making me feel young and old at the…

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‘Jaws’ and Dinosaurs on the Giant Screen: Pink Palace Museum Theater and Planetarium to Reopen July 21

Bill Walsh July 15, 2020 No Comments

Limited seating and COVID-19 protocols part of reopening The Pink Palace Museum announces the reopening of the CTI Giant Screen Theater and AutoZone Dome Planetarium…

Film Board Op Ed Opinion

BLUFF CITY LAW – A Look Back

Austin McLellan November 26, 2019 No Comments

No grit, no grind, no hustle, no flow. OP-ED CORNER By Austin McLellan Like everyone else in these parts, I was excited when NBC’s Bluff City…

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Write Like I’m Hungry

Chapter16 Community January 9, 2021 No Comments

Unlikely Angel delves into Dolly Parton’s formidable skill as a songwriter By Emily Choate, for Chapter16.org In recent years, Dolly Parton seems to have appeared in…

Book Reviews Books Literature Sound Board

This Is How I Saved Myself

Chapter16 Community January 8, 2021 No Comments

Tina Turner shares her spiritual practice of 50 years By Tina Chambers, for Chapter16.org In Tina Turner’s new book, Happiness Becomes You, she advises readers to ask…

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