Elijah Boone strummed a chord on his acoustic guitar and then kicked off his set at Ghost River Brewing Company’s Beale Street taproom and beer…
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Becoming a Writer: Anyone Can Reclaim that Bit of Childhood
Anyone can be a writer. Really. We are all writing stories in our heads everyday anyway. All you must do to be a writer is…
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Cooper-Young Porchfest 2022: A Musical Mecca
Words and photographs by Ken Billett Seated on the patio at Celtic Crossing, we placed our drink orders, then sat back to enjoy a warm,…
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Grizzlies Playoffs: Sehnsucht, or Joy that Feels Like Longing
Germans have a word for those brief moments that prompt indescribable longing: Sehnsucht. Creatives point to music, art, and beauty as the spaces in which…
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Sweet to Cut the Salt around the Family Table
The family table has been lauded for years as a solid place to start when it comes to raising kids. Apparently, children who regularly eat…
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Easter: A Net with Weaving That Holds
I started writing this piece on Monday—the day it was due. I wrote one paragraph when the news of a death in our community came…
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Heartbeat Restored
Prior to November 2021, the last printed version of StoryBoard Memphis was in August 2019 – which was also the last time I saw my…
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Love For City: A day game at AutoZone Park
Still a Field of Dreams, Redbirds baseball at AutoZone Park never fails to inspire joy, nostalgia, and the renewals of spring The crack of the…
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Finite Bits of Beauty
Sometimes, I am tempted to stop a stranger in the grocery store, look them deep in the eye, and beg for an answer: “Why must…
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River of Tulips — A Photo Essay
River of Tulips — A Photo Essay Words and pictures by Ken Billett On Friday afternoon, April 1, Emily and I walked along a dusty…
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