Mixed-use space to Open in 2023 The Northside High School building on Vollintine Avenue has been without a school for years. Earlier in 2020, the…
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Arrow Creative unveils new home, off ‘Creative’ Central
This week StoryBoard got a sneak peek and tour of Arrow Creative’s new artist studio space and marketplace at 653 Philadelphia Street, just south of…
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Stax in my Soul
By Ken Billett On a warm Saturday afternoon in late May, my birthday week celebration came to an end at the Stax Museum of American…
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Arriving and leaving, it wasn’t his dream
By Mark Allen Scott The first week of May has always been important in our household. It’s a birthday of sorts. Actually, two birthdays. Both…
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Thanks for the memories Bhan Thai
A faithful patron says goodbye to a beloved Midtown staple By Mark Parsell Bhan Thai would have celebrated 19 years before it’s announced closing last…
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Sneak peek: inside the Cooper-Young Garden Walk
Recently StoryBoard got a sneak peek into this year’s Cooper-Young Garden Walk. Don’t miss out! May 15-16, 2021. Tickets at Cooper-Young Garden Club: https://www.cooperyounggardenclub.org Or…
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Soulsville Charter School recognized for ongoing poverty-fighting efforts
With an investment of $110,000, Slingshot Memphis’ independent study validates the school’s impact in fighting poverty The Soulsville Charter School announced today that its poverty-fighting…
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Dateline, Boxtown: Memphis, March 17, 2021
Your correspondent returns after witnessing a healthy community resistance A lot has happened since last I shared my thoughts with you. Insurrectionists and white supremacists…
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‘It’s Too Late to Tinker’ With Expressway Route
In the year of its 50th anniversary, a look back at the headlines, development and lingering aftermath of the epic, 1971 Citizens to Preserve Overton…
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Your Memphis Memories: ‘It’s Too Late To Tinker’ With Expressway Route
Feature image from the Memphis Press-Scimitar editorial page on March 7, 1968, three years before the Supreme Court decision (Memphis Public Library) The focal point…
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