MidtownMemphis.org sets out to improve a neglected corner at Avalon and Madison
A popular strip mall on one side, a vast parking lot for the ever-popular Cash Saver on the other. Murphy’s Pub on one corner, the…
Read More MidtownMemphis.org sets out to improve a neglected corner at Avalon and Madison‘Get out of town’ – Third Time’s Still a Charm
Paducah, Kentucky Words and photos by Ken Billett May 2021—Another big bike, this time a Harley, rumbles and grumbles under our second-floor window. With its…
Read More ‘Get out of town’ – Third Time’s Still a CharmMetal Museum receives $1 million gift from the Windgate Foundation
Funds will support the acquisition of metal artworks by living artists The Metal Museum has received a $1 million gift from the Windgate Foundation (Little…
Read More Metal Museum receives $1 million gift from the Windgate FoundationDocumentary about photographer Ernest Withers finalist for film prize
The Withers’ documentary is among six finalists for the 2021 Library of Congress Lavine/Ken Burns Prize for Film The Better Angels Society, a non-profit dedicated…
Read More Documentary about photographer Ernest Withers finalist for film prizeMemphis Innovation Corridor: more public feedback encouraged
Updates & pop-ups, more concept plans revealed, and more public feedback encouraged This week, more design concept plans of the new Memphis Innovation Corridor were…
Read More Memphis Innovation Corridor: more public feedback encouragedOpinion: We Have a Shot at Ending the COVID-19 Crisis. Let’s Get It Done.
It is a difficult time to be a healthcare professional in the Mid-South. All of us have had to continuously change as we adapt to a…
Read More Opinion: We Have a Shot at Ending the COVID-19 Crisis. Let’s Get It Done.The heads of Memphis Centric and StoryBoard sit down for the Daily Memphian Sidebar podcast
Listen as Octavia Young and Mark Fleischer join Daily Memphian publisher Eric Barnes for his weekly arts and culture podcast “Octavia Young and Mark Fleischer…
Read More The heads of Memphis Centric and StoryBoard sit down for the Daily Memphian Sidebar podcastKindred Place Carries Universal Parenting Place Forward
Universal Parenting Place programming now based in single location, focused on protective factors Kindred Place, a counseling center focused on family dynamics and child development, today announced…
Read More Kindred Place Carries Universal Parenting Place ForwardElvis Week Revisited: Elvis is Everywhere
A ‘Little’ Memphis in the Verde Valley, AZ Time Capsules – this story was originally published in December 2019 Story and Photos By Ken Billett…
Read More Elvis Week Revisited: Elvis is EverywhereOpera Memphis partnership with Stax Music Academy sends talented 7th-grader to New York’s Metropolitan Opera
Partnership results in a Metropolitan Opera contract for local Memphis talent, Caleb Thompson, age 12 By Tim Sampson, for the Stax Music Academy When the…
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