The Historic Hotel Metropolitan in Paducah, Kentucky
Beginning with Paducah’s Hotel Metropolitan, Ken Billett’s new travel column takes us to historically significant places within a weekend’s drive from Memphis Words and photos…
Read More The Historic Hotel Metropolitan in Paducah, KentuckyLife with Zoe
Time Capsules Words and Zoe Photos By Ken Billett A woman, bundled up for the frigid November morning, rounded a cement pathway, heading in our…
Read More Life with ZoeAugust is coming
Talk to the heat A poem by Michael B. Conway Talk to the heat; it’ll make madness seem sane.Listen to it screech cicada screamsat straw…
Read More August is comingIda B. Wells presence in Memphis
Courtesy of our good friend Jimmy Ogle: With the July 16 ceremony unveiling the bronze statue in her likeness, Ida B. Wells reclaims her place…
Read More Ida B. Wells presence in MemphisStatue Unveiled: Ida B. Wells reclaims her place on Beale Street
Ida B. Wells Day today: Statue is unveiled at Beale and Fourth, capping a week and a day of celebration, education, reflection “We present you,…
Read More Statue Unveiled: Ida B. Wells reclaims her place on Beale StreetFormer Northside High School Environmental Abatement set to start
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…
Read More Former Northside High School Environmental Abatement set to startArrow 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…
Read More Arrow Creative unveils new home, off ‘Creative’ CentralStax 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…
Read More Stax in my SoulConfederate Square
By Michael B. Conway A pyramid of cannonballs beneath a naked flagpole, as bees drink Coca Cola from a green glass bottle stem, Salvation Army…
Read More Confederate SquareJazz at Neil’s: An evening of raw magic and pure joy
On Sunday night, June 13, 2021, StoryBoard Memphis and Strictly Jazz Entertainment hosted a very special event at Neil’s Music Room. StoryBoard creator Mark Fleischer…
Read More Jazz at Neil’s: An evening of raw magic and pure joy