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Latest Stories

  • February Donor Spotlight: from the Memphis Library Foundation

  • The tragic and the absurd. Injustices that continue to echo in Playhouse’s THE SCOTTSBORO BOYS

  • Blues With a Feeling: the 2023 International Blues Challenge goes on

  • Volunteer Odyssey, the local nonprofit volunteer center, is turning 10 in 2023

  • ROE: Circuit Playhouse Presents Regional Premiere Addressing Women’s Rights

  • Circuit Playhouse, Inc. Dedicates Weekend Performances to the Life of Tyre Nichols

  • Grigg’s Business College building and the Ell Persons Lynching site move to final step toward historic National Register listings

  • Arts Featured Story Opinion

    The tragic and the absurd. Injustices that continue to echo in Playhouse’s THE SCOTTSBORO BOYS

    It’s one of the most important legal cases in American history, a story most Americans know nothing about, and a story that continues to echo…

    Mark Fleischer February 3, 2023 No Comments
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  • Arts Featured Story Sound Board Time Capsules

    Blues With a Feeling: the 2023 International Blues Challenge goes on

    Words and photos by Ken Billett January 28, 2023—On a wet Saturday night, John Nemeth and his band, The Blue Dreamers, opened their set to…

    Ken Billett February 2, 2023 No Comments
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  • Featured Story Historic Preservation History

    Grigg’s Business College building and the Ell Persons Lynching site move to final step toward historic National Register listings

    With Wednesday’s approval by Tennessee State Review Board, the applications now move on to the National Park Service for final review and listing on the…

    Mark Fleischer January 27, 2023 No Comments
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  • Featured Story Obituaries

    TRIBUTES. Vincent Astor: historian, performer, Memphis LBGTQ trailblazer, gone at 69

    Vincent Astor, RIP   Before I had the pleasure of meeting and getting to know him, I knew of Vincent Astor in name only, as…

    Mark Fleischer January 20, 2023 No Comments
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  • Featured Story Historic Preservation Sound Board

    REFLECTIONS: The Orpheum Welcomes Back the Mighty Wurlitzer Organ

    Our friend Vincent Astor passed away Monday, January 16. We are republishing this article in his honor. This was originally published in November, 2020 MEMPHIS,…

    StoryBoard News Board January 18, 2023 No Comments
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Opinion

District Should Vote For Protection

Mark Fleischer August 24, 2017 No Comments

Guest Editorial by Mark Fleischer, Guest Columnist Thursday evening, the Cooper-Young Community Association will conduct a neighborhood vote on its application to create a new…

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Historic Preservation Neighborhoods Opinion

Why Cooper-Young Needs to Landmark – And Now

Mark Fleischer August 22, 2017 1 Comment Cooper-YoungMemphis Landmarks CommissionMidtown

This Thursday, August 24, residents and community leaders of the Cooper-Young neighborhood will convene to cast their votes for or against an application for inclusion…

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Neighborhoods

Central Gardens – An Iconic Corner Tests Neighborhood Guidelines

Mark Fleischer August 20, 2017 No Comments Central GardensMidtown

Next month’s 41st Annual Home & Garden Tour starts out from the historic Beethoven Club, at the northwest corner of Peabody and McLean, and for…

Read More Central Gardens – An Iconic Corner Tests Neighborhood Guidelines
History

1726 Madison Ave, Memphis – An Unexpected Entertainment Connection

Mark Fleischer August 3, 2017 8 Comments Barbara NewmanBruce NewmanDuffee-Newman BuildingMadison AvenueMemphis History

History can surprise us. And Memphis is one of those places whose history can reveal connections that are downright head-shaking. Every dive into Memphis history…

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Historic Preservation Neighborhoods

Landmarking, Preserving, and Conserving Neighborhoods

Mark Fleischer July 22, 2017 No Comments Central GardensMidtown

This month, in honor of the upcoming Home and Garden Tour September 10, Central Gardens is exploring the dual efforts in the 1980s and 90s…

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History

Welcome to the Town of Lenox

Mark Fleischer July 3, 2017 3 Comments

This photo-history essay is part of an ongoing series exploring some of Memphis’ most important streets and avenues. Madison Avenue, the zero starting point of…

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Community

A Storm For Memphis’ Memorial Day Weekend

Mark Fleischer June 11, 2017 1 Comment ArkansasHurricane ElvisMississippi RiverMLGWStraight-line windsTom Lee StormTornado

Two weeks ago Memphis was waking up to a disaster. The morning light – the only light many of us had – revealed the full…

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History

New Waring Sewer System Salvages The Future

Aaron Klimek June 6, 2017 No Comments Central GardensMidtownYellow Fever

By Aaron Klimek, with Mark Fleischer (a version of this story appears in May’s Central Gardens eNews) This month’s newsletter references the Standard History of Memphis,…

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History Neighborhoods

Central Gardens’ History – Innovation Secures the Neighborhood’s Renaissance

Mark Fleischer May 5, 2017 No Comments Central GardensCentral Gardens Neighborhood AssociationMidtown

This month’s Central Gardens newsletter explores the important role private security services played in the late 1970s that allowed the neighborhood to continue to flourish…

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Featured Story History

April 4, 1968

Mark Fleischer April 4, 2017 No Comments

StoryBoard Memphis is a place for Memphis to tell its stories. And it’s hard to find a more important Memphis story than that of the…

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