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Black Lives Matter Education K-12 Featured Story Graphic Essays Literature Non-Fiction Shorts North Memphis Witnesses To History

Gordon School: An Episode from Memphis, Part II

Sophia Mason August 13, 2020 No Comments

Two of the Memphis 13, and Four Periods of Desegregation in the Shelby County School System WITNESSES TO HISTORY By Sophia Mason Gordon School: An Episode…

Balancing a boutique with homework as a high school senior

Cecilia Fay August 13, 2020 No Comments

By Cecilia Fay Almost every teenage girl loves shopping for new clothes. Shopping for a new outfit can give girls the confidence and determination they…

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Black Lives Matter Education K-12 Featured Story Graphic Essays Literature Non-Fiction Shorts North Memphis Witnesses To History

Gordon School: An Episode from Memphis, Part II

Sophia Mason August 13, 2020 No Comments

Two of the Memphis 13, and Four Periods of Desegregation in the Shelby County School System WITNESSES TO HISTORY By Sophia Mason Gordon School: An Episode…

SB 30 Episode 53: An On-Coming Tidal Wave and Tools to Stop It

StoryBoard News Board July 31, 2020 No Comments

“Today we are going to be talking about housing, and what is really a set of crises as a result of the pandemic and economic…

Planning & Urbanism

Planning & Urbanism StoryBoard 30 Podcast StoryBoard Media Partners

SB 30 Episode 54: The future, and presence, of cities, with urbanist Carol Coletta

StoryBoard News Board August 7, 2020 No Comments

“Livability has never been more important . . . at the very moment when city revenues are in decline and city leaders are challenged by…

Union Avenue Anthology. Part I, The Plan of Memphis: 1783-1827

Mark Fleischer August 2, 2020 No Comments

A History of Memphis’ Most Maligned Street “The past is never dead. It’s not even past.” William Faulkner’s famous line, from his 1951 novel Requiem…

Preservation

Historic Preservation Preservation Renovations - Reuse and Restoration

Painted & Tainted: A primer on why painting exposed brick is often a No-No

Mark Fleischer February 24, 2020 No Comments

Also, solid advice for homeowners on alternatives to painting brick when that newer brick doesn’t quite match the older By Mark Fleischer One is painted…

SB 30 Episode 40: The Future of the Mid-South Coliseum, with Marvin Stockwell and Chooch Pickard of the Coliseum Coalition

StoryBoard News Board February 12, 2020 No Comments

Is 2020 the year when we will see an indoor event in the Mid-South Coliseum? The Coliseum has been empty since 2006, when “Memphis was…

Literature

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SB 30 Episode 54: Storytelling as healing, with Elaine Blanchard

StoryBoard News Board August 13, 2020 No Comments

“Somehow my performing created this safe place where they could talk and share their stories. . . and the conversations that came from that. .…

Gordon School: An Episode from Memphis, Part II

Sophia Mason August 13, 2020 No Comments

Two of the Memphis 13, and Four Periods of Desegregation in the Shelby County School System WITNESSES TO HISTORY By Sophia Mason Gordon School: An Episode…

History

Black Lives Matter History Lost Memphis Memphis Pastimes

The Negro Leagues Come To Memphis

Rebecca Phillips August 12, 2020 No Comments

This article was originally published both in print and online in the summer of 2019 – we have updated it and are republishing for the…

Union Avenue Anthology. Part I, The Plan of Memphis: 1783-1827

Mark Fleischer August 2, 2020 No Comments

A History of Memphis’ Most Maligned Street “The past is never dead. It’s not even past.” William Faulkner’s famous line, from his 1951 novel Requiem…

Opinion

Black Lives Matter Civil Rights Movement Featured Story From The Editor Opinion

An Integrated, United Independence

Mark Fleischer July 3, 2020 No Comments

A cohesive, book-ended 16-day celebration of unified American Independence starting on June 19th and culminating on July 4th could be something meaningful, for all, to celebrate. …

Wayne Dowdy’s Dateline: June 17, 2020

Wayne Dowdy June 17, 2020 No Comments

By G. Wayne Dowdy In another letter to Colonel John McLeod Keating, managing editor of the Memphis Appeal newspaper during the 1878 yellow fever epidemic,…

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Here Lies The Virus

Eva Guggenheim July 17, 2020 No Comments

Eva’s SCRUMBLES can be downloaded and printed for your scrumbled pleasure. Can’t scrumble-up the answer? All your answers can be found here.

Bagpipe Player Wanted

Eva Guggenheim June 11, 2020 No Comments

Eva’s SCRUMBLES can be downloaded and printed for your scrumbled pleasure. Scrumbling for answers? They can be found here.

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Creatively Coping: Adventure in a confined space, with Katie Burriss

Arts Board July 16, 2020 No Comments

One of six artists profiled in Creatively Coping, Kristin Jones’ essay on the therapeutic power of working with one’s hands during uncertain times I can’t help…

2020 MEMPHIS IN MAY EVENTS CANCELED DUE TO COVID 19 PANDEMIC

StoryBoard News Board June 18, 2020 No Comments

Feature photo: memphisinmay.org Due to the continuing threat of COVID 19, in the interest of public safety and under advice from local health authorities, the…

Lifestyle

Lifestyle Small Business Style Board

Balancing a boutique with homework as a high school senior

Cecilia Fay August 13, 2020 No Comments

By Cecilia Fay Almost every teenage girl loves shopping for new clothes. Shopping for a new outfit can give girls the confidence and determination they…

Lichterman Nature Center Offering Guided Tour Walks

Bill Walsh July 27, 2020 No Comments

Meet your wild neighbors Wednesdays and Saturdays What better way to start your day than with a leisurely morning stroll around Mertie’s Lake and through…

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‘Jaws’ and Dinosaurs on the Giant Screen: Pink Palace Museum Theater and Planetarium to Reopen July 21

Bill Walsh July 15, 2020 No Comments

Limited seating and COVID-19 protocols part of reopening The Pink Palace Museum announces the reopening of the CTI Giant Screen Theater and AutoZone Dome Planetarium…

BLUFF CITY LAW – A Look Back

Austin McLellan November 26, 2019 No Comments

No grit, no grind, no hustle, no flow. OP-ED CORNER By Austin McLellan Like everyone else in these parts, I was excited when NBC’s Bluff City…

Sound Board

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At 78, Don Bryant Makes It Sound Easy

Ethan Williford July 3, 2020 No Comments

Rhythm-and-Bluesman Don Bryant’s new album You Make Me Feel, released in June, is just what the doctor ordered. By Ethan Williford In 2017, Memphis rhythm-and-bluesman…

“I hope we never forget this awful season.” Quarantine Diaries, Memphis: Liz Brasher

Kristin Jones June 25, 2020 No Comments

A revealing series of self-portraits during the quarantine These profiles were photographed and written during the spring months when we were first introduced to the…

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