1969 – 1971: The Lumbering Saga of Grace Slick, Chairman of the Board Visitors to Playhouse’s executive offices have occasionally commented on an ugly, yet…
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Back Live: Central Gardens 46th Annual Home and Garden Tour Returns Sunday, September 11
Region’s Best Architectural Event Back Live After COVID Pause The Central Gardens Association is thrilled to welcome neighbors and friends from around the region back…
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Cooper-Young Community Farmers Market: More Than a Market
“There’s so much more to this than just a market” Sarah Turner, Market Manager for the CYCFM The Cooper-Young Community Farmers Market (CYCFG) is a…
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Swift Peter: Frights in the Night
The Dark Intentions of Midtown’s Cryptid The Pacific Northwest has Sasquatch, Scotland has Nessie, and Midtown Memphis, for a few weeks in February 1927, had…
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Arrow unveils a happening, energetic, and spectacular new space for creatives
With a grand opening this Saturday, September 18, Arrow Creative brings the spirit of the Memphis College of Art back to Midtown Masked or unmasked,…
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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…
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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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Thanks for the memories Bhan Thai
A faithful patron says goodbye to Bhan Thai, beloved Midtown staple By Mark Parsell Bhan Thai would have celebrated 19 years before it’s announced closing…
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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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