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Congratulations to " Memphis the Musical"! The show is racking up awards and nominations. "Memphis" is nominated for nine Tony awards (including best musical). The show also won Drama Desk awards for best musical, best music and best orchestration…
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Carrie Brown-Smith, photographed in her office at the University of Memphis. Carrie is a journalism professor at the University of Memphis and a generally awesome new-media loving person. Also, shout outs to her Journalism 7200 class - I had the…
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Ruchee Patel (photographed outside of 201 Poplar) is a criminal defense lawyer. She moved to Memphis from Bolivar, Tenn. in 2007. In other news: - Flood Update: The Mississippi river is now at 46 feet. Mud Island River Park is closed. Non-…
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Are you a Memphis Insider? Here's one way to find out. This survey has 13 questions about Memphis history, attractions, tourism, and culture and takes less than five minutes to finish. Once you're done, you're entered to win a $100 VISA gift card…
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Is this one, called "Must Be in Memphis", sung by Harlan T. Bobo. It's not so much a love song to the city, but a love song to the bad ideas that come with just the right combination of humidity, booze and encouragement. A few sample lines that…
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Cheers to 20 years! The famed Memphis establishment is celebrating 20 years of their Huey’s Poplar location in East Memphis on Sunday, April 21, 2024. The Poplar location, 4872 Poplar Ave., will celebrate with specials while also celebrating its…
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Every few days, I spend a considerable amount of time scrolling through Cute Overload, oohing and aww-ing over videos of adorable animals, especially the ones of cats. There are surprised cats, cats trapped in boxes, and, in my recent favorite,…
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In case you missed it: there's a big red ball coming to Memphis next week. Why, you ask? Why not, I say! Photograph: Tom Martin ©RedBall Project Artist Kurt Perschke has taken his 250-pound inflated red ball all over the world (think Abu Dhabi,…
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(Editor’s note: I’m on a quest to catalog all of the places in the Memphis area with historical markers in an occasional feature called “On This Date, Something Happened".) A brand new historical marker has been planted in Soulsville. It's outside…
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The 2018 Farmers Market Guide has been updated here. Ed. Note: Contributor Aisling Maki has updated this annual guide to farmers markets. What are your favorites places to buy local produces and goods in Memphis? Here’s a list of places to score…