Search Results
Type:
Blog
(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".) Of all of the historical markers I've documented over the past year, this…
Blog
The mauve building on the left is the original Playhouse on the Square theatre. The sleek, modern building on the right is Playhouse on the Square's brand new 350-seat theatre. It opens on January 29th with "Pippin".
Blog
Today in Memphis, we've got feel good workplace moments, a Saturday Morning Wrestling fix, a homeless diorama and a ton of meat-related news. Try not to giggle. Photo by @jonathanathan via Instagram. If you'd like to see your Instagram photos here…
Blog
Here's what I played on this week's Mystery Train. As always, the local tracks are marked with an asterisk and my notes in italics: *Viva L'American Death Ray Music - Miss America (What Goes On) The Egyptians - The Party Stomp Allo Darlin -…
Blog
Erica's cat Marian and Patricia, Fire Education Specialists, Memphis Fire Museum Stephen Hackett loves Memphis. If you love Memphis, submit your photo to our group pool, or contact me and I'll take a picture of you with my sign.
Blog
Here are a handful of photos from one of the busiest weekends in Memphis, a weekend of heritage barbecue, local music and the first-ever 901 Day. Click on an image to view slideshow. [gallery columns="2" orderby="rand"] (If you'd like to see your…
Blog
Of all of the giant things perched on roofs in Memphis, this mouse nibbling cheese atop Atomic Pest Control is my favorite. I can only hope that Atomic Pest Control on Elvis Presley can combat pests of this size, not grow them to it.
Blog
On any given day, the white board at the back of Three Angels Diner has a long list of the day's vegetable specials. Just once, skip ordering the Diner Steamie or Yesterday's Fried Chicken and give the veggie plate a try. It doesn't really matter…
Blog
Filmmaker Matteo Servente moved to Memphis from Torino, Italy to make "The Romance of Loneliness", a film about a woman who "abandons her plan to find herself out west to accompany her grandmother to the same-sex wedding of her cousin at a West…
Blog
Before it became the Levitt Shell, the ampitheatre in Overton Park was adorned with a rainbow mural. I dug around in my archives to find a photo of it with its original mural for the scavenger hunt. That's me, standing on the stage in the fall of…