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What's there to do in Memphis? Check out this I Love Memphis list of 365 things to do in Memphis! There's something for everyone in this beautiful city, so hopefully this will be your guide to getting out and trying new things. We'll have ideas…
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This weekend in East Memphis, the Memphis Urban League Young Professionals (MULYP) will host their third annual Empowerment Conference at the Hilton hotel. A few dozen local industry leaders will serve as panelists and speakers over three days of…
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Sometimes, I forget that I'm afraid of things until it's too late. A few weeks ago, I visited the Bridges Center downtown (for those unfamiliar, it's the big, angled silver building at the corner of North Parkway an 5th St). The staff gave me a…
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Alas, our summer has come to an end. Memphis has been plunged into a cold, grey, soggy start to November. And, thanks to the time change, it's now dark at 5 p.m. That's depressing. But I found something to take the edge off: South of Beale's…
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Measuring 152 feet by 58 feet, the "A Note of Hope" mural is the tallest piece of public art in the city. Assignment #192 in the 365 Things to Do in Memphis is to go see it. The mural “A Note of Hope” was painted by Chicago mural artist Jeff...
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When I moved to Muncie for college, I was prepared to miss a lot of things about living in Memphis. I wasn't prepared to miss something as mundane as the tap water. I'm not sure where the water in Muncie came from, but it seemed like it had to…
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Here's what I played on this week's Memphis Mystery Train, with all of the local tracks marked with an asterisk, like always: Pavement - Two States The Egyptains - Party Stomp The Crookes - Sofie XTC - Earn Enough for Us Sufjan Stevens -…
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I Love Memphis has sent intrepid photographers Joey Miller and Sean Davis into the trenches of Beale Street Music Fest this weekend. Here's what they came back with. (All color photos were shot by Sean Davis, and Joey Miller shot the black and…
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I feel a little bit bad for this week's historical marker. I've seen markers suffer from unfortunate placement before, but this one, sequestered in the alley between Metro 67 and the Madison Hotel on Madison is probably on of the saddest. The…
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Go ahead and make your lunch plasn. The Memphis Food Truckers Association is holding a food truck rodeo in Court Square downtown today. Currently, it looks like Stickem Food, Fuel Truck, Rock'n'Dough Pizza, Mark's Grill and Yolo, A Square Meal…