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Meet Memphian no. 314 in the 365 Memphians series, E.J. Friedman. He's a writer (his blog, Loudersoft.com, is one of my favorite ways to find out about new music), media advisor and generally lovely person. Here, he answers my questions about his…
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It's going to be a busy weekend, Memphis. So get your blank t-shirts, marathon numbers and puff paint holiday sweaters ready. 1. Drive By Press Farewell Tour, Five in One, Friday, 8 p.m. Drive By Press is a traveling team of screen and block…
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When Lady Bugg bakery was offered a space in Hernando, Miss., they said goodbye to their bakery case inside midtown Yolo, leaving a lot of local treat fiends (myself included) a little bummed out. But all is not lost (though, I still miss the…
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315 / 365 Kim Speros is the public relations coordinator for Youth Villages. She's also involved in MPACT Memphis and the Memphis Kickball League. She loves Memphis because "everything about it is home." 316 / 365 Jackie Gellison is a freelance…
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318 / 365 Katie Sinclair (who claims to have lived in Memphis "foreverrrrrrr") works as a graphic designer at S2N. She also coaches volleyball at Bartlett High School and teaches a graphic design class at the University of Memphis. In other news…
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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 a feature called “On This Date, Something Happened".) Here it is: proof that since the city's very beginnings, Memphis has been a great…
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Happy pledge week, everybody! This morning, I dug through the Mystery Train archives and brought out my entire collection of songs about beatdowns, accidents and grievous personal injury. And, I had help - "Footloose" director Craig Brewer came in…
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325 / 365 Peggie Russell is a project coordinator at the Defending Childhood Initiative. She also serves on the Grizzlies Foundation advisory board and Operation Safe Community Board. She loves Memphis because "it is a city of choice that is on…
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331 / 365 Bill Ganus is a research and development specialist who has lived in Memphis for the past five years. He serves on the board of directors for HopeWorks and keeps five chickens in his backyard in East Memphis. He loves Memphis because "it…
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You're running the St. Jude Marathon (or half marathon) this weekend. You need carbs, and lots of them. Here are 10 Memphis restaurants that can help you with that: 1. Pete…