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On Friday, Sept. 21, people all over the world will turn parking spaces into temporary public parks as part of Park(ing) Day. Assignment #257 in the 365 Things to Do in Memphis is to hang out in our local (tiny) parks. In Memphis, 16 groups are on…
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Green signs downtown point the way to the Civil Rights Museum and the Rock'n'Soul Museum. I love how blue the sky is - I feel like it's been weeks since it's been sunny outside.
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Today in Memphis, put on your hoodie, talk like a pirate, eat at the recently re-opened Bon Ton Cafe and get ambushed by opera singers. Bicycles on the Greater Memphis Greenline by @crystalchick via Instagram. If you'd like to see your pictures…
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This might be the greatest section of wall at WEVL. In this one square foot of wall space, there's a mustachioed man, a postcard for the Orange Mound Hotel and a photo of a group of people that's labelled (by sticky note) as "Chinese Woodstock…
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In the immortal words of R. Kelly, it's the freakin' weekend. At least, it will be when you get off work. Here's a little Memphis news update to hold you over until happy hour. - Remember your first time doing that amazing thing in Memphis? Or,…
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Christiana was kind enough to show me around Opera Memphis yesterday. One of the stops on the tour was the wig shop, a room full of cabinets full of styrofoam heads and fake hair. The shop is maintained by a woman whose job title is "Wigs, Make-up…
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Updated June 2017 After more than a year out of service, the best fountain in Memphis is back on. Who wants to run through it with me? The fountains may stay on year-round, but it's really best to go in the heat of the year. We could walk through…
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Celebrate the week's halfway point with a free show by Marcella Rene Simien at the Mollie Fontaine Lounge. Marcella's one-woman performances as Fille Catatonique are mesmerising - she writhes, shimmies and stomps her way through traditional Creole…
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Here's what I played on this week's Memphis Mystery Train. As always, the local tracks are marked with an asterisk. But first, this is the weirdest thing I've found at WEVL (today): Esquerita - Didn't It Rain The Egyptians - Party Stomp Elvis…
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Ed. note: The nice thing about living in a music city is that we get a ton of great live shows every single month. The tough thing, however, is deciding which bands to see. With that in mind, here are 10 recommendations for shows you won't want to…