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My situation at 8 p.m. last Saturday: in East Memphis, starving, in the mood to try something new. I hadn't been to Southward Fare and Libations yet, so I called a friend and we went straight there. Southward comes to East Memphis courtesy of Chef…
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I've been out of town for a few days, so I've got some catching up to do. Meet Memphians no. 349 - 354 in the 365 Memphians project: 349 / 365 Meet Laura Phillips (far right), aka Demi Automatic. She's a skater for Memphis Roller Derby's travel…
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For the first time since 2019, the Ameripolitan Music Awards are back! I’m really excited guys. The Ameripolitan Music Awards are finally coming back to Memphis! The awards weekend hasn’t taken place since 2019 due to the pandemic but the drought…
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Half an hour into my first zumba class, I looked like this: My face was red, my hair was sweat-soaked, and if I hadn't taken my glasses off, they would have been fogged up. But, I was also really happy, happier than I've ever been in an aerobics…
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Every year, thousands of crawfish fans flock to downtown Memphis for the annual Rajun Cajun Crawfish Festival, the largest mudbug fest in the city. The 32nd annual Rajun Cajun Crawfish Festival takes place along the riverfront on Riverside Dr. on…
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Since legislation allowing food trucks was passed last spring, Memphis has been obsessed with meals on wheels. There's no better place to indulge your food truck jones than at the newly-formed Memphis Food Truck Association's weekly truck rodeos,…
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Ed. Note: I want y'all to meet Yasmine Omari, one of the organizers for this weekend's Palestine Festival at Overton Park. Since it's still a newer Memphis fest, I thought a firsthand account of what you can expect would be helpful - so I asked…
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If you get a critter in your house, Chuck Miller is the guy who will come and get it out. Chuck is a wildlife removal specialist with Wildlife Solvers, a company that will come and take care of anything that gets into your house uninvited. Here,…
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There's a good reason that Memphians have loved Ciao Bella for years. The casual East Memphis restaurant serves great Italian food. They also are great at curing extreme pasta cravings (like the one I had a few nights ago). We started with one of…
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(Video by Live From Memphis for Flipside Memphis) Shalishah "Petey" Franklin knows great style. She's a thrift store maven, local fashionista, and owner of the online boutique Strange Fruit. Petey has amassed quite the collection of urban and…