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Carrie Brown-Smith, photographed in her office at the University of Memphis. Carrie is a journalism professor at the University of Memphis and a generally awesome new-media loving person. Also, shout outs to her Journalism 7200 class - I had the…
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I'll admit it - I'm a people watcher and eavesdropper. Chalk it up to my journalistic background and the fact that I don't have cable. Having spent the last week in New York, I can say that they may have more people to watch, but what Memphis…
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Shalishah "Petey" Franklin, photographed in her workspace at Artists in Memphis. Shalishah is the creative force behind Strange Fruit Vintage, an online vintage clothing boutique. If you her about one of her occasional pop-up shops, go - it's the…
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On the hill next to a train trestle that crosses Lamar Ave., there's a...thing. Actually, it's a bunch of things. For lack of a better word, it's a sculpture that's been carefully constructed out of found objects strung through trees. There are…
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Meet Memphian number 55, Memphis Grizzlies center Hasheem Thabeet. Name: Hasheem Thabeet Hometown: Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania Occupation: Memphis Grizzlies center What neighborhood do you live in: Southwind in Germantown In 2011, I want to: be a…
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Michael is one of the managing partners at Southern Growth Studio, the mandolin player for the Bluff City Backsliders and an accomplished kazooist. Elizabeth Holliday is the designer behind DeNovo Style, a Midtown-based clothing company.
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Jen Simmons, photographed at her desk at the Commercial Appeal. Jen is the CA's audience development specialist, which means she has my old job. She's doing some amazing work connecting with the paper's readership. When she's not working, she's…
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Harlan T. Bobo, photographed playing with his kid-friendly band, the Love Clowns. When people ask me which Memphis musicians I'm most excited about, I always mention Harlan T. Bobo. He's brilliant, talented, and just a little bit off (in the good…
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In more than 20 cities across the country, people are grabbing their friends, getting dressed up and heading out to play boardgames. It's called PlayDate, and it's Memphis' newest way to meet people. PlayDate Memphis makes good on its claim of…