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Hundreds of local elementary school kids packed the lower bowl of the FedExForum today for the Grizzlies' Read to Achieve celebration. Read to Achieve is an NBA program that encourages literacy in the communities of the different teams. At today's…
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Get your rain boots ready - it's BSMF time! The lineup for the 2011 Beale Street Music Festival was announced this afternoon, and I think you guys are going to like it. The annual festival kicks off Memphis in May with three days of music,…
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Judy Moss, photographed packaging chocolate at Dinstuhl's Fine Candies, where she's one of the owners. In other news: - The Midtown branch of YoLo, everyone's favorite local yogurt emporium, is opening this weekend. The grand opening festivities…
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- Congratulations to University of Memphis basketball walk-on Preston Laird. Coach Josh Pastner made the guard from Germantown a scholarship player. I hope this means that Preston will see more action this season. Last season, Preston was only put…
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It always makes me happy to see a new business open, especially when that new business opens in a spot that's been unoccupied forever. A few weeks ago, the Dublin House opened in the old Melos Taverna space on Madison (right across from the Blue…
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Chris Milam, in self-portrait PhotoBooth format. Chris is a talented singer-songwriter who splits his time between Memphis and New York. In other news: - The Tigers are playing Southern Miss in their first C-USA tournament game at 2:30 this…
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There's a Beale St. Tavern in Austin. It's appropriately located on 6th street, which is the Austin equivalent of Beale St. And while they may have cheap beer, I'm not sure if it comes in quite the quantities that it does on the real Beale St.
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Erik Jambor, photographed at South By Southwest in Austin, Texas. Erik is the guy in charge of Indie Memphis, Memphis' own annual independent film festival. He's in Austin this week scouting films for this year's Indie Memphis festival. In other…
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Memphis musicians are (once again) making a huge showing in Austin this week for South By Southwest. There's no official Memphis showcase this year, but that doesn't mean there's a shortage of opportunities for our local scene to represent. If you…
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Memphis' own Three 6 Mafia is playing in Austin next weekend. Anyone want to go?