Attention beer lovers: clear your schedules and plan your trips to Memphis for April 18 - 25, 2015 for the third annual Memphis Beer Week. MBW is an annual event that celebrates American craft beer with a series of gatherings at local restaurants and taprooms. 

The rumors are true: Ikea is coming to Memphis. Based on the press release Ikea sent me, plus what was announced at the mayor's press conference today, here are the facts.

On this month's I Love Memphis Podcast, my cohost Kevin Cerrito and I do something a little different. We invited Greg Akers, managing editor of the Memphis Business Journal, to join us as a panelist to go over the highlights of 2014 rather than our usual segments and interview. Scroll down just a smidge to listen right here.

Ed. Note: I'm happy to share this guest post from writer Tamara Williamson about a slice of Memphis history, the Obelisk Flour building at 325 Wagner Street. She provided the photos as well.

Ed. Note: I'm excited to share with you this guest post by Memphis musician Graham Winchester about his time this fall playing in Europe. As part of the Sheiks (which also includes Frank McAllen and Keith Cooper) he opened for and backed up Memphis musician Jack Oblivian on Jack's 7-week, 14-country tour. Photos and captions provided by Graham.

Today in Memphis, we have free tickets to a concert, lots of football news, a moment of silence for Newby's, a lot of yelling about grocery stores, and Justin Timberlake.