Do a good turn this holiday by choosing gifts to help others right here in the Memphis area.
From toffee that fosters independent life skills for adults with Down syndrome to stuffed animals designed by St. Jude patients, spread the love and share the story when you give with a mission in mind.
But this transit doesn’t stop with eras, if you take a couple of steps out of the Genre, you will find yourself at their adjacent speakeasy, The Garage: The Cocktail Experience.
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Midtown is hiding a secret toy store pulled straight from another galaxy
The rumors have been spreading for a while now, orange stickers on light posts and street signs from Summer Avenue to South Main. Here and there, vigilant Memphians could see signs of something mysterious, something new—The Lost Cantina.
Ever one to seek out the lost, dusty corners of our city that somehow fall off of the tour maps, I set out in search of this fabled establishment on a recent autumn afternoon.
What I found was no bar.
If you’ve ever seen an extremely cute, vintage mobile flower truck popping up at events around town, it belongs to Miriam “Mili” Cordero, owner of Mili’s Flowers & Gifts.
A lover of flowers since she was a little girl—she developed her passion for making floral arrangements with her mother and grandmother while growing up in Reynosa Tamauilipas, Mexico—Mili decided to take the leap and launch her business in 2019 after her and her husband found and renovated the “peachy” VW truck.
Being a child of two educators, it only made sense that children’s picture book author and activist Alice Faye Duncan would become a writer who teaches as well as entertains with her writing. While she didn’t follow in their footsteps and become a teacher, she DID see the gaps in the education system when it comes to history, thus beginning her journey as a writer.
Alexandra Nicole Nolan is an entrepreneur, business owner, blogger, Memphian, and now—an author!
She’s been in the local blogging scene just about as long as it’s been around, and I’ve always admired her work ethic and polished style. You can check out her blog at City Chic Living.
Farhat Othmani, 56, wants nothing more than to have a conversation with you. He looks mild-mannered and maybe a bit shy—his square-framed glasses, clean-shaven face, and broad figure brings to mind Clark Kent with less of a superhero coif. But, he’ll talk your ear off if you let him. Even his adopted American name has stuck around because he believes it makes good conversation. He prefers to go by Fred.
An interview with Memphis music artist Tyke T.
Duke Ellington, Gladys Knight and Isaac Hayes—the names unfurled on brass stars beneath his feet as Tyke T searched for an entrance. “I went to the wrong door,” says the Memphis-based hip-hop artist, “That tells you how unfamiliar I was with the Orpheum.”
The living aren’t the only beings you can find walking in Memphis.
A bitter chill blasted through the balcony of the Orpheum Theatre. It seemed to pass directly through me as an Opera Memphis cast rehearsed for an opening night just days away. Immediately, I bounded down the nearby stairwell in a sprint.
At age nine, I had just experienced my first encounter with one of the most well-known ghosts of Memphis.
