Better Know a Memphian: Filmmaker Matteo Servente

Filmmaker Matteo Servente moved to Memphis from Torino, Italy to make "The Romance of Loneliness", a film about a woman who "abandons her plan to find herself out west to accompany her grandmother to the same-sex wedding of her cousin at a West Tennessee farmouse."

Here, he answers my questions about moving to Memphis, the city's surprises and what he wants for dinner tonight.

Where Is He Now: the Original Little Caesar's Air Guitar Guy

If you passed through the intersection of Park and Mt. Moriah sometime between roughly 2006 and 2010, you've probably seen Chris Robinson. But chances are, you don't know him as Chris - you know him as the Little Caesar's Air Guitar Guy.

He was the Tony Allen of sign holding. Headphones on, Chris played his square pizza sign like it was a flying V and he was in an arena, not on a street corner during rush hour. He jumped, he slid, he arched his back and lifted his air guitar to traffic in a neverending, silent solo.

Guest Post: Learning from the Soul

Editor's note: I'm very excited to share this guest post from Soulsville Charter School writing teacher Trakela Weaver. Here's an insider's look at the school, which provides a unique, music-based education for kids in the Soulsville neighborhood.

When I first started teaching at The Soulsville Charter School (TSCS) here in Memphis, I didn’t know what I was getting myself into. The sense of community is almost overwhelming. The music permeates the campus.