There’s a New Dog in Town!
by Joan Allison | photos by Chellie Bowman Today through Labor Day across America, 818 hotdogs will be consumed—every, single. second. That’s according to the National Hot Dog and Sausage…
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Word Up: Kevin Shaw Reviews Matilda
by Kevin Shaw Words are powerful. Words matter. Words can be used for good or they can be used to cause tremendous damage. If you believe the antiquated cliché, “Sticks…
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Mempops: Memphis’ Favorite Frozen Delight!
by Jeff Hughlett | photos by Justin Fox Burks and Bob Bayne Founded in 2015 by Chris Taylor, Mempops started with one cart going from festival to festival, event to…
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Opera Memphis Announces 2019-20 Season: Putting the Memphis in Opera
Opera Memphis is pleased to announce the lineup of events for its 2019-2020 Season, featuring a Puccini Double Bill of Suor Angelica and Gianni Schicchi and Mozart’s Così fan tutte as the anchoring performance of the…
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Queer Fest is Back! June 27-30
Queer Fest is back again this summer—bigger and better than ever! Local performers Brando Little and Lisa Michaels have been working tirelessly to bring together talented queer musicians and comics…
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Hairspray is Big and Beautiful
by Kevin Shaw | photos by Carla McDonald I am disgusted! I started out annoyed and now I’m just outright pissed! As I sat through Hairspray last night at Theatre…
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Stax Alumni Band
story by Tim Sampson, Communications Director Soulsville Foundation | photos courtesy of Soulsville Foundation The Stax Music Academy Alumni Band was so popular that B.B. King’s Blues Club on Beale…
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This “Georgia” Ain’t a Peach
by Kevin Shaw | photos by Bill Simmers I was naughty. I did something I’ve never done before. Over a year ago, when Playhouse on the Square announced their season…
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Louise Page
story by Chellie Bowman (above photo by Kaitlyn Flint) I met Louise Page on a sunny porch at Otherlands Coffee shop to interview her. Originally from a small Pennsylvania college…
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Cultivating LOLO
By JAD Davis | photos courtesy of LOLO Born and raised, in Jackson, Tenn, we meet the songbird born Lauren Pritchard (a.k.a. LOLO). Her talents are well rounded and have…
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