05/07/18
There’s no doubt that Memphis is steeped in music history. After all, it’s the birthplace of rock ‘n’ roll and the home of the blues. There’s been live music played on Beale Street since the 1860s, and if you stroll down the famous street today, you’ll see the stars of artists who were born, lived…
04/30/18
Although Memphis breweries and the craft beer phenomenon are relatively new to Memphis, the Bluff City has had a long love affair with alcohol. In fact, in 1915, both the mayor and a local judge were removed from their duties for failing to uphold contemporary prohibition laws! Fast-forward to the present time, when Memphis is…
04/27/18
“I’m Just A Tourist Here, Too: A Love Letter to Memphis Music” By Jayne Ellen White An 80-year-old man from a small town in India once told me that when he was a teenager, he earned 10 cents a week. There was a jukebox in his village with two Elvis records in it, and each…
04/20/18
When black sanitation workers in Memphis took to the streets in March 1968, they carried signs emblazoned with their rallying cry, “I AM A MAN.” Those words will be forever etched into the landscape of the Bluff City with the opening of the I AM A MAN Plaza near Clayborn Temple, the site from which…
04/18/18
True to its motto of “Never Settle. Always Meddle.,” the Meddlesome Brewing Company of Memphis has taken home the title of best hometown brew. Meddlesome’s 201 Hoplar was dubbed King of Memphis beers in the “Memphis Flyer” second annual Beer Bracket Challenge. Shocking the world The honor was something of a surprise for Richie EsQuivel…
04/09/18
Memphis is a great place to call home no matter what, but for aspiring musicians, it’s particularly special. Memphis has become a mecca for musicians for many reasons. We have our share of musical landmarks, as famous artists like Elvis Presley, B.B. King, Otis Redding and more have called Memphis home. But present-day Memphis is…
04/05/18
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. delivered the final speech of his too-short life at the Clayborn Temple in Memphis, Tennessee on April 3, 1968, the night before a sniper’s bullet struck him as he stood on the balcony of the Lorraine Motel. The words of his last speech in Memphis almost seemed to foreshadow his untimely passing: “I’ve…
04/04/18
Principal Margaret Bland McKissick, Shelby County Schools’ longest-serving employee, began her career as an educator with the district in 1960 at the segregated Georgia Avenue Elementary School on Mississippi Boulevard in South Memphis. McKissick, now age 79, is a Memphian through and through. A native of North Memphis, she graduated from Douglass High School and…
04/03/18
Early this April, the world will turn its gaze to the city of Memphis and its commemoration of 50 years since the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. They will find a Memphis that has changed precipitously over the last half-century thanks to the legacy of Dr. King, but will also realize there is…
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