Memphis News Today: Stories That Matter to Our City

I grew up in Memphis. I love the city for all its strengths, weaknesses and quirks. But I’m sorry, Memphis: I arrived last weekend with a preconceived, incorrect notion about your (and Hyatt’s) newest hotel. When I got the assignment to check out the Caption by Hyatt Beale Street Memphis — the first location in the…

A camp that uses music to expose underrepresented youth to architecture, urban planning and design made its Memphis debut this week. Madison, Wisconsin-based architect Michael Ford’s Hip Hop Architecture Camp was held Monday, July 11, through Friday, July 15, at Connect Music Group in Downtown Memphis. Since 2016, Ford’s camp has been hosted in cities…

All White Affair! Thousands of people gathered at Mud Island River Park in Memphis on Saturday evening for one of the city’s annual marquee parties. The attire was varied from T-shirts to dresses, but all the guests had one thing in common — they wore all-white attire. That’s a mandatory rule for admission to the…

We are excited to announce that we have partnered with CARD, the lifestyle personal finance leader to bring you 16 new debit card designs – straight from Memphis, the epicenter of Soul! Now you can show off your Memphis pride every time you pay at the register.    Choose your favorite Memphis image or mark…

A Memphis-based ballet organization has just been named a “Southern Cultural Treasure.” Because of that designation, Collage Dance Collective will receive up to $300,000 in general operating grants — distributed over three years — and a project grant of up to $7,500 from nonprofit regional arts organization South Arts. Collage and 16 other organizations located…

St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital recently received two separate, national-level accolades for its health care and nonprofit services. On June 1, U.S. News and World Report identified St. Jude as the second-best pediatric cancer care hospital in the country; and then on June 17, Morning Consult ranked St. Jude as the most trusted nonprofit in…

Memphis Grizzlies All-NBA guard Ja Morant has agreed to a five-year designated rookie extension that’ll likely be worth $231 million, his agent, Jim Tanner of Tandem/YouFirst Sports, told ESPN. Morant, who made All-NBA Second Team, is guaranteed $193 million and will trigger supermax escalators to take the deal to $231 million upon again landing on…

Memphis is the perennial underdog. From the outside looking in, it shouldn’t have much to offer. Built on cotton farming and now airmail—FedEx has its global headquarters in the city and is the largest employer—it’s a city with humble roots, but both culturally and historically, it’s always managed to punch well above its weight. And…