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MEMernet: Laura’s Lightning, No More Noodles, and Pancho’s Search
A roundup of Memphis on the World Wide Web.Laura's Lightning Amazing images of Hurricane Laura in Memphis were posted last week. Posted to Reddit by u/tacojohn48 Posted to Instagram by Choose 901...
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His Team, His Time: Brady White Leads Memphis Into 2020
Memphis quarterback Brady White is ready for his final college football season, however it comes to pass. Long ago, in the year 2019, the Memphis Tigers enjoyed an epic football season. You may...
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Exploring Art: Clough-Hanson Gallery Hosts Webinar Series
Historian and co-founder of Native Rites, Amanda Lee Savage, will talk this Thursday. Clough-Hanson Gallery at Rhodes College is hosting a new series of webinar lectures, "Closer Than We Appear: Art...
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Southern Reins’ Jockeys & Juleps Fundraiser Goes Virtual
The event includes an online auction and a virtual Kentucky Derby watch party. The Kentucky Derby was rescheduled from May 2nd to September 5th. The annual Jockeys & Juleps Derby Party benefiting...
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What is the Cost of COVID for Working Women?
I was a panelist on a recent webinar discussing the navigation of COVID-19 for business owners. One of the final questions in the Q&A segment was, "What is the long-term impact you foresee for...
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J.D. Reager: Tales of Two Cities
J.D. Reager, who has written extensively for the Memphis Flyer, has been making things happen in the Memphis music scene for most of his life. The founder of the Rock for Love benefit concerts for the...
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Bill & Ted Face the Music: An Antidote to Darkness
We are all time travelers. We're not the kind that jump in a blue police box and teleport to the Aztec Empire, but the kind who go into the future one second at a time. It is what defines us....
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Take Me to the Pilot
Did you hear that FedEx successfully flew and landed a pilotless small plane last week? The system used was created by a company called Reliable Robotics, whose CEO said, "By bringing automation to...
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New Case Count Falls Below 100
Shelby County added 82 new cases of COVID-19 on test results reported since Tuesday morning. The figure marks the first time daily case counts have been below 100 in recent weeks. The number is not...
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Kustoff Defends Postal Changes
The U.S. Postal Service cannot "continue to act like Blockbusters in a Netflix world." So said 8th District U.S. Representative David Kustoff in a Zoom address to the Rotary Club of Memphis. The...
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Into the Death Zone with Class Action Park
The most startling statistic in Class Action Park goes by fast. While testing the infamous Cannonball Loop waterslide that sat near the entrance to Action Park, an engineer determined that riders...
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The Flow: Live-Streamed Music Events This Week, September 3-9
This week sees the many regular live-streaming performers of Memphis continuing to hone their craft. Those who respond to the ongoing pandemic with the appropriate gravity appreciate these moments of...
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New Case Count Below 90 for Second Straight Day
Shelby County added 86 new cases of COVID-19 on test results reported since Tuesday morning. The figure marks the first time daily case counts have been below 100 in recent weeks. The number is not...
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South of Beale Looks to the East
If you’re tired of driving Downtown to get your hands on some of SOB’s delicious duck fried rice or General Tso’s cauliflower, owner Ed Cabigao has been listening. A second location called SOBeast is...
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Listen Up: Daykisser Releases New EP September 4th
Daykisser began life as a recording project three years ago. “Sort of a vehicle for me to record music,” says Jesse Wilcox. “And it evolved into a live band format.” The group, which includes Wilcox...
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Weekly Average Rate Rises Slightly After Five Weeks of Decline
From the Shelby County Health Department: *Please note that as of today, the Tennessee Department of Health has reassigned 90 previously reported cases to other jurisdictions to better reflect county...
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Orpheum Theatre Announces Chadwick Boseman Memorial Screening
Chadwick Boseman, who became an international superstar after portraying T'Challa, the Black Panther for Marvel, passed away from colon cancer last week. The world responded with grief and shock that...
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The Ellie Badge Releases Live EP
The Ellie Badge released a surprise album today, Friday, September 4th. The album, LIVE at Growlers in 2019!, marks the band’s first release of a live recording. When, on a phone call with frontman...
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Memphis Flyer Seeks News Reporter
The Memphis Flyer is a locally owned and operated alternative newsweekly now in its fourth decade of asking questions, sharing stories, and keeping our community informed. The Flyer seeks a curious...
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Tenet: Christopher Nolan Comes Unstuck in Time
Entropy increases. The Second Law of Thermodynamics is the ironclad rule of physics that most defines our universe. Entropy is a slippery concept. It’s much more complex than “disorder” or “energy...
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