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MATA Bus Drivers Sue for Alleged Unpaid Overtime
Bus drivers with the Memphis Area Transit Authority (MATA) are suing over alleged unpaid overtime wages. The lawsuit was filed this week in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of...
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Moondance Grill Will Open Sept. 12th
Coinciding with a near full moon, Moondance Grill, a new Germantown restaurant, will open Sept. 12. Taking some liberties with Van Morrison’s lyrics, it will be a marvelous night for a “Moondance.”...
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Rebranding Summer Avenue
In recent years, the Summer Avenue Merchants Association has been working on a marketing initiative to "rebrand" Summer Avenue as an international district. Part of this effort has included the...
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The Devil’s Harvest Breakfast IPA
I love the scenery in Oxford this time of year, although I'm not sure that they like the look of Memphis at the moment. Which is the thing about the kickoff of the football season — every year we all...
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Southern Hospitality: Priscilla Presley Hosts a Weekend at Graceland
Priscilla Presley hosts a Southern weekend at Graceland. Priscilla Presley — actor, producer, and one-time wife to Elvis Presley — still fields a lot of questions about her former husband. One...
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A Documentary on Little Tea Shop Is in the Works
Molly Wexler's making a documentary on the iconic Downtown lunch spot. While eating at another restaurant, Molly Wexler got the idea to make a documentary on an iconic Downtown lunch spot. "It was...
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Fitness Under the Stars at Mud Island
The free event will be held Friday, September 13th, at 6 p.m. This summer was the hottest on record, and finally, some cooler weather is ahead of us. To celebrate beating the heat and the arrival of...
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Cooper-Young Fest Returns this Weekend
The annual event takes place Saturday, September 14th, from 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. It's finally that time of year again, a time when one of Memphis' largest celebrations occurs. "When they started the first...
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It Chapter Two
FAQ About It Chapter TwoMe: Well, I saw the rest of It. You: The rest of what? M: It. Y: Right, what did you see the rest of? M: It. Y: What is it? M: Chapter Two. You know, the sequel to the highest...
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MEMernet: Naming New C-Y Apartments, the Graceland Test
A round-up of Memphis on the World Wide Web.Name Game Facebookers in the Preserve Cooper-Young group played the name game last week for the modern-looking apartment building planned for a spot across...
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Meeting Time: Congressmen, Candidates, and Campaign Chairs
Last week was one in which a central figure in the national impeachment drama came to Memphis, and a week in which the three central figures in the Memphis mayoral race kept to their familiar...
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Memphis Pride: A New Historical Marker, and Four Who Are Making a Difference
"Memphis' Stonewall" Halloween was once the only time a man could get away with dressing in drag in Memphis. That's because a 1967 city ordinance prohibited "any person ... to appear in public in the...
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Not So Super ...
Early voting for the October 3rd Memphis city election runs from September 13th to September 28th. Much attention has been focused on the mayoral contest, in which incumbent Jim Strickland is facing...
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Artina McCain’s Celebration of Black Composers
Artina McCain, assistant professor of piano at University of Memphis, is a busy woman. In addition to teaching and performing locally, she and husband Martin McCain, a bass trombonist who teaches at...
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Judge Temporarily Halts Voter Registration Law From Taking Effect
A state law that places restrictions on voter registration efforts was temporarily blocked Thursday by a federal court. The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) of Tennessee filed for an emergency...
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Malco Announces "Throwback Thursday" Film Series
Malco Theatres announced today that the company was launching a new weekly film series highlighting popular classic films. Dubbed “Throwback Thursdays,” the films will be shown on Thursday nights...
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Nick Vergos, Exposure, Art on the Rocks, Stock Exchange
A tribute to the late Nick Vergos, an owner of the Rendezvous restaurant, was part of the restaurant’s serving station at the 36th Zoo Rendezvous, which was held September 7th. Vergos died two days...
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Katharine Hedlund: Soul, Standards and Rhythm in a Live Recording Session
Paul Taylor, the local multi-instrumentalist extraordinaire who manages the recording studio at Crosstown Arts, recently approached me about a project he was particularly excited about: a live jazz...
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Memphis Routs South Alabama, 42-6
The University of Memphis stepped on the gas early against South Alabama and never let up in a 42-6 victory in Mobile. The victory moved the Tigers to 3-0 on the season and marked the team's first...
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Music Video Monday: Chip Greene
Today's Music Video Monday will give you something to reflect on. Nashville singer/songwriter Chip Greene's latest album In My Town deals with themes of gentrification and displacement. It's something...
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