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It’s Time To Let Low-Level Offenders Out of Jail
The COVID-19 pandemic has people keeping their distance from each other, but what if you had no choice but to be in a crowded room, sharing a sink and a toilet, unable to so much as sanitize your...
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Local Farmers Impacted by COVID-19
With distribution points closing or experiencing decreased business, farmers are feeling the hit of the coronavirus outbreak. COVID-19 is radically changing how local restaurants operate, and, in tow,...
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Becky Zee Hosts Virtual Ceramics Class
The class is part of Arrow Creative’s Creatively Quarantine online series. Local ceramics artist Becky Zee hosts a virtual Crittermaking at-home ceramics class through the first of Arrow Creative's...
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Bring Your Favorite Bar Home During Quarantine
Delivery, curbside, to-go — how to support local and drink responsibly at home. Wooooo boy, ain't we in the throes of it now? Feels like it was just last week when my assignment was simply to go to a...
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MEMernet: Stay Home, Advice from Cox Street Bigfoot
A roundup of Memphis on the World Wide Web.Flow Chart Help The Memphis Fire Fighters Local 1784 tweeted this helpful flow chart for anyone out there still confused about how to help during the...
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On the Front Lines
13 Memphians who are working while the city hunkers down."Cover your face."— Physician Physician and Memphis city councilman Jeff Warren has dual perspectives on the coronavirus crisis. As a doctor,...
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Memphis Music Lovers Support Players’ Online Events
And just like that, the gigs were gone. Musicians around the world have suffered a setback as their primary sources of income — performances in public venues — have evaporated. In previous centuries,...
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Stir Crazy
I've got an announcement: The Memphis Flyer will temporarily be going to an every-other-week print schedule. Next week's issue — April 9th — will be digital-only, available for free, of course, on...
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COVID-19 Cases Rise to 638 in Shelby County, 5 Deaths Recorded
Shelby County currently has 638 confirmed COVID-19 cases. Two additional deaths attributed to COVID-19 were reported to the Shelby County Health Department overnight, bringing the total number of...
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New York Times Report Suggests Shelby County Residents Aren’t Staying at Home
Travel distance in Shelby County was among the top in the country on Friday, according to a report by The New York Times. Using anonymous cell phone data from 15 million people, The Times released a...
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Local Colleges Look to Alternative Graduation Plans Amid Pandemic
The coronavirus pandemic has upended all parts of life and halted plans here, around the country, and across the globe — from weddings to funerals to long-awaited graduation ceremonies. Thus, colleges...
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Memphis Made Brewing Co. to Distribute in Mississippi Beginning this Week
In a press release today, Memphis Made Brewing Co. announced it will begin distribution of its craft beers outside of Shelby County for the first time since the company’s inception. The brewery —...
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Lee Firms Up Previous Order, Makes 'Stay-at-Home' Mandatory
Tennessee Governor Bill Lee announced Thursday he would sign Executive Order 23 requiring that Tennesseans "not carrying out essential activities" must stay at home as data shows an increase in...
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Listen Up: The Harbert House Band
The Harbert House Band is a band of the times. Max Kaplan, 22, recently put the group together because of the COVID-19 outbreak. The band, which includes his roommates, is based at their home on...
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Fund Set Up For Laid Off Hospitality Workers
Welcome to Memphis is disseminating financial assistance to Memphis area hospitality professionals affected by the coronavirus pandemic through the Welcome to Memphis COVID-19 Fund. Hourly workers in...
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Better Call Saul Puts on a TV Masterclass
Here’s the trouble with prequels: Their ostensible reason for being is to explore an intriguing backstory suggested by their parent story. But here’s the rub: If the backstory was that interesting to...
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COVID-19 Cases Rise to 640 in Shelby County, 8 Deaths Recorded
Shelby County currently has 640 confirmed COVID-19 cases. The total number of deaths in Shelby County attributed to COVID-19 to 8. Only two new positive cases were formally reported to the health...
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Why Memphis Fast Food Employees Went on Strike: One Woman's Story
Fast food workers with Fight for $15 and a Union in Memphis joined about 100 others earlier this week from St. Louis and Tampa in a strike to protest against unsafe working conditions amid the...
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Mario Monterosso Reimagines Sun Records History With Heathens’“Steady Girl”
Sun Records, Black & Wyatt Records, Mario Monterosso, Rockabilly, Garage Rock, Country, I-40 Country One of the great recent moments in Memphis music history was the discovery (by collector Frank...
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Father Ben Bradshaw's 'Soul Food'— Food for Body and Soul
Father Ben Bradshaw is host of Soul Food, but this isn’t a show about how to make sweet potatoes, fried chicken, and collard greens. It features Bradshaw by himself or with special guests talking...
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