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COVID-19 Cases Rise to 1,269 in Shelby County, Deaths Remain at 26
Shelby County currently has 1,269 confirmed COVID-19 cases as of Monday morning, up 53 from Sunday. The total number of deaths in Shelby County attributed to COVID-19 remains at 26. Shelby County...
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Music Video Monday: Faux Killas
Go into space with Music Video Monday! Faux Killas’ new video is just the rocket fuel you need to launch you out of the COVID blues. The giddy “Space Force” is a punky blast of chant-along lyrics and...
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COVID-19 Cases Rise to 1,351 in Shelby County, Deaths Rise to 30
Shelby County currently has 1,351 confirmed COVID-19 cases, up by 82 cases (or just over 6 percent) over Monday's numbers. The total number of deaths in Shelby County attributed virus is 30, up by two...
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Virus Numbers Downgraded Again for Tennessee in IHME Model
Tennessee’s coronavirus peak and fatality numbers got another downgrade Monday from the widely used epidemic model from the University of Washington. The numbers from the university's Institute for...
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Groups Challenge Order to Postpone Elective Medical Procedures, Abortions
The Center for Reproductive Rights, along with two other organizations, is challenging an order by Tennessee Governor Bill Lee that essentially bans abortion procedures in the state. Last week, in an...
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Novel Hosts Virtual Book Club
This month's club meets on Zoom on Wednesday, April 15th. Novel hosts the second virtual edition of its monthly A Novel Book Club this Wednesday, April 15th, to get together (on Zoom) and discuss John...
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To Meet Demand, Food Bank Needs Donations, Partners, and ‘a lot of Food’
Reports and photos are emerging from across the country showing cars, lined by the hundreds, with people waiting to receive food packages from food banks. Cathy Pope, president of the Mid-South Food...
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Memphis Flyer Music Blog to List Live-Streamed Performances
Memphis musicians, who are deeply familiar with improvising, are quickly adapting to the new reality of the quarantined life now with a plethora of live-streamed events. And they are attracting music...
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Sampling a Couple Brews From Beale Street Brewing
In these harrowing times, even something as innocuous as a trip to the grocery store has taken on an air of danger and adventure. We pad down the aisles like masked ninjas — keeping our distance from...
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White Noise: Greetings From Sector Seven
Greetings from Sector 7. Things have been pretty quiet around here. Too quiet. Sometimes at night all I can hear is the ticking of the grandfather clock. At times it seems so loud it makes my ears...
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MEMernet: COVID Comments, TP for sale
A roundup of Memphis on the World Wide Web.Hot Comments! Ooh, boy, things got spicy in the comments last week, this time in the city's Facebook broadcast of a daily briefing of the Shelby County...
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The Service Industry is Suffering: Support Them
Restaurants have been hit hard in the wake of coronavirus. When I spoke to Spindini owner and restaurateur Jim LoSapio for this week's cover story, a collection of highlights on what some of our...
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Memphis Sandwich Clique Hosts Online Sandwich Challenges
The popular Facebook group adapts during quarantine. Memphis Sandwich Clique is a phenomenon. The Facebook group began last July with Ryan Joseph Hopgood and Reuben Skahill asking people to post their...
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Rockin’ Troubador: Jerry Phillips on John Prine and the Pink Cadillac Sessions.
When you're with Memphis songwriters and John Prine comes up, you can tell he's made an indelible mark on them. Last year I spoke with Keith Sykes, who recited Prine's lyrics off the top of his head....
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High Fidelity: Indie Rock Classic Gains New Life on the Small Screen
Nick Hornby's 1995 novel gets an update for the age of poptomism Nick Hornby's 1995 novel High Fidelity is a story of obsession turned toxic. But it's not just Rob Fleming's obsession with discovering...
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Crosstown Arts' Against the Grain Helps Support Local Musicians
Performances by a variety of artists are available via the website 24/7. Last week, Crosstown Arts released its Against the Grain platform, where local musicians can submit their musical works for the...
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DeBerry Case Highlights Questions of Party Loyalty
For 26 years — from the time, that is, of unquestioned Democratic Party dominance in the Tennessee General Assembly to the current era of a Republican supermajority there —John DeBerry has represented...
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Delivering the Goods
How Memphis restaurants are coping with the new normal. Last week on a Memphis Twitter thread, the subject of restaurant takeout and delivery options arose. People began name-checking dining options...
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UPDATE: Map Shows New Memphis Flyer Box Locations
UPDATE: We've been working hard this week to bring you a real-life, physical copy of the Memphis Flyer. Expect it on stands Wednesday (today!). A lot has changed. You'll notice it will be a smaller...
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The Great Divide
I was driving back roads north of Memphis last Saturday, up around Shelby Forest, which, it turned out, was closed due to the COVID-19 situation. The locals, however, didn't seem to be much worried...
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