Arts and Culture

Feature Story The Highland Strip features a bold sign to brand the area. Traffic cones mark recent street improvements. (Ziggy Mack) Arts and Culture

Destination Eats: University District is a smart choice for good food

Cole BradleyWednesday, April 14, 2021
Feature Story Architect Mario Walker won first prize in the competition to imagine new uses for the historic Highland Heights United Methodist Church. The contest is part of an effort to save the church from demolition. (Emily Holmes, Heights CDC) Community Development

Design contest casts vision for renovation and reuse of historic church at risk for demolition

Leigh TatumTuesday, March 30, 2021
Feature Story memphis_minnie.jpg Arts and Culture

Black Memphis, Black History: The enduring sounds of Memphis Minnie

Chris JonesThursday, February 25, 2021
Feature Story Cornelia Crenshaw speaks at a rally in Forrest City, Arkansas in September of 1961. Roughly 300 people attended. (Photo by James R. Reid) Arts and Culture

Black Memphis, Black History: Remembering Cornelia Crenshaw, "mother" of local Civil Rights Movement

Chris JonesFriday, February 19, 2021
Feature Story Archie "A.W." Willis, Jr. stands at center. Seated are members of the Memphis State Eight. These students were the first to integrate what is now the University of Memphis. Arts and Culture

Black Memphis, Black History: The legacy of A.W. Willis

Chris JonesThursday, February 11, 2021
Feature Story food this one Arts and Culture

Destination Eats: Devour the world from The Heights

Cole BradleyThursday, February 4, 2021
Feature Story Teaching artists with the New Ensemble Ballet and School perform a socially-distanced dance routine. (Submitted) Arts and Culture

These dancers are talented, passionate, and staying in Memphis to teach.

Sarah RushakoffThursday, December 24, 2020
Feature Story Lauren Kennedy in front of the Upstanders mural adjacent to the National Civil Rights Museum. The mural is a product of collaboration between the Urban Arts Commission and Facing History and Ourselves. (J. Dylan Sandifer) Arts and Culture

We're so much more than rock and roll and barbecue.

Cole BradleyTuesday, December 15, 2020
Feature Story Products from Elle's Elixirs will be featured in the BOXLOT holiday market today and tomorrow. (Submitted, Elle's Elixirs)

Shop local, shop safe with these virtual holiday markets

Cole BradleyFriday, December 4, 2020
Feature Story Meghan Paige (left) and Keneisha Malone opened Terra Cotta October 3, 2020. The store is both a plant shop and space for customers to shop locally made goods, including jewelry, apparel, and candles. (Submitted) Entrepreneurship

Women Working It: The plants and passion of Terra Cotta

Brandi HunterThursday, November 19, 2020
Feature Story Michele Simmons is a North Memphis resident and a student in High Ground's North Memphis Community Correspondents program. (Cole Bradley) Arts and Culture

Dispatches from North Memphis: Meet Michele Simmons

Cole BradleyWednesday, November 18, 2020
Feature Story Soulsville in pictures 5 Arts and Culture

Community Foundation, MLK50 to host discussion on need for more Black college grads

Cole BradleyThursday, November 12, 2020
Feature Story The second annual "Don’t Let Your Song Fade" concert for suicide awareness will be held at the Bartlett RockHouse Live location on October 22. The Zach Bair Band will headline. (Zach Bair Band) Healthy Communities

Six bands will take the stage for suicide prevention this Saturday, October 10

Cole BradleyWednesday, October 7, 2020
Feature Story Memphis jooker Ryan Haskett dances for onlookers Arts and Culture

In Photos: The Last of Our Neighborhoods Revisited

Cole BradleyFriday, September 4, 2020
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