Burke’s Book Store is one of the oldest independent book stores in the country and is rapidly approaching 150 years in business. Located on Cooper Street, Burke’s has an inventory of books as eclectic as the midtown neighborhood where it now sits.
The Collage Dance Collective is one of only a few professional ballet companies in the world with a roster of dancers who are Black, Indigenous or People of Color.
In this 5 Star Story about the things that make us proud to call the Mid-South home, we celebrate an urban jungle in the heart of the Bluff City, the Memphis Botanic Garden. For 70 years now, the garden has been a perennial favorite for Memphians.
The distance between Memphis and Africa is well over 7,000 miles, but you don’t have to go that far to get a heaping taste of what many call the Cradle of Civilization.
The art of barbecue is about Memphis as you can get. And there are barbecue legends in this city who have used their knowledge to build empires while also helping their neighborhoods.
In our ongoing effort to honor the people, places and things that make us proud to call the Mid-South home, we’re celebrating Black History Month with A Tour Of Possibilities (ATOP).
A new exhibit at the Museum of History and Science (MoSH) takes visitors on a trip through that history, as well as its future. In our quest to showcase the people, places and things that make us proud to call the Mid-South home, we’re delving into “Artificial Intelligence: Your Mind & the Machine.”
In this 5 Star Story about the people, places, and things that make us proud to call the Mid-South home, we’re going inside the Scheidt Family Performing Arts Center at the University of Memphis.
Mom and Pop stores are more and more difficult to find these days, but there’s at least one such store in Memphis that’s been in business for almost 100 years.
Temple Israel, founded in Memphis in 1853 as Congregation B’nai Israel (Hebrew for Children of Israel), is the only Reform synagogue in the city and home to the oldest and largest Jewish congregation throughout the Mid-South.
It’s a spirit of giving that makes us proud to call this place home, as we share a special delivery at the Memphis Dream Center, which has offered a support system for families in need.
This 5 Star Story is about one of the best businesses and tourist attractions in Memphis that’s celebrating 30 years, as Blues City Cafe’s recipe for good food and good times keeps rolling on the iconic Beale Street.
Billboard magazine recently named Rhodes College one of the Top Music Business Schools in the U.S. -- even though the school does not have a music business major. But, it does have a music institute that celebrates Memphis’ role in the “Tennessee Music Miracle.”
Since May, the Memphis Botanic Garden has been home to a larger-than-life exhibit celebrating Alice in Wonderland, and if you haven’t taken in the tea party for yourself, there’s still time!
The Memphis Symphony Orchestra is the largest performing arts institution in the Memphis area and recently opened its new season, back on stage after the COVID shutdown.
There are jobs, and then there are JOBS! And the role of Duckmaster at the Peabody Memphis Hotel is home to one of the rarest of jobs in the whole world.
The “901 Student Passport” is in full swing providing free admission to all Shelby County school-aged children and their families to historic sites and cultural institutions.
As the Mid-South gallery prepares for the arrival of some of the world’s top golfers for this year’s FedEx St. Jude Championship, there are thousands of local junior golfers who hope they’ll one day be on the PGA Tour leaderboard.
The King is back on the big screen in a hip-shaking, lip-snarling extravaganza that tracks the Tupelo-born Memphis transplant’s career over three decades -- with the Bluff City as both his maker and his muse.
Meet a young family whose love for gardening turned a once-blighted property into a neighborhood gem called Black Seeds Urban Farms which feeds their neighbors’ bodies and souls.
This 5 Star Story shows you how an Arkansas family’s history of triumph over circumstance now allows them to use their farm to “Raise Spirits in the Delta” -- one bottle at a time.
In this 5 Star Story, Kym Clark attended practice to show us while there may be snow on the roof those fabulous over 50 entertainers definitely have fire in the chimney and on the court!
Our 5 Star Stories typically focus on a single topic: celebrating a hidden gem or a source of pride in Memphis and the surrounding area. But for this one, we’re taking a different approach.
Memphis considers itself the barbecue capital of the world. And while there are dozens of places in town to get some of the best barbecue ever, few restaurants have been in business as long as the subject of this 5 Star Story: Tops Bar-B-Q, which has a smokin’ hot 70-year story.
The Woman’s Exchange of Memphis is one of the longest-running nonprofits in the city and can add the likes of novelist Louisa May Alcott as a former member.
Take a stroll through history, featuring one of the only nonprofit organizations in Shelby County that promotes historic preservation -- we’re talking about Memphis Heritage, Inc., which helps give our “past a future.”
As we celebrate Black History Month, we’re sharing the story of how a church of brush and sticks became a safe harbor for former slaves and their families and is now a sanctuary for thousands.
As we continue our tribute to Black History Month, we’re delving into art, in particular, African American artwork in two of this city’s largest galleries.
In our continuing efforts to celebrate Black History Month this year, we’re shining a light on the heart of Soulsville USA -- the Stax Museum of American Soul Music.
By 1993, downtown Memphis was in the middle of another revival and MATA relaunched the trolley service with four restored vintage cars on the Main Street Mall and they were an instant hit!
The building at Front and Union in downtown Memphis was once home to the Memphis Cotton Exchange, which was not only the heart of the city but also the cotton industry.
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