• Issue Archive for
  • Jun 21-27, 2007
  • Vol. 1, No. 956

Art

  • Cosmonauts

    Work by George Hunt, Erinn Cox, and Lauren Kalman.

News

  • Fairy Ballet Camp in Germantown Starts This Week

    Little girls wishing they could be Cinderella or Sleeping Beauty no longer need to just dream. All they need are ballet shoes.

    Designed around classic fairy tales, Fairy Ballet Camp at the Germantown Performing Arts Centre will begin June 25 ...

  • MLGW Networx: Keeping Us in the Dark?

    The less you know about Networx, the better. Until very recently, that would appear to be Memphis Networx's attitude toward both its citizen ownership and the Memphis City Council. According to commentary by MLGW Commissioner and Networx board member Nick Clark, secrecy was probably in the "best interests" of the ratepayer. If "best interests" means MLGW taking a $29-million dollar bath without any public oversight, he would be correct. ...
  • Art Poster Show at Delta Axis Opens Friday

    If you dig "gig posters" for rock-and-roll bands -- the kind you see hanging in cafe windows, on telephone poles, at record shops -- "The Agents of Timbre: A Group Print Show" is for you.

    Featuring 20 artists from across the nation and some 100 posters to view or buy ...

  • Where's the Best Place for an Office in Memphis?

    What's the preferred part of town for an office? In a recent survey by the Memphis Business Journal, which received 273 responses, one-third of voters chose Downtown and a little less than a third gave nods to East Memphis. ...
  • Newsweek: Caution, Graceland May Be Hazardous to Your Health

    August marks the 30th anniversary of the death of the King of Rock-and-Roll, and already the national media have begun focusing their attention on Memphis. The current issue of Newsweek takes readers on a tour of Graceland, and among other -- some fairly obvious -- observations is this one: The place needs to issue a warning ...
  • Summer in the City

    Summer songs provide the beat for the Flyer's annual Summer Issue.

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Politics

  • Peete Changes Plea to Guilty on Extortion Charge

    Appearing relaxed and even attempting some courtroom humor, former councilman Rickey Peete bit the bullet in Federal Court Wednesday, pleading guilty to the crime of extortion and receiving provisional "sentence guidelines" of 41 to 51 months.
  • Politics, Politics, Politics....

    Wednesday night was a hot one for local politics, with three more than usually significant events -- a John Calipari-hosted fundraiser for council candidate Jim Strickland, a headquarters opening for mayoral candidate Herman Morris; and a big-ticket fundraiser for county mayor A C Wharton.

  • POLITICS: New Mayor, New Council?

    Naming "crime, cronyism, and corruption" as major issues in this year's mayoral election, candidate Carol Chumney addressed the Germantown Democratic Club Monday night, pledging if elected to "get a good team" in order to bring renewed efficiency to Memphis city government.
  • On Rickey Peete: "An indictment against all of us."

    Nothing is more hypocritical than the finger-pointing of white Memphians who say the political career of Rickey Peete illustrates some kind of inherent criminal shortcomings of the black electorate. ...
  • Congressman Steve Cohen Grills McNulty

    Political uber-blog "Talking Points Memo" ran a clip today of 9th District Congressman Steve Cohen grilling Deputy Attorney General Paul McNulty.

    The set-up: "In April, a group of anonymous Justice Department employees wrote to the House and Senate judiciary committees and accused Paul McNulty's chief of staff Michael Elston ...

Sports

  • Who Should the Grizzlies Draft?

    Al Horford or Mike Conley Jr.? Joakim Noah or Corey Brewer? With one week to go until the NBA draft, Flyer Grizzlies writer Chris Herrington looks at the potential of the four most likely Grizzlies draft picks based on the recent success and failure of similar players. Read it at Beyond the Arc, the Flyer's Grizzlies blog.
  • FROM MY SEAT: Feeling a Draft

    With the pining and whining over Greg Oden and Kevin Durant finally behind us -- or is it? -- the time is right for breaking down the leftovers, er, hidden jewels of this week's NBA draft.
  • Do the Grizzlies Really Need a "Superstar"?

    From an interview with new Grizzlies' GM Chris Wallace:

    "Chris, Jerry [West] talked a lot about the need for a superstar to be brought in at some point. Do you feel the same?" ...

  • Deep Thoughts on the Memphis Grizzlies by Chris Herrington

    "Well, as I post this there are 3 days, 5 hours, and 50 minutes remaining until the NBA draft, and with each passing hour I become both less certain about what I think will happen and less certain about what I want to happen. ...

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