• Issue Archive for
  • Aug 20-26, 2009
  • Vol. 1, No. 1069

Art

  • Art Feature

    • Visionary

    Prints by Jacob Lawrence at the Brooks.
    • by Carol Knowles

News

  • Cover Feature

    • Bad Boys

    In recent years, nearly 70 local cops have been caught breaking laws they are supposed to be enforcing.
    • by Bianca Phillips

  • Flyer Flashback

    To mark the Flyer's 20th anniversary, we're looking back at stories from our first two decades.
    • by Mary Cashiola
  • The Fly-By

    • Cobblestone Concerns

    Opponents object to walkways and boulders in riverfront plan.
    • by Bianca Phillips
  • The Fly-By

    • Adams Avenue Ambassadors

    Low-income residents of Victorian Village will be trained as tour guides.
    • by Bianca Phillips
  • The Fly-By

    • Beale Street Boogie

    The dispute that outlasted the Herenton administration is scheduled to go to court next March.
    • by John Branston
  • The Fly-By

    • Boston Pops

    Three Stax Music Academy students attend Berklee music camp.
    • by Erica Walters
  • The Fly-By

    • Sustainability Shop

    Concierge service helps consumers green their lives.
    • by Bo List
  • The Daily Buzz

    • Ronnie Grisanti's to Close This Weekend

    This weekend will mark the end of an era in Midtown restaurant circles, when Ronnie Grisanti and Sons, a perennial winner in the "Best Italian" category in the Flyer's Best of Memphis readers' poll, shuts its doors for a final time at its Chickasaw Oaks Plaza location ...
    • by Flyer Staff
  • The Daily Buzz

    • Tigers to Forfeit 07-08 Season?

    The Commercial Appeal and several online sources are reporting that the NCAA will strip the Memphis Tigers of their NCAA-record 38 wins during the 2007-2008 season.

    The NCAA plans an announcement of its decision today at 4:00 p.m. UM officials have announced a subsequent press conference ... more

    • by Bruce VanWyngarden
  • The Daily Buzz

    • U of M to Appeal NCAA Ruling

    "I am extremely disappointed in the NCAA ruling, and yes, we are going to appeal," University of Memphis Athletic Director R. C. Johnson said at a press conference Thursday.

    Meanwhile, the NCAA Final Four and 2008 runner-up banners will continue hanging in FedExForum ... John Branston reports.

    • by Flyer Staff
  • The Daily Buzz

    • Rose Did Not Cooperate and UM Kept the Lid On

    From March of 2008 until March of 2009, Derrick Rose or his attorney declined six requests to respond to questions about the SAT entrance exam that led to his ineligibility and the NCAA punishment this week against the University of Memphis. More ...
    • by Flyer Staff
  • The Daily Buzz

    • Beer to Be Sold at Liberty Bowl for U of M Games

    Mayor Myron Lowery announced this morning that beer will be sold at the Liberty Bowl Stadium during U of M games.

    City CAO Jack Sammons said the administration and facility managers project beer sales to net $200,000. To read more, visit the City Beat blog.

    • by John Branston
  • The Daily Buzz

    • Lesbian Couple Escorted From Whalum's Church

    In what they said was an effort to learn more about mayoral candidate Kenneth Whalum, Yas Meen and Monique Stevens visited the reverend's New Olivet Baptist Church Sunday morning. But they claim the experience resulted in verbal attacks and expulsion from the church.

    Bianca Phillips has more.

  • The Daily Buzz

    • Mayor's Race Heats Up

    Willie disses everybody; Myron disses Willie and Thaddeus; Wharton kicks it off; Chumney's in the wings. ... Jackson Baker's got it all at Political Beat.
    • by Flyer Staff
  • The Daily Buzz

    • Literacy Looks

    The Style Sessions team hit up the Memphis Literacy Council's Taste of Cooper-Young last week. The food was great, and the fashion was, too.

    For a sample of local style, click here.

    • by Mary Cashiola

Real Estate

  • Hot Properties

    • Cedar Crest

    Circa 1848 Greek Revival in Red Banks
    • by John Griffin

We Recommend

Music

  • Say Aah

    Musicians unite for Rock For Love 3 and the Church Health Center.
    • by Andria Lisle

Politics

  • Politics Beat

    • Method and Madness

    Dueling banjos Herenton and Fields provide a discordant backdrop for the latest civic drama.
    • by Jackson Baker

Sports

  • From My Seat

    • Lost Wins

    Twin legacies. If University of Memphis basketball and John Calipari weren’t indelibly linked before the news that the Tigers’ 2007-08 season has likely been “vacated” by the NCAA, they certainly are today ...
    • by Frank Murtaugh
  • From My Seat

    • Craig's Lift

    Allen Craig Makes a Case for "Most Valuable Redbird"
    • by Frank Murtaugh

Theater

  • Theater Feature

    • Dead Ringers

    Circuit's Cell Phone is off the hook.
    • by Chris Davis

Film

We Recommend

Film

Opinion

  • Letter From the Editor

    Call me a crazy optimist, but I think Herenton may have finally stepped off the curb this time. I don't think he can win back the mayor's office. He doesn't look like a tough man of the streets anymore. He looks like an unstable nut ...
    • by Bruce VanWyngarden
  • Viewpoint

    • The Real Death Panels

    Failure to reform the health-care system condemns thousands to die.
    • by Joe Conason

Food & Wine

  • Making Scenes

    A cautionary memoir about the hazards of mixing dinner and drama.
    • by Chris Davis

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