City Beat, Memphis Flyer

"Upscale Freakism"

John Branston — Wed, 22 May 2013 12:15:00 -0500

Say this for Shelby County district attorney Amy Weirich: She doesn't pull her punches. Or telegraph them.…

Grizzlies Eye Beale Street

John Branston — Tue, 14 May 2013 14:46:00 -0500

Memphis stars of the NBA Playoffs so far: Marc Gasol, Mike Conley, Tony Allen, and Beale Street.

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Grit ’n’ Grind

John Branston — Tue, 07 May 2013 14:52:00 -0500

Memphis police director Toney Armstrong won Round One in budget negotiations with the city council, where he found support for a 4.6 percent raise for employees.

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Restaurant Impossible

John Branston — Tue, 30 Apr 2013 14:12:00 -0500

Somebody call Robert Irvine, the no-nonsense star of the Food Network's Restaurant Impossible. Have we got a challenge for him.…

Forrest Rides Again

John Branston — Tue, 23 Apr 2013 13:01:00 -0500

Well, the fans of Jefferson Davis and Nathan Bedford Forrest have had their fun with park names. What now?…

Jerry Lee Lewis Rocks On

John Branston — Tue, 16 Apr 2013 14:33:00 -0500

Jerry Lee Lewis, the last living member of the legendary Million Dollar Quartet, sat beneath a photograph in his den of that signature moment in the history of rock-and-roll in 1956 and vowed to keep on rocking.

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I Like Spike and Luke

John Branston — Wed, 10 Apr 2013 05:48:00 -0500

For one night, all was forgiven.

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The Superintendent Search

John Branston — Wed, 03 Apr 2013 10:03:00 -0500

After watching the coming and going of five Memphis school superintendents, I can't say I know how to pick the next one, but I know a little about how NOT to do it.

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Free Agency in Education

John Branston — Tue, 26 Mar 2013 15:59:00 -0500

John Aitken could be the most heavily recruited big guy from around here since Penny Hardaway, and the former Shelby County schools superintendent hasn't worn a basketball uniform in years.

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Fixing the Riverfront

John Branston — Wed, 20 Mar 2013 09:52:00 -0500

Jeff Speck, author of Walkable City: How Downtown Can Save America One Step at a Time, suggests six quick fixes for Memphis' riverfront.

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Judge on the Spot

John Branston — Tue, 12 Mar 2013 16:13:00 -0500

Fifty years ago, Samuel H. Mays Jr., United States judge for the Western District of Tennessee, was a star student at all-white White Station High School during the years of token school desegregation. When he finished law school at Yale in 1973, Memphis was being torn apart by federal court-ordered busing and white flight.…

Trashy Problem

John Branston — Tue, 05 Mar 2013 16:27:00 -0600

If you only get one chance to make a first impression, then the $42.5 million Beale Street Landing could be in a tough spot this Saturday, when the American Queen steamboat with 430 passengers aboard visits Memphis from New Orleans.

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Lincolnesque Compromises

John Branston — Tue, 26 Feb 2013 13:50:00 -0600

Maybe the members of the not very Unified Shelby County School Board or the Memphis and Shelby County School Board or whatever they're calling it these days should go see the movie Lincoln this week instead of muddling through another meeting.

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