Recently, 25-year-old Jacqueline McKee made local news after playing on a swing set in Bartlett Park.
It wasn’t because she’s an adult, but because she’s an adult “star.”
Posted inMusic, Music Features
Overton Park Shell Re-Opens Tonight
Dormant since 2004 and in disrepair for many years before that, the once-proud Overton Park Shell makes a comeback this week. Rechristened the Levitt Shell — after the nonprofit, Los Angeles-based Mortimer-Levitt Foundation, which has helped finance the venue’s renovation as part of a bid to rehab classic band shells across the country — the venue that hosted Elvis Presley’s first paid concert, classic hippie-era blues and folk festivals, and other memorable events is being reborn as a family-oriented venue.
The Levitt Shell debuts on tonight when Amy LaVere performs to kick off a five-week, 25-concert fall season.
Posted inPolitics, Politics Feature
Frist Seconds Palin on Switching “Maverick” McCain’s Venue
Former U.S. Senator Bill Frist on Thursday put a positive spin on
the non-conformist aspects of “the maverick, the radical John McCain.” Said Frist at the Tennessee delegation’s breakfast meeting: “I had to put up with John McCain every single
day, and it was hard.” But he professed himself to be in agreement with Sarah Palin’s
advocacy in her Wednesday night speech of “tak[ing} the maverick out of the Senate and putting
him in the White House.”
Posted inLetters To The Editor, Opinion
Letters to the Editor
A LIBERAL RAG A recent headline on your website read: “Memphisflyer.com Offers the Most Complete Convention Coverage!” There was a picture of Obama and his new running buddy. Is this bias or what? Who’s covering the Republican Convention for the Flyer? It’s enough that the major media outlets are biased toward the Dems, so I […]
Posted inNews, The Fly-By
What They Said
About “Cohen, ‘Funniest Man in Politics,’ Says GOP Forever Out of Luck in Shelby County, Seriously,” by Jackson Baker: “It sure looks to me like the Shelby GOP is circling the wagons, declaring SD-9 to be the Alamo and making Kemp Conrad their Davy Crockett.” — leftwingcracker “I served with Davy Crockett: I knew Davy […]
Posted inEditorial, Opinion
MCS: How Many Kids?
Getting enrollment numbers from Memphis City Schools is harder than doing trigonometry in your head. True to form, new superintendent Kriner Cash’s communications department put us off last week when we tried to find out how many students are enrolled this year in city schools, and in certain underused schools in particular. The explanations included […]
Posted inPolitics, Politics Feature
“Now Is The Time”: Barack Obama’s Remarks On Accepting the Democratic Nomination
On Thursday night, August 29, 2008, U.S. Senator Barack Obama accepted the Democratic nomination for the presidency with an address at Invesco Field, Denver, Colorado. These are his remarks, throwing down the gauntlet to GOP opponent John McCain and laying out the candidate’s plans and proposals.
Posted inPolitics, Politics Feature
On The Streets With Chris Davis … Part Deux
See the epic sequel to this morning’s magnificent Davis film du jour. You’ll laugh, you’ll cry, you’ll … well, mostly you’ll laugh.
Posted inNews
And the Ostrander Goes To ….
The 25th annual Ostrander Awards, recognizing the best of local theater, was held last night the Memphis Botanic Garden.
And the winners are …
Posted inFood & Wine, Food & Drink
Wild Oats Starts “Locally Grown” Program
Wild Oats has taken on a project that’s very important to the company’s overall
philosophy: supporting local farmers, food vendors, and artisans by selling their products in the store.
Late last month, Whole Foods invited local vendors to a low-key fair held at the Memphis Botanic Garden. The turnout was small, but Emily Broad, associate marketing coordinator for the company’s Southern region, says that the Memphis store is still in transition and that the fair was only the first step toward incorporating more local products. ..