Could you care less about tonight’s American Idol, centering around Memphis? If home design is more your thing, HGTV/Fine Living is holding an open call for homes…
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Funeral Home Opens Doors to Forest Hill Patrons
On Monday, January 29th, High Point Funeral Chapel on Summer Avenue will host an open house for people with pre-arranged services at Forest Hill Funeral Homes. …
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TN Supreme Court Rules in He Case
According to WMCTV.com, the Tennessee Supreme Court has ruled that Anna Mae He should be returned to her parents Casey and Jack He.
Nearly eight years ago, Anna Mae He was placed with the Bakers in foster care as an infant. The Bakers have sought to adopt Anna Mae, which the Hes contested.
Read the Flyer’s 2004 cover story outlining the complicated details of the He/Baker situation.
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Lucero’s Ben Nichols Featured in Book
A 2005 American Songwriter interview with Lucero frontman Ben Nichols has been reprinted in Song: The World’s Best Songwriters on Creating the Music That Moves Us.
Says Nichols, “I moved to Memphis about nine years ago and you’re just surrounded by history there. There’s a real soulful quality to the city. I mean, it’s a shithole, but …”
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Memphis Barber Takes “Hair-Cutting Flames” to Japan
Warren Lewis, a North Memphis barber known for his patented hair shortening technique, got a chance to demonstrate on Japanese television. …
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Peace & Justice Center Turns 25
The Mid-South Peace & Justice Center celebrated 25 years Thursday night with a gala event at Bridges downtown. Among the guests were Rhodes religious studies professor Luther Ivory and Amy Goodman of Democracy Now!, an independent radio and TV news program.
Goodman will be on two panels today at the National Conference for Media Reform. …
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Showtime at the Apollo Auditions
What do Sammy Davis Jr., Billie Holiday, Ella Fitzgerald, Gladys Knight, Bill Cosby, and you have in common? If you win a spot on Showtime at the Apollo at auditions being held in Memphis this Sunday, January 14th, you’ll join that celebrated crew as entertainers who got their start at the famous Harlem theater….
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Cybill Talks to Time Out
Time Out New York recently interviewed Cybill Shepherd, and here we go again with tales of stomach-turning meals fit for the King. Not so documented: Elvis Presley’s gross-out reaction to some harmless male-on-male action, ’70s-style. …
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Peabody and Children’s Museum Team Up
In an odd bit of synergy, the Peabody Hotel and the Children’s Museum of Memphis have joined forces. Museum staff and volunteers will now wear Peabody doormen uniforms …
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Fiction Discussion Tonight
Tonight at 6:30 p.m. at the Central Library, some of Memphis’ most notable bookworms — including Burke’s Book Store owner Corey Mesler and the Flyer’s book editor Leonard Gill — will be discussing the best works of American fiction in the last 25 years. The event is part of the library’s ongoing adult enrichment series.
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Tigers Could Dominate C-USA
According to this story from the Houston Chronicle, things look good for the U of M Tiger basketball team — but not so great for other C-USA teams with NCAA tournament hopes.
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Happy Birthday, Elvis!
It’s that time again — Elvis’ birthday, when the King is honored with a week full of events, starting tonight. …