One Came Home, which closed the On Location: Memphis film festival a couple of weeks ago and now opens for a full run at Studio on the Square, is not your typical local debut feature. For starters, filmmaker Willy Bearden is not your typical fledgling filmmaker.

Read more in Film.

An ethics survey has John Branston wondering what it would take to keep our representatives on the straight and narrow.

Read it in City Beat.

“Basically, I want to revive rock-and-roll music and give it back to black people,” Sebastian Banks says of his band Black Rock Revival. “When I was younger, I didn’t even know black people ever did play rock music, even though they were the original ones to do it. I want to breathe life back into the idea of a black rock band.”

Read more in this week’s music feature.

Got a clever name for a barbecue team? Play along at our Hungry Memphis contest for a chance to win tickets to the World Championship Barbecue Cooking Contest.

Over the past few months, several indicators have pointed to a strengthening economy. Yet, the national employment picture has remained intractable, stubborn, and downright recalcitrant…until now.

Finally, there seems some movement in the right direction as unemployment numbers have decreased, albeit slowly.

Read more at MBQ’s Business Minded blog.

As part of a reduced state budget, the T.O. Fuller’s 18-hole golf course is slated to close October 1st.

“The golf course is the revenue-generating part of the park. If you shut down the revenue side, we’re afraid it won’t be long before you shut the park down,” said Friends of T.O. Fuller State Park president Ralph Thompson.

Get the rest of the story in this week’s Fly-By.