The University of Memphis plays UAB in Conference USA basketball action tonight at 7 p.m. at The Pyramid.
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sunday, february 18th
Today is your last chance to attend the 2ND ANNUAL MEMPHIS IMAX FILM FESTIVAL. Featuring Everest, The Greatest Places, Dolphins, Encounter in the Third Dimension, Thrill Ride, and The Old Man and the Sea. Union Planters IMAX Theater, Memphis Pink Palace Museum, 3050 Central (320- 6320).
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thursday, february 15th
The UNIVERSITY OF MEMPHIS takes on arch-rival CINCINNATI in a Conference USA basketball game at The Pyramid. ESPN will broadcast the game live beginning at 8 p.m. If basketball is not your thing, you might try OPEN-MIKE POETRY at Java Cabana, 2170 Young, 8-10 p.m.
Posted inEditorial, Opinion
The Conversion of Tom Moss
It was expected that Tom Moss, who was appointed Shelby County Commissioner last fall, would try to get himself assimilated as a member in good standing of the commission’s seven-member GOP majority. After all, nominal Republican Moss had defeated mainstream Republican David Lillard and was named to his post basically by a Democrat-dominated coalition (the […]
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QA
Q&A: Murray Wells, attorney for transgender murder victim Duanna Johnson Last summer, transgender woman Duanna Johnson was the victim of a beating by a Memphis police officer inside the Shelby County Jail. One evening last week, she became the victim of murder. Johnson’s body was discovered near the corner of Hollywood and Staten in North […]
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Rant
White House staffers have been revealing a “genuine sadness” around the West Wing these days. One report said that President Bush was concerned that his presidency is being compared to Herbert Hoover’s. But that would be an insult to Hoover. His morale was reportedly so low, he practically gushed when honored by the Air and […]
Posted inFashion, Fashion Feature
Shop This
So, you’ve made a commitment to shop locally. Thank you. You’re doing your part to help the economy, at least in your own backyard. But there’s more. Now, let’s save the planet — one commute at a time. By changing the way you get from point A to point B, you can significantly reduce your […]
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Looking for Love
Perhaps Memphis needs its own personal ad: “MIXED-RACE CITY ISO singles ranging in age from mid-20s to early 30s. The city offers rich musical history, affordable housing, and the best barbecue in the world.” In a recent national study on cities’ abilities to attract singles, Memphis and the metropolitan area came in number 70 out […]
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Nine Lives Playhouse on the Square gets Seussical.
Viva el gato en sombrero! Apparently, Memphis audiences just can’t get enough of that Seussical stuff, which is something of a miracle when you consider that when it debuted in 2000, the ambitious Dr. Seuss musical nearly transformed the world’s most famous feline into rank road kill in a red-and-white-striped hippie hat. The original production […]
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A Herenton Indictment?
The career of Willie Herenton can be divided into two parts. In Part One, he was the breaker of racial barriers in Memphis: the first black assistant school superintendent, the first black school superintendent, the first black mayor. In Part Two, he was the champion of black power. Not the radical black power of “Burn […]
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Poetry in Motion
By Frank Murtaugh The games were played, the records broken. He described it all, even squeezed a joke in. Name the face of Memphis sports if you can, no cheatin’. Why, great Scott, it’s none other than Big Jack Eaton! Clearly, local sports poetry should be left to the Bard of Union Avenue. (Had to […]
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Return Engagement
by Greg Akers Maybe it happens when the leaves turn, or maybe it’s timed to Daylight Savings or some mystical phenomenon, but whatever cosmic force it is that periodically brings Nashville-based singer-songwriter Kate Campbell to the Center for Southern Folklore, it’s at work again. Kate Campbell is the “New South” poet laureate whose songs are […]