According to a story from DenverPost.com, Ballet Memphis dancer and choreographer Garrett Ammon has accepted a post as artistic director of Ballet Nouveau in Broomfield, Colorado, near Denver. His wife, Dawn Fay, also with Ballet Memphis, will act as associate artistic director….
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Yellow Fever Expert To Speak at WTHS Meeting
Historian Molly Crosby will be the guest speaker at the May meeting of the West Tennessee Historical Society, held Tuesday, May 8th, in the Wunderlich Auditorium at Memphis University School Auditorium. Crosby is the author of American Plague, an account of the yellow fever epidemics that decimated Memphis and many other Southern cities in the late 1800s….
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Does Ya Ya Have a Stick of Butter in the Oven?
On Friday, officials from the Memphis Zoo announced they were conducting a 24-hour watch to determine whether or not the giant panda Ya Ya is pregnant. The watch began on Thursday, and as of Saturday, there is still no word. …
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Not Overlooked
Come Early Morning, the directorial debut from Arkansas-native actress Joey Lauren Adams, was screened at Roger Ebert’s 9th annual Overlooked Film Festival last weekend….
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Get Your Spidey On
Having established the series and indulged his personal aesthetic in the first two films, director Sam Raimi seems to want to make the biggest, best superhero movie ever with Spider-Man 3. Does he it do it? Read the rest of Chris Herrington’s review of Spider-Man 3, opening today.
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Sputnik Monroe Biopic in the Works
According to a story in Variety, a film is being planned about Memphis wrestler Sputnik Monroe, who passed away late last year. …
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Comics on the House
Wednesdays are new-comic-book day, but this Saturday, May 5th, is Free Comic Book Day….
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Workman on His Upcoming Execution
Update: Workman was granted a stay of execution on Friday, due to concerns over the constitutionality of the state’s method of lethal injection. The stay expires May 14th.
Philip Workman has been on death row more than 20 years for his conviction in the slaying of a police officer in Memphis. In a recent interview with CNN, Workman describes the fear he suffers in anticipation of his sentence being carried out next week…
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No Severance for Lee
MLGW has just issued a press release stating that former president Joseph Lee and former general counsel Odell Horton Jr. will not receive a severance package…
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Timberlake on Time 100 List
Justin Timberlake has made Time’s annual power ranking, the “Time 100” …
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Will New NCAA Rules on Prep Schools Affect UofM?
According to a story in yesterday’s New York Times, the NCAA has passed legislation that tightens its requirements for high-school recruits from prep schools, and the University of Memphis’ John Calipari isn’t crazy about it…
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FedEx Absolutely Positively Second
The results are in, and FedEx came in a disappointing second place in this year’s Great Package Race….