International Blacksmith Day at the National Ornamental Metal Museum Saturday
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No Set Solution for Schools
From John Branston’s City Beat Blog: The idea that a record of 100 percent of graduates going to college could be transposed to every city high school, or any Memphis public high school under the current structure, is naive.
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Pest Control
The Shelby County Health Department has warned of what could be the longest West Nile virus season on record. Hannah Sayle has the story.
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Bake Sale for Hit-and-Run Victim
A bake sale is being held on Saturday, June 23rd at Colonial Park United Methodist Church to raise funds for Shannon Parker, a victim of a hit-and-run. Details at Hungry Memphis.
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Hub City Blues
Look, out there in the wild blue yonder: It’s a bird, it’s a plane … it’s a Delta plane. And if it just took off from the airline’s hub here in Memphis, headed for Nashville, some 200-odd miles away, it could cost you $600 to get on it. Better just to drive. What a great […]
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Laffer Redux
Those of us with relatively long memories will recall the vogue of “supply side economics” that existed in national government for a brief spell in the early Reagan years — roughly from 1983 to 1986 or so, when a combination of traditional Republicans and resurgent Democrats imposed a more familiar brand of economics, one in […]
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A Two-Party System?
There was an era of Tennessee history, persisting from sometime in the 19th century to just two or three decades ago, when a citizen might declare, “I vote for the man, not the party,” and that remark, basically a euphemism, could be translated to mean, “I vote Republican.” That was in the long heyday of […]
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Grizzlies and Clippers Face Off in Game 3 Today
The Grizzlies and Clippers play at 3:30 today in Game 3 of their first-round playoff series, tied 1-1. At Beyond the Arc, Chris Herrington gives Ten Takes on where the series stands as it moves to Los Angeles.
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Megadeth Still Alive
Performing Friday night at Music Fest is Megadeth. Stephen Deusner on why they still matter.
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Lauren Kalman
Opening reception for “Tributaries: Lauren Kalman” Friday night at the Metal Museum.
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ChickLit Reading
Friday at Minglewood, it’s ChickLit: Memphis — a gathering of 10 local female authors for an evening of cool/hip/sexy/sassy/savvy/funny/confident/counterculture literature.
