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By Emily Bishop Dish closed at the end of January, and there are several longtime empty commercial buildings in our neighborhood. Not all is bitter at the intersection of Cooper and Young, though. Blue Fish reopened with a new owner and a new name, Grace Restaurant is launching au fond farmtable in the space next [...]
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By on March 1, 2010
By Tamara Walker The Cooper Young Business Association’s mission for the last year has been one of improving our business neighborhood and making the neighborhood into a more pedestrian-friendly place. After countless meetings and engineering drawings, success is in sight. Cooper Street will be receiving Federal funds that will pave the way for not only [...]
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By Scout Anglin and Sutton Mora Hayes About 30 people turned out at First Congregational Church on January 27th for the launch of The Smallest User campaign to reduce energy consumption in the neighborhood. The Smallest User is a partnership between Cooper-Young Development Corporation (CYDC), the Evergreen Historic District Association, MLGW, and The University of [...]
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By on March 1, 2010
We’re on the cusp of spring weather now and it’s time to start going outside. That makes it even easier to get your needed exercise. It’s not as hard as you think.
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By on March 1, 2010
When the news of Dish closing hit the streets, the internets were buzzing with speculation and high hopes of what could possibly fill the newly vacant space at the Cooper & Young intersection. In my head I have always played that game called “If You Could Have Anything in Cooper-Young, What Would It Be?” so [...]
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By Leslie Thompson Yvonne Bobo has been creating works of art in her Cooper-Young studio at Young and Blythe for the past decade, and though her name may not be known to every household in Memphis, most will at least recognize her work. Her metal sculptures and art installations appear in several local public spaces [...]
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By Tamara Walker Paul Edelstein is one of the Mid-South’s best-known artists. Born in Marion, Kentucky, Paul was raised in Memphis where he resides today. His “figurative abstract style” paintings feature vibrant colors, which he calls his “day obsession.” Paul’s paintings appear in the movies The Firm and 21 Grams. Thursday, March 4th from 5–8 [...]
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By Anthony Gilbert On March 27th, Eroica Ensemble will present a program of three masterpieces of nineteenth-century music at First Congregational Church. Two of the pieces—Mendelssohn’s Overture to A Midsummer Night’s Dream and Smetana’s Vltava (Moldau)—are built on programmatic storylines explicitly calling for outdoorsy, pastoral music from the composers. So, one could say it’s going [...]
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By Andrew Moore British talk-show host David Frost has become a lowbrow laughing-stock. Richard M. Nixon has just resigned the United States presidency in total disgrace over Vietnam and the Watergate scandal. Determined to resurrect his career, Frost risks everything on a series of in-depth interviews in order to extract an apology from Nixon. The [...]
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By Janice Nabors Raiteri Indonesia’s national motto, “Unity in Diversity,” captures the spirit of the March exhibition at Gallery Fifty-Six. Helen Ingoglia’s symbolist paintings of Indonesians and their mythological roots blend harmoniously with Jeannine Paul’s vivid landscapes of countries from France to Formosa. Even though she’s lived all over the world, the bright sun and [...]
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