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Edie Love Opening

Edie Love Opening

By Kristan on April 20, 2011

Press Release from Edie Love: What:   LOVE. An exhibition of new works of art by Edie Love, along with art by Karen Capps, frank d. robinson, and others. When:  One night only! South Main Trolley Night, April 29th, from 6-9 p.m. Where: The historic MGM building, located at 492 South Second St, Memphis, TN. Cost:      [...]

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The sacred and secular meet at Gallery Fifty Six

The sacred and secular meet at Gallery Fifty Six

By Emily on April 2, 2011

By Rollin Kocsis Gallery Fifty Six will present Illuminations: Sacred and Secular. This exhibit will include 30 paintings by Memphis artist David Douglas. Almost half of the paintings will be illustrations of Biblical stories from the New Testament and half will be individual portraits. The exhibit will be open to the public on Friday, April [...]

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The CY Community Farmers Market returns with a renewed sense of purpose

By Emily on April 2, 2011

By Angela Knipple After a successful first year, the Cooper-Young Community Farmers Market (CYCFM) will be opening for its second season at the corner of Cooper St. and Walker Ave. in the parking lot of First Congregational Church on April 30. Most of last year’s vendors will be returning, and many of them are planning [...]

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News Briefs March 2011

News Briefs March 2011

By on March 4, 2011

Farmers Market returns to CY According to organizer Lori Greene, the CY Community Farmers Market is set to return to the parking lot of First Congo at 1000 S. Cooper on Saturday, April 30. The Market will be open for business each Saturday morning from 8am-1pm until October 29 with more of that delicious, fresh [...]

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Grey Gardens at Circuit Playhouse inspired by Memphis’ own Beale family

By on March 4, 2011

By Lisa Lynch Rub elbows with Edith Bouvier Beale and her daughter “Little Edie,” – Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis’ most scandalous relatives! As members of Memphis’ famed Beale family, they were once the highest of high society but now have become East Hampton’s most notorious recluses, living in a dilapidated mansion with 51 cats for company. [...]

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Acclaimed Broadway show comes to Playhouse on the Square

Acclaimed Broadway show comes to Playhouse on the Square

By on March 4, 2011

By Lisa Lynch One of the most critically acclaimed plays in Broadway history, August: Osage County, is a portrait of the dysfunctional American family at its finest and absolute worst. When the patriarch of the Weston clan disappears, the family reunites at the Oklahoma homestead where long-held secrets are unflinchingly and uproariously revealed. The New [...]

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Gallery Fifty Six goes green in style

Gallery Fifty Six goes green in style

By on September 3, 2010

By J. Everett In a world full of throw-aways, three artists prove that one person’s trash is someone else’s treasure. Emily Allison, Mark Lammie, and Kenny Hays find beauty and humor in the discarded. Their imaginative works fill Gallery Fifty Six with “trashy art” for the September show, Recycle! Emily Allison loves junk. You may [...]

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Memphis Gay and Lesbian Community Center’s Outflix Film Festival Kicks Off 13th Year

Memphis Gay and Lesbian Community Center’s Outflix Film Festival Kicks Off 13th Year

By on September 2, 2010

Memphis, TN, August 31, 2010: MGLCC’s Outflix Film Festival begins September 10. For 13 years, Memphis Gay and Lesbian Community Center has presented films from around the globe of interest to the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender community and our allies. This year’s lineup includes films from the Bahamas, Peru, Canada, United Kingdom and Israel, [...]

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J.C. Graham at Gallery Fifty-Six

By on May 28, 2010

By Janice Nabors Raiteri School may be out, but the June show at Gallery Fifty-Six “One Room Schoolhouse: Recent Works by J.C. Graham” is in. J.C.’s thoughtfully placed splashes of color grab your attention, but it’s the details, textures, and seemingly random objects or words that pull the viewer into J.C.’s sepia-toned art collages. You [...]

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Florist Shop Blooms in Cooper Young

By on May 28, 2010

By Tamara Walker “Working seven days a week is what it takes,” says Steve Stearns, owner of The Enchanted Florist. He goes on to say he has been growing flowers and vegetables on his family’s farm since he was a young boy. And you believe it, all you have to do is look around his [...]

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