4 Feb 2013
A Bucketful of To-Dos in West Tennessee
So I’ve been working on this assignment to create my West Tennessee bucket list. (All of us here at Tennessee TripTales are doing it –...
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22 Jan 2013
The International Blues Challenge Comes to Memphis
It’s been some time since slaves set their work to song on Mississippi Delta plantations; since that sound drifted to Beale Street and migrated mainstream....
15 Jan 2013
MLK Day and More at Memphis’ National Civil Rights Museum
If you’ve passed by Memphis’ National Civil Rights Museum in the last couple of months, you may have witnessed a rarity: Visitors standing on the...
11 Jan 2013
Celebrate the Year of the Stax Museum in Memphis
I’m not just wishing you a happy new year. I’m wishing you a happy Year of the Stax Museum. In a press conference happening today at...
27 Dec 2012
Opposites Attract at Memphis’ Brooks Museum
You might think it imprudent to take a child to a museum exhibition featuring works in glass. Not at Memphis’ Brooks Museum of Art. I...
20 Dec 2012
The Mountaintop Comes Home to Memphis
It’s so easy to talk music in Memphis. But today, let’s talk theater. Break a leg and all that. Our conversation starter is: Katori Hall....
13 Dec 2012
Your Guide to New Year’s Eve in Memphis and West Tennessee
There was a time when the approach of December 31 sent me into a tizzy planning giddy, glittery nights out. These days, I’m content celebrating...