Memphis’ South Main District on a Friday Afternoon

On what was really the first warm Friday afternoon of the year in Memphis, I headed downtown to the South Main Arts District. Memphis gets a bum rap from journalists and politicians, but at least o…

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A Bit of Mardi Gras in Downtown Memphis

On February 2, 1872, Grand Duke Alexei Alexandrovich of Russia landed in Memphis, Tennessee, having come by boat down the Mississippi River from St. Louis. News of his planned arrival led Memphis t…

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Cxffeeblack Moves Into New Digs in Highland Heights

A while back, The Delta Review reviewed the Anti-Gentrification Coffee Club, where hip-hop artist and master coffee roaster Cxffeeblack served up coffee and fellowship. At that time, he talked of m…

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Friday Night Jazz at the Westin Hotel Lobby in Memphis

While Jazz goes on frequently (Tuesdays and Sundays) at The Cove in Binghamton, it also has been going on every other Friday at the Westin Hotel in downtown Memphis, which, unlike the Cove, has a g…

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Cool Jazz at The Cove in Memphis’ Broad Avenue Arts District

The city of Memphis has produced a lot of great jazz musicians- Jamil Nasser, Charles Lloyd, Booker Little, Frank Strozier, Harold Mabern, Phineas Newborn Jr., Frank Lowe, Joe Dukes, Sonny Criss, a…

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Vinyl Lives in Downtown Memphis at River City Records

In 1967, the Memphis Housing Authority warned Ruben Cherry that he would have to close or move his legendary Home of the Blues Record Store at 107 Beale Street, as the building was slated for conde…

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Devour Sweets and Satisfy Your Cravings at Memphis’s Dvour Desserts

Just up from the Central Station Hotel in the South Main Arts District is Dvour Desserts, an arty stark modern space with coffee, cookies and cheesecake-based desserts. The space gives off gallery …

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