On a sidewalk near the Lorraine Motel, where Dr. King was assassinated on April 4, 1968, I met Jaqueline Smith, a long-term resident of the motel until she was forcibly evicted in 1988. For 36 years, ...

LERIG, short for Lovett Environmentally Responsible Group, is a 12-member upper school club that merges the stock market with sustainability. The group oversees $270,000 of the Lovett School’s ...

My least favorite thing to hear from people is "there's nothing to do in Memphis" because it's so untrue! Here's a big list of major events, festivals, and shows that only scratch the surface of ...

There's no agreed-on etymology of "juke," but by the early 20th century it came to represent a live music venue that was more house party than formal club. There are no customers ... he was given the ...

The last five years have not been kind to Beale Street. Or at least to its perception. COVID-19 hammered the Downtown tourist attraction and party spot, driving annual rents collected from the city of ...

In the wake of the New Year's Day attack in New Orleans, Memphis' plan for keeping Beale Street goers safe is "robust," Mayor Paul Young said in a statement Thursday afternoon. "Our hearts and ...

MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Security measures on Memphis’ Beale Street are top of mind for city officials after a truck plowed through a crowd of New Year’s revelers on Bourbon Street in New Orleans ...

As Memphis and Shelby County officials reflect on the deadly incident in New Orleans, they believe that the structures and layouts of Bourbon Street and Beale Street are too different for a ...