A quintessential Memphis weekend
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This weekend brings us a quintessential Memphis event: the Cooper-Young Festival and its accompanying run, the Cooper- Young 4-Miler. You also have a chance this week to watch “The Matrix” on the big screen — the really big screen — at the Pink Palace, take a parking spot over as a pocket park and get your ballet on, very quickly. Arts and culture editor Elle Perry is on the show today . Plus:
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Discovering the wildlife all around us
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For years, the Memphis Zoo has worked to bring the Louisiana pine snake and the dusky gopher frog of the southeastern U.S. back from the brinks of extinction. But, recently, it began a project focused on the wildlife of West Tennessee using cameras, mounted at human knee height, to take pictures of animals in their natural habitats near parks, golf courses, cemeteries and other open spaces. Features reporter John Klyce is here today — on The Daily Memphian’s eighth birthday — to talk and what the zoo has learned so far. Plus:
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Landers Center docs and text messages give new info on termination suit
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After former Landers Center Executive Director Todd Mastry was fired in January of 2025, he filed a federal suit against DeSoto County and the county’s Convention and Visitors Bureau for wrongful termination. Mastry claims he was fired because members of the DeSoto County Board of Supervisors wanted him to stop booking Black artists and he refused to do so. Last month, DeSoto County and the CVB asked the court to dismiss Mastry’s case. In doing so, Mastry’s attorneys filed a number of documents why the case shouldn’t be dismissed, who said they were appointed, and in some...
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What is going on with the county's elected officials?
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When new Shelby County clerk La Sonya Hall got to her office on Sept. 1, she was greeted with 34 crates of unprocessed car title and registration packets. Separately, days into the new Shelby County Commission’s four-year term, two commissioners have been formally charged with crimes. A third is under review because of a 2025 Memphis City Council grant her nonprofit received. Today we’re joined by longtime political reporter Bill Dries to talk about and how they impact the elected officials, the bodies on which they serve and the electorate. Plus:
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HBD to the DM and congrats to Calipari
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Newsletter editor Bianca Phillips is back with us today to talk about Plus:
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Yoga, home tours and hot takes
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Today, newsletter editor Bianca Phillips joins us to help us decide . Plus:
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Black bears, bees and birds of prey
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Our friends at the Mississippi River Basin Ag and Water desk recently produced in Kentucky, Mississippi, Arkansas, Missouri and Tennessee — and how experts expect the bears to soon recolonize Middle and West Tennessee. The Ag and Water desk had art for the story, but when we ran it, Daily Memphian photographer Patrick Lantrip stepped in with more images of his own. He’s here today to talk about his experience shooting bears, bees, birds of prey and other wildlife. Plus:
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Where MATA wants to go
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Today, Steve Bohnel is here to talk about , including its new board and the trolley system, and where it hopes to go. Plus:
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A Shell, a hotel and a Classic game
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The big news this week is probably the 90th anniversary of the Overton Park Shell and the four days of concerts that are planned to celebrate it. We’ve also got the Southern Heritage Classic coming into town this upcoming weekend, an airport hotel under consideration, a burned-out gas station getting under construction and the 25th anniversary of 9/11 and the twin towers attack. Newsletter editor Bianca Phillips joins us to set up . Plus:
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A big weekend in Memphis
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It’s a weekend for s. Bianca Phillips is here to talk about it all. Plus:
info_outlineCivic engagement is the watchword this week. Two members of the Shelby County Board of Commissioners are inviting up to 25 people to join a virtual conversation with them as they leave office.
This week will also see an update on the Wolf River Greenway, the brand new airport board meeting and the qualifiying deadline for the upcoming Nov. 3 election.
Newsletter editor Bianca Phillips is out today so longtime reporter Bill Dries joins us to talk all about it.
Plus:
- The longest-serving director of Dixon Gallery & Gardens in set to retire
- Blackburn wants to close Tennessee's primaries
- A judge denies an attempt to strike down a DeSoto subdistrict
- The City of Memphis and Friends of the Library are at a standstill about who controls $800k