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Broadway lights the way for Tevin Campbell

At last year's BET Awards, perhaps the most buzzed about artist of the night was one most people hadn't heard from in almost a decade. ...

Jazz ambassadors during the Cold War focus of photo exhibit

The images are a startling mix of familiar icons and exotic locales: Louis Armstrong blowing his trumpet atop a camel in front of Egypt's Great ...

Go Out! Fun events this week

TONIGHT

Deer Tick's wild act at odds with mild recordings

The Rhode Island Americana rock band Deer Tick has what some may see as a peculiar take on what a tour should be like. "I've ...

Dining Review: Touch of Italian at Thyme

Times were looking tough when first Whole Hog Cafe and then longtime tenant Jarrett's restaurant closed at the Yorkshire Square Shopping Plaza. But in February, ...

Go Taste: Dining events

The eighth annual Main Street West Memphis Taste of the Town is from 6:30 to 9 p.m. Tuesday at Southland Park Gaming and Racing Kennel ...

Meet the Chef: Andy Knight

What made you decide to become a chef and when was that? After working at Louisiana Lagniappe, it's a well-known seafood restaurant down in Destin. ...

Best bets: Barbecued chicken sandwich

I love Rendezvous shoulder sandwiches and barbecued ribs, but over the past couple of years I've ordered more and more chopped barbecued chicken sandwiches. Chopped ...

Movie Capsules: Now showing

Inception (PG-13, 148 min.) This metaphysical heist film is motivated by a challenge as great as that facing its dream-burgling heroes: The movie is writer-director ...

Film Review: 'Coco Chanel' is dull arthouse amour

The ampersand in the title of "Coco Chanel & Igor Stravinsky" represents erotic as well as grammatical conjunction, but 52 minutes pass before the two ...

Film Review: Fur flies with the jokes in 'Cats & Dogs' sequel

Dogs and cats, living together ... mass hysteria? Maybe not so much. While these animals were resourceful and well-equipped enemies in the original "Cats & ...

Nigel Lythgoe may return to 'American Idol'

LOS ANGELES — A familiar face may be on the verge of returning to “American Idol.” According to a person close to the show, “So ...

Contemporary art exhibit explores spiritual themes

For centuries, the Western art tradition was largely a religious one. A new exhibit, "Sitting Up with the Dead," reinvests contemporary art with such contemplation.

Art events around town

D'Edge Art & Unique Treasures, 550 S. Main: Plastic. Man. The Emancipation of Ken. Collage and assemblage by Kevin Mitchell on view through Aug. 21. ...

On stage this week

"Alice in Wonderland": 7:30 p.m. Fridays-Saturdays and 2:30 p.m. Sundays, through Aug. 8 at Germantown Community Theatre, 3037 Forest Hill-Irene Road. $10 for adults, $7 ...

Season full of the Bard a fortunate coincidence

Nearly 400 years after his death, Shakespeare is still the world's most performed playwright. But that doesn't explain why in the coming season any fan ...

Party Line: Not quite folk art

In addition to painting seven permanent works for the new Le Bonheur Children's Medical Center, Leslie Barron painted 15 works for a show at Overton ...

Party Line: 'Hairspray' matinee kicks off SRVS fundraiser

With their teased hairstyles, singers in The Bouffants fit in perfectly at the Shelby Residential & Vocational Services SRVS party/benefit performance of "Hairspray" Sunday afternoon ...

Party Line: Run, then fun at Firecracker 5K

Declaring his independence, Harry Camp ran the Comcast Firecracker 5K wearing a baggy black cutaway complete with tails and long pants, bow tie, vest and ...

Party Line: No screaming! This rock show doesn't roll like that

It's probably the quietest rock show to play Memphis. Guests watching the performers Friday night talked in hushed tones as if they were in church. ...