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Stone Soul Picnic brings good ol' gospel on the river
When an event has been around for 36 years, it pretty much qualifies to be an institution. And so it is with WLOK's Stone Soul Picnic, Memphis' longest-running outdoor festival and a perennial gospel-loving, family-friendly occasion. The core is Saturday's performance extravaganza from 1 to 9:30 p.m. at Tom Lee Park. In past years, the picnic has brought such luminaries as Johnnie Taylor, Shirley Caesar and Al Green.
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Music
Delta Fair: Pressure off, hard rocking on for Blue Oyster Cult
With its darkly atmospheric guitar work and evocative lyrics, the music of '70s chart mainstays Blue Öyster Cult, which headlines Friday's opening of the Delta Fair & Music Festival, has always had a cinematic quality. And over the years, the band has contributed songs to a number of soundtracks, most memorably the 1981 animated science-fiction cult classic "Heavy Metal," as well as video games such as Ripper and Guitar Hero.
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Movies
Christian movie made in Memphis, 'Grace Card' to get national release
A Cordova church and an entertainment giant are now partners in an effort to make a dent in sin as well as in the box office through the modern-day pulpit of the motion picture.
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Dining
Meet the Chef: Chuck Gross
What was the first thing you ever cooked or baked? When we were kids, we lived outside of Boston, Mass., and we'd have family pizza day. We'd start off Saturday morning and make the dough and the sauce, put the dough aside to let it rise and we'd run down to the local Italian delis and all the kids would get to choose their own ingredient or two from the deli. And then we'd come home as a family that evening and each child got to design his own pizza.
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Arts
Oil spill adds poignancy to Horn Island artwork
Created in the shadow of the Deepwater Horizon explosion and what has been described as the largest marine oil spill in the history of the petroleum industry, the "Horn Island 26" exhibition at Memphis College of Art is more somber than its predecessors. "We were really concerned about whether we were going to make this trip," said MCA faculty member and expedition leader Don DuMont.
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09.02.2010: Toone, Tennessee: Clover Creek Aerodrome.
09.02.2010: Children’s Museum of Memphis: Tot Art. 2525 Central. 901-458-2678.
09.02.2010: Memphis Cook Convention Center: Memphis Hip Hop Expo 2010. 255 N. Main. 901-576-1200.
09.02.2010: Children’s Museum of Memphis: R&R Storytime. 2525 Central. 901-458-2678.
09.02.2010: Children’s Museum of Memphis: Book Worms. 2525 Central. 901-458-2678.
09.02.2010: Cooper & Young Ave.: Cooper-Young Night Out.
09.02.2010: Celtic Crossing: Susie & Bob Salley. 903 S. Cooper . 901-274-5151.
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