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Concert review: IRIS guest Uri Caine boogies to Brahms

The opener of the ninth season of IRIS was a wild ride, from the traditional (a solid Beethoven's "Eroica" Symphony) to the roller-coaster boogie-woogie of ...

Arkansas blues fest stays true to its heritage

The Arkansas Blues & Heritage Festival, formerly known as the King Biscuit Blues Festival, famously has its roots in the old "King Biscuit Time" radio ...

New Direction church choir's sweet sound captures top prize

The “How Sweet the Sound” church choir competition is, literally, glorious. Still, there could be only one winner among the eight area ensembles, and New ...

Artists, organizers will honor late Jazz pianist James Williams at BPACC

When Memphis-born jazz pianist James Williams passed away in 2004 at age 53, The New York Times and The Independent in London both marked the ...

Dining Spotlight: Elfo's is Italian for Grisanti fine dining

Elfo's Restaurant in Germantown makes a bold statement long before the first plate of food arrives at your table. Located in the building where Three ...

WHINING & DINING

There's a bit of moving and shaking going on in Memphis' restaurant scene, so let's get to it: The management of Interim Restaurant and Bar ...

Best Bets: Cheap eats

Ouch! That's what our wallets are saying about right now as they're getting pinched. But at least we don't have to go hungry while we ...

Chef's Special: David Krog

The Tennessean's executive chef David Krog loves authentic Spanish food, "but it's hard to find and ever harder now, with all the current fusion trends." ...

Movie Review:

“Closely Watched Trains,” a 1966 Czech film by director Jirí Menzel, won the Academy Award and the Golden Globe Award for Best Foreign Language feature. ...

Film Review: 'Blindness' offers a bleak vision of a sightless, scary future

It sounds weird to say so, but I have what might be called an affection for movies about natural disasters, the collapse of civilization and ...

Movie Review: Appaloosa focuses more on character than Western action

"Appaloosa" might be described as a routine Western, except that in the filmgoing culture of 2008, there's nothing routine about the pleasures of a well-made ...

Shock jock Howard Stern ties the knot in NYC

Shock jock Howard Stern has embraced tradition. The radio talk show host known for hosting porn stars married his longtime girlfriend, Beth Ostrosky, on Friday.

Art Preview: Broad vision for creativity has home

Tuesday afternoon, several city of Memphis employees stood outside 2571 Broad Ave. in Binghamton, hard at work repairing a drainage collection box and pouring a ...

Stage Preview: Shakespeare group's Germantown production opens door on big plans

Shakespeare, like you've never seen him performed before, is the least of Dan McCleary's ambitions. Sure, the play's the thing, and all that. But if ...

Art exhibitions

North Carolina painter Greg Decker has a show at Perry Nicole Fine Art, 3086 Poplar, through Oct. 31. Other shows opening this week:

Now on stage

With the presidential election closing in, now's a good time for a refresher course on American democracy. Michael Detroit plays an obstreperous John Adams trying ...

Michael Donahue's After Dark: Dan McGuiness Pub

Michael Donahue’s After Dark visits karaoke night at Dan McGuiness Pub at 4698 Spottswood. Anyone can be a star on Wednesday nights. Choose from rap ...

Party Line: Blues sky-high

The Blues Ball celebrated its 15th anniversary with fireworks, dynamic music and Memphis music legends. "Hallelujah Homecoming" was the theme of this year's bash, which ...

Michael Donahue's After Dark: The Cove

Remember Anderton’s, the Memphis restaurant/oyster bar with the fishnets, twinkling lights and pirate murals? It made you feel like you were in a 1950s time ...

Party Line: Tiki time in Collierville

Tiki torches -- those symbols of summer parties -- burned brightly as the season waned Saturday night at "Tiki Time on Town Square." The 16th ...