Coming Friday: Shrines for Elvis

On Friday evening, the annual adoration of Elvis means candles, tributes and shrines in the street.

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Christopher Blank is building an Elvis shrine for the vigil.

Christopher Blank is building an Elvis shrine for the vigil. Watch »

The all-American shrine to Elvis is open to many interpretations — secular, religious and occasionally ironic. Why shouldn’t everybody have an Elvis shrine? Especially here in Memphis.

Entertainment writer Christopher Blank decided to make his own Elvis shrine this year in this two-part video series that culminates at the candlelight Vigil with live video. Read the complete story on Friday.

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