Memphis Photos

Photos by Karen Pulfer Focht

  • Hugh Miller of Memphis puts down some marsh mat over the grass in Tom Lee Park on Friday as he and his crew from Cole Entertainment Service prepare the park for Memphis in May’s Beale Street Music Festival.
  • Michaela Rae came to Memphis as a 15 year old in 2009 to compete in the International Blues Challenge. She is a blues lead guitar player from Loveland, Colo.
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  • Kiera Johnson, one of 500 students at The Soulsville Charter School, puts a good deal of thought into answering a test question.
  • Kirk Whalum, president and CEO of Stax, prays with students before they go on stage at Lincoln Center in New York in July. Praying together is something they have always done, he said, even before he arrived.
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  • Actor and comedian Vince Vaughn (rt) got a tour of Sun Studio on Friday morning. He and costar Kevin James (left) are in town for a comedy performance at the Canon Center tonight (Friday). Vince Vaughn and Kevin James headline an all-star comedy from director Ron Howard called The Dilemma due out in January. (Karen Pulfer Focht/ The Commercial Appeal)
  • Actor and comedian Vince Vaughn (left) got a tour of Sun Studio on Friday morning. He and costar Kevin James are in town for a comedy performance at the Canon Center tonight (Friday). Vince Vaughn and Kevin James headline an all-star comedy from director Ron Howard called The Dilemma due out in January. (Karen Pulfer Focht/ The Commercial Appeal)
  • September 7, 2010 - Stephen Watermeier is the executive chef and owner of The Old Church in Collierville. Watermeier has worked in many well known restaurants in the Memphis area over the years. He is making a thick, meat lovers, Tuscan style pizza. (Karen Pulfer Focht/The Commercial Appeal)
  • The Old Church in Collerville is open and serving food for lunch and dinner.
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  • Blues legend B.B. King unveiled his namesake museum today. The B.B.King Museum in Indianola, Mississippi is open to the public on Saturday.

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