Memphis Photos

Photos by Mark Weber

  • Keegan Vespo, 11, tosses pizza dough in the air while learning dough tricks during a hands on demonstration at the 2010 Memphis Italian Festival at Marquette Park.
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  • Black Lips Drummer Joe Bradley performs on the Horseshoe Casino Stage during the second day Memphis in May's Beale Street Music Festival at Tom Lee Park.
  • Big K.R.I.T fan Josh Dixon (middle) jams along to the music at the Horseshoe Casino Stage during the second day Memphis in May's Beale Street Music Festival at Tom Lee Park.
  • DJ Paul works the crowd at the Orion Stage during the first day of Memphis in May's Beale St. Music Festival.
  • Three 6 Mafia's DJ Paul (middle) dances with dozens of fans at the Orion Stage during the first day of Memphis in May's Beale Street Music Festival.
  • Walnut Shrimp sauteed in coconut milk sauce at Mulan Chinese Bistro.
  • Sauteed Diced Chicken Chili and Pepper Szechwan Style at Mulan Chinese Bistro.
  • Mulan Bistro's location at the corner of Cooper and Young makes it a good spot to see and be seen.
  • Walnut Shrimp sauteed in coconut milk sauce at Mulan Chinese Bistro.
  • Actor George Hamilton hugs former Miss America Lynda Shea during an event with The Tiara Tea Society at The Peabody on Wednesday. Shea was showing Hamilton a picture of when he crowned her Miss University at Ole Miss in 1959. Hamilton is performing in 'La Cage aux Folles' at the Orpheum.
  • Kent and Melanie Pafford, with their adopted dogs Precious (left) and Stella, started the Streetdog Foundation, which rescues strays from city streets, two years ago.
  • Stone Soup Café in Cooper-Young makes diners feel like guests in a good friend's home.
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  • Memphis Tigers sophomore guard Will Barton
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  • The grilled mushroom with spinach, tomato and mozzarella cheese sammie is among the comfort foods served at Cooper-Young's newest restaurant, Stone Soup Café. Below is the restaurant's namesake Stone Soup.
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  • The Brass Door's chips, fried in lard and duck fat and served with curry sauce.
  • The Brass Door's B.E.L.T with roasted garlic aioli.
  • The Irish Breakfast includes black and white pudding, rashers and bangers.
  • Server Cassie Berry brings patrons at The Brass Door their lunchtime meals on a busy Tuesday afternoon.
  • Expanding the Asian cuisine choices in Memphis, Thai Bistro is open seven days a week for both lunch and dinner at 149 Madison in Downtown.
  • The pad khee mao, or drunken noodles, is one of the standout dishes at Thai Bistro.
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  • Jill Scott wowed the audience at FedExForum Wednesday night.
  • Peabody Duckmaster Jason Sensat (left) and honorary duckmaster Paige Nowak of Chicago corral the ducks as they make their way to the hotel's lobby fountain Saturday morning.
  • July 11 Best Bets.
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  • This file photo shows members of Whitehaven High School's 's Sigma Beta Step team kicking up a dust storm while performing during the 2007 Juneteenth celebration at Douglass Park in North Memphis.
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  • In 2008, Hattiloo Theatre's 'If Scrooge Was a Brother' starred (clockwise from top left) T. Flowers Esq., Mary Pruitt, Lee Johnson and Oscar Smith as Ebenezer Scrooge. The play is on the schedule again this year.
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  • Will Tucker performs at the FedEx Blues Tent during the first day of the Beale Street Music Festival at Tom Lee Park.
  • Lee Ann Borgmeyer of St. Louis, Mo., uses her leg as she air guitars as the Will Tucker Band plays in the FedEx Blues Tent during the first day of the Beale Street Music Festival at Tom Lee Park.
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  • International Blues Challenge for poster.
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  • Dressed as Obi-Wan Kenobi, Jacob Laurence of Germantown takes pictures of “Star Wars” memorabilia in the grand lobby of the FedEx Forum on Tuesday evening before “Star Wars: In Concert.”
  • Kate Marshall gets a lift through the mud from brother Chad Marshall at the Cellular South Stage during the last day of Beale St. Music Fest.
  • Kate Marshall gets a lift through the mud from brother Chad Marshall at the Cellular South Stage during the last day of Beale St. Music Fest.
  • The sun sets behind Arrested Development front man Speech on the Budweiser Stage at Beale Street Music Festival in this May 3, 2008, file photo.
  • Stephen Mark Brown playing Pinkerton and Kaori Williams playing Cio-Cio-San perform during a dress rehearsal of Opera Memphis' 'Madame Butterfly'.
  • Bill 'Howl-n-Madd' Perry, left, enjoys the sounds on The Orpheum Theatre stage while tuning up with Alphonso Sanders, right, before their performance at the 26th International Blues Challenge solo/duo finals Saturday afternoon.
  • Matt Anderson of Canada took the top spot during the 26th International Blues Challenge solo/duo finals at The Orpheum Theatre.
  • Win #41 - Memphis' Robert Doizer, left, and teammates Shawn Taggart, right, block Southern Miss's Andre Stephens, middle, shot during first half action in the CUSA Tournament on March 14, 2008. Memphis won 69-53.
  • Memphis' Will Coleman fouls Arkansas State's Brandon Reed during the first half Saturday.
  • Quality Hogs head chef Chris Vanelli catches a nap this afternoon at Tom Lee Park. Vanelli worked 24 straight hours preparing his team's entry, and he has a 50th birthday to look forward to tonight.
  • Los Lobos singer and guitar player Cesar Rosas rocks the crowd at the Sam’s Town Stage during the Beale Street Music Festival.