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  • Titus Andronicus to help christen new Hi-Tone tonight Published 05/06/2013 at 1 p.m.

    Blue collar rockers Titus Andronicus will christen the new Hi-Tone tonight in the Crosstown area with opener So So Glos.

  • Justin Timberlake to play FedExForum in November Updated 05/06/2013 at 12:25 p.m.

    Justin Timberlake will bring his 20/20 Experience World Tour to Memphis' FedExForum on Nov. 18. Tickets for the Memphis show go on sale May 17 at 10 a.m.

  • Go Out: Fun Events This Week Published 04/18/2013 at 6:25 p.m.

    Live events in Memphis and the surrounding areas for the upcoming weekend.

  • Go Out! Fun Events This Week Published 04/11/2013 at 6:38 p.m.

    Live entertainment events in Memphis and the surrounding areas.

  • Go Out! Fun Events This Week Published 04/04/2013 at 8:23 p.m.

    Live entertainment events in Memphis and the surrounding areas.

  • Go Out! Fun Events This Week Published 03/28/2013 at 7:46 p.m.

    Live entertainment events going down around Memphis this week.

  • Art events around town Published 03/28/2013 at 7:35 p.m.

    New art shows in the Memphis area and surrounding locales.

  • On Stage this week Published 03/28/2013 at 7:33 p.m.

    STAGE LISTINGS

  • Go Out! Fun Events This Week Published 03/14/2013 at 9:34 p.m.

    Live entertainment events in Memphis.

  • Go Out! Things to do this week Published 02/21/2013 at 7:28 p.m.

    Live entertainment events in Memphis and around the city.

  • Go Out! Fun Events This Week Published 02/14/2013 at 5:36 p.m.

    Live entertainment events this week.

  • Now Playing: Movie Capsules Published 02/14/2013 at 3:56 p.m.

    Capsule descriptions and starred mini-reviews by John Beifuss.

  • Go Out! Fun Events This Week Published 02/07/2013 at 8:56 p.m.

    Live entertainment events in Memphis and the surrounding areas.

  • On Stage This Week Published 02/07/2013 at 8:29 p.m.

    Stage events this week in Memphis.

  • Go Out! Fun Events This Week Published 01/24/2013 at 4:59 p.m.

    Fun entertainment events this week in Memphis and around town.

  • On Stage This Week Published 01/24/2013 at 4:27 p.m.

    Read about the most recent live stage events in Memphis and the surrounding areas.

  • Go Out! Fun events this week Published 01/03/2013 at 4:27 p.m.

    Live entertainment events in Memphis and the surrounding areas. Check out what's happening now.

  • On Stage This Week Published 01/03/2013 at 4:11 p.m.

    List of stage events in the Memphis area.

  • Go Out! Fun events this week Published 12/13/2012 at 3:48 p.m.

    Live entertainment events in the Memphis area and surrounding locations.

  • Go Out! Fun events this week Published 12/06/2012 at 4:08 p.m.

    Live entertainment events in the Memphis area and surrounding locations.

  • Holiday Stageshows Published 11/29/2012 at 4:34 p.m.

    Here are some of the holiday-related performing arts events being offered in the area.

  • Sept. 15: Cooper-Young Festival Published 09/06/2012 at 6 a.m.

    The 24th annual Cooper-Young Festival features Grammy winner Sid Selvidge and 16 other bands on three stages, along with more than 390 vendors.

  • On Stage This Week Published 08/03/2012 at 3:54 p.m.

    "A Kid's Cabaret" continues through this weekend at Theatre Memphis' Next Stage, with the final show at 2 p.m. Sunday. Showtime is 7:30 p.m. Friday and Saturday.

  • Art shows Published 08/03/2012 at midnight

    New art shows in Memphis.

  • Go Out! Fun events this week Published 07/12/2012 at 4:42 p.m.

    The "Global Lens" international film series continues with the 91-minute "Fat, Bald, Short Man," a strange, funny, moving and decidedly un-Pixaresque animated feature from Colombia. 7 p.m. Thursday at the Memphis Brooks Museum of Art.

  • On stage: Theater and dance Published 06/07/2012 at 5:39 p.m.

    "Dreamgirls" runs through next weekend at Hattiloo Theatre. Three friends form an R&B group to fight for their individual dreams in a man's world.

  • Movie Capsules: Now Showing Published 06/07/2012 at 5:11 p.m.

    The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel (PG-13, 124 min.) Lured by exaggerated promises of leisure and luxury, a group of Kipling-quoting British retirees relocate to a ramshackle "palace" in Jaipur, India, where the earnest and cleancut young manager (Dev Patel, the ...

  • First Tupac, now the King: Company to produce 'virtual' Elvis Presley Updated 06/06/2012 at 11:34 p.m.

    Digital Domain produced a computer-generated likeness of the late rapper Tupac Shakur and will now turn its attention to Elvis.

  • Art events around town Published 05/31/2012 at 3:54 p.m.

    A reception from 5 to 8 p.m. Friday marks the opening of Larry Edwards' "A Freaky World" exhibit at Gallery Fifty Six on Central in Cooper-Young. Those who have been watching the work of this longtime local painter for two ...

  • Go Out! Fun events around town Published 05/31/2012 at 3:32 p.m.

    The hit Broadway jukebox musical "Mamma Mia!" brings its collection of sunny ABBA tunes to the Orpheum. On a Greek island, a young woman who is about to be married discovers that she has three possible fathers. While her mother ...

  • On stage: Theater and dance Published 05/24/2012 at 3:57 p.m. 1 Comment

    The Tennessee Shakespeare Company presents an outdoor production of Tennessee Williams' "The Glass Menagerie" starting Friday night at the Dixon Gallery Gardens.

  • Art events around town Published 05/24/2012 at 3:48 p.m.

    The Summer Group Exhibition starts Wednesday and runs through June 24 at David Perry Smith Gallery in Cooper-Young. An opening reception takes place June 1. The show includes new paintings by Greg Gustafson, Andy Reed, Jancie Alebertine, Martica Griffin, Alex ...

  • Art events around town Published 05/17/2012 at 4:54 p.m.

    The Tennessee Watercolor Society 33rd Exhibition opening reception takes place from 3:30 to 5:30 p.m. Saturday at Gallery Ten Ninety One in Cordova. The juried exhibit features 70 pieces by more than 50 artists.

  • Go Out! Fun events around town Published 05/17/2012 at 4:48 p.m.

    Described by some as an Italian Woody Allen, writer-director-actor Gianni Di Gregorio returns with "The Salt of Life," a 2011 comedy about a middle-age retiree in Rome coping with a disinterested wife, a spendthrift mother, a slacker potential son-in-law and ...

  • On stage: Theater and dance Published 05/10/2012 at 4:31 p.m.

    In "Noises Off," at Theatre Memphis, the spotlight is on a crew of B-list actors who rehearse a British bedroom farce to tour small towns across Britain. Showtimes: 7:30 p.m. Friday and Saturday; final show 2 p.m. Sunday.

  • Art events around town Published 05/10/2012 at 3:12 p.m.

    "Art of the Philippines" presents select paints from the collection of the Philippine Center in New York in conjunction with Memphis in May "Salute to the Philippines" International Week. On display through May 29 at the Benjamin L. Hooks Central ...

  • Justin Timberlake, partners to open Memphis-style barbecue restaurant in Denver Published 05/10/2012 at 11:39 a.m. 1 Comment

    Musicians Justin Timberlake and Ryan Tedder of pop group One Republic partner to open a new barbecue restaurant.

  • Go Out! Fun events around town Published 04/26/2012 at 4:23 p.m.

    Michael Frayn’s famous backstage/frontstage farce is restaged at Theatre Memphis beginning this weekend. “Noises Off” is the classic comedy about a group of B-list actors who go on a small-town tour across England.

  • On stage: Theater and dance Published 04/26/2012 at 3:53 p.m.

    The national tour of the Broadway musical comedy "The Addams Family" plays through the weekend at the Orpheum.

  • Go Out! Fun events around town Published 04/19/2012 at 2:44 p.m.

    The Africa in April Cultural Awareness Festival, honoring the Republic of Mali, continues through Sunday on Beale Street with an International Vendors' Marketplace at Robert R. Church Park and a parade. The free festival includes live music, and fashions, jewelry ...

  • Art events around town Published 04/05/2012 at 4:18 p.m.

    The Memphis/Germantown Art League's 35th annual Juried Spring Exhibition runs through April 26 at the Germantown Performing Arts Centre Lobby Gallery. An artist reception will be held from 4-6 p.m. April 14.

  • On stage: Theater and dance Published 04/05/2012 at 4:15 p.m.

    "The Arabian Nights" opens Thursday and continues through April 21 at the University of Memphis Mainstage Theatre. The bride Scheherazade must relate a series of stories to the King to delay her execution.

  • On stage: Theater and dance Published 03/29/2012 at 3:27 p.m.

    In Playhouse on the Square's "God of Carnage," two pairs of parents, one of whose child has hurt the other, meet to discuss the matter in a civilized manner. However, as the evening goes on, the parents become increasingly childish, ...

  • Art events around town Published 03/29/2012 at 3:22 p.m.

    "RAW," an exhibition of six University of Memphis graduate students, featuring photography by Ari Denison, Ginger Frye, Candace Hitt, Katie Maish, Harris Quinn, Babette Shaw, runs from 6 to 9 p.m. Friday during the South Main Art Trolley Tour.

  • On stage: Theater and dance Published 03/22/2012 at 6 p.m.

    "La Cage Aux Folles" continues Friday night, Saturday and Sunday at the Orpheum, starring veteran actor George Hamilton as a gay man who runs a cabaret of drag performers.

  • Go Out! Fun events this week Updated 03/05/2012 at 5:57 p.m.

    Chris Cooper and DJ Qualls head the ensemble cast of writer-director John Sayles' latest inquisition on power, personality and corruption, "Amigo," a story of guerrillas, soldiers and clergy set in 1900, during the Philippine-American War. The film plays Thursday at ...

  • On Stage: Theater and dance Published 02/23/2012 at 6:10 p.m.

    Based on the children's books, "A Brown Bear, A Caterpillar and a Moon: Treasured Stories By Eric Carle," comes to the stage for live performance at 6 p.m. Friday.

  • Art events around town Published 02/23/2012 at 5:56 p.m.

    An exhibit by Memphis artist Edith Caywood opens Tuesday and runs through March 31 at Lisa Kurts Gallery. An opening reception honoring the artist is set for 6 to 8 p.m. March 2.

  • Go Out! Fun events this week Published 02/23/2012 at 4:12 p.m.

    Opus One, which last performed a smash engagement with Al Kapone, collaborates with Latin-jazz singer Marcela Pinilla Thursday in a celebration of tropical rhythms at the Rumba Room on South Main.

  • Go Out! Fun events this week Published 02/09/2012 at 3:19 p.m.

    Cartoons are crowd-pleasers — and sometimes they're works of art, too, with appeal for adults and children alike. For proof, see this year's "Oscar Nominated Animated Shorts" program at the Memphis Brooks Museum of Art. All five of the nominated ...