Memphis: The City Magazine

Due to its strong local ownership and a team dedicated to high-quality journalism, Memphis has built a reputation for independence and exceptional editorial standards that is unmatched in the Mid-South. For the last four decades, Memphis has received numerous national and regional accolades for its editorial and design quality, including the Distinguished Public Service Award from the Society of Professional Journalists in 1984, making it the smallest magazine by circulation to earn this prestigious recognition. Recently, Memphis magazine has also been honored with the Gold Medal in the General Excellence category by the City and Regional Magazine Association Awards.

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2025 Top Doctors: Dr. Tyler Brolin

4 days ago | memphismagazine.com | Michael Finger

Editor’s Note: Every year, the national medical group Castle Connolly compiles a list of the best doctors in America. In the Memphis area, the comprises more than 400 physicians representing 60 specialties. Here, we introduce you to one of the caregivers who have been a Top Doc time and again. For a complete list, pick up a copy of our June 2024 issue from your favorite newsstand, or — even better — subscribe.
Five Things To Do In Memphis This Weekend

1 week ago | memphismagazine.com | Abigail Morici

32nd Annual Juneteenth Douglass Freedom Festival Douglass Park Friday, June 20, 11 a.m.-5 p.m. | Saturday, June 21, 11 a.m.-8 p.m. | Sunday, June 22, 3-8 p.m. Celebrate Juneteenth at the 32nd Annual Juneteenth Douglass Freedom Festival. Friday kicks off it J.O.Y. Juneteenth Youth Day from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m., with free food, games, youth vendors, and youth performers on the stage.
Five Things To Do In Memphis This Weekend

2 weeks ago | memphismagazine.com | Abigail Morici

CMOM After Hours Children’s Museum of Memphis Friday, June 13, 5:30-7:30 p.m. I don’t wanna grow up. I’m a Toys-R-Us kid. But Toys-R-Us closed, so I had to grow up. Unfortunately. But for just one night, I’d like to be a kid. I don’t have to be a Toys-R-Us kid — I don’t need to associate with a brand in this capitalist society. Just let me be a kid. I know it’s Friday the 13th, so we’re tempting fate here, and I really don’t want a reverse Big situation on my hand.
The Papermakers

2 weeks ago | memphismagazine.com | Abigail Morici

Families are a funny thing. They feel constant, but they’re always changing. People fight; they make up or don’t. People move. They die; they’re born. Some marry; some divorce. But they’re family, inextricably linked through blood or bond. Family is what artists Dolph Smith and Colleen Couch are, though the link between the two is somewhat crooked now.
2025 Top Doctors: Dr. Marquita Nelson

2 weeks ago | memphismagazine.com | Abigail Morici

Editor’s Note: Every year, the national medical group Castle Connolly compiles a list of the best doctors in America. In the Memphis area, the 2 comprises more than 400 physicians representing 60 specialties. Here, we introduce you to one of the caregivers who have been a Top Doc time and again. For a complete list, pick up a copy of our June 2024 issue from your favorite newsstand, or — even better — subscribe.
Five Things To Do In Memphis This Weekend

3 weeks ago | memphismagazine.com | Abigail Morici

Memphis Pride Fest Weekend Various locations Thursday-Sunday, June 5–8 Memphis is celebrating its 50th Pride this weekend with a whole bunch of events. On Friday at 8 p.m., get ready to dance like it’s 1985 at the Big Gay Dance Party.
Sips: Savoring the Moment

3 weeks ago | memphismagazine.com | Bruce VanWyngarden

“I did a lot of manual labor — construction and whatnot — after high school. Then I worked at AutoZone, where the older guys had me replacing a lot of headlights and batteries.
2025 Top Doctors: Dr. Leonard “Jeff” Harris

3 weeks ago | memphismagazine.com | Michael Finger

Editor’s Note: Every year, the national medical group Castle Connolly compiles a list of the best doctors in America. In the Memphis area, the 2025 Top Doctors list comprises more than 400 physicians representing 60 specialties. Here, we introduce you to one of the caregivers who have been a Top Doc time and again. For a complete list, pick up a copy of our June 2024 issue from your favorite newsstand, or — even better — subscribe.
Global Goals

3 weeks ago | memphismagazine.com | Frank Murtaugh

We included a profile of Dr. James Downing in the July 2014 issue of Memphis Magazine, the very month he was named the new CEO of St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital. The world has changed over the last 11 years and we wanted to catch up with the renowned research scientist. What I’ve learned to appreciate is that everyone changes as they go through life, as they age. Your perspective changes. The energy and short-term urgency of youth gets replaced with, hopefully, wisdom and long-term views.
Chasing Sandpipers

3 weeks ago | memphismagazine.com | Anna Traverse

I woke to the disorientation of a shadowy and unfamiliar bedroom. The mattress was a little too soft, and the windows had shifted from the north walls, where they are at home, to the west. Outside, a soft breeze rustled the scrubby pines and spiky palms, and on my skin, the faint lingering abrasion of sand.