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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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Five Things To Do In Memphis This Weekend

1 week ago | memphismagazine.com | Abigail Morici

Memphis Greek Festival Annunciation Greek Orthodox Church Friday-Saturday, May 9–10, 11 a.m.–9 p.m. If you say, “It’s all Greek to me,” I will not laugh at your dad-joke at this weekend’s Memphis Greek Festival because this weekend is about the moms. (Mother’s Day is on Sunday, in case you forgot.) But while you keep your dad-jokes to yourself at the Memphis Greek Festival, you can enjoy authentic Greek food, traditional music and dance, shopping, church tours, a kids zone, and more.
A Hero’s Tale

1 week ago | memphismagazine.com | Michael Finger

In less than a minute the boat rolled over, pitching the young woman and her fellow passengers into the river. The current was swift, the water surprisingly cold. Frantically, she kicked and splashed in a desperate effort to stay afloat. It was no use. She had no life preserver, and her waterlogged dress twisted around her legs. When she tried to scream out, the muddy water choked her.
Meet the 2025 CEOs of the Year

1 week ago | memphismagazine.com | Michael Finger |Abigail Morici |Frank Murtaugh |Jon W. Sparks

For more than a decade, Memphis Magazine has celebrated a group of CEOs every year, recognizing visionaries and executives who go above and beyond to elevate their companies and their community. And every year, we gather these leaders at a sponsored awards breakfast to honor them in front of their peers and the community. The challenge is in deciding which of them should receive the honor.
A Puppy, a Flood, and a Very Big River

2 weeks ago | memphismagazine.com | Anna Traverse

My ankles itched from slicing through tangled grass and clover; the ground was still damp as cake batter from spring’s deluges. On her leash in front of me, Dido bounded through tall weeds. Named for the first queen of ancient Carthage, Dido is a dog — just a puppy, really, all of four-and-a-half months. She’s a new addition to my family’s pack, and a very happy one.
Five Things To Do In Memphis This Weekend

2 weeks ago | memphismagazine.com | Abigail Morici

RiverBeat Music Festival Tom Lee Park Friday–Sunday, May 2–4 It’s May. Finally. The best month of the year — and that’s me objectively speaking. I mean, it’s May, everyone’s favorite month of the year according to the survey that I never did. There’s just so much to look forward to this month, like my birthday and my birthweek and my birthmonth.
Five Things To Do In Memphis This Weekend

3 weeks ago | memphismagazine.com | Abigail Morici

Friends of the Library Spring Book Sale Benjamin L. Hooks Central Library Friday, April 25, 10 a.m.-6 p.m. | Saturday, April 26, 10 a.m.-5 p.m. | Sunday, April 27, 11 a.m.-2 p.m. The Friends of the Library is hosting its annual Spring Book Sale, not to compete with its annual Fall Book Sale. And they’ll be selling books, CDs, DVDs, vinyls, and more at low, low prices this weekend. Sunday is Bag Day.
#1 Record

3 weeks ago | memphismagazine.com | Jon W. Sparks

I recently conducted a survey that shows Memphis is ranked No. 1. And I want to assure you that my intentions are pure, my methodology proven, and my results guaranteed. I call it Ranking Madness, and it’s clearly (according to surveys) a function of a society that is compelled to measure and rate and sort, which is probably a defense against the evil forces of imponderables, abstractions, uncertainty, and life. All within a margin of error, naturally. Why do we so love rankings?
Five Things To Do In Memphis This Weekend

4 weeks ago | memphismagazine.com | Abigail Morici

Silent Sky Theatre Memphis Friday, April 18, 7:30 p.m. | Saturday, April 19, 2–4 p.m. Theatre Memphis puts on this show about 19th-century astronomer Henrietta Leavitt, whose scientific discoveries were rejected in her time. Tickets ($28.25) for the final two performances can be purchased here. Saint Joan Tennessee Shakespeare Company Friday, April 18, 8:30 p.m. | Saturday, April 19, 3 p.m. & 7:30 p.m. George Bernard Shaw chronicles the plight of Saint Joan.
901 Health: Joint Effort

4 weeks ago | memphismagazine.com | Frank Murtaugh

Whenever I experience joint discomfort, my thoughts turn to The Wizard of Oz and, specifically, the Tin Man. As a knee or shoulder protests a certain motion, I’d like a doctor, or a friend, or my wife — anyone, please — to simply squirt a little oil on the area in need … and I’ll be on my way. Human joints don’t operate on oil, alas.
Rescuing One of Memphis’ Oldest Homes

4 weeks ago | memphismagazine.com | Chris McCoy

For the current owner of this Victorian Village home, it was love at first sight. “I pulled up immediately and went, ‘Wow!’ That was my first reaction when I stepped out of the car,” says Jerred Price. “I saw a three-story, 1800s brick home that no one had lived in since the 1960s. It had been other things since then. It had been a restaurant. It had been a law office. And during [Hurricane] Katrina, they even had bunk beds in here. There were bars on all of the windows.