Coverage of visual arts, performing arts, cultural events, and artistic entrepreneurs.
The redevelopment of South City will include a steel sculpture by Memphian Terry Lynn. The sculpture will honor the legacy of Foote Homes, Lynn's grandfather, and future hopes for South City.
The Mid-South Coliseum will soon see previtalizing events inside the building. The Coliseum Coalition's Marvin Stockwell and Chooch Pickard discuss preservation and reactivation of the iconic building.
As congregations shrink and age, historic churches are at risk for demolition. In The Heights, Highland Heights Baptist Church has teamed up with The Collegiate School of Memphis and The Avenue Community Church to save their building.
High Ground’s Emily Trenholm and Cole Bradley along with our podcast producer, Natalie Van Gundy, reflect on the first year of our On the Ground Podcast, including favorite moments and biggest impacts.
Our embedded coverage in Hickory Hill has come to a close. We look back on the coverage and what we learned for our next neighborhoods.
Wonder / Cowork / Create is a coworking and collaboration space geared towards creative entrepreneurs but open to anyone. It's done a lot of growing in its first year.
The newly formed Hickory Hill Senior Drama Club is preparing for its first performance, an original skit for Black History Month in February 2020.
High Ground's new Community Contributors program takes passionate Memphians and gives them the skills to find and report stories that acknowledge their neighborhoods' struggles but focus on their resilience.
Justin Merrick and Lenell Burton from Center for Transforming Communities discuss CTC's expansion into new neighborhoods, artists in as neighborhood connectors, and the power of storytelling as communities change.
This Saturday, The Peace and Justice Art Festival is a chance to do some holiday shopping for a cause. The market supports local makers and artist and the Mid-South Peace & Justice Center.
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