Founded in 1935, Lucky Heart Cosmetics has seen its share of changes. The black beauty product manufacturer has opened its first retail store in the hopes of attracting its next generation of loyal customers.
Special confidentiality protections afforded to juveniles can make cases opaque and allow injustice to fester. Two Memphis-based filmmakers are sharing narratives of people affected by the juvenile justice system in an effort to inspire policy change.
Built to be hidden parts of the city, alleys are reimagined by developers and artists as places to show off Memphis' creativity.
B.B. King, Aretha Franklin and Isaac Hayes have all called Club Paradise home. Opened in South Memphis in the 1960s, the building shuttered in 1999. It opened last year under new management, and supporters believe the new Club Paradise could lead the way to community growth and good times.
Downtown's alleys can lead back in time to show a Memphis lost to change and redevelopment.
One hundred years later, Memphians gathered by the Wolf River out Summer Avenue to commemorate historical markers in memory of the lynching of Ell Persons, a dark moment in Memphis history that ended up having a significant impact on the Bluff City in the founding of the Memphis NAACP.
Hyper-local museums run by Memphians bring a personal angle to the dominant narrative of the city's fight for civil rights.
One of the city’s most popular bookstores, The Booksellers at Laurelwood, shut down in February at the Laurelwood Shopping Center on Poplar Avenue in East Memphis. That same space will welcome a new bookstore, Novel, for a grand opening by late summer.
The Memphis Music Initiative, now in its second year, has opened its own summer programs for children. The nonprofit also fulfills in-school fellowships, which place local music professionals who teach music education in Shelby County Schools.
Fairy Blossoms Scents creates handmade incense, soaps, perfumes, and skincare products, many of which can be infused with a scent that is unique to the customer.
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