Beyond books: library takes high-tech steps to ignite teens’ creativity

Professional video equipment, performance stages, graphic-design software and 3D printers are just a few of the wow factors coming to Memphis’ Benjamin L. Hooks Central Library as part of a new teen learning lab set to open this summer.

ArtsMemphis is expanding arts access where it counts

Veteran arts funder ArtsMemphis has launched a grant program to bring the arts to underserved communities. The long-term goal is to spur the kind of deep arts engagement that can benefit neighborhoods and families.  

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