Propcellar Vintage Rentals finds a new home on Summer Avenue
Karlee Hickman has a crew working hard to make the warehouse at 2585 Summer Avenue look as old as possible. It isn’t the new lighting, reconfigured space or paint scheme […]
Summer Avenue/Berclair
The Berclair area is a working class neighborhood with cozy homes and quiet streets. Its main drag, Summer Avenue, was once known as the “Highway of America” and over the years has been home to the world’s first Holiday Inn and Super D Drugstore as well as Memphis’ first McDonald’s. In the 1960s Summer Avenue was the antique mecca of Memphis, and today, it is a popular destination for thrift store shopping. Berclair is also home to Grahamwood Elementary, one of the city’s top primary schools.
Songs and games: designing careers with Music Monsters and Boys & Girls Clubs of Greater Memphis
Kids at the Boys & Girls Clubs of Greater Memphis are becoming paid game designers through a new partnership involving the Music Monsters app.
Coming attraction: The shifting landscape of the Memphis film scene
Memphis is seeing more creative content produced each year by local independent filmmakers as the rise of episodic television props up an industry hurt by Tennessee's lack of competitive film incentives.
Respecting our elders: the Plough Foundation’s Aging Initiative
For the first time in its 50-year history the Plough Foundation has put out a request for proposals. Through its Aging Initiative, Plough hopes to affect elder abuse and maltreatment, and promote "aging in place" by the senior citizens of Shelby County.
