by Ray Rico | Apr 13, 2017 | Arts, Business
Cooper-Young’s Burke’s Book Store, recently named by Real Simple magaize as the best bookstore in Tennessee, has a busy calendar of activities this month. On April 19th, Burke’s hosts a reading and book signing by Mary Ann Connell at the Memphis Country Club. A noted...
by Ray Rico | Apr 13, 2017 | Business
Publishing in Memphis for just over a year, Focus Magazine, an online and print magazine for the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) community, has announced it is expanding this summer into Middle Tennessee. Focus Middle Tennessee will hit stands June 23rd,...
by Ray Rico | Apr 3, 2017 | Arts, Business, Community News, Cover Story
In another era, the strip of land at the northeast corner of Cooper Street and Central Avenue, just north of Cooper-Young, rumbled with activity. The area was home to railroad substation, a busy transportation at a time when rail was still the primary mode of...
by Ray Rico | Apr 3, 2017 | Community News, CYCA
By Kristen Schebler Ongoing efforts to seek landmarks status with the city Landmarks Commission have sparked lively debate and raised a lot of questions. This month we unveil a new column that will focus on providing updates and information about the effort to create...
by Ray Rico | Apr 3, 2017 | Business, Community News
In December of 1954, John R. Cash, Marshall Grant, and Luther Perkins stepped into the Galloway Methodist Church on the corner of Cooper and Walker streets in Memphis, Tennessee, to play their first performance together for the Pioneers Club, a lady’s church function....
