Month: October 2016

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Weekly Snapshot: Week of 10/24-10/28

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October 22 NY Times: Civil Rights History Finds Heightened Relevance in a Troubled Present WMC: 14-year-old Memphis chef named one of ’30 Most Influential Teens WMC: FIRST LOOK: Joe Birch gives a sneak peek of the Harahan Bridge MBJ: After completing the ZeroTo510 accelerator, SOMOVAC poised to take the next steps toward FDA approval MDN: Owners Seek Uses for Historic Clayborn Temple October 24 CA: Big River Crossing sparks investment in Downtown MBJ: ($): Mallory Alexander sets sights on Seattle, Tacoma Thrillist: THE BEST US CITIES TO SPEND A BIG WEEKEND, WITHOUT GOING BROKE City Lab: Say Hello to America’s … Continue reading Weekly Snapshot: Week of 10/24-10/28

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CA: Eurythmics’ Stewart recording at Memphis’ Royal Studios

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CA: Eurythmics’ Stewart recording at Memphis’ Royal Studios Sharp-eyed social media watchers will have noticed that musician and producer Dave Stewart – one half of British pop duo Eurhythmics, and close collaborator with Tom Petty and Mick Jagger, among others – has been at South Memphis’ Royal Studios over the last few days. Stewart has been working on a new album from Australian songstress Vanessa Amorosi. The Melbourne native is a multiplatinum super star in her home country. Since the release of her 2009 album “Hazardous,” Amorosi has relocated to Los Angles, and now finds herself in the Bluff City working … Continue reading CA: Eurythmics’ Stewart recording at Memphis’ Royal Studios

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MBJ ($): Local researcher discovers, testing fat-burning molecule

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MBJ ($): Local researcher discovers, testing fat-burning molecule The molecule could be used to treat obesity and related conditions.  …. MBJ ($): Local researcher discovers, testing fat-burning molecule Continue reading MBJ ($): Local researcher discovers, testing fat-burning molecule

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Mother Nature Network: The Mississippi’s longest pedestrian bridge is now open for strolling

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Mother Nature Network: The Mississippi’s longest pedestrian bridge is now open for strolling West Memphis is one of those weird towns. For one, it’s not even in Tennessee. West Memphis is in Crittenden County, Arkansas, perched directly across the Mississippi River from Memphis — home of the blues and the best pork barbecue known to mankind (sorry, Kansas City). It’s one of those minor cities — or major suburbs, depending on who you ask — located within the metropolitan area of a larger city that just happens to be located in an entirely different state. It’s the same deal with … Continue reading Mother Nature Network: The Mississippi’s longest pedestrian bridge is now open for strolling

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HGN: Klondike/Smokey City students fight gang violence through art

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HGN: Klondike/Smokey City students fight gang violence through art Brittney Bullock wants to teach girls in the Klondike/Smokey City neighborhood that artists can make it in Memphis as well as effect change. At their first exhibition on Oct. 29, her apprentices will show a series of screen printed posters that condemn gang violence. For the past eight months, Bullock has met weekly with students in the North Memphis neighborhood to develop them as artists and entrepreneurs. The group of eight were paid for their time as apprentices and helped form the poster series from ideation, to budgeting, to evening hours … Continue reading HGN: Klondike/Smokey City students fight gang violence through art

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MDN: Teen Ambassador Program Seeking Students to Promote the Arts

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MDN: Teen Ambassador Program Seeking Students to Promote the Arts Ballet on Wheels, a traveling dance program that has taken dance training into Shelby County Schools and other community organizations, has always had a mission to serve young people of diverse backgrounds, but now the organization is expanding beyond just dance training and mentoring local students who want to become leaders for the next generation in its new Teen Ambassador Program. Ballet on Wheels is a pre-professional, community-based classical ballet company that strives to teach its students the fundamentals of dance, self-discipline, perseverance and creativity, said Karen Williams, manager of … Continue reading MDN: Teen Ambassador Program Seeking Students to Promote the Arts

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MBJ ($): Mitsubishi exec to TN delegation: Memphis is ‘growth opportunity’

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MBJ ($): Mitsubishi exec to TN delegation: Memphis is ‘growth opportunity’ When the Tennessee delegation visited Japan in September, it wasn’t all sake and “site seeing.” …. MBJ ($): Mitsubishi exec to TN delegation: Memphis is ‘growth opportunity’ Continue reading MBJ ($): Mitsubishi exec to TN delegation: Memphis is ‘growth opportunity’

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MDN: Wolf River Access and Federal Grant Highlight Preservation Efforts

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MDN: Wolf River Access and Federal Grant Highlight Preservation Efforts The road in Piperton near Albert Spillers Bridge on state Highway 196 is gravel and it is steep. But it is the way to a new boat access point onto the Wolf River that is formally dedicated Wednesday, Oct. 26. Access to the Wolf River on public lands is meant to be what is described as “primitive” to preserve the wetlands and the natural environment. “Here’s a public place you can drive, park, put your boat in the water and have access to the river,” said Alan Peterson, regional manager … Continue reading MDN: Wolf River Access and Federal Grant Highlight Preservation Efforts

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ICYMI: CA: St. Jude plans $1.2 billion Memphis expansion

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ICYMI: CA: St. Jude plans $1.2 billion Memphis expansion St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital plans a massive expansion in Memphis that in six years could add more than $1 billion in construction for its campus and swell its workforce by … Continue reading ICYMI: CA: St. Jude plans $1.2 billion Memphis expansion

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ICYMI: ZeroTo510 Named Top 25 U.S. Accelerator

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ICYMI: ZeroTo510 Named Top 25 U.S. Accelerator The ZeroTo510 Medical Device Accelerator has been announced as one of the top accelerators in the country for the second year in a row.  The Memphis-based accelerator has been named as one of … Continue reading ICYMI: ZeroTo510 Named Top 25 U.S. Accelerator