As it turns out, The Help wasn't all about the leading actresses, but also about the rest of the ensemble.  No one knows this better than actress Florence Roach, who will be one of the honorees for her contributions to Memphis theater.  Taking place during the Women's Theatre Festival (running from Aug 2nd-4th), the woman who played a maid in the film will... [Read more...]

For those of you who are trying to keep track, the NBA lockout is still in process.  Today, the NBA announced that there will be no training camps because the players union has not reached a collective bargaining agreement with them. Training camp was scheduled to start on October 3rd, but it is canceled indefinitely.  All preseason games, which were... [Read more...]

What was your favorite game as a kid? No, I’m not talking about Candy Land.  I’m talking sports.  Was it stick ball, kickball or…wiffle ball? I never thought I’d hear myself saying this (okay, writing it), but there is actually a group that got together to play the sport in a tournament for charity! The 15th annual Wifflestock Festival and wiffle... [Read more...]

You probably already know this, but Justin Timberlake is from Memphis – Shelby Forest, to be exact.  He’s done the area proud, I’d say, now that you can practically use just his first name and everyone would know exactly who you were talking about. Now Opera Memphis’ new general director, Ned Canty, is trying to recruit Justin to play “Frosch... [Read more...]