Downtown’s newest hotel, the Courtyard by Marriott, has opened across from Court Square.
The hotel is the first one in Memphis to be built with Marriott’s “refreshing business” concept. The spacious lobby has a full-service bistro that serves breakfast, lunch, and dinner, plenty of space for sitting and working, and private booths with TVs that are [...]

A volunteer medical team from LeBonheur Children’s Hospital traveled to Haiti to provide care for victims of January earthquake.
The team of seven surgeons, anesthesiologists and orthopedists volunteered their time and clinical skills to work with children at Haiti’s Scared Heart hospital. On Tuesday, they were honored at a reception at LeBonheur.
The team performed surgeries, dressed [...]

The UK’s Haringey Young Musicians Symphony Orchestra, Stage Band, Big Band, and Dancers are visiting Memphis this week to learn about the city’s musical and cultural history and to share music with area students.

Memphis is an incredibly affordable city – the cost of living is low, food is inexpensive, and many of the city’s great attractions have a free day during the week.

Check out these attractions on their free days:

Memphis’s city museum, the Pink Palace, has two new exhibits opening this month and lasting through the spring.

It’s awards season in Hollywood, and Memphians are bringing home all kinds of honors.
“Five Dollar Cover Amplified” (the companion documentaries for Craig Brewer’s MTV show about Memphis musicians “Five Dollar Cover”) won two Mid-South Emmys. The short documentaries on Ben Nichols and Valerie June won a Cultural Documentary Emmy and the Valerie June piece and [...]

The longer driving tour starts in the parking lot of the National Civil Rights Museum and winds through some of Memphis’ most important musical and historical landmarks. The tour goes to Booker T. Washington High School (the alma mater of many prominent Memphis musicians), historically black Lemoyne-Owen College, the Soulsville neighborhood (home to the Stax Museum of American Soul Music, Royal Recording, and the former homes of Aretha Franklin and Memphis Slim).