Upcoming Events Jan+Feb 2020
Upcoming Events! Hamilton, concerts, and benefits all happening this Jan+Feb. HAVE AN EVENT TO LIST? DO IT ONLINE AT FOCUSMIDTENN.COM
January 14, 2020
Ray Rico
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“There’s Hip-Hop In Nashville”: National Museum of African American Music Preps for 2020 Opening
Opening Summer 2020, the NMAAM is the only museum of its kind dedicated specifically to multiple genres of African American music throughout the ages. It’ll feature several galleries dedicated to different eras alongside the prevalent music styles, significant events and the legends behind them.
January 13, 2020
Q&A: The Thacker-Rhodes Family
story & photos by Joan Allison (photo above: The Thacker-Rhodes pose with one of their Gypsy Cob horses, Moonshine. Gypsy Cobs were bred to pull the family wagons of the
December 5, 2019
Invisible Histories Project Comes to Mississippi
by Joan Allison | photos from Invisible Histories Project [Above right: Early 1900s ‘chapbook’ written by a young man from Central Alabama. In the photo is almost certainly the diarist
November 25, 2019
Keto Kristmas
photos by Joan Allison | recipes from delish.com Christmas feasts are typically carb fests. From the breads to the five kinds of potatoes to the desserts, here comes diabetes. Some
November 15, 2019
Miss Gay Memphis Historical Marker Unveiling Later This Month
(photo above: An historic marker to commemorate the 1969 Miss Memphis Review (later called the Miss Gay Memphis Pageant) will look similar to this one. It will be unveiled on
October 23, 2019
Country Queer: Brandon Pugh and Delta Sol Farm
story and photos by Chellie Bowman If you’ve ever woken up early Saturday morning, grabbed your reusable tote bag and headed to the Cooper Young Farmer’s Market then you’ve no
October 7, 2019
National Period Day Event
PERIOD, a global youth-run non-profit, will be hosting the first-ever National Period Day (NPD) on October 19, 2019! In celebration of NPD, PERIOD is organizing rallies across the COUNTRY! The
September 29, 2019
Planned Parenthood and OUTMemphis Join Forces at Joint Press Conference
Planned Parenthood and OUTMemphis Press Conference What: During a joint press conference, Planned Parenthood of Tennessee and North Mississippi (PPTNM) and OUTMemphis will be making a special announcement about an
September 23, 2019
One of “Bluff City Law’s” Main Characters is a Lesbian. No Objections Here.
story by Joan Allison, Focus® Mid-South managing editor (image above: Jayne Atkinson as Della Bedford, photo by Virginia Sherwood) MEMPHIS—Sept. 10 2019 — What’s quirky about Memphis? I asked this
September 10, 2019
LGBT & Food: The Uneasy Relationship
by Joan Allison & Danielle McBride | photos courtesy of Fairhaven Treatment Center Similar to any mental health illness, eating disorders and negative body image do not discriminate- and can
July 19, 2019
There’s a New Dog in Town!
by Joan Allison | photos by Chellie Bowman Today through Labor Day across America, 818 hotdogs will be consumed—every, single. second. That’s according to the National Hot Dog and Sausage
July 11, 2019
