Travel: Shelby Farms Park
story & photos by Tricia Dewey Every great city has its great park and for Memphis that park is Shelby
Tricia Dewey
June 16, 2020
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Celebrating our LGBT+ community and our allies by bringing you stories of our life, music, food+entertainment, health+wellness, and advocacy in the Mid-South.
Original Memphis: Burke’s Book Store
story & photos by Tricia Dewey Burke’s Book Store, founded in 1875, has been nothing if not resilient over the
Tricia Dewey
June 4, 2020
Orpheum Announces Virtual Summer Camp
Orpheum Announces Virtual Summer Camp Programming for June Sessions UPDATE FOR MENDING HEARTS CAMP MEMPHIS, TN – The Orpheum Theatre Group
Focus Mid-South
May 19, 2020
Bill Kendall: The Man Who Brought Gay Films to Memphis
by Vincent Astor | photos from the Memphis Public Library Collection edited by Joan Allison and Chris Reeder-Young The late
Vincent Astor
May 18, 2020
Spirituality Profile: Peter Gathje
by Chris Reeder-Young Peter Gathje. Pronounced ‘GET-key.’ Professor, activist, Manna House partner, family guy and a lighthouse of sanity on
Chris Reeder-Young, M.A.
May 15, 2020
Original Memphis: The Charitable Organizations of Memphis
story by Tricia Dewey Almost immediately after publication of the March-April Focus “Money” issue the entire global economy began to
Tricia Dewey
May 5, 2020
Ask Allie: Quarantined With Homophobes
by Sarah Rutledge Fisher Dear Allie,I’m a 28-year-old lesbian, and up until a few weeks ago, I was a grad
Sarah Rutledge Fischer
May 4, 2020
Faith Leaders Release Statement on COVID-19
Memphis, Tenn. April 28, 2020. Today a group of fifteen clergy, representing major dioceses and congregations in West Tennessee, together
Focus Mid-South
April 28, 2020
Congressman Cohen Urges Constituents to Meet Filing Deadline to Claim Supplement Payments for Dependents
Deadline is noon on Wednesday MEMPHIS – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-09) today sent email notifications to constituents to ensure they
Focus Mid-South
April 22, 2020
Cazateatro April Virtual Events
(Memphis, TN) April 16, 2020: Cazateatro is the first bilingual theatre group in Tennessee and the group is formed by
Focus Mid-South
April 16, 2020
MAM Expects to Serve 1,000th Family at Mobile Food Pantry Today
Memphis Athletic Ministries expects to serve its 1,000th family through a mobile food pantry event later today. MAM has already served almost
Focus Mid-South
April 9, 2020
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A Special Message From Our Publisher Greetings friends, family, advertisers and community partners, Over the past five years, Focus Mid-South
Focus Mid-South
April 6, 2020
