YMCA’s Brian McLaughlin joins Eric Barnes on this week’s episode of “The Sidebar.”

Artemis II launched at 5:35 p.m. Central Daylight Time from the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida. Memphians had a front-row seat at the Pink Palace.

The Visible Music College will move from its Downtown location on Madison Avenue to a Millington location later this year.

April is full of opportunities to see multiple Memphis musicians on the bills of local venues. The month also includes the debut of a local venue and the return of a local festival.

Peking Acrobats, Urban Bush Women, an “America’s Got Talent” semifinalist puppet show and Caroline Rhea: What’s on the Buckman stage this season? 

How does the first mayor and keystone member of early Memphis grow to be a forgotten piece of history? A local author may have an answer or two.

Jonathan Walker has collected about 6,000 sketches, cels and storyboards from the late 1990s anime series “Nazca.” And he’s using them to launch a preservation project honoring the craftsmanship of the art form.

Tee and Greg Westbrook founded the annual traveling marketplace that also offers guidance for vendors who want to create sustainable business models.

This is the second large Madison Avenue property in Midtown to go on the market this month.

Samilia Pelshak, a Memphis-based fashion designer, is the artist behind the outdoor installation “Wax Print Wonderland.”

In this week’s To-Do List, a Ghanaian artist makes life-sized movie poster art, an author chases ghosts at Elmwood and Soul & Spirits has a street-food fest. 

Marina Pacini — the former chief curator of the Memphis Brooks Museum of Art — talks about how she put together the exhibition marking Memphis College of Art’s history and impact.

“Hillbilly Bible” is a faith-based comedy drama that will now be filmed in honor of late actor John Amos.

The season includes actor/singer Darren Criss, saxophonist Lakecia Benjamin, trumpeter and composer Terence Blanchard, and fiddle duo Carter and Cleveland.

The 2023 lawsuit, filed by Friends for our Riverfront and others, challenging the new Memphis Art Museum Downtown has hit another barrier.

“(Brazil by Night is) a way for us to celebrate their cultures and celebrate many of the Brazilians and South Americans that live in the city of Memphis,” Collage Dance Collective’s marketing and communications director said.

Also opening this week in wide release are two horror-comedies: “They Will Kill You” with Zazie Beetz (“Atlanta”) and Myha’la (“Industry”), and “Forbidden Fruits.”

“We should recognize the power of art as an ever-evolving representation of who we are as a city.”

Award-winning poet and U of M professor Marcus Wicker has been in Memphis for nearly a decade. Here’s how he developed a passion for poetry, and why he’s sharing it with the community. 

Some celebrate triumph of good over evil, some celebrate leaving the past behind, some celebrate the changing seasons. Despite their reasons for celebrating, Holi is a colorful day for all.

Walking in Memphis is about to get a lot more entertaining as the DMC will hire buskers to perform along a Downtown street.

Pophouse Entertainment has acquired Tina Turner’s name, image and likeness rights as well as the majority share of her music catalog rights from music company BMG. 

In this week’s To-Do List, there’s a comedy show at DKDC, a final goodbye from Journey at FedExForum and a mash-up of goth culture and cumbia music at Growlers.

Bill Townsend joins Eric Barnes on this week’s episode of “The Sidebar.” 

With the sport Heck has loved since she was 4 on the back burner, her art, military service and wedding plans are what keep the former Memphian busy these days.