New drinking, dining options
As the Memphian opens, it adds new food and beverage options to Overton Square. The hotel has a three-meal restaurant, Complicated Pilgrim, and a rooftop bar, Tiger and Peacock.
Complicated Pilgrim was inspired by the romanticism of open-air brasseries, according to the hotel website. It is open daily for breakfast, lunch and dinner and features local and regional dishes with a distinctly Memphian perspective and a focus on fresh ingredients. It also hosts a bar area that serves coffee drinks and adult beverages. At Complicated Pilgrim, it is our mantra to eat well and roam free. We believe some journeys will take you further from where you began than where you belong. We’re inspired by distant lands and those who’ve wandered them, knowing well that our hearts are our home and all paths lead back to Memphis, the hotel said on Facebook.
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Local arts organizations are looking at a 25 percent decrease in 2021 income compared to pre-pandemic figures. The data comes from ArtsMemphis on the arts.
Historic Hattiloo Theater is one of only 4 Black theaters in the country
Historic Hattiloo Theater is one of only 4 Black theaters in the country By Joy Redmond | February 4, 2021 at 8:11 PM CST - Updated February 9 at 2:37 PM
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (WMC) - For 14 years now, Hattiloo Theatre’s been making history, not just in the Mid-South but also across the country.
Hattiloo Theatre, in Overton Square, is the only free-standing black repertory theater in the Mid-South which is one of only four black theatres in the country.
“I was running this like weekly type of poetry thing and open mic thing and there was this guy, this kind of boisterous white guy, that came every Thursday and he said ‘what do black people do on the weekend in Memphis?’ I said I don’t know, ask em,” said Ekundayo Bandele, Founder & CEO of Hattiloo Theatre. “I said I know what I do. And so he knew my theater background a couple of weeks later he was like do you wanna open up a black theater in M
The Say it Loud series premieres every Tues. and Thurs. honoring local and historical Black figures. Author: Jalyn Souchek Updated: 5:19 PM CST February 2, 2021
MEMPHIS, Tennessee Black History Month is underway and the Hattiloo Theatre is finding a way honor Black figures all month long despite not having an audience in nearly a year. The theatre hopes the later will change beginning next month.
Every Tuesday and Thursday during February, Hattiloo s Say It Loud series will premiere live virtually. Say It Loud is an eight-part free virtual Black history speech series.
Each performance focuses on an influential Black figure. To start, a prominent Memphian will introduce the person followed by an actor performance portrayed the historical figure.
âBlack Lives Matterâ crosswalk planned near Hattiloo Theatre Hattiloo Theatre (Source: WMC) By WMC Action News 5 Staff | January 14, 2021 at 7:29 PM CST - Updated January 14 at 7:29 PM
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (WMC) - A crosswalk with the words âBlack Lives Matterâ is coming to midtown Memphis.
The Memphis Public Art Review committee approved the rainbow-theme crosswalk Wednesday.
Itâs planned for Cooper and Monroe near the Hattiloo Theatre, the cityâs black repertory theater.
The installation date is still being worked out.
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According to Business.org Tennessee s most affected industry during COVID-19 is arts, entertainment and recreation. Down 69.8 percent.
The report says overall, Tennessee s economy has shrunk 12.5 % since the beginning of the pandemic. It says Mississippi s economy has shrunk just over 10%. Arkansas almost 9%. Any place thats dependent on tourism or arts or anything that require participation like plays they have been devastated, said John Gnuschke, U of Memphis economist.
Gnuschke said in Memphis, recovering from the pandemic losses will take time. We ve been set back a decade or more . That sounds terrible but it takes a decade or more to recover in Memphis and it takes a long time for the state of Tennessee to recover, said Gnuschke.