South Main's Divine Rags plans to move to a new location in Saddle Creek early next week. They'll be taking over the former Sharper Image space.
Owner Divine Mafa plans to keep renting the South Main space (COGIC owns the building), but may open a lounge there instead.
"We need to make sure businesses stay alive and the community stays alive," he says of the South Main area. "It cannot be a ghost town."
Divine Rags will be holding a up-to-80-percent-off moving on sale this weekend during RiverArtsFest. They're also working on a franchise deal and a location in Washington, D.C.
Mafa, an outspoken supporter of downtown revitalization, hopes people don't think he's abandoning the area.
"We just don't have the numbers to sustain us," he says.
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Friday, October 31, 2008
After the Sugar Coma
Now, generally, on the weekends, I like to sit at home on my couch and watch Gossip Girl and Heroes on Netflix. But I may have to change my regular plans for this weekend, because there seems to be a lot going on. And that's not even counting all the Halloweenie revelry.
Memphis Rock-n-Romp's last show of the season is also happening Saturday at the National Ornamental Metal Museum. The line-up includes the Nellie Olesens (v. precious!), Harlan T. Bobo (even more precious!) and The Barbaras (also precious).
It goes from 2 - 6 p.m. Adults are $5; kids are free (but you need to have a kid with you to go!) Beer is provided, but you should bring a blanket and/or chairs and snacks to share.
UrbanArt's first "Show and Tell" will also be that night at The Cove from 6 - 8 p.m. Each presentation will be about seven minutes (20 slides at 20 seconds each) and though I don't know what kinds of things people will be showing and telling — it sounds like it could be anything! — it should be interesting. And sort of reminiscent of grade school, but with beer.
RiverArtsFest is also going on Saturday and Sunday on South Main. It's free and open to the public, with five stags of live entertainment, a juried artist market, and beer and wine sales.
Hmmm, seems like the common denominator here is beer.
For more (and there is definitely more, but my fingers are getting tired) visit the Flyer's website.
Oh, and happy halloween.
Memphis Rock-n-Romp's last show of the season is also happening Saturday at the National Ornamental Metal Museum. The line-up includes the Nellie Olesens (v. precious!), Harlan T. Bobo (even more precious!) and The Barbaras (also precious).
It goes from 2 - 6 p.m. Adults are $5; kids are free (but you need to have a kid with you to go!) Beer is provided, but you should bring a blanket and/or chairs and snacks to share.
UrbanArt's first "Show and Tell" will also be that night at The Cove from 6 - 8 p.m. Each presentation will be about seven minutes (20 slides at 20 seconds each) and though I don't know what kinds of things people will be showing and telling — it sounds like it could be anything! — it should be interesting. And sort of reminiscent of grade school, but with beer.
RiverArtsFest is also going on Saturday and Sunday on South Main. It's free and open to the public, with five stags of live entertainment, a juried artist market, and beer and wine sales.
Hmmm, seems like the common denominator here is beer.
For more (and there is definitely more, but my fingers are getting tired) visit the Flyer's website.
Oh, and happy halloween.
Thursday, June 5, 2008
Hole in One
In recent weeks, regular shoppers at the Memphis Farmers Market have found the market's parking lot blocked off and full of police cars.
"Some people are angry about it," says Sharon Leicham, farmers market board chair. "They're used to parking in that lot; it's one of the amenities of the market."
But the parking lot should be back to normal soon. An 8-foot-wide, 18-foot-deep sinkhole — and the associated repairs — have closed the nearby Central Station parking lot for more than a month but it is expected to be repaired early this month.
In late April, a rain culvert underneath Central Station began collapsing. MATA owns the building and the city of Memphis is spearheading the repairs.
In addition to several downtown residents, Central Station is home to the Memphis Police Department's South Main precinct. Police spokesperson Monique Martin says the sinkhole has not affected the precinct's crime-fighting ability.
"We have had to adapt to a different parking lot as repairs are underway," she says. "The adaptation is like a leak under the kitchen sink when you have to take all the cleaning products from the cabinet and move them somewhere else, so the plumber can have room to fix the problem."
With police vehicles parked in a lot off Front Street near G.E. Patterson, visitors to the Memphis Farmers Market has been diverted to a nearby grassy lot.
“During the market, we always have a volunteer on the street,” Leicham says. “The police do allow vehicles with handicap stickers [to park in the paved lot.]”
Central Station is also a stop for Amtrak’s City of New Orleans line. But the train tracks at the station have been removed for the repairs.
Marc Magliari, a Chicago-based spokesperson for Amtrak, says the repairs should be completed early this month.
Until then, Amtrak will continue bypassing Memphis proper. Local passengers are driven 10 miles to and from the train by bus.
“Once they replace the underground culvert and fill that back in, the railroad owner can put the track back into place, and we’ll resume service to Memphis,” Magliari says. “Direct service to Memphis, that is.”
I've got a call into the city, but haven't heard any additional information from them yet.
The photos (look how tiny the people are in comparison to the hole/culvert) are courtesy of the police department.
"Some people are angry about it," says Sharon Leicham, farmers market board chair. "They're used to parking in that lot; it's one of the amenities of the market."
But the parking lot should be back to normal soon. An 8-foot-wide, 18-foot-deep sinkhole — and the associated repairs — have closed the nearby Central Station parking lot for more than a month but it is expected to be repaired early this month.
In late April, a rain culvert underneath Central Station began collapsing. MATA owns the building and the city of Memphis is spearheading the repairs.
In addition to several downtown residents, Central Station is home to the Memphis Police Department's South Main precinct. Police spokesperson Monique Martin says the sinkhole has not affected the precinct's crime-fighting ability.
"We have had to adapt to a different parking lot as repairs are underway," she says. "The adaptation is like a leak under the kitchen sink when you have to take all the cleaning products from the cabinet and move them somewhere else, so the plumber can have room to fix the problem."
With police vehicles parked in a lot off Front Street near G.E. Patterson, visitors to the Memphis Farmers Market has been diverted to a nearby grassy lot.
“During the market, we always have a volunteer on the street,” Leicham says. “The police do allow vehicles with handicap stickers [to park in the paved lot.]”
Central Station is also a stop for Amtrak’s City of New Orleans line. But the train tracks at the station have been removed for the repairs.
Marc Magliari, a Chicago-based spokesperson for Amtrak, says the repairs should be completed early this month.
Until then, Amtrak will continue bypassing Memphis proper. Local passengers are driven 10 miles to and from the train by bus.
“Once they replace the underground culvert and fill that back in, the railroad owner can put the track back into place, and we’ll resume service to Memphis,” Magliari says. “Direct service to Memphis, that is.”
I've got a call into the city, but haven't heard any additional information from them yet.
The photos (look how tiny the people are in comparison to the hole/culvert) are courtesy of the police department.
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