Elder bluesman Bobby Rush featured in Delta Magazine in story by Karen Pulfer Focht
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B.B. King Museum and Delta Interpretive Center Expands
The B.B. King Museum and Delta Interpretive Center recently expanded the B.B. King exhibit to include the last decade of his life and his funeral.
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Jerry Lee Lewis Renews Vows with 7th Wife Judith
Rock and roll legend Jerry Lee Lewis, 85, celebrates his ninth wedding anniversary to his wife, Judith, at the Lewis ranch in Nesbit, Miss. Judith is Jerry Lee’s seventh wife. The couple was married on March 9th, 2012.
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Holiday Lights In Memphis
The Memphis Zoo and the Memphis Botanic Garden both have holiday light shows through Christmas. Both events are a great place to create holiday rituals and memories with your family.
Both events are outside and allow for social distancing; masks are required.
In the event that you are can’t get out this year due to the pandemic, I am bringing some highlights to you right here! Share it with a child or elderly person in your life.
Enjoy and have a happy holiday!
Karen
The Botanic Garden has their Holiday Wonders at the Garden special exhibit through Dec. 27, 2020. https://www.memphisbotanicgarden.com/Wonders (Video less than one minute)
A holiday light display brightens up the Memphis Zoo https://www.memphiszoo.org/special-events select nights through Jan. 3rd, 2021. A variety of activities including a Ferris wheel, horse drawn carriage rides with hot chocolate and S'Mores, a holiday market and more. Masks are required.
Purchase tickets ahead if possible.
The 2020 Folk Alliance International Conference in New Orleans
More than 1,000 musicians from the world over converged on New Orleans and did their best to convince promoters, festival organizers, music critics and disc jockeys that they are the next Big Thing.
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ELVIS WEEK, Graceland, Memphis, Tennessee 2019
Thousands of fans gather for the Candlelight Vigil in remembrance of the death of ELVIS PRESLEY at Graceland in Memphis, Tennessee. Presley passed away on August 16, 1977, at the age of 42. In the years since his death, fans from around the world gather each year at Graceland in Memphis, Tennessee in the days surrounding the anniversary of his death for the annual event known as Elvis Week. (Photos by Karen Pulfer Focht ©)
FOR SOME OF THE PREVIOUS COVERAGE OF THE KING BY MEMPHIS PHOTOJOURNALIST KAREN PULFER FOCHT SEE LINKS BELOW-
http://www.karenpulferfocht.com/blog/elvisweek2018
http://www.karenpulferfocht.com/blog/tag/Pricilla+Presley
http://www.karenpulferfocht.com/blog/2015/1/10/elvis-turns-80
https://www.todayonline.com/entertainment/music/presleys-1st-record-my-happiness-auctions-s401000
https://en.tempo.co/photo/54473/elvis-fans-mark-40th-anniversary-of-his-death#foto-6