Abigail Morici

Southe rn Heritage Classic Cultural Celebration Various Locations Through Saturday, September 14 Kick off the season with the Southern Heritage Classic Cultural Celebration. Sure, there’s the rivalry football game between Arkansas-Pine Bluff and Tennessee State, but there’s also a ton of non-football events to check out, from the parade to an exhibit at the National Civil Rights Museum. More info here.

photography courtesy museum of science & history

Torches, Tales, and Trails C.H. Nash Museum at Chucalissa Friday, October 4, 7:30-9:30 p.m. Last month, Chris McCoy wrote a cover story on the first Bluff City, the community that thrived here many centuries before European settlers arrived (if you haven’t read it, I’ve done you a favor and linked it here; I expect half a million emails in my inbox thanking me for this kind favor, and another half a million in Chris’ praising him for writing this story). This is relevant because a) we at Memphis Magazine like to talk about ourselves and b) because I’d like to talk about the Torches, Tales, and Trails (try saying that fives times fast) happening at Chucalissa, the prehistoric site that Chris spends quite a bit talking about.

Soul of the City Elmwood Cemetery Friday-Saturday, October 11-12 Love is a many splendored thing. Love is patient; love is kind. Love will set you free. Love conquers all. Blah, blah, blah, you’ve heard all the cliches about love, but for all the cliches out there, there are probably a million times more love stories. At Elmwood Cemetery’s Soul of the City, there will be seven love stories.

The current show at the Memphis Brooks Museum of Art celebrates Andrea Morales’ decade of photojournalism.

Come As Thou Art Memphis Brooks Museum of Art Friday, October 18, 8 p.m. – 11:45 p.m. Friday is Sweetest Day, a totally made-up holiday — side note: Aren’t all holidays made up? — but this one was made up for the sole purpose of selling more candy. Story goes that 12 Cleveland confectioners gathered together and plotted out the whole darn thing in the 1920s. The sentiment was nice enough; they distributed over 20,000 boxes of candy to “newsboys, orphans, old folks, and the poor” to encourage people to buy from them and give candy to their loved ones (like Valentine’s Day 2.0). Pretty sweet, right?

photography by ziggy mack/courtesy collage dance collective

This weekend will keep the Sunday scaries at bay.

Here's to another great weekend, with art, music, food, and more.

The Wizard of Oz Playhouse on the Square November 15–December 22 Before there was a Wicked movie for celebrities to promote, there was The Wizard of Oz. You know it, you love it, and you can see it at Playhouse on the Square, starting Friday. All you have to do is follow the yellow brick road.