The Sidebar with Eric Barnes The Daily Memphian
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The Sidebar, hosted by Eric Barnes from The Daily Memphian, focuses on arts, culture and everything in between in Memphis, including interviews with people shaping the city and sometimes an exploration of topics stranger, funnier and more surprising than you might expect to hear.
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S5E16: How Beale Street influenced La Bohème at Opera Memphis
Ned Canty and Dennis Whitehead Darling joined Eric Barnes on this week’s episode of The Sidebar to talk about the production, the cast and how Darling came to love opera.
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S5E15: LifeDoc's journey providing health care in Memphis
Pedro Velasquez joined Eric Barnes to talk about LifeDoc’s mission, his family’s journey from Venezuela to Memphis, and the organization’s evolution nearly 20 years after its founding.
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S5E14: Phillip Ashley on branded candy, cocoa shortages and shipping chocolate in the summer
Phillip Ashley, the founder of Phillip Ashely Chocolates, discusses the evolution of his business as he’s shifted to more branded and business-to-business chocolate sales, including partnerships with Cadillac and other big named brands.
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S5E13: Vintage901 brings the culinary arts to all of Memphis
At its core, Vintage901 is about good food, good wine and the connections people make through eating and drinking together.
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S5E12: Lauren Kennedy goes from urban art to an art gallery
For eight years - until she founded the art gallery Sheet Cake in the Edge District in December of 2023 - Lauren Kennedy was executive director of the UrbanArt Commission, an organization which was essential to the spread of so much public art throughout Memphis.
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S5E11: Helping local arts groups collaborate to reach more people
Nykesha Cole joined Eric Barnes on this week’s episode of The Sidebar to talk about her work as the arts and culture liaison for Shelby County Government.