From Feb. 18-25, Memphis was under a boil water advisory. Almost all water used had to be boiled or bottled, for activities from cooking to brushing teeth. The Byhalia Pipeline, a transport line for oil...
It is believed that there are generational, once-in-a-lifetime events that every member of the generation remembers; Pearl Harbor, MLK’s assassination, 9/11 and now the insurrection at the Capitol. On...
The COVID-19 pandemic has yielded a number of changes to the average school day, including utilizing Microsoft TEAMS instead of an in-person setting. Teachers and students both have had to adapt to functioning...
Katie Lamm, Social Media Manager
• October 26, 2020
Unite, celebrate and elevate. This is the mission of the Memphis Soul Prize, a poetry competition focusing on the unique perspectives of Memphis by its students. Donny Granger, founder of Memphis Soul...
“I can’t breathe.” These words, gasped repeatedly, marked the death of George Floyd and the beginning of the 2020 Black Lives Matter protests. These words were the last not only of George Floyd,...
Amidst the chaos in Shelby County that began in March, a new wave of hope and speculation has surfaced alongside the county’s Back to Business Plan. May 4 began Phase One of the business reopenings for...
A February 12 premier? That’s just in time for Valentine’s Day ran through my head when I first heard of the release of a new To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before movie. I was ecstatic. Lara Jean’s...
For concerto competition winner Zoe Wolfe, performance is nothing new. After 14 years of playing the violin, it becomes the norm. Still, playing as a soloist is something new entirely.
“I had never...
Student uproar. Parent outcry. Teacher protest. As schools face an increasing number of violent incidents, college campuses have come under scrutiny with people calling for security modifications.
Even...
A surge of music, style and opportunity over the past hundred years have allowed black culture to flourish and truly immerse itself into American culture as a whole. A number of defining events since the...
Along with a few others, White Station High has been one of the schools lucky enough to have a dedicated Memphis Music Initiative fellow, Marisa Polesky. The violinist works with both orchestras along...
The screeching of strings tuning and gurgle of blocked oboe air are familiar forms of the racket that permeates the room at the beginning of Memphis Youth Symphony rehearsals. Once the members buckle down...
![Autumn Bobo smiles, waiting to record her poem “ A Hill is Not my Home” at Made in Memphis recording studio. “[Memphis] unites around celebrating the best things in Memphis through the eyes of our students and elevating the story of our city” Donny Granger said.](https://whitestationscroll.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/IMG_5873.jpg)
