MEMPHIS IS CHARMING!!!

Travel and Leisure posted a list of America's most charming accents and listed the top 20 cities and Memphis came in towards the top of list at number 6.  They said we have "local southern accents that take on a grittier quality—a mix of city and country".  CLICK HERE for the full list!

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MUDBUG FESTIVAL!!!

This weekend is Mudbugs in March.  It is a crawfish festival taking place downtown in court square this Saturday.  There will be live music, a gumbo cooking contest and tons of mudbugs.  To learn more, CLICK HERE!!!

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HEAR JT'S NEW ALBUM FOR FREE!!!

Hometown Boy Justin Timberlake has a new album, The 20/20 experience, coming out next week, but he is doing something really cool.  For this week you can stream the album in it's entirety for free on itunes before it is released on March 19th. CLICK HERE to learn more!

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SPRING CHALK ART!!!

The Brooks Art Museum is celebrating spring with a chalk festival this Thursday.  Local artists will create art with chalk on the plaza outside of the museum and you can join in and make chalk art too!  The event is free and starts at 10am.  To learn more, CLICK HERE!

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GOOGLE SHOES!!!

South by Southwest began this past weekend and one of the weirdest things unveiled was a talking shoe by Google.  The shoes contain a computer that tracks your movement and if you have been sitting still for too long....the shoes can yell to motivate you to move. CLICK HERE to learn more!

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JT MADE MEMPHIS PROUD!!!

Local boy Justin Timberlake joined the rare five timers club as SNL host this past weekend and wow'ed audiences.  He brought back fan favorite skits and tons of new stuff as well.  He even rep'ed Memphis when he took the stage at the end of the episode in a U of M Tiger tshirt.  CLICK HERE for more info!

MAJOR ROAD SCHEDULED TO CLOSE!!!

You might need to map out some alternate routes because this Friday the intersection of Brooks Road and Elvis Presley Boulevard will be shut down until Monday.  This is part of an aggressive $43 Million project to improve the boulevard to be safer.  The construction will ultimately go for about 2.75 miles from Brooks South all the way down to Shelby Drive by the time that it is complete. For more info and alternate routes, CLICK RIGHT HERE!

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SPRING VOLUNTEER BUILD BEGAN THIS PAST WEEKEND!

Dozens of volunteers began production on three homes for habitat for humanity's "Spring Volunteer Build" over the weekend. The agency just celebrated 30 years of building homes here in Memphis and these three homes are the first of fifty that Habitat for Humanity plans to build in North Memphis over the next two years. CLICK HERE to learn more or get involved!

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Loser Line

Really embarrassing voice-mails from single people....Enough said.  Monday's "Loser Line" did not disappoint.  Click to her the not so elite of the Bluff City Social Scene....

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New Music Monday

Never before heard from Rihanna...Akon...and Taylor Swift!  Today was "New Music Monday"!  Listen as The Q Morning Show weighs in on the future of hit music in and around Memphis...

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