The Sidebar with Eric Barnes

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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.

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.

Josh Burgess, who founded Lucy J's with his wife, Tracy, joined Eric Barnes on this week's episode of The Sidebar. They talked not only about Lucy's J's support of families working to get out of homelessness, but the many ways big and small that the bakery supports these families.

This week, Christine Weinreich, head of the Memphis Library Foundation, joined Eric Barnes on The Sidebar to talk about the foundation's work in support of Memphis public libraries.

Holly has written a new book documenting and describing so many cool and interesting places in Memphis: "100 Things to Do in Memphis Before You Die".

Eric Barnes talked to the organization's new president and CEO, Metise Moore Sr. this week about his plans to expand the reach of the clubs to more young people in Memphis.

Birdcap, who was born Michael Roy, has an exhibit on display at Crosstown Arts through the end of April, with paintings and mosaics inspired by his interpretation of Homer's Iliad.

Rory Thomas, the president of the Memphis Medical District Collaborative, join Eric Barnes on The Sidebar.

The path from working in social work to leading the Urban Art Commission might seem an odd one. But talking to Lakeisha Edwards, the connections all become clear very quickly as she talks about the ways public art not only beautifies a street or neighborhood, but how it impacts the people who live there.