1990s Popular Culture

Growing beyond the Divine Nine in black Greek life today

9 Feb 2012

Approximately 100 years after the advent of the country’s first black Greek sororities and fraternities — often referred to as the “Divine Nine� — their influence on popular culture is apparent.

Violinist Gil Shaham joins Memphis Symphony on ' Butterfly Lovers Violin Concerto'

9 Feb 2012

You might be forgiven for thinking Gil Shaham is still a young prodigy. Although he's 40, the violinist has been a vital part of the Memphis classical scene ever since he appeared in the Artists Ascending program in the early 1990s, fixing in our collective minds the young virtuoso who impressed early and often.

‘Testimonios,’ Popular Arts at El Museo del Barrio

8 Feb 2012

“Testimonios: 100 Years of Popular Expression� at El Museo del Barrio is a kaleidoscopic display of more than 300 works taken almost entirely from the museum’s collection.