This exhibit runs March 11 – September 4, 2022. Chicago’s South Side nightlife in the mid 1970s was a far-out party scene that brimmed over with style and free expression to the sounds of blues, disco, funk, and soul. A photographer from New Jersey, Michael Abramson, became so infatuated with this slice of underground life
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MEMPHIS, February 1, 2022 – The Tennessee Department of Tourist Development (TDTD) and Travel South announced today the addition of the Stax Museum of American Soul Music to the U.S. Civil Rights Trail. With this new inclusion, the Stax Museum joins other landmarks for a total of 14 Tennessee stops on the trail. Other locations
Continue Reading nextEDUCATORS! STAX MUSEUM OF AMERICAN SOUL MUSIC and STAX MUSIC ACADEMY present: BLACK HISTORY MONTH 2022 – FREE VIRTUAL STAX MUSEUM FILM & STAX MUSIC ACADEMY CONCERT This is a tremendous, no-cost opportunity for you to share live music, history, life lessons, and more with thousands of your students. Learn about the music and history made
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MEMPHIS — The Soulsville Foundation, which operates the Stax Museum of American Soul Music and Stax Music Academy at the original site of Stax Records in Memphis, Tennessee, is pleased to announce it has been approved to receive an American Rescue Plan grant from the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) to help the
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