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Soulsville Foundation’s Stax Museum & Stax Music Academy Receive $150,000 Grant from the National Endowment for the Arts as part of the American Rescue Plan; one of only two Memphis organizations to receive a grant

clock 3 years ago user Tim Sampson

  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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Stax Museum Free Virtual Black History Month Tour 2022

clock 3 years ago user Tim Sampson

In February 2022, the Soulsville Foundation’s Stax Museum of American Soul Music and Stax Music Academy will release original, free Black History Month virtual productions that offer two distinct but complementary celebrations of Black American music and its impact on the arc of American culture. We invite you to join us and help youth all

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STORIES WITH COREY: “FOLLOW YOUR DREAMS, LITTLE ONES”

The Stax Museum’s Corey Martin shares the best-selling book “Follow Your Dreams, Little Ones” by Vashti Harrison, which celebrates the achievements of Black men in American history, including Thurgood Marshall, James Baldwin, Gordon Parks, Arthur Ashe, Harry Belafonte, Alvin Ailey, and others.   DOWNLOAD OUR ACTIVITY SHEET BY CLICKING ON THE IMAGE BELOW

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Current Exhibit

Currently in our Changing Gallery: “LOVE IN THE CLUB: Black Chicago Nightclub Photos by Michael Abramson 1974-1976.”

clock 3 years ago user Tim Sampson

Join us for an opening reception party at the Stax Museum of American Soul Music for our newest exhibit, “LOVE IN THE Club: Chicago Nightclub Photos by Michael Abramson 1974-1976.” Friday March 11, 6-8 pm at the Stax Museum. Free admission.. Music by DJ Bizzle Bluebland in a DJ booth, food, beer by Soul & Spirits

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