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Opening Reception Event at the Stax Museum for “LOVE IN THE CLUB: Chicago Nightclub Photos by Michael Abramson 1094-1976. Friday, March 11, 6-8 pm

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Join us  at the Stax Museum of American Soul Music for Chicago-based author and DJ Ayana Contreras and other guests at this special opening for “Love in the Club: Black Chicago Nightclub Photos by Michael Abramson 1974-1076,” a new exhibition also featuring the words of award-winning poet Patricia Smith. Friday March 11, 6-8 pm at

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STORIES WITH COREY

The Stax Museum’s Corey Martin drums up a little fun in our Stax Music Academy’s Justin Timberlake Levi’s Music Project Songwriting Lab and reads from Max Found Two Sticks.   DOWNLOAD OUR ACTIVITY SHEET BY CLICKING ON THE BOX BELOW! Stax Museum of American Soul Music will offer a story time which focuses on the

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Carla Thomas Receives 2021 Tennessee Governor’s Arts Award

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On the heels of Carla Thomas winning last month’s Americana Music Association Lifetime Achievement Inspiration Award, the iconic Stax artist has been named today as a recipient of the Tennessee Governor’s Arts Award, Tennessee’s highest honor in the arts. In a press release sent today by the Tennessee Arts Commission, Governor Bill Lee and First

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Stax Museum presents new exhibit “SOLID GOLD SOUL: The Best of the Rest from the Stax Museum” featuring never-before-shown artifacts from its vast archives

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Since opening in May 2003, the Stax Museum’s permanent galleries have showcased approximately 3,000 fascinating and unique artifacts. However, the museum’s collections archives boast thousands more objects, including never-before-displayed stage costumes, recording equipment, musical instruments, photographs, documents, vinyl records, eight-track tapes, and other items of memorabilia. For “SOLID GOLD SOUL: The Best of the Rest from

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