Barring any unforeseen circumstances beyond our control, the Stax Museum now plans to reopen on a limited basis beginning June 18, 2020. Working with the CDC. City of Memphis, Shelby County Health Department, American Alliance for Museums, and other organizations, we are still in the process of finalizing our reopening plans, which are complex because
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While Depression-era Macon, Georgia may have been an eclectic place with interesting people, not just everyone had 11 brothers and sisters, lived in a rundown house on a dirt street, had a father who was a minister and sold moonshine on the side, and was a young bisexual man who wore a high pompadour hairstyle
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HOLY GHOST! In case you missed it on their Facebook page watch party, the legendary Bar-Kays want you to stay home, stay safe, practice social distancing, but do feel free to get down watching THE BAR-KAYS RELOADED: SAFE AT HOME AWARENESS SHOW, a concert performed live in Memphis earlier this year. The newly “reloaded show”
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Today, as we remember the life and legacy of Dr.Martin Luther King Jr. on the anniversary of his death in Memphis just a few miles from Stax Records, we also salute the Stax artists who wrote and recorded much of the soundtrack to the Civil Rights Movement. It’s also something of a little known fact
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In a move to keep Stax Records fans and enthusiasts engaged during the current COVID-19 coronavirus emergency, the Stax Museum, which remains closed until further notice, has introduced a new website that features a rare collection of Stax graphics and other items that have been digitized. Generously supported by the Grammy Museum Foundation. “DEEP CUTS:
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