Memphis Chapter – Memphis Flyer

Kirk Whalum performs at the Stax Museum of American Soul Music tonight.

The Memphis chapter of The Recording Academy will hold a listening session at Stax Museum of American Soul Music Monday night to celebrate their regional membership. A listening session will once again be held at this year’s event, and featured artists include:

Those Pretty Wrongs

Grammy Membership Celebration Tonight at Stax

Kirk Whalum

Grammy Membership Celebration Tonight at Stax (2)

Cedric Burnside

Grammy Membership Celebration Tonight at Stax (3)

Marcella Simien, and more.

Grammy Membership Celebration Tonight at Stax (4)

The focus of the event is to premiere new music and spotlight the best recordings in the region the chapter serves. The event is open to Grammy members only, but anyone interested in in joining can find out more here. The listening session and celebration is from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. Monday. For more information, contact the Memphis Chapter at memphis@grammy.com or call 901-525-1340.

The local branch of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) will begin a series of events celebrating its 90th anniversary Tuesday, June 26th at 7 p.m. at the Greater Middle Baptist Church at 4982 Knight Arnold Road.

Former NAACP executive director Julian Bond will deliver the evening’s keynote address. Local NAACP leader Johnnie Turner says that past presidents of the local chapter will be recognized.

Turners adds that Tuesday’s ceremony begins a series of events that will culminate in January of next year.

The NAACP was founded in 1909. Robert Church Jr. helped begin the Memphis chapter in response to the lynching of black laborer Ell Persons in May 1917.