Memphis City Schools are out for the summer, and some kids are playing it smart with a game of chess. The Lester Chess Team stopped in the Benjamin L. Hooks Central Library on the 2nd floor for a few games of early morning chess. Lester Elementary students are gearing up for the United States Chess Federation, Junior Open in July. The USCF sanctions chess tournaments with over half a million officially rated games annually. National Championships award titles to both amateurs and professionals, ranging from elementary school students to senior citizens.

Jeff Bulington, Lester Elementary Instructor, started the Lester Chess Club in September 2012 and said the Memphis Public Library & Information Center has served as the location for many chess club practices and games.

Nashville Celtic rock band Molly Ramone will come to West Tennessee on Thursday, May 17, when singer/songwriter Mark Harriman and Joe Khoury will perform at Arts in the Alley in downtown Henderson. Beginning at 6 p.m., the event will be hosted by the Henderson Arts Commission in the alley off Main Street beside Frix-Jennings Clinic.

Originally from Leiceister, England, Harriman came to America in 1995 when he signed to Gravelsauce Records. Since then he has established himself as an integral part of the Nashville music scene. Khoury plays lead guitar and mandolin and sings backing vocals. He is a prominent session player and music producer in Nashville.

Regularly featured at both the Opryland Hotel and on Music Row, Molly Ramone has a delightful way of encouraging audiences to join the excitement by clapping or singing along to both traditional Irish ballads and newer Celtic rock music.

(WMC-TV) - Former Booker T Washington High School student Christopher Dean will be featured in a new documentary.

The WKNO/PBS documentary is entitled American Graduate: The Tennessee Story.

Tennessee’s First Lady Crissy Haslam will host the half-hour documentary.