Malco Theatres has installed the new Dolby Atmos audio system at the company’s flagship Paradiso cinema.

Dolby Atmos is a next generation audio solution that changes the way people experience entertainment sound. It places sounds anywhere in the auditorium and has quickly become the preferred choice in the cinema with major studios, directors, sound teams and exhibitors adopting the solution.

2. Malco Theatres Opening New Locations - Friday, June 07, 2013

Malco Theatres is in the midst of a growth spurt.

The Memphis-based movie chain has acquired a shuttered 10-screen movie theater and outdoor amphitheater in Oxford, Miss. It’s in Oxford Commons, a 480-acre mixed-use commercial, residential, hospitality and entertainment development in the North Mississippi town.

3. Indie Memphis Festival Worth Fee, Mag Says - Saturday, April 27, 2013

MovieMaker magazine has included the Indie Memphis Film Festival on the magazine’s list of “Top 50 Film Festivals Worth the Entry Fee.”

MovieMaker has for more than 10 years compiled its annual guide for aspiring independent filmmakers. This year the magazine expanded its list from 25 to 50 festivals in “order to encompass a more diverse range of fest locations.”

4. Indie Memphis Festival Worth Fee, Mag Says - Thursday, April 25, 2013

MovieMaker magazine has included the Indie Memphis Film Festival on the magazine’s list of “Top 50 Film Festivals Worth the Entry Fee.”

MovieMaker has for more than 10 years compiled its annual guide for aspiring independent filmmakers. This year the magazine expanded its list from 25 to 50 festivals in “order to encompass a more diverse range of fest locations.”

5. Now Showing: Memphis Rocks - Tuesday, March 19, 2013

Last week we discussed the importance of crafting a legacy statement to help steer your life and priorities, while affording future generations something to cherish. This week, let us re-focus on our civic pride campaign, “Memphis Rocks,” which is now featured on thousands of T-shirts being worn around the Mid-South and in various cities around the globe.

6. Indie Memphis Festival Announces 2013 Dates - Saturday, February 23, 2013

The Indie Memphis Film Festival has set its dates for this year’s festival.

The event will run from Oct. 31 through Nov. 3. It will be presented again by Duncan-Williams Inc. and will award a total of $6,000 in cash – up from $2,000 in 2012.

7. Indie Memphis Festival Announces 2013 Dates - Wednesday, February 20, 2013

The Indie Memphis Film Festival has set its dates for this year’s festival.

The event will run from Oct. 31 through Nov. 3. It will be presented again by Duncan-Williams Inc. and will award a total of $6,000 in cash – up from $2,000 in 2012.

8. Malco Theatres ‘Wraps’ Up Fundraiser - Saturday, January 12, 2013

This year, more than 86,500 bows were sold during Malco Theatres’ five-week holiday campaign “Wrapped with Love.”

The annual campaign benefits St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital. The program is in its 14th year, and this year it saw an increase of more than 6,000 bows sold compared to 2011.

9. Malco Theatres ‘Wraps’ Up Fundraiser - Wednesday, January 09, 2013

This year, more than 86,500 bows were sold during Malco Theatres’ five-week holiday campaign “Wrapped with Love.”

The annual campaign benefits St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital. The program is in its 14th year, and this year it saw an increase of more than 6,000 bows sold compared to 2011.

10. New Malco Theatre Coming to Olive Branch - Wednesday, November 07, 2012

Memphis-based Malco Theatres is building a new 12-screen theater in Olive Branch.

The movie chain completed initial site work several years ago but decided to shelve the development when the recession hit. The company announced this week it’s resumed construction on the project with plans for completion by the middle of next year.

11. Malco Theatres, YoLo Form Partnership - Thursday, July 12, 2012

Malco Theatres and YoLo Frozen Yogurt have teamed up to offer self-serve frozen yogurt at the Paradiso Cinema and Malco Smyrna Cinema locations.

Beginning Monday, July 16, patrons at both locations will have a new dessert option to accompany the current concession menu at the movies. Malco Theatres converted space in both locations that was formerly an Internet cafe into a “mini” YoLo Frozen Yogurt Shop.

12. Luncheon To Honor’s City’s Cinematic Stars - Tuesday, May 08, 2012

Film director Craig Brewer, “Undefeated” star Bill Courtney, and Memphis and Shelby County Film and Television Commissioner Linn Sitler are among those who’ll be honored Wednesday, May 9, as Carnival Memphis salutes the Mid-South’s movie and film industry during its annual Business & Industry Salute Luncheon.

13. Charity Finds Use For Unspent Gift Cards - Thursday, January 26, 2012

Emily Thomas wants the neglected gift cards that have been languishing for months in your wallets, desk drawers and purses.

14. Christmas Day Big Biz for Some - Thursday, December 22, 2011

While the city sleeps quiet as a mouse the night before Christmas, Christmas night is one of merry-making in Memphis.

Whether it’s a night at the movies, a live music performance or cocktails with friends, Memphians enjoy their Christmas night entertainment, and that translates to a lucrative night for many local businesses.

15. Malco Theatres Announces Deals - Friday, July 01, 2011

Malco Theatres has announced a few major promotions involving 3-D films as well as the popular Harry Potter franchise.

16. 10 Years of Jabberblabber - Monday, March 28, 2011

The Bluff City’s favorite giant, green, googly-eyed monster this month celebrates 10 years of fostering childhood creativity and encouraging fun, educational family interaction.

Over the past decade, the Jabberblabber has become synonymous with family life in Memphis. Even if you’re not a parent, chances are you’ve spotted the enormous costumed character (played by a very tall man named Jim Lord) and his trusty cowgirl sidekick, Quick Draw Drew, making the rounds at family-friendly festivals or child-focused events in the Memphis metropolitan area.

17. Aces Increases Presence With Two Leases - Friday, December 03, 2010

Aces A/C Supply North has recently signed two leases in the region – one in Memphis and one in Jackson, Tenn.

Carrollton, Texas-based Aces, a representative of American Standard Heating and Air Conditioning, is a wholesaler of air conditioning and equipment and parts.

18. Local Groups Provide Feel-Good Gift, Card Options - Thursday, December 02, 2010

‘Tis the season for giving, and despite an uncertain economy – or perhaps because of it – many Mid-Southerners are making charitable donations to honor others this holiday.

“I think maybe the recession has caused everyone to realize how close to needing help we all are,” said Marvin Stockwell, public relations manager for the Church Health Center, which provides affordable health care for working people without insurance, and a wellness ministry for the entire community.

19. Memphis Film Premieres at Studio on the Square - Friday, September 24, 2010

The MTV New Media horror film “Savage County” will premiere Sept. 30 at Studio on the Square, 2105 Court Ave.

20. Carlisle Corp. Files Building Permit For Downtown Corporate Headquarters - Tuesday, April 27, 2010

263 Wagner Place
Memphis, TN 38103
Permit Amount: $1.5 Million

Project Cost: $2.7 million
Permit Date: Applied April 2010
Completion: TBA
Owner: Carlisle Corp.
Tenant: Carlisle Corp.
Contractor: N/A
Architect: N/A

21. Malco Files Loan On Bartlett Cinema - Thursday, April 22, 2010

Malco Stage Road LLC has filed a $5.2 million leasehold deed of trust with security agreement and assignment of rents and leases on its Stage Cinema 13 at 7930 U.S. 64 (Stage Road) in Bartlett.

22. St. Jude Fundraiser Under Way at Malco - Monday, November 30, 2009

Malco Theatres will continue its annual “Wrapped with Love” holiday fundraiser this Christmas season.

The campaign will run through Dec. 25 and benefit St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital.

23. Malco to Partner In Variety Club Campaign - Wednesday, January 28, 2009

Malco Theatres Inc. will partner in the National “Gold Heart Campaign” to benefit The Variety Club.

Throughout the month of February moviegoers may purchase $2 collectible “Madagascar” Gold Heart pins at any Malco Theatre. All money raised will go to the U.S. Variety Club to be distributed to children’s organizations within the theater’s community.

24. Malco Theatres to Kick Off ‘Wrapped With Love’ Campaign - Monday, November 24, 2008

Malco Theatres will begin its “Wrapped with Love” campaign on Thanksgiving Day.

The campaign will run through Dec. 25 to benefit St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital.

Patrons at all 33 Malco Theatre locations will be able to buy handmade bows for $1. Each bow is made from 24 frames of film, which is equivalent to one second of a movie. Patients of St. Jude and their families participated in the creation of the bows at the hospital.

25. Memphis Silver Screen World Has Champion in Edwards - Friday, September 26, 2008

In the late 1990s, Les Edwards was close to parlaying his love of independent and art-house films into something tangible that all of Midtown Memphis could appreciate: a new Midtown cinema.

A former executive at a Memphis medical company, Edwards and his wife, Emily Trenholm, had lined up the financing, hired an architect and began getting the zoning variances they needed for what they envisioned would be a three-screen movie theater. A verbal commitment was secured for space on Madison Avenue next to what today is Neil’s bar.

26. It's Showtime - Tuesday, April 03, 2007

It was 1977, the same year a futuristic space adventure called "Star Wars" debuted in theaters. For the first time, Memphis-based Malco Theatres Inc. dimmed the lights and turned on four screens in its newest cinema, the Ridgeway Four along Ridgeway Center Parkway.

27. Beer Permit FiledFor Ridgeway Theater - Tuesday, March 27, 2007
     A beer permit has been filed with the City of Memphis Alcohol Commission for the Ridgeway Four Cinema at 5857 Ridgeway Center Parkway, according to a notice filed in The Daily News' Monday edition.
   

28. More Dolby Digital On Way in Local Theaters - Friday, October 27, 2006
     Malco Theaters has gone digital by integrating Barco DP100 2K projectors and Dolby Digital Cinema systems into its theaters.
     In the first phase, Malco Theatres will install 12 screens w

29. CARE Program Seeks to Curb Debt Before It Snowballs - Tuesday, May 30, 2006

These days, it seems, everyone is in the red.

The national debt limit Congress allows has been raised four times since 2001, and two months after last hiking the debt ceiling, lawmakers are poised again to max out the government's proverbial credit card.

30. Work in Progress - Tuesday, May 23, 2006

To his fellow baristas and the businesswoman who hired him at Starbucks, Courtney Taylor is a model employee: dogged about coming to work on time, affable with customers and tenacious about scrubbing even the tiniest of smudges from cups and plates.

31. Loeb Finances Trinity Commons for $11 Million - Tuesday, July 26, 2005

670 Germantown Parkway
Cordova, TN 38018
Cost: $11 million

Borrower: Loeb Realty LP

Lender: Thrivent Financial for Lutherans

32. Archived Article: Daily Digest - Monday, April 14, 2003
VITA, AARP offer

VITA, AARP offer

last-minute tax help

Volunteer Income Tax Assistance and AARP are offering last-minute tax help at several sites in the Memphis area.

VITA is providing free tax help for low-income, elderly or disabled t...

33. Archived Article: Cinema (lead) - Tuesday, April 23, 2002
New cinema slated for Service Merchandise site Newest Malco going up on former retail site By MARY DANDO The Daily News East Memphis moviegoers will soon have a 14-plex cinema in their midst. Earthwork has begun on Malco Theatres Inc.s $6.2 million ...

34. Archived Article: Cutline Alone - Friday, December 07, 2001
Wrapped with love

Wrapped with love St. Jude patients donated some of their spare time to help create holiday bows available at the Shops of Saddle Creek and all Malco Theatres during St. Jude Childrens Research Hospitals fourth annual Wrapped wi...

35. Archived Article: Comm Focus - Friday, November 16, 2001
By JENNIFER MURLEY

Harry Potter craze sweeps Memphis; movie opens tonight

By JENNIFER MURLEY
The Daily News
One small boy with a remarkable past is responsible for one big phenomenon sweeping Europe and the United States. His name?...

36. Archived Article: Jehovah (lead) - Monday, October 22, 2001
Jehovah Witnesses looking for new fields to plow

Jehovahs Witnesses seeking new fields to plow

By MARY DANDO

The Daily News

One of Memphis landmark cinemas is on the market again.

The Jehovahs Witnesses Assembly Hall, 400 N. Cleveland...

37. Archived Article: Tech Briefs - Wednesday, August 30, 2000
ThoughtWare Technologies Inc ThoughtWare Technologies Inc., a provider of Internet-based career path management and corporate e-learning solutions, has received $4 million in growth capital from an investment group led by Paradigm Capital Partners L...

38. Archived Article: Graphic ($1mil) - Tuesday, August 08, 2000
Million-dollar babies Million-dollar babies Construction for the Memphis City Schools still dominates the landscape for the largest volume of projects valued at $1 million or more with building permits filed in July with Shelby County Construction C...

39. Archived Article: Real Review - Tuesday, May 16, 2000
Construction on the South Lake Centre in Southaven, Miss DeSoto retail boom continues with addition of South Lake Centre Construction on the South Lake Centre in Southaven, Miss., is on schedule, which means several new stores are set to open in lat...

40. Archived Article: Malco (bott) - Friday, July 24, 1998
Soon, residents in Southeast Memphis will be able to see more blockbuster movies in one place Malco to double screens at Majestic theater By KATHLEEN BURT The Daily News Movie buffs heading to Southeast Memphis will be able to see even more blockbus...

41. Archived Article: Cville Malco Lj - Thursday, January 29, 1998
By LAURIE JOHNSON Construction starts on Collierville Malco Company will break ground next week on a 16-screen Southaven theater, next month on Midtown art theater By LAURIE JOHNSON The Daily News Cinema buffs in Collierville soon will have a shorte...

42. Archived Article: Malco Update Lj - Tuesday, June 24, 1997
lj 10/5 cates Malcos Majestic nears completion By LAURIE JOHNSON The Daily News Construction is about 80 percent complete on Malco Theatres Inc.s largest movie house to date an 11-screen theater on Winchester Road in Memphis Hickory Hill area. The 5...

43. Archived Article: 64 Ltd. Partners Lj - Thursday, January 30, 1997
lj 10/5 cates Work to begin on $1 million commercial center in Bartlett By LAURIE JOHNSON The Daily News Groundwork is about to begin on a multi-tenant, commercial strip center in Bartlett under development by partners of McNeill Investment Co. Inc....

44. Archived Article: Collierville3 - Tuesday, January 07, 1997
12-31 notes Collierville review Commercial projects make for booming 1996 in Collierville By GABRIELLE C.L. SONGE The Daily News It appears that Colliervilles track record for growth is destined to continue in 1997 with commercial development boardi...

45. Archived Article: Malco - Thursday, November 21, 1996
lj 10/5 cates Construction begins on Malcos largest theater to date By LAURIE JOHNSON The Daily News Construction has begun on Malco Theatres Inc.s largest movie house to date an 11-screen theater located on Winchester Road in East Shelby Countys ra...

46. Archived Article: Back - Wednesday, October 30, 1996
Galleria announces Galleria announces first group of stores Urban Shopping Centers Inc., owner of the Wolfchase Galleria under construction at I-40 and Germantown Parkway, announced Tuesday many of the new stores that will open in the mall Feb. 26. ...

47. Archived Article: Malco Chg - Tuesday, September 17, 1996
MALCO officials address MALCO officials address overcrowding in Cordova Company plans to build theater in Collierville, looks to expand into Midtown By CAMILLE H. GAMBLE The Daily News MALCO Theatres currently has three theaters under construction o...

48. Archived Article: Lightman Dev - Wednesday, March 06, 1996
CHG 03-07 Lightman dev. Lightman begins development at Nonconnah, Riverdale Road By CAMILLE H. GAMBLE The Daily News Michael Lightman Realty Co. will break ground this week on a $30 million retail center at Riverdale and Nonconnah Parkway, one of se...