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Food pantry operators in Memphis are expecting a flood of people in need next month as more than 150,000 Mid-Southerners are due to lose their SNAP food assistance as the federal government shutdown continues.

Featured: David Onri Anderson at Sheet Cake Gallery; Vitamin String Quartet visits GPAC

The Trump administration says it will restart SNAP food benefits for the nearly 42 million Americans that receive them, but that it will pay out only half the amount people normally get. A federal judge ruled that the government must continue funding Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program benefits on an emergency basis after the food assistance program ran out of money this weekend. We get the latest from NPR's Jennifer Ludden.

As lawmakers in Washington take steps toward ending the government shutdown, University of Pennsylvania energy expert Sanya Carley talks about federal home heating help known as LIHEAP, which is not being paid out to residents of several states as a cold snap arrives.

Award-winning young cellist Alexander Hersh will join pianist Victor Santiago Asunción for a recital on Sunday, November 16, featuring cello sonatas by Beethoven, Saint-Saëns, and Grieg.

Opera Memphis presents a new production, "LaZer Divas vs. the Sky Pirates of Destiny," in a new venue with performances at 7:00 p.m. and 8:30 p.m. on Saturday, November 15.

The DeSoto County District Attorney’s Office has filed a new motion claiming former youth pastor Lindsey Whiteside’s original sentencing was influenced by letters obtained through coercion and deceit.

Featured: two-event night of art and drag at Off the Wall Arts; bass player Marcus Miller at GPAC

A team at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center is using a revolutionary method to study certain viruses, which could lead to the ability to test for diseases that affect the brain.

The White House is contradicting earlier reports that Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth gave a verbal order to conduct a secondary strike on an alleged drug boat in the Caribbean in September. The strike, which killed two remaining survivors from the first offense, has drawn scrutiny from both sides of the aisle. NPR's Tom Bowman joins us.