If you haven’t yet heard, you should get your kids to Graceland right now for Paul Frank’s Academy of Awesome tour! Or as they put it: dust off your Trapper Keeper, America, ’cause you’re about to get schooled! The day’s FREE festivities include a retrospective exhibit displaying limited edition co-branded products dating back over a [...]
Voices for Memphis’ Children (VMC) launched in September 2009 as an initiative of Le Bonheur Children’s Hospital, to improve the lives of children and provide them a unified voice here in the Mid-South. An advocacy organization, their work centers around the Five Hopes, areas that pose risks to the health of our community and the [...]
The Leadership Academy is excited to host award-winning author, TechCrunch senior editor and global entrepreneurship maven Sarah Lacy for “Brilliant, Crazy, Cocky: What emerging market entrepreneurs teach us about succeeding in the 21st century” on June 29 at the University of Memphis Holiday Inn. Lacy will talk on stage with FedEx CIO Rob Carter, named [...]
Flannery has asked on more than one occasion lately when we’re headed back to Rhodes for the “party with the ducks.” And it’s finally time to indulge her! Voices of the South hosts their 6th annual Memphis Children’s Theatre Festival (inspired by Edinburgh’s Children’s International Festival) on the Rhodes College campus on May 27-28. This [...]
Yet again I am reminded that Memphis is a fabulous place for families… and that there are just not enough hours to take advantage of all opportunities! Below are a few activities we’re checking out this weekend, and if you’re downtown on Saturday or Sunday look for the Great Food Truck Race! Undergrowth exhibit by [...]
In case you haven’t heard, the casts of megahit TV shows iCarly and Victorious (if you have to ask, you probably don’t have kids!) are coming to the Peabody Hotel on Saturday for Stars for the Kids, a St. Jude benefit. The evening will include the opportunity to meet these young stars, and an incredibly [...]
My daughter is positively smitten with Nickelodeon shows iCarly and Victorious- even at five (no judging!) she dances across our living room belting out “Leave It All to Me” and “Make it Shine.” She’s even improvised a mashup of “Dancing Crazy” and “Freak the Freak Out” and is counting down to iParty with Victorious. It [...]
The mission of Friends for Life is to help those affected with HIV/AIDS live well. They are the oldest and largest HIV/AIDS service organization (ASO) in the Mid-South and one of the most comprehensive ASO in the Southern United States. The demand for the services of FFL continues to increase, with the agency now serving [...]
Ripley and I weren’t blue, but we did know where to go earlier this week: the Orpheum Theatre for the musical adaptation of Mel Brooks’ Young Frankenstein. And we did, in fact, have a wonderful time. All of the leads had powerful voices, the special effects were creative and there were ample opportunities to laugh [...]
It’s time to kick off Rock N Romp 2011! If you’ve ever taken your family to a Rock N Romp event then you know why I’m so excited. And if you haven’t, then let me assure you that Rock N Romp is one of the absolute coolest perks of being a parent in Memphis. Musicians [...]
