V-Day is upon us. And I’m not talking about Feb. 14. V-Day is a global movement to end violence against girls and women, which you might know better by the name of the play at the heart of this movement and the woman who started it all: Eve Ensler’s The Vagina Monologues. Every year during [...]
Hey Memphis – are you wondering what fun things are happening this weekend? Look no further. Here are some recommendations straight from your peers. LynchburgLegend Hungry? Check out Memphis’ best kept secret. Check out: www.LynchburgLegends.com squarebeans Unsung Heroes of the Civil Rights Movement. Graphite and charcoal art exhibit at Square Beans, Collierville: http://tinyurl.com/yenbou2 FedExForum @MemphisConnect [...]
Become a Vendor/Exhibitor/Eco-Artist Down to Earth Festival is a great venue for businesses, nonprofits and artists. We anticipate a crowd of more than 25,000 visitors ready to become your audience. Vendors or Exhibitors 2009 vendors/exhibitors/artists do not need to fill out a new application. Contact Sheri Monroe for a 2010 contract: smonroe@shelbyfarmspark.org or (901) 767-PARK [...]
ADAPTIVE REUSE IN MEMPHIS: The Ultimate Recycling Memphis Heritage is grateful to the following architects, planners, historians and adventurers who will share their first-hand experiences with adaptive reuse: Martin E. Gorman, Jr., AIA | Janet Smith-Haltom, AIA Keith Kays, AIA | Charles Shipp, AIA | Jeanne Myers, Assoc. AIA Joseph P. Hagan, AIA | David [...]
In it’s third year, LaunchMemphis, is back again with another great season of events to promote innovation and entrepreneurial action in the Memphis community. With an updated version of the Business Plan Bootcamp and the new national program 48 Hour Launch, there is sure to more interest in startups and increased action taken to launch [...]
Market Musicians Produced in Memphis First Annual Reunion & Jam Sunday, February 21st 4pm Kings Palace Café on Beale Street General Admission: $20 Buy tickets online Can’t wait until April 17th to hear your favorite market musicians? Join us for a fun reunion jam celebrating these great local musicians and support Memphis Farmers Market. Featuring Danny Johnston [...]
CITIZEN SAFETY COALITION ON CRIME Together, we are making Tennessee safer. Tennessee still has some of the weakest laws against gun violence and illegal possession of guns by convicted felons in the country. We need your help in sending a strong message to our state lawmakers to strengthen Tennessee’s crime laws, particularly those involving guns. [...]
Comic psychiatrist Doctor Harold Toboggans is at it again in his attempt to “cure” Memphis of creativity, compassion, and caring. His target this time is Church Health Center Wellness, Memphis’ own not-for-profit fitness/nutrition/wellness-education center. Watch blood pressure rise as the good Doctor lists the “ills” of that fine institution formerly known as Hope and Healing. [...]
After starting my tour last week with a long-standing institution, I thought it would be a good change of pace to try something new this week. Technically, Mesquite Chophouse (located downtown at 88 Union Ave,) isn’t new. It opened in 2007 in the former space of Sleep Out Louie’s, immediately suffering the ire of that [...]
We all know that Playhouse on the Square is one of Memphis’ most creatively brilliant organizations. What I recently learned from Irene Crist and Andrew Moore was that when Jackie Nichols formed the company in 1969 it was located in a home-turned-ballet-company near the University of Memphis, and was fueled by little more than passion [...]
Join Us Thursday February 4, 2010 8 a.m. Holiday Inn at the University of Memphis 3700 Central Avenue, Memphis TN 38111 Join Rebuild Government for morning coffee with Richard Mullaney, general counsel for Jacksonville, and hear him explain how his city’s metro government provides important competitive advantages in the global economic marketplace, while creating greater [...]
Indie Memphis. B side. Flipside. Whatever the moniker, we know that our city has a distinct soul shaped largely by our irrepressible creativity and entrepreneurial spirit, by a determination to forge a new path. After all, cultural icon FedEx was once a startup, Elvis an upstart. And even the New York Times knows it. In [...]
