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04/27/12

Humane Society's Mega Adoptathon Starts Now

As I'm typing this blog posting, the clock has just struck 10 a.m. That means it's the beginning of the Humane Society of Memphis & Shelby County's innaugural 36-hour Mega Adoptathon, which wraps up tomorrow at 10 p.m. HSMSC will remain open the whole time, with hourly adoption specials. One of those is "Howl at the Moon," in which approved adopters won't pay any adoption fee from midnight to sunrise. Attendees also can look forward to a free dog-training session tonight and tomorrow at 6 p.m. If you adopt a dog from one of the sessions, you get a 50 percent discount on your adoption fee. Families also are invited to attend a free outdoor screening of "Lady and the Tramp" tonight at 8. Free popcorn will be served, and a social/adoption...

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04/23/12

CHC, Wings Offer Free Cancer Classes

The Church Health Center and Wings Cancer Foundation are working together to offer free classes to cancer patients and survivors. Some of the classes include "Cancer and Nutrition," "Beyond Cancer," and "Faith in the Face of Cancer." Wings works to foster hope, education, research, and support for anyone touched by cancer, and the CHC promotes total wellness and provides healthcare for the working uninsured. For more information about the classes, call Wings at 901-322-2984 or the CHC at 901-272-7170.

Posted at 10:30 AM | Permalink | Comments

04/18/12

The 2013 Fiction Contest

We have changed the timeframe of this annual competition for Mid-South writers. We will start accepting entries in October 2012, and the deadline for entries will be February 1, 2013. As in the past, the winning story will earn a $1,000 grand prize and will be published in our annual culture issue in June 2013. Two honorable mention awards of $500 each will be given if the quality of entries warrants. Below are contest rules: 1. Authors must live within 150 miles of Memphis. 2. Entries must be postmarked by February 1, 2013. 3. You may submit more than one story but each entry must be accompanied by a $10 entry fee, with check or money orders payable to Memphis magazine. 4. Each story should be typed, double-spaced, with unstapled, numbered pages. 5....

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04/13/12

A Titanic Century

I listened to the message — left on my office voice mail — early on a Monday morning last month. It proved to be the best start to a week I’ve enjoyed in some time. “Hi Frank. This is a voice from your past.” The cheery greeting came from M.P. Wilkerson, a friend I knew — more than a decade ago — during her days as a writer from Montgomery, Alabama. As nice as it was to hear her voice after several years, the kicker was the reason for her call. “I wonder . . . do you happen to recall the name of the Titanic survivor we met on our trip?” “Our trip.” M.P. and I actually took several trips together, to various corners of the globe, each of them press junkets for Wonders: The Memphis International...

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04/04/12

New Documentary Traces Colorful (and Sometimes Controversial) History of Memphis College of Art

In our November 2009 cover story, we looked back at the crazy events that unfolded at the Memphis College of Art in the early 1970s. Some Memphians were dismayed by the school's use of nude models in its drawing classes, and then outraged when a photo exhibition featured — gasp! — photographs of naked women. Finally, one lunatic decided enough was enough, and he broke into a professor's house, kidnapped their teenage son, and threatened to kill him if the offending images weren't taken down. Were they removed? Did the child live or die? To find out, you can either read our cover story, OR you can watch a brand-new film that explores these and other interesting events in the long history of the Memphis College of Art and its predecessor, the Memphis Art...

Posted at 12:03 PM | Permalink | Comments

03/29/12

Music Commission to Stage Women's History Event

The Memphis & Shelby County Music Commission's 2012 Emissaries of Memphis Music Celebration is tonight at 7 p.m. at the University of Memphis Holiday Inn. The event, which is keyed to Women's History Month, will feature vocalists Ann Peeples, Anita Ward, Wendy Moten, Bethany Paige, and Alexis Grace; radio personality Bev Johnson; Ann Pitts, executive director of the Levitt Shell; and nightclub owner Anita Makris. Kontji Anthony of WMC-TV 5 will be emceeing. For more information, visit www.memphismusic.org.

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03/19/12

Pick Up a Bargain (Maybe) at the Shelby County Surplus Property Auction

You know when you're finally sick of all your old furniture, or appliances, or computers, or anything else you've got cluttering up your house? So you can either have a garage sale, or donate the stuff to Goodwill. Well, Shelby County government is finally clearing away the clutter from various offices all over town, and they've piled it all in one place and are going to hold a public auction on Tuesday, March 20th, beginning at 9 am. Everything will be sold from a warehouse located at 994 S. Bellevue. A partial list of the items for sale includes: Pallets of Chairs Fire Proof Cabinet Map Case Movie Screens Cabinet, 2 Door Cart, Roll Around Metal Hall Tree Roll Around Carts, (4) Baby Scale Dressing Screen Corkboards ...

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03/08/12

Memphis Parent Launches New Website

Memphis Parent has launched a brand-new website packed with helpful articles for parents and parents-to-be, useful links and resources, and a complete archive of back issues. The expanded and enhanced site allows instant access to feature stories and columns about health, technology, education, food, travel, and more. Plus there's a complete calendar of events and even a comprehensive list of summer camps. We have to admit we're proud of our "sister" publication. The monthly “Magazine for Today’s Active Family” was recently honored with four national awards for editorial and design from the Parenting Media Association: • Best Column on Family Matters: Elizabeth Phillips’ "Family Table" January 2011 food column on...

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03/06/12

Former Financier Stanford Could Face Life

R. Allen Stanford, the former financier from Texas with close business ties to Memphis, has reached the end of his trial and is convicted of several counts of fraud. Read what John Branston has to report in our sister publication, The Memphis Flyer. Media reports are saying Stanford could face life in prison for perpetuating a more than $7 billion Ponzi scheme.

Posted at 02:44 PM | Permalink | Comments

03/05/12

Memphis Symphony Pops Features The Contours

"Watch me now, oh!" Who can't get their groove back when "Do You Love Me" rocks out from an oldies station? On Saturday, March 10th, at the Cannon Center for the Performing Arts, you can hear The Contours — who made that song a phenomenal hit back in 1962 — team up with the Memphis Symphony to perform "A Tribute to Motown." Dubbed as "Motown's Number One Party Group" for 40 years, The Contours provide a righteous wrap-up to MSO's Pops Concert season. Now led by Sylvester Potts, who joined The Contours in 1961, the band claimed several 1960s chart-climbers, including "Shake Sherrie" and "Just a Little Misunderstanding." But none performed as well as "Do You Love Me," which...

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	04/27/12 Humane Society's Mega Adoptathon Starts Now As I'm typing this blog posting, the clock has just struck 10 a.m. That means it's the beginning of the Humane Society of Memphis & Shelby County's innaugural 36-hour Mega Adoptathon, which wraps up tomorrow at 10 p.m. HSMSC will remain open the whole time, with hourly adoption specials. One of those is "Howl at the Moon," in which approved adopters won't pay any adoption fee from midnight to sunrise. Attendees also can look forward to a free dog-training session tonight and tomorrow at 6 p.m. If you adopt a dog from one of the sessions, you get a 50 percent discount on your adoption fee. Families also are invited to attend a free outdoor screening of "Lady and the Tramp" tonight at 8. Free popcorn will be served, and a social/adoption... Posted at 10:16 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	04/23/12 CHC, Wings Offer Free Cancer Classes The Church Health Center and Wings Cancer Foundation are working together to offer free classes to cancer patients and survivors. Some of the classes include "Cancer and Nutrition," "Beyond Cancer," and "Faith in the Face of Cancer." Wings works to foster hope, education, research, and support for anyone touched by cancer, and the CHC promotes total wellness and provides healthcare for the working uninsured. For more information about the classes, call Wings at 901-322-2984 or the CHC at 901-272-7170. Posted at 10:30 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	04/18/12 The 2013 Fiction Contest We have changed the timeframe of this annual competition for Mid-South writers. We will start accepting entries in October 2012, and the deadline for entries will be February 1, 2013. As in the past, the winning story will earn a $1,000 grand prize and will be published in our annual culture issue in June 2013. Two honorable mention awards of $500 each will be given if the quality of entries warrants. Below are contest rules: 1. Authors must live within 150 miles of Memphis. 2. Entries must be postmarked by February 1, 2013. 3. You may submit more than one story but each entry must be accompanied by a $10 entry fee, with check or money orders payable to Memphis magazine. 4. Each story should be typed, double-spaced, with unstapled, numbered pages. 5.... Posted at 04:22 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	04/13/12 A Titanic Century I listened to the message — left on my office voice mail — early on a Monday morning last month. It proved to be the best start to a week I’ve enjoyed in some time. “Hi Frank. This is a voice from your past.” The cheery greeting came from M.P. Wilkerson, a friend I knew — more than a decade ago — during her days as a writer from Montgomery, Alabama. As nice as it was to hear her voice after several years, the kicker was the reason for her call. “I wonder . . . do you happen to recall the name of the Titanic survivor we met on our trip?” “Our trip.” M.P. and I actually took several trips together, to various corners of the globe, each of them press junkets for Wonders: The Memphis International... Posted at 09:09 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	04/04/12 New Documentary Traces Colorful (and Sometimes Controversial) History of Memphis College of Art In our November 2009 cover story, we looked back at the crazy events that unfolded at the Memphis College of Art in the early 1970s. Some Memphians were dismayed by the school's use of nude models in its drawing classes, and then outraged when a photo exhibition featured — gasp! — photographs of naked women. Finally, one lunatic decided enough was enough, and he broke into a professor's house, kidnapped their teenage son, and threatened to kill him if the offending images weren't taken down. Were they removed? Did the child live or die? To find out, you can either read our cover story, OR you can watch a brand-new film that explores these and other interesting events in the long history of the Memphis College of Art and its predecessor, the Memphis Art... Posted at 12:03 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	03/29/12 Music Commission to Stage Women's History Event The Memphis & Shelby County Music Commission's 2012 Emissaries of Memphis Music Celebration is tonight at 7 p.m. at the University of Memphis Holiday Inn. The event, which is keyed to Women's History Month, will feature vocalists Ann Peeples, Anita Ward, Wendy Moten, Bethany Paige, and Alexis Grace; radio personality Bev Johnson; Ann Pitts, executive director of the Levitt Shell; and nightclub owner Anita Makris. Kontji Anthony of WMC-TV 5 will be emceeing. For more information, visit www.memphismusic.org. Posted at 10:47 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	03/19/12 Pick Up a Bargain (Maybe) at the Shelby County Surplus Property Auction You know when you're finally sick of all your old furniture, or appliances, or computers, or anything else you've got cluttering up your house? So you can either have a garage sale, or donate the stuff to Goodwill. Well, Shelby County government is finally clearing away the clutter from various offices all over town, and they've piled it all in one place and are going to hold a public auction on Tuesday, March 20th, beginning at 9 am. Everything will be sold from a warehouse located at 994 S. Bellevue. A partial list of the items for sale includes: Pallets of Chairs Fire Proof Cabinet Map Case Movie Screens Cabinet, 2 Door Cart, Roll Around Metal Hall Tree Roll Around Carts, (4) Baby Scale Dressing Screen Corkboards ... Posted at 10:24 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	03/08/12 Memphis Parent Launches New Website Memphis Parent has launched a brand-new website packed with helpful articles for parents and parents-to-be, useful links and resources, and a complete archive of back issues. The expanded and enhanced site allows instant access to feature stories and columns about health, technology, education, food, travel, and more. Plus there's a complete calendar of events and even a comprehensive list of summer camps. We have to admit we're proud of our "sister" publication. The monthly “Magazine for Today’s Active Family” was recently honored with four national awards for editorial and design from the Parenting Media Association: • Best Column on Family Matters: Elizabeth Phillips’ "Family Table" January 2011 food column on... Posted at 03:25 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	03/06/12 Former Financier Stanford Could Face Life R. Allen Stanford, the former financier from Texas with close business ties to Memphis, has reached the end of his trial and is convicted of several counts of fraud. Read what John Branston has to report in our sister publication, The Memphis Flyer. Media reports are saying Stanford could face life in prison for perpetuating a more than $7 billion Ponzi scheme. Posted at 02:44 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	03/05/12 Memphis Symphony Pops Features The Contours "Watch me now, oh!" Who can't get their groove back when "Do You Love Me" rocks out from an oldies station? On Saturday, March 10th, at the Cannon Center for the Performing Arts, you can hear The Contours — who made that song a phenomenal hit back in 1962 — team up with the Memphis Symphony to perform "A Tribute to Motown." Dubbed as "Motown's Number One Party Group" for 40 years, The Contours provide a righteous wrap-up to MSO's Pops Concert season. Now led by Sylvester Potts, who joined The Contours in 1961, the band claimed several 1960s chart-climbers, including "Shake Sherrie" and "Just a Little Misunderstanding." But none performed as well as "Do You Love Me," which... Posted at 03:03 PM \| Permalink \| Comments: 1