January 2012
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01/19/12More Good Fortune for Happiness HappensThis just in from the women of Happiness Happens: The nine Nanas' cakes have earned even more notoriety in recent days. But first, some background. I wrote late last week that the group's Sweet Petites were included in 60 gift bags at the annual Golden Globe Awards in California. That resulted from a chance encounter between the daughter of one of the Nanas and a woman on a flight out of Memphis. The woman, Denise Vann Hekken, was so intrigued by the idea of Happiness Happens, that she told people who told people who told people, and voila! Now, the group of surreptitious Mid-South philanthropists has been invited to supply cakes for the annual Screen Actors Guild (SAG) Awards Jan. 29 in Los Angeles and for "Taste of the NFL: Party With a Purpose"... |
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01/17/12Church Health Center Prepares for LentFor the second year in a row, the Church Health Center will be offering its "Seasoning Lent" recipes to encourage people to eat healthier in the lead-up to Easter Sunday. You can learn everything from how to make hummus from scratch to fashioning the perfect herbed chicken and dumplings. To browse the recipes, visit http://chreader.org/contentPage.aspx?resource_id=688. Also, the CHC is offering daily "Walking to the Cross" devotionals. Check them out at http://chreader.org/contentPage.aspx?resource_id=404. |
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01/13/12Happiness Happens Finds Presence at Golden Globe AwardsI've written about them before — a group of nine "Nanas" from the Mid-South who secretly give gifts to people in need. They're otherwise known as the guardian angels behind "Happiness Happens," www.happiness-happens.com. Now, the ladies, who range in age from 50 to 70 and staunchly maintain their anonymity, have found themselves a presence at the 69th Golden Globe Awards scheduled for Sunday in Beverly Hills, California. They won't be traipsing the red carpet, but the cakes they make to cheer people up are going to be included in 60 shwag bags at the Beverly Hilton Hotel. How did this happen, you might ask? Well, one of the Nanas' daughters was on a flight recently from Memphis to New York and met a woman named Denise Vann Hekken.... Posted at 02:35 PM | Permalink | Comments: 1 |
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01/02/12Former Dixon Gallery and Gardens Director John Buchanan Dies at 58John E. Buchanan, Jr., the charismatic director of art museums from Peoria to San Francisco, but best known to Memphians as the former head of The Dixon Gallery and Gardens, died Friday from pancreatic cancer. He was 58. Buchanan served as director of the Dixon from 1986 to 1994, and it's safe to say that he played a major role in transforming the Dixon from a little-known private gallery into one of the South's — if not the country's — premier art centers, with a special focus on Impressionist and Post-Impressionist art. During his tenure, the Dixon hosted national exhibitions showcasing important works by Rodin, Toulouse-Lautrec, van Gogh, Manet, Cezanne, Renoir, and others. He greatly expanded the museum's collection, and oversaw a dramatic... |
