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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.

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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

02/21/12

Visiting Artist Coming to the Powerhouse

New York-based multimedia artist Rashaad Newsome brings his exhibition — the video installation Swag — to the Bluff City March 1st through the 3rd. It's the first in the Crosstown Arts' Visiting Artist Series, which is sponsored by VO2 Networx. The exhibition kicks off with an opening reception and lecture, free and open to the public, at 6 p.m. on March 1st, at the Powerhouse, located at 45 G.E. Patterson. Newsome will also lead an open critique/discussion of select work by students at the University of Memphis and Memphis College of Art. In the videos, the artist takes hip-hop and pop advertising imagery and wraps them in a neo-Baroque style, rich in ornament and heraldry. The original music in Swag is produced by Newsome and such visual and...

Posted at 02:01 PM | Permalink | Comments

02/13/12

Hospitals Team Up for Organ Donors

If you really want to give some love on Valentine's Day, you can take part in the Show Me Your Heart campaign. Five area hospitals are asking people to "show their heart" as registered organ and tissue donors by displaying their driver's license designating themselves as donors — or by signing up that day. Participating hospitals are Baptist Memorial Hospital-Memphis, Methodist University, LeBonheur Children's Hospital, Saint Francis-Memphis, and the Regional Medical Center. Each will have booths set up in their lobby or cafeteria from 6 a.m.-8 a.m., 11 a.m.-2 p.m., and 6 p.m.-8 p.m. The hospital with the most registered donors will receive a trophy from the Mid-South Transplan Foundation. Donated organs save thousands of lives each year. For...

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02/09/12

See Oscar-Nominated Films at Memphis Brooks Museum of Art

Yes, we know the Memphis Tigers take on UAB Saturday night, and we'll all be primed for the game. But that afternoon, February 11th, you can have some artsy fun. Head to Memphis Brooks Museum of Art at 2 p.m. to see the Oscar Nominated Short Films in the Animation category. After all, the 2012 Academy Awards are just around the corner, so you'll want to be in the know about some possible winners. The screening will include Sunday/Dimanche, The Fantastic Flying Books of Mr. Morris Lessmore, La Luna, A Morning Stroll, and Wild Life. The following Saturday, February 18th, the Brooks will offer a screening of Live Action Shorts nominees. Also this Saturday, starting at 11 a.m., kids of any age can do some creating of their own. Creation Station lets...

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01/19/12

More Good Fortune for Happiness Happens

This 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"...

Posted at 03:22 PM | Permalink | Comments

01/17/12

Church Health Center Prepares for Lent

For 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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01/13/12

Happiness Happens Finds Presence at Golden Globe Awards

I'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....

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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 ... 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
	02/21/12 Visiting Artist Coming to the Powerhouse New York-based multimedia artist Rashaad Newsome brings his exhibition — the video installation Swag — to the Bluff City March 1st through the 3rd. It's the first in the Crosstown Arts' Visiting Artist Series, which is sponsored by VO2 Networx. The exhibition kicks off with an opening reception and lecture, free and open to the public, at 6 p.m. on March 1st, at the Powerhouse, located at 45 G.E. Patterson. Newsome will also lead an open critique/discussion of select work by students at the University of Memphis and Memphis College of Art. In the videos, the artist takes hip-hop and pop advertising imagery and wraps them in a neo-Baroque style, rich in ornament and heraldry. The original music in Swag is produced by Newsome and such visual and... Posted at 02:01 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	02/13/12 Hospitals Team Up for Organ Donors If you really want to give some love on Valentine's Day, you can take part in the Show Me Your Heart campaign. Five area hospitals are asking people to "show their heart" as registered organ and tissue donors by displaying their driver's license designating themselves as donors — or by signing up that day. Participating hospitals are Baptist Memorial Hospital-Memphis, Methodist University, LeBonheur Children's Hospital, Saint Francis-Memphis, and the Regional Medical Center. Each will have booths set up in their lobby or cafeteria from 6 a.m.-8 a.m., 11 a.m.-2 p.m., and 6 p.m.-8 p.m. The hospital with the most registered donors will receive a trophy from the Mid-South Transplan Foundation. Donated organs save thousands of lives each year. For... Posted at 10:24 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	02/09/12 See Oscar-Nominated Films at Memphis Brooks Museum of Art Yes, we know the Memphis Tigers take on UAB Saturday night, and we'll all be primed for the game. But that afternoon, February 11th, you can have some artsy fun. Head to Memphis Brooks Museum of Art at 2 p.m. to see the Oscar Nominated Short Films in the Animation category. After all, the 2012 Academy Awards are just around the corner, so you'll want to be in the know about some possible winners. The screening will include Sunday/Dimanche, The Fantastic Flying Books of Mr. Morris Lessmore, La Luna, A Morning Stroll, and Wild Life. The following Saturday, February 18th, the Brooks will offer a screening of Live Action Shorts nominees. Also this Saturday, starting at 11 a.m., kids of any age can do some creating of their own. Creation Station lets... Posted at 09:52 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	01/19/12 More Good Fortune for Happiness Happens This 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"... Posted at 03:22 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	01/17/12 Church Health Center Prepares for Lent For 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. Posted at 08:30 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	01/13/12 Happiness Happens Finds Presence at Golden Globe Awards I'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