By on May 28, 2010
1. Dee and Bob Sanders of Young Ave recently celebrated their 25th wedding anniversary in their hometown Columbia, SC to renew their vows and have a party thrown for them by their three children! The minister officiating the ceremony is a family member of Dee’s, and he actually married the happy couple the first time [...]
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By on May 28, 2010
By Robert Tom The vacant Union Avenue Methodist Episcopal Church, a historic building on the National Register of Historic Places, sits under a sales contract with CVS Caremark drugstores. CVS Caremark Corp. runs a chain of over 7,000 CVS drugstores throughout the country. Walgreens recently purchased the Ike’s Pharmacy across the street setting up a [...]
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By on May 28, 2010
By Christie Gilmer When Lori Greene, her sister Sue Easley, and their friend Robin Rodriguez first came up with the idea for the Cooper-Young Community Farmers Market last fall, their plans were ambitious. Not only did they want to start a new farmers market in Midtown, but they also wanted to make sure their venture [...]
Posted in Community News, Food, Goings On!, Green/Eco | Tagged Community News, CYFM, Farmer's Market |
By on May 28, 2010
By Nannette Davis Join Toad Hall Antiques for their complimentary decorating class Thursday, June 3rd. Local designer Michael Taylor is taking on any decorating amateurs in his Accessorizing 101 class: Basic to Beautiful. Learn how to accessorize and develop beautiful pieces that create the perfect ambiance for your home by using simple, everyday materials. Bring [...]
Posted in Goings On! | Tagged CY Night Out, Decorating |
By on May 28, 2010
By Shelley Thomas Have you found yourself attending other neighborhood 4th of July parades and celebrations? Well, no longer! The entire Cooper-Young community will be hosting it’s own 4th of July Parade! Monday, July 5th starting at 10 am, set up and start of the parade will be behind Peabody School. Dress up your bicycles, [...]
Posted in Community News, Events, Goings On! | Tagged holidays, Parade |
By on May 28, 2010
By Janice Nabors Raiteri School may be out, but the June show at Gallery Fifty-Six “One Room Schoolhouse: Recent Works by J.C. Graham” is in. J.C.’s thoughtfully placed splashes of color grab your attention, but it’s the details, textures, and seemingly random objects or words that pull the viewer into J.C.’s sepia-toned art collages. You [...]
Posted in Artists, Arts, Goings On! | Tagged arts, Gallery Openings, openings |
By on May 28, 2010
By Aaron James Southern Longleaf, Pitch, or Old Growth are all synonyms for the very popular Heart Pine. Given the name because of the high content of heartwood, Heart Pine is different from other pine species due to its tight ring pattern and unique amber color. The history of Heart Pine began in the Old [...]
Posted in Community News, Green/Eco | Tagged history, pine, trees |
By on May 28, 2010
By Tamara Walker “Working seven days a week is what it takes,” says Steve Stearns, owner of The Enchanted Florist. He goes on to say he has been growing flowers and vegetables on his family’s farm since he was a young boy. And you believe it, all you have to do is look around his [...]
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By on May 28, 2010
By Tamara Walker Come enjoy the folksy melodies of Steve Lockwood at this month’s Night Out in Cooper-Young on June 3rd beginning at 5:30 pm Steve, a resident of Cooper-Young for the past 30 years, is a singer songwriter known and loved all over Memphis. Other music venues participating in Night Out are Painted Planet, [...]
Posted in Community News, Events, Goings On! | Tagged CY Night Out |
By on May 28, 2010
By Kara Chamberlain Cooper-Young is making news. The newly coined CY Jabberwocky is a list of events in CY that other media found interesting and buzzed about. Lewis Carroll wrote “Jabberwocky” using nonsense terms and jargon to let the reader interpret the story his or her own way. Carroll’s intention was to demonstrate the power [...]
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