By Staff on July 2, 2010
By Donna Bowers
This Saturday night and every Saturday night through August 31st the Painted Planet Artspace will host “Saturday Night Live at the Planet” in the fenced-in performance area directly behind the Painted Planet art gallery. On these Saturday nights, the Planet offers live performance art and live music plus hot dogs, chips, and sodas all free for all [...]
Posted in Artists, Arts, Business, Events, Goings On! | Tagged Artists, arts
By Staff on July 2, 2010
By Corey Mesler
Ex-Memphian and fiction writer Steve Stern will be at Burke’s Book Store on Tuesday, July 13th, 5:30-7pm to read from and sign copies of his new novel, The Frozen Rabbi. Reading will begin at 6 pm.
In The Frozen Rabbi, Bernie Karp is an impressionable 15-year-old who inadvertently thaws out an ancient rabbi who [...]
Posted in Arts, Business, Goings On!, Literature | Tagged books, writers
By Staff on July 2, 2010
By Kara Chamberlain
Cooper-Young is making news. The newly coined CY Jabberwocky is a list of events in or about CY that other media found interesting and buzzed about.
House of Mews stays
John Giannini, founder and CEO of Memphis-based information and technology firm Service Assurance, made a long-term financial agreement with the House of Mews. The nonprofit [...]
Posted in Business, Goings On!, Music | Tagged Business, CY 4-Miler, events, First Congo, fitness, neighbors, Otherlands
By Staff on July 2, 2010
By Jeanie Henson
Sowell & Company Realtors is holding the third in a series of seminars designed to better educate homebuyers on important topics in today’s challenging market. This seminar will focus on preparing your home for sale. Sowell & Company has invited knowledgeable speakers who will share their expertise on how to increase your homes [...]
Posted in Business, Education, Events | Tagged home sales, Seminars
By Staff on July 2, 2010
By Kara Chamberlain
Memphis plays host to a variety of bars, pubs, and restaurants. The most unique can certifiably be found in the Midtown area. Off the intersection of Sam Cooper and Hollywood, tucked back in a shadowy street lays a series of miscellaneous storefronts. Directly in the center of these various establishments is a scribbled [...]
Posted in Business | Tagged Broad Street, The Cove
By Staff on July 1, 2010
BY TAMARA WALKER
On July 14th, 2008, the Cooper-Young Business Association initiated talks with Mary Baker of the Office of Planning and Development and Bill Schaffer of the Memphis City Engineering Office to discuss ways to slow down traffic on Cooper Street. After meeting with Mary and Bill, we asked the ETI Corporation, an Engineering Planning [...]
Posted in Business, CYCA, Letters to the Editor | Tagged bicycle, bike, Business, CYBA
By Staff on July 1, 2010
By Brett Ragsdale
I hope everyone knows by now what is happening at the fairgrounds site. No, I’m not talking about all the buildings being torn down around the Liberty Bowl nor the asphalt being ground into a pulp around the Coliseum. I’m referring to what seems now to be a small, 15 acre tract on [...]
Posted in Business, CY Community News | Tagged development, fairgrounds, KROC
By Staff on June 1, 2010
Tired of hearing about the economy? Me too, but it doesn’t make sense to ignore. It’s hit harder for some than others, and both local and national charity-based operations have taken their licks. There has been recent press in The Commercial Appeal and Memphis Flyer about the House of Mews, run by Elaine Harvey. Located [...]
Posted in Business, CY Community News | Tagged animals, Business, pets
By Kristan on May 30, 2010
By: Kyle Wagenschutz
Proudly, Cooper-Young is a neighborhood in Memphis where everything is done a little different. Niche shopping, eclectic dining experiences, and a bustling atmosphere of excitement help make this neighborhood stand out among all others in Memphis. These are a few of the reasons why residents move to this neighborhood, and why local businesses [...]
Posted in Business, CY Community News, Green/Eco | Tagged bike, Business, pedestrian
By Staff 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 competitive [...]
Posted in Business, CY Community News | Tagged Business, Construction, Memphis Heritage
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