By Staff on October 31, 2011
By Donna Padgett Bowers Donna Padgett Bowers was asked to tell the LampLighter a little about Painted Planet and Healing Planet as well as her feelings about Cooper-Young and being a CYCA Membership Sponsor (if you are a CYCA member, Donna will give you a 25% jewelry discount on regularly priced items every time you [...]
Posted in Artists, Arts, Business, CYCA, Goings On! | Tagged Artists, arts, Business, CYCA, membership, midtown |
By Staff on September 8, 2011
By Alicia Cobbs This year, the Memphis Hightailers have agreed to donate proceeds from their largest ride of the year – The Bluff City Blues 100 taking place on Saturday, October 1 – to bicycling and walking advocacy in Memphis! This is a huge step towards making Memphis into a bike and pedestrian friendly city, [...]
Posted in Community News, Green/Eco, Health | Tagged bike, fundraiser, Hightailers, midtown |
By Staff on September 3, 2011
By Ginger Spickler What can you do in an hour? Balance your checkbook? Catch a TV show? Clean out the fridge? It’s not a lot of time – less than 1% of your week, in fact. But in just one hour a week you can make a significant impact on not one, but two children’s lives [...]
Posted in Education | Tagged Cooper Young, Education, kids, midtown, Peabody Elementary, volunteering |
By Staff on September 3, 2011
By Mary Baker At their regular meeting on August 2, members of the Idlewild Neighborhood Association (INA) voted to make a contribution to Preservation Memphis (PM) to support the restoration of the historic Peabody Park Pavilion. Idlewild neighbors learned about the fundraising efforts of PM through an article published in the July Lamplighter. There was [...]
Posted in Idlewild Historic District News | Tagged fundraiser, Idlewild Neighborhood, midtown, neighbors, pavilion, preservation |
By Staff on September 3, 2011
By Richard Kendrickson Memphis artist Jan Hankins will present his new work in an exhibition titled Parsimone’s Flotsam at Gallery Fifty Six during the month of September. The subjects of these paintings are based on objects that Hankins has found and picked up over time along the beaches of Florida, in the Pickwick Forest by [...]
Posted in Artists, Events | Tagged Artists, events, midtown, openings |
By Staff on September 1, 2011
By Josh Spickler According to Google Maps, the beer I’m drinking right now (a Magic Hat Blind Faith IPA) was brewed 1268 miles away from my Cooper-Young living room. And that’s okay, because unlike the vast majority of the beer consumed in the United States, my IPA was made by people who thought a lot [...]
Posted in Community News, Events, Goings On! | Tagged Beer Fest, Beerfest, Cooper Young, CYCA, events, midtown |
By Staff on July 30, 2011
By Mary Baker The Idlewild Historic District Association gathered at Chimes and Occasions, 201 South Cooper, for a potluck dinner on July 5. Idlewild neighbors brought dishes that included spaghetti, fried chicken, vegetable salads, and deviled eggs. It all added up to a delicious and fun meal. Everyone was especially thrilled when Anne and Douglas [...]
Posted in Idlewild Historic District News | Tagged books, membership, midtown, neighbors, volunteering |
By Staff on July 30, 2011
By Matt Martin No one questions watching cold, snowy movies in winter. It just seems right. Every year, as the holidays approach and the weather outside turns cold and bitter (well, for Memphis anyway), we huddle together inside watching movies and television about warm, emotional human interaction amidst freezing temperatures and snowy climates. When we [...]
Posted in Movies | Tagged Cooper Young, family, midtown, Movies |
By Staff on July 30, 2011
By Barb Elder The Children’s Museum of Memphis announced in a newsletter that they are rolling out the red carpet for a back-to-school Celebrity Block Party on Saturday, August 13 from 10am-1pm. Spongebob, Dora & Diego, Spiderman, Dorothy & Toto, Tinman, Scarecrow, and Lion will all make this an event to remember. Don’t forget your camera [...]
Posted in Community News, Education, Goings On! | Tagged kids, midtown |
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