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By Staff on July 1, 2010
By Edward Greene
Not much surprises me in Cooper-Young anymore. Nevertheless, I was a bit startled to see two zombies in my front yard one Saturday morning. After stashing the family pets, further inquiry revealed what only true boredom can accomplish. Alden Woodard and Tyler Hurt of Evelyn Avenue, along with their fathers, Adam Woodard and [...]
Posted in CY Community News, Events | Tagged CY Community News, kids, Zombie News
By Staff on July 1, 2010
By Lurene Kelley
If you’ve walked past it on your way to Au Fond or parked in front of it to meet friends at Café Ole – you may have noticed the beautiful architecture of the 100-year-old Peabody school. Chances are, though, you didn’t notice the landscaping.
That’s all about to change, possibly with your help. The [...]
Posted in CY Community News, Events | Tagged beautification, CY Community News, kids, Peabody Elementary
By Kristan 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 had [...]
Posted in CY Community News, Food, Goings On!, Green/Eco | Tagged CY Community News, CYFM, Farmer's Market
By Staff on April 29, 2010
By Andy Ashby
Several Cooper-Young residents recently took advantage of a beautiful Saturday morning to make their neighborhood a better place to live.
Jordan Danelz, Madelyn Altman, Rodney Nash, Beth Cooper, Sydney Ashby, Debbie Sowell, Chris McHaney, Sharron Johnson, and Kristan Huntley participated in the Cooper-Young Community Association’s “Gazebo to Gateways” clean-up on March 27th.
It was truly [...]
Posted in CY Community News, CYCA | Tagged beautification, CY Community News, CYCA
By Staff on April 29, 2010
By Andy Ashby
On July 26th, the Cooper-Young Community Association will organize a neighborhood-wide alley clean-up in order to make Cooper-Young a safer and cleaner place.
In the past, the CYCA has cleaned up one or two alleys at a time. This year, we’re going to use pre-trial workers, paired with neighborhood volunteers, in order to get [...]
Posted in CY Community News, CYCA, Green/Eco, Safety | Tagged beautification, CY Community News
By Staff on April 28, 2010
By Amy Dunbar
Green is everywhere. From bumper stickers, to logos on t-shirts, Cooper-Young is busting with shades of green. These shades are not the colors found in a crayon box or the colors of the trees and bushes. Rather, they are shades of attitude regarding energy conservation.
I recently completed research, which was done in cooperation [...]
Posted in CY Community News, Goings On!, Green/Eco | Tagged CY Community News, energy, events, green, smallest user
By Staff on April 28, 2010
By Kyle Gowen
Just as New Orleanians always knew that a worst-case scenario would eventually transpire, we Memphians are similarly aware of an inevitable disaster. Sadly, I am concerned that the parallels will not end in our pre-disaster thinking. According to the Memphis Geological Society, there is a 25%–40% chance of a magnitude 6.0 earthquake on [...]
Posted in CY Community News, Safety | Tagged CY Community News, CYCA, Safety
By Staff on April 28, 2010
By Sandy Malone
Janice Nabors Raiteri works with various inks to achieve a translucent, three-dimensional effect in her paintings. “My most recent work is a process that, as far as I know, no other artist is doing. The vividly colored inks on synthetic papers have surprising results. I call the paintings ‘orgastracts,’ since they evolve somewhat [...]
Posted in Artists, Arts | Tagged arts, CY Community News, openings
By Staff on April 28, 2010
By Tamara Walker
This month’s Night Out in Cooper-Young is Thursday, May 6th, from 5–9 pm. At the gazebo, we are welcoming acoustic guitarist William Charles. William Charles Fitzgerald started singing solos in church when he was seven years old. A local Mid-South boy whose first band out of high school, Exodust, toured the Mid-South area [...]
Posted in CY Community News, Events, Goings On! | Tagged CY Community News, CY Night Out, family, music
By Kristan on March 28, 2010
By Leslie Thompson
In 2003, I spent my Thanksgiving holiday in Memphis. This was not my first trip to the Bluff City. I had visited once as a child, but the only thing I can recall from that trip is a hazy memory of the “Jungle Room” at Graceland. On my second trip, I spent the [...]
Posted in Arts, CY Community News, Events | Tagged Art for Art's Sake Auction, arts, CY Community News, events, history, Trestle
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