Thursday, August 20, 2009

NCBW Memphis Chapter Presents its 19th Annual Southern Heritage Classic Fashion Show and Brunch on Saturday, September 12, 2009

Memphis, TN – August 12, 2009 – The National Coalition of 100 Black Women (NCBW), Memphis Chapter celebrates its 19th Annual Southern Heritage Classic Fashion Show and Brunch on Saturday, September 12, 2009 in the Peabody Hotel Ballroom beginning at 11:00 a.m. The theme for this year’s event is “Fashion Symphony.” This year’s event will feature one of Atlanta’s premier fashion designers, Bramer Leon Coutures. Bramer Leon known for his high couture fashions will be creating one-of-a kind fashions that surely will bring delight to the fashion savvy ladies and gents of Memphis and the mid-South.

The National Coalition of 100 Black Women, Memphis Chapter also salutes Fred Jones in celebrating 20 years of Southern Heritage Classic excellence and the Coalition’s 19 years of partnership with Mr. Jones in meeting needs of women during the “classic” week of activities. Through the years, with this year marking its 27th anniversary, NCBW has initiated mentoring programs, held political forums and women and youth conferences on a variety of issues, served as an active partner with the District Attorney’s office in its campaign against domestic violence, supported its National agenda on providing information on HIV-AIDS and have given over $100,000 in scholarship to prepare the next generation of women leaders.

The Southern Heritage Classic Fashion Show and Brunch is the premier fundraising event for the Coalition and hosts nearly 600 people each year. This fundraising event supports their scholarship program and other community activities in which they are involved.

Tickets are $50 and are going fast with no tickets being purchased at the door on the date of the event. For ticket information call 901-831-8739 or 901-831-1954 for assistance.

For more information about the NCBW organization, go to www.ncbwmemphis.org

Taste of the Town

September 27 from 5-8 p.m. at the Agricenter - West Pavilion

This premier food, beverage and wine tasting event showcases 40 of the most outstanding restaurants, caterers and beverage distributors in the Germantown and greater Memphis area. Come and sample some of the finest cuisine and beverages around while enjoying a culinary adventure where you can explore a variety of tastes, discover some new favorites, and browse leisurely through our Silent and Live Auction items. One hundred percent of the proceeds from our Live Auction go to the Make-A-Wish Foundation to grant the wish of a child with a life-threatening medical condition. Tickets are $50 or $60. For more information or to purchase tickets, please call (901) 755-1200 or visit germantownchamber.com.

Under The Big Top

2009 Halloween Party Fundraiser
Presented by Friends For Life
October 31, 2009

Dear Prospective 100 Club Member:

Under The Big Top...
is the theme of the 2009 Halloween Costume Party benefiting for Friends For Life Corporation (FFL), the Mid-South's oldest and most comprehensive AIDS service organization. This October 31st extravaganza will feature elaborate costumes, costume contests, entertainment and much, much more to support the life-changing programs of Friends For Life.

This year the Halloween Sponsorship Committee finds itself in an unusual economic situation. In previous years many local businesses have provided services and products free-of-charge; however, due to the current economic climate many local businesses have been unable to provide their typical level of support.

You may ask how can I help....
As part of the Memphis community and a supporter of Friends For Life will you consider becoming part of our 100 Club by making a $100 donation to help offset expenses of conducting the Halloween Party.

As you may know...
Friends For Life serves a growing number of people who are infected and affected by HIV/AIDS in the Mid-South area including eight counties in Tennessee, Arkansas and Mississippi; more than 45% of those clients are women. One of Friends For Life's vital services is the Nancy Fletcher Food Pantry that distributes 16 tons of food monthly which provides nutritious food to 1,600 people each month, of which 200+ are children. Other services include the Aloysius Home Housing Program, HIV Testing, case management, support groups and the award winning Positive Living Center and Wellness University.

Friends For Life is in its 24th year of serving Memphis as the mid-South's largest and oldest AIDS service organization. Our Halloween fundraiser this year is a Costume party at the Bridges, 477 N. 5th St. (behind St. Jude at 5th & Auction.

Your financial support will be utilized to defray expenses and maximize the funds raised to support FFL programs. Just send you check, made our to FFL to 43 N. Cleveland St., Memphis, TN 38104 with "Halloween" in the memo section or contact Gina Fortner to charge it to your credit card.

Please consider being a part of the effort to continue FFL's mission. If you require additional information please contact Gina Fortner at (901) 272-0855 or by email at Gina.Fortner@friendsforlifecorp.org.

Under The Big Top
Steering Committee
Bill Burtch ~ Chairperson
John Snook - Co-Chairperson
Rick Bartl, Shannon Sparks, Gina Fortner, Peter Raccasi - Steering Committee

Kim Daugherty; Executive Director

FREE Bravo Kick Off Block Party

Event: FREE Bravo Kick Off Block Party
> "Bravo Rocks Huling Row"
> What: Performance
> Host: Bravo Memphis
> Start Time: Thursday, August 27 at 6:30pm
> End Time: Thursday, August 27 at 9:00pm
> Where: Huling Row (between Front and Main)

Cotton Club Saturday August 15th Presents The Memphis Knights

Tickets: $10 advance $12 at the door
Limited table seating available by first reservation date. BYOB. Mixers available, donations requested.
Doors open at 7:00, starts at 7:30pm
Call the museum for reservations 901.531.7826

An “OUT OF THIS WORLD” evening honoring Dr. Buzz Aldrin, Legendary Astronaut

THE FACTS

WHO: An evening honoring Dr. Buzz Aldrin, Legendary Astronaut

WHAT: An “OUT OF THIS WORLD” evening will occur when Memphis celebrates America’s 40th Anniversary of the historic landing on the moon with the man who walked on the moon. Our Blues Ball® friend, famed astronaut, Buzz Aldrin, will celebrate this evening with us at a star-studded, moonstruck black-tie celebration dinner.

WHERE: The Grand Lobby of One Commerce Square, one of Memphis’ most elegant buildings (formerly the NBC/SunTrust bank at Monroe and Second)

WHEN: Saturday, August 29th, 7:00 pm

CO-CHAIRS: Melanie & Kerr Tigrett • Pat Kerr Tigrett
The John Burton Tigrett Innovators and Entrepreneurs Series

You will also be treated to a VIP Sneak Preview
of The Blues Ball’s legendary, one-of-a-kind Gibson Art Guitars
&
late night listening at an
After Party in The Blues Lounge Piano Bar on site

Valet parking and entry @ Monroe and Main.


Proceeds from this evening are in support of STARBUZZ charities and the
Entrepreneurship Programs, Fogelman College of Business and Economics
at The University of Memphis, among others.


A Memphis Charitable Foundation Event
200 Wagner Place • Memphis, Tennessee 38103 • Phone 901-527-5683 • Fax 901-526-3578
www.memphischaritable.org

Art on Tap at the Dixon Gallery


Come to the Dixon Gallery and Gardens for the best beer tasting in town!
Friday, September 11, 6 - 9 pm

Over 100 domestic and imported beers (Bluff City Brewers & Connoisseurs, Boscos, D. Canale, and Ghost River), food from The Bar-B-Q Shop, Brats from L'Ecole Culinaire, McAlister's Deli, and Swanky's Taco Shop. While you are drinking and eating the best of Memphis you will be listening to Venus Mission!

Tickets go on sale August 1
Price includes beer, food, music, souvenir glass, and of course art

Advance ticket pricing through Thursday, September 10 at 4 pm
Young At Art members free; Dixon members $40; non-members $50

Day of Tickets
Young At Art members free; everyone else $50

Price includes beer, food, music, souvenir glass, and of course art

Must be 21 to attend

The Bone Bash

October 30th
Central Station
7:30 to 11:30 p.m.

Cooper Young Festival Kick-off

Festival Kickoff party will be at Dish,
948 South Cooper Street
September 17 from 6:00 - 9:00 p.m.

Festival Kick-off & Poster Party: September 17, 2009 – 6-9 pm

The start of the Cooper Young Festival season will begin on Thursday, September 17, with the annual Kick-off & Poster Party. Mary and Jonathan Postal have been selected as the 2009 Poster Artists and will be our guests of honor on this night. Each year, one artist from the neighborhood is chosen to design a poster that embraces the history, art and eclectic style of Cooper Young. This year, we are happy to have this talented duo and their wonderful expression of what Cooper Young means to them.

The 2009 original poster art along with a limited amount of signed posters will be sold during a silent auction at the Kickoff Party. Mary and Jonathan Postal have worked, lived in or close to Cooper Young for over a decade; they used certain icons and touchstones from the neighborhood in their piece of work. Some of which are the Elvis altar that once lived in the earlier incarnation of Java Cabana that now is displayed at Goner Records, a cat at the House of Mews, the parade of dogs you can observe at your leisure while sitting on the sidewalk with a cup of coffee or glass of wine at numerous independently owned restaurants, bars and coffee shops, and chairs from Burke’s Book Store. A guitarist and a metal artist highlight the on-going creative work that comes from the residents of Cooper Young.

Everyone is invited to the Kick-off Party which will be held at Dish Restaurant located at 948 South Cooper Street from 6 – 9 pm. Refreshments will be provided by Festival Sponsor Chick-fil-a on Union Avenue which will be hosting their Grand Opening in Midtown on this day. A.S. Barboro and the Cooper Young Business Association are providing music and the beverages for this event. Everyone is invited to come celebrate the twenty-second year of the Cooper Young Festival.

Enchanted Forest Preview Party

Enchanted Evening

Friday, November 20, 2009
7:30 - 11:30 p.m.

Featuring entertainment by The Gecko Brothers

Pink Palace Museum
3050 Central Avenue
Memphis, Tennessee

Tickets:
$40 per person
$60 per couple

festive attire

Tuesdays on the Terrace

Get all shook up with a selection of wines
& hors d'oeuvres fit for a King!




Tuesdays on the Terrace

Wine Tasting
 at 
Memphis Botanic Garden


August 25th
6-8 p.m.


Featuring:
Our Town II 
Eyes on Gracel and 
Commemorating Graceland's 70th Anniversary



 Enjoy original paintings by the River City Artists, meet the artists, and hear about their unique opportunity to explore Graceland for this commemorative exhibit.
 


MBG Members $25

Non-members $35

Reservations required

call 636-4131.

MIFA’s Feed the Soul


MIFA’s Feed the Soul event is slated from October 1 from 6 to 10 pm at The Warehouse on G.E. Patterson. Last year’s inaugural party was a smashing sell-out success with over 600 in attendance.

Memphis Music Resource Center Open House

Make-A-Wish Foundation of the Mid-South Fall Event

Skyros Preview Sale to benefit the Make-A-Wish Foundation of the Mid-South

Skyros Designs Inc., 211 Cumberland Street, Memphis, TN 38112

Oct. 1 from 3-8 p.m.

Come stock up on dinnerware and bakeware at this Skyros preview sale. Enjoy wine and cheese while you show for Christmas gifts, wedding gifts or for your own collection. The entry fee for the sale is $5, and all entry proceeds will benefit the Make-A-Wish Foundation of the Mid-South. For more information, contact Ashley Clark at aclark@midsouth.wish.org or at 901-692-9510.

Bracket Bash and Tennis Tournament August 28

Cotton Club September Events

Brown Bag at the Cotton Museum
Thursday September 17th at Noon

Paula Casey discusses the book The Perfect 36: Tennessee Delivers Woman Suffrage

The late, great Carol Lynn Yellin and Dr. Jan Sherman, currently chair of the History Dept. at the University of Memphis, brin g to life the struggle of suffragists to earn women the right to vote which culminated with the final vote needed for ratification in the Tennessee legislature. The Perfect 36 gives voice to those who were for and against the right of women to vote with a richly illustrated volume.


The authors provide a great deal of writings of those who were involved in this important movement along with pictures and cartoons to give a vivid sense of what it was like to win enfranchisement. Carol Lynn Yellin had interviews with Rep. Harry Burn and Rep. Joseph Hanover before they died that no other author has. There are also photographs and bios of ordinary people in Tennessee who exemplified the grassroots efforts of the suffrage movement.


The Perfect 36 is an important resource for anyone interested in how women and men earned the right for women to fully participate in the democratic process of the United States. Nearly 1600 copies of the book were donated to every school, library, and college in the state of Tennessee so this history would be preserved. It is in the state and Shelby County archives.

About Paula Casey:

A dynamic speaker on voting rights, particularly the 72-year struggle for women to be included in the U.S. Constitution, Paula F. Casey has also produced a videotape/DVD on woman suffrage and helped publish the book, The Perfect 36: Tennessee Delivers Woman Suffrage. She has spoken extensively around the country at junior colleges and universities. She served 3 terms as president of the Downtown Neighborhood Association.


Cotton Club Saturday September 26th

The Cotton Club presents Josh Threlkeld, a local, young singer-songwriter who brought out his debut CD “For Starts” earlier this year. His acoustic soul style combines thoughtful lyrics with moving melodies. He has played in venues from Nashville to New York, but is definitely a hometown favorite, especially with young ladies! Expect a packed house for the September Cotton Club so get your tickets early.

http://www.joshthrelkeld.com/

Saturday, September 26. Doors open at 7:00 with music beginning at 7:30. Cost is $5 in advance or $7 at the door. BYOB.
Call the museum at 901.531.7826 for reservations.

Major Upcoming Events

August 21 Friday • Phoenix Club Luau
8 p.m., Minglewood Hall, Bentley Pembroke, bpembroke@comallmgt.com

August 22 Saturday • Paw Prints Auction Gala (Humane Society)
6:30 p.m., Temple Israel, Andrew Israel or aisrael66@comcast.net or 870-4732

August 22 Saturday • Spirit of SRVS Event
6 p.m., Hilton Memphis, Diana Fedinec, Diana.Fedinec@srvs.org

**August 22 Saturday • Brooks Avant Garde Party-Don/Leah
7 p.m., Brooks Museum, Elisabeth Callihan, Elisabeth.callihan@brooksmuseum.org

August 29 Saturday • SportsBall (Big Brothers Big Sisters)
7 p.m., Minglewood Hall, Dana Mister, dmister@bbbsmem.org or 323-5440

September 4 Friday • Zoo Brew
7-10 p.m., Memphis Zoo, Abbey Dane, adane@memphiszoo.org

September 12 Saturday • Zoo Rendezvous
7-10:30 p.m., Memphis Zoo, Abbey Dane, adane@memphiszoo.org

September 25 Friday • River Rendezvous (Friends of St. Jude)
8 p.m., Cadre Building, Ashley Cole, Ashley.cole@stjude.org or 338-6987

September 27 Sunday • Taste of the Town (Make-A-Wish)
5 p.m., Agricenter, Judy Gupton, jgupton1@memphis.edu

October 1 Thursday • MIFA “Feed the Soul” Party
6 p.m., The Warehouse, Charlie Nelson, cnelson@mifa.org or 529-4514

October 9 Friday • Orpheum’s Rock n Roll Brews & Q
7 p.m., The Warehouse, Kate Hackett, Hackett@orpheum-memphis.com

October 29 Thursday • Merry Market Place Gala (Junior League)
6:30 p.m., Agricenter, Finy Shirley, finyk@hotmail.com or 355-5382

October 30 Friday • Bone Bash (Arthritis Foundation)
7:30-11:30 p.m., Central Station, Ashley McCurrach, amccurrach@arthritis.org or 685-9060

November 6 Friday • Sip Around the World Wine Tasting
7-10 p.m., Botanic Garden, Mable Barringer, mbarringer@nkfwtn.org

November 7 Saturday • Les Passees’ Centennial Cabaret Ball
6:00 p.m., East Memphis Hilton, Dena Kng, dlklyn715@aol.com

November 7 Saturday • St. Jude Red Carpet Bash
6:30 p.m.?, Hollywood Casino, Joan Matthews, Joan.Matthews@stjude.org

November 14 Saturday • Orpheum Auction Gala
6 p.m., Orpheum Theatre, Kate Hackett, Hackett@orpheum-memphis.com

November 15 Sunday • Signature Chefs Auction
5 p.m., The Racquet Club of Memphis, Irene Smith, ismith@marchofdimes.com or 385-8580 or Ashley Burton, Ashley@creativeinferno.com

February 6 Saturday • Page Robbins Gala
TBA, The Esplanade, Herbie Krisle, executivedirector@pagerobbins.org

January 1 Friday • Liberty Bowl Presidents’ Gala
7 p.m., Peabody Hotel, Patrick Byrne, Patrick.byrne@libertybowl.org or 795-7700

February 6 Saturday • Cirque du CMOM
8 p.m., Children’s Museum of Memphis, Randy McKeel, Randy.Mckeel@cmom.com

February 13 Saturday • MCA Works of Heart Auction
7-10 p.m., MCA

March 7 Sunday • Oscar Night America 2010
6 p.m-11 p.m., Minglewood (not confirmed), Luca Lindner, luca@rmhmemphis.org

Stars, wine, vodka, barbecue and shopping…



Pink Palace Family of Events has two great events coming up!

Thursday, August 27 we’re having an evening of Astronomical Wines and Firefly Sweet Tea Vodka along with a Sharpe Planetarium show at the Pink Palace Museum.

Then, Sunday, September 13, party with the Friends of the Pink Palace at Lichterman Nature Center for Stomp in the Swamp, featuring music, barbecue and a Crafts Fair silent auction.

Opera Memphis Hosts Second Annual Season Preview Gala

September 26, 2009 at Clark Opera Memphis Center

On Saturday, September 26, 2009 Opera Memphis will host its second annual Season Preview Gala, a black tie fundraiser for the organization. The event provides an opportunity to mingle with local arts supporters over a three course gourmet dinner and enjoy opera performances by the company’s mainstage singers.

The 2009-2010 Season Preview Gala will be held at the Clark Opera Memphis Center at 6745 Wolf River Parkway, Opera Memphis administrative headquarters and rehearsal facility. The unique contemporary facility is located on the corner of Wolf River Parkway (Humphreys Blvd.) and Kirby in East Memphis.

A complimentary full beverage bar will open at 7:00 pm for a cocktail hour and silent art auction, and dinner by Ann Barnes (Just Catering and Just for Lunch) will be served at 8:00 pm. Dinner will be accompanied by selections from each production of the 2009-2010 season. Kaori Williams will sing excerpts from MADAME BUTTERFLY, giving audiences a sneak peek of her debut as Cio-Cio San in the April 2010 production. Opera Memphis patrons will recognize her from her most recent appearance as Liu in the 2007 production of TURANDOT. Opera Memphis staff member and local soprano Sarah Squire will perform a selection from January 2010’s ORPHEUS, in which she will play the role of Amor. An aria from COSI FAN TUTTE will be performed by local artist Maggie Malone, and a selection by 2009 Opera Memphis Senior Conservatory Alum Robert Palmer will round out the evening’s opera entertainment.

Post-dinner dancing with Memphis’ favorite party trio The Dempseys will cap off the night. The Dempseys have been referred to by the Rockabilly Hall of Fame as “the most entertaining rockabilly show on the planet.” A Hollywood style gift bag will be given to each guest, with items donated by vendors including Sephora, Phyto, Aromatique, and Tan-n-Go.

Tickets are $200 per person and $1600 per table of eight. Tickets are on sale and may be purchased by calling Opera Memphis at 901.257.3100 or by contacting Christiana Leibovich, Special Events Coordinator, at christiana@operamemphis.org.