Arts & Culture

SC Head Start Sponsors Free Health Fair

Submitted by John Phelps, Community Blogger

Saturday, January 14th, 2012, 3:50pm

Shelby County Head Start is sponsoring a free Community Health Fair on Monday January 16, 9:00-1:00 pm, at the Hollywood Community Center located at 1560 North Hollywood.

Families are invited to meet representatives of several social service agencies which include the medical field, law enforcement agencies and the military. Students from the Soulsville Charter School will provide entertainment. Several area barbers will give free haircuts and free food will be provided by area vendors.

For further information, contact Tonja Lewis of Shelby County Head Start at (901) 922-0730.

Information provided by shelbycountytv.gov. Image provided by tnheadstart.org.

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Eco Expo!

Submitted by Kym Clark on Friday, January 6th, 12:50 pm

The hugely successful Eco Expo is back with even more exhibitors showing us how to treat our earth more gently with green products, materials, services, and organizations.

Exhibitors will be offering ideas and information, and some will be selling their products and services.

The Expo is Sunday February 5th, 2012 from 11am until 3pm at Temple Israel--1376 East Massey Road...Memphis, TN.

For kids and adults of all ages, there’s something for everyone!

Learn, eat, explore, or just visit with some really nice people.

Remember the proverb, “Treat the earth well: it was not given to you by your parents; it was loaned to you by your children.”

We are working together with our fellow community leaders and congregations of all faiths to help save the planet.

E-mail TIMemphisEcoExpo@msn.com or call Linda Kaplan 482-6473 for more information.

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2011 Singing Christmas Tree Broadcast

Submitted by John Phelps, Community Blogger

Friday, December 23rd, 2011, 9:16pm

If you missed Bellevue Baptist Singing Christmas Tree this year, Action News 5 is giving you two chances to see it! WMC-TV 5 will be broadcasting the yearly Christmas classic on Christmas Eve, Saturday December 24 at 1:00 p.m., and also on Christmas Day, Sunday December 25 at noon.

This is a one-hour version of the Singing Christmas Tree that features many of the musical highlights of the program.

Image provided by Bellevue Baptist Church.

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Pay What You Can Days At The Brooks

Submitted by Tim Van Horn, Meteorologist

Sunday, December 11th, 2011, 10:27pm

Wednesdays are pay-what-you-can days at the Memphis Brooks Museum Of Art.

The museum, located at 1934 Poplar Avenue, lets you the customer decide your own admission fee (normal $7 for adults) for your visit. Check out the various exhibits between 10 a.m.-4 p.m., and enjoy one of the best educational & entertainment values in the city.

For more information, check out the web link above or call (901) 544-6200.

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Memphis Symphony Orchestra Benefit Concert

Submitted by Krista Pennie Myers, News Producer

Monday, December 5th, 2011, 2:11pm

Memphis Symphony Orchestra Benefit Concert

The Rhodes MasterSingers Chorale joins the Memphis Symphony Orchestra for the sixth annual “Messiah” benefit concert Friday, December 9.

This seasonal favorite is at 8pm at the Cannon Center for the Performing Arts, 225 N. Main Street.

Proceeds from the performance benefit the Orphanos Foundation.

The Orphanos Foundation is a Memphis-based nonprofit that focuses on children at risk.

For more information or to order tickets click here: http://www.memphissymphony.org/default.aspx?p=42167&evtid=46135:12/9/2011

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Come celebrate a "Dickens Christmas" on Covington's Court Square this weekend

Submitted by Justin Hanson, West Tennessee Reporter

Monday, December 5th, 2011, 9:02am

December 10 & 11, 2011, come to Covington’s Court Square for a magical and unique Christmas celebration.

Members of the community will be bringing Charles Dickens' story "A Christmas Carol" to life!

The town square will be transformed to resemble a Christmas setting of mid 19th century Victorian England.

Although Charles Dickens penned "A Christmas Carol" in 1843, it did not become popular in the United States until the late 1860s but its influence can be found in many of the Christmas traditions we celebrate today.

Colorful characters such as Tiny Tim, Scrooge, Marley's ghost can be found mingling with merchants an vendors dressed in historical attire around the square.

Delight your senses with Christmas carolers, musicians, street performers, story telling and puppet

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Bellevue's The Majesty of Christmas: "An Irish Christmas"

Submitted by John Phelps, Community Blogger

Sunday, December 4th, 2011, 3:49pm

Bellevue's The Majesty of Christmas: "An Irish Christmas"

Special guests Keith and Kristyn Getty will join the Bellevue Choir and Orchestra for this year’s celebration of The Majesty of Christmas. Favorites at Bellevue, the Gettys return to premiere their new Christmas CD and will bring an expanded band with them. The Getty's music is used in churches worldwide and they have written songs such as "In Christ Alone", "The Power Of The Cross", and "Come, People Of The Risen King."

The evening will be a blend of Christmas favorites, traditional carols, and new music written by Keith, Kristyn, and their team. Combine their band and awe-inspiring music with over 200 voices of the Bellevue Choir and the magnificent Bellevue Orchestra, and it will be an evening you will not want to miss.

Sunday, December 18 at 6:00 p.m. in the Worship Center at Bellevue Baptist Church

Information and image provided by Bellevue Baptist Church.

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