By: Morgen Crosby Cooper-Young is one of Memphis’s most historic and dynamic neighborhoods. Century-old homes surrounded by small businesses line Cooper Street from its iconic overpass to just beyond Young Avenue. The creative Midtown atmosphere offers a warm welcoming to any visitors. Every year, a gathering called the Cooper-Young Festival shares the music, art, and crafts of the many talents …
St. Jude Leadership Seminar
By: Embry Bird Memphis’s very own Christian Brothers High School Cheer team placed in the top five out of hundreds of teams nationwide for the most fundraising in the country to attend the St. Jude Varsity Leadership Experience. The cheerleaders achieved this goal by writing many hundreds for writing letters to their friends, families, and local businesses asking for donations …
Memphis in May
BY: MARY GRACE MCAULEYIt is finally here. A month full of people of all ages singing and enjoying music, eating barbecue, and achieving goals by crossing the finish line. Memphis in May brings the Memphis community together by hosting these events and overall celebrating our amazing city. Starting in 1977, Memphis in May has grown into one of North America’s …
LebonheuRoo
By: Elizabeth Moody On Saturday, April 6 in Oakland, Tennessee, Canale Farms hosted its first annual event to raise money for Le Bonheur. Named after the music festival Bonnaroo, LeBonheuRoo is a family-friendly festival with activities for all ages such as bingo, rock climbing, fishing, pony rides, and wagon rides. Families enjoyed a barbecue buffet and MemPops food truck. Entertainment …
Common Table Health Alliance
Th e Common Table Health Alliance is a nonprofit organization in Memphis that focuses on healthcare improvement with help from local organizations, coalitions, schools, churches, etc. Their efforts to improve the city bring people around the “common table” that creates a greater
difference and a positive change to our region. They have a determined goal to provide strength and education to achieve the greater impact for
our city. Th e Justice in Health Care Foundation was formed originally to encourage an improved healthcare system, which three years later
formed the Healthy Memphis Common Table. Th is developed into the idea which focuses on a more wide-spread collaboration to improve health quality no matter the area.
A Valentines with the Arts
Valentines—the one day of the year when it’s acceptable to eat an entire box of chocolates and shower the special people in your life with cheap teddy bears and red roses. But sometimes all of the excessive hearts and candy can seem a bit cliche. If you’re looking for a creative and original way to spend Valentines, here are some of the 4Memphis Impact Arts Staff’s favorite ideas to have a Valentine’s Day to remember while supporting local Memphis businesses!
A Christmas Carol
By Mary Kate Thomas, Arts Editor The ability to be an actor or actress is no easy task; it takes years of hard work and dedication. For Olivia Manes, a sophomore at St. Agnes Academy, acting is more than just a skill, it is a passion. Olivia has been on stage since the age of 3 and has since then …
Memphis Bicentennial: Then & Now
Saint Agnes Academy:19031925 “…the school’s central mission has remained the same–to empower girls to become strong, educated women of faith.” ON JANUARY 1ST OF 1851, six Dominican sisters rode in a small flatboat down the Mississippi River to answer the call of Dominican priest Father Thomas Grace and start St. Agnes Academy, the first all girls Catholic school in the …