Spirit of Memphis Event Calendar

Spirit of Memphis Public Events

Wednesday, April 7

The Spirit of Memphis movement was recently offered an opportunity to be on News Channel 3's "Live At 9" morning show and we need your help!!  We are going to be throwing a pep rally on air at the "Live At 9" studio on Wednesday, April 7, 2010. We need all volunteers that are available, as this will be a great chance to spotlight what an impact the Spirit of Memphis movement has already had!  We are inviting all of our community partners, sponsors, and anybody who wants to attend!.  We would like to see representatives from all of our community partners and sponsors.  This will be a fun opportunity and we want YOU to bring pom poms, signs, or any other items that are appropriate for a pep rally! We only have 100 spots available for this Pep Rally on LIVE TV so RSVP fast!  Please RSVP to Jared Bulluck, so that we will know that you are able to attend and he will give you more information.  We can't wait to start kicking off the Spirit of Memphis events with Live At 9!
 

Owen Brennan's is celebrating the Spirit of Memphis campaign by hosting kickoff festivities on April 7th. Wednesday night will be Scout Night at Owen Brennan's! Anyone who dines in the restaurant will help benefit the Chickasaw Council, Boy Scouts of America. Make a dining reservation today reservations@brennansmemphis.com. Come help us Spread the Spirit!

Thursday, April 8

The Memphis Zoo is hosting an event on April 8 from 6:00 - 9:00 pm. This event gives you the chance to unplug from your busy schedule and unwind at the Zoo's Great Lodge. Drinks by Southwestern Distributing and food from Lancer Catering will be available for purchase. We'll get you started by providing your first drink ticket of the night.  No animals will be on display during this event. Memphis Musician Gary Johns will be performing at Teton Trek. Ages 21 and up only. Admission: $10/Members; $12/Nonmembers (price includes one drink ticket)  Click here to purchase tickets - Space is limited. Come Spread the Spirit at the Memphis Zoo!

Memphis Urban League Young Professionals, New Path Memphis, Total Control Logistics, the Law Office of Vanecia Kimbrow and Pique Creative Agency invite you to celebrate the Spirit of Memphis.  This happy hour pep rally is free and open to the public.  This event occurs on Thursday, April 8th from 5:30-7:30 pm at the Beignet Café located at 124 East GE Patterson Ave.  Come Spread the Spirit!

Backbeat Tours has teamed up with the Spirit of Memphis to talk great about the City of Memphis! At Backbeat Tours, we've always believed that Memphis has a great downtown, and our tours are designed to show visitors and residents alike what makes Memphis a truly special city.  All of our tours feature live music -- our tour guides are local entertainers -- as a way of bringing the city and its rich cultural history to life, especially its musical heritage. When you hear “tour,” the natural inclination is to think “tourist.”  But our tours are not just for visitors.  In fact, when most local residents take our tour (and many do), they are surprised about how rich and varied our city’s history is.  I doubt many residents can get off our bus without having an improved opinion of our great city. That’s why we’d like to offer all residents of the Greater Memphis area (Shelby, DeSoto, and Crittenden Counties) FREE tickets on our Memphis Mojo Tour, not just on “Favorite Music” day on Thursday, but throughout the entire Spirit of Memphis weekend. Tour times for the free Memphis Mojo Tours are as follows:Thursday, April 8:  5:30pm, Friday, April 9:  2:30pm, Saturday, April 10:  2:30pm, Sunday, April 11:  1:30pm. All tours will depart from the Backbeat Tours ticket window at Blues City Cafe, on the corner of Beale and Second Streets downtown (140 Beale St.). We’d also like to offer half-price tickets ($7.50) on our Memphis Ghost Tour, an evening walking tour that presents a quirkier side of Memphis history.  Tour times for the Memphis Ghost Tour are 7:30pm on Thursday, April 8 through Sunday, April 11.

Friday, April 9

Master It will be having a Spirit of Memphis Luncheon on Friday, Apirl 9 from 11:00am - 1:00 pm, where they will be enjoying Homemade BBQ Pizza's.  Also there will be a highlight of the Film Community in Memphis and a sneak preview of the upcoming Memphis Film: Daylight Fades.  Their office is located on 8024 Stage Hills Blvd, Ste 101.  Also, for their clients they are doing a free economy cleaning for your personal computer on April 10 from 10:00am - 1:00 pm.

Stax Museum of American Soul Music is on board to host a Pep Rally on Friday, April 9th from 5:30 - 8:00 pm with the Stax Music Academy performing in Studio A. This event will be free to members (and everyone is encouraged to become a member that night if not already) and $12 for non-members. Come Spread the Spirit with us at Stax by listening to young great Memphis musicians!

The entire Beale Street will be hosting a Spirit of Memphis block party. The restaurants on Beale Street will be helping us spread the spirit by having a Spirit of Memphis themed night!  There will be live entertainment in W. C. Handy Park, as well as Roby Williams and Kevin Kane speaking great about Memphis!!  Join us for a great night on the town!

Saturday, April 10

Morning of Service City Beautiful will be having a Community Clean up on Saturday, April 10, 2010 from 9:00am to 12:00 pm.  Registration and refreshments start at 8:30 am.  This event takes place at the SRVS Building on 3971 Knight Arnold – across from Delta Medical Center. Volunteers will help Memphis City Beautiful & the Getwell Business Group conduct a community clean up in the Getwell/Knight Arnold/Lamar area. Bags, gloves & tools will be provided by Memphis City Beautiful. For additional information call: 522-1135.  Join us by spreading your spirit and making your city beautiful!

More service events to come soon!

St. Peter Villa 5K is hosting a Spirit of Memphis 5K! This events starts at 9:00 am on April 10, 2010. It will be located at St. Peter Villa 141 N McLean Memphis, Tennessee 38104.  St. Peter Villa is pleased to host the 9th Annual St. Peter Villa 5K & 1K Run-Walk in memory of Joseph F. Birch, Sr. An avid runner in his younger days, Mr. Birch was an active family man to his wife Frances and five children. A devout member of the Catholic Church, Mr. Birch represented strong Christian and family values. St. Peter Villa is honored to hold the 9th Annual St. Peter Villa 5k RUN-Walk in memory of his life.  We welcome ALL Memphis citizens as we participate in the first Spirit of Memphis Pep Rally! Also, Joe Birch will be the guest speaker at this event to help St. Peter Villa and to promote the City of Memphis!  Come help us recognize Joseph F. Birch and help us raise money for St. Peter Villa!  Come Spread the Spirit at the St. Peter Villa 5K!

Downtown Neighborhood Association is getting in the Spirit and creating a Movement. Join us in Tom Lee Park (parking lot/rest area) on Saturday, April 10 at 9 a.m. for a walk along the river. Take a walk beside the mighty Mississippi River and celebrate what citizens love most about Memphis: wonderful people and a spirited walk along our beautiful riverfront. No Forbes magazines allowed. Bring your own water.

Sherwood Forest Neighborhood Association will be having a Neighborhood  Clean-Up!  This clean-up occurs on April 10, 2010 from 9:00AM-12:00PM at 1568 Robinhood Lane.  This event is hosted by Sherwood Neighborhood & Girls Inc of Memphis.  Come help the Spirit of Memphis by making our city beautiful!  Here is the schedule of the clean-up: 9:00-9:15-Meeting at 1568 Robinhood Lane Orientation “Do'’s & Don’t's”, 9:15-9:30-  Group Assignments, 9:35- Head to Assigned Areas, 9:40-11:15- Clean -Various Areas (the neighborhood will be divided into five zones), 11:20- 12:00 Refreshements will be served & Evaluation. Lets make our city beautiful!   

Memphis Loves Kids Celebration! Children of all ages and their families are invited to enjoy an afternoon of free kid-friendly music, dance, theatre performances, mascot visits, arts and crafts, community information and activities based on the theme "What you love about Memphis." Children will be invited to share what they love about Memphis on a giant "mind map." Kids will also be invited to literally stand on their soapbox and contribute to a short film focusing on what children love most about the Bluff City with Action News 5 Anchor Kym Clark as Master of Ceremonies and performances by the Stax Music Academy Band, Arts-A-Fire Theatre Troupe, Teen Singing Sensation Brittany Russell and more. Saturday, April 10, 2010 from 2:00 to 4:30 p.m. at the Levitt Shell in Overton Park. Feel free to bring a picnic lunch and dress for outdoors. Family-friendly businesses and organizations interested in sponsorship, vending or table space should send an e-mail to contactus@memphisloveskids.com. The Memphis Loves Kids Celebration is an official SPIRIT OF MEMPHIS event. Fall in love with your city again!

Faith Christian Church will be hosting a Spirit of Memphis Celebration!  This celebration occurs on Saturday, April 10, 2010 from 4:00 PM-7:00 PM at 4965 Willow Road.   Faith Christian Church will be  having a celebration of all things Memphis--Memphis food, hometown music and fun!  They will be grilling, having games for kids & adults (Memphis trivia, face painting), listening to live Memphis music &  sharing what we love about life in our city! As well as the celebration they will be collecting donations of school supplies (white paper, pens & pencils) for our neighborhood schools. Come and help us Spread the Spirit!

Grizzlies Pep Rally followed by Grizzlies last game of season featuring Spirit of Memphis events. Pep Rally starts at 5pm and includes musical entertainment by Teflon Don, Tony and the Titans and Jeff White, inflatables, face painters, balloon artists, free Pepsi product and more!  Spirit of Memphis Group ticket discount is available.

HOW TO ORDER TICKETS: 5 EASY STEPS:

Click or type the link below into your web browser
https://oss.ticketmaster.com/html/go.htmI?l=EN&t=grizzlies&o=4071050&g=1241
Select Game and Click on "Find Tickets".
Type “Memphis” into the "Special Offer Code" box and click "Verify"
If you have an account; use your E-mail address and password.  If not, go to “Create an Account” box on the right hand side, type your e-mail address and click “Sign Up Now.”
Select the quantity and price level to purchase your tickets.  Your tickets will be e-mailed to you.
 
ANY QUESTIONS
Call Lamont Nelson at 901.205.1462 or e-mail him at lnelson@grizzlies.com

Memphis Symphony Orchestra April 10, Mozart’s Requiem. 8pm (pre-concert activities start at 7:15pm)  at Cannon Center for the Performing Arts. Written while the composer was on his deathbed, Mozart’s emotionally stirring Requiem for orchestra, soloists, and chorus continues to be a profound and emotional experience in every performance. The MSO performs this work in 2010 in memory of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.  It will feature the local groups the Memphis Symphony Chorus (Dr. Lawrence Edwards, director) and the Central High School Singers (Gaylon Robinson, director) as well as the following performers:
Ward Stare, guest conductor
Kelley Nassief, soprano
Mary Phillips, mezzo-soprano
Randal Rushing, tenor
Andrew Wentzel, baritone
Help us Spread the Spirit by joining us on this beautiful concert hosted by the Memphis Symphony Orchestra!

Spirit of Memphis Private Events

The Exchange Club Family Center will be having a Staff Potluck & Spirit of Memphis Activities! This will be a private event for Exchange Club Staff.  Activities include Memphis-themed door prizes, Spirit of Memphis video, and sharing What You Love About Memphis on the Soapbox! Thanks Exchange Club Family Center for Spreading the Spirit!

The Lipscomb & Pitts Breakfast Club, along with two sponsoring members, Vaco and Lipscomb & Pitts Insurance, have teamed with Shelby Farms Park and Corky's Ribs & BBQ to present the Spirit of Memphis - Give Back Lunch.  This event will be held on Friday, April 9th from 11:00am-1:00pm at Shelby Farms Park, in the large, adjoining picnic shelters numbered 1 and 3.   The idea is that we are all coming together to provide a FREE lunch to business leaders, as we celebrate the Spirit of Memphis - the three day pep-rally for the City, which celebrates what makes Memphis great.  Since Friday, April 9th is "Food" themed, we thought it was only appropriate to serve some famous Memphis BBQ and put our Breakfast Club spin on it by making it a give back, in the process. So, as a fun give back, all we ask is that attendees donate whatever you would normally spend on lunch to Shelby Farms Park Conservancy.  Only cash and checks made payable to "Shelby Farms Park Conservancy" will be accepted.  All proceeds for the event will benefit Shelby Farms.   This is going to be a tremendously fun event, but in order to keep it manageable, space is limited to only the first 250 RSVPs on a first come, first serve basis. Come and Spread the Spirit at Shebly Farms Farms!

Baker Donelson & First Tennessee are hosting a joint private event.  It will be a picnic pep rally with King Cotton hot dogs, Brim's potato chips (another Memphis staple) - and of course, buns from
the Wonder Bread factory that pumps those sweet smells into the Downtown air everyday. Also, Memphis trivia game, several "I LOVE MEMPHIS" speakers and more! Invitation Only!

CB Richard Ellis Memphis are having events on Thursday, Friday, and Saturday.  Thank you CB Richard Ellis Memphis for helping us Spread the Spirit!

Answering Advantage will celebrate The Spirit of Memphis in conjunction with our monthly Answering Advantage Team Member Appreciation Day on Thursday, April 8.  There will be lots of discussion about the good things happening in Memphis and food and fun for all team members!

Interactive Solutions Inc. will be having Cook out on April 9th at 11:30, Ken Kimble with the Chickasaw Council BSA will be here to speak to the employee on how their Blue Jean Friday's ($3 per Friday to wear jeans, March-May) help the Boy Scouts and this in turns helps out Memphis.  They will be wearing the Spirit of Memphis Tee Shirts:-) Go Memphis!

Nexair will be celebrating the Music Themed Day April 8, with a music trivia challenge.  On Friday, they will be having an even bigger trivia contest that will include anything and everything about Memphis.  The winner will receive a gift certificate to a local restaurant.  There is nothing better then to know facts about our great city!

MBI will be playing Memphis music over our loudspeakers all day on April 8. Employees are encouraged to bring music by Memphis artists or related to Memphis to share with the whole team. Also, MBI will be having a staff BBQ and potluck on April 9. We will be bringing in Memphis barbecue from Neely's and staff will be bringing in their favorite Memphis or southern dishes. Go MBI!

Dress for Success Memphis Professional Women's Group are hosting an event at the Memphis Center for Independent Living.  It will be on April 10 from 9:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. Lets Spread the Spirit!