February 2019
Dive on in.
Life’s really a cabaret, chum
share it with a uniformed friend
Ever wish you could hand out a ticket to a cop?

You can. Turn the tables by making a $150 donation to CrimeStoppers of Memphis and Shelby County. That will pay for two tickets (for a officer and guest) to this year’s Night At The Theatre fundraising gala on Friday, May 10, for a sit-down dinner plus the night’s performance of Cabaret.

While you’re at it, go ahead and get a ticket for you and your guest because it’s going to be a great show. The event begins at 6 p.m. at Playhouse On The Square, 66 South Cooper Street, with dinner and drinks. The curtain rises at 8 for this updated version of one of the great Broadway plays, about avant-garde Berlin nightlife between the world wars.

This year is the eighth annual CrimeStoppers theatrical party. Tickets benefit CrimeStoppers, Playhouse and police officers who receive the free passes. That’s a three-for if ever there was.

Click here for more details and to buy tickets.
We all need to know more about 'herstories'
Women’s ‘herstory’ month is approaching, so find time to wander into the lobby of the Vasco A. Smith Jr. Shelby County Administration building downtown and browse through the educational Women of Achievement exhibit.

The exhibit was developed by WA, the collaborative organization that recognizes women whose lives have improved Memphis and Shelby County, with the help of Shelby County Historian Jimmy Ogle.

Women of Achievement presents its 35th annual awards reception starting 3 p.m. Sunday, March 24, 2019 at the University of Memphis Holiday Inn. This year’s award recipients will be announced soon.

And soon to come — a printed and online brochure of a new women’s heritage trail in our community!

Learn more about Women of Achievement here .

Have a good President's Day
Enjoy a few little-known tidbits about past presidents:

  • The first president to throw out the ceremonial first pitch in Major League Baseball was the somewhat rotund William Howard Taft. He threw from the stands in 1910.

  • Seven presidents have been considered accomplished musicians: Jefferson and Tyler, violin; Truman and Nixon, piano; Harding, tuba; Clinton, saxophone, and John Quincy Adams, flute.

  • William McKinley, whose face is on the rarely-seen $500 bill, persuaded the U.S. Congress to pass a joint resolution to annex the newly-formed Republic of Hawaii in 1898.

  • John Tyler had the most children of all the presidents — 15 born to two wives.
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