This Week in Memphis Nov. 3-9

Community Foundation Hosts Charity Update

November 3

The Community Foundation of Greater Memphis presents The Year for Charities in the Courts, Treasury and the IRS from 8:30 a.m. to 10:30 a.m. at the foundation, 1900 Union Ave. Seminar covers recent developments affecting philanthropy. Registration begins at 7:45 a.m. Cost is $40; space is limited. Call Sarah Hickman at 722-0012.

November 4

The Bartlett Area Chamber of Commerce hosts Business After Hours from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. at Belhaven College, 5100 Poplar Ave. Call 372-9457.

The University of Tennessee Cancer Institute hosts Helpful Nutrition and Eating Tips to Use Before, During and After Cancer Treatment from 6:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. at Dietitian Associates Inc., 310 Germantown Bend Cove, Suite 101. Admission is free. Call 759-9337, Ext. 210.

November 5

The Collierville Chamber of Commerce hosts an Ambassador/Diplomat Meeting at 11:30 a.m. at the Memphis-Shelby County Public Librarys Burch Branch, 501 Poplar View Parkway in Collierville. Call 853-1949.

Calvary Episcopal Church, 102 N. Second St., presents Joyce Cobb at 12:05 p.m. as part of the Calvary and the Arts concert and luncheon series. The concert is free; a lunch of grits and grillades from McEwens on Monroe follows for $6. Call 525-6602.

November 6

The Corporate Volunteer Council, an arm of Volunteer Memphis, hosts the Corporate Neighbor Awards and Breakfast at 7:30 a.m. at Memphis Botanic Garden, 750 Cherry Road. Tickets are $35 each or $350 for a table of 10. Call 523-2425.

The Memphis Bar Association hosts Making the Transition: Law School to Litigation from 1 p.m. to 4:15 p.m. at the Shelby County Courthouse, 140 Adams Ave., Room 134. The session provides three hours of continuing legal education credit. Cost is $10 for attorneys newly admitted to the MBA; $15 for others. Call 527-3573.

Hope House Day Care Center hosts Art for Hope: An Evening of Affordable Art from 5:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. on South Idlewild Street between Union and Madison avenues. Tickets are $25. Call 272-2702, Ext. 216, for details.

The Buckman Performing and Fine Arts Center at St. Marys Episcopal School, 60 Perkins Ext., presents Orquesta Aragon at 7:30 p.m. Nov. 6 and 8 p.m. Nov. 7. Call 537-1483.

November 7

The Home Builders Association of Tennessee hosts its annual fall meeting through Nov. 8 at Grand Casino Tunica, 13615 Old Highway 61 N. in Robinsonville, Miss. Call HBAT at (888) 550-4228 to pre-register. For information, call Jason Murphy at the Memphis Area Home Builders Association, 756-4500.

The Institute of Management Accountants Memphis chapter hosts the Tennessee Valley Council IMA meeting from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Nov. 7 and from 8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Nov. 8 at Courtyard Memphis-East Lenox Park, 3076 Kirby Parkway. The event provides eight hours of continuing education credit. Cost is $75 for members; $85 for non-members. Call Jeff Joyce at (270) 793-9878.

The Memphis Bar Association hosts Emerging Issues in Employment Law and Litigation: Review and Preview of the Supreme Court Term from noon to 4 p.m. in the MBA conference room, One Commerce Square, Suite 1050 in the NBC Bank Building. The course is a video replay of an ALI-ABA Video Law Review program. Cost is $179. Call 527-3573.

The National Kidney Foundation of West Tennessee and Athens Distributing Co. host the ninth annual Sip Around the World Wine Tasting from 7 p.m. to 10 p.m. at Memphis Botanic Garden, 750 Cherry Road. Guests can sample 300 wines from 60 vineyards, then bid in live and silent auctions. Tickets are $45 in advance; $50 at the door. Call 683-6185.

November 8

The Pink Palace Family of Museums hosts a Victorian Village walking tour from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m., starting at the Mallory-Neely House, 652 Adams Ave. Cost is $7.50 for museum members; $9 for non-members. Call 523-1484.