Department of Revenue Hosts New Business Workshop

Sept. 13

Reality Based Management presents The Charge Nurse at 8 a.m. at Holiday Inn-Sycamore View, 6101 Shelby Oaks Drive. Cost is $149 per person. Call (800) 815-9379 or visit www.rbmseminars.com.

The Memphis Bar Association presents the 2004 annual MBA picnic, golf and tennis tournaments at 9 a.m. at Germantown Country Club, 1780 Kimbrough Road. Call 527-3573 or visit www.memphisbar.org.

Sept. 14

The Memphis chapter of the Society of Financial Services Professionals meets at 11 a.m. at the Racquet Club of Memphis, 5111 Sanderlin Ave. Phil Converse, president of The Converse Group, is the guest speaker. Admission is free for members; $25 for non-members. Call Mike Parham at 767-8200 for reservations.

The Bartlett Area Chamber of Commerce hosts its monthly luncheon from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. in the Terrace Room at Colonial Country Club, 2736 Countrywood Parkway. Cost is $10. Call 372-9457.

Mpact Memphis presents a leadership luncheon from noon to 2 p.m. at the Crescent Club, 6075 Poplar Ave. J.R. Pitt Hyde, founder of AutoZone, is the guest speaker. Call 527-4625.

The Millington Restoration Advisory Board meets at 6:30 p.m. at Baker Community Center, 7942 Church St. Call 872-6252.

Sept. 15

The Memphis Regional Chamber presents Another Chamber Advantage: Member-to-Member Networking from 8:30 a.m. to 9:30 a.m. at the chamber, 22 N. Front Street, second floor. Call Shali Atkinson at 543-3504.

Rhodes College hosts Stephen Dunn, 2001 Pulitzer Prize for Poetry award winner, at 7:30 p.m. in Blount Auditorium of Buckman Hall. Admission is free. Call Tina Barr at 843-3979.

Sept. 16

The Mid-South Health Underwriters Association meets at 9 a.m. in the Founders Room of the Crescent Club, 6075 Poplar Ave. U.S. Rep. Harold Ford Jr. is the guest speaker. For reservations, contact Kris Bizjack at 685-8351 or kbizjack@humana.com.

The Tennessee Department of Revenue hosts its bimonthly new business workshop from 9 a.m. to noon at the Renaissance Business Development Center, 555 Beale Street. Admission is free. Call 213-1400.

The Germantown Area Chamber of Commerce hosts a Networking at Noon Fabulous Fall Fashion Celebration and general membership luncheon at noon in the Great Hall at Germantown Centre, 1801 Exeter Road. The show will include fashions presented by chamber retail members. Cost is $20. Call Judy Simerson at 755-1200 for reservations.

The Millington Planning Commission meets at 5 p.m. at City Hall, 7930 Nelson St. Call 872-1486 or e-mail vchapman@cityofmillington.org.

Sept. 17

The Memphis Advertising Federation hosts its annual nonprofit communications seminar from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the Community Foundation, 1900 Union Ave. Early registration is $75; and at the door, $90. Call 725-6231 or e-mail adfed1@memphisadfed.org.

Sept. 18

Memphis City Council member Carol Chumney presents Coffee with Carol Chumney at 9 a.m. at Davis Kidd Booksellers, 387 Perkins Road. Call 576-6786.

The Alzheimers Association presents Memory Walk 2004 from 8:30 a.m. to noon at AutoZone Park, 175 Toyota Plaza. Call 565-0011 or visit www.alzmidsouth.org.

Sept. 19

The Insurance and Financial Communicators Association, formerly Life Communicators Association, hosts its annual conference through Sept. 21 at The Peabody, 149 Union Ave. Visit www.ifcaonline.org for registration information.

Upcoming Events

Sept. 22

Rhodes College hosts two-time U.S. Poet Laureate Billy Collins at 8 p.m. in the ballroom of the Bryan Campus Life Center. Collins served as poet laureate from 2001 to 2003. Admission is free, but tickets are required. Call the McCoy Theatre Box Office at 843-3839.