VOL. 127 | NO. 88 | Friday, May 4, 2012
In-Synk will host a business book review Friday, May 4, from 8 a.m. to 9 a.m. in the Triumph Bank board room, 5699 Poplar Ave. The book is “What Got You There Won’t Get You There” by Marshall Goldsmith. Visit in-synk.com for details.
L’Ecole Culinaire will host an open house Friday, May 4, from 4 p.m. to 7 p.m. at the culinary school, 1245 N. Germantown Parkway. Cost is free. For more information, call 888-214-1352.
The Memphis Farmers Market will be open Saturday, May 5, from 7 a.m. to 1 p.m. at Central Station Pavilion, 545 G.E. Patterson Ave. at South Front Street. Visit www.memphisfarmersmarket.org.
The Cystic Fibrosis Foundation West Tennessee chapter will hold the “Walk on the Wild Side” Great Strides fundraising walk Saturday, May 5, at 8 a.m. at the Memphis Zoo, 2000 Prentiss Lane. Register at cff.org/chapters/memphis. In conjunction, a Shop for the Cure fundraiser will be held at Cajama Salon & Boutique, 6019 Stage Road, starting at 7 a.m. and Shoenista’s, 2294 Young Ave., from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.
Methodist South Hospital will kick off the Stork’s Nest prenatal program Saturday, May 5, at 10 a.m. at the hospital, 1300 Wesley Drive. Stork’s Nest encourages expectant mothers with limited income to begin prenatal care in the first trimester and continue through birth. Contact Denise Nugent at 516-3475 to register.
Rhodes College and Cypress Middle School will present the May Day Festival in Midtown North and Vollintine-Evergreen Saturday, May 5, from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. at Cypress, 2109 Howell Ave. Contact Dorothy Cox at coxd@rhodes.edu or 843-3073.
The IRIS Orchestra will present “Incandescent Watts,” featuring pianist André Watts, Saturday, May 5, at 8 p.m. at the Germantown Performing Arts Centre, 1801 Exeter Road. Tickets are $55. For details, visit irisorchestra.org or call 751-7669. For tickets, call the GPAC box office at 751-7500.
Eroica Ensemble will hold a concert Sunday, May 6, at 7:30 p.m. at Germantown Performing Arts Centre, 1801 Exeter Road. Soprano Serena Benedetti will perform with the group. Cost is free. Visit gpacweb.com or call 751-7500 for details.
The Mid-South Business Skills Training Institute is forming a task force to design curriculum for its Supervisory Skills Certification program Tuesday, May 8, from 9 a.m. to noon at the Holiday Inn University of Memphis, 3700 Central Ave. Space is limited. Contact John Marshall at john@pegasysconsulting.com or 489-8379.