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Local cloth diaper event educates parents looking to help environment and save money

Local cloth diaper event educates parents looking to help environment and save money

(WMC-TV) - Have you ever considered cloth diapers?  Are the first images that pop in your head large swaths of fabric, pins and plastic pants?  If so, then you need to find out how different modern cloth diapers are now.

The modern cloth diaper systems are pin-less, easy to use and better for the environment.  Another important factor to busy parents is that modern cloth diapers are easy to wash.  The fabrics used now are soft, colorful and comfortable on the delicate skin of babies.  They are also easier on the environment. 

In the United States alone, 49 million diapers per day (18 billion per year) are thrown away.  Disposable diapers go into landfills in which (under ideal conditions) it is estimated that it would take hundreds of years to decompose.   Each baby in cloth diapers will help to divert many of these diapers from municipal landfills.

Launch Party For Upcoming Ballet Season

Ballet Memphis is preparing for the upcoming season of performances with a launch party on Saturday, September 7th.

Stop by & check out the fashion show in the costume shop, featuring dancers presenting costumes of yesterday, today & tomorrow.

Cost is $15 & Ballet Memphis is located at 7950 Trinity.

For more information, call (901)737-7322 or check out their website balletmemphis.org .

 

Fundraiser will have you "loving local" food

Fundraiser will have you "loving local" food

Good music, an ice cold beer and a mouthful of Felicia Suzanne's salmon deviled eggs.

What's not to "love" -- at Project Green Fork's third annual "Loving Local" fall fundraiser?

The Midtown Memphis non-profit will hold the fundraiser Sunday, Oct. 7, 2 p.m. to 5 p.m. at the corner of South Front St. and G.E. Patterson Ave.

The event kicks off with a bike ride from Victory Bicycle Studio, 2549 Broad Ave., to the fundraiser downtown. Ticket-holders can enjoy live music, bike swag, cocktails and some of the finest appetizers and dishes from Project Green Fork-certified restaurants Central BBQ, Fuel Cafe, Dog & Slaw, Huey's, Get Fresh Memphis, YoLo and Felicia Suzanne's Downtown.

BET comes to Mid-South to find nation’s greatest singer

BET comes to Mid-South to find nation’s greatest singer

(WMC-TV) – If you think you’re the Mid-South’s best singer, BET has a big challenge for you.

The network is bringing its BET Awards Next Big Music Star Mobile Tour to Memphis this weekend.

Nashville Celtic Rock Band Coming to the Alley

Nashville Celtic Rock Band Coming to the Alley

Nashville Celtic rock band Molly Ramone will come to West Tennessee on Thursday, May 17, when singer/songwriter Mark Harriman and Joe Khoury will perform at Arts in the Alley in downtown Henderson. Beginning at 6 p.m., the event will be hosted by the Henderson Arts Commission in the alley off Main Street beside Frix-Jennings Clinic.

Originally from Leiceister, England, Harriman came to America in 1995 when he signed to Gravelsauce Records. Since then he has established himself as an integral part of the Nashville music scene. Khoury plays lead guitar and mandolin and sings backing vocals. He is a prominent session player and music producer in Nashville.

Regularly featured at both the Opryland Hotel and on Music Row, Molly Ramone has a delightful way of encouraging audiences to join the excitement by clapping or singing along to both traditional Irish ballads and newer Celtic rock music.

See the Titanic in true 3-D in Tunica

See the Titanic in true 3-D in Tunica

Information provided by Hollywood Casino Tunica

The RMS Titanic, the world largest ship, sank April 15, 1912, after colliding with an iceberg in the middle of the North Atlantic Ocean. The accident claimed the lives of over 1,500 passengers. April 2012 marks the 100th anniversary of the sinking of the famed Titanic.  The 1997 Titanic movie, which won 11 Academy Awards and starred Leonardo DiCaprio and Kate Winslet, has been rereleased in 3-D in time for this centennial.

But, if you really want to see the Titanic in true 3-D, then get to Hollywood Casino Tunica, just south of Memphis, to view their extensive, major memorabilia collection of props from the 1997 James Cameron Titanic movie.