Posts tagged with “Memphis”
March 12, 2015
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Yes: Recycle. Yes: Be Sustainable Yes: Don’t Waste But, that’s not the “Green” I mean.  St. Patrick’s day is Tuesday, March 17! However, many of the celebrations are this weekend! Are you prepared for the explosion of green? Don’t forget to wear green or you’ll get pinched! This day didn’t begin as just a celebration for drinking green beer and Irish whisky, but something much more. Not just a cultural celebration of the Irish culture, but also a religious celebration honoring…

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January 9, 2015
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January was a good month to be born. January 8th January 15th Two people, or Kings significantly changed not only Memphis and West Tennessee’s history, but the world’s. January 15, 1929, Martin Luther King, Jr. was born in Atlanta, Georgia.  A Baptist minister and civil rights activist, this man became the heart and soul of racial reform during the mid-1950s, by playing a pivotal role to end segregation throughout the US. “I have a dream that my four children will one…

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January 3, 2015
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Black eyed peas = Good FortuneLentils = Wealth Circular Foods = Good Luck Soba Noodles = Longevity Food shaped like Coins = Prosperity Greens = Luck Pork = Rich and Happiness Cornbread = glories of gold It’s finally arrived…2015! As we ring in the new year, we all begin to get our resolutions together and fill our superstitious tummies with food to bring us luck, wealth, and happiness.  Many of us have the same type of resolutions: losing weight, work out more, eat…

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September 19, 2014
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West Tennessee is blessed with so many opportunities to see live theater.  Yes, it probably costs more to go watch a performance live, but the talent these performers have is totally worth it.  They don’t have 700 takes to get it right…just 1.  As Neil Patrick Harris said in the opening of the 2013 Tony Awards, “See on Broadway we don’t need extreme close-ups to prove we are singing live.  We sing live 8 shows a week, check it.” (yep,…

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May 21, 2014
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Recently MAAG and Heritage Tours have been working together to expand the Day Trippin’ Bus Tours!  Starting in June 2014, Heritage Tours will offer 3 new tours:  Civil War Trails, Antebellum Homes Tour, and Blues & “Roots” Tour.  These tours will be available each week for individuals and groups!  Like our West Tennessee Heritage and “Roots” tour that launched in February for Black History Month, these tours take tourists and local citizens to smaller towns and communities that have unique…

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