Bikesploitation 3 will be held on Friday May 24th through Sunday May 26th at Crosstown Arts (in conjunction with the 2013 Tennessee Bike Summit being held in Memphis, Tennessee).
This year's event will be packed full of bicycle films from all over the world, bicycle art by locals artists, crazy bike sculpture building, music, food, drinks, family fun, and a killer opening night party. You don't want to miss it.
Bikesploitation is free and open to the public!
(Limited seating available for the film screenings.)
Bikesploitation is a free event and open to the public!
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| CuPuFu, Evergreen Clean Up-Paint Up-Fix-Up
The EHDA Community Clean-up, Paint-up, Fix-up is scheduled for Saturday, May 4th, 2013. This year we would like to have a large showing of support for the clean up effort. Evergreen has been a leader in making a real effort to keep our neighborhood in tip-top shape.
Other suggestions for "Clean Up" might be an alley to clear on your block. Williamson Park playground always could use some sprucing-up. We are asking each block and neighbor to come out on Saturday the 4th and make a difference. We all believe that Evergreen is one of the most liveable neighborhoods and we are asking all Evergreeners to come out and show your support.
For those who want to participate, some volunteers will meet at Sallie Hillard (little park adjacent to Drakes Cleaners) at 9:00 for a clean up effort. Hope to see everyone on May 4th. For more information, contact Gene Laurenzi.
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Highlights, News & Notes
April 12 - Check our Calendar!
Friday is Shakespeare's "As You Like It." Saturday is Creation Station @ The Brooks and the Overton Square Crawfish Festival. Sunday is the Grow Memphis Plant Sale. Africa In April starts Wednesday honoring The Republic of Senegal. And don't forget the V & E Artwalk Saturday, April 20th. Check the calendar for details!
Sunday, April 7, 2013 (2-4 pm @ Brooks Museum in Overton Park)
War Witch (2013 Best Foreign Film Nominee)
(Filmed in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and featuring an incredible soundtrack of African folk and pop music.
April 1, 2013
Dream Out Loud Thu., April 4, 7 p.m.
Crosstown Arts, 422 N. Cleveland
A live reading of Martin Luther King Jr.'s "I Have a Dream" speech and performance by The Mighty Souls Brass Band
March 29, 2013
 Whoa! Not your everyday idea of opera - for sure!
The First Ever Midtown Opera Festival starts this weekend at Playhouse on the Square.
Read more about it HERE.
Cafe Society Wine Tasting - Tuesday, March 26th at 6:30PM for $25 per peson plus tax and gratuity. Call 722.2177 for more information and reservations at 212 North Evergreen Street.
Check out our new Calendar!
Saturday March 23, 2013 - THE WIZARD'S BALL!
We're talking drinks, music, a cocktail buffet, magical performances by Ballet Memphis & former American Idol finalist Alexis Grace. Individual tickets are $75 with all proceeds supporting BRIDGES youth as they reach across, lead the way and build our community.
 Sunday, March 24, 2013 - COMMUNITY EASTER EGG HUNT!
The Egg-Straordinary EHDA/Trinity Easter Egg Hunt will be held on the grounds of Trinity United Methodist Church, 1738 Galloway, Sunday, March 24* at 3 PM. Bring your toddlers through age 10 with their Easter baskets to join in the fun. There will be a moon bounce, face painting, petting zoo, and more! *Rain date is Saturday, March 30.
(Front entrance to Overton Park Zoo)
 Our Evergreen Historic District Association (EHDA) has its roots in a heroic and successful effort to save Overton Park from being invaded by a superhighway.
This beautiful, 342 acre site is one of the largest urban parks in the nation and home to the Memphis Zoo, top-ranked by 2 independent surveys and our city's highest attended attraction.The Overton Park Golf Course is a 2,222 yards, nine-hole executive length golf course with 3 sets of tee boxes for a fun, but challenging golfing experience. 
Both the zoo and the golf course were started in 1906 and share this incredible property with Brooks Memorial Museum of Art, Memphis College of Art, Levitt Shell, Overton Bark Park, Rainbow Lake Playground, Veterans Plaza, walking trails, open areas and a 125-acre Old Forest State Natural Area. http://www.overtonparkforever.org/
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Highlights, News & Notes
Sunday, April 7, 2013 (2-4 pm @ Brooks Museum in Overton Park)
War Witch (2013 Best Foreign Film Nominee)
(Filmed in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and featuring an incredible soundtrack of African folk and pop music.
April 1, 2013
Dream Out Loud Thu., April 4, 7 p.m.
Crosstown Arts, 422 N. Cleveland
A live reading of Martin Luther King Jr.'s "I Have a Dream" speech and performance by The Mighty Souls Brass Band
March 29, 2013
Whoa! Not your everyday idea of opera - for sure!
The First Ever Midtown Opera Festival starts this weekend at Playhouse on the Square.
Read more about it HERE.
Cafe Society Wine Tasting - Tuesday, March 26th at 6:30PM for $25 per peson plus tax and gratuity. Call 722.2177 for more information and reservations at 212 North Evergreen Street.
Check out our new Calendar!
Saturday March 23, 2013 - THE WIZARD'S BALL!
We're talking drinks, music, a cocktail buffet, magical performances by Ballet Memphis & former American Idol finalist Alexis Grace. Individual tickets are $75 with all proceeds supporting BRIDGES youth as they reach across, lead the way and build our community.
Sunday, March 24, 2013 - COMMUNITY EASTER EGG HUNT!
The Egg-Straordinary EHDA/Trinity Easter Egg Hunt will be held on the grounds of Trinity United Methodist Church, 1738 Galloway, Sunday, March 24* at 3 PM. Bring your toddlers through age 10 with their Easter baskets to join in the fun. There will be a moon bounce, face painting, petting zoo, and more! *Rain date is Saturday, March 30.
(Front entrance to Overton Park Zoo)
Our Evergreen Historic District Association (EHDA) has its roots in a heroic and successful effort to save Overton Park from being invaded by a superhighway.
This beautiful, 342 acre site is one of the largest urban parks in the nation and home to the Memphis Zoo, top-ranked by 2 independent surveys and our city's highest attended attraction.The Overton Park Golf Course is a 2,222 yards, nine-hole executive length golf course with 3 sets of tee boxes for a fun, but challenging golfing experience.
Both the zoo and the golf course were started in 1906 and share this incredible property with Brooks Memorial Museum of Art, Memphis College of Art, Levitt Shell, Overton Bark Park, Rainbow Lake Playground, Veterans Plaza, walking trails, open areas and a 125-acre Old Forest State Natural Area. http://www.overtonparkforever.org/
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 April 1, 2013
CRIME AND PUNISHMENT AND FORGIVENESS
A couple of weeks ago a special crime alert ran in the EHDA e-newsletter to bring our collective attention to an individual who allegedly habitually preys on VECA and EHDA properties. Since the man is also a registered sex offender, Karen and I thought it wise to sit down with our two teenagers to make them aware that the individual had recently been spotted again by several neighbors. After reviewing his documented arrest record with the kids one of them astutely asked why, with so many repeat arrests, was the man allowed to be on the streets? I didn't have an adequate answer so the next day I checked with EHDA Past President and resident legal scholar Chris Sullivan. The short answer is that often times a person arrested for a property theft under a certain dollar amount doesn't end up in jail (or spends very little time there) due to the lack of a witness showing up at trial, not actually catching the perpetrator in the act, or lack of evidence like a pawn shop ticket linking stolen goods back to the individual.
Having lived in EHDA for nearly 20 years we have been very fortunate not to have experienced major crime incidents. There have been no break-ins and the largest items stolen have been two urns on our front porch. However, that incident still irks me because a) stealing is just wrong, b) the urns were not cheap, c) we spent a lot of time looking for them and they looked great on the porch, and d) the replacements we purchased were even heavier to tote than the originals and my back still aches thinking about lugging them from the street to the porch.
The favorite crime story I like to tell happened not long after we had moved into our house. I was working in our upstairs office when I looked out the window and saw a person carrying a ladder down the alley which appeared to belong to our next door neighbor. I yelled down the stairs to Karen, thinking she would run next door and grab our neighbor. Much to my shock, the next thing I saw was Karen, all 120 pounds soaking wet, running down the alley after the guy. By the time I got outside as her backup, Karen was at the end of the alley, dude was nowhere to be seen, and the ladder had been safely dropped in the alley. I got to carry it back to its rightful owner.
More recently, our family suffered through an embarrassing (as parents) episode of quasi-criminal activity. Several months ago our youngest teen, who shall remain nameless, invited some friends over to spend the night. They went outside to play and had been gone for some time when, looking rather sheepish, they returned to our house. As I met the group in the foyer to find out what was going on I noticed two MPD cars parked outside our house. It turns out a neighbor on our block had called the police to report rogue doorbell ringing and running at their residence. The rascally ringers were first marched off to apologize to the MPD for taking them away from the pursuit of true criminal activity. Next they made their way down the street to apologize to our neighbor, who, recalling his own escapades as a teen, was quite good-natured about the whole thing given he and his wife and small child had been awakened from a sound sleep. Amends were made and forgiveness was dispensed to the offending parties.
One of the things that makes Evergreen such a great place to live is how we look out for one another. Thanks for the part you play by staying alert and keeping in touch. And sometimes for your magnanimity.
See you around the neighborhood.....
Evergreen Historic District Association
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