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Agape Run 5K/1Mile “Sweetheart Sprint”

AGAPE (Love) Run is an annual outreach event of Taylor Road Baptist Church designed to reach out to those who have experienced significant challenges in life. This event serves as a tool to help meet the financial needs of the recipient the race is in honor of. This year‘s recipient, the Eaves family, truly exemplifies the theme we‘ve chosen, “Show…

Valentine Cabaret featuring Ben Riddles

Take your Valentine to dinner then join us in Ascension Hall for dessert and champagne on Friday, Feb. 14 at 7:30 pm. Featuring Ben Riddles from Pensacola (FL), Vocalist, Pianist, Entertainer Extraordinaire! Please call for reservations!! Tickets: $250 per couple/$125 single ($200/$100 tax deductible) All proceeds benefit the Salisbury Fund. This is the final fundraiser to benefit the Ascension Choir…

Opening Musical

Join the National Baptist Convention, USA, Inc. and Pilgrim Rest Missionary Baptist Church for their opening musical on February 12, 2014, featuring local and regional choirs. Event is free and open to the public. Categories: News, Z_Calendar

Ekphrasis Book Club – A Monthly Book Club

Each month, we offer a presentation and lively discussion about the featured book of the month. Lunch is available upon request. For reservations call Charlene Boykin. Mar 12: The Irish Game by Matthew Stewart In the annals of art theft, no case has matched—for sheer criminal panache—the heist at Ireland‘s Russborough House in 1986. The Irish police knew right away…

Ekphrasis Book Club – A Monthly Book Club

Each month, we offer a presentation and lively discussion about the featured book of the month. Lunch is available upon request. For reservations call Charlene Boykin. Feb 12: Rebels in Paradise: The Los Angeles Art Scene and the 1960s by Hunter Drohojowska-Philip Los Angeles, 1960: There was no modern art museum and few galleries, which is exactly what a number…

YMCA Father-Daughter Valentine’s Dance

As part of our focus of strengthening families, the Bell Road YMCA invites all fathers, grandfathers, uncles, and step-fathers, etc. to bring their special daughters and young ladies to dance the evening away at our annual Winter Wonderland Father-Daughter Valentine‘s Dance on Saturday, Feb. 8 from 6:30 – 9:00 pm. Food, dancing and photo to commemorate the evening is included….

The Iron Roll: 4th Annual Autism Benefit

The River Region Rollergirls will present “The Iron Roll: 4th Annual Autism Benefit” at 6:00 p.m. Feb. 8 (doors open at 4:00 p.m.) at the Alcazar Shriners Temple. Skaters from all over the Southeast come together every year for this event, with the War Eagles versus the Roll Tides. Admission is $10 at the door, and kids younger than 10…