Young Scholars Institute

10:08 pm | Tuesday, May 5th
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Applications are still being accepted for the 2015 Young Scholars Institute. Week One is closed; however, Week 2 has a few more class options and we are sure you will find classes that will both challenge and entertain your children!

Sponsored by the FSSD, YSI offers challenging, exploratory classes which are designed for independent and highly motivated learners. The courses are academically and artistically challenging. YSI is designed for the mature, independent student who is ready to change classes. We are proud to provide this opportunity to the students of our community.

YSI is located at two separate sites. Franklin Elementary hosts the Junior Scholars program, which serves students who have completed 1st, 2nd, 3rd, and 4th grades (ages 7-10). Senior Scholars serves students who have completed the 5th grade and above (ages 11-14), and is held at Poplar Grove.

The 2015 Institute is scheduled for June 1-5 and June 8-12, 2015.

Visit Young Scholars Institute for course descriptions and registration materials.

Here comes the Bride

9:55 pm | Tuesday, May 5th
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May 9
Bridal Event

8:00 PM – 12:00 AM
Hosted By: Debi Lynn & JR Brown Band
AJ’s Bar & Grill | map
8283 Carthage Hwy
Lebanon, TN 37087
May 16
Pre-marital Seminar

8:00 AM – 1:00 PM
Hosted By: Start Right – Stay Connected Pre-Marital Seminar
Pastoral Center for Healing | map
1024 Noelton Ave
Nashville, TN 37204
Price: $100.00, $60 of which will be deducted from cost of wedding license, for a net cost of $40.00 for the workshop.
May 16
Bridal Show
5:00 PM – 9:00 PM
Hosted By: Brides Against Breast Cancer
The Lodge | map
3088 Smith Springs Road
Nashville, TN 37013
Price: $20
May 17
Bridal Show
11:00 AM – 4:00 PM
Hosted By: Brides Against Breast Cancer
The Lodge | map
3088 Smith Springs Road
Nashville, TN 37013
Price: $5
May 28
Bridal Show
6:30 PM – 9:30 PM
Hosted By: The Big Fake Wedding
One Cannery Ballroom | map
1 Cannery Row
Nashville, TN 37203
Price: $25

Adult Softball Registration

9:45 pm | Tuesday, May 5th
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Williamson County Parks and Recreation (WCPR) is pleased to announce that registration is now open for summer 2015 adult softball leagues for Heritage Park in Spring Hill and Bethesda Park.

 

WCPR will offer competitive and rec leagues for men’s and coed teams. These are seven-week double header leagues. The team registration fee is $450, and registration ends June 12. Play will begin June 22.

 

Team registration forms are available at www.wcparksandrec.com. For more information, contact Chistopherg@williamson-tn.org or call (615) 370-3471, ext. 2114, or Daniell@williamson-tn.org, (615) 370-3471, ext. 2121.

Out of the Darkness Campus Walks

5:45 pm | Tuesday, May 5th
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When you walk in the Out of the Darkness Campus Walks, you join the effort with thousands of people to raise awareness and funds that allow AFSP to invest in new research, create educational programs, advocate for public policy, and support survivors of suicide loss.

As the leader in the fight against suicide, and thanks to walkers like you from cities across the country, AFSP has been able to set a goal to reduce the annual suicide rate 20% by 2025.

Walk Date: 05/16/2015
Walk Location: The Vineyard Church – 308 Jordan Rd
Check-in/Registration Time: 05/16/2015 at 9:15 am
Walk Begins: 10:00 am
Walk Ends: 12:00 pm

For more information, please contact:
Contact Name: Kathryn Squires
Contact Phone: 615-405-9791
Contact Email: katsqu@gmail.com

Online registration closes at noon (local time) the Friday before the walk. However, anyone who would like to participate can register in person at the walk from the time check-in begins until the walk starts. Walk donations are accepted until June 30, 2015.

 

The Big Payback

8:00 am | Tuesday, May 5th
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24 hours to donate to your fav non-profit!

Fashion on Kickstarter

4:15 am | Friday, May 1st
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Fashion designer and chemist create the first stain-proof silk fabric using nano “whiskers” that are 100,000x smaller than a grain of sand.

 

The Perfect White Shirt – while women everywhere love an elegant white silk blouse, they also have a fear of actually wearing it. April 21st, Elizabeth & Clarke, the innovative fashion startup, launched a line of Unstainable™ White Shirts on Kickstarter, that repel water and oil-based stains on delicate fabrics such as silk and modal cotton. By day 4 The Unstainable™ White Shirt earned “Top Ranking” within three Kickstarter categories and surpassed funding goal. Fundraising campaign will continue through May 31st, backers of $25 or more will receive shirts, well below their value of over $200 if sold via the costly retail process.

The Unstainable™ Perfect White Shirt
Elizabeth & Clarke understands the beauty of the perfect white shirt. For three years since the company’s launch, that has been their focus.

“When I created Elizabeth & Clarke, I set out to create the perfect white shirt for women of all shapes and sizes,” says founder Melanie Moore, “[The Perfect White Shirt] has to be beautiful, soft, washable, and most importantly you have to be able to wear it in your daily life.”

Revolutionary Technology
Elizabeth & Clarke worked with a world-class chemist for a year developing the Unstainable™ shirt using nanotechnology. The result is a proprietary treatment consisting of tiny ‘fibers’ that work at a molecular level to suspend the liquid above, never allowing stains to touch the silky cloth. Much like a dewdrop rolls off a flower petal, stains, such as coffee and wine, simply roll off the Perfect White Shirt. The molecular application preserves the breathability, feel, and comfort of the company’s signature Crêpe de Chine and Modal fabrics.

Unstainable™ is Sustainable
The Unstainable™ treatment has been tested by the AATCC and includes raw materials derived from renewable, farm-grown sources. The shirt is machine washable, needs no dry-cleaning and will remain Unstainable™ for the life of the fabric. Similar products in the industry only treat cotton and sturdy synthetics, but as of this release, Elizabeth & Clarke’s Unstainable™ is the only effective solution for such delicate materials.

Designer-Quality for $50 or Less
Like all Elizabeth & Clarke products, the Unstainable™ shirt is highly affordable at $50 for blouse styles and $25 for the tee. And once you consider that an Unstainable™ shirt will not have to be replaced for several years, well, it’s basically like getting a closet full of shirts in one. The company is able to offer designer-quality at a mass price point due to its innovative business model: Elizabeth & Clarke sells entirely online, without the overhead of physical stores or the heavy mark-ups of department stores.

Beautiful, sustainable, affordable, washable, and Unstainable™: it all adds up to The Perfect White Shirt.

Elizabeth & Clarke is a seasonal subscription box, which brings designer-quality blouses and tees to your door each season. Shirts are a mix of blouses, tees, and work-appropriate tops in quality cotton, soft jersey, and luxury blends of silk and modal.

Contact Details
Melanie Moore
Founder | Elizabeth & Clarke
Phone: 917-207-1420
Email: melanie@elizabethandclarke.com
Twitter: @perfect_basics
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ElizabethAndClarke
Kickstarter: http://unsta.in/pr_news

Aida Cosmetics

4:04 am | Friday, May 1st
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Aida Cosmetics Introduces International Re-Launch of Confidence and Glamour Campaign

 

Los Angeles, CA, April 29, 2015 –(PR.com)– Aida Cosmetics, known for their amazing colors and enhancing make-up, is proud to unveil the international re-launch of their Confidence and Glamour campaign.

Aida Cosmetics introduced the Confidence and Glamour campaign, featuring Chenese Lewis, with the purpose of celebrating plus size beauty in 2013. Chenese who was the first Miss Plus America has been the face for the campaign for two consecutive years. The 2015 campaign will include a second person, Aida Rodriguez a comedian of Puerto Rican/ Dominican descent who battled anorexia by turning to comedy for healing and is best known for being a top ten finalist on the eighth season of NBC’s Last Comic Standing.

The behind the scenes coverage of the Confidence and Glamour photoshoot was covered exclusively by SLiNK Magazine and will appear in the Summer issue. Based in the UK, distributed in 15 countries, SLiNK Magazine is the leading printed plus size fashion magazine and can be purchased at select newsstands and stores across the US and UK.

The 2015 Confidence and Glamour campaign launch is scheduled for Thursday, May 28th in Los Angeles with an exclusive red carpet beauty and fashion event.

Think Tank Gallery
939 Maple Ave. S
Los Angeles, CA 90015
6:30pm – 12:00am
RSVP: http://confidenceandglamour.splashthat.com/

Products featured in the Confidence and Glamour campaign are available at www.AidaCosmetics.com

About Aida Cosmetics
Aida Cosmetics, LLC (Aida Makeup Cosmetics), is a cruelty free and natural plant base cosmetics brand owned by Aida Danielle and Amberly Olguin. Aida started her career at the age of 18 with modeling and later by teaching modeling courses for a well-known established modeling school. Amberly joined the company in 2011, and with her background as an event planner and publicist; she was a great addition for Aida Cosmetics. They both quickly recognized the benefits of each other’s expertise towards the versatility and creativity for Aida Cosmetics products. Aida and Amberly both strongly believe that every woman should feel beautiful and glamorous without having to spend a fortune on cosmetics products. That shared belief is what led Amberly to become a co-owner in 2012.

About Chenese Lewis
Ebony.com recognized Chenese’s ever-lasting impression on the plus size industry by naming her one of “The Top Six Plus Fashion Power Players in the Plus Industry” for her direct connection and extreme passion for the plus community. Chenese Lewis is a sought after keynote speaker, expert commentator, and a positive body image and self-esteem advocate who made history by being the first woman crowned Miss Plus America in 2003. Her unique story and prestigious career has been featured by countless media outlets such as Dr. Phil, The Insider, E! News, EXTRA, The National Examiner, iVillage, Figure Magazine and USA Today.

About Aida Rodriguez
Aida Rodriguez, a top ten finalist on season eight of NBC’s Last Comic Standing is a regular on all of Hollywood’s hottest comedy stages such as The Improv, Laugh Factory, Jon Lovitz Comedy Club and is a regular opener on the road for Russell Peters. Aida has also toured abroad performing for the troops on USO Tours. She is the first and only Latina to ever appear on BET’s “Comic View: One Mic Stand”. Aida has also been featured on Nuvo TV, FOX, Nickelodean, and most recently appeared in the ‘Light Girls’ documentary on OWN.

Eat the Street Food Truck Festival

6:28 pm | Thursday, Apr 30th
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Eat the Street Food Truck Festival, Franklin’s first food truck-themed fundraiser, returns for its fourth run on May 8, 2015.

The annual event, which benefits the 21st  Drug Court and attracted an estimated 10,000 attendees last year, will be moving from Main Street to the recently
completed Bicentennial Park on 3rd Avenue, making it the City’s first event to be held at the new park.

The City of Franklin sees the new Third Avenue North extension as a great location to host special  events. “We’re excited that Eat the Street will be a pioneer,” stated Mayor Ken Moore.  “It’s such a special location – you’re still in downtown Franklin and close to many parking options, including two free parking garages.”

“The fact that is the first event to be held at the Bicentennial Park only adds to my excitement.” said Phil Newman, president of the board of directors of the 21st Drug Court and co-chair for Eat the Street. “I’m grateful that the City of Franklin and the Board of Mayor and Aldermen continue to support the 21st Drug Court by allowing us to host Eat the Street, which is our most important fundraiser of the year. The money raised through sponsorships, vendors’ fees and private donations enables us to continue to provide participants in our program with the services, treatment and supervision they need on a day in and day out basis to successfully manage their recovery.”

More than 20 food trucks and carts have already signed up for the event, with several more slots to be filled. Businesses interested in learning about sponsorship opportunities and benefits should contact Phil Newman at pnewman@pnmlaw.com.

The Friday, May 8 event will run from 5 – 9 p.m. For more information, visit www.eatthestreetfranklin.com, like on Facebook at facebook.com/EatTheStreetFest or follow on Twitter
https://twitter.com/ETSFranklin.

Touch A Truck

12:00 am | Thursday, Apr 30th
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Trucks, equipment, and vehicles of all shapes and sizes will gather at Jim Warren Park where children of all ages, with parent supervision, will be welcome to touch, climb-on, and explore these amazing pieces of equipment. Music, inflatables, and fun will also be available to round out the free family event. Food will also be available for purchase so you can make a whole evening of this!

Fire Trucks, Police Cars, Tractors, Back hoe, tow trucks, and more! Don’t miss out of this great event.

We welcome participation in this event from community businesses and individuals. If you are interested in bringing a vehicle to the City of Franklin Parks Touch A Truck please click here for the application to apply.

please email parksinfo@franklintn.gov or call 615-794-2103 with any additional questions.

25th Annual Franklin Jazz Festival

11:00 am | Saturday, Apr 18th
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“Jazz & Blues, Students & Pros”

Saturday, April 18th, 2015

The Factory at Franklin, Franklin, TN

In conjunction with Williamson County Cultural Arts Commission

 

General Information

The 2015 Franklin Jazz Festival is celebrating its twenty fifth year.  The festival has the distinction of being not only one of the longest running, but also one of the top jazz festivals in the Southeast.  The Franklin Jazz Festival stage will be located in Liberty Hall, along with arts, crafts, food and beverages.  The art that will be displayed and sold is provided by this year’s nonprofit beneficiary, the Williamson County Cultural Arts Commission.  The WCCAC exists to promote, encourage, educate, and advocate the cultural arts in Williamson County Tennessee.  This year’s festival has moved to the spring to facilitate this year’s theme, “Jazz & Blues, Students & Pros”, which shines the light on middle Tennessee’s school jazz programs.  School groups will perform during the day and professional groups will perform in the evening. 

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