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Several neighborhood associations are sponsoring a Walk to Stop the Violence in Midtown this evening at 5:30 at Cooper Street and Harbert Avenue. The walk will end at Peabody Park at Cooper and Higbee Avenue with entertainment and refreshments.
Music from "Star Wars," "Raiders of the Lost Ark," "Pirates of the Caribbean," "West Side Story" and other famous films will be performed by the Rhodes College Orchestra in a free public concert at 7:30 p.m. Thursday in the campus' Palmer Hall. Dr. Joseph Montelione, the new conductor of the orchestra, says the "Rhodes Night at the Movies" concert is an attempt to reach out to the greater Memphis community with a family-friendly event, with music that is popular and recognizable.
Dr. Abbas E. Kitabchi was recently appointed the University of Tennessee Health Science Center Maston K. Callison Professor of Medicine in Endocrinology. In a statement announcing the appointment, Dr. Guy L. Reed, chairman of the UT Health Science Center's department of medicine, cited Kitabchi's contributions to improving diabetes care. The endowed chair is named for a former UT Health Science Center dean.
Memphis City Schools needs volunteer jurors to judge its second exhibit of student work April 28. All students have developed and will exhibit a project that demonstrates their best work for the past three months. More than 5,000 volunteers helped judge the fall exhibit. Applications are available at www.mcsk12.net. Click on the "Exhibition of Student Work" banner at the bottom of the home page. Call Miska Bibbs, coordinator of volunteer services, 416-6329.
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