Calendar of Events

Fri - Sep 10		Alabama Women Expo 2010 The Alabama Women Expo is an interactive expo coming to North Alabama. This interactive expo is empowering women's health, beauty, fashion, and more. This expo will provide an avenue for women to sample products, purchase products, and sell products. For More Information Contact: Mary George Email: info@alabamawomenexpo.com Phone: 256.617.9832
Fri - Sep 17		9th Annual September Celebration for the Kids The September Celebration is the NCAC's largest fundraiser of the year. Our 'Evening of Atmosphere and Elegance' will take place on Friday, September 17th at the Davidson Center, located at the Space and Rocket Center. Our emcees for the night will be Greg Screws and Amy George. The evening will start at 6 pm with cocktails and the silent auction tables opening, Dinner at 7:15 and Remarks from child abuse survivor, Rica McRoy. The Live Auction will start at about 8:30 and 'Juice' will hit the stage at about 9:30. In our live and silent auctions, we truly have something for every budget, including a Nick Saban Autographed Football, Trips to Grand Mayan Resort in Mexico, and African Safari, Dinner parties in your home with local chefs, a day with the SWAT Team, several gorgeous jewelry items, A Flower Party with Mark and Ron from In Bloom, a PGA Golf getaway to Sawgrass, handmade children's clothing, photography packages, gift certificates to local restaurants and MUCH MUCH more! For More Information Contact: Catherine Hereford Email: chereford@nationalcac.org Phone: 256-655-6968
Mon - Sep 20		Literary Tastes The third annual Literary Tastes event supports the Athens-Limestone Public Library Foundation. Local vendors will offer a taste of their specialties. Monies will benefit the Library Foundation and its goal to establish a new library for the Athens-Limestone community. For More Information Contact: Clair Frankel Email: drago.biblioteche@gmail.com Phone: (256) 874-8787
Sat - Oct 02		Madison Street Festival Enjoy a day of fun and entertainment at the 30th Madison Street Festival, featuring: a parade, art vendors, entertainment (including the Alabama Blues Brothers and Reunion), a Children's Zone, Birds of Prey Show, a Car Show and so much more. For More Information Contact: Shrail Heinrich Email: msf.president@gmail.com Phone: 888-228-5845
Wed - Oct 13		DAILY & VINCENT 2009 IBMA ENTERTAINER OF THE YEAR The most heralded new act in bluegrass, Jamie Dailey and Darrin Vincent have taken the bluegrass world by storm. Jaime Dailey was former lead singer with Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver and Darrin Vincent was formerly with Ricky Skaggs & Kentucky Thunder. Their album Dailey & Vincent Sing the Statler Brothers debuted at #1 on the Billboard Top Bluegrass Albums chart. WWW.DAILEYANDVINCENT.COM For More Information Contact: Cindy Harmon Email: Cindy@princesstheatre.org Phone: 256.340.1778
Sun - Nov 07		TEDxHuntsville The first major TEDxHuntsville, an independently organized 350 person TEDx event taking place November 7th at the U.S. Space and Rocket Center. TED is an annual event where some of the worlds leading thinkers and doers are invited to share what they are most passionate about. "TED" stands for Technology, Entertainment, Design and convenes under the tagline "Ideas worth spreading". TEDxHuntsville is themed Perspectives on Innovation and will display ideas underlying the phenomenal array of human accomplishment. How we approach the world determines what we make of it. If we look at obstacles, such as war or space travel, as an opportunity to create a solution, we expand not only our own minds but the starting point of future endeavors. It is basically a great ideas summit, emphasizing how perspectives underlies our capacity for productive creativity, right here in Huntsville. We have forged partnerships with many organizations and individuals in Huntsville, ranging from the Chamber of Commerce to HudsonAlpha. Our target audience includes successful entrepreneurs, scientists, policymakers, creatives, and key economic figures in the Huntsville and North Alabama area. Huntsville joins cities ranging from London, Tokyo, Berlin and Copenhagen to New York, San Francisco and Sydney in becoming a TEDx city. For More Information Contact: Amy Robinson Email: amy@tedxhuntsville.com Phone: 256.457.6677
Mon - Nov 08		Stars Dancing for HEALS 2010 Modeled after ABC's hit show, the event features "Stars" of the community dancing with local ballroom instructors to raise funds for HEALS and compete for the night's top prizes--Crowd Favorite & Top Champion for Children (top fundraiser). For More Information Contact: Lauren Mosley Email: lauren.mosley@healsinc.org Phone: 256-428-7560
Sat - Nov 20		White Linen and Wine in Honor of Brian Rogers 2nd Annual White Linen and Wine Event at Clearview Cancer Institute to benefit Russel Hill Cancer Foundation High-end wine tasting, silent auction, heavy appetizers,whtie linen or dressy casual attire, Juice Band... FUN! For More Information Contact: Donna Johnson Email: donna.johnson@htimes.com Phone: 256-698-3770