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Hollywood: Actor and comedian Chris Tucker has a show scheduled July 12 at Hard Rock Live Hollywood. Fort Lauderdale: Tickets are available now for the “American Idol’’ tour on July 19 at the Au-Rene Theater at the Broward Center. Boca Raton: John Legend’s The All of Me Tour makes a stop at the Mizner Park Amphitheater on July 27. Fort Lauderdale: The Common Kings will be at the Culture Room on June 20 for an 8 p.m. show.
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Deggans, NPR TV critic and author of “Race-Baiter, How the Media Wields Dangerous Words to Divide a Nation,’’ will speak at 5 p.m. June 16 at Mirror Lake Library, 280 Fifth St. N., St. Petersburg.
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Gospel singers Yolanda Adams and James Fortune will be part of a gospel show at the Allstate Tom Joyner Family Reunion over Labor Day weekend in Orlando. More information: www.blackamericaweb.com.
Coral Gables: The MasterMinds Episode concert featuring Rick Ross and Jhene Aiko takes place on June 20 at the BankUnited Center. Port St. Lucie: Scholarships are available for Christian Cultural Cathedral’s Pathways
to Mind and Body Building Summer Program for children in grades 3 to 6. Call 772-607-2628 or 772-807-7771 for details. Miami: Tamela Mann and Vashawn Mitchell are scheduled at the James L. Knight Center on Aug. 16 for a 7 p.m. show. Hollywood: The Wayan Brothers will perform a show at Hard Rock Live Hollywood on Aug. 15. West Palm Beach: The Lionel Richie: All the Hits All Night Long tour featuring Cee Lo Green stops at the Cruzan Amphitheatre on July 15. Clearwater: The crooner Maxwell is coming to Florida. He will make stops in Clearwater, Orlando and Jacksonville in August. More information: www.musze. com.
Tampa Bay Bucs’ Murphy to host charity events in hometown SPECIAL TO THE COURIER
The Tampa Bay Buccaneers’ newly signed wide receiver Louis Murphy, Jr. will host his seventh First Down for Life charity weekend in his hometown of St. Petersburg from July 10-12. Murphy has invited many of his fellow pro playing friends in the NFL, NBA and entertainment industry. The now, three-day weekend event will include the First Downs 4 Life cheerleading and football camps, Circle of Life teen summit and community clean up, all-star gala and Hooping 4 Success celebrity basketball game. The donation for a black-tie gala is $60 per person. Tickets for
a Friday night basketball game are $10 in advance and $15 at the door. Saturday’s football and cheerleading camp at Lakewood High Jr. Spartans Sports Complex) is free for participants.
Dream come true Murphy, who founded the camp while a senior and captain on the University of Florida 2008 BCS National Championship team, said, “I am so elated to be home. I’ve dreamt of playing for my city for a long time and now it’s here. I want nothing more than to impact this community by continuously giving back. God has blessed me and I want to be a blessing to others.” In 2009, during his rookie year
with the Oakland Raiders, Murphy won the coveted “Jim Plunkett Player of the Year Award” for his leadership. Murphy has been extremely active within the St. Petersburg and Bay Area communities. He often spends time speaking at local schools and appearing at community events. In the last two months, he has visited a number of local schools.
About First Downs 4 Life The event was born out of the vision of a father and son - Louis Murphy, Jr. and his father, Louis Murphy, Sr., pastor of Mt. Zion Progressive Missionary Baptist in St. Petersburg in honor of their late mother/wife Filomena Mur-
Deltas to descend on Tampa this month FROM STAFF REPORTS
Dr. Jomo Cousins is the senior pastor of Love First Christian Church. His wife, Dr. Charmaine Cousins, also is a pastor at the church in Riverview.
Tampa Bay church a finalist for Harvey Award
RIVERVIEW – Love First Christian Center has been nominated as one of the top churches in the country by the “Steve Harvey Morning Show.’’ The honor comes after a day of community nominations were counted and reported. The church, based in Riverview, is the only church in the Deep South that made the top four for “Best Church”. The church shares this excitement with two other Tampa Bay area nominees – Mt. Zion Progressive Missionary Baptist Church (Best Church Choir category) and D & S Hand The public can vote in the “Best Church” category on Monday, June 16 and online at www.steveharvey.com from 6 a.m. to 6 p.m. The winner of the award will be revealed at the actual Neighborhood Awards Show in Atlanta on Aug. 9. Love First Christian Center is led by Dr. Jomo Cousins and his wife, Dr. Charmaine Cousins. The church, which is just over five years old, is steadily growing in the Riverview area. The church participates in a wide range of outreach projects, including feeding the less fortunate, shoes and clothes drives and an annual scholarship program. For more information about the church, visit www.lfcc.tv.
The Tampa Bay area chapters of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc., will host the organization’s 44th Southern Regional Conference June 26-29. The Southern Region represents Delta chapters in Alabama, the Bahamas, Florida, Georgia, Mississippi and Tennessee. The conference will convene in Tampa and serve 3,000 registrants plus 1,000 THE RICHARDS GROUP non-registered guests and TRIM: Same as live friends.LS/COLORS: 133 / CMYK
phy, who succumbed to cancer in 2008. Mrs. Murphy was known for her diligent work with troubled youth for nearly two decades. The All-Star Football Camp is a free, intensive training program that focuses in equal measure on the technical skill of the sport and the personal skill needed to succeed in life. The camp has trained nearly 2,600 youth since 2009, with skills training by Florida Elite Workout and motivational talks by top pro athletes. Camp registration, tickets for the basketball game and more information about First Downs 4 Life is available at www.firstdownsfl.org.
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Louis Murphy’s annual charity weekend takes place from July 10-12.
The Tampa Alumnae Chapter, the area’s oldest with more than 200 professional members, is planning the conference with the Tampa Metropolitan Alumnae, Kappa Iota and Tau Iota chapters.
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