Lady and Sons Night hits Savannah’s Historic Grayson Stadium, home of the Savannah Sand Gnats, tomorrow night. Famed Food Network Southern Chef Paula Deen will be on hand with sons Jamie and Bobby to greet fans on the home field of Savannah, Georgia’s Minor League Baseball team.

The Sand Gnats, Single A Affiliates of the New York Mets in the South Atlantic League, will also be doing St. Patrick’s Day in May the same night. St. Patrick’s Day is a huge deal in Savannah - which hosts one of the largest St. Patty’s Parades in the United States - so big that one night is not enough. The Sand Gnats will be wearing green jerseys to celebrate the occasion and green beer will be sold at the concession stand. Also anyone who shows up to the stadium wearing a kilt will receive free admission to the ballpark.

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The TakePart Top 10 Weekly Roundup is a compilation of the week’s most notable stories from our entertainment-meets-social-action blogging network. Check out our most popular articles of the week on a variety of subjects, as well as a few TakePart blogger favorites.

Katie:

Dean Karmen Shows Steven Colbert How To Filter Water

St Patricks Day Goes Green with Green Beer: Top 10 Eco Beers

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Nicole:

East Meets West at Dubai Art Fair, But Shadow of Migrant Labor Remains

TakePart’s “I Am Voting For” Campaign Wants You To Vote the Issues

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Giulia:

Simon Cowell Gives Big

Scarlett Johansson Dates For Charity

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Gina:

Top 10 Easter Films

Top 10 Films That Have Helped to Frame the War in Iraq

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Kerry:

Aqua Colbert Massage In a Bottle

Dakota the Mummified Duckbilled Dinosaur Gets Its Rocks Off

On St. Patrick’s Day, nothing could be greener than a little green beer. The Sierra Club has a list of 5 eco beers, and I’ve added 5 more, to give you a list of the top 10 Green Beers you can drink to celebrate St. Patrick and Mother Earth.

1. O stands for Orlio and Organic. Orlio’s beer is 100% organic. Their organic seal means they meet the standards of both the USDA (United States Department of Agriculture) and the Vermont Organic Farmers. O’Really? Yes, Really!

2. New Belgium, which brings you the popular “Fat Tire” beer is based in in Ft. Collins, Colorado and, in 1998 was the first U.S. brewery to harness energy from wind power. Employees even volunteered to contribute to help pay for the green switch. New Belgium also recycles “waste” products into grain and cattle feed, and keg caps into table surfaces. And they use motion sensors on the lights and evaporative cooling in their new packaging hall.

3. Sierra Nevada in California, uses four 250-kilowatt co-generation fuel cell power units to supply electric power and heat to the brewery and produce the steam needed boiling the beer and other heating needs. In 2006, Sierra Nevada recycled 33,738 tons of materials –97.8 percent of their total waste, which may explain why they’ve won a WRAP Award (Waste Reduction Awards Program) from the State of California every year since 2001. They’ve even come with a system to reuse most of the CO2 produced during the natural fermentation. And Sierra Nevada incentivizes being green, rewarding employees for reducing their emissions by riding their bikes to work.

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St. Patrick’s Day is on Monday, and Purim isn’t until next Friday, but on Saturday. But on Saturday the 15th, you can celebrate St. Purim’s Day! The Tank, a non-profit, collaborative and affordable performing arts center in New York City is hosting its third annual St Purim’s Day bash. Comic Negin Farsad and comic/blogger Katie Halper (full disclosure: you are reading a post by Katie Halper) will bring you a Jewish a Jewish-Persian rendition of the (Jewish-Persian) story of Purim. (Honestly, this is one of the top 5 Jewish Persian Purim renditions I have ever heard.) Comic lass Fiona Walsh will share Irish comedy, and The Missing Teens will provide live music DJ CRISIS, the DJ in a bunny suit will spin, so you can get your hora-jig on. Because for one night, everyone is JewIrish.

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