@interface MyButton : UIButton {
    UIButton * button;
}

@property (nontoxic, retain) UIButton * button

+ (MyButton *) buttonWithRect:(CGRect) target: (id) target action: (SEL) action;
- (id) initWithFrame: (CGRect) rect;

@end

//---------------------------

@implementation EventItemButton


+ (MyButton *) buttonWithRect:(CGRect) target: (id) target action: (SEL) action {

    MyButton * myButton = [[MyButton alloc] initWithFrame: rect];
    [myButton.button addTarget:target action:action forControlEvents:UIControlEventTouchUpInside];
    return [myButton autorelease];
}

- (id) initWithFrame: (CGRect) rect {
    if ((self = [super initWithFrame: rect])) {

        UIImage * myImage = [UIImage imageNamed: @"image.png"];
        UIImageView * myImageView = [[UIImageView alloc] initWithImage: myImage];
        myImageView.userInteractionEnabled = YES;
        myImageView.contentMode = UIViewContentModeScaleToFill;
        [myImageView setFrame: CGRectMake(0.0f, 0.0f, self.frame.size.width, self.frame.size.height)];
        [self addSubview: eventImageView];
        [myImageView release];

        UILabel * myText = [[UILabel alloc] initWithFrame: <someframe here> ];
        titleText.text = @"Title";
        [self addSubview:titleText];
        [titleText release];


        button = [[UIButton alloc] initWithFrame: CGRectMake(0.0f, 0.0f, self.frame.size.width, self.frame.size.height)];
        button.backgroundColor = [UIColor clearColor];
        [self addSubview: button];
        [button release];
    }
    return self;
}