B.B. King will be in town December 10 to play at his club on Beale Street for one night only. If you want to get tickets, you can call their gift shop at (901)524-5464 or e-mail jphil38111@aol.com. They’re offering a VIP package for the show which includes a 4-course dinner at Itta Bena and a reserved seat for B.B. for $200. A reserved seat without the dinner is $125. Also, they’re doing a buy 9, get 1 free deal for the VIP and reserved tickets.
The holiday season is about to start Downtown. At 5 PM this Friday, November 21, there will be a flip-the-switch ceremony for the Christmas lights in Court Square, so if you work Downtown, come by after you get off. There will be caroling, and they will be serving hot chocolate. Or, if you aren’t into hot chocolate, you can do as Court Square’s “residents” do and panhandle until you get enough change to go buy a 40-ounce single-serve beer at Jack’s Food Store.
Following the lighting ceremony, the judging of Downtown’s holiday storefront contest will begin at 6 PM. Judges will look for the most creatively lit storefronts, and winners will be announced at the Downtown holiday parade next Friday, November 28.
The Memphis Business Journal reports that D. Canale will move their offices into part of the space above Huey’s that is being renovated into office space and apartments. Plans are also being made for the space above Slim’s and some of the other buildings on that block.
The panhandler who approached me a couple of weeks ago, asking for my help finding him a job, saw me last night on Main Street and again seemed pretty sincere. So far the only lead on a job for him I’ve received is Calvary Episcopal’s outreach program, which helps people get off the streets and into homes and jobs. I told him to give that a try, but again, if anyone is willing to take a chance on this guy, e-mail me at paul@paulryburn.com and let me know how he can get in touch with you.
Congrats to the Tigers on their victory over UMass last night in ESPN’s 24 hours of basketball. I watched it at the Saucer, and found that having been up since 4 AM (I decided to start on my websites early yesterday) plus about 7 Leinenkugel Sunset Wheats was not such a good idea. I had planned to finish the night at Bardog, but I knew it was time to throw in the towel.
I’ll be out tonight for trivia. Time for us to begin winning money for Rapscallion Party X. I need to upload the pics from Rapscallion Party IX and post them today too. May have a couple of websites to roll out later today as well.