Paul Ryburn’s Journal

My favorite beer festival of the year, Cooper-Young Beerfest, is giving away free tickets today. Submit your entry for the “caption the photo” contest on their Facebook page by 5 PM today for a chance to win. Festival date is October 15, tickets will be on sale soon, and this is most definitely worth a cab [...]

Yeah no lunchtime post today sorry… I didn’t get much news to report until late afternoon, and I was fighting with a software patch for our Google Mini at work.

Memphis Redbirds playoff tickets are now on sale. They have not yet clinched a spot, but with 7 games left in the regular season, they are 4 [...]

I’ve received a couple of requests to do a “Who’s showing college football?” post, listing bars Downtown that will have the first well of college ball on. Need answers to a few questions:

Who will have the sound on, and for what games?
What bars will be showing this weekend’s pay-per-view games?
Are there bars where fans of a [...]

Yesterday I ran across this site, which shows how the continents of the world have drifted apart and come together from pre-Cambrian times until now. It also has maps projecting what will happen in the future. 150 million years from now, it projects, the Atlantic Ocean will have widened to the size of the Pacific, while [...]

We have a long Labor Day weekend coming up, and that means it will be time for the Memphis Music & Heritage Festival presented by the Center for Southern Folklore. It will be held Saturday and Sunday from 11 AM to 11 PM on the Main Street Mall between Peabody Place and Gayoso.

Although Memphis has several [...]

If you’re looking for things to do tonight, here are a few ideas.

In the mood to watch a little wrasslin’ sports entertainment tonight? WWE Raw on Tour comes to the FedExForum at 7:30 tonight. Main event will be John Cena vs. The Miz, and plenty of other WWE Superstars will be on hand, incuding Memphis’ own [...]

The last Friday of every month, the shops in the South Main district open their doors from 6 to 9 for Trolley Night. Many stores offer hors d’oeuvres and wine, and some have specials and discounts. Here are a few pics from this month’s Trolley Night.

Gloria, pictured at left, defeated Chef Michael Patrick in a [...]

Relatively short post this Friday lunchtime…

Off work this afternoon and looking for something to do Downtown? Myla Smith will sing at the Brass Door from 3:00 to 4:30 PM today.

Flyer publisher Bruce VanWyngarden wrote an editorial about Bass Pro moving into the Pyramid. I agree 100% with what he wrote. This is not just some store [...]

Live music will return to the Cavern, the underground music space inside The Brass Door, this Saturday. Local Irish band Big Betsy will take the stage around 9. This band has played the blessing of the kegs at Murphy’s for the past 15 years, playing mostly Irish songs with some drinking songs thrown in. Check out [...]

For years I’ve discouraged my readers from giving money to those who ask for it on Downtown streets. Most of the time, the people asking for it aren’t actually homeless, and your money will just enable a drug or alcohol problem. So, people have asked me, “I agree about not giving money, but what can I [...]