There will be a special holiday market at the Memphis Farmers Market space tomorrow, Saturday, December 10. From 10 AM to 2 PM, 40 vendors will sell baked goods, produce and stocking stuffers. The holiday market will be in the pavilion on G.E. Patterson next door to Central Station.
Watoto de Afrika at 55 S. Main will have performances of “A Big Band Christmas” this weekend. Holiday songs will be played to big band sounds of the ’30s and ’40s, with dancing and singing reminiscent of Fred Astaire, Ginger Rogers, Sammy Davis Jr. and Lena Horne. Performances are 7 and 8 PM tonight, 2 and 4 PM Saturday, 2 and 4 PM Sunday.
There will be special screenings of The Diary of Anne Frank tomorrow at the Belz Museum of Asian and Judaic Art at 12:15 and 2:15 PM.
Grace Askew and the Black Market Goods play the Center for Southern Folklore tomorrow night at 8. $10 cover, with half the proceeds going to benefit the Center.
The Memphis Flyer’s Hungry Memphis blog has a good post about what’s new at Kudzu’s, the friendly neighborhood bar on Monroe between Danny Thomas and Marshall. Although under new ownership, the bar will retain much of the same vibe. However, some improvements have been made, including free Wi-Fi and an Internet jukebox. New menu items have been introduced, including a pork tenderloin sandwich called The Hoosier. Beer selection has been updated with Ghost River and other craft beers. They’re retaining the popular Thursday night Pickin’ Party, and they’re bringing back trivia (Kudzu’s was among the first in the city to have it). They’re also adding a Monday night blues jam.
Future Memphis Tiger basketball player Shaq Goodwin will play in Memphis this weekend. He will be at Memphis University School on Saturday for the fourth annual Memphis vs. Atlanta Roundball Classic. Goodwin is part of Coach Pastner’s 2012 recruiting class.
If you want to know more about new Tigers football coach Justin Fuente, check out this podcast of yesterday’s interview on the Chris Vernon Show. Verno knows how to bring the personal side of people out in interviews. We learned that Fuente is a fan of the TV show Pawn Stars and that he’s an NBA fan. “We’ve got to get him some Grizzlies swag!” said Verno. Fuente will soon be wearing a Tony Allen “All Heart, Grit, Grind” hoodie.
Home from work, got the post done, time for a beer. No definite plans for tonight, so I’ll start at the usual place and then use text and social media to figure out where to go.