Tonight’s Summer Classic Movie Series movie at The Orpheum is The Princess Bride (1987). You can find a description of the movie here. If you wear a pirate or princess costume, you get $2 off admission. (If I am ever appointed president of The Orpheum, you’ll be able to get $2 off admission by wearing a tube top.) The movie is rated PG and showtime is 7:15. First 100 to show up get a copy of the Orpheum movie poster for The Princess Bride.
The Redbirds return to town tonight for a game against the Oklahoma City RedHawks at 7:05. It’s Throwback Night, with 50 cent hot dogs, and the first 3000 fans get old-school Memphis Chicks T-shirts. There will also be a block party in the plaza 5-7 with $2 Coors Light. Also, if you show a receipt at the box office for $15 spent at Fred’s Super Dollar, you will get $5 off dugout-level tickets (maximum of 6). The Redbirds are in town through Monday, July 23.
The theme at the Memphis Farmers Market tomorrow is Southern Summer. There will be an activity from 9 to 11 where kids can plant sunflowers in their very own pot, and add decorations. There will also be a tomato tasting contest from 10 to 11 – stop by and sample tomatoes from this year’s vendors and judge whose is tastiest. Free tomato samples? Wonder if the Nuh-Uh Girl will show up. There will be live music and dog adoptions at the Market as well.
There’s an excessive heat warning in effect for today. Heat indices are expected to be between 110 and 113 degrees. The MemphisWeather.net blog has the details.
Bardog Tavern has cold gazpacho soup and duck sliders among their specials today. Nice.
Apparently I’m the only blogger in Memphis who hasn’t mentioned Hog & Hominy yet, so: Hog & Hominy. There you go.
Last night I was drinking beers at the Flying Saucer, and one of the bartenders was cleaning the dominoes above the bar. The Saucer allowed smoking from its opening in 1997 until 2011, and 14 years of smut had gathered on the dominoes. At one point the bartender stopped cleaning to serve some beers. Take a look at the pic below and see if you can tell where she stopped:
I heard that a lot of people who don’t often attend Peabody rooftop parties went last night, because DJ Cody from the Silly Goose was spinning. Hopefully the Peabody will recognize that Cody is a draw and invite him back for a future gig.
Lifehacker has some good advice on how to buy gift cards for less than their face value.
Hidden cameras to catch illegal dumpers may come soon. I know this has been a problem around the Mud Island/Wolf River Harbor area lately.
All right, let’s get this work week over with. I’ll be out tonight. No definite plans, so as usual I’ll start at the Saucer at 6 and figure it out from there.