The 5th annual Bark in the Ballpark happens this Sunday at 1:35 at AutoZone Park. This is the annual Redbirds game where you can purchase tickets to sit in a special section with your dog and watch the game. Dollar hot dogs for humans, free admission for dogs, Jake the Diamond Dog will perform and kids can run the bases after the game. Call 901-722-0270 and ask for Nathan to get tickets at a special discounted price of $12.
Yesterday I posted about a trolley fire on Madison, the second in five months. Yesterday MATA announced that it is suspending the Madison trolley line because of the fires. Buses will run in place of the trolleys. I wonder why MATA thinks the street the trolley is running on has anything to do with their safety. I remember seeing one smoking at the Peabody Place trolley stop on Main Street within the past year, although thankfully it didn’t catch fire.
Congratulations to former Memphis Tiger men’s basketball player Adonis Thomas, who has signed with the Philadelphia 76ers for the remainder of the NBA season. We’ll get to see Adonis Friday night when the 76ers come to town.
The James Lee House, the Victorian mansion at 690 Adams that has been renovated into a bed & breakfast, is having an open house on Thursday, April 17. There will be a ribbon-cutting as well. The B&B already has bookings as far out as September.
Downtown is losing its only French crêperie. Monsieur Demarcus French Crêperie is moving to Midtown, in a location on Madison near Cleveland. The restaurant had been in the old Neely’s building on Jefferson, but the decision was made to move because of concerns about the building.
That’s it for this Tuesday. Congrats to our conference foe UConn for winning the NCAA championship last night.