The Downtown Memphis Commission is planning some fun events at lunchtime in Court Square next week to encourage those who live and work Downtown to go to komenmemphis.org and register for the October 31 Race for the Cure. The events will happen from 11:30 AM to 1 PM Wednesday, Thursday and Friday of next week.
Karaoke for the Cure will happen Wednesday, October 14. It will be the ultimate corporate karaoke smackdown, with a winner chosen by a panel of discerning judges. The winner will take home $150.
Concert for the Cure will happen Thursday, October 15. The Mighty Souls Brass Band will perform, and it will be the monthly Court Square food truck rodeo, so come grab some lunch.
Recess for the Cure will happen Friday, October 16. Remember grade school when you went out to recess? There will be hippity hop races, basketball with University of Memphis mascot Pouncer, cornhole, golf chipping contest, Bardog slider eating contest, bubble suit soccer, and more. The Grizz Girls will be there and there will be complimentary cotton candy and pink lemonade. For the slider eating contest and bubble soccer, you must pre-register at DowntownMemphis.com, and a waiver will be required.
The Grizzlies host Maccabi Haifa tonight at FedExForum at 7. It is the second pre-season game of the year. Grizz Essentials will be at Station 3: The Memphis Fire Haus before the game giving away tickets and other Grizz items.
Travis Roman and Ryan Peel are this week’s entertainment for Tacos & Tunes on Felicia Suzanne’s patio. 7-10 PM tonight, $2 tacos, $5 margaritas.
The Green Beetle is beginning a new series called Beetle Sundays from 8 to 11 PM. This Sunday Chris Johnson and Landon Moore will perform, and there will be beer bucket and food specials all night long. They’re inviting everyone to come out, especially those in the service industry.
Advance alert for those who will be cooking on Thanksgiving: There is a pumpkin shortage this year. If you plan on baking pumpkin pie for the holiday, start looking for canned pumpkin on the shelves now, and buy it while you can. There may not be any in stores in late November.
A documentary called 1971 will be shown at the Orpheum’s Halloran Center on Wednesday, October 21 at 7 PM. On March 8, 1971, eight ordinary citizens broke into an FBI office near Philadelphia and stole hundreds of secret files and released them to the public. In doing so, they discovered that J. Edgar Hoover’s staff had done a vast amount of spying and intimidation on Americans just trying to exercise their First Amendment rights. The FBI conducted one of the largest investigations ever trying to uncover the eight citizens’ identities, but they never did. Price to see the documentary is $10 general admission.
This historic Clayborn Temple, home base for the sanitation strike of 1968, will be restored.
From Mashable: Facebook is testing Reactions, a possible emoji-based replacement for the “Like” button. There are seven reactions: Like, Love, Haha, Yay, Wow, Sad, and Angry.
I’m still seeing more and more photos from Best Memphis Burger Fest posted online. Gary from Squeal Street posted a photo of that team’s Bahn Mi burger that they entered in the Best Memphis Burger contest, and it looked amazing. Not surprised it made top 15 at all. (Guys, sorry about the comment about the veggie burger I made the other day. That was not cool and was not written on behalf of my team. Sorry for lashing out. I just feel very misunderstood down in your neck of the woods in recent months. Hope we can talk soon.)
I’m going to try leading off at Silly Goose this evening since that’s my normal Thursday spot, but if it’s too crowded with people pre-gaming for the Grizz I will bounce over to Blind Bear a bit earlier than normal. I may play poker at the Bear tonight (7:30 start time) to warm up for tomorrow’s Wifflestock-Ronald McDonald House charity tournament.