Lesouque, a socially conscious lifestyle brand offering jewelry, scarves, handbags, and home & house items, will have a pop-up shop this afternoon from 1 to 6 at High Cotton Brewery on Monroe. FREE BEER ALERT – Lesouque will buy the first 200 beers. The event is dog-friendly and the Hot Mess Burrito food truck will be on hand.
Not far away at 597 Madison, Garden Path Studio will have an open house, also from 1 to 6. Ceramics, mosaics, wearable art, cards, paintings, jewelry, living art terrariums, and live music.
The CA has a really good summary of the awesome work done by Paul Morris who ran DMC for five years. Under his management, the DMC saved the Chisca, made the Main-to-Main project a reality, and took over management of Beale, along with many other accomplishments.
Bardog has had trouble with its phones. This is the reason why:
Picture taken a week ago Thursday but still relevant. Workers dug a giant hole in Monroe. Don’t you love how they’re all standing around going, “Yup, that sure is a nice hole we dug” and none of them seem to be working? Thanks to AT&T, Bardog’s phone service is spotty. If you call and can’t get a hold of them, just walk over there to place your to-go order.
There will be a holiday gospel concert by The Bell Singers this afternoon at 4 at the Center for Southern Folklore. Their new CD will be on sale and they will sign it for you.
Opinion piece: Does Memphis need iconic riverfront skyscrapers?
Also from the CA: Bluefin closed after new owner comes in. The article says employees had to re-apply for their jobs, but from what I have heard nearly everyone quit and they are having trouble finding people who want to work there.
The DMC is considering an app that would take visitors on a walking tour of Beale Street.
Coyote Ugly is holding a Back to the Future fundraiser to benefit the Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson’s research today at 4. Drink specials, raffles, silent auction.
I’m leading off at D-RANKS with B-RAD at Blind Bear at 11. It’s possible I may hop a Lyft and go see my friends Weekend at Porky’s at the grilled cheese festival in Crosstown later this afternoon.