The night before Thanksgiving tends to be one of the biggest going-out nights of the year, with people in town visiting family and returning to their old haunts. Those of you visiting Memphis next week will have a new haunt to check out – Loflin Yard. The Dead Soldiers will play Wednesday night, November 23 from 9 to midnight. Come check out this rustic indoor/outdoor space with great food and craft beer.
New to Memphis and want to learn about your city? Come to Instant Memphian at Trolley Stop Market tonight at 6. You will get a complete introduction to Memphis from the locals who live it and love it. There will be karaoke afterward, and of course Trolley Stop has some good food.
Today only: Book a flight to New Orleans on GLO for $15. The offer is valid for fights through January 31.
Bruno Mars has announced a Memphis date for his upcoming concert tour. He’ll play FedExForum September 17, 2017. Tickets will go on sale November 21, 2016.
Out in The Edge, there will be a holiday market at 600 Monroe November 26-December 18.
We are really excited to be participating in the Edge holiday market! Stay tuned! pic.twitter.com/zsSZ94v7cC
— 901Collection (@901Collection) November 14, 2016
South Side Supper Club will play the Dirty Crow Inn Friday at 9 PM. I wish that I could make it down there to see my friends perform, but due to an excellent password that night at a bar closer to home I doubt I will be there.
The Trumpster could make school lunches great again. The Donald is a big fan of fast food (particularly taco salads. He loves Hispanics!) He could sign an executive order getting rid of the apple wedges and other healthy lunch foods, and bring back the days of pizza, sloppy Joes, burritos, and fries. Heck, maybe Trump will even dispatch Chris Christie or Marco Rubio to McDonald’s to pick up lunch for the entire school!
Memphis has its first Bitcoin ATM. It’s at the Shell station at the corner of Dudley and MLK Ave.
The Brass Door will be showing USA vs. Costa Rica tonight at 8. This is another event for the US Men’s National Team in qualifying for the World Cup in soccer. This is the official American Outlaws watch party for the match.
Great article by George Takei, interned in a camp for Japanese-Americans during World War II, on how to have hope during what seem like America’s darkest days. I especially recommend this article to Clinton supporters who unfriended people on Facebook because they were astonished their friends would support what they saw as a campaign of bigotry and misogyny and hate. I also recommend this to those who gloated in the days after the election and belittled those who felt genuine grief and pain over the result.
Congrats to the Tigers on their victory last night. Glad to hear they were shooting the ball. Tubby Smith is a fundamentals guy and is not going to tolerate the AAU-ball-played-in-college style the way Pastner did.
This is my second post of the day, so if it is your first visit here today, keep scrolling. You wouldn’t want to miss news about a Downtown ice rink and a hootenanny! I will most likely be out after work at the Blind Bear. Back tomorrow.