Leading off this lunchtime post with not one, not two, not three, but FOUR upcoming events in The Edge.
Friday, April 21 from 2 to 4 PM, the Medical Center District Collaborative, with the help of partners Clean Memphis and Memphis City Beautiful, will hold a clean-up of a prominent location, and a soon-to-be prominent location, in The Edge. Volunteers will clean up The Edge Triangle, which has become a gathering spot for people and their four-legged friends. They will also clean up Floyd Alley, the site of the new Arnold’s BBQ location as well as the site of The Edge Gets Lit alley party on Saturday, April 29. Volunteers will meet at the MMDC office, 656 Madison, for assignments and refreshments. Register to volunteer and help show your pride in The Edge!
On Saturday, April 29, there will be an UrbanArt Mural Workshop at the MMDC office at 656 Madison from 10 AM to noon. Cat Normoyle, Assistant Professor of Graphic Design at Memphis College of Art, will lead the free workshop which is open to all artists, even those without previous mural experience. Cat will give an interactive demo and will discuss topics such as scaling, budgeting, and materials. What’s up with artists named Cat in The Edge? (The artist who designed the overhead installation at Monroe and Marshall is also named Cat)
High Cotton will be celebrating Easter Sunday with an Easter egg hunt for adults on Sunday, April 16 at 1 PM. The taproom manager (who is welcome to come say hello the next time she sees me at Clarence’s bar) will be hiding 71 plastic eggs around the brewery. Find an egg, win a prize. Prizes include free beer, candy, swag from T-shirts to pint glasses to growlers, a growler membership card, and a custom set of High Cotton coasters. Limit 1 prize per customer.
I’ve mentioned this next one before, but it’s an important event so I want to post a reminder. Tomorrow is Maker Mixer at Edge Alley, 600 Monroe next door to High Cotton, from 5:30 to 7:30. Edge Alley is a micro-retail project that will be selecting several makers and retailers to sell their goods in this space. If you have dreamed of having a store but your business just isn’t big enough to justify the cost, Edge Alley could be the stepping stone you are looking for. Get a behind-the-scenes look and hear about the business competition for space in the building and the incentives that will be offered. Learn more here. Apply for a retail space here and you can see a photo of the Edge Alley layout there too. Deadline to apply is April 21.
If you’re an online poker player, you remember Black Friday, April 15, 2011, when the U.S. government cracked down on play-for-money poker sites. I was fortunate enough to have accounts on PokerStars and Full Tilt. PokerStars was solvent and could pay out people’s bankrolls on the site, and after buying Full Tilt, PokerStars paid back their users as well. Five years later, if you played on Absolute Poker or Ultimate Bet, there may be money for you, finally.
Art Therapy returns to Makeda’s Cookies, 488 S. Second, on Wednesday, April 19 from 6 to 9 in the evening. $8 admission, with complimentary wine provided. Art supplies will be provided too, although you’re welcome to bring your own. There will be spoken word by Cashmere and vocals by Ayanna Ausset. The group conversation topic will focus on how we keep ourselves and our communities strong, given all the problems our country faces socially and politically. There will be coloring and painting and munching on sweet treats. It will be a break from the daily grind, a chance to connect with each other through conversation and the arts.
The Terrace at River Inn is doing champagne Thursdays, with five different types of bubbly and four small plates on special for $6.
Bad news for iPhone 5 and iPhone 5C owners – your phone is about to become obsolete.
That’s it for now. Back tomorrow.