The 29th annual WEVL Blues on the Bluff happens this Saturday at 6 PM at the Metal Museum. Come support public radio while drinking Schlafly beer, eating Central BBQ, and enjoying river views. There will be a silent auction and free guarded parking. $20 in advance, $25 at the gate; kids 11 and under $12 at the gate.
The Edge District Association is having an outing to the Redbirds next Monday, July 24. This is a friends and family event with non-members welcome. Tickets are $12 and include a bluff ticket, hat, hot dog and drink. For Edge Association members tickets are half off at $6. The plan is to meet at 6 at Stop 345 for drinks, then walk over at 7 to the Fourth Street entrance at AutoZone Park. Seating is located on the right field bluff near that entrance. You can purchase tickets the day of the game (cash only) at Stop 345. First pitch is 7:05.
Family-friendly film The Princess and the Frog will be shown at Clayborn Temple tonight as part of the 15 Film Series. There will be face painting and a live princess. Dressing up in costume is encouraged. The event starts at 7 PM.
William Michael Morgan along with special guest Brooke Eden will be the live entertainment at KIX on Beale tonight at Handy Park at 7 PM. This is a free concert. Listen to KIX 106 FM for a chance to win VIP seating.
Very sad to hear that a true American hero, Senator John McCain, has been diagnosed with brain cancer. Few people embody the concept of service as Mr. McCain has, both in uniform and in Washington. He’s said to be itching to get back to work after a recent surgery, but he’s been told not to travel for two weeks.
The Unlikely Candidates headline tonight’s Peabody rooftop party. $10 admission, free for ladies and hotel guests before 7. Admission includes a buffet of pigs in blankets and potato chips. If you’re in VIP you get a second buffet of Chicago dogs, New York dogs, and Memphis dogs. A cherry margarita and Firefly ginger snap moonshine are the drink specials this evening.
If you have an iPhone or iPad, you need to update to iOS 10.3.3 right now, especially if you use public Wi-Fi on your device.
Nice to see the St. Louis Post-Dispatch tipping its hat to Redbirds manager Stubby Clapp. It’s not easy managing a AAA baseball club. The players on the team are all waiting on their big call-up to the majors, yet you have to keep them operating as a team while they are here. Clapp has done a superb job balancing player goals with team goals. Thirteen times this season the Cardinals have called up a Redbirds player. Seven are still in St. Louis.
Newsy day for the Trumpster. Trump bashed his attorney general Jeff Sessions, saying he never would have offered the AG job to Sessions had he known Sessions would recuse himself from the Trump-Russia investigation. Trump feels that Sessions should have informed him before taking the job that he planned to recuse himself, in which case Trump would have offered the job to someone else. It’s nice to see the crazies fighting with one another.
Bloomberg Politics reports that special counsel Mueller has announce that he’s expanding the investigation beyond just Russia and is going to investigate Trump’s business transactions as well of those of Jared Kushner and Paul Manafort. Gosh, I’m sure nothing shady went on there!
To top it all off, Don Jr., Kushner, and Manafort have to testify before Senate committees next week.
Oh, and one more thing: When you apply for a security clearance, you have to fill out an SF-86 form disclosing all of your foreign connections as well as those of your immediate family. That would mean you disclose foreign connections of your husband, your older and younger brother, and your father. Trump’s favorite child Ivanka could lose her security clearance if it is found that she didn’t fully disclose.
By the way, all of the stories above were reported by the mainstream media, not the counterintelligence Twitter accounts I posted earlier in the week. Things are going off the rails for the crazy train in the White House.
That’s all the news for now. Rolling through the workday this Thursday and planning a Silly Goose happy hour trip. Back tomorrow with more news.