Wednesday update #2

The annual showing of Rocky Horror Picture Show on the big screen at the Orpheum is this Friday starting at 8 PM with the doors opening at 7. I have been to this and it is a LOT of fun, You can purchase a prop kit ($5) and audience participation is encouraged. Let me amend what I just said: This event is a LOT of fun, unless you’re part of the crew that has to clean up the theatre after the show is over. There is a costume contest prior to the show, and also a photo booth.

YOGA! The Ghost River taproom will host a yoga benefit for Grizzlies Prep Academy Thursday, September 7 at 6 PM (check-in starts at 5:30). $15 gets you an all-levels yoga class followed by a delicious Ghost River beer with your fellow yogis. You provide your own water and mat. Click the link to read more and to register. Class size is limited to 25.

Believe it or not, August is almost over… making this Friday the last Friday of the month and therefore a South Main Trolley Night! The shops of South Main will stay open til 9 or later Friday night, so you can come see what they have and mingle with your neighbors. At South Main Book Juggler, 548 S. Main, Kristi Bradley will be signing copies of her book Mysta. Stock & Belle at 387 S. Main will have As Above, So Below, a night of magic and mystic discoveries. It’ll be Songwriter Night #64 at South Main Sounds, 550 S. Main. The house band will be playing at Earnestine & Hazel’s. Cosmic Hate Destroyers will perform in front of 465 S. Main, and Grape will be at The Vault at 124 G.E. Patterson. 901drift, a new jewelry line, will be selling their stuff in front of 474 S. Main.

West Crown Tennessee and Rizzo’s will partner Thursday to bring Flor de Cana Nicaragua’s first rum in the Memphis market. It will be paired with a four course dinner by Chef Michael Patrick.

News from City Tasting Tours:

My hometown of Little Rock will be in the path of totality for the next solar eclipse in 2024. Here’s a list of major cities along that path.

Music in the pocket park!

Wednesday food truck night is back at Miss Cordelia’s tonight with live music by Jamie Baker, Diamond Bear as the featured brewery, and Stanley’s Sweet Street Treats and Sobies Hen House trucks selling food.

Excited to see that the Moody Ques cook team is coming together this weekend for the first of our three Best Memphis Burger Fest practice cooks. I’m even sacrificing my Sunday morning at the Blind Bear so I can be a part of it. I’m not a cook but I am a former Burger Fest judge and want us to aim for 9s (the highest score) in every burger and every criteria for scoring.

If you missed my earlier post today, it is double your dollars gift card day at Kooky Canuck.

That’s it for now. I’ll be out at the Silly Goose for happy hour after work. Back tomorrow with more news.