Thursday update

The Blind Bear posted photos of their new lunch menu. Here’s a look (click for a larger size):

This is a great option for those of you at AutoZone and ServiceMaster, as well as other offices nearby. The Bear offers the lunch menu 11-3 weekdays and then happy hour is 3-7 weekdays. They have brunch Saturday and Sunday 11-6.

St. Jude Blood Donation Center is in desperate need of platelets. Donating platelets is equivalent to donating hundreds of dollars to the children’s hospital because of the money it saves.

Celtic Woman returns to the Orpheum Saturday, April 20 with The Ancient Land Tour. Tickets go on sale next Wednesday.

Evelyn and Olive invites you to join them for Jerk chicken & Festival tonight 6-8:30 “while you watch the game.” Not exactly sure that that means but the price is “only $3.5” so it’s worth exploring.

Jeremy Stanfill and Josh Cosby play Carolina Watershed Saturday at 6:30.

Boos & Brews 2018, on the night of Saturday, October 27, will be a Downtown Halloween bar crawl to raise money and awareness for the Ronald McDonald House. Participants will meet at 8 PM that night at The Vault on G.E. Patterson, and will crawl to stops including South Main Sushi, The Green Beetle, Pontotoc Lounge, Silly Goose, and Bardog Tavern. Prizes for the best male, female, and group/couple costumes. Tickets are $15 in advance//$20 at the door and get you free cover at all event locations as well as drink specials.

John Paul Keith plays Blind Bear tomorrow night, 10 PM.

San Marcos, Texas-based band Blue October plays the New Daisy tonight. Doors open at 7.

This weekend is the annual Repair Days at the Metal Museum. 200 volunteer metalsmiths from all over the country come in to repair metalworks brought in by the public.

All right, going to cut this post short because it’s time to go VOTE! I’m going to walk up the street to Calvary Episcopal which is one of the early polling locations. If more news comes in I’ll do a second update later today. Otherwise I will be back tomorrow.