RIP Bill Withers. Your music brought me plenty of happy times on Bardog’s jukebox, brightened my day when I needed it.
There’s another grant out there for service industry workers who were laid off due to COVID-19. Samuel Adams, the brewery, is partnering with The Greg Hill Foundation to award one-time grants of $1000. To receive the grant you must meet the following conditions:
- Complete the application form in your home state
- Must have worked a minimum of 30 hours a week (can be in multiple restaurants) in a bar, restaurant, cafe, or nightclub
- Must have been employed 3 months or longer at the same location
- Submit last two pay stubs
This article has more information; the article is about Ohio, but the grant is available in 19 other states, and Tennessee is one of them.
Cerrito Bingo will host a special virtual edition of bingo next Friday, April 10, on Facebook Live from 8 to 9 PM. You’ll need to print an empty card from an online template or make your own card. Fill your card with whichever B, I, N, G, and O numbers you like best, and use whatever you want to cover called numbers during the games. Winners will receive prizes from Memphis Made Brewing Co.
South Main Sounds has a handy-dandy guide to today’s livestreams.
The Orpheum will have an online listening party next Tuesday.
We’re bringing the music from A Bronx Tale to you. On April 7 at 7:30pm, join us for a virtual Orpheum Listening Party of the A Bronx Tale Broadway Cast album on Watch2Gether 🎧 Click here to join the virtual listening room: https://t.co/x4H0Igp3x1 pic.twitter.com/LeoWmmDqCJ
— Orpheum Theatre (@TheOrpheumTN) April 3, 2020
From Mashable: Adam Sandler’s new coronavirus song is a tribute to doctors, nurses, and being sick of your family
Do you have a young lady who would be interested in learning how to code? Kode with Klossy Kamp comes to Memphis June 15-26. The camp is open to female and gender non-binary students ages 13-18. (Note: Deadline to apply is this Sunday at 10:59 PM, and of course COVID-19 may affect the ability to hold the camp on the scheduled dates.)
This sucks (PPP = Paycheck Protection Program). If you bank at Bank of America, may be time to consider switching.
First they lobbied to have the interest rate doubled now they won’t process for debt free customers. @BankofAmerica is out to scam the system again. #banklocal https://t.co/0mV6M2fwmp
— Patrick Reilly (@patrickmajestic) April 3, 2020
A similar conversation on Facebook has already led to one Downtown business owner’s decision to leave Bank of America and bank locally instead. I hope others follow. Fuck BoA. And speaking of that…
For my IT/application developer friends: Documentation for FOaaS, an application programming interface (API) for Fuck Off as a Service.
Sunrise Memphis weekend slushy specials!
Weekend ready! We’ve got a Slushy Special:
Tequila Sunrise Slushy
$6 small $8 largeFrozen Irish Coffee
$6 small $8 largeAlso- Furlough Friday! Preorder your weekend brunch casserole and receive a free mini hash brown casserole! pic.twitter.com/LZaju0qZCB
— Sunrise Memphis (@sunrise_memphis) April 3, 2020
That’s it for now. Back later today or tomorrow with more.