The Memphis Grizzlies host the Phoenix Suns tonight at 7 at FedExForum. First 5000 fans in attendance get a Brandon Clarke mini-hoop.
The Arkansas Department of Transportation released its report on its investigation of why a catastrophic crack in the I-40 bridge went unreported by inspectors for years. Two senior engineers were forced into retirement as a result of the findings.
There were 211 new COVID cases reported yesterday. Shelby County had been averaging more like 80-85 per day. Again, still not enough data to make the call for sure, but we need to be on the watch for a fifth surge.
There will be a Texas A&M Yell Practice at Handy Park tonight at 10 PM. The Aggies travel to Oxford to play Ole Miss tomorrow.
The Downtown Neighborhood Association has announced the list of guest speakers for its year-end meeting at the Renasant Convention Center on Thursday, November 18 (my birthday!):
- State Senator Raumesh Akbari
- State Senator Sara Kyle
- Judge Betty Thomas-Moore
- County Commissioner Mickell Lowery
- County Commissioner Van Turner
- Shelby County Trustee Regina Morrison-Newman
- City Councilman J.B. Smiley, Jr.
- Paul Young who runs DMC
There will also be a “State of Downtown” address, some awards will be handed out, and members will elect the 2022-24 board of directors. Social hour starts at 5 PM with a live band, then the meeting and presentation will begin at 6. If you haven’t seen the renovated Renasant Convention Center yet, this is your chance. The event is free for DNA members and $20 for non-members. Join DNA here
Uptown and Greenlaw residents are being asked to attend the BOA meeting on Wednesday, November 17 at 2 PM, 125 N. Main Street, to show their opposition to the planned St. Jude 7-story parking garage between North Third and North Fourth Streets on A.W. Willis.
Has anyone else who frequents the same places I do – meaning, the (adjective) (animal) bars in the Downtown core – had the chip on their debit card stop working? My debit card is only about 2 months old. I know one other person has had this problem and his card is fairly new too. Beginning to wonder if card reading equipment at one of those places is damaging the chips. My card still works, but you have to have it fail to read the chip 3 times and then it’ll allow you to swipe it.
A Memphis mom is in jail because she allegedly fired shots at two teenagers who know her son as they walked down Pontotoc Ave. Downtown.
The CA has a list of where to get Thanksgiving food to-go in Memphis. Among the Downtown options: Cordelia’s Market, Felicia Suzanne’s, LUNCHBOXeats, Memphis Soul, The Peabody Hotel.
Today is Happy Hour Day. My top recommendation for celebrating that day would be Silly Goose, which has happy hour Monday-Friday noon to 7:30, with $2 domestics (including PBR), $5 wells, and $5 house wines.
A truck loaded with grapes overturned at the I-40/I-240 interchange in Midtown this morning. Eastbound traffic was closed at the Danny Thomas exit.
Memphis Police Chief C.J. Davis has vowed not to just cite individuals whose reckless driving endangers others, but take their cars away as well. She mentioned a focus on Downtown and the interstates.
The Magic Basement, featuring magic from the 1860s to the 1950s, happens tonight at the Woodruff-Fontaine House. You’ll be so close to the magic that you’ll practically be able to touch it. Tickets are $40 and face coverings are required.
Don’t forget that there’s a pop-up concert featuring Louise Page in The Edge District today at lunchtime.
Broke Tall Folk play The Vault tonight at 8.
Alexis White DJs the Rumba Room tonight at 9.
This laptop trackpad is driving me nuts but I managed to get this post done. Back tomorrow (probably) with more news.