The University of Memphis is offering this city’s residents a chance to warm up and be entertained this evening. Claim your free ticket to tonight’s Memphis Tigers game vs. UCF beginning at 6 PM in FedExForum’s grand lobby. One free ticket per person and tickets must be claimed in person.
Tip-off is 7 PM, but you’ll want to be one of the first ones there. The first 5000 fans through the gate get a Larry Finch/Penny Hardaway commemorative coin. Some coin boxes personally signed by Coach Penny have been mixed into the door giveaways.
If you’re a fan of the game Wordle, Lifehacker explains how to download its HTML file so you’ll be able to play Wordle free for years. The New York Times recently acquired rights to the game, and while they say they’ll keep the game free “for now,” you know sooner or later it’ll go behind the NYT paywall. This hack will ensure you don’t get thwarted by a paywall for years.
A friend of mine expressed this opinion yesterday, and I agree so I want to share it here: It should be the law that any restaurant that offers ketchup or marinara as a condiment/dipping sauce also has to offer ranch.
Social media advice for local businesses: If you post to Instagram and say, “Link in bio,” don’t let it automatically cross-post to Facebook or Twitter. Post to those platforms separately and put the link directly in the Facebook post or tweet. Yes, that requires additional work, but you want to make it as easy as possible for your fans to find your links.
Chef Tam of Chet Tam’s Underground Cafe out in The Edge posted that her entire website is 60% off when you use the coupon code BLKHISTORY. Tickets are now available for a Father-Daughter Brunch & Paint at the Cafe Sunday, February 13, 1-5 PM, and for a Couples’ Valentine Brunch & Paint Monday, February 14 7-10:30 PM.
The Broom Closet on South Main has some discounts today and tomorrow:
- 20% off all tarot and oracle decks
- 20% off all TBC Gemstone Collection jewelry
- WV amethyst clusters, crystal clusters, crystal points, dyed crystal points, and fluorite specimens $4
- Healing stone packs $5
- Love chakra packs $5
- Love healing packs $5
These prices are in-store only, while supplies last.
The Grizzlies play a road game at the Orlando Magic at 4. Local TV coverage on Bally Sports Southeast. I wonder if Nate will do a little twerking at Amway Center this afternoon before he returns to Memphis.
Coach Isaiah Thomas drafted Grizzlies guard Desmond Bane to Team Isaiah for the NBA’s Rising Stars Showcase. Former Memphis Tiger Precious Achiuwa will also be on the team. Four Rising Stars teams will compete in a semifinals and finals game, and there will also be a timed shooting competition. Catch the action on Friday, February 18 on TNT.
Bleacher Report has a mock draft simulating next Thursday’s draft of 2022 NBA All-Stars onto Team LeBron and Team KD. The draft has Ja Morant as the third player chosen overall and the second selection onto Team LeBron.
Bleacher Report also had some good news for Grizzlies fans: There’s dissension within the Utah Jazz, the team closest to catching the Grizz for 3rd place in the West. Donovan Michell and Rudy Gobert of the Jazz are said to be “under each other’s skin.” Utah has lost 8 of its last 12 games and isn’t really in the top tier of Western Conference teams anymore.
Over on Mud Island, River Inn, Terrace at River Inn, Paulette’s, and Tug’s are all hiring. Benefits include
- 1 week paid vacation every 6 months
- Merit raises within 6 months
- Health insurance
- 50% meal discounts
- Flexible schedules
- Year-end bonus
- Career advancement
- Free parking
You may have heard there’s a rather important football game between the Cincinnati Bengals and the Los Angeles Rams Sunday, February 13. Hard Rock Cafe has posted its tailgate menu for that rather important game.
Soul & Spirits, the brewery on the far end of North Main, has the following February specials:
- Cupid Chocolate Stout 4-pack $17
- The Love Pack: 2 Cupids, 1 Love Vibration, 1 Riverside $17
- 4-packs of Hopperbolic 25% off
The Michael Brothers play the Blind Bear tonight 8 to 12.
From WREG: Memphians without power are filling Downtown hotels
Fox 13 has an explainer about how Beijing, a city that typically doesn’t get a lot of snow, can host the Winter Olympics.
Yesterday was the 60th anniversary of the opening of St. Jude.
From WREG: How MLGW decides who gets power restored first. People who live on Mud Island have complained that they should be higher up the priority list. Think about it: Mud Island has zero traffic lights and its only real infrastructure is 1 grocery store and 1 pharmacy. That doesn’t sound like a priority area. MLGW advises that, much like drinking all day for four days at BBQ Fest, power restoration is a marathon, not a sprint.
There will be an artist reception for the Black Soliloquy exhibit at Urevu Gallery tonight 5:30-7:30. The exhibit spotlights the work of Black artists from Nigeria, Ethiopia, and the U.S. You’ll be able to meet the artists at this drinks reception.
Nick Mason’s Saucerful of Secrets, scheduled for the Cannon Center next Wednesday, has been postponed. Pink Floyd’s drummer and his backing band will be rescheduled for the fall of 2022.
Phrase I am completely sick of hearing: “Out of an abundance of caution.” Can we retire that, please?
Forecast is sunny with a high of 38. Not great for February, but I will take it! I need the sun to melt all this ice on the Main Street Mall. Walking around has been dangerous the past two days! My plan is to lead off at Blind Bear, then mosey over to Bardog about 2. Back tomorrow with more news.