Ja Morant dropped 33 in only 33 quarters of play yesterday afternoon as the Grizzlies sailed to a road win over the Orlando Magic, 135-115. The Grizzlies are comfortably in third place in the West, with 4 games separating them from both second-place Golden State and fourth-place Utah.
The Memphis Tigers got some revenge against UCF last night at FedExForum with an 88-60 win. The Tigers improve to 12-8 and 6-4 in conference. The Tigers are 6th in the AAC, but there’s some good news – they’re only a half a game back from third-place Temple. The Tigers should be looking to move into a top-four seed in the AAC tournament next month.
Robusto by Havana Mix, the cigar bar on Peabody Place, will hold a Super Bowl Bash hosted by Gurkha Cigars next Sunday. There will be deals, raffles, and giveaways. Kickoff time is 5:30 but you’ll probably want to get there early to get a seat and some swag.
Insomnia Cookies has 20% off online orders of $20 or more this weekend when you use coupon code VAL20. The discount applies to in-store pickup, local delivery, or nationwide shipping, but the order must be placed online. Red Velvet cookies are back for a limited time.
Blind Bear has a cook position available. Must be able to close, which means leaving work at 3 AM. Message the Bear online or apply in person,
From Food & Wine: The world of whiskey has its first African-American Master Blender, Victoria Eady Butler. Butler is the great-great-granddaughter of Nathan “Nearest” Green, a slave until 1865, who mentored Jack Daniel in whiskey distilling. It’s believed Green taught Daniel the “Lincoln County” method of filtering unaged whiskey.
MakeUseOf has an article that’s, well, useful, showing 3 ways to instantly create a new email address for yourself. You can create aliases of your main Gmail address to filter your inbox by messages’ To: address, protect your main address from junk mail, and set up a dedicated temporary inbox, among other purposes.
There were reports of shots fired overnight at Front & A. W. Willis Ave. and at 250 Peabody Place.
Catherine & Mary’s is hiring a bartender. Full-time and part-time positions are available. Must have proven experience as a bartender and expertise in mixing drinks. If you know a second language, that’s a plus.
This DM article notes that the city has an agreement with Hospitality HUB that it will provide services as the city’s cooling and warming center in extreme temperatures, once its facility at 590 Washington is completed. So there will soon be cooling/warming facilities that are walkable from Downtown, as well as from the shelters at 393 and 600 Poplar. Mayor Strickland said he believes this is the last winter Memphis will have to use community centers as pop-up shelters.
Today is Dump Your Significant Jerk Day.
MLGW and Entergy employees, you can get 50% off at Huey’s today. You must show your company badge to claim your discount.
Here’s a link to James Aycock’s COVID Week-in-Review.
Today is the last day for Hadestown at the Orpheum. I’d link to the show’s page but I’m getting a “Server Error in ‘/’ Application” when I try to visit the Orpheum’s website.
Legendz of the Streetz is tonight at FedExForum. Rick Ross, Gucci Mane, and several other artists. Between that and Hadestown, traffic should be heavy on Downtown streets tonight. Allow extra time if you need to travel down here.
The Broom Closet will host a heart chakra-activated sound bath tomorrow at 6:30. The sound bath is said to inspire us to love more.
The Civil Axe Throwing on South Main has been softly open for a couple of months now, but Tuesday from 6 to 9 PM they will have their official grand opening AXE-travaganza.
- Music by DJ Mylon Webb
- Food and beer specials
- Throw for $20/hour
- Free giveaways: Grizzlies tickets, Civil Axe Throwing merchandise & gift certificates
Old Dominick will host a Super Bowl party next Sunday. There will be an open bar, stadium-style snacks, a mobile cigar bar, and giveaways.
Loflin Yard will host Galentine’s Day next Sunday at 6. DJ AD will provide the music and ladies can get half-priced wine and cheese boards.
That’s it for today. Back tomorrow with more news.