Memphis Made Brewing Co. is holding a 10 Years of Beers party at its Midtown location, 768 S. Cooper, on Saturday, September 30. The brewery will be renewing its vows that day with
- something old: the return of Lucid Kolsch
- something new: Tin Cup, a 10th-anniversary beer; also Ain’t No Mountains in Memphis, a hard soda
- something borrowed: Burn the Witch Black Lager by fellow Memphis brewery Meddlesome
- something blue: Blue Raspberry Dockside
Live music by the Church Brothers at 5 and Jeff Hulett and the Hand Me Downs at 6. The taproom will be open 1-10 PM. The Smoke and Rolls food truck will be on site, and the brewery will show a slideshow of images from the past 10 years.
The CA has a photo gallery of the dropping Mississippi River levels. This would be a good time to own a metal detector.
Gift shop Walking Pantts Curiosities will celebrate the grand opening of its Beale Street location Friday, September 29. It’s in the old Tater Red’s space. … But wait, there’s more! Next door to Walking Pants, the one and only BLACK DIAMOND will reopen. $5 cover for entertainment there includes
- Comedy from Skunky and Friends from Bumpin’ 96.3 at 7:30
- Deanna Dixon and Broke Tall Folk at 8:30
- DJs, spoken word, street artists, and more throughout the evening
- Dreamers’ Revival film crew will be there to capture all the action
Shelby County Chancellor Melanie Taylor Jefferson will be the one to decide whether construction of the Brooks Museum of Art can proceed Downtown before a lawsuit by the land’s heirs and Friends for Our Riverfront is resolved.
The Blind Bear is putting some of its lesser-known moonshine flavors on fire sale for $3. Get them before they run out. ( * = highly recommended by me )
- Strawberry cream *
- Banana pudding *
- Shine Nog (eggnog flavor)
- Java
- Peppermint
- Cookie dough
- Tennessee mud
Java moonshine, a beverage named after a programming language? Pretty savvy move to get people who work in AutoZone’s IT department to stop by after work.
Here’s a look at the Bear’s weekly food specials, available through Saturday:
Know what I like most about this specials menu? They stopped calling it “The Features.” I always thought that name was a bit pretentious and off-brand for the Bear.
Today is National Ice Cream Cone Day. Margie’s 901 ice cream shop has got ya, as does Insomnia Cookies on Beale.
Moneybagg Yo denies that he was the one who canceled his upcoming FedExForum show.
Enchanting Strings: A Classical Guitar Showcase by Peter Fletcher happens at the Cossitt Library 5-7 PM today.
Tonight is Songwriter Night with Kathy Zhou, Foster Falls, and Liv Zemer at South Main Sounds, 550 S. Main, 7 to 9 PM.
That’ll do it for now. I may take Saturday off from posting.