From Action News 5: City leaders make an effort to reinvigorate Downtown Memphis following numerous restaurant and bar closures this spring and summer. WMC sent a reporter to the Blind Bear’s goodbye party last night, which was at an offsite location, and my friend DeVonte shared his thoughts.
To my readers who hang out in bars… enjoy your favorite watering hole like it’s the last time you’ll ever be in there… because it just might be.
And for heaven’s sake SPEND YOUR GIFT CARDS IMMEDIATELY… don’t wind up with 37 now-worthless bar bucks in your wallet. I speak from experience.
The FedEx St. Jude Championship (golf) is at Southwind Thursday-Sunday with the pro-am this Wednesday. Don’t feel like leaving Downtown? Don’t feel like broiling in the Memphis summer heat, which will be back tomorrow? Watch the action over a cold one at Birdie’s.
Songwriter Night returns to South Main Sounds Friday night from 7 to 9. Kata Hay, Angelina David, plus a couple more TBA.
Mark Farina DJs Saturday night at Central Station.
The Greenlaw Community Center is open and it offers a lot of services to Memphis residents. The center will be a model for future resource centers in other districts.
Food writer Jennifer Chandler recommends the matzo ball stuffed chicken at new restaurant JEM Dining in The Edge District. (DM premium article)
The preseason AP Top 25 football poll is out and the Memphis Tigers, despite being picked to win the American Athletic Conference, didn’t make the list. Memphis got 16 votes, 124 less than 25th-place Iowa.
The CA has vintage 1965 photos of Elvis at his Memphis estate Graceland.
Elvis tribute artist Bill Cherry performs at the Halloran Centre Wednesday night. There will be a meet & greet with Ginger Alden, Elvis’ girlfriend in 1976-1977, at 3:45 that afternoon.
Next door, the Orpheum will play 1925 silent movie The Phantom of the Opera, accompanied by the theater’s Wurlitzer organ, Friday night. $10 suggested donation at the door.
The Lott Carey annual session will be at the Renasant Convention Center today through Thursday.
It’s Vinyl Record Day. River City Records on the Main Street Mall is an obvious place to celebrate – but don’t miss a hidden gem, the collection of Memphis records on the second floor of dry goods store A. Schwab on Beale.
The family of a man who appeared on some of those records, Isaac Hayes, is suing the Trumpster for copyright infringement for using “Hold On I’m Coming” at rallies over a period of 2 years.
The weather is nice, so I’m taking a night off from staying at the Union Mission. Back tomorrow with more news.
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