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Today is Bartender Appreciation Day.

The Grizzlies host the L.A. Clippers tonight at 7. There’s a Friday Buckets & Brews ticket special. Fans in attendance get a pair of City Edition sunglasses. TV: Action News 5

Drew & Ellie Holcomb’s Neighborly Christmas comes to the Orpheum tonight.

Silly Goose will open at 8 AM tomorrow for the race.

CARB UP: Kooky Canuck will have $9.99 all-you-can-eat spaghetti today.

Check out details of former Memphis football HC Ryan Silverfield’s new deal with Arkansas. He’ll make $6.5 million this year.

Christmas music by the MDs will headline a tacky sweater party Saturday at 6 at Downtown Wiseacre.

Half a dozen galleries will be open for Saturday’s Edge District Art Crawl. 5-9 PM.

Free pics with Santa tonight and next Friday night 5-7 on Beale Street.

Take a survey on what you’d like to see in the Cossitt Library’s West Wing renovation.

Union Ave. between Danny Thomas and B.B. King is already closed for the race tomorrow.

Cyrena Wages plays Hotel Pontotoc’s Garden Stage Saturday 6-9.

Celebrate Christmas with C.S. Lewis at the Halloran Centre Saturday. 2 PM and 7:30 PM performances.

Enjoy salsa by the fire including a free dance lesson from a Rumba Room instructor at Fire Pit Friday today 4:30-6:30 in Tom Lee Park.

There will be a holiday artists’ mixer tonight 6-8 at Contemporary Arts Memphis, 652 Marshall. Free food by Chef Eli, free drinks, some NICE door prizes.

No update tomorrow because of the race. Back Sunday.

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