{"id":14902,"date":"2014-03-25T13:01:01","date_gmt":"2014-03-25T18:01:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/?p=14902"},"modified":"2014-03-25T13:01:01","modified_gmt":"2014-03-25T18:01:01","slug":"tue-update-wine-tasting-for-hospitality-hub-south-main-trolley-night-nice-bardog-poker-prize-civil-rights-museum-high-gravity-beer-news-bad-news-for-long-term-unemployed-jimmy-ogle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/2014\/03\/25\/tue-update-wine-tasting-for-hospitality-hub-south-main-trolley-night-nice-bardog-poker-prize-civil-rights-museum-high-gravity-beer-news-bad-news-for-long-term-unemployed-jimmy-ogle\/","title":{"rendered":"Tue update: Wine tasting for Hospitality HUB, South Main Trolley Night, nice Bardog poker prize, Civil Rights Museum, high-gravity beer news, bad news for long-term unemployed, Jimmy Ogle"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>There will be a wine tasting on Thursday, April 24 to benefit the Hospitality HUB, a nonprofit that helps people out of homelessness. The tasting will be at Jack Robinson Gallery from 5:30 to 7:30 PM. There will be music by Lee Taylor, and special guests will include Pat Morgan, author of <i>The Concrete Killing Fields<\/i>. Tickets are $50 each and you can buy them <a href=\"http:\/\/www.eventbrite.com\/e\/thats-the-spirit-tickets-10818270739\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>South Main Trolley Night is this Friday from 6 to 9 PM. Live entertainment will include<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Po Boys @ Green Beetle<\/li>\n<li>Mara Danielle @ Sache<\/li>\n<li>Pistol &amp; The Queen @ Earnestine &amp; Hazel&#8217;s<\/li>\n<li>Joe Guyton @ Art Jamn: Listen!<\/li>\n<li>Eric Crays\/Steve Black\/Brett Nelson @ Rizzo&#8217;s<\/li>\n<li>Faith Evans Ruch @ Signal Flow PR<\/li>\n<li>Wally Wright @ Grawemeyer&#8217;s<\/li>\n<li>Tim Plunk @ Double J (6-8 p.m.)<\/li>\n<li>Bean @ Double J (8-10 p.m.)<\/li>\n<li>More music at Downtown Candle Company and Memphis Thing<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>as well as the following art shows:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Nancy Apple @ Ghost Lot next to Earnestine &amp; Hazel&#8217;s<\/li>\n<li>Opening of Rosa Jordan&#8217;s &#8220;People, Brass and Strings&#8221; @ D&#8217;Edge<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Bardog Tavern is upping the ante for its weekly poker tournament. The winner of this week&#8217;s tournament will get two suite level tickets to the NCAA South Regional Sweet Sixteen at the FedExForum. The game is held every Wednesday night in the Underdog Room downstairs.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking of Bardog, I was in there last night for happy hour and Melissa gave me two really nice PBR buttons:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/i2.wp.com\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/Photo-Mar-24-5-45-30-PM.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-14903\" alt=\"Photo Mar 24, 5 45 30 PM\" src=\"http:\/\/i2.wp.com\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/Photo-Mar-24-5-45-30-PM.jpg?resize=300%2C294\" srcset=\"http:\/\/i2.wp.com\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/Photo-Mar-24-5-45-30-PM.jpg?resize=300%2C294 300w, http:\/\/i2.wp.com\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/Photo-Mar-24-5-45-30-PM.jpg?resize=500%2C490 500w, http:\/\/i2.wp.com\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/Photo-Mar-24-5-45-30-PM.jpg?resize=24%2C24 24w, http:\/\/i2.wp.com\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/Photo-Mar-24-5-45-30-PM.jpg?resize=36%2C36 36w, http:\/\/i2.wp.com\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/Photo-Mar-24-5-45-30-PM.jpg?resize=48%2C48 48w, http:\/\/i2.wp.com\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/Photo-Mar-24-5-45-30-PM.jpg?resize=64%2C64 64w, http:\/\/i2.wp.com\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/Photo-Mar-24-5-45-30-PM.jpg?w=1680 1680w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 85vw, 300px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/i1.wp.com\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/Photo-Mar-24-7-19-31-PM.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-14904\" alt=\"Photo Mar 24, 7 19 31 PM\" src=\"http:\/\/i1.wp.com\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/Photo-Mar-24-7-19-31-PM.jpg?resize=300%2C285\" srcset=\"http:\/\/i1.wp.com\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/Photo-Mar-24-7-19-31-PM.jpg?resize=300%2C285 300w, http:\/\/i1.wp.com\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/Photo-Mar-24-7-19-31-PM.jpg?resize=500%2C476 500w, http:\/\/i1.wp.com\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/Photo-Mar-24-7-19-31-PM.jpg?resize=24%2C24 24w, http:\/\/i1.wp.com\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/Photo-Mar-24-7-19-31-PM.jpg?w=1680 1680w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 85vw, 300px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The newly renovated National Civil Rights Museum is about to reopen. On April 4 there will be a program in honor of the 45th anniversary of Dr. King&#8217;s death starting at 11 AM, with a commemoration and candlelight vigil at 6. The following Day, April 5, Community Day, the museum will open to the public.<\/p>\n<p>From the MBJ: Tennessee craft brewers are getting closer to getting <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bizjournals.com\/memphis\/blog\/morning_call\/2014\/03\/tennessee-craft-brewers-make-another-attempt-to.html\">high-gravity beers in grocery stores<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Also in the MBJ: A study indicates that <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bizjournals.com\/memphis\/blog\/morning_call\/2014\/03\/study-only-1-in-10-long-term-unemployed-hired.html\">only 1 in 10 long-term unemployed get hired each year<\/a>. For more information, CNBC has <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cnbc.com\/id\/101515410\">an in-depth article about the study<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Congratulations to Jimmy Ogle, who was named Shelby County historian yesterday. He is known for his walking tours of Downtown, including his famous manhole cover tour.<\/p>\n<p>It may be cold outside, but things could be worse. The Nashville area is getting thundersnow right now.<\/p>\n<p>Tonight is the 16-week poker league final table at the Blind Bear, and I have qualified for a seat. Play starts at 8 PM. Jamie has said he has a lot of really awesome prizes for this final table. Good luck to all my opponents tonight, and especially to my buddy Dennis who is celebrating a big birthday. For those who didn&#8217;t qualify, there will be a side game. See you at the table!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There will be a wine tasting on Thursday, April 24 to benefit the Hospitality HUB, a nonprofit that helps people out of homelessness. The tasting will be at Jack Robinson Gallery from 5:30 to 7:30 PM. There will be music by Lee Taylor, and special guests will include Pat Morgan, author of The Concrete Killing &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/2014\/03\/25\/tue-update-wine-tasting-for-hospitality-hub-south-main-trolley-night-nice-bardog-poker-prize-civil-rights-museum-high-gravity-beer-news-bad-news-for-long-term-unemployed-jimmy-ogle\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Tue update: Wine tasting for Hospitality HUB, South Main Trolley Night, nice Bardog poker prize, Civil Rights Museum, high-gravity beer news, bad news for long-term unemployed, Jimmy Ogle&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14902"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14902"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14902\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14905,"href":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14902\/revisions\/14905"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14902"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14902"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14902"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}<!-- WP Super Cache is installed but broken. 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