No, this isn’t a post about my adventures at the poker table. Kenny Rogers is coming to the Orpheum Friday, October 7. It’s a stop on his final world tour, titled “The Gambler’s Last Deal.” Special guest Linda Davis will perform as well. Tickets go on sale Friday, August 19.<\/p>\n
Yesterday afternoon Mayor Strickland removed the “Interim” tag<\/a> and appointed Michael Rallings Director of Memphis Police. Excellent choice, Mr. Mayor! Read about the change Rallings promises as Director.<\/a><\/p>\n Moody Ques teammates: It looks like we are planning a burger tasting this week as our cook team practices for Best Memphis Burger Fest on the 28th. Keep an eye on your email. I will also get a post on the team website sometime this week.<\/p>\n Burger King has fired the latest shot in the fast food wars: The Tex-Mex themed Whopperito<\/a> will be rolled out August 15.<\/p>\n SheetRock ‘n’ Roll<\/a> is a dinner benefiting Memphis Habitat from 6 to 10 PM at Minglewood Hall on Thursday, August 25. The honored guests will be President and Mrs. Jimmy Carter, who will be in town to lead a Habitat for Humanity build in Uptown. Garth Brooks and Trisha Yearwood will be special guests as well. Food by some of Memphis’ best chefs, along with live entertainment by the North Mississippi Allstars, William Bell featuring The Hi Rhythm Section, and Gedeon Luke & Evvie McKinney.<\/p>\n Disney on Ice Dare to Dream comes to FedExForum September 23-25 and tickets are now on sale<\/a>.<\/p>\n Kooky Canuck has announced a Double Your Dollars gift card sale for August 17. It will start at 11 AM and will happen at both the Downtown and Cordova locations.<\/p>\n Have you noticed that office with “Talent Development Center” on the awning in Pembroke Square and wondered what the heck goes on there? Find out tomorrow evening at the monthly South Main Association meeting at the Memphis Music Town office at 119 S. Main (social at 6, presentation at 6:30). The theme is “Music on Main,” and there will be two presentations. David Porter, Founder and President, will speak. He is an internationally renowned songwriter and producer. Also speaking will be George C. Monger, Vice-President and Executive Director, a music entrepreneur and community leader. Appetizers by Rizzo’s courtesy of SMA, and beverages by SMA. Free for members, $10 guests. Learn more about The Consortium at Memphis Music Town here<\/a>.<\/p>\n A friend of mine has started a GoFundMe to rescue a dog<\/a>. Dutch is three years old and ready for his forever home. However, he has heartworms that will cost approximately $1100 to treat, money his hopeful future owner does not have to spend. This is probably Dutch’s last chance to avoid being put down at the shelter.<\/p>\n That’s all for now. Possibly another post this evening, so check back.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" No, this isn’t a post about my adventures at the poker table. Kenny Rogers is coming to the Orpheum Friday, October 7. It’s a stop on his final world tour, titled “The Gambler’s Last Deal.” Special guest Linda Davis will perform as well. Tickets go on sale Friday, August 19. Yesterday afternoon Mayor Strickland removed … Continue reading “You gotta know when to hold ’em, know when to fold ’em…”<\/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\/18593"}],"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=18593"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18593\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":18594,"href":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18593\/revisions\/18594"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18593"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18593"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18593"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}