{"id":19283,"date":"2017-02-09T12:53:03","date_gmt":"2017-02-09T18:53:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/?p=19283"},"modified":"2017-02-09T12:53:03","modified_gmt":"2017-02-09T18:53:03","slug":"thursday-update-35","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/2017\/02\/09\/thursday-update-35\/","title":{"rendered":"Thursday update"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Big score for AutoZone Park! Major League Baseball&#8217;s Reviving Baseball in Inner Cities (RBI) will hold its Institute at the park February 16-19. The institute is a training conference for coaches and league administrators affiliated with RBI. From 4 to 6 PM on Saturday, February 18, RBI and AutoZone Park will host a free PLAY BALL event for children ages 6 to 13. Kids who want to participate should wear sneakers, and no gloves or bats are needed. <a href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/2kk9ebZ\">Register here.<\/a> At the event, MLB will present a check to Pitch In For Baseball, to be used for purchasing baseball and softball equipment to benefit kids in local public schools.<\/p>\n<p>Here, kitty, kitty, YOGA! Memphis Animal Services is teaming up with Crosstown&#8217;s Cross-motion Studio to present two sessions of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.wmcactionnews5.com\/story\/34457375\/cat-yoga-is-real-and-its-happening-in-memphis\">cat yoga<\/a> February 25. What&#8217;s that you ask? As participants in the class do yoga, ten adoptable cats will wander the room. After the class, you can adopt a cat for $35, half the normal Animal Shelter fee. Price includes vaccination, collar, a goodie bag, and more. Those not interested in yoga are still invited to attend the session and meet the cats.<\/p>\n<p>Job news: The Fourth Bluff is seeking a <a href=\"http:\/\/innovatememphis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/RCC-Program-Curator-Job-Description-003.pdf\">programming curator<\/a>. If you want to put together quality events that encourage people to make use of Downtown&#8217;s public riverfront space, this could be the perfect place for you to work.<\/p>\n<p>Holly has a post about her <a href=\"http:\/\/ilovememphisblog.com\/2017\/02\/coming-soon-the-old-dominick-distillery\/\">construction tour of the Old Dominick Distillery<\/a> on S. Front Street, as well as what to expect when it opens this spring.<\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s an article on <a href=\"http:\/\/www.makeuseof.com\/tag\/discourage-windows-tech-support-scammers-call\/\">how to discourage Windows tech support scammers<\/a>. If you get a call from &#8220;Windows support&#8221; saying viruses or malware have been detected on your computer, it&#8217;s a scam. My mom fell for these all the time when she was alive.<\/p>\n<p>Belle Tavern is starting a trivia night on Mondays at 8 PM beginning this coming Monday, the 13th. $50 gift certificate for first place, $25 certificate for second place, $10 for third. Also on the announcement was the following: &#8220;Beginning February: Happy Hour 10 PM to 12 AM. $2.50 domestics, $3.50 imports, $3 well drinks, $3 house wine, $1 other drinks.&#8221; Tonight I&#8217;m going to try to get by there and get clarification on whether the happy hour is just on Mondays, or every night.<\/p>\n<p>The Metal Museum is having Champagne Sunday from noon to 2 this Sunday, February 12. It&#8217;s a good chance for you to run by the gift shop and pick out a special gift for Valentine&#8217;s Day. Check out their exhibit <i>Rounding the Edge<\/i> while you are there.<\/p>\n<p>DowntownMemphis.com has <a href=\"http:\/\/www.downtownmemphis.com\/things-to-do\/local-by-locals-guides\/valentines-day-in-downtown\/\">a list of things to do Downtown on Valentine&#8217;s Day<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Sucks to be the Saint Louis Billikens men&#8217;s basketball team. Not only did they lose to St. Bonaventure 70-55 Wednesday night, but while they were playing <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cbssports.com\/college-basketball\/news\/bus-driver-that-left-saint-louis-basketball-team-behind-arrested-for-dwi\/\">the team&#8217;s bus driver got drunk and abandoned them<\/a>. The bus was found 35 miles away and the driver was found to have a .22% BAC.<\/p>\n<p>Pearl&#8217;s Oyster House is <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bizjournals.com\/memphis\/news\/2017\/02\/09\/popular-south-main-restaurant-to-open-second.html\">opening a second location<\/a> out in Cordova.<\/p>\n<p>Tomorrow, Friday, February 10, the New Daisy will host <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ticketfly.com\/purchase\/event\/1415048\">We Are One!<\/a>, a benefit for Mid-South Pride and Out Memphis. There will be burlesque, belly dancing, drag, and go-go dancing.<\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s the Memphis Tigers 2017 football schedule:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Memphis football&#8217;s 2017 schedule has been announced; home and season opener on Thursday, Aug. 31 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/3Adx26nGC5\">https:\/\/t.co\/3Adx26nGC5<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/GoTigersGo?src=hash\">#GoTigersGo<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Uz3gTl1wkj\">pic.twitter.com\/Uz3gTl1wkj<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Memphis Tigers (@TigersAthletics) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TigersAthletics\/status\/829721856043253760\">February 9, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Last night I played (well, actually my troll played) the Silly Goose&#8217;s new promotion for Grizzlies games, where each person gets four free squares on a Squares board, with prizes of $10, $25, $10, and $50 being awarded for the winning square for the 1st quarter, halftime, 3rd quarter, and final score. I didn&#8217;t win but I spent extra $ on beers and stayed around until 9:30. It&#8217;s a promotion that makes a lot of business sense. By the way, they played &#8220;It&#8217;s Raining Men&#8221; by The Weather Girls on the sound system at the Goose last night.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;ll be back at Silly Goose tonight for happy hour. Back tomorrow with more news.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Big score for AutoZone Park! Major League Baseball&#8217;s Reviving Baseball in Inner Cities (RBI) will hold its Institute at the park February 16-19. The institute is a training conference for coaches and league administrators affiliated with RBI. From 4 to 6 PM on Saturday, February 18, RBI and AutoZone Park will host a free PLAY &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/2017\/02\/09\/thursday-update-35\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Thursday update&#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\/19283"}],"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=19283"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19283\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":19284,"href":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19283\/revisions\/19284"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19283"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=19283"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=19283"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}<!-- WP Super Cache is installed but broken. 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