{"id":19475,"date":"2017-04-04T12:03:44","date_gmt":"2017-04-04T17:03:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/?p=19475"},"modified":"2017-04-04T12:03:44","modified_gmt":"2017-04-04T17:03:44","slug":"big-easter-sunday-at-the-redbirds-candy-from-a-helicopter-buffet-catch-on-the-field","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/2017\/04\/04\/big-easter-sunday-at-the-redbirds-candy-from-a-helicopter-buffet-catch-on-the-field\/","title":{"rendered":"Big Easter Sunday at the Redbirds: Candy from a helicopter, buffet, catch on the field"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Want to do something extra special with the kids this Easter? How about Easter candy dropped from a helicopter, a game of catch on a professional baseball field, a brunch buffet, and a Redbirds game? The Redbirds are offering <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ticketreturn.com\/prod2\/BuyNew.asp?EventID=199265#.WOK8Nvnyvcv\">a special Easter package<\/a> which includes brunch with the Easter Bunny in the Home Plate Club (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.milb.com\/redbirds\/news\/redbirds-dropping-easter-candy-from-helicopter\/c-222108976\/t-196093376\">menu here<\/a> and it is definitely kid-friendly &#8211; ice cream sundae bar!), a dugout ticket to see the Redbirds vs. Oklahoma City, and catch on the field. After the game candy will be dropped on the field by a helicopter and kids 12 and under will be given a special Easter pail to scoop up their haul. Brunch and catch will be from noon to 1:30 PM and first pitch is 2:05 PM.<\/p>\n<p>The Dirty Crow Inn is doing its first <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/events\/1672563919715930\/?ti=icl\">Bike Night<\/a> tomorrow night, Wednesday, April 5 from 6 to midnight. Come park your bike at the Crow and have some of the 5-star dive bar&#8217;s famous wings and burgers.<\/p>\n<p>From the MBJ: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bizjournals.com\/memphis\/news\/2017\/04\/03\/henry-turley-anticipates-connector-between-st-jude.html\">Henry Turley reflects on 15 years of Uptown.<\/a> Turley&#8217;s contract as &#8220;master developer&#8221; of the area expired recently. His vision for the neighborhood was to revitalize it without gentrifying it. I&#8217;d say he and his company have done a pretty good job.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Members of the American Athletic Conference are preparing for Wichita State to join the league for the 2017-18 season, per a source.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Jon Rothstein (@JonRothstein) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JonRothstein\/status\/849258314571669505\">April 4, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Good news. Interest from Wichita State had previously been reported, and now there is interest from the AAC. The addition would give the Memphis Tigers basketball team a quality in-conference opponent, raising their strength of schedule.<\/p>\n<p>Crown Winery will hold a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/events\/1927068697513087\/\">Wineaversary Dinner<\/a> at Loflin Yard Thursday, April 13 from 7:30 to 10 PM. It will be a celebration of one year of Loflin Yard, with chef Andy Knight pairing for courses with wines. Cost is $65. Reserve by emailing shelby@loflinyard.com.<\/p>\n<p>Didn&#8217;t get to see WrestleMania? Watch it at Jerry Lawler&#8217;s Place on Beale today.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">For those that missed Wrestle Mania, we will be playing it all day here. Great food, drinks and wrestling. Can&#8217;t beat that!<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Jerry Lawler&#8217;s Place (@JKLBarBeale) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JKLBarBeale\/status\/849267649993375744\">April 4, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>South Side Supper Club <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/events\/1864615860447623\/\">plays their every-other-week engagement<\/a> at Belle Tavern this evening from 7 to 10 PM.<\/p>\n<p>Win a cigar box guitar, given away by Beale Street Music Fest!<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">The <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BealeStMusicFes\">@BealeStMusicFes<\/a> Facebook page is giving away this incredible cigar box guitar. Check out the details and enter to win today! <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/BSMF17?src=hash\">#BSMF17<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/HZ9whhvFcf\">pic.twitter.com\/HZ9whhvFcf<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Memphis in May (@memphisinmay) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/memphisinmay\/status\/849272388760084480\">April 4, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>That&#8217;s it for now. Hitting happy hour at Silly Goose after work, then over to Belle Tavern for South Side Supper Club.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Want to do something extra special with the kids this Easter? How about Easter candy dropped from a helicopter, a game of catch on a professional baseball field, a brunch buffet, and a Redbirds game? The Redbirds are offering a special Easter package which includes brunch with the Easter Bunny in the Home Plate Club &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/2017\/04\/04\/big-easter-sunday-at-the-redbirds-candy-from-a-helicopter-buffet-catch-on-the-field\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Big Easter Sunday at the Redbirds: Candy from a helicopter, buffet, catch on the field&#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\/19475"}],"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=19475"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19475\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":19476,"href":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19475\/revisions\/19476"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19475"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=19475"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=19475"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}<!-- WP Super Cache is installed but broken. 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