{"id":19762,"date":"2017-06-21T11:31:13","date_gmt":"2017-06-21T16:31:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/?p=19762"},"modified":"2017-06-21T11:31:13","modified_gmt":"2017-06-21T16:31:13","slug":"wednesday-update-33","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/2017\/06\/21\/wednesday-update-33\/","title":{"rendered":"Wednesday update"},"content":{"rendered":"

If you plan on grilling out for the July 4 weekend, here’s a way you can support locally sourced food. Bring It Food Hub<\/a> is a nonprofit distributor of fresh local foods and farm products in Memphis. They are offering a BBQ Box<\/a> for $35. The box feeds 6 to 8 and includes 1 pound of ground beef, 1 pound of bratwursts, 1 pound of jalapeno peppers, 1 head of lettuce, 1 1\/2 pounds of squash, 1 pound of onions, 6 ears of sweet corn, and 1 1\/2 pounds of tomatoes. Order today and pick up your box on Friday, June 30 at Memphis Tilth, 575 Suzette.<\/p>\n

The M-80s are the featured entertainment for tomorrow night’s Thursday rooftop party atop the Peabody. $10 to get in, free for hotel guests and ladies before 7. Admission price includes a buffet of mini spring rolls and pot stickers with soy sauce and honey mustard. If you’re in VIP you get a second buffet of lobster spring rolls, chicken satay with peanut sauce, sushi, and fortune cookies. Drink specials will be a honey margarita and backwoods blackberry moonshine.<\/p>\n

It’s Drink a Beer, Save a River night at the Ghost River taproom tonight from 5-8 PM. One dollar from every Ghost River pint sold will be given to the Wolf River Conservancy. Yippie Trippie & the PorkStars food truck will be on site, and they will have their weekly Geeks Who Think trivia starting at 7.<\/p>\n

Wiseacre Brewing Co. will be hosting movie night<\/a> next Tuesday, June 27 from 7 to 9 PM, with classic paranormal blockbuster Ghostbusters<\/i> on the big screen. Lady Bugg Bakery will provide snacks, Stay Puft Marshmallow Men. I imagine you will probably be able to find some beer there too.<\/p>\n

Next Thursday evening, June 29, comedy night<\/a> returns to the Memphis Made taproom. Twelve Memphis comedians will showcase their best material in 5-minute sessions apiece. The show will be free to attend, with doors opening at 8 and the comedy starting at 8:30.<\/p>\n

Job news: The Greater Memphis Chamber is hiring an export program manager<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Also, the Riverfront Development Corporation (RDC) is hiring<\/a> a Communications & Program Manager and a Landscape Manager.<\/p>\n

If you take ride-sharing services around town, you might want to note that Uber is making a change and introducing tipping<\/a>.<\/p>\n

High Ground News has a good article on turning alleys into destinations<\/a> in the Downtown core, The Edge, and Crosstown.<\/p>\n

I had a great time listening to South Side Supper Club last night at Belle Tavern. They have built up a good sized crowd when they play the first and third Tuesdays of the month. I had the pleasure of running into one of my former students who I taught Concepts of Numbers at the University of Memphis years ago. “I read your blog and we’re friends on Facebook,” she told me. Then she asked, “Where’s your troll?”<\/p>\n

Anyway, I just want to say this – if any of my other former students have sent me a friend request on Facebook and I haven’t accepted, send me a message on there and tell me you’re a former student. I hesitate to accept requests from people with whom I have 0 or 1 friend in common because there are so many Facebook scams. Let me know that, hey, I actually do know you, and I’ll be happy to add you.<\/p>\n

That’s it for now… I’ll be out at Silly Goose happy hour after work, back tomorrow.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"