{"id":21077,"date":"2018-06-07T06:48:49","date_gmt":"2018-06-07T11:48:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/?p=21077"},"modified":"2018-06-07T06:48:49","modified_gmt":"2018-06-07T11:48:49","slug":"thursday-update-70","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/2018\/06\/07\/thursday-update-70\/","title":{"rendered":"Thursday update"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Orion 5k<\/a>, formerly known as the Gibson 5K, is this Saturday. Race starts off from St. Patrick’s Church at Fourth Street and MLK Ave. Registration\/packet pick-up 4:00-6:30, race begins at 7, with one of the best race after-parties in the city following the race headlined by Marcella and Her Lovers. $10 cover charge for the after-party for those who did not participate in the race.<\/p>\n

Six days after that, on Friday, June 15, another of the city’s best races, Crop Hop 5K<\/a>, takes place at the Memphis Farmers Market pavilion. Registration begins at 5:30 and the race begins at 6:30, with a great after-party to follow. There is an option to attend the after-party without running the race. This event is a fundraiser for the Memphis Farmers Market.<\/p>\n

Party Planet, a seven-piece band including a saxophonist and four-piece rhythm section, plays contemporary hits at tonight’s Peabody rooftop party. $10 cover, $20 if you want to go VIP, with ladies and hotel guests free before 7. Admission includes a buffet of popcorn shrimp with cocktail sauce and hushpuppies. If you’re in VIP you get a second buffet of tempura shrimp with sweet chili sauce, bacon wrapped scallops, and crab dip with pita bread.<\/p>\n

Happy Thursday, YOGA! There’s lots of opportunities to do yoga in interesting places today. There’s a free all-levels class in Health Sciences Park this morning at 11:45. Then tonight there will be a yoga class in South Main Market (409 S. Main) from 6:30 to 7:30, with your $10 class fee including a token to spend with the market’s vendors afterward.<\/p>\n

It’s Thirsty Thursday Night at AutoZone Park with $2 select drafts. The Redbirds will don their throwback Memphis Chicks uniforms, and college students can get a bluff ticket for only $5. There’s an all-you-can-eat specialty ticket<\/a> that gets you access to a two-hour buffet of beef sliders, fixins, potato chips, and hot dogs.<\/p>\n

KIX on Beale, the free country concert series sponsored by KIX 106, returns to Handy Park starting June 14. These shows start at 7:30 on Thursdays and are all ages and free. You can listen to KIX 106 for chances to win VIP seating. Here’s this summer’s schedule.<\/a><\/p>\n

My troll turns one and a half years old today. The Terrible Twos are right around the corner.<\/p>\n

Memphis is getting its first cidery<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Yesterday I returned to Amerigo for lunch, where I had their Wednesday special: Donnell Farms meatloaf topped with flash-fried onion strings and with sides of Asiago cheese leek potatoes and braised greens.<\/p>\n

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This was a fantastic lunch. Keep it in mind for Wednesdays if you work in the East Memphis area.<\/p>\n

That’s it for now. Big day ahead. Back tomorrow with more news.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"