{"id":21700,"date":"2018-10-23T13:02:39","date_gmt":"2018-10-23T18:02:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/?p=21700"},"modified":"2018-10-24T12:43:23","modified_gmt":"2018-10-24T17:43:23","slug":"wednesday-update-66","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/2018\/10\/23\/wednesday-update-66\/","title":{"rendered":"Wednesday update"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Early voting has begun in Shelby County, and it goes on until November 1. If you&#8217;ve never early voted before, the process can be confusing&#8230; but it&#8217;s actually easier and quicker than voting on Election Day. Bill Dries of the Daily Memphian has an article entitled <a href=\"https:\/\/dailymemphian.com\/section\/metro\/article\/807\/Ballot-Basics-Early-voting\">Ballot Basics: Early Voting<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Memphis Grrizzlies&#8217; G-League team the Memphis Hustle will have Family Fun Day at the Landers Center in Southaven this Sunday at 2 PM. Meet the team and watch them scrimmage. The Grizzlies entertainment teams will be there as well<\/p>\n<p>In other Hustle news, here&#8217;s their 2018-19 schedule:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">&#x1f6a8; Memphis Hustle announce 2018-19 regular season schedule &#x1f6a8;<\/p>\n<p>&#x1f3c0; &#x1f5d3;&#xfe0f; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/ckNJ06PhoE\">https:\/\/t.co\/ckNJ06PhoE<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/RSBINTTAnA\">pic.twitter.com\/RSBINTTAnA<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Memphis Hustle (@MemphisHustle) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MemphisHustle\/status\/1034175060683018240?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 27, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>The annual <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/events\/496253604226239\/\">Memphis Holiday Parade<\/a> has been announced for Saturday, December 1, on Beale Street at 4 PM. Of course I WILL BE THERE watching the parade outside the King&#8217;s Palace Tap Room as I have for years. That will be a busy day, with the St. Jude marathon in the morning, the Tigers hosting Texas Tech at 1:30, the holiday parade, the SEC Championship on TV, and Stumbling Santa. I haven&#8217;t seen the official announcement for Stumbling Santa yet but it traditionally happens the first Saturday of December.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.southmainsounds.com\/\">South Main Sounds<\/a> will host its 100th Songwriter Showcase this Friday, October 26, at 7 PM. Performers will include Bailey Bigger, Amber Rae Dunn, Vanessa Winter, Paul Jewell, Rodrick Duran, Tim Plunk, and Bud Summers.<\/p>\n<p>The Blind Bear has announced its <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/events\/466993290456465\/\">Halloween party<\/a> this Saturday, October 27. Shot specials, costume contest with the winner decided at 1 AM (must be present to win), Blues Masters featuring Queen Ann Hines take the stage at 10. There will be a photographer on hand to capture Halloween moments.<\/p>\n<p>Belle Tavern will open at 8 AM this Saturday. With Race for the Cure beginning at 9, Belle will provide a safe place where you can drop your belongings and they will be watched while you run.<\/p>\n<p>Memphis City FC, the pro soccer team that will begin play at AutoZone Park next year, has announced its <a href=\"https:\/\/www.memphis901fc.com\/news_article\/show\/961868\">first three signings<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>New show added to the Halloran Centre calendar:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">ON SALE NOW: Jazzin&#8217; Around 7 celebrates 30 years of The Memphis Challenge, Inc. with three music legends under one roof on December 7 at the Halloran Centre: <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/vIG8kT1ZPz\">https:\/\/t.co\/vIG8kT1ZPz<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/A9UKPlEsiZ\">pic.twitter.com\/A9UKPlEsiZ<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Orpheum Theatre (@TheOrpheumTN) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TheOrpheumTN\/status\/1055143659207843840?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 24, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>The guy who randomly blocks me and unblocks me did it again this week. I would love to know what he gets out of doing that.<\/p>\n<p>Man, the Daily Memphian is so good. I had a great time reading sports writer Chris Herrington&#8217;s responses to his <a href=\"https:\/\/dailymemphian.com\/section\/sports\/article\/855\/Grizzlies-Mailbag-Jaren-Jackson-Jrs-future-Conley-and-Gasols-sustainability-Bickerstaffs-coaching-and\">mailbag<\/a> this morning. If any of my readers are on the fence about subscribing, I have found it to be absolutely worth the $7 a month fee. Besides, when you subscribe you get a month for free, so if you find it to not be worth it you can always cancel before the end of your first month.<\/p>\n<p>All right, time to do a little grocery shopping. Back tomorrow with more news.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Early voting has begun in Shelby County, and it goes on until November 1. If you&#8217;ve never early voted before, the process can be confusing&#8230; but it&#8217;s actually easier and quicker than voting on Election Day. Bill Dries of the Daily Memphian has an article entitled Ballot Basics: Early Voting. Memphis Grrizzlies&#8217; G-League team the &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/2018\/10\/23\/wednesday-update-66\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Wednesday 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\/21700"}],"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=21700"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21700\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":21707,"href":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21700\/revisions\/21707"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21700"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=21700"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=21700"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}<!-- WP Super Cache is installed but broken. 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