{"id":23038,"date":"2020-01-14T08:28:29","date_gmt":"2020-01-14T14:28:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/?p=23038"},"modified":"2020-01-14T08:28:29","modified_gmt":"2020-01-14T14:28:29","slug":"tuesday-update-124","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/2020\/01\/14\/tuesday-update-124\/","title":{"rendered":"Tuesday update"},"content":{"rendered":"

Roald Dahl’s Charlie and the Chocolate Factory<\/a> kicks off a week at the Orpheum, with 8 performances between tonight and Sunday. There are no Golden Tickets to get in, but there are $20 student\/teacher\/hero rush tickets for the Wednesday performance.<\/p>\n

Old Dominick Distillery celebrates a Birthday at the Bar<\/a> Thursday during the hours its sampling room is open from 2 to 10 PM. This will be a celebration of the 177th birthday of the distillery’s founder, Domenico Canale. All day long there will be Old Dominick birthday punch drinks for only $5. At 7 there will be cupcakes and hors d’oeuvres honoring the founder’s heritage. Jennifer Biggs of The Daily Memphian has more info<\/a> about the birthday celebration.<\/p>\n

Oh. one more thing that’s happening at Old Dominick Thursday: At 7 Kevin Cerrito will host a special whiskey-themed Cerrito Trivia<\/a> night. There’s no need to RSVP for this one. Just show up and you’ll be good to play.<\/p>\n

The New Wing Order food truck will hold a New Flavors Release Party<\/a> at Wiseacre Brewing Co. this Saturday from 2:30 to 8 PM. That day the brewery will have a wing flight pairing each new wing flavor with a sampler of Wiseacre beer. Follow the food truck on Facebook<\/a> for a preview of the new flavors this week. Already announced as an addition to the regular menu: the Spicy Garlic Wings, their most popular monthly special of 2019, made with traditional Buffalo sauce, fresh garlic, and other spices.<\/p>\n

Diamond Dave is doing a Sunday Fun Day British Bingo<\/a> this Sunday at Belle Tavern from 4 to 7. I’m never able to make his Wednesday bingo sessions because that’s my trivia night around the corner, but Sunday? I could get down with some bingo in the late afternoon. It’s free to play and a lot of fun. Unless Dave has changed the format, there are six rounds with $100 in bar cash total given away.<\/p>\n

What a fine victory by LSU last night, proving itself among the greatest national championship teams of all time. I wonder how many Clemson fans will call in sick to work today because they got hammered watching their team lose.<\/p>\n

Michael Nelson of The Daily Memphian has an excellent op-ed piece about how late NBA commissioner David Stern embraced Memphis<\/a>. Stern embraced the civil rights movement and wanted to bring NBA basketball to mid-sized cities. Most definitely worth 5 minutes of your time to read.<\/p>\n

That’s it. I am outta here. Back tomorrow.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"