{"id":23723,"date":"2020-05-28T10:02:48","date_gmt":"2020-05-28T15:02:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/?p=23723"},"modified":"2020-05-28T10:02:48","modified_gmt":"2020-05-28T15:02:48","slug":"thursday-update-145","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/2020\/05\/28\/thursday-update-145\/","title":{"rendered":"Thursday update"},"content":{"rendered":"

Big festival news the past 24 hours: Cooper-Young Fest, normally held the second or third weekend of September, has been rescheduled<\/a> to October 31 out of concerns over COVID-19. That festival draws a huge crowd and I don’t see how they could enforce any kind of distancing. Perhaps they think holding it on Halloween will hold down the crowd size.<\/p>\n

The DM reports that Rhodes College is planning around the fall pandemic with a condensed schedule<\/a>. Classes will start on August 26 and will go straight through to Thanksgiving break, with classes on Labor Day and only a one-day fall break to discourage students from traveling and potentially bringing the coronavirus back to campus. After Thanksgiving, the last few days of classes and exams will be held online.<\/p>\n

Huey’s Downtown opened its dining room yesterday.<\/p>\n

New local business that is worth your support: Mane St. Provisions<\/a>. They offer fine sauces, meats, pickles, and more, all made with local ingredients.<\/p>\n

The Daily Memphian has coverage of saxophonist Dr. Herman Green’s 90th birthday parade<\/a> which happened yesterday.<\/p>\n

Sandwiches have been brought back to the menu at Aldo’s Pizza Pies.<\/p>\n

Cossitt Library will host a virtual “ANY” book club tonight on Zoom from 6 to 7. Bring the book you’ve been reading, or one you recently finished, and tell the group about it. Register here<\/a><\/p>\n

River Time Market & Deli on the south side of Court Square recently updated its menu boards. Let’s have a look:<\/p>\n

$\"\"$ <\/a><\/p>\n

I found out how the salad bar at Texas de Brazil works post-quarantine. They give you a list of everything on it, and you check off the items you want and they retrieve it for you. This avoids mass handling of serving utensils.<\/p>\n

This is your last chance to order from Edge Alley<\/a> for a little while. Owner Tim Barker plans to close the restaurant for the month of June, providing time to spruce it up in anticipation of a July 1 reopening. (h\/t Edible Memphis<\/a> for the info)<\/p>\n

That’s the news for today. I plan on watching the COVID-19 task force press conference before heading out. I’ll be back with details from that and more news tomorrow.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"