{"id":25140,"date":"2021-09-24T08:33:26","date_gmt":"2021-09-24T13:33:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/?p=25140"},"modified":"2021-09-24T08:33:26","modified_gmt":"2021-09-24T13:33:26","slug":"friday-update-191","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/2021\/09\/24\/friday-update-191\/","title":{"rendered":"Friday update"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Grizzlies have released their <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nba.com\/grizzlies\/news\/grizzlies-announce-promotional-schedule-and-on-sale-date-for-single-game-tickets-210923\">2021-2022 promotional schedule<\/a>. Here&#8217;s a look at some of the giveaway highlights:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>October 20 vs. Cleveland Cavaliers (opening night): Free Beale Street Blue T-shirt to first 10,000<\/li>\n<li>October 30 vs. Miami Heat: Free Grizzlies face masks to first 10,000<\/li>\n<li>November 12 vs. Phoenix Suns: Free Brandon Clarke mini-hoop to first 5000<\/li>\n<li>November 26 vs. Atlanta Hawks: Free Jaren Jackson Jr. slides to first 3000<\/li>\n<li>December 11 vs. Houston Rockets: Zach Randoph jersey retirement ceremony. Commemorative vinyl record to first 5000<\/li>\n<li>December 31 vs. San Antonio Spurs: Free Dillon Brooks sunglasses to first 5000<\/li>\n<li>January 11 vs. Golden State Warriors: Free Grizzlies Tech Suit hoodie to first 3000<\/li>\n<li>January 17 vs. Chicago Bulls: MLK Day Game<\/li>\n<li>January 28 vs. Utah Jazz: Tony Allen jersey retirement night. Commemorative vinyl record to first 5000<\/li>\n<li>January 29 vs. Washington Wizards: Free Grizzlies Tech Suit pants to first 3000<\/li>\n<li>March 5 vs. Orlando Magic: Free Grizzlies fanny pack to first 5000<\/li>\n<li>March 26 vs. Milwaukee Bucks: Free Grizzlies shoelaces to first 5000<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>It&#8217;s South Main Trolley Night, with galleries and shops in the district staying open until 9 or later. Many of them will put out wine or beer and hors d&#8217;oeuvres for their patrons, and some may offer specials. There will be live music throughout the arts district. The weather will be beautiful (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.memphisweather.net\/forecast.shtml\">forecast<\/a> 80\/58 with southwest wind and no chance of rain), so come on out.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/events\/s\/sky-king-kayce-russel-and-just\/383247803413903\/\">Sky King, Kayce Russell, Justin Williams, and Kyndle Wilde<\/a> will perform at South Main Sounds, 550 S. Main, for Trolley Night from 7 to 9 PM.<\/p>\n<p>Save the date! Thursday, December 23 is the Blind Bear&#8217;s 10th birthday. Needless to say, there will be a big party. Blackjack with prizes for the winners, live music, and a photo booth are among the plans for the evening.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eventbrite.com\/e\/kayak-memphis-sunset-tours-tickets-170046183713?aff=ebdssbdestse\">Guided kayak tours<\/a> return to the Wolf River Harbor tonight.<\/p>\n<p>Maggie Miles comes to the Tin Roof on Beale Saturday at 7 as part of the Nashville Hits the Roof Tour.<\/p>\n<p>If you have good handwriting and attention to detail, MIFA could use your help. They&#8217;re putting together a team of volunteers to write handwritten messages in their holiday cards. Contact vbc@mifa.org if interested.<\/p>\n<p>Texas band <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/events\/575657626959865\">Vandoliers<\/a> plays a free show at Carolina Watershed tonight at 7. Chris Hamlett opens.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/yIaqGJegTXo\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Worth a Lyft or an Uber: Wiseacre&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/events\/327804562107658\">Oktoberfest<\/a> happens at its Broad Avenue location tomorrow. Mighty Souls Brass Band, the Grizzline, Oktoberfest beer pairing classes. Food trucks on hand will include Hot N Heavy Dogs, Yippie Trippie, and Gourmade.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s an honor and a privilege to play a service academy in football, yet the Tennessee Vols athletic department chose to drop a 2022 contest with Army to pick up the much less highly regarded Akron Zips the same day. The move cost UT $100,000 and ESPN radio host Paul Finebaum <a href=\"https:\/\/247sports.com\/college\/florida\/Article\/Tennessee-football-Paul-Finebaum-torches-Vols-dropping-Army-game-171562432\/\">torched<\/a> the university for its decision. Why did Tennessee do it? Probably because loading up their nonconference schedule with cream puffs is their only chance to reach 6-6 and become bowl-eligible.<\/p>\n<p>I don&#8217;t have much to say about the Collierville mass shootings other than to send prayers to those affected and their families. It&#8217;s a shame it is not as easy to get access to mental health care as it is to get access to a gun.<\/p>\n<p>The website <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sorryantivaxxer.com\/\">Sorry Anti-Vaxxer<\/a> tells the stories of people who were fervently against the COVID vaccines and ended up dying or becoming severely ill with the virus.<\/p>\n<p>A very happy birthday to my friend Mary Pat! I hope you have a wonderful day.<\/p>\n<p>That&#8217;s it. 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Here&#8217;s a look at some of the giveaway highlights: October 20 vs. Cleveland Cavaliers (opening night): Free Beale Street Blue T-shirt to first 10,000 October 30 vs. Miami Heat: Free Grizzlies face masks to first 10,000 November 12 vs. Phoenix Suns: Free Brandon Clarke mini-hoop to first &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/2021\/09\/24\/friday-update-191\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Friday 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\/25140"}],"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=25140"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25140\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":25141,"href":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25140\/revisions\/25141"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=25140"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=25140"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=25140"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}<!-- WP Super Cache is installed but broken. 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