{"id":25742,"date":"2022-04-20T09:41:28","date_gmt":"2022-04-20T14:41:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/?p=25742"},"modified":"2022-04-20T09:41:28","modified_gmt":"2022-04-20T14:41:28","slug":"wednesday-update-193","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/2022\/04\/20\/wednesday-update-193\/","title":{"rendered":"Wednesday update"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Grizzlies came back to true form last night, beating the Minnesota T’wolves 124-96 to tie the first-round playoff series at 1 game each. Statistics site FiveThirtyEight now gives the Grizzlies a 59% chance<\/a> of reaching the Western Conference semifinals.<\/p>\n

Thanks to a federal court ruling, you no longer have to wear face masks when riding Lyft or Uber<\/a>. Also, MATA bus and trolley riders no longer have to wear masks<\/a>. You still have the option to wear one if you choose on all of those forms of transportation.<\/p>\n

Memphis Police have released video<\/a> of the suspects in the Beale Street shooting that happened early Sunday morning a week ago.<\/p>\n

The Downtown Neighborhood Association has announced its monthly meeting<\/a> for April at Withers Collection & Gallery, 333 Beale, Tuesday, April 26 at 5:30 PM. Carloyn Michael Banks with Tour of Possibilities will speak, and there will be free beer, wine, and food while it lasts.<\/p>\n

The Porter-Leath Rajun Cajun Crawfish Festival returns to the riverside between Union and Beale this Sunday, April 24 from 11 AM to 7 PM. Admission is free. The festival serves 17,000 pounds of crawfish and supports more than 40,000 local children and their families. There will be a 24-team gumbo cookoff and live music by FreeWorld and Hope Clayburn’s Soul Scrimmage.<\/p>\n

There will be a Memphis Heritage Tour of South Point Grocery<\/a> tomorrow from 6:00 to 7:30.<\/p>\n

South Point Grocery will have music by Minnesota Mike<\/a> from 5 to 7 on Trolley Night April 29.<\/p>\n

Remembering James The Musical: The Life and Music of James Brown<\/a> comes to the Halloran Centre July 30.<\/p>\n

The Friday Night Stripes<\/a> Memphis Tigers football spring scrimmage happens Friday at 7 PM at the Liberty Bowl. Admission and parking are free and players will sign autographs following the scrimmage.<\/p>\n

A man was awarded $450,000 by a court<\/a> because his company threw him an office birthday party after he expressly told them he didn’t want one. I’ll let you in on a secret: Many introverts HATE office birthday parties, both their own and co-workers’.<\/p>\n

Earnestine & Hazel’s will be closed until 9:30 PM this Thursday, April 21, for a private party.<\/p>\n

Big music weekend at Carolina Watershed:<\/p>\n