{"id":26120,"date":"2022-10-12T09:00:16","date_gmt":"2022-10-12T14:00:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/?p=26120"},"modified":"2022-10-12T09:00:16","modified_gmt":"2022-10-12T14:00:16","slug":"wednesday-update-216","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/2022\/10\/12\/wednesday-update-216\/","title":{"rendered":"Wednesday update"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Commercial Appeal reports that we are less than 7 months away from Music Fest 2023 and Memphis in May <a href=\"https:\/\/memphiscommercialappeal-tn.newsmemory.com\/?publink=08a8bedf6_1348676&amp;fbclid=IwAR0JFRKQzDU9xEZy8Zh6dKd7WkeK3j5jCFJonCAs2s0Q9GNiaUgG2C8EVxA&amp;mibextid=n6J8b8\">has not secured a contract<\/a> with Memphis River Parks Partnership to use Tom Lee Park. The issue is the security deposit for damage. Without a contract in place, Memphis in May cannot begin booking bands for the festival. Memphis in May has lost $4 million since 2020, the CA reports, due to the pandemic and moving the 2022 Music and BBQ Fests to the fairgrounds.<\/p>\n<p>Bronny James, the son of LeBron James, is <a href=\"https:\/\/dailymemphian.com\/section\/sports\/article\/31518\/memphis-collierville-shelby-county-lebron-james-son-bronny-ashton-hardaway-penny-mid-south-basketball-classic\">coming to Collierville<\/a> to play in a game on October 22. Bronny is a 4-star recruit in next year&#8217;s college freshman class. Coach Penny has already offered Bronny a scholarship to play for the Memphis Tigers.<\/p>\n<p>Taco Bell announced that the best menu item it has ever offered, the Enchirito, will return on November 17.<\/p>\n<p>Downtown Neighborhood Association and South Main Association will team up to put on National Night Out on Tuesday, October 25. It&#8217;ll happen from 5:30 to 7:30 PM in the Malco Powerhouse parking lot. Come meet and thank your local law enforcement officers while enjoying burgers, hot dogs, and beverages.<\/p>\n<p>Alcenia&#8217;s is throwing a block party with food and vendors Friday, October 21 from 11 AM to 3 PM.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nba.com\/news\/2022-23-gm-survey\">The annual NBA general manager survey is out<\/a> with predictions for the upcoming season.<\/p>\n<p>Today is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.checkiday.com\/a3076bb0d75c51d272bcb6b1a5b12450\/national-gumbo-day\">National Gumbo Day<\/a>. Ben-Yay&#8217;s can help you celebrate.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s also <a href=\"https:\/\/www.checkiday.com\/6e6e9a9d9393c8dbdebcac0c10ebb341\/pulled-pork-day\">Pulled Pork Day<\/a>. Central BBQ would be my recommendation.<\/p>\n<p>Thunderstorms and gusty winds <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox13memphis.com\/news\/local\/thunderstorms-gusty-winds-head-back-mid-south-today\/GI4R7GZYJFH2TNZYYIBWMCPQMY\/\">are a threat<\/a> this afternoon.<\/p>\n<p>That&#8217;s it for now. Back tomorrow.<\/p>\n<p><script type='text\/javascript' src='https:\/\/storage.ko-fi.com\/cdn\/widget\/Widget_2.js'><\/script><script type='text\/javascript'>kofiwidget2.init('Tip Jar', '#29abe0', 'B0B57GDFG');kofiwidget2.draw();<\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Commercial Appeal reports that we are less than 7 months away from Music Fest 2023 and Memphis in May has not secured a contract with Memphis River Parks Partnership to use Tom Lee Park. The issue is the security deposit for damage. Without a contract in place, Memphis in May cannot begin booking bands &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/2022\/10\/12\/wednesday-update-216\/\" 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\/26120"}],"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=26120"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26120\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":26121,"href":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26120\/revisions\/26121"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=26120"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=26120"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=26120"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}<!-- WP Super Cache is installed but broken. 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