{"id":26583,"date":"2023-04-05T08:54:15","date_gmt":"2023-04-05T13:54:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/?p=26583"},"modified":"2023-04-05T08:54:22","modified_gmt":"2023-04-05T13:54:22","slug":"stormy-wednesday-update","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/2023\/04\/05\/stormy-wednesday-update\/","title":{"rendered":"Stormy Wednesday update"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>MemphisWeather.net reports that our city is in a Level 3 (Enhanced) risk for severe weather today. The main threats are said to be high winds and hail this afternoon, followed by heavy rain tonight. Y&#8217;all be careful on the afternoon commute.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If you&#8217;re a Daily Memphian subscriber, please be sure to read this premium story about <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/dailymemphian.com\/subscriber\/section\/neighborhoods\/article\/35250\/downtown-memphis-pretty-taco-fast-casual-fun-restaurant\" target=\"_blank\">Pretty Taco<\/a>, a new taco shop to open soon on S. Front. It&#8217;s being opened by my friend Halsey Werlein, former GM of Itta Bena and Silly Goose. It will be a fast-casual restaurant and is based on concepts he saw while vacationing in Miami. Mid-April is the projected opening date. It will be a fun place with games like pool and cornhole available.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Grizzlies finished up their last home game last night with a 119-109 win over Portland. In the West, Memphis is now 2 games behind conference leader Denver and 2 games ahead of third-place Sacramento. The Grizz are in action on the road at New Orleans tonight at 7. TV: Bally Sports<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Find Grizz on display at one of 20 spirits stores around town selling local Old Dominick products and you can enter for a chance to win a pair of 2023-24 Grizzlies season tickets. No purchase is necessary. <a href=\"https:\/\/olddominick.com\/find-near-you\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Find a store near you that carries Old Dominick<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Birdie&#8217;s, the virtual golf bar soon to open on South Main, has announced they will be 21 &amp; up.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A new art piece called <a href=\"https:\/\/www.actionnews5.com\/2023\/04\/04\/all-power-all-people-art-piece-comes-fourth-bluff-park\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">All Power to All People<\/a> has been installed in Fourth Bluff Park.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.fb101.com\/billy-boyle-appointed-area-executive-chef-of-hyatt-centric-beale-street-memphis-and-caption-by-hyatt-beale-street-memphis\/\" target=\"_blank\">Billy Boyle has been appointed executive chef<\/a> of the restaurants in the hotels that are part of the One Beale project.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>There&#8217;s going to be <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/events\/161427936845305\/161430016845097\/?active_tab=about\" target=\"_blank\">a photography pop-up for Tyre Nichols<\/a> at Fourth Bluff Friday evening and Saturday afternoon.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>There will be a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/events\/243119368095098\/?acontext=%7B%22event_action_history%22%3A[%7B%22mechanism%22%3A%22discovery_this_week_tab%22%2C%22surface%22%3A%22bookmark%22%7D]%2C%22ref_notif_type%22%3Anull%7D\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">sunset send-off for Tyre Nichols<\/a> in Martyrs Park this Sunday at 6 PM.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Loflin Yard will host <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/events\/1410144566426718\/?acontext=%7B%22event_action_history%22%3A[%7B%22mechanism%22%3A%22discovery_this_week_tab%22%2C%22surface%22%3A%22bookmark%22%7D]%2C%22ref_notif_type%22%3Anull%7D\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Marketplace in Motion<\/a> Saturday from 11 to 5.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Old Dominick Distillery hosts <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/events\/1131581197537480\/?acontext=%7B%22event_action_history%22%3A[%7B%22mechanism%22%3A%22discovery_this_week_tab%22%2C%22surface%22%3A%22bookmark%22%7D]%2C%22ref_notif_type%22%3Anull%7D\" target=\"_blank\">Bourbon and Brushstrokes<\/a> Thursday night from 7 to 9. Follow along with the instructor to create your own masterpiece while enjoying locally distilled spirits. Entry fee includes one free drink.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>There will be <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/events\/236164625537440\/236165302204039\/?active_tab=about\" target=\"_blank\">yoga in Health Sciences Park<\/a> with Camille Potter tonight at 5:30 &#8211; weather permitting, I would guess.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Sarah Spain will play <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/events\/1198486280844352\/1198486314177682\/?active_tab=about\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Live at the Tracks <\/a>at Central Station Thursday evening.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Peabody has announced its Thursday rooftop party series will happen April 20-August 10. More details to come soon.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Game room Board to Beers <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/events\/615293110461917\/?acontext=%7B%22event_action_history%22%3A[%7B%22mechanism%22%3A%22discovery_this_week_tab%22%2C%22surface%22%3A%22bookmark%22%7D]%2C%22ref_notif_type%22%3Anull%7D\" target=\"_blank\">will host a pop-up<\/a> at Soul &amp; Spirits, 845 N. Main, Saturday from 1 to 6. $5 fee to check out games from the library gets you unlimited play.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Redbirds have a 12:05 PM matinee game vs. the Nashville Sounds today.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>That&#8217;ll wrap it up. Everyone stay safe today.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MemphisWeather.net reports that our city is in a Level 3 (Enhanced) risk for severe weather today. The main threats are said to be high winds and hail this afternoon, followed by heavy rain tonight. Y&#8217;all be careful on the afternoon commute. If you&#8217;re a Daily Memphian subscriber, please be sure to read this premium story &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/2023\/04\/05\/stormy-wednesday-update\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Stormy 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\/26583"}],"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=26583"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26583\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":26586,"href":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26583\/revisions\/26586"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=26583"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=26583"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=26583"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}<!-- WP Super Cache is installed but broken. 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