{"id":26709,"date":"2023-06-06T08:17:06","date_gmt":"2023-06-06T13:17:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/?p=26709"},"modified":"2023-06-06T08:17:06","modified_gmt":"2023-06-06T13:17:06","slug":"tuesday-update-254","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/2023\/06\/06\/tuesday-update-254\/","title":{"rendered":"Tuesday update"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Comedian <a href=\"https:\/\/orpheum-memphis.com\/event\/matt-rife\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Matt Rife<\/a> has announced he is bringing his PROBLEMATIC World Tour to the Orpheum on Friday, February 16, 2024. Rife is a veteran of MTV&#8217;s <em>Wild &#8216;n Out<\/em> and is considered one of the hottest up-and-coming standup comedians in the country. Tickets will be $52.50-$88 and go on sale this Friday.<\/p>\n<p>Grizzlies PF\/C Jaren Jackson Jr., along with New Orleans F Brandon Ingram, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/olympics\/story\/_\/id\/37803288\/sources-brandon-ingram-jaren-jackson-jr-commit-team-usa-world-cup\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">has committed to play for Team USA<\/a> in the 2023 FIBA World Cup. The competition begins on August 25 in Manila, Philippines. A 12-man roster for Team USA is still being finalized.<\/p>\n<p>iHeart Radio seeks <a href=\"https:\/\/www.memphislibrary.org\/iheart-radio-seeks-a-radio-talk-show-host-in-memphis\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">a talk show host<\/a> in Memphis.<\/p>\n<p>I was poking around the Memphis Public Libraries&#8217; site yesterday, in particular its <a href=\"https:\/\/www.memphislibrary.org\/browse\/databases\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">public databases<\/a> section, and discovered something kinda cool: You can read online-only newspaper The Daily Memphian for free at any library branch &#8211; no monthly subscription needed. I&#8217;m not sure exactly how that works, but I would guess it&#8217;s tied to their Wi-Fi.<\/p>\n<p>You can also access a New York Times digital subscription for free inside library branches.<\/p>\n<p>Today is the 79th anniversary of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.checkiday.com\/3107ea7108c3aa1187cedcc6be7f4486\/d-day\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">D-Day<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Yup that exists: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foodandwine.com\/cheez-it-gas-station-location-joshua-tree-7508197?utm_campaign=foodandwine&amp;utm_content=link&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_source=facebook.com&amp;utm_term=647e5bda137e4000012c3916&amp;fbclid=IwAR1LXBmgTYbbtIspFDOAVHRMVGLcPhL2ZIVsiZrmj1xHDocHMEbU41zeHpo&amp;mibextid=Zxz2cZ\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">A Cheez-It filling station<\/a> with a cracker-dispensing pump. It&#8217;s in Joshua Tree, California.<\/p>\n<p>Action News 5 has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.actionnews5.com\/2023\/06\/06\/community-celebrates-what-would-have-been-tyre-nichols-30th-birthday\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">a look at the celebration of life for Tyre Nichols<\/a> on what would have been his 30th birthday. The celebration happened last night at Fourth Bluff Park and on Front Street.<\/p>\n<p>Attention ABC24: I&#8217;m sorry to hear a pedestrian was killed, but <a href=\"https:\/\/www.localmemphis.com\/article\/news\/local\/memphis-police-looking-for-suspect-of-downtown-crash-that-killed-a-pedestrian-driving-safety-hit-and-run\/522-79b55dd4-a41e-464e-acf0-568c0e517df7\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">the intersection of South Parkway West and Kansas Street is NOT Downtown<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Ever thought about being a blood donor? The 10-day <a href=\"https:\/\/wreg.com\/community\/vitalant-donor-fest-2023-spreads-across-ten-days-multiple-locations-all-to-help-mid-south-patients\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Vitalant Donor Fest will include a Downtown stop<\/a> later this month. On Tuesday, June 20, they&#8217;ll be at the Greater Memphis Chamber at 100 Peabody Place. Click the link to make an appointment. Walk-ins are also welcome, subject to availability.<\/p>\n<p>Apple unveiled its VR headset, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.apple.com\/apple-vision-pro\/?aosid=p238&amp;cid=wwa-us-kwgo-avalanche--slid---Brand-AppleVision-Announce-&amp;mnid=GS4SEdjw-dc_mtid_20925qtb42335_pcrid_%7Badid%7D_pgrid_152466494120_&amp;mtid=20925qtb42335\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Vision Pro<\/a>, yesterday. It&#8217;ll setcha back $3500.<\/p>\n<p>That&#8217;s it for today. Back tomorrow with more news.<\/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>Comedian Matt Rife has announced he is bringing his PROBLEMATIC World Tour to the Orpheum on Friday, February 16, 2024. Rife is a veteran of MTV&#8217;s Wild &#8216;n Out and is considered one of the hottest up-and-coming standup comedians in the country. Tickets will be $52.50-$88 and go on sale this Friday. Grizzlies PF\/C Jaren &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/2023\/06\/06\/tuesday-update-254\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Tuesday 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\/26709"}],"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=26709"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26709\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":26710,"href":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26709\/revisions\/26710"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=26709"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=26709"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=26709"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}<!-- WP Super Cache is installed but broken. 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