A few weeks ago, I told you I\u2019d heard one of Downtown\u2019s best parties, absent from the scene the past several years, was coming back, and to circle the date Sunday, September 8 on the calendar.<\/p>\n
Well, the cat is now out of the bag\u2026 or, should I say, the dog is back in the alley.<\/p>\n
The Bardog alley party is back.<\/a><\/p>\n For the first time since the stupid pandemic ruined everything, Downtowners and friends will gather in Center Lane (that\u2019s the alley next to Bardog) for an afternoon of music, food, and fun. I\u2019m happy to see it\u2019s once again \u201cthe Bardog alley party\u201d rather than \u201cMonroe Fest.\u201d Looking forward to OG alley party vibes.<\/p>\n More details to come. Eric, whatever I can do to help you guys promote this awesome event, just ask\u2026 just keep in mind I only have access to Wi-Fi from about 7 AM to noon most days.<\/p>\n On to the rest of the news…<\/p>\n Elon is hiring! xAI seeks a network engineer<\/a> and a project manager<\/a> for its new \u201cgigafactory of compute\u201d in southwest Memphis.<\/p>\n Local brewery WISEACRE will be featured at the Flying Saucer\u2019s Glass Night tonight. 7 PM.<\/p>\n Plant Health 2024<\/a> will come to the Renasant Convention Center Saturday through Tuesday. Y\u2019know, when I was 5, I brought my grandmother\u2019s nearly-dead African violet back to life by talking to it every day. I\u2019m available Sunday, Monday, or Tuesday if this convention would like to book one more speaker.<\/p>\n The Mud Island monorail isn\u2019t coming back.<\/a> It\u2019s outdated tech.<\/p>\n The Downtown Memphis Commission is suing developer Tom Intrator<\/a> in hopes of getting work moving on empty, blighted properties. Many of those properties are in the Pinch District. Also on the list: the former Royal Furniture building, planned to be turned into a Dream Hotel.<\/p>\n It\u2019s National Tequila Day<\/a>.<\/p>\n There will be an art market with Shop Made in Memphis<\/a> this Friday evening from 5 to 9 at Loflin Yard.<\/p>\n Soulin\u2019 on the River with Zsa Davis<\/a> happens at Fourth Bluff Park Friday at 7. Lawn chairs, coolers, and picnic baskets are welcome. Food trucks and a full bar will be onsite. Free admission.<\/p>\n It\u2019s Christmas in July<\/a> tonight from 5:30 to 7:30 at Cordelia\u2019s Market. Accordion tunes by Aaron Brame. Special appearance by Santa. Holiday meal sneak peek, local beer & food samples, summer cocktails, T-shirt pop-up, Muddy\u2019s Sweet Treats.<\/p>\n That\u2019s all for today. I should be back tomorrow with more news.<\/p>\n It\u2019s free to read this blog, but I gratefully accept tips!\u00a0<\/em> A few weeks ago, I told you I\u2019d heard one of Downtown\u2019s best parties, absent from the scene the past several years, was coming back, and to circle the date Sunday, September 8 on the calendar. Well, the cat is now out of the bag\u2026 or, should I say, the dog is back in the … Continue reading “Ain\u2019t no party like a Bardog alley party, Elon is hiring, Christmas in July, and more Wednesday news”<\/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\/28070"}],"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=28070"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28070\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":28071,"href":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28070\/revisions\/28071"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=28070"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=28070"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=28070"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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