The opening ceremony of the Paris Summer Olympics is today. Rather than march through a stadium, athletes will float down the Seine. Watch at 12:30 PM on NBC.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Tonight is South Main Trolley Night. Come enjoy the shops and galleries of that neighborhood until 9 or later and meet your neighbors.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Deanna Dixon and Silas Reed<\/a> play South Main Sounds tonight. 7 PM at 550 S. Main. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Rate<\/a> plays Central Station Hotel tonight 9 to 1. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Simulated golf has returned to Birdie\u2019s. To celebrate, they\u2019re offering off-peak hours pricing all weekend. The simulators were out for several weeks due to an unexpected lightning strike on their building.<\/p>\n\n\n\n I witnessed a dine & dash at one of the Downtown watering holes this morning: Male, 30s, spiky\/poofy hair, soft-spoken with accent, claimed to be from Philadelphia, double vodka, very picky ordering food. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Memphis Women\u2019s Expo<\/a> is at The Kent this weekend. 40 local vendors, expert panels, live music. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Sad to hear of the death of community activist Chelsea Glass. MLK50 has a look at her life<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n The Civil Rights Museum has a. community symposium<\/a> on the 60th anniversary of Mississippi Freedom Summer Saturday. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Mick Jagger is 81 today.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Eric Barnes and Jennifer Chandler discuss why restaurants close<\/a> on the DM\u2019s latest Sidebar podcast. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Southwest Airlines is ending<\/a> open seating. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Penny\u2019s Tigers will have road games<\/a> against Clemson December 14 and Virginia December 18. <\/p>\n\n\n\n One person was pulled from the Mississippi River<\/a> this morning after a citizen heard cries for help. His boat had capsized and there may have been other people aboard. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Learn about Memphis during the 1878 yellow fever epidemic<\/a> at an August 16 lecture at the Woodruff-Fontaine House. $25 per person. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Ja Morant will be inducted<\/a> into the Murray State Hall of Fame Saturday. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Today is World Tofu Day<\/a>. Celebrate with a Baconator from Wendy\u2019s for lunch then go get the meat sweats at dinner at Texas de Brazil. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Henry Turley Co. seeks a property manager<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n FiveThirtyEight looks at 8 potential vice-presidential running mate picks<\/a> for Kamala Harris. Harris got a big endorsement<\/a> this week from Barack and Michelle Obama. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Last night a guest preacher at Union Mission chapel warned us of the spiritual dangers of hanging out on the street corner with Elrod and Boo-Rod. I need a night off from the Mission soon. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Not sure if I\u2019ll have time and Wi-Fi to post this weekend. Back Monday at the latest. <\/p>\n\n\n\n It\u2019s free to read this blog, but I gratefully accept tips! <\/em> The opening ceremony of the Paris Summer Olympics is today. Rather than march through a stadium, athletes will float down the Seine. Watch at 12:30 PM on NBC. Tonight is South Main Trolley Night. Come enjoy the shops and galleries of that neighborhood until 9 or later and meet your neighbors. Deanna Dixon and Silas … Continue reading “Friday update”<\/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\/28074"}],"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=28074"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28074\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":28075,"href":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28074\/revisions\/28075"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=28074"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=28074"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=28074"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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