{"id":28327,"date":"2025-01-15T09:24:28","date_gmt":"2025-01-15T15:24:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/?p=28327"},"modified":"2025-01-15T09:24:28","modified_gmt":"2025-01-15T15:24:28","slug":"wednesday-update-281","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/2025\/01\/15\/wednesday-update-281\/","title":{"rendered":"Wednesday update"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Downtown Neighborhood Association will hold its <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/events\/1847036606126138\/?acontext={&quot;source&quot;%3A&quot;29&quot;%2C&quot;ref_notif_type&quot;%3A&quot;plan_user_invited&quot;%2C&quot;action_history&quot;%3A&quot;null&quot;}&amp;notif_id=1736895565266788&amp;notif_t=plan_user_invited&amp;ref=notif\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">January meeting<\/a> at Mud Island&#8217;s BVO (Baron Von Opperbean). Get a first look at this interactive museum, plus hear from Yolonda Cooper-Sutton of the Memphis City Council. Wednesday, January 22 at 5:30 PM. Free food and drinks for DNA members.<\/p>\n<p>Boycott Coffee on Madison will cut back its service to Monday-Friday pickup and delivery only effective February 1.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.milb.com\/memphis\/events\/cardinals-caravan?fbclid=IwY2xjawHqgtlleHRuA2FlbQIxMAABHR4VRJwrbq4SNcjAcpMSrch9Z4y17OvSpNBuIpGs0U5b72rVDedaH64gKQ_aem_L2c781oRwe6DayaWvmu9Lw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">2025 Cardinals Caravan<\/a> comes to AutoZone Park this Friday:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>The Caravan will feature Cardinals\u00a0<strong>OF Jordan Walke<\/strong>r, Cardinals\u00a0<strong>RHP Ryan Fernandez<\/strong>, Cardinals No. 10 prospect\u00a0<strong>RHP Michael McGreevy<\/strong>, and Cardinals\u00a0<strong>LHP Zach Thompson<\/strong>. Walker, McGreevy, and Thompson have all played with the Memphis Redbirds and will return to AutoZone Park.<\/p>\n<p>They will be joined by Cardinals alumni\u00a0<strong>RHP Brad Thompson<\/strong>\u00a0(2005-2009) and\u00a0<strong>OF Bernard Gilkey<\/strong>\u00a0(1990-1995), as well as current Cardinals play-by-play broadcaster\u00a0<strong>Chip Caray<\/strong>\u00a0serving as the event&#8217;s emcee.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Gates Open<\/strong>: 5:30 p.m.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Event Starts<\/strong>: 6:00 p.m.<\/p>\n<p>Admission is free! All fans will enter through the main gate located at the corner of Union Ave. and B.B. King Blvd. Seating is available on a first-come, first-serve basis.<\/p>\n<p>Celebrate Cardinals baseball with a Q&amp;A session with current and former players, silent auctions, raffles for team-issued gear, autographs, and much more! The first 400 children ages 15 and under in attendance will receive a free ticket guaranteeing one autograph from each current and former player.<\/p>\n<p>Due to high demand, autographs will only be available for children ages 15 and under during the evening event.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>It&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.checkiday.com\/8cfc87a84f269ffacc394984a4ff92c4\/national-bagel-day\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">National Bagel Day<\/a>. Celebrate at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hivebagelanddeli.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Hive<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>COGIC&#8217;s holy convocation <a href=\"https:\/\/wreg.com\/news\/local\/cogic-moving-convocation-out-of-memphis-again-bishop-says\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">is leaving Memphis<\/a> for St. Louis again in 2026.<\/p>\n<p>The metal museum is hiring a <a href=\"https:\/\/choose901.com\/job\/metal-museum-memphis-80-retail-gallery-manager\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">retail gallery manager<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>School of Rock is hiring a <a href=\"https:\/\/choose901.com\/job\/school-of-rock-memphis-81-school-of-rock-studio-coordinator-2\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">studio coordinator<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>That&#8217;s all for today. Back tomorrow.<\/p>\n<p><em>It\u2019s free to read this blog, but I gratefully accept tips!\u00a0<\/em><br \/>\nVenmo:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/account.venmo.com\/u\/Paul-Ryburn\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">@Paul-Ryburn<\/a>\u00a0(8113 if it asks for digits)<br \/>\nCash App: $PaulRyburn1<br \/>\nZelle: paul@paulryburn.com<br \/>\nApple Pay: paul.ryburn@gmail.com<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Downtown Neighborhood Association will hold its January meeting at Mud Island&#8217;s BVO (Baron Von Opperbean). Get a first look at this interactive museum, plus hear from Yolonda Cooper-Sutton of the Memphis City Council. Wednesday, January 22 at 5:30 PM. Free food and drinks for DNA members. Boycott Coffee on Madison will cut back its &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/2025\/01\/15\/wednesday-update-281\/\" 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\/28327"}],"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=28327"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28327\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":28329,"href":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28327\/revisions\/28329"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=28327"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=28327"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=28327"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}<!-- WP Super Cache is installed but broken. 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