{"id":28471,"date":"2025-03-14T09:19:01","date_gmt":"2025-03-14T14:19:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/?p=28471"},"modified":"2025-03-14T09:19:01","modified_gmt":"2025-03-14T14:19:01","slug":"friday-update-307","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/2025\/03\/14\/friday-update-307\/","title":{"rendered":"Friday update"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span data-tt=\"{&quot;paragraphStyle&quot;:{&quot;alignment&quot;:4,&quot;writingDirection&quot;:1}}\">YOUR. MEMPHIS. GRRRRRRRRRRIZZLIES are back in action at the Grindhouse tonight, hosting the Cleveland Cavaliers at 7. It\u2019s Women\u2019s Empowerment Night and there will be a Faith and Family post-game conversation. TV: FanDuel Sports Network <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-tt=\"{&quot;paragraphStyle&quot;:{&quot;alignment&quot;:4,&quot;writingDirection&quot;:1}}\">Tonight\u2018s game is the first game of a back-to-back. On Saturday night, the Grizzlies host the Miami Heat at 7. It will be Tony Allen\u2019s jersey retirement ceremony with the first 5000 people getting a free commemorative vinyl record. TV: FanDuel Sports Network and Action News 5<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Penny&#8217;s Memphis Tigers play Wichita State at noon today in the AAC quarterfinals. TV: ESPN2<\/p>\n<p><span data-tt=\"{&quot;paragraphStyle&quot;:{&quot;alignment&quot;:4,&quot;writingDirection&quot;:1}}\">The 10th annual <a href=\"https:\/\/www.blackrestaurantweek.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Memphis Black Restaurant Week<\/a> happens Sunday to Saturday, March 16-22. Participating restaurants will offer $15 two-course lunches and $25 three-course dinners. The CA has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.yahoo.com\/lifestyle\/breakfast-lunch-drinks-oh-complete-100250401.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">a complete guide<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-tt=\"{&quot;paragraphStyle&quot;:{&quot;alignment&quot;:4,&quot;writingDirection&quot;:1}}\">You may have caught jam band FreeWorld around town, <a href=\"https:\/\/news.uthsc.edu\/sounds-and-science-how-one-researcher-balances-life-in-the-lab-and-on-the-stage\/?fbclid=IwY2xjawI_yo5leHRuA2FlbQIxMAABHSBHrSKA-OOFdRfaBAXgYRhj9-Wf-zNPrHTeWBTQaATtlswbYAwUDtUpSw_aem_rD10RV5PbP96zMqK_1jeZA\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">but did you know that is NOT band leader Richard Cushing\u2019s main job?<\/a> Richard researches Alzheimer\u2019s as a scientist at UTHSC.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Jeremy Scott, Victoria Dowdy, and Jesse Davis play South Main Sounds tonight 7-9.<\/p>\n<p>The following food trucks will be outside the Renasant Convention Center today:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Champs BBQ<\/li>\n<li>Clay&#8217;s Smoked Tuna<\/li>\n<li>Mexico in Memphis<\/li>\n<li>Mr. Casas<\/li>\n<li>Nibsay<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>These and other food trucks will be set up most days this weekend and next week outside the convention center for the bridge tournament that is in town. You do not have to be a bridge player to order food at the trucks. On Thursday of next week the trucks will be in Court Square.<\/p>\n<p>Don&#8217;t forget to check the DMC&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/downtownmemphis.com\/events\/st-patricks-day\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">list of St. Patrick&#8217;s events<\/a> for holiday stuff to do this weekend and Monday.<\/p>\n<p>Back tomorrow with more news.<\/p>\n<p><em>This blog is free to read, 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>YOUR. MEMPHIS. GRRRRRRRRRRIZZLIES are back in action at the Grindhouse tonight, hosting the Cleveland Cavaliers at 7. It\u2019s Women\u2019s Empowerment Night and there will be a Faith and Family post-game conversation. TV: FanDuel Sports Network Tonight\u2018s game is the first game of a back-to-back. On Saturday night, the Grizzlies host the Miami Heat at 7. &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/2025\/03\/14\/friday-update-307\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Friday 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\/28471"}],"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=28471"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28471\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":28472,"href":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28471\/revisions\/28472"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=28471"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=28471"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=28471"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}<!-- WP Super Cache is installed but broken. 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