{"id":28544,"date":"2025-04-10T08:49:20","date_gmt":"2025-04-10T13:49:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/?p=28544"},"modified":"2025-04-10T08:49:20","modified_gmt":"2025-04-10T13:49:20","slug":"thursday-update-337","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/2025\/04\/10\/thursday-update-337\/","title":{"rendered":"Thursday update"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This week I read that Cadillac has plans for a successor to its discontinued full-sized gas-powered XTS and CT6 sedans. The new car will be electric-powered and will be called Celestiq.<\/p>\n<p>That has got to be the most ghetto car name I have ever heard.<\/p>\n<p>Which means it\u2019ll probably sell really well in Memphis.<\/p>\n<p>Birdie\u2019s will open at 9 AM today and Friday for your Masters viewing pleasure. Of course they will have sim golf available too.<\/p>\n<p>Downtown ALDI has its grand opening this morning.<\/p>\n<p><span data-tt=\"{&quot;paragraphStyle&quot;:{&quot;alignment&quot;:4,&quot;writingDirection&quot;:1}}\">Not today, but next Thursday, April 17, Elmwood Cemetery will keep the grounds open late for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/events\/532758102685326\/532758116018658\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Third Thursday<\/a>. Free to the public. Free audio tours. Leashed dogs are welcome.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-tt=\"{&quot;paragraphStyle&quot;:{&quot;alignment&quot;:4,&quot;writingDirection&quot;:1}}\">From Action News 5: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.actionnews5.com\/2025\/04\/10\/cast-some-like-it-hot-brings-speakeasy-swagger-orpheum-theatre\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The cast of Some Like It Hot brings speakeasy swagger to the Orpheum<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-tt=\"{&quot;paragraphStyle&quot;:{&quot;alignment&quot;:4,&quot;writingDirection&quot;:1}}\">Apple is planning <a href=\"https:\/\/mashable.com\/article\/apple-planning-massive-redesign-iphone-19-pro\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">a major redesign<\/a> for the iPhone\u2019s 20th anniversary.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-tt=\"{&quot;paragraphStyle&quot;:{&quot;alignment&quot;:4,&quot;writingDirection&quot;:1}}\">From Fadeaway World: <a href=\"https:\/\/fadeawayworld.net\/nba\/memphis-grizzlies\/nba-ja-morant-same-allen-iverson-doesnt-clean-up-image\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Will the NBA give Ja Morant the Allen Iverson treatment<\/a> if Morant doesn\u2019t clean up his image?<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Felicia Suzanne&#8217;s Restaurant reopens at 383 S. Main on April 15 and they are now taking reservations.<\/p>\n<p>Hope MacGregor, Jess Ledbetter, and Matt Joyce play South Main Sounds Friday at 7.<\/p>\n<p>Help <a href=\"https:\/\/downtownmemphis.com\/do\/the-pinch-planter-painting-project\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">paint planters in The Pinch<\/a> this Saturday. Paint-by-numbers designs.<\/p>\n<p>There will be <a href=\"https:\/\/firemuseum.com\/admission\/?fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTAAAR7tJHP9JJzNOKFw8SgVhKgohPx35-OzCObhKkwHxUaNPMAl9YEgO9a4-Uql0A_aem_oClfMDI8SBgm9hCj26NbWg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">egg hunts<\/a> Saturday at 10 and noon for kids age 0-17 at the Fire Museum. Tickets are $10.<\/p>\n<p>That&#8217;s it. 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Birdie\u2019s &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/2025\/04\/10\/thursday-update-337\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Thursday 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\/28544"}],"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=28544"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28544\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":28545,"href":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28544\/revisions\/28545"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=28544"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=28544"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=28544"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}<!-- WP Super Cache is installed but broken. 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