{"id":28621,"date":"2025-05-07T09:21:41","date_gmt":"2025-05-07T14:21:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/?p=28621"},"modified":"2025-05-07T09:21:41","modified_gmt":"2025-05-07T14:21:41","slug":"wednesday-update-294","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/2025\/05\/07\/wednesday-update-294\/","title":{"rendered":"Wednesday update"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The new roundabout is now open. Head all the way south on Riverside Drive and you can exit onto<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>I-55 North<\/li>\n<li>Alston Ave. (where the Super 8 motel is)<\/li>\n<li>I-55 South<\/li>\n<li>Or keep going for westbound E.H. Crump Blvd.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.commercialappeal.com\/picture-gallery\/news\/2025\/05\/06\/photos-press-conference-held-to-encourage-restoration-of-clayborn-temple\/83475601007\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">A press conference<\/a> was held Monday to encourage the restoration of Clayborn Temple. The Memphis landmark was nearly destroyed in a fire last month.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/sports\/horse-racing\/kentucky-derby-winner-sovereignty-preakness-stakes-rcna205179?utm_campaign=mb&amp;utm_medium=newsletter&amp;utm_source=morning_brew\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">There will be no Triple Crown winner this year.<\/a> Sovereignty isn&#8217;t running the Preakness.<\/p>\n<p>Memphis Tourism will be at the Court Square food truck rodeo Thursday to celebrate National Travel &amp; Tourism Week.<\/p>\n<p>Landslide, a Fleetwood Mac tribute band, will headline the Peabody rooftop party this Thursday. $15 gen adm, $40 VIP. Enter for a chance to win tickets to BBQ Fest. VIPs get a buffet of crispitos, savory beef tacos, warm queso, salsa and chips, and sweet churros. DJ A.D. will spin and there will be cornhole games in the ballroom.<\/p>\n<p>Rail Yard Ramblers play Live at the Tracks at Central Station Thursday 6:30 to 9:30.<\/p>\n<p>Melanie MacLaren, Hannah Aldridge, and Caitlin Mae play South Main Sounds Friday at 7.<\/p>\n<p>Documentary film <a href=\"https:\/\/downtownmemphis.com\/do\/bluff-city-chinese-a-documentary-film-screening-and-discussion\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Bluff City Chinese<\/a> will be shown at the civil rights museum Thursday evening.<\/p>\n<p>Coach Bill Courtney <a href=\"https:\/\/downtownmemphis.com\/do\/live-interview-9-and-11-firefighter-tim-brown-and-coach-bill-courtney\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">interviews<\/a> 9\/11 firefighter Tim Brown on a live podcast at Grind City Brewing Thursday. Max 150 audience members.<\/p>\n<p>That&#8217;s all I&#8217;ve got.<\/p>\n<p><span data-tt=\"{&quot;paragraphStyle&quot;:{&quot;alignment&quot;:4,&quot;writingDirection&quot;:1}}\"><em><strong>I gratefully accept tips:<\/strong><\/em><br \/>\n<\/span>Venmo:\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 new roundabout is now open. Head all the way south on Riverside Drive and you can exit onto I-55 North Alston Ave. (where the Super 8 motel is) I-55 South Or keep going for westbound E.H. Crump Blvd. A press conference was held Monday to encourage the restoration of Clayborn Temple. The Memphis landmark &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/2025\/05\/07\/wednesday-update-294\/\" 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\/28621"}],"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=28621"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28621\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":28622,"href":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28621\/revisions\/28622"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=28621"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=28621"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=28621"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}<!-- WP Super Cache is installed but broken. 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