{"id":28784,"date":"2025-06-18T08:50:26","date_gmt":"2025-06-18T13:50:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/?p=28784"},"modified":"2025-06-18T08:50:26","modified_gmt":"2025-06-18T13:50:26","slug":"wednesday-update-298","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/2025\/06\/18\/wednesday-update-298\/","title":{"rendered":"Wednesday update"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Old Daisy Theater on Beale Street, built in 1913, <a href=\"https:\/\/wreg.com\/news\/local\/historic-new-daisy-theatre-catches-fire-overnight\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">caught fire<\/a> overnight. It was an electrical tire that the fire department ruled accidental.<\/p>\n<p>According to a Facebook post the restaurant made, Green Beetle is using Heath Riles BBQ Rub on its wings. The Riles team won the grand championship at BBQ Fest this year.<\/p>\n<p>Today is International Sushi Day. South Main Sushi would be my recommendation to celebrate.<\/p>\n<p>The Bubba Feathers Band plays Live at the Tracks at Central Station Hotel 6:30-9:30 Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>The CA has a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.commercialappeal.com\/picture-gallery\/entertainment\/2025\/06\/16\/historic-photos-mississippi-river-in-memphis\/84230310007\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">photo gallery<\/a> of the Mississippi River over the years.<\/p>\n<p>Brian Blake, Abbye West Pates, and Daniel Neihoff play South Main Sounds Friday at 7.<\/p>\n<p>The matriarch of the Neely BBQ empire in Memphis <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=fdyaG9Zm_WI\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">has died<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.orpheum-memphis.com\/events\/sallys-saloon-a-western-soulful-murder-mystery\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Sally\u2019s Saloon<\/a>, A Soulful Murder Mystery, has 3 PM and 7 PM performances at the Halloran Centre on Sunday.<\/p>\n<p>Motorcycle Sports looks at <a href=\"https:\/\/motorcyclesports.net\/kentavious-caldwell-pope-memphis-grizzlies-trade\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">what new Grizzly Kentavious Caldwell-Pope could do in Memphis<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Moxy Hotel is organizing a Puppy Pride Parade through Court Square 9:30 to 11:30 AM Saturday. DJ spinning on Moxy\u2019s patio, drag queens, and a doggy drag contest.<\/p>\n<p>Slider Inn Downtown is hosting a local vendors\u2019 market Saturday from 11 AM to 5 PM.<\/p>\n<p>ESPN analyst Stephen A. Smith <a href=\"https:\/\/wreg.com\/sports\/stephen-a-smith-nba-players-down-on-memphis-due-to-crime\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">says that<\/a> NBA players don\u2019t want to be traded to Memphis because of the crime here.<\/p>\n<p>There was a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.actionnews5.com\/2025\/06\/18\/downtown-stabbing-sends-man-trauma-center\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">stabbing<\/a> at Danny Thomas and Washington last night at 6:18 PM.<\/p>\n<p>Men&#8217;s College World Series: Arkansas vs. LSU, 6 PM tonight, ESPN.<\/p>\n<p>That\u2019s all I\u2019ve 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 Old Daisy Theater on Beale Street, built in 1913, caught fire overnight. It was an electrical tire that the fire department ruled accidental. According to a Facebook post the restaurant made, Green Beetle is using Heath Riles BBQ Rub on its wings. The Riles team won the grand championship at BBQ Fest this year. &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/2025\/06\/18\/wednesday-update-298\/\" 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\/28784"}],"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=28784"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28784\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":28787,"href":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28784\/revisions\/28787"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=28784"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=28784"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=28784"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}<!-- WP Super Cache is installed but broken. 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