{"id":29633,"date":"2026-02-26T11:39:39","date_gmt":"2026-02-26T17:39:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/?p=29633"},"modified":"2026-02-26T11:39:39","modified_gmt":"2026-02-26T17:39:39","slug":"thursday-update-376","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/2026\/02\/26\/thursday-update-376\/","title":{"rendered":"Thursday update"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Competitive eating legend <a href=\"https:\/\/www.milb.com\/memphis\/news\/joey-jaws-chestnut-is-taking-a-bite-out-of-autozone-park-this-summer\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Joey Chestnut<\/a> comes to AutoZone Park for the\u00a0 Saturday, July 18 Redbirds game. Meet &amp; greet and other event details to be announced soon.<\/p>\n<p>Penny&#8217;s 12-15 Tigers host Wichita State tonight at 8. TV: ESPN2<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.orpheum-memphis.com\/events\/robert-plant\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Robert Plant<\/a> comes to the Orpheum Tuesday, March 24.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/events\/26315599371367645\/?acontext=%7B%22source%22%3A%2229%22%2C%22ref_notif_type%22%3A%22plan_user_invited%22%2C%22action_history%22%3A%22null%22%7D&amp;notif_id=1772045582068607&amp;notif_t=plan_user_invited&amp;ref=notif\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Gia Welch and JD Westmoreland<\/a> play South Main Sounds Friday at 7.<\/p>\n<p>The DM&#8217;s Sam Hardiman thinks it&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.audacy.com\/929espn\/sports\/memphis-grizzlies\/dms-hardiman-with-j-and-j-fedexforum-lease-probable-in-2026\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">probable<\/a> that a lease on FedExForum will get signed this calendar year, keeping the Grizzlies in Memphis long-term.<\/p>\n<p>Congrats to St. Jude, <a href=\"https:\/\/wreg.com\/news\/local\/st-jude-hits-no-2-on-forbes-best-large-employers-list\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">which made number 2<\/a> on Forbes&#8217; best large employers list.<\/p>\n<p>South Main noodle and dumpling joint Good Fortune Co. is hiring a host. $13-$20\/hour.<\/p>\n<p>Spring in Memphis <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox13memphis.com\/news\/memphis-spring-seasons-warming-nearly-2-degrees-since-1970-new-analysis-finds\/article_323bdbe7-ad39-432c-bb19-78eae9556861.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">has warmed nearly 2 degrees<\/a> since 1970.<\/p>\n<p>A new observation deck at Tom Lee Park is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.actionnews5.com\/2026\/02\/25\/new-observation-deck-tom-lee-park-completion-underway\/#\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">nearing completion<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>A neighborhood wine (+beer+food) bar <a href=\"https:\/\/www.memphisflyer.com\/food-news-bites-over-keel-at-the-kent-coming-to-uptown\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">is coming to Uptown<\/a> next to event space The Kent.<\/p>\n<p>The Memphis Made taproom will host a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/events\/866390399716169\/?acontext=%7B%22ref%22%3A%2252%22%2C%22action_history%22%3A%22[%7B%5C%22surface%5C%22%3A%5C%22share_link%5C%22%2C%5C%22mechanism%5C%22%3A%5C%22share_link%5C%22%2C%5C%22extra_data%5C%22%3A%7B%5C%22invite_link_id%5C%22%3A905139709044975%7D%7D]%22%7D\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">chili cook-off<\/a> fundraiser for Peabody Elementary Saturday, March 7.<\/p>\n<p>Back tomorrow with a Frupdate.<\/p>\n<p><span data-tt=\"{&quot;paragraphStyle&quot;:{&quot;alignment&quot;:4,&quot;writingDirection&quot;:1}}\"><em><strong>I gratefully accept tips:\u00a0<\/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>Competitive eating legend Joey Chestnut comes to AutoZone Park for the\u00a0 Saturday, July 18 Redbirds game. Meet &amp; greet and other event details to be announced soon. Penny&#8217;s 12-15 Tigers host Wichita State tonight at 8. TV: ESPN2 Robert Plant comes to the Orpheum Tuesday, March 24. Gia Welch and JD Westmoreland play South Main &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/2026\/02\/26\/thursday-update-376\/\" 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\/29633"}],"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=29633"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29633\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":29638,"href":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29633\/revisions\/29638"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=29633"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=29633"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=29633"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}<!-- WP Super Cache is installed but broken. 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