{"id":30018,"date":"2026-06-18T11:43:21","date_gmt":"2026-06-18T16:43:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/?p=30018"},"modified":"2026-06-18T11:43:21","modified_gmt":"2026-06-18T16:43:21","slug":"thursday-update-388","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/2026\/06\/18\/thursday-update-388\/","title":{"rendered":"Thursday update"},"content":{"rendered":"

You’ve heard of motor fests in The Edge District before… well, on Saturday, August 22 there’ll be a MATER fest out there! Get the maters at the Edgy Tomato Festival<\/a>, presented by Edible Memphis.<\/p>\n

Tomato-themed art contest at Ugly Art<\/li>\n

Food specials featuring tomatoes at area restaurants<\/li>\n

Curated vendor market<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
There’s a ticker tape parade<\/a> today in New York City to celebrate the Knicks’ first NBA championship in 53 years.<\/p>\n
In other basketball news, Caitlin Clark has announced her first signature Nike sneaker<\/a>.<\/p>\n
It’s 1980s Night at the Redbirds, who host the Nashville Sounds at 7:05. $2 PBR. $7 tickets for college students.<\/p>\n
It’s International Sushi Day.<\/a> STIX and South Main Sushi can help you celebrate.<\/p>\n
Daniel Larsen plays a free show today 5-7 in the Flyway Brewing taproom.<\/p>\n
Future homebuyers, there will be a party for you<\/a> Saturday 11 to 5 in Court Square. Mortgage lenders, title companies, home warranty providers. Leave pre-qualified. Food trucks, DJ, giveaways, games.<\/p>\n
Join the DMC and the MMDC at the intersection of Walnut Street and MLK Ave. Saturday morning 8-10 for the unveiling<\/a> of bike-hitchable bike lane sweepers.<\/p>\n
USA vs. Australia in World Cup Group D action, 2:00 CDT Friday, FOX. Take a half day off work and watch the match at Max’s.<\/p>\n
General Sessions judges have suspended<\/a> court clerk Tami Sawyer for 60 days with pay. Sawyer is facing federal charges of illegally using her office for personal gain.<\/p>\n
The Memphis Art Museum at Front and Monroe, scheduled to open December 6, will have free admission for Shelby County residents – forever<\/a>.<\/p>\n
Back tomorrow with a Frupdate.<\/p>\n
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You’ve heard of motor fests in The Edge District before… well, on Saturday, August 22 there’ll be a MATER fest out there! Get the maters at the Edgy Tomato Festival, presented by Edible Memphis. Tomato-themed art contest at Ugly Art Food specials featuring tomatoes at area restaurants Curated vendor market There’s a ticker tape parade … Continue reading “Thursday update”<\/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\/30018"}],"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=30018"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30018\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":30020,"href":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30018\/revisions\/30020"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=30018"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=30018"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=30018"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}