{"id":4377,"date":"2009-08-06T12:33:30","date_gmt":"2009-08-06T17:33:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/?p=4377"},"modified":"2009-08-06T12:33:30","modified_gmt":"2009-08-06T17:33:30","slug":"thur-update-power-house-closed-mexican-buffet-for-sma-plug-in-mixer-travel-channel-sales-tax-holiday-and-more","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/2009\/08\/06\/thur-update-power-house-closed-mexican-buffet-for-sma-plug-in-mixer-travel-channel-sales-tax-holiday-and-more\/","title":{"rendered":"Thur update: Power House closed, Mexican buffet for SMA, &#8220;Plug In&#8221; mixer, Travel Channel, sales tax holiday, and more"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Commercial Appeal reports that <a href=\"http:\/\/www.commercialappeal.com\/news\/2009\/aug\/06\/unique-art-gallery-runs-out-of-steam\/?partner=RSS\">the Power House art gallery has closed<\/a>. That&#8217;s kind of a shock, considering that this summer they&#8217;ve been more active than ever, hosting midnight movies, public forums, and kids&#8217; events. Like everyone, though, they got hit by the tough economic times. Best wishes to those involved with the Power House and thanks for 6 great years.<\/p>\n<p>The South Main Association has asked me to note some changes to their meeting next Tuesday at the Happy Mexican. Instead of complimentary hors d&#8217;oeuvres, there will be a complimentary dinner buffet. (Somewhere in an office building out in Collierville, the Nuh-Uh Girl is jumping for joy.) There will also be a cash bar. Hmmm with Steve Cohen appearing, I may have to skip trivia and show up for this one&#8230; Steve needs our support to ensure a victory over King Willie in the primary next year. Besides, with social hour starting at 6 and Steve not getting there until 8, there will be plenty of extra time to drink margaritas.<\/p>\n<p>Memphis communications organizations AIGA, AAF, and PRSA will have a &#8220;Plug In&#8221; mixer tonight at Minglewood Hall. There will be drink specials by three advertising industry bands &#8211; Vending Machine, The Revisions, and WatchPaper. Drink specials, free appetizers.<\/p>\n<p>The Travel Channel&#8217;s <em>Great Weekends with Samantha Brown<\/em> will re-broadcast its visit to Memphis this Saturday, August 8, at 9 PM. The show filmed Sam hanging out at Elvis&#8217; favorite table at the Arcade, stopping by Alcenia&#8217;s for some soul food, and dancing at Hollywood Disco. A sneak peek of the show can be found <a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=yvfM2DNq1iE\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>This weekend is a sales tax holiday. From Friday, August 7 to Sunday, August 9, any single clothing item under $100 can be bought without paying sales tax. I know that Lansky and Shelton Clothiers are among the Downtown stores that will be featuring their under-$100 items. Good weekend to do some shopping.<\/p>\n<p>Good article on <a href=\"http:\/\/www.gomemphis.com\/news\/2009\/aug\/05\/majestic-grille-serves-exhibition--house-talent\/?partner=RSS\">the Majestic Grille&#8217;s employee art exhibit<\/a> to be held next Wednesday, August 12, in the Commercial Appeal today.<\/p>\n<p>Also in the CA today &#8211; it was announced that <a href=\"http:\/\/www.gomemphis.com\/news\/2009\/jul\/25\/news-in-the-arts-wicked-to-return-in-fall-2010\/?partner=RSS\"><em>Wicked<\/em> will return to the Orpheum in fall 2010<\/a>. That&#8217;s great news for Downtown, because it brought a lot of business not only to the theatre itself, but to nearby businesses and attractions.<\/p>\n<p>Plans for tonight: I&#8217;m going to play on PokerStars for a few hours, then head to the Saucer around 9:00 to see The Dempseys.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Commercial Appeal reports that the Power House art gallery has closed. That&#8217;s kind of a shock, considering that this summer they&#8217;ve been more active than ever, hosting midnight movies, public forums, and kids&#8217; events. Like everyone, though, they got hit by the tough economic times. Best wishes to those involved with the Power House &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/2009\/08\/06\/thur-update-power-house-closed-mexican-buffet-for-sma-plug-in-mixer-travel-channel-sales-tax-holiday-and-more\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Thur update: Power House closed, Mexican buffet for SMA, &#8220;Plug In&#8221; mixer, Travel Channel, sales tax holiday, and more&#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\/4377"}],"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=4377"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4377\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4378,"href":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4377\/revisions\/4378"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4377"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4377"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4377"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}<!-- WP Super Cache is installed but broken. 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