The Memphis City Council reports that the Center City Commission has narrowed its search for a new CEO to eight candidates, four of whom are from Memphis. Among the finalists are Andy Kitsinger, the CCC’s current vice-president of planning and development; City Council member and former Mayor Pro Tem Myron Lowery; attorney and former CCC Board Chairman Paul Morris; and Rick Masson, executive director of the Shelby Farms Park Conservancy. There are also candidates from Las Vegas, San Jose, Orlando, and Apple Valley, CA who will be interviewing.<\/p>\n
The Memphis Farmers Market will have its first Dinner Tour tomorrow, Wednesday, April 21, at Felicia Suzanne’s at 6:30 PM. The dinner will feature MFM products including Pecans from Delta Pecans, Goat Cheese from Bonnie Blue Farm, Produce from Whitton Flower & Produce Company, Short Ribs from Neola Farms, Organic Chicken from West Wind Farms, and Honey from Peace Bee Farm. $30 fee does not include spirits, but you can bring your own or take advantage of their Lolonis wine special – choice of four wines from the winery for $7.50 a glass or $30 a bottle. Call (901) 523-0877 for reservations. Here’s a link to an interview with Felicia about the dinner<\/a>.<\/p>\n There’s also going to be a wine dinner tomorrow night at Mesquite Chop House. 1st course: Mesquite grilled duck spring salad; 2nd course: savory smoked beef tenderloin crepe; 3rd course: Neiman Farms slow roasted pork; 4th course: lemon ice box pie, with mango sorbet. Each course will be paired with wine. $55, call 901-527-5337 for reservations.<\/p>\n The Peabody has now announced its Thursday night rooftop party lineup through July 1. Here it is:<\/p>\n April 22: Rhoney G I have more details about the Beale Street East End grand opening party that will take place Thursday the 22nd from 6 to 9 PM. You can buy $5 wristbands, which get you<\/p>\n MPACT Memphis<\/a> gets 1\/3 of the wristband proceeds for the night. The event also benefits Volunteer Memphis and Knowledge Quest.<\/p>\n I still have more, but it’s time for trivia.\u00a0 It’ll have to wait until later tonight or tomorrow.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The Memphis City Council reports that the Center City Commission has narrowed its search for a new CEO to eight candidates, four of whom are from Memphis. Among the finalists are Andy Kitsinger, the CCC’s current vice-president of planning and development; City Council member and former Mayor Pro Tem Myron Lowery; attorney and former CCC … Continue reading “Tue update 2: CCC candidates, MFM dinner @ Felicia’s, Wine Dinner @ Mesquite, Peabody rooftop schedule, Beale Street East End party”<\/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\/6423"}],"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=6423"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6423\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6426,"href":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6423\/revisions\/6426"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6423"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6423"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6423"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nApril 29: Party Planet
\nMay 6: Dr. Zarr’s Amazing Funk Monster
\nMay 13: Kevin & Bethany Paige
\nMay 20: The Venus Mission
\nMay 27: Andy Childs
\nJune 3: Mudflap Kings
\nJune 10: Gabby Johnson
\nJune 17: The Living Daylights
\nJune 24: Taco and Da Mofos
\nJuly 1: Aquanet<\/p>\n\n