{"id":8821,"date":"2011-02-03T12:56:04","date_gmt":"2011-02-03T18:56:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/?p=8821"},"modified":"2011-02-04T13:52:38","modified_gmt":"2011-02-04T19:52:38","slug":"thur-update-polar-bear-plunge-and-chili-cook-off-warm-up-to-wine-at-sole-folk-alliance-kids-concert-ibc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/2011\/02\/03\/thur-update-polar-bear-plunge-and-chili-cook-off-warm-up-to-wine-at-sole-folk-alliance-kids-concert-ibc\/","title":{"rendered":"Thur update: Polar bear plunge and chili cook-off, Warm up to Wine at Sole, Folk Alliance kids&#8217; concert, IBC"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The annual <a href=\"http:\/\/www.polarbearplungemem.org\/\">Polar Bear Plunge and Chili Cook-off<\/a> to benefit the Special Olympics happens this Saturday, February 5 on Mud Island. Some local celebrities will be doing <a href=\"http:\/\/www.polarbearplungemem.org\/pbp-theplunge\/\">the plunge<\/a>, and if you do it and raise $50 in pledges, you get a free plunge T-shirt and complimentary lunch. The <a href=\"http:\/\/www.polarbearplungemem.org\/pbpthechilicookoff\/\">chili cook-off<\/a> features a People&#8217;s Choice judging event where you can pay $5 and sample all the teams&#8217; chili. People&#8217;s Choice tasting will happen from 10:30 to 2, and Polar Bear Plunge at 2. Complete event schedule <a href=\"http:\/\/www.polarbearplungemem.org\/pbpeventschedule\/\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The next Brooks Museum &#8220;Warm up to Wine&#8221; event will be Downtown, at Sole Restaurant, Thursday, February 17 at 6 PM. Mark Stuart of Buster&#8217;s Liquors will host, and attendees will get to experience six different &#8220;Monster Zins.&#8221; Complimentary valet parking. $25 for Brooks members, $30 non-members. Advance reservations are required; call 901-544-6209 or visit <a href=\"http:\/\/theartofgoodtaste.org\/tickets\">theartofgoodtaste.org\/tickets<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The Folk Alliance will have their annual concert for kids\u00a0<strong>Friday,\u00a0February 18<\/strong>\u00a0at the Downtown Marriott in the Nashville Room. At 10 AM there will be an &#8220;instrument petting zoo&#8221; with over 200 different instruments assembled for kids to play with. At 11 there will be a folk artist&#8217;s showcase, as artists perform songs specifically written for children. Show is free and all ages are welcome.<\/p>\n<p>What a busy night Downtown last night for the IBC&#8230; I walked into the Saucer at 6:15 and the Garden was PACKED, as blues bands came on stage for 20-minute sets. Later I walked around Beale and nearly every club was packed. Quarterfinals continue tonight, with a $10 wristband getting you in 17 Beale clubs, the Saucer and the Westin lobby. More info about the IBC at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.blues.org\/#ref=ibc_index\">Blues.org<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Just learned how to <a href=\"http:\/\/mashable.com\/2011\/02\/03\/the-daily-free-tumblr\/\">read The Daily for free without an iPad<\/a>, so I guess I have something to read while I eat lunch.<\/p>\n<p>I may take the night off from the blues tonight&#8230; music was great but I need a night off from the big crowds. If I go out, I&#8217;m thinking about doing happy hour at the Silly Goose, then over to Bar None for Thursday night poker. Then again, I may just stay home. If I stay home there may well be another post this evening, so check back.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The annual Polar Bear Plunge and Chili Cook-off to benefit the Special Olympics happens this Saturday, February 5 on Mud Island. Some local celebrities will be doing the plunge, and if you do it and raise $50 in pledges, you get a free plunge T-shirt and complimentary lunch. The chili cook-off features a People&#8217;s Choice &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/2011\/02\/03\/thur-update-polar-bear-plunge-and-chili-cook-off-warm-up-to-wine-at-sole-folk-alliance-kids-concert-ibc\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Thur update: Polar bear plunge and chili cook-off, Warm up to Wine at Sole, Folk Alliance kids&#8217; concert, IBC&#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\/8821"}],"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=8821"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8821\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8832,"href":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8821\/revisions\/8832"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8821"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8821"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8821"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}<!-- WP Super Cache is installed but broken. 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