A new Facebook event listing has been created for this year’s Rajun Cajun Crawfish Festival Downtown on Riverside and Wagner on Sunday, April 17. This festival benefits children’s charity Porter-Leath and is one of Downtown’s largest and most fun spring festivals. Click “Going” or “Interested” to indicate your interest to your friends and to see updates about the festival.
The MBJ has a good interview with new Orpheum head honcho Brett Batterson. Batterson is a big proponent of arts education, and the new Halloran Centre for Performing Arts was a major reason he came here. However, Batterson does note that it is harder to follow in the footsteps of a legend (Pat Halloran) than in the footsteps of someone who failed.
Tallgrass, Kansas’ largest craft brewery, is brewing a beer with a very good name. We need to arrange a distribution deal in Memphis!
Meanwhile, a brewery that will soon be shipping to Memphis…
Welcome to Memphis @TinRoofBeer … you can pick up their beer here in the Memphis area this week. Cheers
— Memphis Craft Beer (@901craftbeer) January 27, 2016
I wonder if the Tin Roof will carry Tin Roof beer?
From WREG Live at 9: Learn how to make chocolate mousse from the Peabody’s pastry chef
The Advertising Checking Bureau has a customer service representative position open. I worked for this company 2004-06. Good place.
Heard on the Memphis police scanner yesterday:
Man says his neighbors have his brain cells on their heads and they are refusing to give them back.
— Memphis Scanner (@ScannerMemphis) January 27, 2016
HUH??? Nope, I’m sure no one was smoking crack at all when that phone call was made.
Time to control the PBR population at the Silly Goose. Back tomorrow.