Wednesday update

Comedian Joe Gatto (who you may remember from the TV show Impractical Jokers) performs at the Orpheum Thursday. Gatto’s show is called “Let’s Get Into It” and features all-new material. Tickets are $39.75-$59.75. Bardog is giving away some tickets to the show; check their social media for info on a chance to win.

Congratulations to Central Station on being named the 2nd best hotel in the South in a Condé Nast Traveler survey. Brooklyn DJ Rivka Ruth will spin house music at the hotel Thursday from 7 to 11 PM.

What was the weather like on the day you were born? Find out here. Me: rainy and 62, which is typical Little Rock in mid-November.

Read a book, get a free personal pan pizza from Pizza Hut. Free food? Wonder if the Nuh-Uh Girl will read.

Let’s have a look at college football games of interest this Saturday:

  • 9 Missouri at 25 Texas A&M, 11:00 AM, ABC
  • Auburn at 5 Georgia, 2:30 PM, ABC
  • 12 Ole Miss at South Carolina, 2:30 PM, ESPN
  • 1 Alabama at Vanderbilt, 3:15 PM, SEC Network
  • South Alabama at Arkansas State, 6:00 PM, ESPN+
  • 4 Tennessee at Arkansas, 6:30 PM, ABC

Pretty boring schedule as many teams (including our Memphis Tigers) have a bye week. How sweet it will be if the Arkansas Razorbacks pull off an upset that keeps Tennessee out of the college football playoff. Don’t ever count out the Hogs at home.

City Council approved Mayor Young’s plan for the city to buy the Sheraton Hotel on North Main. The Sheraton is Memphis’ convention center hotel, but the rooms are not being kept up by current ownership. That’s been causing convention planners to look to other cities.

Get your pet blessed this Saturday between 10 and 11 AM in Court Square. Are the squirrels gonna get blessed too?

Heard some interesting Downtown gossip this morning that’s not bloggable yet. Maybe in a week or two. Back Thursday or Friday with more news.

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