The new roundabout is now open. Head all the way south on Riverside Drive and you can exit onto
- I-55 North
- Alston Ave. (where the Super 8 motel is)
- I-55 South
- Or keep going for westbound E.H. Crump Blvd.
A press conference was held Monday to encourage the restoration of Clayborn Temple. The Memphis landmark was nearly destroyed in a fire last month.
There will be no Triple Crown winner this year. Sovereignty isn’t running the Preakness.
Memphis Tourism will be at the Court Square food truck rodeo Thursday to celebrate National Travel & Tourism Week.
Landslide, a Fleetwood Mac tribute band, will headline the Peabody rooftop party this Thursday. $15 gen adm, $40 VIP. Enter for a chance to win tickets to BBQ Fest. VIPs get a buffet of crispitos, savory beef tacos, warm queso, salsa and chips, and sweet churros. DJ A.D. will spin and there will be cornhole games in the ballroom.
Rail Yard Ramblers play Live at the Tracks at Central Station Thursday 6:30 to 9:30.
Melanie MacLaren, Hannah Aldridge, and Caitlin Mae play South Main Sounds Friday at 7.
Documentary film Bluff City Chinese will be shown at the civil rights museum Thursday evening.
Coach Bill Courtney interviews 9/11 firefighter Tim Brown on a live podcast at Grind City Brewing Thursday. Max 150 audience members.
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