Today in Memphis, we say goodbye to Juice and Cockadoos, hello to a new Overton Square bar and clear up some of the myths about Voodoo Village. Also, I need your help with something (but don't worry - it's easy).
Here's your Wednesday news update:
Dorothy Parker once quipped that "Boys don't make passes at girls who wear glasses." As a bespectacled lady, I can say that that's true - sometimes. Boys don't make passes at girls who wear boring glasses.
What's easier than trivia night, but more fun than just sitting at a bar? Assignment #199 in the 365 Things to Do in Memphis: Bingo night at the Brass Door.
Hog and Hominy has become a Memphis staple since opening in 2011.
Hog and Hominy is the second restaurant opened by well-known Memphis chefs Andy Ticer and Michael Hudman. The beloved location is a wood burning, neighborhood eatery with a menu that you can't go wrong with any item.
Welcome to the working week. Today, we've got good news, PechaKucha sign ups, an indoor hotdog cart and a brand new holiday to celebrate.
But first, have some coffee:
If you passed through the intersection of Park and Mt. Moriah sometime between roughly 2006 and 2010, you've probably seen Chris Robinson. But chances are, you don't know him as Chris - you know him as the Little Caesar's Air Guitar Guy.
He was the Tony Allen of sign holding. Headphones on, Chris played his square pizza sign like it was a flying V and he was in an arena, not on a street corner during rush hour. He jumped, he slid, he arched his back and lifted his air guitar to traffic in a neverending, silent solo.
Happy Friday the 13th, everybody. Here are five awesome things to do with the next three days:
1. Underground at the Cotton Museum, Cotton Museum, Friday, 6 p.m., free
Memphis sculptor Greely Myatt is bringing some of his new, uniquely Southern works in wood, metal and found objects to the Cotton Museum this weekend. The opening party is tonight from 6 p.m. until 9 p.m., but the show will be up through July.
It's not terribly fascinating to watch most people do their day jobs. But most people aren't blacksmiths. Assignment #194 in the 365 Things to Do in Memphis is to watch metalworkers at work in the National Ornamental Metal Museum's smithy.
One of the best documentaries of the past five years (at least, according to me) is showing at the Brooks Museum tonight, and you should be there.
