Welcome back to The To-Do List, where Daily Memphian staffers suggest their favorite events and activities for the coming week. Want more ideas? Check out The Daily Memphian’s event calendar and feel free to submit your own events there, as well.

This week, travel back to 1987 with Patrick Swayze and Jennifer Grey at Malco Theatres, watch a woman swallow swords at Lafayette’s Music Room and catch the highest-grossing American play in Broadway history at the Orpheum Theatre. Plus, it’s still Elvis Week, and you can find a full rundown of events here.

FedEx St. Jude Championship at TPC Southwind, through Sunday:

Scottie Scheffler (No. 1 in both the Cup standings and the world rankings) will play the FedEx St. Jude Championship, which runs through Sunday at TPC Southwind. (AP Photo/Alastair Grant)

The annual FedEx St. Jude Championship — which has recently been called “golf’s Super Bowl” — kicked off on Wednesday and runs through the weekend. Memphis’ annual PGA Tour stop serves as the first round of the playoffs, and the top 125 eligible golfers will compete, including Scottie Scheffler (No. 1 in both the Cup standings and the world rankings) and Tony Finau (who won back-to-back tournaments in July and has three additional top 10 finishes to his credit). As for what to eat while you’re there, popular food tents Birdies & Bubbles (from local restaurateurs Andrew Ticer and Michael Hudman) and The Pit (serving barbecue from The Commissary and Hog Wild) will be back this year. Times and ticket prices vary. 3325 Club at Southwind. Click here for the schedule, tickets and more. — Bianca Phillips

“Johnny Guitar” at Crosstown Theater, Thursday:

‘Johnny Guitar’ screens as part of the Crosstown Arthouse Film Series on Aug. 11. (Courtesy Crosstown Arts)

Director Nicholas Ray is best known for 1955’s “Rebel Without a Cause,” but released a year earlier, his western “Johnny Guitar” is a similarly wild, impassioned, subversive work of mid-century color cinema. (Appropriately, “Johnny Guitar” is in “Trucolor,” cheaper than the better-known Technicolor.) Screening as part of the ongoing “Crosstown Arthouse” series, “Johnny Guitar” stars Joan Crawford as a saloon keeper who enlists the aid of the title cowboy (Sterling Hayden) in her escalating conflict with others in her Arizona cattle town. 7:30 p.m., $5. See here for more info. — Chris Herrington

“Cold Supper, Hot Whiskey and a Touch of Fever” at Woodruff-Fontaine House Museum, Friday:

On Aug. 12, visitors to the Woodruff Fontaine House Museum will be treated to a cold supper, hot whiskey and tours of the museum’s yellow fever exhibit. (Daily Memphian file)

This summer has been hotter than the devil’s armpit, as some Southerners would say. Or as my me-maw would say, hotter than the blue blazes (whatever that means). No matter what colloquialism you would use to describe this sweltering summer, we can all agree, it’s hot. And one way we Southerners know to cool off from summer’s fury is with a cold supper (think potato salad, pasta salad or any food that ends in “salad”). This Friday, you can enjoy a cold supper (in the form of light hor d’oeuvres) paired with hot whiskey from Old Dominick Distillery. Then, after dinner, in keeping with the theme, you can stroll around the Woodruff Fontaine Museum’s 1878 yellow fever exhibition. The $60 ticket price includes whiskey tastings, food, two drink tickets and a tour of the mansion. 6 to 9 p.m. 680 Adams Ave. Click here for tickets. — Phillips

‘Sweat Fest’ at Shangri-La Records, Saturday:

Two music fans searched for posters at Shangri-La Records during the shop’s 25th year in business. (The Daily Memphian file)

Speaking of the heat: You might think mid-August is the worst time to hold an outdoor music festival in Memphis, and you might be right. But “doing it in the dead of Memphis summer when ... the heat and humidity are almost comically hellacious” was all the more reason to do it, according to Shangri-La Records co-owner John Miller. The free festival is making a return after a two-year pandemic break and features massive sales inside the store and live music in the parking lot. The line-up includes “Kings of Sweat Fest” The Sheiks, plus The Subteens, Little Baby Tendencies, The Guiding Light and Jas Roa. Sales begin at 11 a.m., music begins at 2 p.m. Free. 1916 Madison Ave. Read more about it here. — Phillips

“Vertigo” at the Memphis Museum of Science and History, Saturday:

Alfred Hitchcock’s ‘Vertigo’ will screen at the Mempis Museum of Science and History on Aug. 13. (Courtesy MoSH)

Last week, in recommending a screening of the David Lynch film “Mulholland Drive,” I mentioned the once-a-decade film poll by the British magazine “Sight & Sound,” the latest version of which is coming out in November. “Mulholland Drive” was the highest-ranking 21st century film in the 2012 poll, but big news then was the elevation of Alfred Hitchcock’s 1958 noir “Vertigo” to No. 1, breaking the 50-year reign of “Citizen Kane.” To be honest, “Vertigo” isn’t my favorite Hitchcock (that’d be “Rear Window”), but it’s probably his most obsessive and commanding film, an absolute must-see for anybody who cares about the medium. And this week offers a rare chance to see it on a big — likely really big — screen, MoSH’s Giant Screen theater, with an intro from local filmmaker and film professor Steven Ross. Alicia Davidson has more here. 5:30 p.m. reception, 6:30 p.m. talk, 7:15 p.m. screening. $23. See here for more info. — Herrington

“Dirty Dancing” 35th anniversary screenings at Malco Paradiso and Collierville Town Cinema 16, Sunday and Wednesday:

When I was a kid, my mom had the biggest crush on Patrick Swayze, and so we watched “Dirty Dancing” over and over again. To this day, I cannot pick up a watermelon without thinking of Jennifer Grey’s iconic “I carried a watermelon” line. (Just last week at the Cooper-Young Farmers Market, I ran into a friend carrying watermelon, and those were my first words to her.) So the fact that this cinematic treasure is 35 years old makes me feel, well, old. But I’m too young to remember seeing it on the big screen, so this anniversary theater screening is a perfect chance to re-live this timeless tale of young love, teenage rebellion, classism and the importance of female bodily autonomy. 3 p.m. on Sunday, 7 p.m. on Wednesday. $14.82. Paradiso is at 584 S. Mendenhall Rd., and Collierville Town Cinema 16 is at 380 Market Blvd. in Collierville. Click here for tickets. — Phillips

Keia Johnson at The Green Room at Crosstown Arts, Sunday:

Keia Johnson (Courtesy Crosstown Arts)

Vocalist Keia Johnson will perform what she says may be one of her last Memphis shows this Sunday. Johnson appeared on two seasons of “American Idol,” and on one episode, guest judge Mary J. Blige declared, “She can sing!” after Johnson’s performance of Celine Dion’s “My Heart Will Go On.” (If you’ve ever tried to sing that song at karaoke, you know what a feat that is.) Johnson also competed on season four of “The Voice” but wasn’t chosen for a team. She’s since gone on to release an EP, act in local theater and sing with the B.B. King’s All-Star Band for Holland America Cruise lines. 6 p.m. $25 advance or $30 at the door. 1350 Concourse Ave., Suite 280. Click here for more information. — Phillips

“Hellzapoppin Circus Sideshow” at Lafayette’s Music Room, Sunday:

Advertised as “part fantasy, part vaudeville, part freakshow and all rock ‘n’ roll,” the Hellzapoppin Circus Sideshow delivers all the death-defying (and let’s be honest, stomach-churning) stunts you’d expect from an event billed as such. There’s the “half-man daredevil” who walks on his hands through broken glass that’s been lit on fire, the woman who swallows swords and razor blades, the man who pierces his body on stage night after night. And it’s all set to hardcore metal and testosterone rock (think Motorhead, Nine Inch Nails and Saliva). It’s probably not for everyone, but maybe it’s for you. Doors open at 6 p.m., show begins at 7 p.m. $20. 2119 Madison Ave. Click here for more information. — Phillips

Wendy Moten (opening for Vince Gill) at the Orpheum Theatre, Sunday:

Wendy Moten (shown here at the Bonnaroo Music and Arts Festival) will perform with Vince Gill at the Orpheum Theatre on Aug. 14. (Amy Harris/Invision/AP file photo)

Memphis-born R&B/country soul artist Wendy Moten will round out her national tour with country star Vince Gill in a hometown performance on Sunday night. Moten, who will both open for Gill and perform backup vocals, recently appeared on Season 21 of NBC’s “The Voice,” where she came in second place but broke a few bones in an onstage fall. Read more about the show here. 7:30 p.m. $49 to $60. 203 S. Main St. Click here for more tickets. — Phillips

“To Kill a Mockingbird” at the Orpheum Theatre, opening Tuesday:

“To Kill a Mockingbird” opens at the Orpehum Theatre on Aug. 16 and runs through Aug. 21. (Julieta Cervantes/Courtesy Orpheum Theatre)

Film director and playwright Aaron Sorkin’s “To Kill a Mockingbird” holds the record as the highest-grossing American play in Broadway history, despite its original run being cut short when the pandemic shuttered Broadway for months. Performances of the play resumed in October 2021, and its national tour stops at the Orpheum next week. Harper Lee’s beloved 1960 novel, which tackles issues of racial injustice and lost innocence, will come to life on stage with Emmy Award-winning actor Richard Thomas taking on the role of small-town lawyer Atticus Finch. Runs through Aug. 21. Times vary. $29 to $125. 203 S. Main St. Click here for tickets. — Phillips

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