The To-Do List: Delightful lights, firepit Fridays and stumbling Santas
This week, Raised by Sound brings Cat Power to Crosstown, Oscar Wilde’s work takes center stage and you can toast to the holidays at The Kent.
Chris Herrington
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Chris Herrington has covered the Memphis Grizzlies, in one way or another, since the franchise’s second season in Memphis, while also writing about music, movies, food and civic life.
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Table TalkTable Talk: Unsolicited advice for a second barbecue ‘contest’
Chris Herrington writes of the new BBQ festival: “When I saw that this event would take the form of a contest ... and that it would also take place the same week that the Memphis in May barbecue contest is set to happen at Liberty Park … well, I laughed.”
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Food NewsNew Eats: New Asia maintains menu with a dim sum addition
New Asia’s new owners have added dim sum dishes from their food truck to the menu, but the restaurant has also kept its standards, such as Peking duck and walnut shrimp — cooked by the same chef as before.
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Memphis GrizzliesHerrington: The Grizzlies’ three paths forward as season crumbles
With playoff hopes already fading, the Grizzlies face decisions that extend beyond the current season. Do they Break it Up, bet on a simple Gap Year or Reshuffle the deck?
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Memphis Grizzlies Grizzlies now 0-7 at home after losing to Suns
After falling to 3-12 with their loss to the Suns, the Grizzlies’ hope of keeping their three-year postseason streak alive may be in grave danger by Thanksgiving weekend.
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Grizzlies Podcast Grizzlies podcast: Dillon Brooks drama and early season discoveries
Drew Hill and Chris Herrington discuss the Grizzlies’ upcoming clash with Dillon Brooks and look back at an impressive weekend for Santi Aldama.
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Table TalkTable Talk: Final Thanksgiving prep, food gift ideas galore
As Chris Herrington writes this week: “If I would never throw a turkey from a helicopter, I would (and have, many times) tossed one in the oven.” Did you get the reference?
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Chris HerringtonHerrington: Rhodes’ BDSM brouhaha should have been a blip
When I saw the story from Rhodes, I flashed back to a strange footnote in my own collegiate history: “the naked floor,” a dorm dedicated to, well, free expression.
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Memphis GrizzliesHerrington: Why Santi Aldama has become the Grizzlies’ most intriguing player
The forward from Spain missed the season’s first six games with a sprained ankle but has had a big role in Memphis’ improved play of late.
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Memphis GrizzliesGrizzlies come up one shot short in barnburner against Boston
Memphis loses to the Celtics and drops to 0-6 at home early in the season.
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Memphis Grizzlies Grizzlies weekend: Smart out 3-to-5 weeks, opponent extremes, first look at Wemby
Here are some Grizzlies items of note as the weekend double-dip looms, with a road game Saturday at San Antonio and a home game Sunday against Boston. All without Marcus Smart.
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The To-Do List The To-Do List: Christmas comes early, Adam Sandler comes to Memphis
This week, “Lil Buck” stars in “NutReMix,” trees are blue in Germantown and that Anita Baker show we’ve been hearing about on Bally Sports all year is finally happening.
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Memphis Grizzlies Grizzlies coach updates Smart, Kennard injury status
Guards Marcus Smart and Luke Kennard were injured in Memphis’ road loss to the Los Angeles Lakers.
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Grizzlies Insider: Despite injuries, it’s too early to punt the season
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Food NewsTurkey every day: Eight Memphis ways to eat Thanksgiving bird year-round
With just a week to go before Thanksgiving, one might be craving turkey now. Here’s a handy guide where to get some of the Bluff City’s best bird.
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Grizzlies Podcast Grizzlies podcast: Doom, gloom and Gilyard appreciation
Drew Hill and Chris Herrington discuss the doom and gloom surrounding the Grizzlies and share their appreciation for Jacob Gilyard.
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Table TalkTable Talk: In defense of the traditional Thanksgiving turkey
In a changing world where institutions and ideals are ever fragile, your dining room table is the place to hold the line.
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The To-Do List The To-Do List: Perk up, plant seeds and prep for the holidays
This week, single folks share their stories, Friends of George’s kicks off the holiday season and we learn to move past the trauma of those sad children’s movies from the 1990s. (“All Dogs Go to Heaven,” we’re looking at you.)
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Memphis GrizzliesHerrington: Gilyard, Biyombo are unlikely starters who’ve helped stabilize the Grizzlies
If you had been told, just after the Grizzlies were eliminated from the playoffs last spring, that the team would be starting Jacob Gilyard and Bismack Biyombo nine games into the following season, you might have guessed the season was going very poorly.
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Chris HerringtonHerrington: Lessons learned from the 10-year fight over the Greensward
The decade-long struggle over a patch of grass in Overton Park has reflected a changing city and served as a kind of proxy battle for larger civic questions.
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Memphis GrizzliesHerrington: Start Kennard? ‘Frantic’ Grizzlies running out of answers
It’s barely the second week of November, and the Grizzlies are already two-thirds of the way to last season’s total home losses.
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Table TalkTable Talk: Chris Herrington moseys on down to Momma’s for Dining Week
For Downtown Dining Week, Chris Herrington visited Momma’s and said the restaurant’s fried chicken sandwich just might take the title for the city’s best.
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Grizzlies Podcast Grizzlies podcast: Memphis snaps losing streak
Drew Hill and Chris Herrington discuss how the Grizzlies secured their first win of the season on Sunday night.
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Memphis GrizzliesDeal will keep Grizzlies broadcasts on Bally Sports for rest of season
Viewers can continue to find the Grizzlies on Bally for the rest of this season. The broadcast status beyond this season is now “to be determined.”
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Memphis GrizzliesHerrington: The Grizzlies bring home a win, and a better team. Is it too late?
But if two wins would have been a lot better than one, the Grizzlies return home this week with something more than that one win: they’re bringing back a more functional team than the one they left with.
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Grizzlies Insider: All-business Bismack Biyombo is quickly making fans
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The To-Do List The To-Do List: Talking Heads on-screen, Japan in the garden
This week, learn about the fungus among us at Meeman-Shelby, cheese the day at the Hi-Tone and get ready to spruce up your holiday tree at John Mark’s.
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