Welcome back to The To-Do List, where Daily Memphian staffers highlight can’t-miss events and fun activities each week.

This week in Memphis, a movie that’s become hard to see and artifacts of Memphis soul history never-before-seen are among our picks for reasons to leave the house. 

Lunch customers queue up at StickEm during a previous Food Truck event at Court Square. (Daily Memphian file)

Food Truck Thursdays at Court Square Park: A weekly Downtown staple, pre-COVID, “Food Truck Thursdays” returns this week, with mobile food options parked all around the square. Among the trucks on the opening week itinerary are El Mero, The Fry Guy, Cousins Maine Lobster and Smurfey’s Smokehouse. 11 a.m. - 2 p.m. More here. 

“Wild at Heart” at Crosstown Theater, Thursday: There are more streaming services now than you can keep track of, so any movie you want to watch can be found on one of them, and without leaving your couch, right? Au contraire, mon frere, as they might say at the Cannes Film Festival. Cannes is where director David Lynch (“Twin Peaks,” “Blue Velvet”) made a splash in 1990 with “Wild at Heart,” in which Nicolas Cage and Laura Dern’s lovers on the lam took home the Palm D’or, or top prize. This campy, violent, Elvis-drenched cult favorite is not available on any streaming service, but you can see it on the big screen this week as part of the ongoing “Crosstown Arthouse” film series. 7:30 p.m., $5 at the door. More here. 

First Fridays on Broad Avenue: Last week in this space, we recommended the South Main Trolley Night. How the South Main Arts District ends the month, the Broad Avenue Arts District starts it: With a nighttime stroll that highlights the strip’s restaurants, shops and galleries, with some street vendors and extra air of festivity. 5-8 p.m. More here.

Soraya Kabbaj (from left), Karen Owen and Alex Owen check out the Solid Gold Soul exhibit while touring the Stax Museum Aug. 4, 2021. (Patrick Lantrip/Daily Memphian)

Solid Gold Soulsville at the Stax Museum of American Soul Music, Friday: Dubbed a “celebration of the music and community at the global capital of soul,” this free indoor/outdoor block party of sorts will coincide with the opening of a new exhibit, “Solid Gold Soul,” which digs into the museum’s archives to showcase items that aren’t part of the permanent exhibit. In addition to “Solid Gold Soul,” there will be live music on an outdoor stage, food trucks, games and more. The Memphis Police Department Crump Station will be doing a school supply giveaway and the Moderna COVID vaccine will be available to those who qualify. 6-8 p.m., free. More here. 

Soulin’ on the River at Mud Island River Park, Friday: This ongoing concert series, a collaboration between the Memphis Slim House and Memphis River Parks Partnership, returns to Mud Island with Whitehaven soul/R&B artist J.Buck. 7 p.m. Free. More here. 

Ashley McBryde performs at the To Nashville, With Love Benefit Concert at Marathon Music Works in 2020 in Nashville. (Photo by Amy Harris/Invision/AP)

Ashley McBryde at The Orpheum, Friday: Mainstream country music gravitates to Nashville, but it doesn’t always start there. Ashley McBryde was born in Hardy, Arkansas, and attended Arkansas State University in near-to-Memphis Jonesboro. So we’ll credit some Mid-South roots for the tougher sound and wry songwriting voice she’s used to rough up the Nashville sound. An unlikely breakout, albeit in the Miranda Lambert mode, McBryde’s roadhouse-friendly country has landed her two Top 10 charting country albums and three Grammy nominations since making her major-label debut with 2018’s false-advertising “Girl Going Nowhere.” McBryde revisits those Mid-South roots on Friday at the Orpheum. Morgan Wade opens. 8 p.m., $25.50. More here.

Linda Gail Lewis at Hernando’s Hideaway, Tuesday: “Don’t shush when they shout, nor scold when they drink/They’re like Jerry Lee, the Killer, they don’t care what you think,” Linda Gail Lewis – the Killer’s little sister – sang on “Memphis Never Falls From Style,” from 2018’s righteous “Wild! Wild! Wild!.” That was an album-length collaboration with country songwriter Robbie Fulks, and while Fulks may not be with her on this return to town, here’s betting Lewis busts out that instant anthem at Hernando’s Hideaway, musician-owner Dale Watson’s reborn honky tonk in the shadow of Graceland. 7-9 p.m. General admission $10, reserved booths $40-$80. More here.

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