“There was a time when drive-in movie theaters — Bellevue, Jaxon, Sky-Vue — were all around town. But you have to be of a certain age to remember where they were.”

But start with the calamari and split the cannoli.

With affordable tuition and help with job placement, Tech901 often attracts career changers, people who are underemployed or stuck in jobs without growth — including many college grads.

This Part 2 of the postseason, pre-offseason Grizzlies Mailbag takes on a few big picture questions and then dips a toe into the 2025 NBA Draft, free agency and trade issues to come. 

Memphis police officers are poised to secure a 5% pay raise.

This week’s puzzle comes from the 16th Orpheum High School Music Theatre Awards on Thursday, May 22. 

Table Ready is designed to fill former Downtown businesses by allowing restaurant owners to try out the property with the Downtown Memphis Commission covering some of the rent and utility costs for a year. 

With the win, Memphis adds to its lead in the season series against Jacksonville with a seven-games-to-five advantage.

Also happening this week: Memorial Day is Monday, and there’s a reception for the work that replaced Midtown’s Union Centre blue-dog paintings.

Since Nike EYBL Session 2 came through Memphis on May 16-18, the Memphis Tigers have offered scholarships to at least 12 high school recruits.

A list of Memphis-area teams and individuals that won state titles in the spring sports during the TSSAA’s Spring Fling.

How about taking in a movie?

“All Americans owe the families of the servicemen and women who died serving our country more than lip service in gratitude, appreciation and reverence.”

“Living this way has flung the doors wide for me to write about things like the Grammys and National Parks and PGA golf and missionaries. ... And it’s all largely because I’ve now been taught to see.”

Since ShelbyCares opened its first neighborhood health hub, Penny Ward has dropped about 100 pounds, stopped taking two medications and seen her blood pressure and blood sugar numbers drop to their lowest in decades.

Shamichael Hallman is the author of “Meet Me at the Library,” which makes the case for the importance not just of libraries but public spaces of all kinds.

“Once it passes into history,” said a fan, “we will have lost another unique part of what makes Midtown, Midtown.” 

Memphis City Council member Dr. Jeff Warren dipped his toe across the city-county dividing line when he waded into a discussion about building a new jail instead of a new Regional One Health campus.

Operation Rolling Thunder resulted in 160 arrests, including 50 known gang members, according to the Memphis Police Department. But MPD only revealed names of 49 people who it said were arrested during the operation.

Are you ready for today’s puzzles?

A three-hour weather delay before the start of Saturday’s game and a loss to the Arlington Renegades didn’t deter fans who say Showboats are the best entertainment value in town.

Olivier Grandchamp tosses a complete game as the Lakeland Lions complete an improbable run to their first championship.

Medals will be sent out for the top times, but the cash prizes will not be given.

Following the U.S. Department of Justice’s scathing report highlighting police abuses of power, Memphis Mayor Paul Young said the city would not enter into any federal consent decree with the DOJ.

Chef Kelly English joins Holly Whitfield on this week’s Sound Bites to talk about the Second Line’s renovations, their Hawaiian pop-up and a surprise celebrity visit to Restaurant Iris.