Happy birthday, Overton Park Shell! The first stage that Elvis Presley played turns 88 today — Friday, Sept. 13. In Memphis-adjacent celebrity news, Justin Timberlake is scheduled to enter a new plea in his New York drunk-driving case. And speaking of drinking, the annual Cooper-Young Four-miler, a race that’s more party than race, takes off tonight. Just don’t be like J-Tim; get yourself a DD. 

Saturday is all about fests and football. The 35th Cooper-Young Festival is happening in, well, Cooper-Young, and just down the street at Simmons Bank Liberty Stadium, Tennessee State plays Arkansas-Pine Bluff in the annual Southern Heritage Classic. The Mid-Autumn Festival at Crosstown Concourse celebrates Vietnamese culture with mooncakes and a lion dance. And you can watch the Memphis Tigers play FSU on TV.

Then, find some zen before you head back into the work week with Sunday’s Memphis Yoga Festival at the Memphis Brooks Museum of Art. For more weekend fun, our To-Do List has your back.

Earlier this week, Shelby County Chancellor Melanie Taylor Jefferson ruled that city gun-control referendums could go on the Nov. 5 ballot. If passed, those referendums won’t actually hold any weight unless state gun laws change, which is unlikely in the Republican-controlled state legislature. But the questions’ inclusion on the ballot could lead state leaders to withhold sales tax from Memphis, if they’re able to pass a new state law that would allow that. So, what does Memphis Mayor Paul Young think about all of this? He’s taking a stance that might not be popular with some Memphis City Council members.

Shortly after taking over the district, new Memphis-Shelby County Schools Superintendent Marie Feagins announced her plan to streamline MSCS operations by cutting jobs and encouraging staff to reapply for different positions that could move more employees closer to classrooms. The district ultimately started the 2024-25 school year with 2% fewer employees, as 740 roles were cut and 480 were added. But what does that mean in terms of actual jobs? The Daily Memphian’s Laura Testino has this look at every position that was cut or added. So, what’s next on Feagins’ task list? Feagins appeared on WKNO’s “Behind the Headlines” to discuss her upcoming plan to close or consolidate schools across the district.

Plus, FedEx Corp. gets sued by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital and the Memphis Tigers will bring the Carolinas to Memphis and banana pudding is coming to a Kroger near you.