The Early Word: Grizzlies set the dates, Memphis schools keep eye on vandals
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Mornin’, Memphis. It’s Friday, Aug. 15. Tonight, the annual Elvis Week culminates with the Candlelight Vigil, a walk through the gates of Graceland to the Big E’s gravesite and back. Meanwhile, the Memphis and Shelby County Community Redevelopment Agency is hosting an open house to let people can see inside the Old Brick Church on Chelsea Ave.
For vandals, ‘empty’ is an invitation: Memphis-Shelby County Schools board members are set to vote on a contract for a mobile surveillance system to combat vandalism at vacant buildings.
Blood-lead screening available for students: After 24 Memphis schools reported lead-contaminated water last week, the Shelby County Health Department is offering free blood testing.
Exercise first, eat later?: While a couple of new restaurants are on their way to the mixed-use Lakeland Town Square development, one exercise studio will be waiting for them.
New schedule just dropped: In addition to a home-opener against down-river rivals the New Orleans Pelicans, the Memphis Grizzlies will host four national TV games this season. Drew Hill has more.
Trodding the boards: A Tony-winning parody musical is one of a few new August openings on the Memphis theater scene that Alys Drake tells us about.
Hip-hop weekend: The People’s Hip-Hop Awards Experience is happening in Memphis this weekend. You can learn more here.
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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. As far as he knows, he’s the only member of the Professional Basketball Writers Association who is also a member of a film critics group and has also voted in national music critic polls for Rolling Stone and the Village Voice (RIP). He and his wife have two kids and, for reasons that sometimes elude him, three dogs.
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