The Early Word: A Dixon departure, and the Grizzlies set their dates
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It’s Friday, Aug. 14, and that means this weekend is the 49th anniversary of the death of the Big E and Elvis Week events will culminate Saturday night with the annual candlelight vigil at Graceland.
‘Friendly’ dispute: The control of about $800,000 is at issue between Memphis Public Libraries and nonprofit partner Friends of the Libraries.
Keep ‘em open?: Republican gubernatorial candidate Marsha Blackburn wants to close Tennessee’s open primaries.
Two decades at the Dixon: Dixon Gallery & Gardens director Kevin Sharp announced plans to retire.
On the links: Competition began Thursday at the FedEx St. Jude Championship golf tournament.
Saving the dates: The full NBA schedule was released on Thursday, with the Grizzlies back as an MLK Day host in January and welcoming Ja Morant, now a Portland Trail Blazer, back for his return game in February.
Foodie Friday: Try the pizza-dough-based Italian sandwiches at Panuzzo King inside the Broad Avenue location of Wiseacre Brewing.
Into the Grove: The Grove at Germantown Performing Arts Center, announced a fall schedule.
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Chris Herrington
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 now splits his time between Minneapolis-St. Paul, where his wife works, and Memphis.
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