Tonight’s the night for making Grammy dreams come true. The awards show, celebrating its 52nd year, is the tentpole event for the music industry and the National Academy of Recording Arts & Sciences.
Virtually every year has some kind of Memphis flavor. This year the connection comes from nominees MGMT, Robert Gordon, Justin Timberlake, Booker T. Jones, and Mavis Staples.
Read the rest at Sing All Kinds.
Tonight’s the night for making Grammy dreams come true. The awards show, celebrating its 52nd year, is the tentpole event for the music industry and the National Academy of Recording Arts & Sciences.
Virtually every year has some kind of Memphis flavor. This year the connection comes from nominees MGMT, Robert Gordon, Justin Timberlake, Booker T. Jones, and Mavis Staples.
J&K Self rising Cabaret is back on stage tonight as are Pippin, Jersey Boys and Trouble in Mind. Germantown Community Theater is closed as is Theatre Memphis. Opera Memphis’ production of Orpheus at the Clark Opera Memphis Center is closed.
Tiger coach Josh Pastner has emphasized all winter that there’s no game his team is supposed to win, that particularly in this transition season, no opponent can be overlooked.
The SMU Mustangs shouldn’t necessarily be overlooked, but today’s matinee was a game the Tigers were, indeed, supposed to win.
Read the rest of Frank Murtaugh’s take at Tiger Blue.
Tiger coach Josh Pastner has emphasized all winter that there’s no game his team is supposed to win, that particularly in this transition season, no opponent can be overlooked.
The SMU Mustangs shouldn’t necessarily be overlooked, but today’s matinee was a game the Tigers were, indeed, supposed to win. SMU has been among Conference USA’s bottom feeders throughout Matt Doherty’s four seasons as coach. (Doherty entered today’s game with a 42-68 record in Dallas.) Led by Papa Dia (23 points) and Derek Williams (25 points), SMU erased a five-point halftime deficit and beat the Tigers, 70-60, landing perhaps the most damaging blow to date to the U of M chances for reaching the NCAA tournament.
The Tigers’ short rotation caught up with them, as a whistle-happy officiating crew called a total of 27 fouls on the Tigers. (Five Memphis players had three fouls with eight minutes left to play.) Late three-pointers from Elliot Williams and Doneal Mack tightened the final score, but not enough to offset the advantage SMU gained at the free-throw line. The Mustangs hit 33 of 38 from the charity stripe, compared with the Tigers’ 12 of 19. SMU outrebounded the Tigers, 38-28. Only one Tiger pulled down as many as five boards (Roburt Sallie with six).
The loss was the Tigers’ first on the road in C-USA play since March 2, 2006 (at UAB), ending a streak of 27 victories. It’s the first loss to SMU since the Mustangs joined C-USA for the 2005-06 season.
Elliot Williams led the Tigers with 19 points, followed by Sallie with 17 and Mack with 16.
The loss damages the marquee value of the Tigers’ showdown with UAB next Wednesday. The Blazers (18-2, 6-0 in C-USA) take a seven-game winning streak to the floor tonight against UTEP. Memphis (15-6, 5-2) now needs an upset by the Miners to remain a game behind UAB in the C-USA standings.
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Jill and Keith Forrester of Whitton Farms are planning on opening Trolley Stop Market in April. Read more at Hungry Memphis.
If you order tickets for Opera Memphis’ January 31st production of Orpheus , mention “MGLCC” and $5 of the ticket price will be donated to the life-saving programs at the Memphis Gay & Lesbian Community Center.
To order tickets and make a donation, call 257-3100
You know the old saying, “The show must go on?” Apparently that’s not the case and considering how Memphians respond to ice and snow that’s probably a good thing.
From Opera Memphis:
Due to inclement weather, Opera Memphis’ Friday January 29 performance of ORPHEUS has been rescheduled for Sunday, January 31 at 3:00 pm. More information is available at operamemphis.org.
From Theatre Memphis:
Tonight’s Forbidden Broadway performance cancelled due to inclement weather.
All tickets for the January 29 performance will be valid for January 30 at 8 pm or January 31 at 2 pm.If you purchased tickets and are not able to attend either of those performances, we will issue a voucher for any other show in our 2009 – 2010 season. Go to www.theatrememphis.org to see the great shows left to enjoy.
From The Orpheum:
The Friday, January 29th performance of Jersey Boys at the Orpheum has been cancelled due to severe weather in accordance with local government authorities.
No refunds will be given, but tickets will be exchanged for a later performance of Jersey Boys based on availability. Exchanges must be made by Wednesday, Feb. 3 at 5:00 pm. Jersey Boys is scheduled to run at the Orpheum through Sunday, Feb. 14.
I had been hearing little blips all week about the Trolley Stop Market to be opened this spring by Jill and Keith Forrester of Whitton Farms.
Yesterday, Jill put up an extensive post on the Whitton Farms blog about their plans.
It sounds fantastic.