Zoo Boo Memphis Zoo, Friday, Oct. 25-Sunday, Oct. 27, Thursday, Oct. 31 This event features candy stations and hayrides, straw mazes and magic shows, and more. Zoo Boo is fun for ghosts and goblins of all ages. Haunted Happenings: A Victorian Carnival Woodruff-Fontaine House, Friday, Oct. 25, 6 p.m., $30 The resident spirits of the […]
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MEMernet: Naked Running Man, Witchcraft Rituals on LetGo
A round-up of Memphis on the World Wide Web. Pastor Who? An alleged sex tape of Arkansas pastor David Wilson exploded hilariously all over Twitter Friday. Memphis got pulled into the party as many mistook him for talk show host Thaddeus Matthews. But one internet sleuth solved the crossover calamity with a side-by-side comparison of […]
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MEMernet: Baby Jaguars, Nextdoor’s Trick-or-Treat Map
All the awwws The Memphis Zoo cranked up the cute machine last week with a post announcing two new baby jaguars. The post had been shared more than 1,400 times as of Monday morning. “They were born September 4th and are the first baby jaguars at Memphis Zoo in 25 years!” reads the post. “Diego […]
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MEMernet: Memphis from Space, Elvis Looks Different, and Better than Chicken
Feeling Seen? If you felt like someone was watching you last month, maybe they were. On September 6th, an astronaut took this image of Downtown Memphis from the International Space Station as it orbited 261 miles above the U.S. Posted to Flickr by NASA. It’s a sign Posted to Reddit by u/VengefulGH. King of Sloth? […]
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MEMernet: Tittie Rocks, Homecoming Royalty, and Pride Pics
A round-up of Memphis on the World Wide Web. Rocky what? Tracy Dobbins is the artist behind a new series of painted rocks hidden around town, à la 901 Rocks. “These are my tittie rocks,” Dobbins explained on Instagram three weeks ago. “They are rocks that look like titties.” One such rock was discovered at […]
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MEMernet: B.B. King’s Google Doodle and a Tearjerker Reunion
Doodle for a King B.B. King was given one of the internet’s highest honors for what would have been his 94th birthday last week. The bluesman got a Google Doodle, the home page images you find at google.com. A video that accompanied King’s Doodle followed the man’s life from birth to death, highlighting his storied […]
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Best of Memphis 2019 Staff Picks
Introduction Arts & Entertainment Food & Drink Goods & Services Media & Personalities Nightlife Wellness Staff Picks Best Conspiracy Theory What we’ve thought to be true our entire lives was brought into question when a billboard popped up on Highland, emblazoned with one simple statement: Birds aren’t real. If you ask “bird truthers” (we’re told […]
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MEMernet: Memphis Sandwich Clique, Festival Weekend
In the Clique Photo posted to Memphis Sandwich Clique Facebook group by RachAel Mimbs Locals only. No fast food. Hot dogs, wraps, and tacos are not sandwiches. These are but a few of the concrete rules for the Memphis Sandwich Clique, a public Facebook group. The rest is as simple and delicious as you might […]
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MEMernet: Naming New C-Y Apartments, the Graceland Test
Name Game Facebookers in the Preserve Cooper-Young group played the name game last week for the modern-looking apartment building planned for a spot across the street from Soul Fish Cafe. Amanda Ball: (CY’s very first) Horizontal Tall Skinny [or] Pill Box Gone Wrong. Noel Clark: Cubistro. Ansley Murphy: USB Port of Call. Mag Trisler: 1974 […]
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MEMernet: Aerial Porta-Potty and Reddit Meta
A round-up of Memphis on the World Wide Web. Half-Mile High Club Roof work on the FedExForum continued hilariously last week as a crane hoisted the porta-potty from the top. Posted to Instagram by tobysells. Red-handed meta We’ve been caught! A keen-eyed Reddit user noted that someone here at Flyer HQ has been mining the […]
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MEMernet: Nuggs for a Ho, Skeletor, and NextDoor
A round-up of Memphis on the World Wide Web. Nuggs For a Ho This East Memphis Wendy’s did some “targeted advertising, next level,” according to Reddit user u/cats_dinosaur. NextDoor Classic Midtown social media is the place for wild speculation and opining. Last week, a NextDoor user wondered what new business was going into the former […]
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MEMernet: An Unlikely Trio and Wet Heat
It’s electric About 17,000 Memphis Light, Gas & Water customers were without power last week when a storm rolled in Tuesday night. Reddit user tacojohn48 captured a striking glimpse of it over the Harahan Bridge. But it’s a wet heat Reddit user iliveinmemphis posted what we all thought last week. “Going outside in Memphis the […]