ICYMI, last week we announced some new and exciting things happening here at the Memphis Flyer. We’re still working out the kinks on a few items, but we have welcomed the glorious return of Rob Brezsny’s Free Will Astrology horoscopes and the always-fun (if not gross or creepy) News of the Weird column. We’ve got the bigger, better New York Times crossword puzzle for your brain-teasing enjoyment, and we’ve revived our After Dark live music schedule.
Speaking on the latter, please help us fill out this schedule with your events! Send your live music info to afterdark@memphisflyer.com to be included in our online and print (space permitting) calendars. For other events — arts, fests, fitness, theater, film, etc. — as always, send those to calendar@memphisflyer.com for inclusion. It doesn’t cost you a thing to submit your listings, and we’ll do our best to fit them in our weekly print editions, as long as you send them two weeks in advance of the issue date. Also be sure to check out the full calendar of events online, any time, at events.memphisflyer.com. It’s searchable by category and date, and perfect for planning your free-time fun stuff!
We also want to hear from you for 20<30 nominations. Every year, we highlight 20 inspiring folks under 30 years old who are doing outstanding things in our community. And believe us, there are a lot of you out there — narrowing down and selecting 20 from the list of nominees each year is a difficult task! For our 13th 20<30 class — the class of 2023 — we’re looking to find and honor 20 of the city’s best and brightest young people. Candidates must be no older than 29 on January 1, 2023. Know someone who fits the bill? Send a brief bio/summary of the nominee’s work and activities, along with a photo, to under30@memphisflyer.com. Use “20<30 Nomination” in the subject line. Deadline for nominations is December 9, 2022. Honorees will be announced in our January 26, 2023, issue. We want to hear from you on other stuff, too! What would you like to see more of? Less of? What are we doing right? Or just plain awful at? What about bringing back our “I Saw You” missed connections? The personals ads? Do you have a lead on something we should investigate? Is your neighbor’s cat using your planter as a litter box and destroying your begonias? We won’t regret at all asking you to email or call (but really, who makes actual phone calls anymore?). So please do! Carrier pigeon, smoke signals, or messages in a bottle are all acceptable forms of communication, but you’ll probably fare best by emailing. And I will personally respond (even if it’s to tell you, “Heck no! We’re not pestering your neighbor or their cat! But sorry about your begonias.”). If you’re not already, follow us on Facebook, Instagram, Twitter (are people still using that or is it a dumpster fire now?), Shplerble, Tweedle-Dee, and Tweedle-Do. (No, those last three aren’t actual things.) Add our website to your browser bookmarks. There’s always more happening beyond these pages. We’ll see you back here, same place, next week.