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live request band and a cash/credit bar with wine, beer, liquor, and soft drinks. Reservations recommended by phone at 901-527-2628. Cost is $45.
every Wednesday, from 2-6 p.m., through Oct. 28. Shop a variety of local goods, including fresh produce, flowers, home-baked breads and sweets, honey, artisan items and more. Open to the public. Call 901-636-4131 or visit memphisbotanicgarden.com. Also coming up:
Today: ,7 p.m. Jim Crowder presents “Pesticides and Fertilizers in the Garden: What You Need to Know.” Tips on how be a successful gardener by separating fiction from facts regarding organic and chemical approaches to pesticide and fertilizer use to assure harmony with nature and get the best results in your garden. Free to attend.
The is back. Experience classic films on the big screen each month at Malco Summer 4 Drive-In, 5310 Summer Ave. Admission is $10 per person, children under 10 free. Shows start at dusk. Coming up:
Saturday: featuring “Roger Rabbit,” “The Iron Giant,” “Heavy Metal” and “Fritz the Cat.”
Sept. 23: (co-sponsored by GONERFEST), featuring “Don’t Knock The Rock” (1964), “Rock & Roll High School,” “This is Spinal Tap” and “The Sore Losers” (Jack Oblivian/Guitar Wolf).
Oct. 23: (The Late Night Science Fiction Picture Show), featuring “Rocky Horror Picture Show,” “Frankenstein” (1931), “Bride of Frankenstein” (1935) and “Abbott & Costello Meet Frankenstein” (1945). The Dixon Gallery & Gardens, 4339 Park,
11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Enjoy lunch from your favorite Memphis food trucks. Sit in the outdoor café area under misting fans, relax at a table in our cutting gardens or find your own secret lunch spot anywhere on the grounds. Visit dixon.org. Also coming up:
Sept. 11: 6-9 p.m. Enjoy unlimited beer samplings from around the world and food from Rock ‘n’ Dough Pizza, One and Only BBQ , Boscos, Gus’s Fried Chicken, Frost Bake Shop and more. Cost is $30 for members, $40 nonmembers. Call 901-761-5250.
will be Sept. 12, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., at Church of the Holy Communion, 4645 Walnut Grove. Arts festival benefiting the Episcopal Church Women of West Tennessee. Registration for artisans available at ecwwtn.org. Call 901299-6061 or e-mail ecwwtnpres@gmail.com for more information.
BBQ and Bidding will be Sept. 20, 5-8 p.m., at Lichterman Nature Center, 5992 Quince. Featuring dinner by Germantown Commissary, live entertainment, Pink Palace Crafts Fair silent auction, children’s activities, scarecrow exhibit and more. Special guest: Sister Myotis. Tickets are $15 for adults and $7 for children 10 and under. Purchase at the Pink Palace Museum and Lichterman Nature Center. Call 901-636-2362 or visit memphismuseums.org. The Dive Shop, 999 S. Yates, presents the annual
noon to 3 p.m. Oct. 24. Save the date for this annual event when friends and family come together to carve pumpkins — topside and underwater, with real pumpkins. Featuring costume contests, trick-or-treating, barbecue, snacks and beverages, music by the Double D Band and live video feeds of all the underwater fun. All proceeds benefit Creative Aging and sponsorship opportunities are available. Visit creativeagingmidsouth.org or call 901-272-3434.
The meets the first Saturday of every month, from 2-4 p.m., at the PoplarWhite Station Branch Library, 5094 Poplar. Featuring speakers, workshops and readings. Free to attend. Email joan0620@att.net or call 901-361-0077.