The Botanic Garden's last food truck night, monarchs on the river, and Laugh Box at Hattiloo

Hey Memphis 👋 It's Wednesday. One more hot one, near 92, with a 40% chance of storms after 1 PM. Then the bottom finally drops out: Friday's high is about 74, and Friday night falls to around 50. Sweater weather is two days away.

Food Truck Garden Party — Memphis Botanic Garden, 750 Cherry Rd., 5–8 PM, free with Garden admission ($12 adults, $7 kids 2–12). It's the last one of the year: 901 Birria Station, Flipside Asia, Chai's Halal Bowls and Tacos and four more trucks, NA the Band on the lawn, dogs welcome, and a tarantula talk from the Wolf River Conservancy at 6. The Garden cancels it if it rains, so check the sky after this afternoon's storm chance. Details

Brian Cullman book release — Memphis Listening Lab, Crosstown Concourse, 1350 Concourse Ave., Suite 269, 6–7:30 PM, free. Musician and writer Brian Cullman talks about his new book, How to Prepare for the Past: Travels in Music and Time, with Robert Gordon. Details

Laugh Box: Adam Nickson & LaToya Tennille — Hattiloo Theatre's Culture Box, 37 Cooper St., 6:30 PM, $12. Hattiloo's weekly stand-up showcase in its small room, with two headliners this week. Details

Wub Wednesday — Growlers, 1911 Poplar Ave., 8 PM, $10. Four electronic acts on one midweek bill: Fashionmobboss, Von Gögh, Lyelack and Alektricvibe. Details

JustRunMemphis — 517 Cafe, 517 Scott St., 5:30 PM, free. A weekly run-and-walk club that says every pace is welcome. Parking is free, too. Details

👶 With the kids

A Royal Court in River Garden — River Garden, 51 Riverside Dr., downtown, 10 AM–1 PM, free (RSVP on the page). Memphis River Parks and Memphis Native Tree Works mark the monarch butterfly's fall migration with learning stations, crafts, and a chance to help plant a monarch waystation in the garden's native beds. Details

Sounds from the Stacks: Sean Murphy — Benjamin L. Hooks Central Library, 3030 Poplar Ave., 1–2 PM, free, all ages. A tuba player who now plays and builds instruments from all over the world takes the audience on a musical trip around the globe. Details

Fall Fruits & Vegetables of India — Burch Library, Collierville, 3–4 PM, free with registration, all ages. Jay Kumar walks through the autumn produce that Indian kitchens cook with this time of year. Details

Heading downtown? Crews are repaving Union and Monroe between Front and Main, plus Front Street from Peabody Place to Court Avenue, through Friday, Oct. 23. Street parking on those blocks is off-limits until then, but businesses and garages stay open. (via City of Memphis)

Bartlett made Tuesday "Greybeard Day" for Dale Sanders, the 91-year-old who took back his record as the oldest person to hike the whole Appalachian Trail in a single year. It took him 358 days. (via Action News 5)

Orange Mound now has free public Wi-Fi along a stretch connecting the community center, the Orange Mound library and Melrose Stadium. It's the first site switched on in the city's Connecting 901 fiber network. (via Tri-State Defender)

Enjoy AM Wine Dinner at Catherine & Mary's — 272 S. Main St., tonight at 6, $85 per person (bar, tax and tip extra). The monthly dinner opens with a welcome glass, then four courses, each with its own wine. Reservations are by email only, at reservations@enjoyam.com. Details

Two days until Theatre Memphis opens Million Dollar Quartet, the musical about the night Elvis, Johnny Cash, Jerry Lee Lewis and Carl Perkins jammed at Sun Records, so get seats for opening weekend.

Germantown Community Theatre's 98-seat house has Little Women: The Broadway Musical on stage through Oct. 25, so pick a night for this weekend or next.

Robert Moody conducts the Memphis Symphony and Opera Memphis in Verdi's Rigoletto at the Cannon Center on Saturday, Oct. 24, at 7:30, so pick your seats.

Costumes are the point at the Memphis Zoo's Howl-O-Ween Hustle 5K through the Zoo and Overton Park on Saturday, Oct. 24, and in-person sign-ups end Monday, so register before then.

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Día de Muertos Parade & Festival — Court Square Park, 107 S. Court Ave., Saturday, Oct. 24, 11 AM–3 PM, free. Hispanic Heritage Month wraps up tomorrow, and Cazateatro's free celebration is ten days later: a parade from Court Square, then performances in the Halloran Centre Theatre from noon, from Danza Azteca Quetzatcoatl to the U of M Marimba Ensemble to Banda Konquistadora at 2:35. Details

Grizzlies home opener — FedExForum, Wednesday, Oct. 21, 7 PM, vs. the Utah Jazz. One week out, tickets are on sale, and the giveaway is a Big Memphis Growl Towel. Details

The Halloween decoration tips have started coming in. A reader in Cordova Club sent the first photo, from the corner of Spinnaker Lane and Starboard, and another reader has a Midtown house in the works. If a house near you goes all out, reply with where it is. We'll round up the best ones before the 31st.

The tip line never closes — a pop-up, a band, a fall-break find we missed. No gatekeeping — send it to hey@heymemphis.co.

That's it for today — see you tomorrow at 6.

— Josh