Dale Watson's birthday at Hernando's, a free horror classic at Crosstown, and karaoke at Hattiloo

Hey Memphis 👋 It's Tuesday. Sunny and dry, a high near 84 with a light breeze and zero chance of rain. It starts in the mid-50s, so this is the kind of morning where you leave with a jacket and come home carrying it.

Dale Watson Birthday Bash — Hernando's Hide-A-Way, the South Memphis juke joint at 3210 Old Hernando Rd., doors 6, show 7 PM, $20–$25. The honky-tonk lifer spends his birthday on Old Hernando with his full Lone Stars band, the first of two nights. Wednesday is a different show. Details

Greyson Turner & Tobias Lund, with Rowdy — Growlers, 1911 Poplar Ave., doors 7, show 8 PM, $10. A $10 Americana double bill on a Tuesday, and the two songwriters say on their own post that it's their first Memphis show. Rowdy opens. Details

Fright-Tober: Carnival of Souls — Crosstown Theater, 1350 Concourse Ave., 6:30–8:30 PM, free. Crosstown's October horror series screens the 1962 cult classic, the low-budget one with the eerie organ score that has been creeping people out for more than 60 years. Details

Toy Box: Karaoke & R&Bingo — Hattiloo Theatre's Culture Box, 37 Cooper St., 6:30–8:30 PM, pay what you want. Hattiloo's Tuesday lounge night puts a karaoke mic on one side of the room and chess, checkers, Jenga and Mancala on the other. Drift between them. Details

Club de Lectura — Dixon Gallery & Gardens, Farnsworth Education Building, 4339 Park Ave., 6–7 PM, free. Yesterday it was tomorrow; tonight it's on. The Dixon's Spanish-language book club talks through La hija de la española by Karina Sainz Borgo, and the whole conversation is in Spanish. Details

👶 With the kids

Memphis Zoo Storytime — Memphis Zoo, Wild Encounter Stage, 2000 Prentiss Pl., 2–3 PM, free with zoo admission. Library staff read two stories and bring out three animal ambassadors. And it's a Tuesday, which means Tennessee Tuesday: free zoo admission for Tennessee residents who reserve ahead. Parking is $10. Details

Brick Dinos — Pink Palace Museum, 10:30 AM–5 PM, $21, members free. This is the last week for the LEGO dinosaur exhibit, which closes Sunday, Oct. 11. If it's been on your someday list, someday is this week. Details

Storybook Snacks — Germantown Community Library, 5–6 PM, free, ages 5 to 7, registration required. Young chefs follow a recipe that brings a book to life, which is reading practice disguised as snack time. Details

Free shots for Shelby County pets: on Saturday, Oct. 17, starting at 7 AM, the Health Department, Memphis Animal Services and All 4s Rescue League hold a drive-thru clinic at 1826 Sycamore View Rd. Dogs and cats 3 months and up get free rabies and parvo shots, microchips and license tags while the 450 doses last. Bring an ID that shows you live in Shelby County, and the limit is five pets per car. (via Shelby County Health Department)

Austin is a nonstop away now. Southwest started flying Memphis to Austin on Oct. 1, Sunday through Friday, which gives the airline 11 nonstop cities out of MEM. (via Memphis International Airport)

The city hit its 100-Demo goal: 100 vacant, unsafe houses torn down in 60 days, from Aug. 1 to Oct. 1. It says the work keeps going, and you can report a vacant or dangerous property by calling 311. (via City of Memphis)

Old Whitten Tavern — 2465 Whitten Rd., on the Raleigh–Bartlett line, 7 AM–11 PM Tuesday through Friday. Since breakfast is apparently the topic of the fall: this one serves its full menu, breakfast included, until an hour before close, so breakfast for dinner is a real option. It's family-owned, smoke-free and all ages, with a long bourbon list for the grown-ups. Details

Career Academy starts new CNA classes every month, day or evening, for $1,350 all-inclusive, and there's no payment to apply online.

Midsouth Therapy Group runs a Preschool Readiness group in Cordova for kids 3 to 5, weekday mornings from 8:30 to noon with part-time options, built around the routines and social side of starting school, so save your kid a spot.

Mornings in the mid-50s mean the furnace is about to run for real, so let Cordova Heating & Air give it a look, anywhere from Collierville to Southaven.

Worthington Chiropractic in Bartlett has a $49 new-patient special that includes your first adjustment, so book a visit and mention the special.

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Mid-South Fair, free day — Landers Center, 4560 Venture Dr., Southaven, tomorrow, Wednesday, Oct. 7, free entry for everyone from 10 AM to 4 PM. Pack it into a long lunch or a day off. The fair runs through Sunday, Oct. 11. Details

Grizzlies vs. Orlando Magic (preseason) — FedExForum, tomorrow, Wednesday, Oct. 7, 7 PM. Basketball's back downtown. It's Breast Cancer Awareness Night, and you leave with a schedule magnet for the fridge. Details

Theatre in the Park: The Ant & Mr. Q / La Hormiga y el Sr. Q — McFarland Park, Saturday, Oct. 10, 11 AM–noon, free. Cazateatro's last park show of the year, a bilingual play for all ages. Bring the kids and a blanket or lawn chairs. Details

One more breakfast vote landed yesterday morning, short and certain. Jordan E.: Brother Juniper's. That's three of you and not a single overlap, which tells us the question is far from settled.

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

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

— Josh