Deb Swiney's album release, free bluegrass in Collierville, and Harry Potter under the stars in Cordova

Hey Memphis 👋 It's Friday. The cold front is here: about 67 today with north gusts to 30, near 48 tonight, then sunny and crisp all weekend, 65 Saturday and 70 Sunday.

If you missed it, here's yesterday's weekend guide.

Deb Swiney: You Taught My Heart to Sing release show — The Green Room at Crosstown Arts, 1350 Concourse Ave., doors 7, show 7:30, $20 in advance plus fees, $30 at the door. Donald Brown, an alum of Art Blakey's Jazz Messengers, produced the new album. Can't make it? She opens the RiverArtsFest stage Sunday at 11. Details

Deceiver + Rwandan short films — Hattiloo Theatre, 37 Cooper St., 6–7:30 PM, free (grab a $0 ticket). Three shorts, then the feature, as part of Hattiloo's Bridging Worlds international festival. Details

Bluegrass Jam on the Square — Town Square Park, 96 N. Center St., Collierville, 7–10 PM, free. The pickers' jam is in its 26th year on the Square, weather permitting. Bring a chair and a jacket. Details

Write My Set! — K3 Studio Cafe, 1130 S. Third St., 9:30–11 PM, $9.31–$19.98. Four comics get topics from the crowd and 10 minutes to write a set, then the room votes. Details

CUBATON Memphis — Blue Hookah Lounge, 3669 S. Mendenhall Rd., 10 PM–5 AM, $23.18, 21+. Cuban reparto and reggaeton until sunrise, for anyone who isn't done at midnight. Details

👶 With the kids

Fall Break Bonanza — Dixon Gallery & Gardens, 4339 Park Ave., 1–3 PM, free. It's the last day of the Dixon's drop-in art pop-up. Supplies are included and there's no sign-up. Details

If You Give a Mouse a Cookie — Memphis Botanic Garden's My Big Backyard, 750 Cherry Rd., 3:30–4:30 PM, free with Garden admission ($12 adults, $7 ages 2 to 12). Playhouse on the Square stages the picture book outdoors. Best for ages 4 and up. Details

Family Movie Night: Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire — Cordova Library grounds, 8457 Trinity Rd., 6–8 PM, free. It's outdoors with popcorn and drinks, so bring a chair and dress warm. Details

A few updates to yesterday's guide. The Co-Lab at the Shell posted its pairings, from KEER with DeeGOAT and Demi Lowrell to Rodd Bland with Keia Johnson and Iris Collective, ahead of Boo Mitchell's superjam. Tickets are $25 plus fees. RiverArtsFest posted its stage schedule: Star & Micey close Saturday at 3:45, and the Tennessee Mass Choir closes Sunday at 3:45. And as of Thursday morning, every entry time for the Botanic Garden's Halloween Hike still had tickets. (via the Overton Park Shell, RiverArtsFest and Memphis Botanic Garden)

Pro hockey ice is down at the Landers Center in Southaven. Crews built the Mid-South Monarchs' rink in about four months, and the team plays its first home game next Friday, Oct. 23. (via Action News 5)

The empty former Holiday Inn world headquarters at 3796 Lamar Ave. is coming down in phases, at the owner's expense, with the work set to wrap by May. It's part of the city's Lamar Avenue cleanup from Park Avenue to Winchester Road. (via FOX13)

Bar Keough, the corner bar at 247 Cooper St., has a new executive chef. Erik Waldkirch, formerly of The Half Shell, is pushing more food out of a kitchen known for toasties, tacos and frites. (via Memphis Flyer)

Breadie's Cafe opens today — 120 N. East Yates Rd., 6 AM–6:30 PM. The East Memphis bakery's grand opening is this morning, and your second visit gets you a free specialty drink. Details

Tonight Theatre Memphis opens Million Dollar Quartet, the Sun Records musical, at 7:30, so grab opening-night seats.

Germantown Community Theatre's Little Women: The Broadway Musical plays tonight and Saturday at 7:30 and Sunday at 2:30, so pick your night.

A week from tomorrow, the Memphis Symphony and Opera Memphis perform Verdi's Rigoletto at the Cannon Center, Oct. 24 at 7:30, so find your seats.

In-person sign-ups for the Memphis Zoo's Howl-O-Ween Hustle 5K on Saturday, Oct. 24, close Monday, and a $50 virtual option lets you run it from anywhere, so register this weekend.

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Minglewood Hall on-sales today — The Format (Unplugged), Friday, Dec. 4, show 7:30, all ages, and James McMurtry, Wednesday, Feb. 3, show 8, all ages. The Format gives $2 from every ticket to fight food insecurity. Details

Chanté Moore & Eric Roberson — the Orpheum, Saturday, Nov. 21, 7:30 PM, $92.55–$139.20. An R&B double bill. Details

Home Alone in Concert — the Orpheum, Saturday, Nov. 28, 1 and 6:30 PM, $36.10–$117.25. The Memphis Symphony plays John Williams' score live under the film, Thanksgiving weekend. Details

The Halloween house roundup is still filling up. If a yard on your street goes all out, reply with the block and we'll run the best ones before the 31st.

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

That's it from us — the planning's done, the fun part's yours. See you Monday at 6.

— Josh