Free yoga at the Shell, juke-joint soul, and $4 pints: your Memphis Monday

Hey Memphis 👋 It's Monday. Sunny and a flat-out 96 today with no rain in sight — hydrate like it's your job. The good news: today's best plans are mostly free, air-conditioned, or served cold in a taproom.

☀️ Today in Memphis

Twilight Yoga & Pilates — Overton Park Shell, 5:30 PM, free. The Shell's free summer wellness series opens its week with an hour of sunset stretching with Sana Yoga, on the same lawn where Elvis played in '54. Details

Mudpie Mondays — Memphis Botanic Garden, 10 AM–noon, free with admission ($12 adults / $7 kids 2–12). Two sanctioned hours of mud-pie construction in My Big Backyard — the Garden said yes to the mess so you don't have to. Details

Dino Science Lab — Hooks Central Library, 2 PM, free. Fizzing dino eggs and creatures excavated from ice, for ages 5–12 — real chemistry disguised as Jurassic mayhem. (Forty more ideas like this live in our kids guide.) Details

Pokemon Club — Burch Library, Collierville, 5:30 PM, free. Come-and-go trading and battling, no sign-up required — bring your binder or just your strong opinions on Charizard. Details

Code Your Sound — CodeCrew HQ on Highland, 5:30 PM, $28.52 (fees included). A two-hour crash course in live-coding music: type patterns into a browser, beats come out. Laptop and headphones required; experience isn't. Details

Medal Mondays — Wiseacre OG taproom on Broad, 4–10 PM, $4 pints. The medal shelf — Tiny Bomb included — drops to $4 a pour all evening. Details

Yella P — Hernando's Hide-A-Way, 8 PM (doors 7), $10–15. Monday-night soul at Whitehaven's storied juke joint — the kind of room where the walls do half the singing. Details

Want the whole verified list, updated daily? It lives at heymemphis.co/events.

📰 The Rundown

Princeton James Productions just turned 10 — about 500 Memphis students have come through its youth film-and-theater programs, and roughly 85% have landed creative-industry jobs. Emmy winner Jimmy Smits and Tyler Perry Studios execs came to town to celebrate. (via Tri-State Defender)

The Hard Times Deli crew is flipping their 655 Marshall spot into a nighttime bar called Gussied Up — early August, smashburgers and cocktails under red neon in the Edge District. (via Memphis Flyer)

Mt. Olive Cathedral CME Church marked 145 years this week — one of the city's longest-running Black congregations, with plans already laid for its next chapter. (via Tri-State Defender)

Dog people: Shelby Farms says an algae bloom has hit the Outback's lakes — no swimming in or drinking from them until further notice. The rest of the off-leash park is open as usual. (via Shelby Farms Park)

🍽️ Food & Drink

Cocozza East is officially rolling — the Majestic Grille team's American-Italian red-sauce joint at 919 S. Yates (the old Buckley's Lunch Box) is serving dinner daily 4–9 PM, with a weekday aperitivo hour 4–6. Menu

🎟️ Looking Ahead

SUFFS — the Tony-winning suffragist musical lands at the Orpheum Jul 31–Aug 2, straight from Broadway. Two weekends out. Tickets

John Legend — Live at the Garden, Friday, Aug 14. On sale now; the lawn, a picnic, and that voice. Tickets

Satellite Music Hall's opening is now a doubleheader — The Band CAMINO opens Crosstown's new 1,300-cap room Sep 4 and Sep 5. Details

🏡 Community Corner

Where do you go when Monday needs saving — a standing trivia night, a taproom, a patio we haven't found yet? Hit reply and tell us. And if you know about something happening in the 901, no gatekeeping — send it to hey@heymemphis.co.

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

— Josh