A six-hour drone concert, costumed life drawing at the Monster Market, and a Monday poetry open mic

Hey Memphis 👋 It's Monday. Sunny and about 75 today with barely a breeze, then clear and down near 47 tonight, so anything after dark wants a jacket.

Memphis Drone — Memphis Print Shop, 325 Wagner Pl., doors 5:30, music 6 PM to midnight, all ages, a pay-what-you-make-in-an-hour sliding scale from $7.18 to $65.87. More than a dozen local musicians hand off one unbroken wave of ambient sound for six straight hours. Come and go as you like, and bring something comfy to sit on. Details

Stage & Sketch: Monster Edition — Memphis Monster Market at the Medicine Factory, 85 Virginia Ave. W., 6–8 PM, free. Artist Shelda Edwards leads a life-drawing session with masked, costumed models while monster movies play. The market itself, 100-plus horror-leaning makers in its 10th year, is open noon to 8 and free to browse. Details

Faux Taxidermy Insects with Easy Tiger Craft Club — Wiseacre's OG taproom on Broad Ave., 6 PM, tickets through the club. Paint a fake beetle with color-shifting paint and gold wax, then frame it, with a pint in reach. Details

Piece of Me: Poetry & Open Mic — PizzaMe!, 2857 Kirby Rd., 7–9 PM, free. Poetry, comedy and R&B share one mic every Monday, with a different featured artist each week. Details

U of M Choral Sampler — Scheidt Family Performing Arts Center, University of Memphis, 7 PM, $25 ($12.50 for U of M students, faculty and staff). Every U of M choir on one program, from Tigerchor to the University Singers, plus invited choirs from around the Mid-South. It's a fundraiser for the choirs. Details

Momentum Monday Yoga — Medical District Park, Madison Ave. at S. Dunlap St., 5:30 PM, free (register on Eventbrite). An all-levels outdoor class from the Memphis Medical District Collaborative, on about the nicest evening an outdoor class could ask for. Details

👶 With the kids

Crafternoon — Randolph Library, 3752 Given Ave., 4–5 PM, free, ages 5 to 12. An after-school craft hour timed for right after the bell. Details

Duplo Discoveries — Germantown Community Library, 5–6 PM, free, ages 2 to 5, registration required. Toddlers and a grown-up build with giant Duplo bricks, in an after-work slot that's rare for a toddler program. Details

South Main is getting three new spots from Kevin Helms, the Grizzlies' former security director. Lou's Patio, an outdoor green space with live music on select dates, plans to open Tuesday beside Earnestine & Hazel's at 525 S. Main. Lou's Lounge, a rentable event room in the old Five Spot, follows Nov. 5. (via Memphis Flyer)

Banana Ball is coming back to AutoZone Park. The Party Animals play the Indianapolis Clowns on April 2 and 3, 2027, a rematch of this spring's sold-out series. Tickets go by lottery, and sign-ups close Oct. 31. (via Action News 5)

Booker T. Washington High School turned 100 with a parade Friday, with marching bands, floats and green-and-gold pom-poms. It opened in 1926 as the first public high school for Black students in Memphis. (via Action News 5)

Millington has a new VA clinic. The nearly 34,000-square-foot outpatient building offers primary care, mental health, women's health, audiology, pharmacy and lab work. (via Action News 5)

Margarita Monday at Molly's La Casita — 2006 Madison Ave., 11 AM–9 PM. House margaritas are $2 off all day every Monday at the Midtown Tex-Mex standby, and 75 and sunny is fine margarita weather. Details

Theatre Memphis' Million Dollar Quartet is in its first full week at the Lohrey Theatre, with the next show Thursday at 7:30 and the run going through Nov. 7, so grab your seats.

It's the final week for Little Women: The Broadway Musical at Germantown Community Theatre, which closes Sunday, Oct. 25, so catch it before it's gone.

This Saturday, the Memphis Symphony and Opera Memphis perform Verdi's Rigoletto in concert at the Cannon Center at 7:30, so book your tickets.

Today is the last day to register to run the Memphis Zoo's Howl-O-Ween Hustle 5K in person this Saturday at 7:30 AM ($70, $60 for members), and after today only the $50 virtual run is open, so register today.

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Best of Tennessee Craft: 2026 Biennial — Art Museum of the University of Memphis, opens Saturday, Oct. 24, with a reception from 4 to 7 PM and awards at 5:30. Tennessee Craft's juried statewide show, from clay and fiber to wood, metal and glass, runs through Dec. 12. Details

Alley Dayz Finale — Beale Street between Main and Front, Monday, Oct. 26, free, until 7:30 PM. The Downtown Memphis Commission's last alley party of the year brings live music and local vendors under the string lights by the Orpheum. Details

Buddy Guy — Graceland Soundstage, Thursday, Oct. 29, 7:30 PM. The blues great plays Whitehaven a week from Thursday. Details

Missy R. answered our one-week check-in: "Love this because you're highlighting events I would have never thought about." That's the whole job, Missy. A six-hour drone concert in a print shop is today's entry.

Jamie K. has kids who are 10, 8 and 1, and is hunting for outings that work for all three, plus a few date-night ideas. That's a hard brief, so we're asking the experts: if you've found a place that keeps a toddler and a 10-year-old happy at the same time, reply and tell us where.

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 Monday-night find we missed. No gatekeeping — send it to hey@heymemphis.co.

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

— Josh