WYXR turns six, free jazz piano at Rhodes, and your breakfast picks

Hey Memphis 👋 It's Monday. Sunny, a high near 81, and it actually eases off to about 77 by the afternoon. Tonight drops to around 55, so if you're out after dark, the jacket you haven't touched since spring finally gets a turn.

And about breakfast: Friday's issue said none of you would give up your spot. Two of you wrote back that same morning. Their picks are in Community Corner.

WYXR's 6th Birthday Party — Crosstown Concourse Central Atrium, 1350 Concourse Ave., 6–8 PM. The city's community radio station turns six and throws the party right outside its studio window, with cupcakes, drinks and the station's annual group photo. Get in the picture. Details

Gerald Stephens Jazz Piano Studio Recital — Rhodes College, Tuthill Performance Hall in Hassell Hall, 2000 North Parkway, 7 PM, free. Students from Gerald Stephens' jazz piano studio take the stage for one night. Rhodes asks community guests to register on the page so it can send you a parking pass. Details

Line Dancing with the YMCA — Shelby Farms Park, front porch of the Hyde Park Visitor Center, 5:30–6:30 PM, free with registration. An hour of line dancing on the porch overlooking Hyde Lake, and no experience needed. Wear shoes you can move in. Details

Monday Music Mayhem — Arlington Senior Center, 6265 Chester St., 1–2 PM, free, sign-up required. A live band plays the center every Monday afternoon, and seats are limited, so sign up first. Details

Cordova Writing Club — Cordova Library, 8457 Trinity Rd., 4–6 PM, free. Not a class: a loose weekly table of adult writers putting words on paper and trading feedback. Snacks, paper and pens are on the library. Details

👶 With the kids

Free Period Monday — National Civil Rights Museum, 450 Mulberry St., 3–5 PM, free for Tennessee residents. Show a state ID after 3 and one adult plus up to five kids get in free, which makes it a two-hour after-school field trip. Details

Paint a Pumpkin — Hollywood Library, 1530 N. Hollywood St., 4–5 PM, free, ages 5 to 12. The library supplies the pumpkins and the music. Your kids bring the ideas. Details

Tiny Tots — Burch Library, Collierville, 10:30–11 AM, free. A half hour of bells, scarves and shakers for babies and their grown-ups, no registration needed. Details

Heads up, I-40 drivers: at 6 this morning TDOT closed the ramp from Watkins onto eastbound I-40, with a posted detour, and it stays closed for about 60 days. It's part of the I-40 rebuild between Levee Rd. and Hollywood St., where nightly lane closures also run from 9 PM to 6 AM. (via TDOT)

Tennessee's new Teacher of the Year teaches in Collierville. Jenna Burke, who has taught STEM at Sycamore Elementary since 2017, was named the 2026-27 winner Thursday, and she'll represent the state in the national competition. (via Tennessee Department of Education)

Orange Mound is the first neighborhood on the city's new fiber network. As of Friday, the Orange Mound Community Center, the library and Melrose Stadium all have free public Wi-Fi, and the community center has two upgraded tech labs, one for seniors and one for young people. The city says more neighborhoods come next. (via City of Memphis)

GloRilla went back to Cordova High last week and handed the school a $25,000 check. (via Action News 5)

Medal Mondays — Wiseacre's OG taproom, 2783 Broad Ave., 4–10 PM. The four beers that won Wiseacre its medals, Tiny Bomb, Sky Dog, Sky Dog Amber and the Oktoberfest, are $4 a pint all evening. Details

A week from today, Career Academy's next four-week day class starts training CNAs 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.

Tonight's low is around 55, so before the furnace runs for real, 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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Club de Lectura — Dixon Gallery & Gardens, Farnsworth Education Building, 4339 Park Ave., tomorrow, Tuesday, Oct. 6, 6–7 PM, free. The Dixon's Spanish-language book club meets the first Tuesday of every month, and October's book is La hija de la española by Karina Sainz Borgo. Details

Halloween Hike — Memphis Botanic Garden, 750 Cherry Rd., Saturday, Oct. 17, timed entry 9:30 AM–2 PM, $15, $10 for members, $18 the day of. A not-so-spooky daytime stand-in for trick-or-treating, with treats, activities and food trucks, and costumes are encouraged. Grown-ups need tickets too, and the garden says entry times will sell out. Details

Latino Night at ONE11 — ONE11, 111 Madison Ave., Sunday, Oct. 18, 6–9 PM, free. Salsa, bachata and reggaeton downtown, every third Sunday, with no cover. RSVP on the page. Details

The breakfast answers, at last. Quin T.'s pick is Memphis Toast: "Eating there takes me back to Saturday mornings at Grandma's house." The pancakes come "fluffy and cake-like," and the mimosa flights got a mention too.

Merry Beth C. sent a list of spots with something besides the standard breakfast plate: City Silo (both locations), The Liquor Store, Sunrise East and Jojo's in Germantown. Thanks, both. Everyone else, the question's still open.

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

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

— Josh