During this episode of The AM/DM, editorial director Mary Cashiola and newsletter editor Bianca Phillips talk about all the fun events happening in the Mid-South this week.

One is asking participants to wear mocha mousse while another will give you the chance to hear from someone "big in fermentation circles." And another will offer 73 straight minutes of cat videos.

Also:

• A teen and mother have been charged in a 901 Day Beale Street Shooting
• Stephen Malkmus and Kurt Vile will headline the 2025 Raised by Sound Fest
• The Civil Rights Museum announces the Freedom Award honorees
• Southaven makes a proposal to offset the property tax assessment changes
• The new Liza's Library at St. Mary's honors the late teacher's love for reading
• Apartments and townhomes are coming to Cooper-Young
• Memphis-Shelby County Schools Superintendent Roderick Richmond rebuts arguments for a state takeover