Editorial director Mary Cashiola and newsletter editor Bianca Phillips help you prepare for the week ahead. Downtown Dining Week is back, the Memphis City Council will be making sausage (though not literally) and if you haven't heard of the Dons yet, you will.

Plus:

• The Memphis Tigers move up in the national rankings
• MSCS says its on track to improve chronic absenteeism
• The Memphis fire chief is retiring
• Memphis Art Museum has a plan for opening
• Collierville Square's Raven & Lily space sells
• Brooks Museum names a new chief curator