New year, new Gryph

Rachel Ducker, Entertainment Editor/Copy Editor|December 22, 2015

Photo: Ondrejk

Fireworks go off to celebrate the New Year. Many have begun to create New Year’s Resolutions in honor of the New Year.

The new year brings new opportunities. We all know that keeping our New Year’s resolutions are nearly impossible, so this checklist might give you some ideas that you might want to do! Along with the checklist, we supplied some opportunities to fulfill some of the events in and around Memphis. We want to see all the things that you do this year, so keep this checklist and mark off events as you do them, then submit pictures to the Gryphon Gazette via Instagram and Twitter with #NewsGryphsBucketList!

  • Go to a concert for a band that you have never seen before
    • City and Colour Jan. 15 (Minglewood Hall 
    • Judah & the Lion Feb. 12 (Minglewood Hall)
    • Blake Shelton March 3 (Fedex Forum)
    • Fall Out Boy March 18 (Fedex Forum)
    • Billy Joel March 25 (Fedex Forum)
  • Eat at a restaurant you have never been to
    • Petra Cafe (Germantown)
    • East End Grill (Cordova)
    • Kooky Canuck (Downtown)
    • Blue Fin (Downtown)
    • Young Avenue Deli (Midtown)
  • Go on road trip
  • Attend a music festival
    • Bonnaroo in Manchester, Tenn., June 9 to19
    • Beale Street Music Festival  Apr. 29 to May 1
  • Go skydiving
    • West Tennessee Skydiving
  • Solve an escape room at the Memphis Escape Rooms
  • View a new movie coming out in 2016
    • “Finding Dory” June 17
    • “Alice through the Looking Glass” May 27
    • “Dead Pool” Feb. 12
    • “Allegiant”  March 18
    • “Race” Feb. 19
    • “The Jungle Book” Apr. 15
    • “Ride Along 2” Jan. 15
  • Learn how to play an instrument
  • Go ziplining at Shelby Farms
  • Run in the color run
    • Color Buzz on June 11
  • Unplug for a day
  • Go on a Young Life trip
    • Malibu Club
    • Sharptop
    • San Francisco
  • Solve a rubix cube
  • Enter a photography or art contest
  • Finish an entire series on Netflix
    • “Dexter”
    • “Friends”
    • “Gilmore Girls”
    • “The X Files”
    • “Friday Night Lights”
  • Learn a new language
  • Go to a play at the Orpheum 
    • “Matilda” Jan. 12 to 17
    • “Book of Mormon” March 15 to 20
    • “Bullets over Broadway” May 16 to 22
    • “The Wizard of Oz” June 14 to 19
  • Join a recreational sports team
  • Decorate your room in a new way