Road Trip

You might consider this instead of the Pomona Swap Meet http://www.petersen.org/ ... I've never been :-( but I'll bet it's awesome.

The only time I've been to Memphis was driving through in the middle of the night when I was moving to Tennessee from Louisiana. I can't help there either.

The U.S. has "Chambers of Commerce," formal organizations for business, in most every major (and minor) city. They're great first contacts to find out what's going on and when. This is a link to the Community page for the Greater Memphis Chamber of Commerce, http://www.memphischamber.com/Community.aspx. Since their main focus is to lure businesses, individiuals, tourism, etc., to their local areas, most will mail you a free "welcome packet" just for the asking.

I wish I could be more help. I gotta get out of the shop more often. :-D