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Published September 23Tennessee Aquarium Showcases Newest Ambassador And Weather Predictor
The Tennessee Aquarium introduced their newest ambassador and weather predictor “Chattanooga Chuck II,” whose real name is Waddles the groundhog. Aquarium Senior Animal Specialist Tyler Schneider said Waddles is only seven ...
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Published September 23Staged Reading To Bring Chattanooga’s Twentieth-Century Voices To Life
The history of a city is more than its buildings, businesses, and milestones. It is also the lives of the people who taught its children, built its businesses, served their churches, organized their communities, and worked to make Chattanooga a ...
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Published September 15Americana Singer-Songwriter Sherry Cothran Set To Perform At The Woodshop
Sherry Cothran is a Chattanooga local Americana singer-songwriter, former lead singer of indie-rock band The Evinrudes, ordained United Methodist minister, author, and founder of the Scenic City-based non-profit, Beloved Woman, which ...
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Published September 11Chattanooga Symphony To Open Season With Acclaimed Violinist Randall Goosby
The Chattanooga Symphony & Opera launches its 2026–27 Season on Thursday, Sept. 24, with an Opening Night celebration spanning jazz, Broadway, classical masterworks and a reimagined work from a Chattanooga composer. The concert ...
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Published September 11Read And Enjoy The Chattanooga Writers' Guild August Fiction Contest Winners
The Chattanooga Writers' Guild is excited to announce the winners of the August Fiction Contest. This month’s theme was “Heights.” The First-Place prize goes to Shawn O'Neal with the submission "Honeysuckle Skies." Honors for second place ...
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Published September 11Novelist Mesha Maren To Headline Meacham Writers’ Workshop September 23-26
UTC will host the 2026 Meacham Writers’ Workshop from Sept. 23-26, bringing writers, readers and students together for four days of readings, conversations and workshops focused on Appalachian and Southern literature. All Meacham ...
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Published September 10Cody Landress-Gibson Hosts Album Release Show At The Cherry Street Tavern
Self-described as a Piedmont Appalachian Noise Maker, Chattanooga local Americana and alt-country singer-songwriter, Cody Landress-Gibson, is set to release his new album, Music to Get By On, with a special album release show at ...
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Published September 10Chattanooga State's Outdoor Museum Of Art Allows Visitors To Enjoy Free Art
Liza Blair, Chattanooga State's Outdoor Museum of Art Curator and Museum Specialist, gathered the small group that visited the campus on Sept. 9, to walk part of the Outdoor Museum of Art. On a sunny yet cooler and breezy morning she ...
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Published September 10Overlooked ICA Works On View In ‘Reconsidered Recollections’ Exhibition
Works that have spent years, and in some cases decades, out of public view are now on display at UTC’s Institute of Contemporary Art through “Reconsidered Recollections,” a student-curated exhibition drawn from the university's ...
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Published September 07Chattanooga Boys Choir's Community Sing Celebrates A Decade Of Shared Song
On Tuesday, September 8th at the Second Presbyterian Church in Downtown Chattanooga, the Chattanooga Boy’s Choir will be presenting their free, annual Community Sing, where members of the celebrated Choir will open with a brief ...
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Published September 07Tennessee Williams’ Cat On A Hot Tin Roof Comes To Barking Legs Theater
Desire. Shame. Family. Truth. And all the things we refuse to say out loud. Seed Theatre presents Tennessee Williams’ Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, directed by Mixy Mixon, a queer theatre artist whose own artistic journey is uniquely connected ...
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Published September 04The Chattanooga Writers’ Guild Celebrates 25th Anniversary With A Public Party
The Chattanooga Writers’ Guild, a longtime partner with The Pulse, is celebrating their 25th Anniversary with a reception at Greenway Farms on September 12th from 5:00 to 7:00 pm. The reception is open to the public, and the Guild ...