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This week, the Divine Poetess - and friends - come to the Hunter Museum of American Art here in Chattanooga. On Thursday, starting at 6 PM, their program for the Vision + Verse series will explore works by African-American artists in the Hunter’s contemporary galleries.

Sen. Trent Lott (R-MS) says he will step down as Senate Republican leader following a furor over remarks that seemed to endorse America's segregated past. Lott faced a Jan. 6 vote on his status as incoming majority leader and a challenge for the post from Sen. Bill Frist (R-TN). Hear from NPR's Alex Chadwick and NPR's David Welna.

The National Weather Service predicts as much as 6 inches of rain, with flash flooding possible in urban settings just weeks after Hurricane Ida pummeled the area.

(aired Thu 10/28/21) The city of Pensacola is on the Gulf Coast of Florida, on the border with Alabama. At 309 6th Avenue, you will find a house - Punkhouse 309 - known for decades as a crossroads for do-it-yourself currents. Scott Satterwhite has lived there.

(aired Thu 6/23/22) This month, we’ve brought you a series of conversations with the Chattanooga Festival of Black Arts and Ideas. The multi-day festival celebrates Juneteenth through the extraordinary contributions of artists of African descent in the arts.

Jenny Sadre-Orafai is an essayist, poet and author with roots here in Chattanooga. Her new collection of poems - “Dear Outsiders,” published by the University of Akron Press - explores what it means to be local to a place where you don’t belong. On Wednesday at 6:30 PM, she'll give a reading at The Book and Cover in Chattanooga.

The U.S. economy continues to spiral downward. A report released Friday by the Commerce Department shows that the economy contracted at the end of last year by the fastest pace since 1982. This puts even more pressure on President Barack Obama, who this week presented his $3.6 trillion budget proposal. Saturday morning, the president said he knows he faces an uphill battle.

ArtsBuild is another community partner for the inaugural Chattanooga Entrepreneur Week. It hosts Periscope CHA Pitch Night for artist entrepreneurs on Wednesday, May 1st at RISE Chattanooga - 2901 Taylor St. - starting at 6 PM.

Moll King's recent collection of poems - “As You Did to the Leased of These” - tackles housing and homelessness here in Chattanooga. On Wednesday, she - and Nikki Lake of CALEB - will read from that collection at Townsend Atelier, starting at 6:30 PM.

The Walter E. Boehm Birth Defects Center is holding its 2nd Annual Gems For Hope on Saturday, November 2, at 6:30 p.m. at the Chattanooga Golf & Country…