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(aired Weds 6/22/22) Blood Assurance welcomed its first blood donor fifty years ago. The nonprofit was formed by medical professionals and concerned citizens in 1972 when the Chattanooga area at that time faced an urgent need for blood collections.

Adam Stone and Noah Prince are two of the members of Le Gato, a funk-rock group with roots in jazz, progressive rock and jam music - and this weekend's local opening act for Riverfront Nights, starting at 6 PM at Ross' Landing in downtown Chattanooga.

“Walk This Way” - now on display at the Hunter Museum of American Art in downtown Chattanooga - features footwear from the Stuart Weitzman Collection of Historic Shoes. On Thursday, starting at 6 PM, Chery Jordan and the Runway Rebels will present “Walk This Way Through Fashion.”

Next week, the Statewide Women’s Policy Conference returns to downtown Chattanooga. It happens Thursday, February 6th and Friday, February 7th at The Westin Chattanooga. This year’s conference will be held in honor of Dr. Carol Berz, who died last month.

A conversation on “The Economics of Sports” comes next week to our campus, the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga. It takes place on Thursday, February 6th - starting at 11:30 AM - at the Wolford Family Athletic Center on 720 E. 4th St.

“No Smoke Sundays” is a free hangout for middle and high school youth here in Chattanooga. The event - Sundays this month from 6 PM to 8 PM in Miller Park - was created after the recent shootings in the city to provide fun activities and inspirational conversations for youth as a safe and alternative gathering during a peak time for gun violence.

As the Hunter Museum of American Art celebrates 70 years here in Chattanooga, there is room for fantasy. The summer exhibition at the Hunter is titled, “Enchanted: A History of Fantasy Illustration” - and one of the programs inspired by the exhibition is a hip-hop performance: “Hip-Hop Fantasy,” tomorrow night at 6 PM.

The Jauntee - a band from Colorado - will headline this week’s Off the Rails concert in downtown Dalton. Performances for the free summer music series - which began last month - are on Fridays, starting at 6:30 PM at Burr Performing Arts Park.

This month, nine authors across genres in Chattanooga will gather for a celebration of this city’s homegrown literature. On Thursday, August 25th, Southern Lit Alliance - now known as SoLit - will present the Chattanooga Author Showcase at Stove Works, starting at 6 PM.

This week, on our campus - the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga: Photo Night. The showcase of professional photographers - presented by UTC’s Department of Communication - will be held on Wednesday, starting at 6 PM, in the University Center Auditorium.