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Host, Executive Producer, Idea Man, and Top Dog of State of the Re:Union, Al Letson has received national recognition and built a devoted fan base with soul-stirring, interdisciplinary work. He established himself early in his career as a heavyweight in the Poetry Slam Movement, which garnered artistic credibility and renown. Performing on a number of national, regional and local stages including HBO's Def Poetry Jam, CBS's Final Four PreGame Show and commercial projects for Sony, the Florida Times Union, Adobe Software, and the Doorpost Film Project, Al has honed his professional voice and artistic sensibilities into a unique brand that is all his own. After winning the Public Radio Talent Quest, Al received a grant from the Corporation for Public Broadcasting to create three episodes of his public radio show concept State of the Re:Union. His company finished their first grant in August of 2009 and has just been awarded one of the largest public radio grants every given to a single project to produce a full season of shows.

Kei Nishikori put a buzz into the U.S. Open crowd in New York and put himself into the history books, becoming the first Asian man to reach a Grand Slam tennis final.

This year's Tiny Desk Contest was truly like no other. Our winner stood out from the over 6,000 entries with a song about slowing down and enjoying life that captivated our judges.

Marsha Mills of Rhyme N Chatt will be one of the poets at the Hunter Museum of American Art in Chattanooga on Thursday evening for “Vision + Verse: Delaney and Baldwin” - a poetic exploration of the friendship between Beauford Delaney and James Baldwin.

Barry Moser is a printmaker best known for his wood engravings and his illustrations of literature. UTC Special Collections holds the largest selection of his work - and starting Friday, several dozen of his pieces will go on display at AVA in Chattanooga.

Montague Park is the largest urban park in Chattanooga, home to Sculpture Fields and the Chattanooga Football Club Foundation. An urban design and landscape planning process is now reimagining the park to revitalize the space, including two public meetings on Tuesday for community input.

In the Bluff View Art District in downtown Chattanooga, you’ll find the Houston Museum of Decorative Arts. Within its Victorian walls are antiques and collectibles from that era through the Depression era - and quite recently, a new addition: an artist in residence.

Tennessee whiskey survived the Prohibition era a century ago by diving deep into caves. The weekend after Labor Day, Ruby Falls on Lookout Mountain, partnering with the Tennessee Whiskey Trail, will sip that legacy by hosting a new tasting event: the Bootleg Bash.

Where are we now? How did we get here? Where do we go from here? Those are a few of the questions for a community conversation this weekend, hosted by the Chattanooga Racial Equity Collective - titled: “A Racial Reckoning in Retrospect.”

Kahran and Regis Bethencourt are visual storytellers in every photo they take. They are the featured artists for this year’s Elizabeth Catlett Visual Art Exhibition, part of the Chattanooga Festivals of Black Arts and Ideas.