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Chattanooga is home to the Charles H. Coolidge National Medal of Honor Heritage Center - dedicated to this nation’s highest military award for valor. On Monday - for this Memorial Day - the Center will unveil its newest exhibit: a permanent installation on Medal of Honor recipient Alexander Bonnyman, Jr.

Next month, Make Music Day Chattanooga returns on the summer solstice - Tuesday, June 21st. It’s part of Make Music Day: a global celebration of learning and creating music open to people of all ages and skill levels through free, in-person events.

When baseball was segregated in this country - from after the Civil War until Jackie Robinson after World War II - Negro League Baseball provided the opportunity for Black players to stay in the game. Chattanooga hosted several Negro League teams - and this weekend, the Chattanooga Lookouts and the Bessie Smith Cultural Center will commemorate that legacy.

Hiring for the jobs of tomorrow is around the corner. Here in Chattanooga, Volkswagen is looking to fill 1,000 jobs as the automaker ramps up its production of electric vehicles.

And now, a music postcard from the Shaky Knees Festival - recently held in Atlanta’s Central Park. Our Mal O’Connell was there.

(aired Weds 5/04/22) How are travel and tourism in the Chattanooga area shaping up for this summer? Barry White is CEO of Chattanooga Tourism Company. Susan Harris recently joined the company as its chief operating officer after leading See Rock City.

Richard Winham shares the second part of a set by The Deer - a band from Austin, Texas whose music is described by NPR as “transcendental folk sagas from another planet” - performing live in The Woodshop on St. Elmo Ave. in Chattanooga.

This summer, a dance program for children returns to Chattanooga: Dance Alive will relaunch at two community centers. We spoke with Jenison Eduave and Anna Van Cura.

What would it be like to walk across the South today - as John Muir did from Kentucky to Florida in 1867 to observe its natural wonders? Dan Chapman - a veteran reporter in Atlanta - retraced the path of the naturalist and conservationist for his new book, out this month: “A Road Running Southward: Following John Muir’s Journey Through An Endangered Land,” published by Island Press.

Dr. Fahamu Pecou is an interdisciplinary artist and scholar whose work merges fine art with hip-hop culture, confronting contemporary representations of Black masculinity. He recently spoke at Chattanooga's Hunter Museum - and Thursday night at 8:30 PM, catch him on "The A List with Alison Lebovitz" on our public media partner WTCI PBS.