Polarization. Far too often, we hear the word - and far too often, we use the word - to describe our politics and our culture. What about the workplace? Wade Hinton, CEO of Hinton and Company here in Chattanooga, wrote “Bridge Building: Creating Connection in an Era of Workplace Division.”
For more than four decades, the Bessie Smith Cultural Center has preserved and celebrated the history and culture of African-Americans here in Chattanooga. On Saturday, the center will host the brand-new Bessie Smith Legacy Gala at the Chattanooga Convention Center, starting at 6 PM.
Everywhere you turn you’ll hear a punchline at this year’s Lookout Comedy Festival here in Chattanooga. The festival, which runs Wednesday through Saturday at multiple venues in this city, features comic talent from this area and around the country.
This weekend, the music is calling in Northwest Georgia. On Friday and Saturday, the first-ever Cohutta Song Fest debuts in the small railroad town a half hour from Chattanooga and twenty minutes from Dalton.