🐶 Crestie | Terrier/American Staffordshire | Male | 9 years old (Bonus: This little cutie is MAC’s longest staying resident, so we would love to see him go to his forever home.)
Mixology 101: Whiskey | Thurs., May 26 | 6-7:30 p.m. | The Chattery | $35 | Impress your friends and learn how to make three whiskey cocktails for your next gathering. 🥃
AVASOCIAL | Thurs., May 26 | 6-9 p.m. | Walker Pavilion at Coolidge Park, 120 River St. | Free+ | This AVA Artist Member + Prospective Member potluck features an art exchange as the “cost” of admission.
Friday
Nightfall Opening | Fri., May 27 | 7 p.m. | Miller Park | Free | Nightfall celebrates 35 years and opens the season with a performance by Cha Wa. 🎶
Taylor Swift Night | Fri., May 27 | 9 p.m. | The Signal | $18 | Club 90s hosts this night full of dancing to T-Swift.
Y2K Late Skate | Fri., May 27 | 6-11 p.m. | Chattanooga Skate Park, 1801 Reggie White Blvd. | Free | This late-night skating event features raffle prizes, music, food trucks + more. 🛼
Saturday
Chattanooga Beer Festival | Sat., May 28 | 12-3 p.m. | First Horizon Pavilion | $48 | Sample beers from all over the region and enjoy music from Troubadour Blue + Monday Night Social.
Plants of the Cherokee | Sat., May 28 | 11 a.m.-1 p.m. | Reflection Riding Arboretum & Nature Center, 400 Garden Rd. | $10+ | Learn how the Cherokee used native plants around the region. 🌱
Music & Movies in Miller | Sat., May 28-Aug. 6 | 6-10 p.m. | Miller Park, 928 Market St. | Free | Head to Miller Park each Saturday this summer for music, games, artist vendors, food trucks, and a big screen movie under the stars. 🎬 *
Sunday
Street Food Festival | Sun., May 29 | 11 a.m.-4 p.m. | First Horizon Pavilion | Price of purchase | The best of the area’s food trucks come together at the Chattanooga Market to celebrate a diversity of food. 🥡
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City Council recently voted to approve an ordinance allowing homeowners who live on single-family lots to build accessory dwelling units. Units must be permanent structures limited to 700 sqft + only one accessory dwelling unit will be permitted. A final vote will take place next week. 🏠 (The Pulse)
Coming Soon
Hixson is getting a new “luxury nail spa.” We don’t know the details yet, but we recently spied this Instagram page for Seven Nails Spa + will be sure to keep you updated on details and potential opening dates.
Opening
Warehouse Row’s newest retailer, Madewell, is opening today. In celebration of the new store’s opening, there will be various events + pop-ups taking place over the weekend. 🛍️
Biz
Chattanooga was recently featured in LinkedIn’s post on the best cities to begin your career post-grad. The Scenic City is one of three regions with the largest growth in entry-level hiring between 2020 and 2021. This comes after Chattanooga was ranked one of the best cities to work from homemultiple times.
Development
The Center for Sports Medicine and Orthopaedics LLC is building a new outpatient ambulatory surgery facility in Tyner to replace its existing surgery suites downtown. The space is set to become one of the region’s largest outpatient ambulatory surgery facilities, with a projected opening date in summer 2023. (Chattanooga Times Free Press)
Community
The Incline Railway is now operating again. The St. Elmo attraction has been closed the past week for scheduled maintenance. 🚃
Noogan
East Hamilton High School senior Jeremiah Flemmons recently became the school’s first-ever state champion — in any sport. Flemmons took home titles in the TSSAA Class AA triple jump, high jump, and 110-meter hurdles. Flemmons will go on to play football at Austin Peay State University this fall. 👏 (Chattanooga Times Free Press)
The Word
Lectin. According to Dr. Steven Gundry, MD, this compound (found in many health superfoods) could be causing digestive issues, brain fog, fatigue + other unpleasant symptoms. Find out why (and what you can do about it) in this video.*
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Editor’s pick: Writing today’s convo pulled at my heartstrings big time. If I had a bigger space I would be racing to the shelters to adopt some of the sweeties mentioned above, but in the meantime, donating + volunteering when I’m able to is what I’ll plan to do. Plus, you might catch me working at Naughty Cat Café to get my fix in.
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