Around and About Chattanooga

Habitat for Humanity of Greater Chattanooga is hosting the 3rd annual Mud Run at Greenway Farms on Saturday, August 11th.

Women can stay at St. Catherine's Shelter in downtown Chattanooga for about two months, while they recover from addiction, find other housing, or find a job.

The United Way of Greater Chattanooga's Center for Nonprofits is hosting a conference on nonprofit excellence at the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga on Thursday, August 9th. 

Hannibal Buress has written for Saturday Night Live and 30 Rock and performed stand-up comedy around the world, including the Edinburgh Fringe Festival.  On August 30th, he'll headline the Vaudeville Cafe.   Buress’s style of comedy is steeped in commentary on everyday life.

Stanhope will bring his dark, caustic wit back to the Lindsay Street Hall on August 7th as part of his Big Stink Comedy Tour.

Chattanooga is one of the cities chosen by the American Cancer Society to participate in the newest Cancer prevention study. The study is known as CPS-3, and Chattanoogans can learn how to become involved by visiting the enrollment site. 

Build Me a World: The Story of the Howard School is the newest documentary by Fancy Rhino, a Chattanooga film production company. The film has its premiere at the Tivoli on August 16th.

From August 6th through August 10th, seventeen restaurants will take place in the Chattanooga's third Harvested Here Restaurant Week, organized by Gaining Ground.  The restaurants will highlight menu choices created with locally-sourced ingredients.

212 Market Restaurant is hosting their first-ever sake tasting on Friday, July 27th.  They'll serve sake along with Asian-inspired recipes featuring local foods like blueberry barbecued Georgia quail, smoked Pickett’s Trout Ranch trout and Eagles Rest Ranch bison potstickers.

The River Gallery is one of the cornerstone businesses in Chattanooga's Bluff View Art District. 

Chattanooga's most cutting-edge theater company is getting ready for their second season, with shows like Fat Men In Skirts and Medea.

In August, you can spay or neuter your pit bull at Wally's Friends -- on the cheap!

Bill Carney has been hard at work preparing the Chattanooga Woodworking Academy for its first students.

For some women, pregnancy can be filled with anxiety and depression. Dr. Terri Rieth counsels women with high-risk and high-stress pregnancies.