Around and About Chattanooga

A short film shot in Chattanooga will premiere this weekend at the Tivoli Theater, which itself is a prominent location in the film. Doors open at 7:30 p.m. on Saturday, July 21, for the 8 p.m. screening of "Ella." The film will be followed by a Q&A and a screening of the movie "Breakfast at Tiffany's."

To some, the 1998 film The Big Lebowski shares the same ideas and qualities as Buddha, Nietzsche, and William Shakespeare. 

Ella Van Cleave is the youngest member of Mission Aquarius, the expedition to the last operating undersea research laboratory. 

A bagel shop and a gaming lab are among the five new businesses set to open all at once downtown on Chestnut Street next month. It's part of a River City Company effort to bring more retailers downtown.

The Aquarius Reef Base is the last undersea research laboratory on the planet.

Team Broad Jump is ready to present their vision for the Urban Design Challenge. 

The Chattanooga Film Society and Mise En Scenesters are presenting a documentary called I’m Carolyn Parker: the Good, the Mad, and the Beautiful on July 16th, 2012. 

The Children's Home and Chambliss Shelter have partnered with the Chattanooga Market to cool down your Sunday with an Ice Cream Social.

From now on, Habitat for Humanity will only build homes that meet a certain set of criteria for efficiency. The organization is working with Better Built, a Chattanooga program that helps people build homes that waste a minimal amount of water and energy.

Glen and Juan are responsible for removing 170 pound pews from a local church. It's hard labor and very hot.

The Tennessee Aquarium and local restaurants have teamed up to promote sustainable seafood practices through the Serve and Protect program.

The Tennessee Valley Authority is working with companies interested in installing small to mid-sized solar power generating systems.

The UT Board of Trustees recently approved two new degrees for UTC – the Bachelor of Integrated Studies and the Occupational Therapy Doctorate.

Joan McCandless has always had orchids in the backyard. Thousands of them. Her grandfather, Oliver Lines, and father, John Lines, started selling orchids on Signal Mountain more than 60 years ago.

You probably have a Facebook account. All your friends have Facebook profiles. Your parents, grandparents, aunts, and uncles have accounts. But does your dog have a Facebook profile? How about your neighbor's cat?