Around and About Chattanooga

UPDATE: The contest is over.  Congratulations to our winner, Ryan Darling!

More information about Glass's lecture is here.

The event is free & open to the public.

Ira Glass, host of This American Life, is coming to Chattanooga on April 7th for the George T. Hunter Lecture Series.  With that in mind, WUTC is having a contest.  Tell us your best true story about a road trip and you could win tickets to a special reception with Ira Glass.

The 2013 Alternative Fueled Vehicle Roadshow will be traveling across Tennessee March 12th through the 26th and stopping in Chattanooga on Thursday, March 14th. 

The region's first color run and the nation's very first Wash Me Pink for Komen will be Saturday, March 9, 2013 in Dalton Georgia. 

Proposed changes to the definition of autism in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders may impact services to some people who have autism. 

Dr. Steve Angle sat down with Cindy Carroll, Assistant Director, University Relations and WUTC’s Michael Edward Miller for an in-depth interview.  Dr. Angle was recently selected as the new chancellor of the University Of Tennessee at Chattanooga.

      A symposium titled Natural Landscaping: Getting More With Less is coming up March 9th at Chattanooga State Community College from 9 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.  The Tennessee Valley Chapter of the Wild Ones organized the symposium.  In this interview, WUTC's Michael Edward Miller speaks with Dr. Tim Spira, the symposium's keynote speaker, and Sally Wencel, the Vice President and Program Chair for the Tennessee Valley Chapter of the Wild Ones.

Back Alley Productions will be presenting the musical The Fantasticks March 8, 9, 15 and 16 at 7:30 in the Walker Community Theater in Rock Spring Georgia. 

Grove/Atlantic published Barry Hannah, Charles Frazier and other celebrated Southern authors.  Now, Grove/Atlantic is adding Jamie Quatro to their roster.  Quatro’s debut collection of short stories, I Want To Show You More, comes out in March, and she visited WUTC for an interview.

The Matrix is near its 14th year anniversary. When released in 1999, the film was heralded for its action, storyline, and special effects. However, another important element to The Matrix was its score created by composer Don Davis.

Will Allen began a movement more than 20 years ago to develop farms in the middle of cities. 

In our final election segment, we talk to Guy Satterfield, who is running for Chattanooga mayor against Andy Berke and Chester Heathington, Jr.  Early voting ends Feb 28th.

Mayoral candidate Andy Berke joins us for an interview.  The upcoming March 5th election has three candidates vying for Chattanooga mayor.  WUTC asked all three candidates about their leadership experience, family background and positions on various issues.

Three candidates are running for Chattanooga mayor: Andy Berke, Guy Satterfield and Robert Chester Heathington, Jr.  WUTC interviewed all three candidates and asked them about their leadership experience, family background and positions on various issues.  In this segment, Heathington joins us.

Mark Making, a Chattanooga organization promoting public art, spearheaded a mural project inside the Hamilton County Jail. The mural is called Universe Space and portrays planets, supernovas, black holes, and other cosmic imagery. The mural was made with the help of eleven inmates.

Read Across Chattanooga is the local celebration of the National Education Association's Read Across America and the anniversary of Dr. Seuss' birthday.