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1:59pm

Fri February 1, 2013
Live At Tivoli Feb 9

'Screwtape' Speaks

Max McLean originated the role of Screwtape in a new live version of C.S. Lewis's novel.

A live, theatrical version of The Screwtape Letters is coming to the Tivoli in Chattanooga on February 9th.  In this interview, actor/director Max McLean talks about us about adapting C.S. Lewis's novel for the stage.

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11:08am

Tue January 29, 2013
Arts & Culture

Sweeney Todd at UTC

The Stephen Sondheim production of Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street will be performed in February by the combined departments of Opera and Theater at the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga. 

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1:48pm

Fri January 18, 2013
Local Lit & Lore

‘Moon Over Taylor’s Ridge’ Quickly Became Bestseller

Moon Over Taylor's Ridge by Janie Dempsey Watts, published by Little Creek Books (2012)

  • An interview with Janie Dempsey Watts.

Janie Dempsey Watts’s debut novel Moon Over Taylor’s Ridge hit the shelves of the Winder Binder Gallery & Bookstore in Chattanooga last fall and became one of the store’s bestselling local books.  In this interview, Watts talks about the North Georgia legends and true history that inspired her.

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5:38pm

Fri January 11, 2013
Funniest Musical Ever?

‘Avenue Q’ Has Singing Teddy Bears, But Ignore Their Advice

Emma Wiseman and Eric Wyatt are the voices of Kate Monster and a Bad Idea Bear.

Ensemble Theater of Chattanooga is staging the musical Avenue Q starting January 11th.  Like an adult version of Sesame Street (think of a South Park + Muppets mash-up), the show features puppets who give advice on careers, sex and finding meaning in life.  But don’t listen to the Bad Idea Bear.

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1:38pm

Thu December 13, 2012
I want your...I need your...

To Clean a Skull: Beetles, Bones, and Business

Credit Garrett Crowe
Matt Nooga holding the skull of a bobcat

One might say Matt Nooga from Rossville, Georgia has a sticky job. He cleans animal skulls for a living. And if you think cleaning skulls for money is unusual, wait until you learn about his method.

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12:46pm

Tue December 11, 2012
Jazz Special On WUTC

Dryden's Tribute To Dave Brubeck Airs Wednesday Evening

Credit Ken Dryden
Dave Brubeck plays piano at the 1992 Charlotte Jazz Festival

'Dziekuje, Dave' will air at approximately 8:20 p.m. on Wednesday, December 12.  WUTC's Ken Dryden is producing the two-hour special, named after a Brubeck composition honoring Chopin.  Dryden will include rare recordings from his personal collection.  

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