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SEPTEMBER 8, 2016

CHATTANOOGA'S WEEKLY ALTERNATIVE

COVER STORY

WHY WE FRY

THE ART AND VERY TASTY HISTORY OF ONE OF OUR FAVORITE SOUTHERN TYPES OF COOKING: DEEP FAT FRYING

By Jenn Webster

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MUSIC

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GALLERY HOP

BOWIE-ESQUE

SCULPTURE

HOPPING BENYARO THE '20s

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CHATTANOOGA'S WEEKLY ALTERNATIVE

EDITORIAL

Managing Editor Gary Poole gary@chattanoogapulse.com

Contents

September 8, 2016 Volume 13, Issue 36

Features

Assistant Editor Brooke Dorn Music Editor Marc T. Michael

4 BEGINNINGS: Helen Ross McNabb Center educates the community on suicide prevention.

Film Editor John DeVore Contributors Rich Bailey • Rob Brezsny Matt Jones • Sandra Kurtz Tony Mraz • Ernie Paik Rick Pimental-Habib RayTerry • Jenn Webster

7 SHADES OF GREEN: Rallying area churches to band together to help green energy grow.

Cartoonists Max Cannon • Rob Rogers Jen Sorenson • Tom Tomorrow

12 GALLERY HOP: AVA organizes one of the premier multi-gallery events of the year.

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Why We Fry

People are moving toward Mediterranean, vegan or even rawfood diets. Yet we Southerners keep eating breaded, fried everything. Maybe it’s not so much that we’re married to fried foods any more. Maybe our love has evolved into a series of illicit, but delicious, affairs.

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Get On Board the Roaring ‘20s

All aboard for…sculpture? Sculpture art that is. Things that make you think as your mind wanders into the complexity of gazing upon another person’s expressions of their own creativity.

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Bowie Meets Waits (Sorta)

I received a press kit the other day in which reviewers from other towns referred to the band Benyaro as reminiscent of “early Tom Waits” and “acoustic Bowie.” Those are some powerful comparisons and it’s safe to say they had my full attention.

19 MIXOLOGY: Rye is back, to the joy of whiskey lovers everywhere.

22 MUSIC CALENDAR 25 REVIEWS: 75 Dollar Bill gets elemental, Scott Walker relives a legendary childhood.

26 SCREEN: Make your plans now for a full day of horror movies and music in October.

28 FREE WILL ASTROLOGY 29 JONESIN’ CROSSWORD 30 TECH TALK: Chattanooga Design Studio does for downtown what CoLab does for startups.

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September is Suicide Prevention Month Helen Ross McNabb Center educates the community on suicide prevention If you’re reading this magazine, With our youth headed back to we can safely assume you’ve finschool this fall, we need to take this ished a good bit of schooling in time to remind ourselves to think. your day. Do you remember the Think about how we speak to social pressures of bepeople. Think about ing a child? Do you the impact of our acremember what it was tions. Think about like to not fit in? To the lives that are lost be picked on? To feel every year, every day BROOKE DORN like you needed to to suicide. make your family, friends, whoever, September is suicide prevention proud? Even as adults, pressure is month and our friend Gayle Lodato all around us from family, work, at the Helen Ross McNabb Center continuing our educations. It’s a took the time to educate us at The harsh world already so why don’t Pulse on what we as a community, we do our best to comfort those what we as individuals can do to aid who need it most? someone in need.

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Suicide is the second leading cause of death in individuals between 1524, and in 2014, 945 people were lost to suicide, 49 of those being children between the ages of 10-19. Search for the warning signs and see what you can do to help. It may be that your daughter mentions a friend of hers at school acting distant or making idle threats. Or maybe you notice a coworker giving away his belongings, withdrawing from social contact and you don’t know whether or not you can help them. You can!

To start, listen to them. Don’t belittle their fears or worries. If they are at this point in considering suicide, they surely already feel belittled, pressured and alone. While we all want to promise “things will get better,” it’s a comment that to someone who feels things will never get better, is incredibly condescending. You don’t have to say anything at first, just listen. After you’ve heard their story, follow these five steps: Engage. Don’t be afraid to talk to them openly and don’t be afraid to use the word suicide. Be mindful of their feelings, but if you feel they’re serious you must be upfront.

Assess. Find out whether or not they are actually serious and whether or not you need seek additional help. While you can be a friend, a preventer, and a listener, you are not a trained professional and sometimes the best thing to do is guide your friend to professional help.

Plan. Plan with them. Offer to help them seek professional help, don’t do it behind their back. If this person has trusted you enough to tell you how they feel, now is the time to strengthen that trust, not betray it.

Intervene. If you witness someone acting differently, someone who has gone through a significant change in their life, a death, a break-up, etc., approach them to see what you can do to ward off those thoughts or help them cope.

Follow up. Keep in touch with your friend.

How are they doing after the fact? Don’t plan with them to help them find professional

help and then abandon them.

You were kind enough to help in the first place, be there for them after. Check in with them, hang out, just let them know that they weren’t alone before and they certainly aren’t now.

If you or someone you know needs help, contact the follow emergency lines.

• National Suicide Prevention Hotline: 1-800-273-8255 (TALK) • Hearing Impaired Suicide Prevention TTY Line: 1-800-799-4889 (TTY) • Help Line in Chattanooga: 423-552-4636 • Volunteer Behavioral Health: 1-800-704-2651. Provides mobile crisis for adults • Youth Villages Southeast Region: 1-866-791-9225. Provides mobile crisis for children and adolescents [Buy a baked avocado at Chattanooga restaurant FIVE in the month of September and a percentage of the proceeds will go to the Helen Ross McNabb Center]

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by Rob Rogers

Hot Bike Motorcycle Tour Passes Through Town Do you feel the rumblin’ under your feet? Hear it in the distance as it draws nearer and nearer? That’s the sound of the Geico Motorcycle Hot Bike Tour and it’s rolling into Chattanooga for one special day, Sunday, September 11th. Motorcycle enthusiasts of Chattanooga, you won’t want to miss this.

This tour rides for five days, bringing editors, photographers, twentyeight top pro builders, hundreds of riders from all over, live music by Joe Lasher Jr., and more. This event is free to spectators and will be held at

Coker Tire from 1 to 6 p.m.

Motorcyclists can register on site for

IN THIS ISSUE

Jenn Webster Our cover story this week on the art and history of deep fried foods (and why we love them) is by Jenn Webster, one of the newer members of The Pulse writing family. Webster is a dancer and writer who works in Chattanooga. Now

free as “one-dayers” to join the editors of Hot Bike as part of the ride-in bike show, awards, giveaways, and get a chance to take part in all the activities offered.

Plus, they can see and vote on the Hot Bike and Baggers Bike Build-Off as top builders show off their creations that they built special for the tour.

The Hot Bike Tour is a signature event of Hot Bike magazine/national motorcycle brand. Registration for those interested will be from 12:30 to 5 p.m. at Coker Tire.

— Brooke Dorn

RayTerry a technical writer, she has also written for marketing, educational, and consumer publications. She’s an Army veteran and a member of WEAVE: A Conceptual Dance Company. Jenn is fascinated by hobbyists, fans, aficionados, obsessives, geeks, and fetishists of all kinds. She also has a few hobbies of her own: Dungeons & Dragons , urban hiking, cosplay, and collaborative storytelling.

Arts and culture writer Ray Terry is a world traveler who loves to write about anything that catches his fancy. He is is a delegate in the Chattanooga Area Labor Council of the Tennessee AFL-CIO and member of the Tri State Musicians’ Union, Local 80

of the American Federation of Musicians (AFM) and a former General SecretaryTreasurer of the Brotherhood of Railroad Signalmen with nearly 40 years membership.

A resident of Collegedale, he was born in Chattanooga at Memorial Hospital. Married with four children who now all live in four different states, he is a market tagalong with his wife Sheila who regularly patronizes local markets around Chattanooga.

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COLUMN SHADES OF GREEN

Calling Faith to Action Rallying area churches to band together to help green energy grow

SANDRA KURTZ

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We have nearly 1,000 places of worship here in our area. How many have solar panels on a roof? Just one… the Unitarian Universalist Church of Chattanooga.”

Sandra Kurtz is an environmental community activist and is presently working through the Urban Century Institute. You can visit her website to learn more at enviroedu.net

“Never before have people had to think about the well-being of the entire planet. We did not ask for this task, but it is the one being demanded of us.” — Sally McFague, eco-theologian and author, retired professor from Vanderbilt University Divinity School.

If you ask a churchgoer what they do for stewardship in their church, you will likely hear a response similar to this: “We have an annual drive each year and everyone pledges some dollars to keep our doors open.” Certainly churches have expenses. There’s the minister to pay and administrative staff plus utility, maintenance, and security bills.

What about capital costs such as roof, window, carpet or furnace replacement?

Maybe there’s a little money left over for outreach to the less fortunate.

It’s admirable that responsible people of faith step up to make sure their beloved community continues to exist.

Certainly an important work in churches is to support one another in the struggles and celebrations of life and for some the afterlife. Still, that explanation of stewardship has too often been narrowly construed to be about budgets and bigger building plans—the ‘edifice complex’.

Consider a larger purpose.

Stewardship means caring and managing something entrusted to you for positive results. That can certainly apply to economics and buildings, but what if places of worship considered stewardship a call for planning and management of natural resources? After all natural resources health is what will support and sustain all existence, including humans now and our descendants.

As conscious beings we may be the only species on Earth to be aware of our impacts or shape them for the future.

Because places of worship bring many together who want to live moral lives, they provide prime places to model

stewardship of natural resources with justice. In fact, a Creation Care movement has begun, although locally there have not been many takers.

Certainly some individual churches have taken some actions through energy efficiency measures and supplying food through gardening opportunities. There is much more to be done.

Mark Z. Jacobson, engineering professor at Stanford University and director of its Atmosphere and Energy Department, has demonstrated conclusively that America could generate 80 to 85 percent of its power from sun, wind, and water by 2030, and 100 percent by 2050.

We have nearly 1,000 places of worship here in our area. How many have solar panels on a roof? Just one…the Unitarian Universalist Church of Chattanooga.

Some organizations have been spreading the word to places of worship about this new kind of stewardship.

Locally, Earthcare has long provided educational spring and fall retreats promoting stewardship of Creation.

There is GreenFaith, a non-profit organization providing workshops, trainings, and certifications for religious leaders. Their mission rests on the conviction that “protecting the earth is a religious value, and that environmental stewardship is a moral responsibility.”

A new chapter of Blessed Earth has just started in Nashville to inspire faithful stewardship of all creation.

Tennessee Interfaith Power & Light (TIPL) has clergy, church and individual members. Their mission is to respond to climate change through upholding the sacredness of all life, protecting vulner-

able communities, and caring for the earth.

TIPL further notes that we witness our spiritual values by reducing our carbon emissions within our daily lives, releasing the spiritual power of our faith communities, and advocating for effective climate protection and justice policies Recently TIPL sent a letter to TVA signed by 143 faith leaders asking that TVA ensure ways for lower income households to take advantage of weatherization programs and that TVA work with local power companies, lower income voices, and state agencies to both ease access and expand energy efficiency opportunities.

Blessed Earth leader Heather Bennett stated, “Success would look like love. If we love our neighbor, we would want to take care of their air, water and land.”

Amen to that! We are the human community within the whole Earth community inextricably linked as the future unfolds. How that looks is a stewardship task especially for all moral people.

Churches can be a key component of the work.

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Why We Fry The art and very tasty history of one of our favorite Southern types of cooking: deep fat frying

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By Jenn Webster, Pulse contributor

eople are moving toward Mediterranean, vegan or even raw-food diets. Yet we Southerners keep eating breaded, fried everything. Maybe it’s not so much that we’re married to fried foods any more. Maybe our love has evolved into a series of illicit, but delicious, affairs.

Researching this story, I first planned to reach out to my Southern family members whose fried dishes I enjoy so much. The fried okra crusted with cornmeal. The crispy chicken…mmm…I tried to think of a family member who deep fried anything anymore. Then it hit me: no one does.

My grandmothers and great-aunts are long gone and it seems so is the time honored tradition of frying anything and everything up to crispy perfection.

I called my mother to see if she remembered how to make my granny’s catfish or okra.

“Oh, certainly!”

“Can I come over and cook with you? We’ll have a feast.”

“Sure, if you like, darling. But you’ll have to eat all that stuff. Your father and I don’t eat fried food anymore.”

Who me? You want me to chow through a plateful of catfish while two old folks nibble baked tilapia? Ouch.

I tried friends and colleagues. They were all packing for DragonCon or never use their kitchens or prefer to go out for sushi. That got me thinking... have we Chattanoogans stopped frying things? It just can’t be.

A Tennessee town does not simply stop frying things, so I decided to reach out Mary Haymaker, a writer and photographer for popular food blog Chattavore.com.

Lost Art? Not! “I don’t think [frying food] is dying, but…it’s a long and messy process and these days we just don’t have time for all that breading and frying on a daily basis,” Mary says. “For me, it’s also about not wanting to use all that oil, then figuring what to do with it after!”

A teacher who’s been a food expert for years, Mary moved from an obsession with Food Network to “learning how to cook—like, really cook, from scratch.”

Cooking became her hobby, and when she mixed cooking and blogging, she found her “sweet spot” with her recipe blog.

Chattavore.com contains recipes and restaurant reviews, all beautifully photographed. Mary narrates everything in a clear, detailed manner, making it easy to create her recipes. She describes her thought processes, triumphs and mishaps, too, in a tone that moves lightly from aphoristic to confessional—Erma Bombeck for Millennials.

“I think that people are trying to eat in a more healthful way, too, so fried food doesn’t fit very neatly into that lifestyle.”

How Healthy Is That Fritter?

Lately, experts have told us to replace low-fat with low-carb…so that that mean cornmeal-battered, skillet-fried okra is safe?

“I don’t think [frying food] is dying, but…it’s a long and messy process and these days we just don’t have time for all that breading and frying on a daily basis,” Mary says.

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COVER STORY “There’s a lot of chemistry going on, but the gist is…the hotter the oil has to be for cooking, the more likely it will start to degrade, especially over long cooking times or repeated uses.”

It depends on how you fry it and how often you eat it. Eating fried food is strongly linked to high blood pressure, coronary artery disease and Type 2 diabetes, according to plenty of longitudinal studies with large sample sizes. But why? Is it the number of calories? The content of the crispy casing?

One group of researchers identified the “Spanish effect,” noting that people in Spain eating a similar quantity of deep-fried foods to Americans don’t have the same amount of heart disease.

The differences? The Spanish people were eating home-fried food, cooked at lower temperatures in olive or sunflower oil. The U.S. folks were eating restaurant-fried food, cooked at high temperatures in unhealthy oils, typically those that are solid at room temperature.

And the oils were being reused (think fast food here).

There’s a lot of chemistry going

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on, but the gist is…the hotter the oil has to be for cooking, the more likely it will start to degrade, especially over long cooking times or repeated uses. Healthy polyunsaturated fats break down, while oxidation and hydrogenation speed up.

For your kitchen that means: don’t start with a scoop of hard shortening. Try sunflower oil instead. Cook at lower temperatures (I know: ehhh?) use fresh oil, and enjoy your fried treats only on occasion.

Haute Sizzlin’ Out on the town, it’s a different matter. Fried is becoming fashionable. At 1885 Grill, you can get a small, artistically arranged stack of tangy fried green tomatoes with a side of luscious pimento cheese dip. Fried okra…wait for it…comes with a grilled pita. Delicious, but a bit precious?

“Interestingly, I think that in pop

culture, Southern fried foods have become truly iconic over the last few years,” Mary says. “You can walk into just about any trendy restaurant and find fried green tomatoes or buttermilk fried chicken on the menu. We don’t eat as much of these foods, but they aren’t going anywhere!”

What’s good? My favorite is Herman’s on Brainerd Road; I am still lamenting their departure from Eastgate. Their fried okra is exactly like my granny’s from Mississippi.

There’s also an anonymous food truck that frequents the Brainerd Road/Germantown intersection area and serves up magnificent fried fish sandwiches topped with cole slaw. Any time you see a truck with someone frying fish in a big cauldron nearby, it’s probably a good idea to stop and get some.

1885 Grill, Lamar’s, and Ooltewah’s Countryside Cafe get callouts from Mary.

“[Countryside] is like what you’d have for Sunday dinner after church at your grandmother’s house,” she says.

And if you’re looking for fried pies, nothing beats the fried fruit pies at Big Biscuit Barn in Rossville. The peach pie is like hand-held heaven.

Kitchen How-Tos How hard is it to recreate home-fried Southern cooking? For me, the most difficult part is striking a balance—respecting whatever you’ve got inside the breading, while still making the finished product crunchy and excellent. It’s no good having a golden-brown crust if the squash inside has turned to mush.

Mary has some secrets for keeping breading crispy while cooking interiors, whether they be meats, veggies or fruits, to perfection.

“For tender foods such as vegetables, the trick is the make sure the oil is plenty hot,” she says. “It will zap the crust and get it nice and crispy without overcooking the vegetables. The same goes for fish.

“For chicken, though, you have to make sure you get the center cooked through without burning the crust, which can definitely be tricky. I fry chicken at a lower temperature so the crust and interior will cook at the same rate.

“I use a probe thermometer to check the temperature of the meat and remove the pieces to a 200-degree oven as they are done (165 degrees) to keep them warm.”

Oil selection is important, too. Mary favors peanut or canola oil; however, she notes, she doesn’t deep-fry her breaded goodies as often as she oven-fries them.

“I will bread the food in panko crumbs, cracker crumbs or even potato chips, spray it with olive oil spray [using a] Misto, and bake it in a super-hot (450 degrees) oven on a preheated pan. This is how I make fries—except I don’t bread them—and onion rings.

“I love to cook chicken, pork chops and squash this way, too.”

How Mary Makes Fried Peach Pies What should Pulse readers fry next (or first)? Mary suggests peach pies or fried

pickles “I am completely obsessed with fried pickles,” she says.

Just today, though, a colleague went to Big Biscuit Barn before work and only brought back one peach-filled fried pie, so I think that’s where I’ll start.

Here’s Mary’s recipe: Dough • 3 cups all-purpose flour • 1 tsp. salt • ¾ cup unsalted butter, chilled and cut into chunks • 4-6 Tbsp. ice water • 1 tsp. white vinegar • 1 large egg, beaten Pies • ½ recipe of pie dough (freeze and save the rest, or double the filling and make lots of pies) • 2 Tbsp. unsalted butter • 3 large peaches, pitted and sliced • 2 Tbsp. brown sugar • ¾ cup canola or vegetable oil Make the dough: Stir together flour and salt in medium blow. Cut in butter until mixture resembles coarse crumbs. In small bowl, whisk together 4 Tbsp. ice water, vinegar and egg. Add to flour mixture and stir until a ball forms, adding remaining ice water as needed.

Turn onto a piece of plastic wrap and press into a disk. Refrigerate one hour.

Make the filling: Melt butter over medium heat. Add peaches and brown sugar.

Cook, stirring frequently, until juices are syrupy. Pour into bowl and cool to room temperature.

Assemble: Use half the dough mix; freeze the rest for later. Allow to stand until room temperature. Roll onto floured surface to 1/8 inch thickness. Cut into 5-inch rounds, using a bowl as a guide.

Fill each round with a heaping tablespoon of peach filling. Fold edges and crimp closed with fork. Place on baking sheet in

“And if you still have a parent, grandparent, great aunt or great uncle who makes fried Southern anything—run, don’t walk, to their house and get them to show you how it’s done.” refrigerator.

Fry: Pour oil into 10-inch skillet.

Heat over medium heat until shimmering. Add half the pies at a time and fry until golden. Flip and fry other side until golden. Remove and drain on a paper towel-lined plate.

Mary’s pies are excellent—the filling is succulent, the interior of the pie crust is pillowy, and the exterior is crunchy and brown. It took me about an hour to make (I used all the dough, and repeated the filling recipe using apples).

I really should have a skillet devoted to frying; the only thing I do with mine is sauté vegetables to go on ramen noodles. Result: my pie

crust tastes faintly like soy sauce.

If you have a little leftover filling, warm it up and put it on butter pecan ice cream.

Mary’s blog features a raspberry dipping sauce, too. Try it yourself at: chattavore.com/peach-friedpies-raspberry-sauce.

If you’re moved to try her fried pickles instead, visit: chattavore. com/southern-fried-pickles.

There’s even a lime dressing to dip them in. They’re sassy!

And if you still have a parent, grandparent, great aunt or great uncle who makes fried Southern anything—run, don’t walk, to their house and get them to show you how it’s done.

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Hopping Around Town For The Arts AVA organizes one of the premier multi-gallery events of the year

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HIS WEEKEND, CHATTANOOGA'S ART COMMUNITY will be celebrating the ninth annual AVA Gallery Hop. This exciting event will showcase the many galleries and artist studios here in town and is one of the year's best opportunities to experience the sheer volume and diversity of the city's visual art locations. There is an enormous amount of work to see in one day, and all of the participating venues will be offering refreshments, new work, and a chance to meet the artists.

Arts TONY MRAZ

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There is an enormous amount of work to see in one day, and all of the participating venues will be offering refreshments, new work, and a chance to meet the artists.”

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This year there are many new additions to the local arts community, including Swine Gallery, Annie Hanks Studio, Mayfield's All-Killer No-Filler Records, and ShapeShifter Gallery. These new spaces are a reflection of how the arts scene is shifting in Chattanooga.

The event's organizer, AVA's Lauren Goforth, has also included “pop-up” exhibits in the Hop for the first time this year. “I want the Gallery Hop to represent what's happening now and be as inclusive as possible,” she explains.

And while it is impossible to adequately describe the events and artists showcasing their work at each and every stop (without taking over this entire issue of The Pulse), we've put together a preview of some of the highlights for this Saturday's hop.

At Area 61 on the Southside’s hip Main Street, the work of member artists will reinforce a shared show of works by Valerie Fleming and Maggie Vandewalle entitled "Undisclosed". This collection debuts new work by both artists in mediums never shown or exhibited—fiber and fabric for Valerie, graphite for Maggie.

The nearby Gallery 1401 will be featuring a solo exhibit by Marcy Gregg that will run through the month of Septem-

ber.

And the Shapeshifter Gallery is a “pop-up gallery” that will be taking place at Estate of Confusion, also on Main St., that will feature the work of Mark Leamon, Brian Giwojna, and Heath Montgomery.

Artists on the Loose is not a formal gallery, but they share a large, gorgeous studio on the Southside near to Area 61 and Estate of Confusion. The space is shared by Virginia Webb, Janis Wilkey, Maddin Corey, Ellen Franklin and Marie Miller.

Annie Hanks Ceramic Studio and Gallery is both a gallery space and a work space. The work within it is created collaboratively

by Stephanie Anne Martin and Katherine Hanks, and is often inspired by the women's femininity and the landscapes surrounding them.

Together, Stephanie and Katherine create both utilitarian and fine art ceramics within their space and will have both bodies of work present. Additionally, they will be displaying the masterful ceramic work of Mark Issenberg, and he will be present during the event.

At downtown’s Chattanooga Workspace, 19 artists will be featuring their work in the studio's gallery: Steven Llorca, Ali Kay, Brandy Burgans, Mary Hamby, Molly Hussey, Colleen Williams, Nestor Valdez, Alexa Lett,

Rick Rushing, Meredith Burns, Jenny Shugart, Tasha Koetsch, Olga de Klein, Claudia Moore, Mary Lisa Chesnutt, Kevin Bate, Brian Behm, Kory Russell, Lisa Denney, Brandy Richmond, Danielle Shelton, and Jaime Barks will be displaying their newest creations. In addition, a show of small works under $100 will be accompanying delicious hors d'oeuvres served by Dish T’ Pass.

Over at the Bluff View’s River Gallery, during the day visitors will be able to meet September exhibiting artist Lissa Hunter and learn about her basketry and clay process. After that, they will host the opening reception for the September exhibit, where artists Lissa Hunter and David Swanagin will be there to meet and greet. They will have wine and food during the reception,

which starts at 6:30 p.m.

In business for more than 46 years, Gannon Art is one of Chattanooga’s most established sources for fine art. Their Brainerd area gallery represents an eclectic array of accomplished artists with expert ability in their respective mediums. Their recently renovated showroom reflects a love of art and a dedication to creativity, custom framing, and culture.

Jazzanooga's exhibit will be featuring works on paper and original paintings and photography by African American artists.

The artists included are Gordon Parks, Charly Palmer, Tom Feelings, Thornton Dial, and Elizabeth Catlett. Their works are all from a local private collection.

The event will include live music and a make-your-own mojito bar in their expanded arts space on Martin Luther King, Jr. Blvd.

On the North Shore, AVA will be hosting the opening reception for their Fresh Emerging Artist Exhibit, In-Town Gallery will have artists doing demos (including Janice Kindred and Lee Glascock), and Mayfield's AKNF Records will have several local artists including Tom Foote, Brandy Burgans, Kathleen Vlodek, and Amy Mayfield.

Maps of all the Gallery Hop Locations will be available at every participating venue. So get out and get hopping this weekend!

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Get On Board The Roaring ‘20s, Sculpture Style Tennessee Valley Railroad teams up with Sculpture Fields at Montague Park

Bringing C.S. Lewis to the Stage The Colonnade Center premieres Narnia: The Musical C.S. Lewis brought a world of heroes, villains, daughters of Eve and sons of Adam to life in his novel The Lion, The Witch, and the Wardrobe.

Hopefully you’ve read the book— c’mon it’s going to be a classic if not classified as such already—and if you haven’t, then you’ve likely seen the movie.

But, for those of us who want to feel a little more in the action, The Colonnade Center is putting on a production of Narnia: The Musical.

Bringing the classic tale to life is a cast of over 60 performers of men, women, and children. A tale of the land of Narnia, where the white witch has cursed the land with eternal winter, they must be saved by four brave, human children and their

greatest ally, the lion Aslan.

I can honestly say I’m not sure what to expect as songs were not part of the book or the original movie. Where will the fit the songs in?

What kind of story will the lyrics tell?

It’s sure to be something to behold, and we’re sure Aslan would approve of the heart this cast will put in at showtime.

— Brooke Dorn

Narnia: The Musical Friday, 6:30 p.m.

Saturday, 12:30, 6:30 p.m.

The Colonnade Center 264 Catoosa Cir., Ringgold, GA (706) 935-9000 colonnadecenter.org

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Sip and Swap for The Human Initiative

Fiddler on the Roof

Railfest

Come recycle your outfits, jewelry, shoes, or handbags.

6 p.m.

Granfalloon 400 E. Main St. (423) 661-3185 granfalloonchattanooga.com

The beloved musical kicks off the new season at the Chattanooga Theatre Centre.

8 p.m.

Chattanooga Theatre Centre 400 River St. (423) 267-8538 theatrecentre.com

It's a weekend celebration of trains and local history.

9 a.m.

Tennessee Valley Railroad Museum 4119 Cromwell Rd. (423) 894-8028 tvrail.com

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LL ABOARD FOR…SCULPTURE? SCULPTURE ART that is. Things that make you think as your mind wanders into the complexity of gazing upon another person’s expressions of their own creativity. Sculpture Fields of Montague Park and the Tennessee Valley Railroad Museum have joined together and invite you to relive the roaring twenties with them for a mix of the old with the new.

Arts RAYTERRY

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The setting is combined within the city’s industrial, rural and suburban elements that will make for yet another incredible addition to what Gig City has to offer to the world.”

On September 16, the 4th Annual Fundraising Extravaganza will take place with music and refreshments for an all-out unique artistic and cultural experience here in Chattanooga.

Sculpture Fields is a 33-acre International Sculpture Park created from land donated by the Montague family that is located on the south side of downtown. Currently, there are 32 large-scale sculptures on exhibit. As an outdoor art museum, Sculpture Fields is open to the public seven days a week from dawn to dusk.

There are many well laid out walking paths to enjoy in the park going from each individual art piece to the other. Stroll by the Commemorative Forest and enjoy the wide-open spaces found in Montague Park. wParking is free with restrooms provided. The large area is conducive to all sorts of activities including: kite flying, yoga and is also dog friendly for responsible pet owners. You know, cleanup after your pet please.

Traditionally, most sculpture gardens have been in conjunction with

museum campuses or located on university campus grounds. Here in Chattanooga, having Sculpture Fields on the Southside is yet another prestigious attraction for art, education, and cultural tourism in our thriving city.

This type of exhibit is called an open-air venue with lots of room for walking to and fro from the individual statues while enjoying the wide-open spaces and views from the park. Lookout Mountain is prominently visible in the distance. This open-air type of venue is for the enjoyment of not only the contemporary art buff but also for nature itself. The setting is combined within the city’s industrial, rural and suburban elements that will make for yet another incredible addition to what Gig City has to offer to the world.

Some of the featured art at Sculpture Fields are very diverse not only in size

but also in interpretation. Beauty truly is in the eye of the beholder and open to all sorts of creative explanation. Take the “SWIZZLE” statue for example. A structure made of fabricated steel and is open to any individuals’ own concept of “what is it?”

There are many other works by talented and diversified artisans. Materials used in the construction of these large pieces range from aluminum, steel, concrete, bronze to just about anything else imaginable. The choices are simply fascinating.

Boarding of the Tennessee Valley Railroad Museum train will be at 7 p.m. Authentic 1920’s era dining cars will be provided for a realistic touch to your overall experience. The 1920’s were actually the high point of railroad travel for most people at the time. If you traveled then, you likely went by

train. An elegant three-course meal will be prepared by Chef David Duncan, which will be inspired from actual 1920’s menus.

The red-hot swing n’ blues music will be provided by the 9th Street Stompers. Be prepared to dance like an old time flapper girl or boy.

The event is RSVP only with limited seating. Ticket price is $250 for all of the combined events. Itinerary will be cocktails and music from 5:30 to 7 p.m. with dinner served aboard the train from 7 to 9 p.m. A special gift for a reserved table of four will receive a bottle of Champagne for the festivities. You may contact the park at (423) 266-7288 or email clifford@sculpturefields.org To add to the authenticity of the event, the final activity of this wonderful evening will culminate in a what was then known as a speakeasy. Speak-

easies were all the rage during the era because the government had instituted prohibition. In other words: no alcohol.

Thus, the speakeasy was created.

Relax in the studio/residence of John and Pamela Henry for the remainder of the epic journey. While overlooking the magnificent Sculpture Fields Park reminisce about the wonderful experience you have just had. Hopefully, next year you will return for the 5th Annual Fundraising Extravaganza.

All aboard for art, music and a fine dining experience in the Noog! Reserve your tickets today for the TVRM/ Sculpture Fields fourth annual fundraising extravaganza!

Sculpture Fields is located at 1800 Polk Street just off of East Main Street, in-between Central Avenue and S. Holtzclaw Avenue, beside the U.S. Army National Guard facility.

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ARTS CALENDAR

Art + Issues

THURSDAY9.8 Ooltewah Farmers Market 3 p.m.

Ooltewah Nursery & Landscape Co. 5829 Main St. (423) 238-9775 ooltewahnursery.com Signal Mountain Farmers Market 4 p.m.

Pruett’s Market 1210 Taft Hwy. (423) 902-8023 signalmountainfarmersmarket.com St. Elmo Farmers Market 4 p.m.

Incline Railway 3917 St. Elmo Ave. (423) 838-9804 lookoutfarmersmarket.com Homebuyer Orientation 5:30 p.m.

Chattanooga Neighborhood Enterprise 1500 Chestnut St. #102 (423) 756-6201 cneinc.org Sip and Swap for The Human Initiative 6 p.m.

Granfalloon 400 E. Main St. (423) 661-3185 granfalloonchattanooga.com Art + Issues: Breaking Through the Picture Window 6 p.m.

Hunter Museum of American Art 10 Bluff View (423) 267-0968 huntermuseum.org

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MAINx24 2016 Planning Meeting 6 p.m.

The Church On Main 1601 Rossville Ave. (423) 822-8299 mainx24.com City Sweat: The Final Heat 6 p.m.

Waterhouse Pavilion 850 Market St. (423) 265-3700 millerplazachattanooga.com J. Bliss 7:30 p.m.

The Comedy Catch 1400 Market St. (423) 629-2233 thecomedycatch.com

FRIDAY9.9 Narnia: The Musical

SPOTLIGHT: J. BLISS J. Bliss’ quickwitted style deals with everyday observations and personal experiences in which he chooses to find the humor.

J. Bliss The Comedy Catch 1400 Market St. (423) 629-2233 thecomedycatch.com

6:30 p.m.

The Colonnade Center 264 Catoosa Cir., Ringgold, GA (706) 935-9000 colonnadecenter.org J. Bliss 7:30, 9:45 p.m.

The Comedy Catch 1400 Market St. (423) 629-2233 thecomedycatch.com Brennan Movie Screening 7:30 p.m.

The Meeting House 3912 Dayton Blvd.

(423) 902-3338 redbankmeetinghouse.com Fiddler on the Roof 8 p.m.

Chattanooga Theatre Centre 400 River St. (423) 267-8538 theatrecentre.com

SATURDAY9.10 Fall Plant Sale 9 a.m.

Reflection Riding Arboretum and Nature Center 400 Garden Rd. (423) 821-1160 reflectionriding.org Fall Plant Sale & Festival 9 a.m.

Crabtree Farms 1000 E. 30th St. (423) 493-9155 crabtreefarms.org Patriot Day Weekend Celebration 9 a.m.

Chattanooga Zoo 301 N. Holtzclaw Ave. (423) 697-1322 chattzoo.org Railfest 9 a.m.

Tennessee Valley Railroad Museum 4119 Cromwell Rd. (423) 894-8028 tvrail.com Wall of the Fallen Name Unveiling 10 a.m.

International Towing and Recovery Museum 3315 Broad St. (423) 267-3132 internationaltowingmuseum.org Brainerd Farmers Market 10 a.m.

Grace Episcopal Church 20 Belvoir Ave. (404) 245-3682 Chattanooga River Market

ARTS CALENDAR

Star Walk Grand Opening 10 a.m.

Tennessee Aquarium 1 Broad St. (423) 265-0695 chattanoogarivermarket.com Northside Farmers Market 10 am.

Northside Presbyterian Church 923 Mississippi Ave. (423) 266-7497 St. Alban’s Hixson Market 10 a.m.

St. Alban’s Episcopal Church 7514 Hixson Pike (423) 842-6303 Football at the Falls Noon Ruby Falls 1720 S. Scenic Hwy. (423) 821-2544 rubyfalls.com Narnia: The Musical 12:30, 6:30 p.m.

The Colonnade Center 264 Catoosa Cir., Ringgold, GA (706) 935-9000 colonnadecenter.org Lulapalooza 2 p.m.

Lula Lake Land Trust 5000 Lula Lake Rd. (706) 820-0520 centermindfulliving.org Star Walk Grand Opening 6:30 p.m.

Harrison Bay State Park 8411 Harrison Bay Rd. (423) 344-6214 tnstateparks.com J. Bliss 7:30, 9:45 p.m.

The Comedy Catch 1400 Market St.

(423) 629-2233 thecomedycatch.com Fiddler on the Roof 8 p.m.

Chattanooga Theatre Centre 400 River St. (423) 267-8538 theatrecentre.com

SUNDAY9.11 Fall Plant Sale 9 a.m.

Reflection Riding Arboretum and Nature Center 400 Garden Rd. (423) 821-1160 reflectionriding.org Lulapalooza 2 p.m.

Lula Lake Land Trust 5000 Lula Lake Rd. (706) 820-0520 centermindfulliving.org Patriot Day Weekend Celebration 9 a.m.

Chattanooga Zoo 301 N. Holtzclaw Ave. (423) 697-1322 chattzoo.org Railfest 9 a.m.

Tennessee Valley Railroad Museum 4119 Cromwell Rd. (423) 894-8028 tvrail.com Football at the Falls Noon Ruby Falls 1720 S. Scenic Hwy. (423) 821-2544

rubyfalls.com Chattanooga Market 11 a.m.

First Tennessee Pavilion 1829 Carter St. (423) 402-9957 chattanoogamarket.com Hot Bike Tour 1 p.m.

Coker Tire Company 1317 Chestnut St. (423) 265-6368 hotbikeweb.com The Cranes Are Flying’ 6:15 p.m.

Heritage House 1428 Jenkins Rd. (423) 855-9474 J. Bliss 7:30 p.m.

The Comedy Catch 1400 Market St. (423) 629-2233 thecomedycatch.com

MONDAY9.12 Red Bank Farmers Market 4 p.m.

Red Bank United Methodist 3800 Dayton Blvd.

(423) 838-9804 lookoutfarmersmarket.com

TUESDAY9.13 East Brainerd Farmers Market 4 p.m.

Audubon Acres 900 N. Sanctuary Rd. (423) 838-9804 lookoutfarmersmarket.com

WEDNESDAY9.14 American Quilter's Society QuiltWeek Show 9 a.m.

Chattanooga Convention Center 1150 Carter St. (423) 756-0001 americanquilter.com Main Street Market 4 p.m.

325 E. Main St. mainstfarmersmarket.com Wednesday Night Chess Club 6 p.m.

Downtown Library 1001 Broad St. (423) 643-7700 chattilibrary.com Listening Skills 101 6 p.m.

The Edney Innovation Center 1100 Market St. (423) 413-8978 theedney.com Pickin' On Poetry 7 p.m.

The Camp House 149 E. MLK Blvd.

(423) 777-4222 southernlitalliance.org Snowden Live 7:30 p.m.

Carmike East Ridge 18 5080 South Terrace (423) 855-9652 carmike.com/snowden-live Map these locations on chattanoogapulse.com. Send event listings at least 10 days in advance to: calendar@chattanoogapulse.com CHATTANOOGAPULSE.COM • SEPTEMBER 8, 2016 • THE PULSE • 17

Diversions

Consider This with Dr. Rick

by Rick Pimental-Habib, Ph.D.

“A Reasonable Expectation” Your partner/spouse/sig other is your sig other. He or she cannot be your lover, mother, father, spiritual leader, teacher, cheerleader and provider. A couple of those, sure. That’s reasonable. But not all.

Same with your friends. We have different friends for different reasons, and your best friend cannot be your everything. That’s far too much stress placed on that relationship, and, it’s a recipe for resentment.

Is it reasonable for you to expect your partner to work all day, pick up the groceries, stop by soccer practice, come home and make dinner, clean up, read a few bedtime stories, and still have the energy to make your toes curl? Hmmm, a bit unreasonable, perhaps?

Let your partner be your partner. Your best friend be your best confidant. Your sibs be your sibs. And you just work on what you bring to everyone’s life. It’s all about balance.

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FOOD & DRINK MIXOLOGY

The Resurrection of Rye Whiskey The once forgotten rye is back, to the joy of whiskey lovers everywhere This is Tennessee. We know whiskey. We’ve been drinking whiskey since we could hold a bottle. And we’ve been specifically raised to reach for that branded Kentucky bourbon instead of the plain-Jane-never-done-abad-thing-in-her-life-whiskey. In fact, the world of whiskey has been dominated by bourbon since 1920—the start of Prohibition.

But before Prohibition changed everything, we had choices. We could trade our bourbon for rye. And now, almost 100 years later, we’re getting our choices back.

Rye whiskey has been coming into the liquor scene with great gusto these past few years, with good reason. The taste, for one, is spicier and more aggressive than its bourbon counterparts.

While both types of whiskeys can be enjoyed straight or mixed, the spice of rye makes it a go-to for classic cocktails like the Manhattan or Sazerac. Only recently, however, has quality rye whiskey been made readily available.

The story of rye’s comeback season begins in Lawrenceburg, Indiana.

Liquor company Seagram’s produced tons of rye whiskey with the intention

“While both types of whiskeys can be enjoyed straight or mixed, the spice of rye makes it a go-to for classic cocktails like the Manhattan or Sazerac.” of combining it into other blended whiskeys, not to be bottled independently.

But financial hardships forced Seagram’s to sell its distilleries and its rye whiskey. The rye was sold off to some independent bottlers and to two giant producers—Pernod Ricard and Diageo.

To give you an idea of size, Pernod Ricard produces liquors like Absolut and Jameson, and Diageo produces Smirnoff and Captain Morgan.

So this rye whiskey was distributed among multiple brands and has been spread throughout the whiskey world for the past decade. But age is ever-

important to the taste of whiskey, and the original hoard of Lawrenceburg rye was quickly running out as demand increased exponentially. So Midwest Grain Products (MGP) bought the Lawrenceburg distillery in 2011, with hopes of reproducing Seagram’s rye whiskey as closely as possible.

And now new craft distillers are all in a hurry to get this rye whiskey in stock. The only problem is that it takes years to age whiskey, but a new distiller doesn’t have the luxury of waiting for years. So these distillers can do one of two things. They can either buy MGP’s rye to blend and bottle as their own, or they can produce their own rye whiskey and bottle it immediately without aging—something Jack Daniel’s has done with their Unaged Tennessee Rye. The process of rebranding MGP’s mass-produced rye whiskey as craft or local has caused recent controversy and lawsuits. This controversy will hopefully compel local distillers to create new, unique rye whiskeys. Because it’s been 100 years—and the whiskey drinkers want their choices back.

— Zachary Nicholson

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MUSIC SCENE

Bowie Meets Waits, With A Touch of Cat

Benyaro is the latest brainchild of musical impressario Ben Musser

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Musical Storyteller Hiroya Tsukamoto Music lovers head to Charles & Myrtle’s Coffeehouse Interested in “eclectic, immersive, and mesmerizing” music? Then you need to find yourself at Charles and Myrtle’s Coffeehouse on Saturday at 8 p.m. to witness the cinematic guitar poetry of Hiroya Tsukamoto.

An internationally acclaimed guitarist and composer, Tsukamoto received a scholarship to Berklee College of Music in 2000 and officially made the move from Japan to the States. Since he has been performing around the world at well-known places such as Blue Note in New York.

If you look up his music on YouTube you’ll find video after video of him performing his poetic style live.

Pick any video and listen up, you won’t be disappointed. A favorite of this author’s is “Gemini Bridge.”

The perfect song to lie back with

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your headphones in and just melt away. To say the Tsukamoto could make a rainy day bright is barely scratching the surface of his infectious, rhythmic sound.

It’s hard to put a finger on how Tsukamoto would describe himself, but for this writer, I’d categorize him as a smooth storyteller who knows how to lose himself in his art, and draw us all in with him.

Close your eyes, turn up Tsukamoto in your earbuds, and let him lead the way.

— Brooke Dorn Hiroya Tsukamoto Saturday, 8 p.m.

Charles & Myrtle’s Coffeehouse 105 McBrien Rd. (423) 892-4960 christunity.org

Chattanooga’s Greatest Hits

everywhere. every day.

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RECEIVED A PRESS KIT THE OTHER DAY IN WHICH REviewers from other towns referred to the band Benyaro as reminiscent of “early Tom Waits” and “acoustic Bowie.” Those are some powerful comparisons and it’s safe to say they had my full attention.

Music MARC T. MICHAEL

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Benyaro has perfected a sound that, while it may give the occasional nod to an influence and garner favorable comparisons to legendary performers, is nonetheless wholly unique.”

After spending some time with the band’s music I have to say the Bowie comparison is apt, at times hauntingly so. Waits is a bigger stretch, with some of the lyrics and vocals being not dissimilar to “Closing Time” but honestly I hear a bigger connection to Cat Stevens than Tom. Of course, this is why I get to write my own reviews.

First things first, the band is the creation of Ben Musser on guitar, vocals, kick drum, hi-hat, harmonica and shaker. Musser is generally joined by an upright bass player (on upright bass) making the project essentially a duo, though their latest album, Too Many Men, features Brian Geltner on drums along with Leif Routman on bass.

Musser is a bit of a musical ubermensch, a singer/songwriter/multi-instrumentalist/arranger/composer who basically does it all and does a very good job of it with at least one film score to his name. In this respect, as in so many others, he is worthy of the comparisons being made.

From the humble beginnings of subway busking to opening for the Averitt Brothers, Benyaro has perfected a sound that, while it may give the occasional nod to an influence and garner favorable comparisons to legendary performers, is nonetheless wholly

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unique.

That’s not an easy trick to pull off these days, but Musser combines some of the sweetest, prettiest acoustic picking with vocals that, while genuinely Bowieesque, also share a strong kinship with early Lenny Kravitz, circa “Let Love Rule.” It’s an unusual but highly effective blend of Americana/roots music and pure soul that besides being academically interesting is also a joy to hear.

Listening to some of the band’s older tracks, it’s easy to see how Musser’s penchant for

clever lyrics, pretty melodies and often unexpected changes and voicings make him not only a phenomenal live act but also a natural for scoring film.

One of the toughest hurdles for any contemporary artist to clear is creating something that doesn’t sound purely derivative.

At the same time, one must avoid going so far in to the realm of the eclecticism as to be unlistenable.

Benyaro charts a bold, confident course through those murky waters, resulting in music that is familiar enough to be warm and welcoming, different enough to

raise it head and shoulders above the endless stream of “guys with guitars” producing competent but soulless tunes.

The band is currently on an exhausting 2016 “Get out the Vote” tour that will bring them to Chattanooga on Saturday, Sep. 24th where they will be performing at Clyde’s on Main.

On a side note, while I don’t know who is doing the booking for Clyde’s right now, they have shown outstanding taste and judgment in the new talent they’re bringing to town. Benyaro is no exception.

JJ’s Bohemia will be the epicenter of a white hot snarling ball of hardcore music this weekend. On Friday, JJ’s presents the triple threat of Stonecutter, Hatestomp and Mudsex.

Making the arduous trip from Utah to Our Fair City, Stonecutter brings the grunge. Few bands are as adept at staying on message as Hatestomp, whose hardcore philosophy of “Stomp What You Hate” is good advice (although it becomes a little iffy if what you hate is dog poo.)

Mudsex…ah, Mudsex. The reviewers in San Francisco might not care too much for them, but we love ‘em back home and any band that can crank out a record in a few hours for $100 is pretty damn cool.

On Saturday, JJ’s plays host to Pink Mexico, currently on tour promoting their latest album, Fool: eleven tracks of high energy, post-punk with a dash of Brian Wilson and a bit of early to mid-nineties alt rock. The combination is surprisingly effective: ass-kicking but melodic, the synthesis of styles is deftly done.

Brought to you courtesy of Burger Records and JJ’s Bohemia, Pink Mexico is that new old sound you’ve been looking for.

FRI9.8

FRI9.9

SAT9.10

PARK MUSIC

HEAVIEST METAL

SOUTHERN STYLE

River City Sessions

TN Metal Fest

American Watermelon

Bang your head and raise your devil horns all night long with FaithHead, Abounding Progressive, ForEver Broken, Eliminate Earth & Dead To Rights.

6 p.m.

Ziggy’s Bar and Grill 607 Cherokee Blvd. ziggysbarandgrill.net

A seasoned three-piece band based in Nashville, they have a funky Southern sound with influences from artists like The Band and Leon Russell.

10 p.m.

Clyde’s On Main 122 W. Main St. clydesonmain.com

Celebrating the anniversary of National Parks with music from Clotilde Evarard and Randy Steele, along with storyteller Jeffrey Hunter and poet Ray Zimmerman.

7 p.m.

The Camp House 149 E. MLK Blvd. thecamphouse.com

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Pink Mexico

THURSDAY9.8 James Crumble Trio 6 p.m.

St. John’s Meeting Place 1278 Market St. stjohnsrestaurant.com Rick Rushing Blues Jazz N’ Friends 6 p.m.

Bluewater Grille 224 Broad St. bluewaterchattanooga.com Live Bluegrass 6:30 p.m.

Whole Foods Market 301 Manufacturers Rd. wholefoodsmarket.com River City Sessions: MiRCS 7 p.m.

The Camp House 149 E. MLK Blvd. thecamphouse.com Jimmy Harris 7 p.m.

The Coconut Room 6925 Shallowford Rd. thepalmsathamilton.com Bluegrass Thursdays 7:30 p.m.

Feed Co. Table & Tavern 201 W. Main St. feedtableandtavern.com Jesse James & Tim Neal 7:30 p.m.

Mexi-Wing VII 5773 Brainerd Rd. mexi-wingchattanooga.com Keepin’ It Local 8 p.m.

The Social 1110 Market St. publichousechattanooga.com

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Open Mic with Hap Henninger 9 p.m.

The Office @ City Cafe 901 Carter St. citycafemenu.com Matt Walberg and the Living Situation, Mathias and the Mantifold 9 p.m.

JJ 's Bohemia 231 E. MLK Blvd. jjsbohemia.com Whiskeydick, Sweet GA Brown, Matthew Paul Revere 9 p.m.

Ziggy’s Bar and Grill 607 Cherokee Blvd. ziggysbarandgrill.net

FRIDAY9.9 Eddie Pontiac 6 p.m.

El Meson 2204 Hamilton Place Blvd. elmesonrestaurant.com Binji Varsossa 6 p.m.

Cancun Mexican Restaurant & Lounge 1809 Broad St. (423) 266-1461 FaithHead, Abounding Progressive, ForEver Broken, Eliminate Earth & Dead To Rights 6 p.m.

Ziggy’s Bar and Grill 607 Cherokee Blvd. ziggysbarandgrill.net The Von Wamps 6:30 p.m.

Cambridge Square 9453 Bradmore Ln. chattanoogamarket.com Tim Lewis 7 p.m.

SPOTLIGHT: METRO MUSICIANS

A 30-piece community concert band, Metro Musicians has been around for nearly 30 years, and is comprised of both professional and amateur music lovers under the direction

of Bobby Dugan.

Metro Musicians Sunday, 2 p.m.

Chattanooga Market First Tennessee Pavilion 1829 Carter St. chattanoogamarket.com

El Meson 248 Northgate Park elmesonchattanooga.com Jimmy Harris 7 p.m.

The Coconut Room 6925 Shallowford Rd. thepalmsathamilton.com Testimony Quartet 7:30 p.m.

Ringgold Depot 155 Depot St., Ringgold, GA cityofringgold.com Claire Lynch Trio 8 p.m.

Barking Legs Theater 1307 Dodds Ave. barkinglegs.org Courtney Daly 8:30 p.m.

The Foundry 1201 Broad St. chattanooganhotel.com Live Music 9 p.m.

The Office @ City Cafe 901 Carter St. citycafemenu.com Drakeford 9 p.m.

Puckett’s Grocery and Restaurant 2 W. Aquarium Way puckettsgro.com/chattanooga Stonecutter, Hatestomp, Mudsex 9 p.m.

JJ 's Bohemia 231 E. MLK Blvd. jjsbohemia.com CBDB, Shabti 9 p.m.

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YelaWolf ’s Slumfest Devils Pass Bike Tour 41 E. 14th St. revelryroom.co Boy Named Banjo, Three Star Revival 10 p.m.

Clyde’s On Main 122 W. Main St. clydesonmain.com Cinnamon Groove 10 p.m.

Raw Bar & Grill 409 Market St. rawbarandgrillchatt.com Outlaw 45 10 p.m.

Bud’s Sports Bar 5751 Brainerd Rd. budssportsbar.com

SATURDAY9.10 Amber Fults 12:30 p.m.

Tennessee Aquarium Plaza 1 Broad St. chattanoogarivermarket.com FaithHead, Abounding Progressive, ForEver Broken, Eliminate Earth, Dead To Rights 6 p.m.

Ziggy’s Bar and Grill 607 Cherokee Blvd. ziggysbarandgrill.net Eddie Pontiac 6 p.m.

El Meson 2204 Hamilton Place Blvd. elmesonrestaurant.com Binji Varsossa 6 p.m.

Cancun Mexican Restaurant & Lounge

1809 Broad St. (423) 266-1461 Battle of the Bands, Round 1, Night 2 7 p.m.

Mayo's Bar and Grill 3820 Brainerd Rd. mayosbarandgrill.com Tim Lewis 7 p.m.

El Meson 248 Northgate Park elmesonchattanooga.com Jimmy Harris 7 p.m.

The Coconut Room 6925 Shallowford Rd. thepalmsathamilton.com Hiroya Tsukamoto 8 p.m.

Charles & Myrtle's Coffeehouse 105 McBrien Rd. (423) 892-4960 Courtney Daly 8:30 p.m.

The Foundry 1201 Broad St. chattanooganhotel.com Cody James Harris 9 p.m.

Puckett’s Grocery and Restaurant 2 W. Aquarium Way puckettsgro.com/chattanooga Pink Mexico (Burger Records) 9 p.m.

JJ 's Bohemia 231 E. MLK Blvd. jjsbohemia.com Wick-It The Instigator + Manic Focus 9 p.m.

Revelry Room 41 E. 14th St.

revelryroom.co Poetry Vs. Hip-Hop with Queen Sheba, MICXSIC & DJ Knodat 9 p.m.

The Camp House 149 E. MLK Blvd. thecamphouse.com American Watermelon 10 p.m.

Clyde’s On Main 122 W. Main St. clydesonmain.com Hap Henninger 10 p.m.

The Office @ City Cafe 901 Carter St. citycafemenu.com Cinnamon Groove 10 p.m.

Raw Bar & Grill 409 Market St. rawbarandgrillchatt.com Outlaw 45 10 p.m.

Bud’s Sports Bar 5751 Brainerd Rd. budssportsbar.com

SUNDAY9.11 Bitner Finest Ales 11 a.m.

Flying Squirrel Bar 55 Johnson St. flyingsquirrelbar.com John Lathim and Michelle Young 12:30 p.m.

First Tennessee Pavilion 1829 Carter St. chattanoogamarket.com Metro Musicians

2 p.m.

First Tennessee Pavilion 1829 Carter St. chattanoogamarket.com Open Mic with Jeff Daniels 6 p.m.

Long Haul Saloon 2536 Cummings Hwy. (423) 822-9775 Dr. Frank Green Memorial Concert: Fauré Requiem 6 p.m.

Grace Episcopal Church 20 Belvoir Ave. saygrace.ne

MONDAY9.12 Monday Nite Big Band 7 p.m.

The Coconut Room 6925 Shallowford Rd. thepalmsathamilton.com Open Mic Night 6 p.m.

Puckett’s Grocery 2 W. Aquarium Way puckettsgro.com Spotlight: The Songwriting Craft Of Rosanne Cash 6:00 p.m.

Granfalloon 400 E. Main St. granfalloonchattanooga.com Open Air with Jessica Nunn 7:30 p.m.

The Granfalloon 400 E. Main St. granfalloonchattanooga.com Very Open Mic 8 p.m.

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TUESDAY9.13 Tom Cordell Trumpet Improv Ensemble 6 p.m.

SpringHill Suites 495 Riverfront Pkwy.

(423) 834-9300 Songwriter’s Night 6:30 p.m.

Heritage House Arts & Civic Center 1428 Jenkins Rd. (423) 855-9474 Open Mic with Mike McDade 8 p.m.

Tremont Tavern 1203 Hixson Pike tremonttavern.com CROWBAR, Koza, Reason to Rebel 9 p.m.

JJ 's Bohemia 231 E. MLK Blvd. jjsbohemia.com YelaWolf’s Slumfest Devils Pass Bike Tour 9 p.m.

Track 29 1400 Market St. track29.co

WEDNESDAY9.14 Eddie Pontiac 5:30 p.m.

El Meson 248 Northgate Park elmesonrestaurant.com xxx 6 p.m.

SpringHill Suites

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Waka Flocka Flame 495 Riverfront Pkwy.

(423) 834-9300 Jimmy Harris 7 p.m.

The Coconut Room 6925 Shallowford Rd. thepalmsathamilton.com Open Jam 8 p.m.

Raw Dance Club 409 Market St. rawbarandgrillchatt.com Wednesday Night Jazz 8 p.m.

Barking Legs Theater 1307 Dodds Ave. barkinglegs.org Wednesday Blues Jam 8 p.m.

The Office @ City Café 901 Carter St. citycafemenu.com Hayes Carll, BJ Barham 8 p.m.

Revelry Room 41 E. 14th St. revelryroom.co Open Mic Comedy 9 p.m.

JJ 's Bohemia 231 E. MLK Blvd. jjsbohemia.com Waka Flocka Flame, Dj Whoo Kid 9 p.m.

Track 29 1400 Market St. track29.co Map these locations on chattanoogapulse. com. Send event listings at least 10 days in advance to: calendar@chattanoogapulse.com

RECORD REVIEWS ERNIE PAIK

75 Dollar Bill Gets Elemental, Scott Walker Relives Childhood

75 Dollar Bill Wood/Metal/Plastic/ Pattern/Rhythm/Rock (Thin Wrist)

Scott Walker The Childhood of a Leader (4AD)

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tive for over three decades, best known for his work in groups such as V-Effect, Fish & Roses and Run On, and with 75 Dollar Bill, his percussion setup is stripped down—primarily a plywood crate and shakers—and possibly akin to something you might see a street performer in a third-world country using.

Chen has a rugged, flowing style that isn’t exactly streamlined, and he favors a particular dirty, distorted guitar timbre; with ornamental grace notes galore, his fluid guitar lines suggest west African/Saharan rock influences, with the improvi-

t’s not so common to encounter a long song that, after it’s done playing, makes the listener think, “I wish that track was twice as long.” That’s the case with the new, second album (not counting self-released cassettes) Wood/ Metal/Plastic/Pattern/Rhythm/ Rock from 75 Dollar Bill, featuring the core duo of percussionist Rick Brown and guitarist Che Chen.

Minimalist approaches can sometimes be tedious and punishing, but not here, where they are often hypnotic, entrancing, and even nourishing.

Brown has been musically ac-

sational wanderings of an Indian raga.

The group is just getting warmed up on the opening “Earth Saw,” followed by the real heart of the album commencing with the 6/8time “Beni Said,” enhanced with guest musicians playing saxophone, bass and viola in unison on choice composed runs. Eventually, it sounds like Chen uses an envelope effect—perhaps a wah pedal varying in the smallest of increments— to change his timbre, and the track has a satisfying, slow build and culminates in a rich, swirling mix.

“Cummins Falls” features guest drummer Carey Balch beating a Bo Diddley-esque beat on a floor tom, with Brown urgently shaking maracas like his life depends on it; Chen’s unrefined bluesy-rock licks are like woozy stabs with a rusty knife.

The album closes with the 15-minute “I’m Not Trying to Wake Up,” with an acoustic guitar intro that leads to Chen’s T. Rexesque electric guitar tug; key notes are bolstered with sax and trumpet declarations, and the track settles into a smoldering slow burn.

One key to what makes 75 Dollar Bill compelling is the group’s careful way to maintain a pattern while

making subtle variations—if you have too little variation, it’s boring and monotonous, but if you have too much, then the hypnotic spell can be broken.

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cott Walker has had a long, improbable career, from being a ‘60s pop crooner heartthrob in The Walker Brothers to the deeply cryptic and unsettling operatic wailer.

It’s also a success story of an artist resisting the pop-trend-assimilation of his early career who became an intriguing and nuanced songwriter and interpreter—his Jacques Brel covers are particularly brilliant—and now can do whatever the hell he wants, artistically.

Take for example, his last two full-length albums: Soused, a collaboration with the deafening, uncompromising drone-metal group Sunn O))), and the impenetrable, nightmarish Bish Bosch about— among many other odd things—a deformed 5th century jester, the work of Hieronymus Bosch and flagpole sitters.

Walker’s latest release is his original soundtrack for the film The Childhood of a Leader, about a fascist’s upbringing based on a Jean-Paul Sartre short story. This isn’t his first soundtrack—Walker

scored the ponderous French arthouse Melville adaptation Pola X in 1999.

Listeners also got a taste of his instrumental excursions on the EP And Who Shall Go to the Ball?, created to accompany a dance performance. The Childhood of a Leader is more aligned with that EP than any other release, in the realm of thorny modern classical music, conveying either a moody darkness or a visceral discordant force.

The album’s longest piece, “Opening,” has a rigid intensity with chugging strings, accented with brass bursts, and “Dream Sequence” is a soundscape with drone spectres and eerie tones.

“Printing Press” suggests literal industrial music, evoking machinery with metallic clicks, and “Post Meeting” offers distress signals from flutes, percussion flash bangs, and yes, more string chugging. “Finale” makes it clear that something has gone terribly wrong, with its sinister clatter.

Is Walker a composer on the level of, say, György Ligeti or Krzysztof Penderecki? No, but this writer has little doubt that this soundtrack probably serves its film well.

That said, this is far from the best starting point for diving into Walker work—try Scott 2 or Scott 4 for earlier material, and Tilt or The Drift for late period albums, which aren’t for the faint-hearted.

While it’s good for what it is, honestly, even fans probably will listen to this soundtrack once or twice before shelving it.

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SCREEN SCENE

One Frightening Ass Film Festival Make your plans now for a full day of horror movies and music in October

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Stone Meets Snowden, Live Oliver Stone interviews Edward Snowden live from Russia Former CIA employee Edward Snowden gained worldwide notoriety when he leaked thousands of classified documents to the press, unveiling the secrets behind numerous global surveillance programs, many run by the NSA. Director Oliver Stone has taken Snowden’s story to the big screen, with a feature film set to debut in theaters nationwide on Friday, Sep. 16. But next Wednesday, you’ll have a chance to be part of an unforgettable night as Snowden Live comes to Carmike’s East Ridge 18.

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from the man who inspired the film and the filmmaker who brought his story to life during a live satellite conversation between Stone and Snowden in Moscow, Russia.

This conversation is one you will not want to miss and will immediately follow an advanced showing of the highly anticipated film.

Snowden Live Wednesday, 7:30 p.m.

Carmike East Ridge 18 5080 South Terrace (423) 855-9652 carmike.com/snowden-live

NEW IN THEATERS

Sully The story of Chesley Sullenberger, who became a hero after gliding his plane along the water in the Hudson River, saving all of the airplane flights 155 crew and passengers.

Director: Clint Eastwood Stars: Tom Hanks, Aaron Eckhart, Laura Linney, Valerie Mahaffey

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When the Bough Breaks A surrogate mom for a couple becomes dangerously obsessed with the soon-tobe father. The childless couple has to fight to regain control of their future.

Director: Jon Cassar Stars: Morris Chestnut, Regina Hall, Romany Malco, Michael Kenneth Williams

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HREE YEARS BEFORE THE CHATTANOOGA FILM Festival changed the face of film in Chattanooga, the founders tried their hands at festival organizing and found it to be Frightening Ass. It was so Frightening Ass that they have brought it back every year since to scare the pants off of Chattanooga film fans with what is likely the most fun Halloween event in the city.

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Within the videoon-demand library rests an unknown treasure trove of films for those of us that want quality entertainment without the social interaction required in leaving the house.”

The Frightening Ass Film Festival returns on Oct. 29th with a full day of horror film and music sure to make you clench your balloon knot tight enough to slice a banana. The full schedule of films is below, each helpfully ranked by cheek to help you find the most Frightening Ass film your ass can handle.

• Beyond The Gates with special guest, director Jackson Stewart This film is billed as an “adventure horror film that pays loving tribute to the VHS format, video stores and board games of the era.” It features a staple from a previous generation: the VHS board game. Like Jumanji for adults, the game links the nightmare world with our own and the brothers must try and save their father’s soul and risk losing theirs.

Frightening Ass Ranking: 3 cheeks.

• Found Footage 3D with special guest, director Steven DeGennaro There are many of us that tire of the “found footage” genre, but Found Footage 3D seems to at least twist the familiar premise enough to engage the audience. Directed by Kim Henkel, codirector of The Texas Chainsaw Massacre, the film follows a group of low budget filmmakers that accidentally free the monster from their film into their behind-the-scenes footage.

Frightening Ass Ranking: 1 ½ cheeks • Carnival Of Souls This classic 1962 horror film is essential viewing for any Halloween, and

with the new 4k restoration, I can’t imagine why anyone would miss seeing this one. The film tells the story of a young Kansas woman who survives a drag race accident only to be haunted by a strange entity on her way to Salt Lake City. The film was meant to have “the look of Bergman and the feel of Cocteau” and succeeds through striking visuals and a haunting score. It’s a can’t-miss revitalization of a late-night classic.

Frightening Ass Ranking: 4 cheeks • Phantasm: Ravager This is the final installment of legendary filmmaker Don Coscarelli’s “Phantasm” series. While this film is the only one in the series not directed

by Coscarelli, he acts as co-writer and producer on the production. Follow Mike and Jody as they battle the Tall Man one final time. It’s a film sure to please the fans of a series that began in 1979.

Frightening Ass Ranking: 2 cheeks • Under The Shadow Films like The Babadook and The Witch have captivated audiences worldwide and shown just how deep and magical horror film can be. Under the Shadow has been called a worthy successor to those films, gaining hype and popularity since its premier at Sundance 2016. The film takes audiences to a post-revolution Tehran during the 1980s, where a mysterious evil begins to haunt the home of a mother and daughter as they struggle to cope with the horrors of a changing Iran.

Frightening Ass Ranking: 5 cheeks In addition to the terrifying onscreen tales, the Frightening Ass Film Festival brings music of Music Band and Deluxin’, a smattering of Frightening Ass Food Trucks (guaranteed to frighten your taste buds, not your bowels), spooky stand up featuring the comedians of the ever popular Ladie’s Night at the Cine-Rama, a horror themed art show that runs all day

with artists from the Swine Gallery, a Shocking Ass Short Film Challenge for local filmmakers, and The Devilery Room, the Frightening Ass Film Festival’s first haunted house that’s “sure to make you soil your pants with terror and delight.”

For a full schedule of events and to buy a wristband, visit chattanoogafilm-fest.myshopify.com Every year, this festival gets larger and larger, shaking its hefty mass in the faces of other horror film festivals and inching ever closer to a full on Sir Mix-a-Lot invasion. It takes a lot to bring this much Frightening Ass to Chattanooga, which is why the folks at the Chattanooga Film Festival and the Cine-Rama are asking for donations to make this the best event yet.

Remember folks—the Chattanooga Film Festival, Cine-Rama, and the Frightening Ass Film Festival are all part of the same non-profit. They need as much help as they can so that they can bring great film to all of our asses.

If you want to help, check out: gofundme.com/savehalloweenyall.

At the very least, buy your passes now. Support local film.

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DIVERSIONS FREE WILL ASTROLOGY VIRGO (Aug. 23Sept. 22): Is “Big Bang” the best term we can come up with to reference the beginning of the universe? It sounds violent and messy— like a random, accidental splatter. I ROB BREZSNY would much prefer a term that suggests sublime elegance and playful power—language that would capture the awe and reverence I feel as I contemplate the sacred mystery we are privileged to inhabit. What if we used a different name for the birth of creation, like the “Primal Billow” or the “Blooming Ha Ha” or the “Majestic Bouquet”?

By the way, I recommend that you consider those last three terms as being suitable titles for your own personal life story in the coming weeks. A great awakening and activation are imminent.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): The last few weeks have been fraught with rich plot twists, naked dates with destiny, and fertile turning points. I expect there will be further intrigue in the near future.

A fierce and tender decision at a crossroads? The unexpected arrival of a hot link to the future? A karmic debt that’s canceled or forgiven? In light of the likelihood that the sweet-and-sour, confusingand-revelatory drama will continue, I encourage you to keep your levels of relaxed intensity turned up high. More than I’ve seen in a long time, you have the magic and the opportunity to transform what needs to be transformed.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): In the coming days, you will have more than your usual access to help and guidance. Divine interventions are possible.

Special dispensations and charmed coincidences, too. If you don’t believe in fairy dust, magic beans, and lucky potions, maybe you should set that prejudice aside for a while. Subtle miracles are more likely to bestow their gifts if your reasonable theories don’t get in the way. Here’s an additional tip: Don’t get greedy. Use the openings you’re offered with humility and gratitude.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): When my daughter Zoe was growing up, I wanted her to be familiar

with the origins of ordinary stuff that she benefited from. That’s why I took her to small farms where she could observe the growth and harvest of organic food crops. We visited manufacturing facilities where cars, furniture, toys, and kitchen sinks were built. She saw bootmakers creating boots and professional musicians producing songs in recording studios. And much more. I would love it if you would give yourself comparable experiences in the coming weeks, Sagittarius. It’s an excellent time to commune with the sources of things that nurture you and make your life better.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): Unless you were brought up by a herd of feral donkeys, the coming weeks will be an excellent time to embark on your second childhood. Unless you’re allergic to new ideas, the foreseeable future will bring you strokes of curious luck that inspire you to change and change and change your mind. And unless you are addicted to your same old stale comforts, life will offer you chances to explore frontiers that could expose you to thrilling new comforts.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): These days, my dear, your eccentric beauty is even more unkempt than usual. I like it. It entertains and charms me. And as for your idiosyncratic intelligence: That, too, is messier and cuter and even more interesting than ever before. I’m inclined to encourage you to milk this unruly streak for all its potential. Maybe it will provoke you to experiment in situations where you’ve been too accepting of the stagnant status quo. And perhaps it will embolden you to look for love and money in more of the right places.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): I’m giving you an ultimatum, Pisces: Within the next 144 hours, I demand that you become at least 33 percent happier. Fifty percent would be even better. Somehow you’ve got to figure out what you can do to enhance your sense of well-being and increase your enjoyment of life. I’m sort of joking, but on the other hand I’m completely serious. From my perspective, it’s essential that you feel really good in the coming days. Abundant pleasure is not merely a luxury, but rather a necessity. Do you have any ideas about how to make this happen? Start here: 1. Identify your four most delightful memories, and re-enact them in your imagination. 2. Go see the people whose influences most thoroughly ani-

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Homework: Look in the mirror and tell yourself an edgy but fun truth you’ve never spoken. If you care to share, write Truthrooster@ gmail.com

beautiful intentions.

mate your self-love.

CANCER (June 21-July 22): Prediction #1: You will attract truckloads of good luck by working to upgrade and refine the way you communicate. Prediction #2: You will tickle the attention of interesting people who could ultimately provide you with clues you will need to thrive in 2017. #3: You will discover secrets of how to articulate complicated feelings and subtle ideas that have been locked inside you. Prediction #4: You’ll begin a vibrant conversation that will continue to evolve for a long time.

ARIES (March 21-April 19): Two seven-year-old girls showed me three tricks I could use to avoid taking myself too seriously and getting too attached to my dignity. I’m offering these tricks to you just in time for the letting-go phase of your astrological cycle. Trick #1: Speak in a made-up language for at least ten minutes. Example: “Groftyp hulbnu wivgeeri proot xud amasterulius. Quoshibojor frovid zemplissit.” Trick #2: Put a different kind of shoe and sock on each foot and pretend you’re two people stuck in a single body. Give each side of you a unique nickname. Trick #3: Place an unopened bag of barbecue-flavored potato chips on a table, then bash your fist down on it, detonating a loud popping sound and unleashing a spray of crumbs out the ends of the bag. Don’t clean up the mess for at least an hour.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20): In accordance with the astrological omens, I suggest you spend less energy dwelling in profane time so you expand your relationship with sacred time. If that’s of interest to you, consider the following definitions. PROFANE TIME happens when you’re engulfed in the daily grind. Swarmed by a relentless flurry of immediate concerns, you are held hostage by the chatter of your monkey mind. Being in SACRED TIME attunes you to the relaxing hum of eternity. It enables you to be in intimate contact with your soul’s deeper agenda, and affords you extra power to transform yourself in harmony with your noble desires and

GEMINI (May 21-June 20): About 1.7 million years ago, our human ancestors began using primitive hand axes made from rocks. This technology remained in use for over 60,000 generations before anyone invented more sophisticated tools and implements. Science writer Marcus Chown refers to this period as “the million years of boredom.”

Its slow pace contrasts sharply with technology’s brisk evolution in the last 140 years. In 1880, there were no cars, planes, electric lights, telephones, TVs, or Internet. I surmise that you’re leaving your own phase of relatively slow progress, Gemini. In the coming months, I expect your transformations will progress with increasing speed—starting soon.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): You know you have a second brain in your gut, right? (If not, read this: http://bit. ly/secondbrain.) During the past three weeks, I have been beaming telepathic instructions toward this smart part of you. Here’s an edited version of the message I’ve been sending: “Cultivate your tenacity, darling. Build up your stamina, sweetheart. Feed your ability to follow through on what you’ve started, beautiful. Be persistent and spunky and gritty, my dear.” Alas, I’m not sure my psychic broadcasts have been as effective as I’d hoped. I think you need further encouragement. So please summon more fortitude and staying power, you gutsy stalwart. Be staunch and dogged and resolute, you stouthearted powerhouse.

Rob Brezsny is an aspiring master of curiosity, perpetrator of sacred uproar, and founder of the Beauty and Truth Lab. He brings a literate, mythsavvy perspective to his work. It’s all in the stars.

Jonesin’ Crossword

MATT JONES

“Your Daily Allowance”—some ration-al terms.

ACROSS 1 “Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds” topic, presumably 4 Dance in a pit 8 Chickens, ducks, and such 13 Org. which still has not detected any signals from outer space 14 “My mistake!”

15 In a whirl 16 Like a centaur or mermaid 18 Pastime requiring careful movements 19 Abbr. in a military address 20 Like many trollish comments 21 Flora and fauna 22 Qualifies to compete in a tournament 25 Beehive St. capital 27 “American Horror Story: Freak Show” enclosure 28 Steaming mad 30 “Waterfalls” group 32 Company shares, for short

33 Mandarin hybrid used in Asian cuisine 34 Facebook meme often paired with a non-sequitur image 39 Gardener’s gear 40 Pioneering filmmaker Browning 41 ___-mo 42 Common soap opera affliction 44 Marooning spot 47 “Amazing!”

48 Assistance 53 Trivial Pursuit edition 55 Elvis’s disputed middle name 56 “I Ching” philosophy 57 Hardly happy with 58 Bygone lemonlime soda 60 “Next to Me” singer ___ Sande 61 Rice from New Orleans 62 “Lord of the Rings” creatures 63 Passenger car 64 Insects with a waggle dance 65 “___ & Oh’s”

(Elle King hit) DOWN 1 Attack, tiger-style 2 Drive or putt 3 Short pulse, in Morse code 4 Hood or Washington 5 Extra somethin’somethin’ 6 Word after parking or safe 7 Buying channel on TV 8 Marinated meat in a tortilla 9 Dunkable dessert 10 Fell apart, as a deal 11 Allow 12 Kidnapping gp. of the ‘70s 13 Email folder that’s often automatically cleared 17 Move swiftly 21 Dick in the Pro Football Hall of Fame 23 Soup follower 24 Roman called “The Censor” 26 You’re looking at it 29 “Heavens to Betsy!”

31 Austin and Boston, for two

32 Late Pink Floyd member ___ Barrett 34 “Austin Powers” verb 35 “Jeopardy!” in a box, e.g.

36 How some medicines are taken 37 Baby bronco 38 Adjusts, as tires 43 Naomi Watts thriller set for November 2016 45 Gender-neutral term for someone of Mexican or South American heritage, say 46 Establishes as law 49 “Common Sense” pamphleteer 50 “Fame” actress Cara 51 A and E, but not I, O, or U 52 “Easy ___ it!”

54 “The Lion King” lioness 57 “Au revoir, ___ amis” 58 Arm-raised dance move that some say looks like sneezing 59 “Brokeback Mountain” director

Copyright © 2016 Jonesin’ Crosswords. For answers to this puzzle, call: 1-900-226-2800, 99 cents per3minute. Must be 18+ to call. Or to bill to your credit card, call: 1-800-655-6548. Reference puzzle No. 796

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FOOD & DRINK TECH TALK

Shaping the Urban Design Ecosystem Chatt. Design Studio does for downtown what CoLab does for startups

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I think a studio has more credibility and can be more effective if it acts and is perceived as acting as an independent entity that works on behalf of the broader community.”

Rich Bailey is a professional writer, editor and (sometimes) PR consultant. He led a project to create Chattanooga’s first civic website in 1995 before even owning a modem. Now he covers Chattanooga technology for The Pulse and blogs about it at CircleChattanooga.com

One of our newest startups is actually a reboot of one of the oldest players in the urban design ecosystem.

The Chattanooga Design Studio was re-established in 2015 after an eight-year absence and moved into a storefront office on Cherry Street in July. It works to guide downtown’s urban design somewhat like the Company Lab and the Enterprise Center shape the city’s entrepreneurial ecosystem.

According to the Studio’s executive director, Christian Rushing, it advocates for excellent urban design and consults with all stakeholders as an independent, non-governmental player. The new studio is funded by the Lyndhurst, Benwood and Footprint foundations and has two additional employees.

“We play a number of roles,” Rushing says. “One is to consult with the various players who have a hand in building the city—developers, designers, regulators, politicians, community groups—to see if we can add value to their projects in whatever way they measure value.

“For the developer, they will certainly value time and money—and for those who think triple bottom line— there is also environmental and social value.

Designers value advocacy with clients and regulatory groups and oftentimes in conceptual matters. The community will value the things that strengthen their neighborhood. The politician will value tax revenue increases, and not being torn between developers and unhappy constituents.

Another role, he adds, is to generate vision for the future of downtown: “Working with the community to establish new ideas in forgotten or underused parts of downtown will help spark our civic conversation on issues of design and urbanism, as well as perhaps spark ideas for actual development in the future.”

The first incarnation of Chattanoo-

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ga’s Design Studio operated from 1980 to 2007. It was led

by Stroud Watson, a highly respected architect and urban designer whose international reputation did not save him from being fired by Mayor Ron Littlefield soon after he took office, an apparent gift to developers who felt their rights were being trampled because they were being held to high standards of urban design. (I should add that these are my opinions, not those of Christian Rushing. I’ve been watching urban design in Chattanooga and drawing my own conclusions since 1996.)

The new Studio is constituted as a purely advisory body. The original Studio began that way but eventually was given some regulatory powers by the City.

“It was the governmental connection that led to the former Studio’s demise and that prevented that studio from having a more open dialogue with the development community, because they were seen as part of the regulatory process,” Rushing says. “Not having regulatory authority is actually a good thing for our studio. We’re able to have more frank and open conversations with all stakeholders.”

The new Studio does not seek primary design responsibility for projects.

“We don’t want to compete with the private sector for work,” Rushing says. “I think a studio has more credibility and can be more effective if it acts and is perceived as acting as an independent entity that works on behalf of the broader community.”

The Studio is working on several projects that Rushing can’t discuss because of confidentiality requests by clients.

Projects that he can discuss include an inventory of the pedestrian experience of the public realm downtown, to be followed by ideas for improvement; transportation improvements on ML King Boulevard; and potential development scenarios for the Mapp Building on ML King.

He says the Studio faces a completely different set of issues that it did when it was established in 1980.

“In 1980 one of the questions was ‘How do we attract people to a vacant downtown to live, work and play?’” he says. “Now the question is ‘Now that people are here, how do we want our downtown to grow? How do we take our many disparate visions for what downtown living could be and come up with a community consensus vision for the future?’”

The Chattanooga Design Studio holds an Urban Design forum at 5:30 p.m. every fourth Wednesday with a speaker and an opportunity for a civic conversation about urbanism and design. For location and speaker, visit chattanoogastudio.com.

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