Your Monday at a glance:
- Weather: High of 40.
- What to do: Here’s this week’s event planner, filled with a mixed bag of stuff to do including reptile show, a bridal show, and big-name comedians.
- What to eat: Check out these recipes for potato wedges and a honey whiskey steak.
- What to experience: Bunnies, courtrooms, romance and political intrigue. A New York playwright’s “Alabama Story” play will be coming to a new Chattanooga Theatre Centre show starting this weekend.
Good morning, Chattanooga!
Today is Martin Luther King Jr. Day, a day in which we commemorate the life of the civil rights leader and commit to a day of service in his honor.
While some plans have been altered this year due to COVID-19, there are still plenty of ways the Chattanooga area will be observing the holiday.
Chattanooga Preparatory School theater students will present “Speak Like a King,” a program of speeches, songs, artwork and other tributes at the Bessie Smith Cultural Center. And the Unity Group is holding a gathering in Miller Park in lieu of the annual parade.
Now for some recent stories:
THANK YOU FOR BEING A FRIEND: After the death of Betty White, I started rewatching The Golden Girls, one of many shows I binged in college with my roommate. But TFP entertainment writer Barry Courter got to meet her in person once. Here he reflects on what his experience was like.
HELPING HOMES: Whitfield County in Georgia is seeking a $400,000 housing grant that would allow local residents who are short on cash to rehab homes that are in disrepair.
FUNDS FOR FOOD: Whitfield County has also accepted $2.4 million to help the Chattanooga Food Bank expand into Northwest Georgia.
-Tierra Hayes, thayes@timesfreepress.com
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