Friends Indeed: Niedlov’s customers send bread to Community Kitchen during coronavirus scare
As the retail manager of Niedlov's Breadworks, Ian Kizer has seen better days.

As the retail manager of Niedlov's Breadworks, Ian Kizer has seen better days.

A group of bluegrass enthusiasts led by Mike and Yvonne Harvey hope to save the Mountain Opry, the 40-year-old weekly live performance showcase that took place at the Walden Civic Center. Presenter Ken Holloway announced earlier that the final show was March 28, but Harvey said he and others hope to revive it, with some changes.

After more than four decades of pickin' and grinnin' at the Mountain Opry, the smiles and the music have stopped.

Normally, Chattanooga Community Kitchen Chief Financial Officer Vanessa Blevins spends her workdays counting beans, not loaves of bread, but these are hardly normal times as the coronavirus pandemic continues.

The Chattanooga Convention and Visitors Bureau was all set to roll out a new branding campaign complete with a new logo and name when the coronavirus pandemic became everybody's top priority.

While an appreciated lifeline, some say it is complicated

Mad Priest bartender Morgan Young will present an online how-to episode on Wednesday, April 8, as part of the social initiative Tip Your Bartender, which was created to allow viewers to connect with and support their bartenders online during the coronavirus pandemic.

Even famous Hollywood actors are getting frustrated with sheltering in place, but Leslie Jordan has turned his angst into a series of videos that have gone viral and kept others entertained.

Rhythm & Blues Music Hall of Fame inductee Mitch Ryder has been traveling overseas to perform at least once and sometimes twice a year since 1979. In that time, he has been somewhat of a germaphobe, uncomfortable shaking hands and hyper-conscious of singing into someone else's microphone.

Grocery stores, like hundreds of other businesses, are adapting to the novel coronavirus, and while it could take weeks or months before we fully understand the ramifications, they are still the safest and best option for getting the things that we need to sustain ourselves, experts say.
