There’s more than just music at Chattanooga’s Moon River Festival
What's new and what's changed from last year's event?

What's new and what's changed from last year's event?

Fans who attend the Mitch Ryder concert Friday night, Sept. 6, in Cadek Hall on the campus of the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga will witness a different side of the legendary soul/R&B singer, who is known for such hits as "Devil With a Blue Dress," "Jenny Take a Ride" and "C.C. Rider."

Romanian guitarist Dragos Ilie will perform Saturday, Sept. 7, at 7:30 p.m. at Chattanooga State Community College, 4501 Amnicola Highway. His appearance is presented by GuitarChattanooga.

I have no way of proving or even quantifying this, but there have been a few moments over the years in our fair city when the announcement of a coming event seemed to not only catch the city by surprise, but move it forward in weird ways. They are moments that illustrate both how small we are and how much we are growing.

Puckett's presents Charley Woods

BARRY COURTER: Lisa, this is an exciting week for me, and I'm betting you know me well enough to know why. LISA DENTON: It's vacation week for you, and that can only mean you are probably already in your oldest, most comfortable clothes and probably standing on a ladder scraping paint, or sanding a floor or, if you are really lucky, raking leaves, your least favoritist thing in the whole wide world.

For more than 133 years, Coca-Cola has been a source of refreshment - and pride - in the South, so much so that many Southerners refer to all forms of soda pop as simply Coke.

As a younger person in my teens and early 20s, I often wished I had been old enough, and cool enough, to have attended Woodstock. I was not quite 6 at the time, so just the simple logistics of getting there were problematic.

Victoria Jones and Mark Kelly Hall team up for Puckett's show

While prepping to shoot the 1979 movie "Rock 'n' Roll High School," director Allan Arkush had Joey, Johnny, Dee and Marky Ramone of The Ramones to his house to watch The Beatles' "Hard Days Night" as inspiration.
