Your weekly planner of Chattanooga-area events (including Dolly Disco, Winter Break Spectacular)
Here's what's happening in the Chattanooga area this week.

Here's what's happening in the Chattanooga area this week.

Tchaikovsky's "Nutcracker" ballet and candlelight tours happen en masse this weekend as the calendar inches closer to Christmas.

If you need a break from the whirl of holiday festivities, here are some options -- with a couple of exceptions.

Here's what's happening in the Chattanooga area this week.

With thousands of visitors passing through Chattanooga's hotels and shopping malls during the holiday season, these signature properties roll out an extra measure of ambiance to set a festive mood. Swags of garland, bowers of greenery and thousands of twinkling lights provide coziness in wide open spaces and selfie backdrops for social media.

The holiday season is in full force as we enter December. Here's a look around the region at Christmas-themed events over the next few days.

Comedian Henry Cho, country band Little Texas and the BlueCross Bowl are among the weekend entertainment highlights not related to the holidays.

Here's what's happening in the Chattanooga area this week.

Jonathan Valadez was born in the Baja region of Mexico, spending much of his childhood between Guadalajara, Mexico, and San Diego, where he earned his culinary degree at the Art Institute of California.

Even if pumpkin pie isn't your favorite sweet on the Thanksgiving dessert bar, it seems almost a travesty if it didn't make some kind of appearance on the Thanksgiving menu.
