Friends, fans remember Mark ‘Porkchop’ Holder
Mark "Porkchop" Holder, a Chattanooga-based musician praised by his peers as the embodiment of the blues, has died.

Mark "Porkchop" Holder, a Chattanooga-based musician praised by his peers as the embodiment of the blues, has died.

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

The Seven Wonders of the Modern World may be wondrous indeed, but seeing them requires international travel. So what about the marvels a little closer to home? Our list of homegrown wonders may not be as awe-inspiring as the Great Wall of China or the Taj Mahal, but they're impressive nonetheless. Here are seven examples of structural, architectural and mechanical engineering marvels around Chattanooga.

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

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

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

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

The works that furnish an art gallery or populate an artist's website represent the culmination of many hours of effort. What does it take to get these pieces patron-ready? We checked in with three Chattanooga-area creatives -- a painter, a potter and a textile artist -- to see how their art takes shape and how the studio space where it happens contributes to the process.

In mid-January, Google searches for Chattanooga's fancier restaurants began trending, possibly the romantics in our midst getting a jump on their Valentine's Day plans.

Longtime friends Jared Eddy and Knox Brashier aren't old enough to remember the original run of "The Dating Game," but the 20-somethings have the decades-old show in mind for their upcoming dating challenge for Chattanooga-area singles.
