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CHATTER Magazine – October 2026
The Food Issue
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Chattanooga artist Olga de Klein paints a tribute to motherhood with her piece ‘A Story (With No End)’
Chattanooga artist Olga de Klein's artwork is as rich as her culture — from growing up in Amsterdam to her time living in Mexico, her color scheme and art style reflect where she's been. Whether it's with yarn, oils or acrylic, de Klein captures the connection between humans.
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Which school will rule? A guide to choosing the best Chattanooga-area school for your kids
Being a parent means making choices — a seemingly endless number of choices. And among the parental decisions at the top of the list is school. What type of school are you going to send your kids to? Which particular school is the best for your family? What school district should you live in?
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Navigating the parent-babysitter dynamic in Chattanooga
A good babysitter is many things: a kid-tamer, snack-negotiator, meltdown-mitigator and, on certain nights, the only thing standing between a mom and her first quiet dinner in three months. In 2025, that babysitter-mom connection has evolved into something equal parts heartfelt, practical and political.
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Cold play: Go jump in the lake with a Chattanooga-area polar plunge
With its tropical climate, Indonesia really doesn't get cold, and the period we Americans think of as winter is merely the wet season for the island nation.
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The great indoors: Climate-controlled places in Chattanooga to entertain the kids this winter
Rambunctious children may not feel the cold when they hit the playground on a winter weekend in Chattanooga, but their parents likely do.
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From lunchbox to cafeteria, what Chattanooga kids are eating mid-day
It used to be that you'd open your lunchbox and find that peanut butter and jelly sandwich, a little baggie of potato chips, plus a Little Debbie inside. If you were lucky, the matching thermos might hold soup, which turned lukewarm while it sat in the cloakroom until lunchtime.
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What’s it like being pregnant? Two Chattanooga mothers describe their experience
Between anticipation for a baby, morning sickness and strangers touching your belly, a pregnancy can change your life for the better while bringing unexpected challenges. Away from the lens of cookie-cutter, "made-for-TV" pregnancies is the truth: Having a baby can be uncomfortable, lonely, joyous and life-altering. And the experience is never the same for any two people.
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Drivable destinations from Chattanooga that will have kids asking, ‘Are we there yet?’
Pack the car with extra socks, coloring books and Nancy the stuffed narwhal. Load up the Go-Gurt and Goldfish crackers. Put "Bluey" on the backseat TV console and shove the cooler in the back. It's time to hit the road.
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Choral Arts of Chattanooga celebrates 40 years of making beautiful music together
For Heather Craig, auditioning for the Choral Arts of Chattanooga was one of her best decisions.
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Hey Chattanooga moms, are you ‘crunchy,’ ‘silky’ or something in the middle?
Elise Glover, a former University of Tennessee at Chattanooga student, was in a public park one day when someone labeled her as a "scrunchy mom" — a mash-up term made from half "silky mom" and half "crunchy mom."
