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CHATTER Magazine – October 2026
All you can eat in the Scenic City, A-Z
The New Salem Mountain Festival returns Oct. 8-9 after a three-year hiatus due to COVID.

When David Eller was 8 years old, he read an article in Reader's Digest magazine about a sighting of a strange creature in California that would come to be called Big Foot.

As the weather becomes crisp with autumn breezes, and the leaves treat us to their dance of many colors, rolling hills near the Blue Ridge Mountains come alive with vines heavy with grapes ready for picking. This is the best time of year to travel the Dahlonega Wine Trail to sample the fruits of the harvest.

The Tennessee landscape will be bursting with bright red, amber and yellow leaves this month. Fall leaves will be at their peak in this corner of the world around Oct. 25, according to SmokyMountains.com.

Thirty divided by seven. That's the equation Becca Hisamoto has been solving for the last nine years.

With Hamilton County and other area public school districts now starting earlier in August and giving students a full week off in the fall, families have more opportunity to take advantage of more comfortable temperatures and shoulder season deals that October has to offer.
Artist: Donald Keefe

The Pop-Up Project teamed up with indie-pop sensation Mon RovÎa to celebrate the past, present and future of Mill Town and the Coosa Mill.

This night of magic and excitement included a cocktail hour with adoptable dogs and cats, followed by a three-course meal and Chattanooga’s most unique runway show, featuring animals strutting their stuff. Proceeds benefited the Humane Educational Society.

Helping build community through the arts, ArtsBuild hosted an evening in celebration of its donors, who have helped raise more than $77 million for art programming since the organization’s inception 53 years ago.

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