Tayari Jones' books have won a Lifetime Achievement Award in Fine Arts from the Congressional Black Caucus Foundation and been selected as a National Endowment for the Arts' Big Read.

We all know the stories of Mother Goose and Brothers Grimm. But what happened after those fairy tales ended? Did they all live happily ever after?

Michael Palascak started performing stand-up comedy in college but kept it a secret.

Step through the wardrobe into the magical kingdom of Narnia when the Chattanooga Theatre Centre's Youth Theatre presents "The Lion, the Witch & the Wardrobe," opening Friday, Feb. 21, and running through March 1.

Unity Dance Troupe of Cleveland, Tennessee, is marking its 10th anniversary as a professional company whose mission is to use dance as a way of sharing the gospel.

And you thought your family was crazy!

One is a freewheeling, messy sports writer; the other a neurotic neat-freak. And when these two guys become roommates, the fun begins in Neil Simon's classic comedy, "The Odd Couple."

Author and poet Jose Olivarez will be in town Saturday, Feb. 22, for a poetry workshop and reading at The Edney, 1100 Market St.

The Ringgold Playhouse will open its 2020 season with John Cariani's quirky romantic comedy "Love/Sick." Five performances will be presented over one weekend beginning Thursday, Feb. 13.

The cast of Lee University Theatre has planned an interactive audience experience for its premiere of "A Dollhouse Project" on Friday, Feb. 14.

Signal Mountain Playhouse will open its winter show on Friday, Feb. 14, with a new director in the newly restored auditorium of Mountain Arts Community Center, 809 Kentucky Ave. on Signal Mountain.

Entering its 13th year of production, Ensemble Theatre of Chattanooga will explore the nature of responsibility in its 2020 season.

Audience interaction is part of the all-new tour Blue Man Group: "North American Tour," which stops in the Tivoli Theatre, 709 Broad St., for two shows at 7:30 p.m. on Monday and Tuesday, Feb. 17-18.

Continuing its "Outside the Box" programming, the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga Theatre Company is presenting "Outlook/Overlook" in the UTC University Center. The production began Wednesday, Feb. 4, and continues through Sunday, Feb. 9.

Just in time for Valentine's Day, In-Town Gallery will open Denice Bizot's exhibit "Hella Hearts!" with a reception on Friday, Feb. 7, from 5 to 8 p.m. at the gallery, 26-A Frazier Ave.

The Colonnade Players will open "The Savannah Sipping Society" on Friday, Feb. 7, for six performances over two weekends at The Colonnade in Ringgold, Georgia.

The first Red Clay Renaissance Art Show will open in the Visitors Center of Red Clay State Park on Saturday, Feb. 8, from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. This state park is located at 1140 Red Clay Park Road, Cleveland, Tennessee.

Southern Lit Alliance is taking applications for its second presentation of the Barnett Prize for Local Distinguished Author. The deadline to apply is Feb. 28.

Jo Koy has come a long way from his modest beginnings performing in a Las Vegas coffeehouse. The comedian, who pulls inspiration from his family, specifically his son, now sells out arenas and theaters around the world.

The Museum Center at Five Points will be filled with new and vintage quilts when the annual Stitches in Time Quilt Show opens Thursday, Jan. 30, at the museum in Cleveland, Tennessee.

Fans of the work of Oscar Wilde have three chances left to catch "The Importance of Being Earnest" presented by Artistic Civic Theatre in Dalton, Georgia.

The biblical story of Moses leading his people to freedom will be presented in a 70-minute ballet on Friday night, Jan. 31, at ChristChurch Presbyterian in Dalton, Georgia.

Eight shows a week, Keri Rene Fuller thrills audiences at "Cats" with the show-stopping ballad they've all come to hear: "Memory." Even theatergoers who know nothing else about the Andrew Lloyd Webber musical know that classic song.