It should be clear to most of us by now that the live music scene in our city and the country is essentially canceled for 2020 because of the coronavirus.

This month features unique finds from some of the city's Black-owned businesses — and my own personal inventory.

Before diversity and inclusion became touch points in the ongoing national dialogue, Wade Hinton began looking for a way to start the conversation locally. He settled on a perhaps unexpected nexus: nonprofit boards.

The coronavirus pandemic is putting serious financial strain on local arts organizations, with losses in Hamilton County already amounting to more than $3 million as of mid-July, according to an Americans for the Arts survey of 66 organizations in the county.

If you're looking for a simple tequila-based drink that hits the spot after a long August workday, consider the Paloma your new bestie. (Sorry, margarita.)

This June, bail funds nationwide dominated the giving scene amid protests and calls for action against police brutality.

In early March, United Way of Greater Chattanooga employees gathered to discuss the burgeoning coronavirus. At the time, only one case had been confirmed in Hamilton County. Tennessee's shelter-in-place order was still weeks away.

The March 14 meeting that formed the new philanthropic organization We Over Me Chattanooga happened over lunch - and dinner.

Everybody loves a gala: the excuse to gussy up and hobnob, to bid on live auctions and listen to moving testimonies from guest speakers.

When the world changes, does the way we give change, too? Does a crisis affect how much we give and to what?

The Chattanooga Nonprofit Alliance was founded at the outset of the pandemic to advocate on behalf of the collective community of area nonprofits.

For many nonprofit organizations, volunteers are the lifeblood of operations.

In the early days of the coronavirus pandemic, the demand for personal protective equipment caused severe shortages of surgical face masks.

Kacey Swindell, the director of sales at the Moxy hotel on King Street, was working the front desk one day in early April when a remarkable thing happened.

Remember when Momma said that breakfast is the most important meal of the day? Turns out, she was right.

"I was a free-range kid in New York City in the '40s and '50s, when you could do that."

Sean Compton, 35

C. J. Recher, 36

Brittany Harris, 34

Jacques Irvin, 39

Jack Silberman, 34

Shannon Stephenson, 37

Meredith Roberts, 34