
Lisa Denton is editor of ChattanoogaNow, the weekly entertainment section. She previously was a lifestyle, entertainment and region reporter/pod leader for The Chattanooga Times, which she joined in 1983. Lisa is from Sale Creek and holds an associate's degree in journalism from Chattanooga State Community College. Contact Lisa at 423-757-6281 or ldenton@timesfreepress.com.
Here's what's happening in the Chattanooga area this week.
by Lisa DentonThis weekend's calendar of events.
by Lisa DentonChildren entering the foster-care system in Hamilton County will soon have a place of greater refuge as they await placement in a foster home.
by Lisa DentonHere's what's happening in the Chattanooga area this week.
by Lisa DentonTennessee's tax-free, back-to-school shopping weekend will be busy in other ways, too, in the Chattanooga area. Here's a chronology of upcoming events.
by Lisa DentonHere's what's happening in the Chattanooga area this week.
by Lisa DentonSpend any time under summer's blazing sun in the Chattanooga area and you'll understand how quickly hot, humid air can soak you in sweat and deplete your energy.
by Lisa DentonThe world record for the largest gathering of people wearing conical party hats is 1,161, set in 2019 at a grammar school in England, according to guinnessworldrecords.com. Can Chattanooga beat that number?
by Lisa DentonGet ready for awesome — or maybe awesome with an asterisk. A vacation-themed website has declared Monday will be the "most perfect day of the year" in Georgia and Alabama. Tennessee's similar superlative will come a week later, on July 25.
by Lisa DentonChristy Lindsey of Scottsboro, Alabama, said she hadn't realized the state's sales tax holiday is happening this weekend, but as soon as she found out Friday evening, she planned a shopping trip for her and son, Gunner.
by Lisa DentonHere's what's happening in the Chattanooga area this week.
by Lisa DentonRiver City Co. will introduce an eerie-sistible new event Saturday in downtown Chattanooga. Three and a half months before Halloween arrives, area residents can preview their trick-or-treat costumes, watch magicians and fire walkers perform and bring a carved watermelon for contest judging at Summerween at Patten Square.
by Lisa DentonA week after the 1 1/2-year-old emu went missing from the hobby farm where he lives in Soddy-Daisy, Bobo was reunited with owner Leslie Holdman about a half-mile away from home Monday afternoon.
by Lisa DentonA hobby farm in Soddy-Daisy is missing its most charismatic resident. Bobo, an "overly friendly" emu, fled the farm the night of July 4 after becoming agitated by nearby fireworks, according to his owner, Leslie Holdman.
by Lisa DentonHere's what's happening in the Chattanooga area this week.
by Lisa DentonA paracycling national championship, a celebration of peaches and a competition between Chattanooga and Knoxville blood donors highlight the Chattanooga area's entertainment calendar.
by Lisa DentonHere's what's happening in the Chattanooga area this week.
by Lisa DentonThe long holiday weekend may be halfway over, but there's still plenty of fun to be had. Here are five things to know about the holiday.
by Lisa DentonWith the Fourth of July falling on a Monday this year, you can count on celebrations to start in earnest in the weekend leading up to the official holiday.
by Lisa DentonRiverfront Nights kicks off with a Beach Boys tribute, Nightfall parties with a zydeco band and Parliament Funkadelic gets its groove on in a cave as the holiday weekend gets underway in the Chattanooga area.
by Lisa Denton