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In light of the recent death of a cyclist, Outdoor Chattanooga is making sure everyone knows how to stay safe during Memo-rial Day’s V.W. USA Cycling Professional Road and Time Trials National Championships. There will be “significant road closures” on that day from 5 a.m. to 6 p.m.

The USA Pro men and women will make laps of the road-race course to compete for the Na-tional Title. The USA Handcy-cling Criterium Championships take place on a closed circuit race downtown. Start/Finish Line: Downtown Chattanooga on Market St., between MLK Blvd. and 12th St. The Women’s Race will make 3 Downtown Circuit Laps/2 Long Circuit Laps/3 Downtown Circuit Laps. The Men’s Race: 4 Down-town Circuit Laps/4 Long Cir-cuit Laps/3 Downtown Circuit Laps. The Handcycling Criteri-um: Multiple laps on a 7/10s of a mile course around the Profes-

sional Start/Finish Line Race Caravan. Please be aware of “A very long, stretched out pack of vehicles and competitors that will be on the race course; in-cludes police, VIP cars, race officials, team cars and media and emergency vehicles, all sur-rounding the cyclists. From the first car to the last, the Race Caravan can take up to 15 min-utes to pass any given point on the course,” according to Out-door Chattanooga.

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The Beast Is Back

The Grinch may hate Roast Beast, but he obviously never went to the Chattanooga Mar-ket’s annual Beast Feast.

The fifth annual Beast Feast, taking place this Sunday, May 26, from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the First Tennessee Pavilion, is an event no red-blooded, meat -eatin’, beer-lovin’ Southerner should miss.

Pit-masters from around the area will duke it out in the Beast Feast Bar-B-Que Contest, judged by People’s Choice and

Judge’s Favorites. Participants include Sugar’s Ribs, Choo-Choo BBQ, Lockhart’s Fire & Smoke BBQ, Porker’s BBQ, Lazy Ash BBQ, Haute Cuisine, Cornerstone BBQ, Chatty Town BBQ, and Poppy’s BBQ. Each participant will be serving $1 Bar-B-Que bites as well as full plates (for an additional charge) so that market-goers can de-cide for themselves which deli-cious marinated meat reigns supreme.

To sweeten the deal, you can also enjoy live music while at-tending this event. Local band The Stratoblasters will perform rock n’ roll classics on the EPB stage at 12:30 and 2 p.m. On the outside stage, catch Annabelle’s Curse at 11:30 and 1:30 p.m..

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Those who have eagerly been awaiting a good soaking at Lake Winnie’s new water park “SoakYa” will finally get their wish Monday, May 27, from 1-6 p.m.

At five acres, SoakYa is one of the biggest additions to Lake Winnepesaukah in the park’s fun-packed 88-year history, and will include a new entrance, ad-ditional parking, and a train station for easy access. Water lovers and thrill seekers of all ages can look forward to several new water slides (in-cluding flume body slides and enclosed tube slides) a lazy river and wave lagoon, and a separate play area for toddlers to splash around in. To keep everyone safe, several certified lifeguards have been hired.

SoakYa is opening to criticism as well as fanfare. Construction delays caused the grand open-ing of the park to be moved from the original date of May 24 to May 27, Memorial Day, a day the park typically opens its gates for free to all active and retired military personnel. In an effort to remedy the situa-tion, Lake Winnie has extended Military Day from one day to every Monday between June 3 and August 5.From May 27 through Septem-ber 2, admission to the park is $31.95. This includes unlimited rides and access to both amuse-ment parks.

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That’s why she is hosting the March Against Monsanto in Knoxville on May 25—and it’s the same reason that Chatta-nooga organizer, Patricia Ba-zemore, a single mother with two children is joining in. The Chattanooga March will start at 2 p.m. on May 25 in Miller Park at 2 p.m. Marchers will proceed to Coolidge Park, and eventually end in Renaissance Park. The Knoxville event be-gins at 1 p.m. in Market Square.

Speakers in Chattanooga include local organic gardener Alex Macgregor, Rick Wright, executive chef for University of the South, and Garver Akers, an agroecologist, farmer and cancer survivor.

Both marches will challenge Monsanto’s practices as part of a worldwide effort to build pub-lic awareness regarding use of GMO technology, and the lack of labeling allowing consumers to decide whether or not to buy products containing geneti-cally modified food. Monsanto has called the marches “elitist.”

National March Against Monsanto lead coordina-tor Tami Monroe Canal said, “Monsanto threatens what we most hold dear…our environ-ment, our children, and our longevity. Monsanto’s geneti-cally engineered crops and glyphosate, the chief ingredi-ent in Round-Up, are linked to diabetes, autism, obesity; add

the spike in childhood cancers, Parkinson’s, sterility, infertil-ity, miscarriage and tumors.”

Currently, 80–90 percent of mass-farmed corn is geneti-cally modified, and this corn shows up in many other food products. Monsanto scientists have inserted the insect-killing gene of Bacillus thuringiensis into corn. “There are things that shouldn’t be sharing DNA,” Bazemore said. “There is no follow-up research; we don’t know the ramifications,” she added.

Tennessee State Senator Frank Niceley, a Strawberry Plains farmer, concurs. “Trans-genetic really bothers me…where you put animal genes in plants. I think it’s a scary time,” he told us. He asked, “What’s happening to the honeybees? What’s happening to red worms? Why so much autism? There’s something going on.”

Sen. Niceley will be speak-ing at the Knoxville event. He has introduced The Genetically Engineered Food Labeling Act of 2013 (Senate Bills 893 and 894) to mandate labeling for genetically engineered food and seeds. “Farmers and gar-deners should be able to know what they’re raising. You need to be able to make an informed purchase. Genetic diversity is shrinking. I think we’re mov-ing away from safer food,” he said.

During the Tennessee marches, citizens will be asked to support mandatory labeling of GMO foods as is already the case in Europe. The petition citizens can sign states, “We have a right to know about our food and the freedom to choose what we buy, what we eat, what we feed our families. GMOs are unnatural, imprecise, and prone to side effects. They may cause reproductive problems, and even infant mortality.”

The current list of US-ap-proved GMOS includes corn, soybean, canola, plum, papa-ya, cotton, alfalfa, sugar beet, wheat, creeping bentgrass, rice, cantaloupe, flax, toma-toes, potatoes, radicchio, and squash.

Groups involved in the effort to see GMO foods labeled feel that political clout on the part of big companies such as Mon-santo is the reason GMO infor-mation is being kept from the public, and the reason Mon-santo is being allowed to gain monopolies on access to seeds.

“Monsanto is so ingrained in the White House, the Senate, the Supreme Court, the FDA,” said Mary Burton, one of the Chattanooga march organiz-ers. “Hillary Clinton, Michael Taylor (deputy commissioner for foods at the Food and Drug Administration), and Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas [who recently ruled in favor of Monsanto] are all former Mon-santo lawyers,” she said.

Jami Brown, social worker and Chattanooga master gar-dener, said, “I am against the monopolization of seeds, the revolving door in government between Monsanto and our regulatory agencies, and using the American people as guinea pigs for their science experi-ments with our food.”

In a 2003 statement before the Congressional Subcommit-tee on Conservation, Credit, Rural Development and Re-search House Committee on Agriculture, Lester M. Craw-ford, said, “The FDA has re-viewed the data on more than 50 bioengineered food prod-ucts, ranging from herbicide resistant soybeans to a modi-fied canola oil. To date, the evi-dence shows that these foods are as safe as their convention-al counterparts.”

Currently, Marches Against Monsanto are planned on six continents, in 36 countries, to-taling events in more than 250 cities and 47 states in the US.

By Sandy Kurtz

JEN BULLARD OF KNOxVILLE IS THE MOTHER of two boys subject to allergies. One of them weighed five pounds when born, and doctors couldn’t figure out why he began to have severe painful breakouts all over his body. In researching, Bullard learned that genetically modified foods (GMOs) are a likely cause of allergies, autism and other health ailments. Since Bullard eliminated GMOs in her family’s diet, there have been no more breakouts—and her own allergies have disappeared.

Farmers and gardeners should be able to know what they’re raising. You need to be able to make an informed purchase. Genetic diversity is shrinking. I think we’re moving away from safer food

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Chattanooga will March Against Monsanto on May 25

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June 8 – kelly Clarksonno, we're not being sarcas-tic, she's really that good.June 9 – The band Perrysome mighty good musical genes in the Perry family tree.

Riverbend FestivalChattanooga RiverfrontJune 7-15a chattanooga tradition since 1982 (and a near guarantee for the start of hot summer weather), Riverbend continues to dominate the riverfront with an eclectic collection of big names, hip bands, and a wide variety of “never heard of ’em but they sound interesting” musical acts. among the head-liners are ceelo green, Dierks Bentley, lynyrd skynyrd, Jake owen and gavin Degraw. one price, one pin, nine nights of en-tertainment. The best bang for the musical buck in the region.Website: riverbendfestival.com

Pulse PicksJune 7 – Galactic Cowboy Orchestra

country-edged jazz fusion insrumentals. no, really.June 8 – Hot Club of Cowtownhow can you not like a Western swing band that has toured azerbaijan?June 9 – 10,000 ManiacsYou may have 10,000 problems, but the manaics ain't one of 'em.June 12 – Psychedelic Fursgo. Just go. You'll thank us afterwards.June 13 – MonophonicsWhat happens when you com-bine psychedelia and soul.June 14 – Drew Sterchi & blues TribeBlues guitar the way it was meant to be played.June 15 – Steel PulseJamaican reggae by way of Bir-mingham. The one in england.

Weird bass Music FestivalPelham, TNJune 7-10camp out at Taylor Road Farm for an extended weekend of the best in dubstep, drum & bass, and trap. Just be sure to be bring plenty of water and a hefty supply of glowsticks.Website: weirdmusicfest.com

bonnarooManchester, TNJune 13-16a nice little gathering of a few tens of thousands of music fans in the farm country of middle Tennessee. You may have heard of it. They also have invited some relatively familiar names, like Paul mccartney, mumford

& sons, Tom Petty & The heart-breakers, nas, Bjork, Wilco, ZZ Top, even Wu-Tang clan. oh, and another several dozen other acts and comedians. Yes, comedians. Bob sagat, Daniel Tosh, ed helms, Davis cross, maria Bamford, to name a few. Just remember that if you plan to drive, you might want to leave a bit early...like on Tuesday.Website: bonnaroo.com

Pulse PicksJune 13 – Father John MistyIt's amazing how much he looks and sounds like J Till-man. eerie, in fact.June 14 – Glen HansardThe only way hansard could be more Irish is if guinness poured from his navel.June 15 – “Weird al” yankovicFollow him on Twit-ter. now. Trust us.June 16 – David byrne & St. Vincentever wonder what the Talk-ing heads would have sound like as a brass band?

Forecastle FestLouisville, kyJuly 12-14at the intersection of music, art and activism, one will find the Forescastle Fest just a few hours up the road and across the border into Kentucky, along lousiville's Waterfront Park. combining local, regional and national acts, outdoor recre-ation and environmental activ-ism, Forecastle has fast become

By Gary Poole

With the weather warming, it's time to get out your shorts, tropical shirts and sandals, grab some sunscreen, a water bottle and a cool hat and head out to the myriad of music fes-tivals coming to the region.

CMa Music FestivalNashvilleJune 6-9even though the name changed years ago, to the country music faithful, this is still a “fan fair” where you can meet the big-gest names in the biz up close and personal. oh, and while they're there, they can check out a show or two. or ten.Website: cmaworld.com

Pulse PicksJune 6 – Zac brown bandProof that you can wear some-thing other than a cowboy hat and be successful.June 7 – Randy TravisFrom the tabloids to the big tent.

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on the “must attend” festivals of the year. and if you're lucky, you might even see a horse or two on your drive up.Website: forecastlefest.com

Pulse PicksJuly 12 – Old Crow Medicine ShowYou want some twang with your gee-tar strings? Take your medicine and enjoy.July 13 – FreakwaterWe've been fans since their appearance in “half-cocked” back in ’94.July 14 – DatsikDubsteps into your mind and controls your body, happily.

World Music & Food In-ternational FestivalNashvilleJuly 19-21a celebration of multi-cultural music and food featuring edi Kriz orki and the afrocentrix,

soweto street Beats, chinese cultural group, and the Indian culture group of nashville.Website: giveahandfoun-dationo.ipage.com

Vans Warped TouratlantaJuly 25lace up your Vans, grab your bitchin' board and roll down to atlanta for the annual meld-ing of music and extreme sports. somehow they cram nine stages into the lakewood amphitheatre complex, where you can see a who's who of punk, metal, club, alternative, and pretty much anything young, loud and underground.Website: vanswarpedtour.com

Mayhem FestatlantaJuly 30The Warped Tour too mellow for you? need to find a reason

to wear as many studs and possible? grab some extra baby powder for your leather pants and complete the de-struction of lakewood along with metal gods k, Five Finger Death Punch, mastodon, and amon amarth among many other head-banging, mosh-pitting, ear-bleeding, turn-it-up-past-11 bands. Website: rockstar-mayhemfest.com

Southern brewers FestivalChattanoogaSaturday, august 24Forty microbreweries present-ing more than 100 different tasty brews along with great food and live music along the riverfront. If Bill murray had had to live this day over and over again, he wouldn't have wanted it to end.Website: southern-brewersfestival.org

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Ensemble Theatre of Chattanooga• “Jekyll & Hyde”opens June 7musical version of Robert louis stevenson’s immortal story of the ultimate dual personality.5600 Brainerd Rd. (inside eastgate Town center)ensembletheatreof-chattanooga.com

Chattanooga Theatre Centre: • “bloody bloody andrew Jackson”opens June 14Rock musical about the con-troversial (and Tennessee native) seventh president. • “Legally blonde”opens July 12The award-winning Broadway musical, based on the movie of the same name, opens its brief-case on the cTc main stage.400 River st.theatrecentre.com

Shawnuff Productions• “balconies”opens July 11original script by local the-atre artist Vicki mangieri, set on a cruise ship bound for the Panama canal.5600 Brainerd Rd. (inside eastgate Town center)[email protected]

Shakespeare Chattanooga• “all’s Well That Ends Well”opens aug. 16The rarely seen “problem comedy” is given an updat-ing and a lot of music.grace episcopal church, 20 Belvoir ave.facebook.com/shake-spearechattanooga

By Janis Hashe

summer 2013 is shaping up to be a humdinger in chat-tanooga’s arts world. Take a look at just a few of the things coming your way in fine arts, music, theatre, dance and some stuff we don’t know how to clas-sify. anyone whining, “There’s nothing to do in chattanooga” will be handed over to a per-formance artist, and believe me, you’ll never be the same.

Fine Art:

Hunter Museum: • “Whitfield Lovell: Deep River”now open-oct. 13stunning exhibit of work by internationally known art-ist includes the site-specific, multi-media installation cre-ated for this show and inspired by chattanooga’s history, “Deep River,” which explores the legacy of slaves fleeing to freedom during the civil War.10 Bluff Viewhuntermuseum.org

aVa Gallery: • “Michael Murphy: Damage”now open-June 29Profiled in The Pulse re-cently, this is the georgia artist’s commentary on gun violence in america.• “all-Member Salon Show”July 5-July 31• “Mark Making”aug. 2-3130 Frazier ave.avarts.org

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Theater for the New South: • “Monster”opens June 7neal Bell’s adaptation of the classic tale by mary shelley is taken on by the innovative Tns.studio Theatre, uTc Fine arts center

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The New Dischord Festival 2013June 6-9This year, new Dischord features music, includ-ing new York avant-garde legend malcolm goldstein, but also poetry, mixed media and a whole lot else.multiple sites, visit newdis-chord.org for schedule.

Video Games LIVE!July 11Described as an “im-mersion concert event,” expect to find the chat-tanooga symphony or-chestra meeting music from the most popular video games of all time...and we’re betting a lot of screens and fog machines.memorial auditorium, 399 mccallie ave.chattanoogasymphony.org

Dance:

Open Improvisational JamJune 9, July 14, aug. 11 2-4 p.m.not just for dance, this monthly event allows dancers, musicians and spoken-word art-ists to experiment and let it all hang out. Barking legs Theater, 1307 Dodds ave.barkinglegs.org

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Tour of Tattoos: an Exploration of body artmay 30, 6 p.m.special evening devoted to the cultural phenomenon. music by amber Fults.hunter museum, 10 Bluff Viewhuntermuseum.org

Faun Fables with Joshua SongsJune 9, 8 p.m.The indescribable oakland, ca-based per-formance troupe comes to Barking legs with songs, theatre and the kitchen sink.Barking legs Theater, 1307 Dodds ave.barkinglegs.org

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Chattanooga is an out-door town. It’s official. From winning Outside Magazine’s “Best Outdoor Town” contest to bumping Tennessee’s bicycle friend-liness into the League of American Bicyclists’ Top Twenty, our city has ar-rived.

Look around you. If the dozens of 5K benefits and color runs sprouting like dandelions hasn’t caught your attention, then per-haps the SUVs carting

whitewater play boats have. We live to play out-doors in this town—and we do it well.

As we head into the heat of the summer, Outdoor Chattanooga offers our picks for the best outdoor events and activities for summer 2013.

Take Inspiration from the Pros

The Volkswagen USA Cycling Professional Road and Time Trial National Championships will be in Chattanooga for three years, beginning this year on Memorial Day Week-end.

The Time Trials hap-pen at Enterprise South in front of the V.W. Chat-tanooga plant on Sat. May 25. On Mon., May 27 (Me-morial Day), racers take to the streets and race from

the North Shore to the top of Lookout Mountain and back in downtown Chat-tanooga.

This is the first year that the women will compete with the men on the same course and for the same prize money.

The road races are done in laps, and the viewing is free, so smack down an outdoor barstool along the course and join the party.

Full Schedule and Course Maps: http://www.usacycling.org/2013/pro-road-time-trial-nationals

Try Standup Paddleboarding

SUP is here to stay and there are several options to try them out, including L2 Boards (l2boards.com), River Canyon Adventures (rivercanyonadventure.

By Ruth Thompson

Editor’s note: Ruth Thompson at Outdoor Chattanooga (a division of the City of Chattanooga Dept. of Economic and Community Development) is the Queen of Everything-You-Need-To-Know-About-Cool-Outdoors-Stuff. So, in an annual tradition, we asked Ruthie to give us her inside scoop for the upcoming summer. Here’s what she told us:

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Take a bike tour of downtown Chattanooga

The Bike Chattanooga Bicycle Transit System of-fers a 24-hour subscription to the 300-bike, 31-station

system for just $6. Check a bike out at any station, ride for up to an hour, check it back in at any station. You can do that over and over again in that 24-hour pe-riod, cruising all over town at no extra charge. w w w.bikechattanooga.com

Learn to Row

The Lookout Rowing Club conducts beginner Learn to Row classes in June, July and August. Each two-week session in-cludes 10 classes and will take you from the first dunking to the final sprint to the finish. Cost is $300 and includes all equip-ment, instruction and a year’s membership to the club (which includes use of club equipment).www.lookoutrowingclub.com

Go Underground

In the heat of the sum-mer, the coolest place is underground. Raccoon Mountain Caverns offers a get-on-your-hands-and-k nee s-a nd-get-muddy Wild Cave Tour that’s an introduction to real caving.www.raccoonmountain.com Paddle the Tennessee River Gorge

Outdoor Chattanooga will offer special evening downriver floats through the prettiest part of the Tennessee River Gorge by kayak on June 20, July 18, Aug. 15 at 7 p.m. Cost is $35 and includes all equipment and guides. If this trip doesn’t hook you on kayaking, nothing will. Make a reservation by call-ing (423) 643-6888.

Raft for the Cure Aug. 29

Wildwater Rafting part-ners with the Susan G. Ko-men Foundation to give all the proceeds from their 2 p.m. rafting trip to breast cancer research on Sat., Aug. 31. If you haven’t tried

rafting the Ocoee, this is a great time to give it a shot, and for a good cause. The trip includes a special post-trip dinner and celebra-tion.www.komenchattanooga.org/get-involved/komen-activities/

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As we move on, we now check out the Chattanooga FC (football club). If you are into to screaming, “GOAL!!!!!!”at the top of your lungs, this is where you need to be. This is another affordable night out in Chat-tanooga with ticket prices for ages 6 and up being a measly $5 (kids age 5 and under get in for free). Not to mention season tickets are only $25— or purchase a Chattanooga FC jersey for $79 and get free admission to every home game. The cool thing about that is that the jersey is your ticket—also you’ll fit right in with the club’s superfans, the Chattahoo-ligans. For all the details on Chatta-nooga FC, including buying tickets, check out chattanoogafc.com.

Now, on to Chattanooga’s most classic summer sports attraction: The Chattanooga Lookouts. One of my favorite comments in Chat-tanooga sports, is, “It's way back…heading toward the wall…Good-bye, baseball!!” The Lookouts are a Double AA major league baseball affiliate of the Los Angeles Dodgers. Throughout the season the Look-outs have many special promotion games that are a great community service to the Chattanooga area (and also really fun) such as Bi-Lo BOGO Nights, Kids Eat free Nights, Military Appreciation Nights, and a whole lot of fireworks. It’s a great at-mosphere for the family and kids of

all age are welcome. This year, nine of the top 20 prospects in the Los Angeles Dodgers’ organization play for the Lookouts, including Cuban outfielder Yasiel Puig, number-two Dodger prospect, pitcher Zach Lee, and outfielder and 2012 Dodgers' Branch Rickey Minor League Player of the Year Joc Pederson. You could be seeing the next great star of the big leagues! To celebrate America’s oldest summer pastime, head to AT&T Field and take in a Chatta-nooga Lookouts baseball game. Also check out chattanoogalookouts.com for a complete season schedule and to keep up with all your favorite Lookouts players.

These are just a few of the won-derful attractions, sports-wise, that Chattanooga has to offer. Get out and explore all Chattanooga sports! You never know—you could walk up after a game and get the autograph of a future Hall of Fame player, or have the experience that make s a memory that will last a lifetime. So when the last second ticks off the clock, or the last pitch in the bottom of the ninth is a walk-off homerun, don’t be the person that says, “Man, I wish I had been there.” Be the person who was there!

By Chase Long

Chattanooga has always been known as somewhat of a sports town. Some great talent has lived in and come out of our own back yard. Great athletes like Reggie White, Terrell Owens and Joey Votto have played sports right here in the Chat-tanooga area. Some of you are prob-ably wondering, “What is this guy talking about?” Well, I’ll tell you. As we approach summer, there are a lot of well known (and some hidden) gems of the sports world coming up that will give the anyone looking for something to do on the week-end, including diehard sports fans, the chance to have a great time this summer.

I begin with the Chattanooga Roller Girls. If you are looking for some hard-hitting, exciting action and want to get loud and rowdy—this is the place for you. With tickets prices $10 in advance from your fa-vorite Roller Girl, or $12 at the door, it’s a very affordable night out and guaranteed fun. Also, if you show up early enough, you can get the best seats in the house—but these aren’t for the young ones or for the faint of heart. The “suicide seating” is next to the rink, and puts you right in the middle of the action. Some home bouts coming up are listed below, so go check out the Chattanooga Roller Girls at their home, the Chattanooga Convention Center.

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discovery of another person. Linklater uses close shots of his actors, so that the ti-niest of moments—an unseen brush of the hair or slight glance of the eye—tell a story that dialogue alone could never convey. The films bring us into the relationship in way that isn’t seen in more conventional romances. We identify with the characters because the characters are so similar to us. There isn’t any pretense or misdirection, just hon-esty, realism, and beauty. If you haven’t seen “Before Sunrise” and “Before Sunset,” make a weekend of seeing all three in order.

“Upstream Color” (June 2 at the Barking Legs Theater): Billed as an experimental science-fiction film, this summer offering by film club Mise En Scenesters will be some-thing altogether different. Those familiar with director Shane Car-ruth’s complicated time travel film “Primer” know that “Upstream Col-

or” will be a film to be experienced, if only for the conversation that follows. There are plot descriptions online, but film fans would likely be better served knowing nothing about the film at all before viewing. Remember: It’s not always impor-tant to understand everything you see in a film, only that you watch with an open mind and allow the film to affect you in an emotional way. Carruth is a brave director, one that isn’t afraid to confuse his audience in order to create a sat-isfying payoff. “Upstream Color” will likely be a film that allows you to explain and interpret, an ar-tistic jigsaw puzzle that is unlike

anything you’d see outside of a film festival.

“Much ado about Nothing” (June 7): “Much Ado About Noth-ing” is my second favorite Shake-speare comedy, just edged out by “Twelfth Night,” and this summer it has been adapted for the screen by one of my favorite directors. Joss Whedon rolls out his typical cast of “Buffy the Vampire Slayer,” “An-gel,” and “Firefly” alumni to adapt “Much Ado” for the screen. The film is shot in black and white, with occasional splashes of color, mak-ing it a modern adaptation with a classic feel that will hopefully be accessible to a wider audience. The previous version with Emma Thompson and Kenneth Branagh will be tough to beat—Thompson and Branagh were perfectly cast as Benedick and Beatrice. The 1993 film was my first experience with well-done Shakespeare and if Whedon’s is as successful it will be a good time indeed.

“To The Wonder” (June 29 at the Barking Legs Theater): Ter-rence Malik’s last film, “The Tree of Life,” only came to Chatta-nooga after it was nominated for an Oscar. Thanks again to Mise En Scenesters, “To the Wonder” is getting a screening here before it becomes award-winning. The film has the distinction of being the last film reviewed by Roger Ebert, and

By John DeVore

Summer movies seem to start ear-lier every year, with “Iron Man 3” rocketing into the box office on May 3, and Baz Luhrmann’s surface read-ing of “The “Great Gatsby” following closely behind. Hollywood market-ing is in full swing and television spots for the big films are already tak-ing up a significant amount of airtime to make sure everyone knows that Johnny Depp is playing Tonto in “The Lone Ranger” and Zack Galifianakis i s once again drugging people in Las Vegas in “The Hangover: Part 3.” But not everything is sequels and super-heroes —there are some smaller mov-ies that might be a better alternative to the CGI fest promised at the local multiplex. With the help of MES, and a little luck with our local theater of-ferings, there might be a few really good movies to see.

“before Midnight” (May 24): The third chapter to Richard Linklater’s quiet love story that started in “Before Sunrise,” “Before Midnight” likely ends the series as it started, with long takes of quiet, deep conversations be-tween interesting, intelligent people. I love these films because they show that a love story is ongoing, a lifelong

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“Europa Report” (On Demand June 27, theatrically August 2): Good sci-ence fiction is hard to come by—the audience for it is small. As such, this is the film that is the least likely to make it to our fair city. But it will be released "on demand," which gives it a chance to be seen early by science-fiction en-thusiasts and potentially build an au-dience. Manned solar system explora-tion is a subject that is fascinating and ripe for discussion, especially now as a manned Mars exploration may be be-coming more and more feasible. The film blends documentary and thriller, following a manned mission to Eu-ropa, sixth moon of Jupiter. This is real science fiction, rooted in reality rather than fantasy, a film that brings an audience into it by encouraging their imaginations through the lens of plausibility. Technology isn’t that far away from the events depicted in the film, and with the right touch, it might enrapture a future scientist.

There are, of course, many more films worth seeing this summer than

just these. For a full MES schedule, check out their site at http://mesfilm-club.com. Additionally, there are a few typical Hollywood films, films like “This is the End,” “Elysium,” and “Now

You See Me” that may be great pop-corn flicks. But you rarely go wrong when you look towards the fringe, and right now Chattanooga has a unique opportunity to see great indie fare.

he gave three and a half stars, calling Malik “one of the most romantic and spiritual of filmmakers.” It’s a love story told in images, sparsely plot-ted, visually stunning and carefully crafted. Malik is not for everyone, as he allows his characters to exist with-out overt motivation, placing more emphasis on experienc-es that defy convention. This is a film more for cinephiles than the general public, but anyone interested in seeing something beautiful and el-egant is likely to enjoy “To the Wonder.” Beyond that, the showing is an important step for establishing Chattanooga as a haven for independent film.

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Thu 05.23Tim Lewis7 p.m. Bart’s lakeshore, 5600 lakeshore Dr. (423) 870-0777, bartslakeshore.com.audi burchett7 p.m. sugar’s Ribs, 507 Broad st. (423) 508-8956, sugarsribs.comOpen Mic with Hap Henninger9 p.m. The office (in-side Days Inn), facebook.com/theofficechattbadlands & Refugees: Tributes to bruce Spring-steen & Tom Petty9 p.m. Rhythm & Brews, 221 market st. rhythm-brews.comIan Campbell and the Re-cruits with young america9 p.m. The honest Pint, 35 Patten Pkwy. (423) 468-4192, thehonestpint.comChristabel10 p.m. JJ’s Bohemia, 231 e. mlK Blvd. (423) 266-1400, jjsbohemia.com

Fri 05.24Rave to Remember: Moonshine Music & arts Festival Night One6 p.m. cherokee Farms 2035 old mineral springs Rd., laFayette, gaDanika Holmes7 p.m. The camp house, 1427 Williams st. (423) 702-8081. thecamphouse.comTest Dream with The Mum-seez & Hillstreet Hooligans7 p.m. Warehouse cleveland, 260 2nd street ne. www.warehousevenue.comNim Nims7 p.m. nightfall at miller Plaza, 850 market st. nightfallchattanooga.comkansas bible Company8 p.m. nightfall at miller Plaza, 850 market st. nightfallchattanooga.comJacob Green8 p.m. The office, 901 carter st. (423) 634-9191. facebook.com/theoffice.chattJagged Edge with k-Ci & Jo Jo and Silk8 p.m. memorial auditorium, 399 mccallie ave.

(423) 757-5156. chattanoogaonstage.comkathy Tugman & the Dave Walter Trio8 p.m. The Foundry, 1201 Broad st. (423) 756-3400, chattanooganhotel.comPlowboys8 p.m. southern Brew and cue, 5017 Rossville Blvd. (423) 468-4222brody Johnson and the Dirt Road band8 p.m. acoustic café, 61 RBc Dr., Ringgold, ga. (706) 965-2065, ringgoldacoustic.comOne Man Green band9 p.m. The office (inside Days Inn), facebook.com/theof-ficechatt. lindsaystreethall.comNightCap presents the return of Hot Damn9 p.m. lindsay street music hall, 901 lindsay st. (423) 755-9111. lindsaystreethall.com90 Proof

9 p.m. skyZoo, 5709 lee hwy. (423) 468-4533, skyzoochattanooga.comDownstream with Sinner of attention & Subkoncious9:30 p.m. Rhythm & Brews, 221 market st. rhythm-brews.comPower Players9:30 p.m. sugar’s Ribs, 507 Broad st. (423) 508-8956, sugarsribs.comRagdoll10 p.m. Bud’s sports Bar, 5751 Brainerd Rd. (423) 499-9878, budssportsbar.comPistol Town11 p.m. Raw, 409 mar-ket st. (423) 756-1919

Sat 05.25Musical Moose, Ogya10 a.m. - 5 p.m. chatta-nooga Incline Railway, 3917 st. elmo ave. (423) 821-4224, ridetheincline.comannabelle’s Curse12:30 p.m. chattanooga

River market, Tennessee aquarium Plaza, 1 Broad st. chattanoogarivermarket.comDana Rogers12:30 p.m. chattanooga River market, Tennessee aquarium Plaza, 1 Broad st. chattanoogarivermarket.comJohnny Cash Tribute Show5 p.m. chattanooga choo choo Victorian lounge, 1400 market st. (423) 266-5000, choochoo.com/victorianlounge.phpMoonshine Music and arts Festival, Night Two6 p.m. cherokee Farms, 2035 old mineral springs Rd., laFayette, gaMedicine Tree7:30 p.m. The camp house, 1427 Williams st. (423) 702-8081, thecamphouse.comChanning Wilson8 p.m. acoustic café, 61 RBc Dr., Ringgold, ga. (706) 965-2065, ringgoldacoustic.comSusan Enan8 p.m. charles and myrtle’s

OGyA• a musical repertoire that includes "high life" music from Ghana and other traditional and contemporary afri-can music, reggae, soca, calypso, latin, jazz, funk, r&b, rock and roll, blues and even some bluegrass, all with a heavy infusion of founder Kofi Mawuko’s afrobeats on his traditional african drums.saturday, may 25 • 10 a.m. - 5 p.m. chattanooga Incline Railway, 3917 st. elmo ave. (423) 821-4224, www.ridetheincline.com


coffeehouse, 105 mc-Brien Road (423) 892-4960, christunity.orgGabriel Newell10 p.m. The office (in-side Days Inn), facebook.com/theofficechattNo big Deal9 p.m. Jack a’s chop shop saloon, 742 ashland Ter. (423) 713-8739, jackas-chopshopsaloon.comappetite for Destruc-tion with Poison’d & Red White and Crüe9 p.m. Rhythm & Brews, 221 market st. rhythm-brews.comJordan Hallquist & the Outfit9 p.m. skyZoo, 5709 lee hwy. (423) 468-4533, skyzoochattanooga.comPower Players9:30 p.m. sugar’s Ribs, 507 Broad st. (423) 508-8956, sugarsribs.comaNTiSEEN, Hellstomper10 p.m. JJ’s Bohemia, 231 e. mlK Blvd. (423) 266-1400, jjsbohemia.com

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Tue 05.28Tim Starnes & Davey Smith7 p.m. sugar’s Ribs, 507 Broad st. (423) 508-8956, sugarsribs.com

Wed 05.29Dan Sheffield7 p.m. sugar’s Ribs, 507 Broad st. (423) 508-8956, sugarsribs.comClay Page7 p.m. acoustic café, 61 RBc Dr., Ringgold, ga. (706) 965-2065, ringgoldacoustic.comOpen Mic to the Strut8 p.m. JJ’s Bohemia, 231 e. mlK Blvd. (423) 266-

1400, jjsbohemia.comThe Whiskey Gentry with Roger alan Wade8 p.m. Rhythm & Brews, 221 market st. rhythm-brews.comPrime Cut House band8 p.m. The lounge at The Palms at hamilton, 6925 shallowford Rd., #202. (423) 499-5055, thepalmsathamilton.comChanning Wilson9 p.m. Bud’s sports Bar, 5751 Brainerd Rd. (423) 499-9878, budssportsbar.comThe Gentlemen bas-tards with 29 Under & Sinner of attention9 p.m. The honest Pint, 35 Patten Pkwy. (423) 468-4192, thehonestpint.com

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THE WHISkEy GENTRy WITH ROGER ALAN WADE• a group of seasoned veterans—to put things mildly—featuring some of the finest pickers and musicians the Southeast has to offer. add in the always entertaining and creative roger alan Wade and the crew from cat country 95.3, and you have a night of country pickin' and grinnin' for all to enjoy.Wednesday, may 29 • 8 p.m. Rhythm & Brews, 221 market st. rhythm-brews.com

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"We're happy with a distinct style and sound,” bassist and co-founder Ken Casey told Rolling Stone last year. That sound is a rousing clarion call to the faith-ful (of which there are many) to follow their free flag and join the boys on the battlefront.

Coming to Track 29 on Mon-day, June 3, Dropkick Murphys bring a breathless fusion of the boisterous three-chord, two-minute start-to-stop immediacy of The Ramones’ early over-caf-feinated catalog, mixed with the beery embrace of Irish drinking anthems. “Punk is a kind of sing-along music with a rousing en-ergy. And Irish music is the same thing," said Casey in an interview in the Houston Chronicle.

In concert, their version of the old folk song, “Johnny, I Hardly

Knew Ya” thunders along like an untethered carthorse. As with most of their songs they don’t exactly sing; it’s more a collec-tive shout from Bell and bassist Casey, supported by drummer Matt Kelly and guitarist James Lynch. In the concert on You Tube, the old folk song segues into an equally pugnacious take on the union fight song, “Which Side Are You On?” For The Mur-phys, the answer is obvious; they’re always willing to help out the working class, particularly when union workers are threat-ened as they were in Wisconsin a couple of years ago. “Take ’Em Down,” a song from their “Going Out In Style” album became an anthem during the confrontation between the unions and Wis-consin’s governor in 2011. They

also sold a special T-shirt help-ing to raise funds for the Work-ers’ Rights Emergency Response Fund that year.

But while they are always avail-able for Democratic political causes, they are truly a populist band with deep roots in the pri-marily Irish American Boston suburb of East Milton. It was there that bassist and singer Casey formed the band in 1996

with three friends, all of whom have since left the band. Singer Al Barr, the only member of the band who isn’t of Irish descent—his father is of Scottish descent, while his mother’s family is Ger-man—joined the band in 1998. Along with drummer Matt Kelly and guitarist James Lynch, he’s the oldest member of the band.

The band’s consistent core and stylistic constancy have earned it

LIKE A SWAGGERING BOSTON-IRISH AC/DC, Dropkick Murphys more than live up to the image suggested by their name. Drawing on the pugilistic approach of early punk acts like Stiff Little Fingers, The Ramones and The Clash, as well as their most obvious antecedents The Pogues, the Mur-phys take the stage like bruisers looking for a bar brawl in the local boozer. “The boys are back and they’re looking for trou-ble,” barks bellicose singer Al Bell before a huge crowd in a You Tube concert from last summer.

The defiant spirit of punk lives in the Dropkick Murphys

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a deeply loyal following, particu-larly in Boston where their take on Woody Guthrie’s witty “I’m Shipping Up To Boston” was ad-opted by Red Sox’s pitcher Jona-than Papelbon, who danced a jig to the song several times during the Red Sox’s Championship sea-son in 2007.

Following the bombings at the Boston Marathon last month the band, who’d been playing on the

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West Coast at the time, immediately creat-ed a “For Boston” T-shirt selling it on their website to raise funds for the victims of the assault. Within a couple of days they’d raised $100,000. They’ve also re-recorded “Rose Tattoo,” a song from their most re-cent album, “Signed and Sealed In Blood,”

with Bruce Springsteen. The song, which includes the verse, “You’ll always be there with me / Even if you’re gone / You’ll always have my love / Our memory will live on,” is part of three-song “Rose Tattoo for Boston Charity EP.” All of the proceeds from the sales of the T-shirt and the EP will be dis-bursed directly to the victims of the Boston bombing through The Claddagh Fund, set up by the band.

Like Springsteen, Dropkick Murphys have never strayed far from their roots,

personally and professionally. As so many commentators noted during and after the recent tragedy, Boston is a city with a deep-ly rooted population not easily shaken or deterred—and these guys are the embodi-ment of that spirit.

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Unleashing the power of a deadline, in-die-pop songstress Rose Melberg—of Tiger

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were cover songs; these home-recorded, multi-tracked mid-fi covers are compiled on the cassette/digital download Septem-

ber, and while it’s pure joy from start to finish for those who favor the twee-pop spectrum, it also provides some insight into Melberg’s tastes.

Some selections come as no surprise, like those from New Zealand pop bands The Bats and The Clean, Jonathan Rich-man, Stuart Moxham and his post-punk-era trio Young Marble Giants. Others are a bit less expected, delving into hard rock and punk, including Thin Lizzy’s “Jail-break,” “The Wizard” by Black Sabbath, and “Mystery” by The Wipers; these are delivered with the distorted guitar bite of a teenage garage band but with the dis-connect of hearing a sweet, fresh-voiced female lead singer.

The arrangements are mostly simple and understated, several of which feature just a single instrument and vocals while others have full-band arrangements in-

cluding drums and keyboards, all played by Melberg. "September" is often cute but doesn’t overdo it with the preciousness, al-though some may disagree—if the thought of a girl with a ukulele makes you roll your eyes, then this is not for you. One hard-to-resist track is “Tonight You Belong to Me,” which takes obvious inspiration from the Steve Martin and Bernadette Peters scene in “The Jerk,” and another down-right adorable selection is “I Don’t Want to Live on the Moon,” originally performed by Ernie on “Sesame Street.” A few unfa-miliar names, including Norma Tanega, represented by an excellent autoharp cover of her “Jubilation,” also make "September" a launching point for further discoveries, while primarily being a sweet, but not syr-upy sack of Hallowe’en ear candy for indie-pop fans.

Montreal synth alchemist and tour-ing member of Dirty Beaches, Francesco

De Gallo a . k . a . H o b o C u b e s a . k . a . F r a n k Ouellette, H o b o Cult label c u r a t o r , whips up aural con-c o c t io n s that can vary from d r i f t i n g

atmospheric works to noisy, brain-scratch-ing digital avant-splatters, with eclectic approaches that draw from German Kos-mische Musik and 21st century ambient.

His 6-track "mini-album" Serpensulla Gardens, prepared in 2012 and recently re-leased officially on cassette on Bridgetown Records, plays with the notion of the thin line between pain and pleasure or comfort and unease, as if the music was a carefully balanced scale that would gently swing to-ward one side with the addition of a blade of grass.

The opening “Shade Bathers” offers a thick, pulsating gelatinous mass of ab-stract synthetic strata, gradually becoming a more complicated, impenetrable dense white dwarf of sound. “Fragment Fusion” begins with percussive synth tones, sug-gesting an aural manifestation of a bio-rhythm or perhaps the human beats of a cardio workout; with a patient binary chord progression, it builds its intensity with a bright attitude, and by the end, it is nearly overbearing. With video game sounds, “Keygen Atmospherics” suggests

a dystopian future, complete with a calm, pitch-shifted speaking voice that brings to mind the computer HAL from the film “2001: A Space Odyssey” that offers dis-jointed fragments like “I am breathing out” and “feelings of pleasure, discomfort, pain” in a borderline ostentatious manner.

Clocking in at under 80 seconds, “Hyp-notherical Fascination” is too short and could have gone on longer on its tenderly warped pathway, and “Bending the Love You Keep” uses discordance with a positive sheen, gingerly twisting its electronic tones as if they were tree branches swaying in a breeze. By overlaying melodies and disso-nance to evoke both relaxation and slight discomfort, Hobo Cubes offers its own unusual vision of paradise with a hidden inferno.

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Thu 05.23Whitfield Lovell: Deep River10 a.m. – 8 p.m. hunter museum of american art, 10 Bluff View. (423) 267-0968. huntermuseum.org“Defining Roots”10 a.m. – 5 p.m. River gallery, 400 e. 2nd st. (423) 265-5033, www.river-gallery.com Michael Murphy: Damage11 a.m. – 5 p.m. aVa gallery, 30 Frazier ave. (423) 265-4282. avarts.orgOoltewah Farmer’s Market2 p.m. – 5 p.m. ooltewah nursery & landscape co. Inc., 5829 main st. (423) 238-9775. Chattanooga’s Voice6 p.m. chattanooga Theatre centre, 400 River st. (423) 267-8534, www.theatrecentre.com Wally’s Friends at Poblanos6 p.m. Poblanos Bar and grill, 551 River st. (423) 877-9966, www.wallysfriends.com. Ulmer Spatzen Chor Presented by Chat-tanooga Girls Choir7 p.m. Ridgedale Baptist church, 1831 hickory Valley Rd. (423) 296-1006. “The Crazy Quilt Club”7:30 p.m. gem Theater, 700 Tennessee ave., etowah, Tn. (423) 263-3270.

Fri 05.24Whitfield Lovell: Deep River10 a.m. – 5 p.m. hunter museum of american art, 10 Bluff View. (423) 267-0968. huntermuseum.orgMichael Murphy: Damage11 a.m. – 5 p.m. aVa gallery, 30 Frazier ave. (423) 265-4282. avarts.org“Defining Roots”10 a.m. – 5 p.m. River gallery, 400 e. 2nd st.. (423) 265-5033, www.river-gallery.comJason Stuart7:30 p.m. The comedy catch & giggles grille, 3224 Brain-erd Rd. (423) 629-2233, www.thecomedycatch.com “The Crazy Quilt Club”7:30 p.m. gem Theater,

700 Tennessee ave., etowah, Tn. (423) 263-3270, www.gemplayers.comLadies Night Out Tour8 p.m. memorial auditorium, 399 mccallie ave. (423) 642-TIXs, chattanoogaonstage.com “The Divine Sister”8 p.m. chattanooga Theatre centre, 400 River st. (423) 267-8534, www.theatrecentre.comballroom Dance Party8:30 p.m. Ballroom magic Dance center, 4200 access Rd. (423) 771-3646, ballroom-magicdancecenter.com Tim kidd9:30 p.m. Vaudeville café, 138 market st. (423) 517-1839, www.funnydinner.com

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Whitfield Lovell: Deep River10 a.m. – 5 p.m. hunter museum of american art, 10 Bluff View. (423) 267-0968, huntermuseum.org“Defining Roots”10 a.m. – 5 p.m. River gallery, 400 e. 2nd st.. (423) 265-5033, www.river-gallery.comMagic Tree House Traveling Exhibit10 a.m. – 5 p.m. creative Discovery museum, 321 chestnut st. (423) 756-2738, cdmfun.org 37th annual Spring arts in the Park10 a.m. – 5 p.m. Blue Ridge mountains arts association, 420 W. main st., Blue Ridge, ga (706) 632-2144,

www.blueridgearts.net Michael Murphy: Damage11 a.m. – 5 p.m. aVa gallery, 30 Frazier ave. (423) 265-4282, avarts.orgIslands in the Stream Cruise11 a.m. Tennessee aquarium, 1 Broad st. (423) 267-3474, www.tnaqua.orgJason Stuart7 p.m. The comedy catch & giggles grille, 3224 Brainerd Rd. (423) 629-2233, www.thecomedycatch.com “The Crazy Quilt Club”7:30 p.m. gem Theater, 700 Tennessee ave., etowah, Tn (423) 263-3270, www.gemplayers.com “The Divine Sister”8 p.m. chattanooga Theatre centre, 400 River st. (423) 267-8534.

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Blvd. (423) 648-2496, www.chattanoogamarket.com Whitfield Lovell: Deep Rivernoon – 5 p.m. hunter mu-seum of american art, 10 Bluff View, (423) 267-0968. huntermuseum.org“The Crazy Quilt Club”2:30 p.m. gem Theater, 700 Tennessee ave., etowah, Tn. (423) 263-3270, www.gemplayers.com MG Gaskin7:30 p.m. The comedy catch & giggles grille, 3224 Brain-erd Rd. (423) 629-2233, www.thecomedycatch.com

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5033, www.river-gallery.comLearn to Line Dance!5:30 p.m. allemande hall, 7400 st.andifer gap Rd. (423) 309-6842, www.linesinmotion.net Southside Casual Classics Concert Series: Con brio7:30 p.m. The camp house, 1427 Williams st. (423) 505-6688. southsideca-sualclassics.weebly.comMemorial Day Torch Light Tour of Chattanooga National Cemetery8:45 p.m. chattanooga national cemetery, 1200 Bailey ave. (706) 866-9241, www.cem.va.gov/cems/nchp/chattanooga.asp

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You’ve still got time (through June 8) to see new works by the Savannah sculptor and mixed-media artist Je-rome Meadows at the Front Gallery at Chenoweth.Halligan Studios.

The artist is a recent recipient of a Fullbright-Hayes Award to Pakistan and a Brown Foundation Fellowship to Southern France. He’s originally from New York City, but now works and resides in an historic ice house in Savannah, GA.

The Front Gallery exhibit is com-prised of mixed-media sculptures and a series of found object assemblages. “The resulting visual conversations commingle in harmonious outcomes,” according to Jan Chenoweth. “The conversations go several steps further in providing a relatively literal narra-tive, having to do with various person-al, social, political and cultural issues.”

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The f lourishing public art scene in downtown Chatta-nooga has lately been greatly enhanced by the installation of Albert Paley’s sculpture “Mo-ment” at the intersection of West Main and Broad Streets. This sculpture’s presence has happily been extended over

most of the corner by a ser-endipitous landscape of fine gravel, small trees and grasses that promise to blossom into a serene micro-environment.

Paley’s “Moment” draws one into contemplation of paradoxi-cal forms, including fairly mas-sive rectilinear structures, ap-

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parently frozen at a kind of “tipping point” (Paley), as well as a profusion of delicate shapes, suggestive of ribbons and rose pet-als, that not only complement and contrast with the larger structures, but which also call attention to their own incongruities, having been fashioned from the same steel as the larger forms.

One may be drawn by this dynamic play of heavy and light to circle this work and to discover nuances of formal juxtapositions that suggest more ab-stract concepts. The increments of geo-metric motions, the inherent subtleties of form—of line and curve—the serenity of this totality of all inte-grate diverse elements into a temporal incre-ment, this “Moment.”

C h a t t a n o o g a n s have greatly benefited here from the collabo-ration of Sara Mor-gan of the Lyndhurst Foundation and Peggy Townsend of the Pub-lic Arts Committee. Townsend has been involved in many pub-lic arts installations around downtown Chattanooga, but the Paley installation de-veloped from a larger conception, including both a major sculp-ture and a landscaped environment.

Craig Kronenberg engaged landscape designer John Creasy to enhance this sculpture’s standing with an organic back-ground that echoes the play of forms inher-ent within this sculpture.

First, surrounding the pedestal of “Mo-

ment,” fine gravel extends in all directions. The ergonomic qualities of this gravel both comfort one’s feet while standing and encourage movement around the work, which helps one to appreciate nuances

of this work from various angles, one of “Moment”’s aesthetic strengths.

Second, a semi-circular background in-cludes small trees and switch grass. Kro-nenberg remarks that “Moment” presents a “tour de force” with its containment of massive planes and of organic curves. These trees will grow to screen and to em-

phasize this work’s serene presence. These trees include both sweet bay magnolias and London plume varieties. Switch grass planted between these trees will fill in and catch breezes to illustrate some of the for-

mal values conjured by “Moment.”Aesthetic elegance may call to mind

various effects; indeed, at a sublime level these words are virtual synonyms. Paley’s “Moment” encourages such recognition. His remarks on the sculpture indicate how he sees it: “defying gravity” with “the pylon shape ready to tip over.” Gravity may be

invisible, but it is quickly brought to mind when it appears to be dramatically incipi-ent. Paley’s “weathering steel” emphasizes the massive qualities of collumnal geo-metric forms. These forms, momentarily

poised in gravity’s em-brace, also convey an implied narrative to our modern sensibility, the narrative of ruin, of erect structures that over time may collapse.

All this may be sub-stantial, but “Moment” conveys much more. Other, more organic forms, ribbon- or pet-al-like emerge in para-doxical delicacy to the steel of which they are wrought—and, Paley suggests, invite anoth-er invisible force, wind, for even the slightest breeze will animate delicate forms.

Consequently, “Mo-ment” presents a kind of cosmic schematic of interplay between geometric and organic forms with their own associations to civi-lization and nature, gender and abstrac-tion. Remarkably, all this brings recogni-tion of Paley’s consum-mate joy of expression through his chosen medium.

“Moment” stretch-es an instant of time into a much longer temporal arc by bringing into play diverse forms that in turn invite familiar invisible forces. Dialogues of form and material sug-gest the Great Invisible: time. Sublime and serene, “Moment” engenders deep contem-plation.

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Long before there was a Cen-ter Park, long before Fridays at Miller Plaza were Fresh and well before Naters became Fa-mous, there was a little red food truck that made my week-ends bright and my pants a little too tight. On Sunday af-ternoons, after a grueling regi-ment of picking out the perfect wheel of goat cheese and the freshest sprigs of herbs from the produce vendors at the Chattanooga Market, I would fight my way through the teeming masses towards the soft red glow of an unmarked Mexican food truck parked in the back of the pavilion. It was there that I would stand, plate perched upon the slim stain-less steel counter, and savor the best tacos and tamales Chat-

tanooga had to offer. The food was simple, unpretentious and served on paper plates with plastic forks, just like god in-tended.

As one of the first food trucks in the area, it served skinny-jeaned youths outside the now demolished Discoteca, blue-collar workers and intrepid foodies outside Tienda Jalisco, on Main Street—and freshly pressed oxford-cloth collars at

the Chattanooga Market. This little red food truck was no re-specter of persons. Then, on Nov. 5, the year of our lord 2011, the clouds parted and a double rainbow shot across the sky ending at a petite, reclaimed brick building just across from the legendary Zarzours Cafe. This building at 1634 Rossville Ave. became the brick-and-mortar location of that little red food truck and was officially

dubbed “Taqueria Jalisco” (not 1634 Rossville Blvd.; that loca-tion once housed a fish market that always smelled like Lake Jr. Do not confuse the two.)

The newly acquired build-ing was remodeled to accom-modate six tables inside and several picnic tables on the patio, while all of the cook-ing is still done inside the food truck parked next to the pa-tio. By 2012, the little red food truck could no longer keep up with their booming business and they bought a larger black-and-stainless-steel food trailer while keeping little red in ser-vice as their market truck, continuing to make regular ap-pearances at the Chattanooga Market. This stationary loca-tion allowed the menu to ex-

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Jorge Parra and his moth-er Maria Parra work tire-lessly as a team running the restaurant. Maria does the cooking; giving the food all of the hallmarks of home-style Mexican food prepared by the skilled, loving hands of a mom, while Jorge is the always smiling face that runs the front of the house. All of the food is made from the freshest ingredients and never prepared in ad-vance, so your tomatillo/avocado salsa, braised pork, or pulled chipotle chicken tastes fresh, because it is fresh. Even the sope torti-llas, gordita tortillas, and pupusas are made fresh to order so they are pillowy-soft and warm when they arrive at your table.

Taqueria Jalisco’s menu is representative of traditional Mexican food that hasn’t been Americanized to the point of compromising its roots, yet still remains ap-proachable for the average Chattanoogan. But don’t be mistaken—this is not Taco Bell. Don’t expect to find yellow globs of nacho cheese and mounds of sour cream indiscriminately plopped over every dish.

There are familiar items such as taco and burritos, which you can get with your choice of meats, ranging from the standard shredded chicken or pork to the more adventurous lengua (beef tongue, which tastes like deli roast beef) or nopales

(cactus, which reminds me of slightly pickled green beans). Personally, I can-not get enough of their Mole Tamales. These are hand-made, soft tamales with tender pulled pork and mole sauce ribboned through the masa itself. The fluffy masa and slow-cooked pork mar-ries with the deep, rich fla-vors and hint of sweetness from the mole before being wrapped in banana leaves and steamed to tamale per-fection.

Mexican street food is sometimes referred to as “antojitos,” which liter-ally means “little cravings.” Sopes may be the perfect antojito with their pint-sized tortillas topped with a variety of toppings. I rec-ommend Taqueria Jalisco’s sope sampler, which comes with four soft, extra-thick and fluffy corn tortillas topped with beans, then one with chorizo and queso fresco, one with carnitas-style pork and pickled cab-bage, one with fresh guaca-mole and queso fresco, and the fourth with nopales and queso fresco.

One of their most popu-lar, and certainly one of their most tasty dishes, is the flautas. These are rolled flour tortillas stuffed with shredded chipotle chicken, fried and topped with home-made pickled vegetables, lettuce, queso fresco, crema and their special avocado/tomatillo salsa that you will quickly become addicted to.

As with any skilled cook’s offerings, each dish at Ta-

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Taqueria Jalisco is a BYOB establishment if you fancy a cocktail with your huarache. They also carry the full line of Pure Soda-works sodas, glass-bottled Mexican Coca-Colas and several flavors of Jarrito. If you want something less sweet, try their house-made fruit agua frescas or their made-from-scratch horcha-ta, a rice-based drink with cinnamon and vanilla.

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CANCER (June 21-July 22): Don’t take yourself too seriously. The more willing you are to make fun of your problems, the greater the likelihood is that you will actually solve them. If you’re blithe and breezy and buoy-ant, you will be less of a magnet for suffering. To this end, say the follow-ing affirmations out loud. 1. “I’m will-ing to make the mistakes if someone else is willing to learn from them.” 2. “I’m sorry, but I’m not apologizing any more.” 3. “Suffering makes you deep. Travel makes you broad. I’d rather travel.” 4. “My commitment is to truth, not consistency.” 5. “The hell with enlightenment, I want to have a tantrum.” 6. “I stopped fight-ing my inner demons. We’re on the same side now.”

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): Would you buy a stuffed bunny or a baby blanket that was handcrafted by a prisoner on death row? Would you go to a cafe and eat a sandwich that was made by an employee who was screaming angrily at another employee while he made your food? Would you wear a shirt that was sewn by a ten-year-old Bangladeshi girl who works 12 hours every day with a machine that could cut off her fingers if she makes one wrong move? Questions like these will be good for you to ask yourself, Leo. It’s important for you to evalu-ate the origins of all the things you welcome into your life -- and to make sure they are in alignment with your highest values and supportive of your well-being.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): Having good posture tends to make you look alert and vigorous. More than that, it lowers stress levels in your tissues and facilitates the circulation of your bodily fluids. You can breathe better, too. In the coming weeks, I urge you to give yourself this blessing: the gift of good posture.Specialize in treat-ing yourself with extra sweetness and compassion. Explore different ways to get excited, awaken your sense of wonder, and be in love with your life. If anyone calls you a self-involved narcissist, tell them you’re just doing what your astrologer pre-scribed.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): The Ger-man word Fernweh can be translated

as “wanderlust.” Its literal meaning is “farsickness,” or “an ache for the dis-tance.” Another German word, Wan-dertrieb, may be rendered as “migra-tory instinct” or “passion to travel.” I suspect urges like these may be welling up in you right now. You could use a break from your familiar plea-sures and the comforts you’ve been taking for granted. Moreover, you would attract an unexpected healing into your life by rambling off into the unknown.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): We call it “longing,” says poet Robert Haas, “because desire is full of end-less distances.” In other words, you and the object of your yearning may be worlds apart even though you are right next to each other. For that matter, there may be a vast expanse between you and a person you con-sider an intimate ally; your secret life and his or her secret life might be mysteries to each other. That’s the bad news, Scorpio. The good news is that you’re in a phase when you have extraordinary power to shrink the distances. Get closer! Call on your ingenuity and courage to do so.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): Are you ready to go deeper, Sagittarius? In fact, would you be willing to go deeper and deeper and deeper? I foresee the possibility that you might benefit from diving in over your head. I suspect that the fear you feel as you dare to descend will be an acceptable trade-off for the educa-tional thrills you will experience once you’re way down below. The dark-ness you encounter will be fertile, not evil. It will energize you, not deplete you. And if you’re worried that such a foray might feel claustrophobic, hear my prediction: In the long run it will enhance your freedom.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): In the course of his 91 years on the planet, artist Pablo Picasso lived in many different houses, some of them rentals. When inspired by the sudden eruption of creative urges, he had no inhibitions about draw-ing and doodling on the white walls of those temporary dwellings. On one occasion, his landlord got up-set. He ordered Picasso to pay him a penalty fee so that he could have the sketches painted over. Given the fact that Picasso ultimately became the best-selling artist of all time, that landlord may have wished he’d left the squiggles intact. In every way you can imagine, Capricorn, don’t be like that landlord in the coming week.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): “I was often in love with something or someone,” wrote Polish poet Czesław Miłosz. “I would fall in love with a monkey made of rags. With a plywood squirrel. With a botanical atlas. With an oriole. With a ferret. With the forest one sees to the right

when riding in a cart. With human beings whose names still move me.” Your task, Aquarius, is to experiment with his approach to love. Make it a fun game: See how often you can feel adoration for unexpected characters and creatures. Be infatuated with cu-rious objects . . . with snarky Internet memes . . . with fleeting phenom-ena like storms and swirling flocks of birds and candy spilled on the floor. Your mission is to supercharge your lust for life.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): Sci-entists in Brazil discovered a huge new body of water 13,000 feet be-neath the Amazon River. It’s com-pletely underground. Named the Hamza River, it moves quite slowly, and is technically more of an aquifer than a river. It’s almost as long as the Amazon, and much wider. In accor-dance with the astrological omens, Pisces, I’m making the Hamza River your symbol of the week. Use it to inspire you as you uncover hidden resources. Meditate on the possibil-ity that you have within you a secret reservoir of vitality that lies beneath your well-known sources. See if you can tap into deep feelings that are so deep you’ve been barely conscious of them.

ARIES (March 21-April 19): “I’m still learning,” said Michelangelo when he was 87 years old. For now, he’s your patron saint. With his un-flagging curiosity as your inspiration, maybe your hunger for new teach-ings will bloom. You will register the fact that you don’t already know ev-erything there is to know . . . you have not yet acquired all the skills you were born to master . . . you’re still in the early stages of exploring whole swaths of experience that will be important to you as you become the person you want to be. Even if you’re not enrolled in a formal school, it’s time to take your education to the next level.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20): No-bel Prize-winning physicist Richard Feynman admitted that physicists can’t really define “energy,” let alone understand it. “We have no knowledge of what energy is,” he said. “We do not have a picture that energy comes in little blobs of a defi-nite amount.” While it’s unlikely that in the coming weeks you Tauruses will advance the scientific under-standing of energy, you will almost certainly boost your natural grasp of what energy feels like both inside and outside of your body. You will develop a more intuitive knack for how it ebbs and flows. You will discover useful tips about how to make it work for you rather than against you. You’re already a pretty smart animal, but soon you’ll get even smarter.

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Nearly all shift sergeants are the same at the start of the shift: They’re buried in a com-puter screen getting line-up information or entering stats from the day before, tasks they relish as much as digging a large hole with their hands. So if they’re making eye contact with you for more than two seconds? You are officially a blip on their radar, and situational aware-ness (and not farting) is para-mount.

“I got a complaint from last night,” Sgt. Ike said. On cue, myself and the other three of-ficers in that room began to simultaneously detail the im-possibility of aberrant behav-ior on our part, immediately proceeding into telegraphing this shock and hurt with hand gestures and gyrations, palms upraised and mustering every ounce of righteous indignation we had, and we were doing so all at once in a ballet of denial. It was like muscle memory, au-topilot, and we hadn’t heard one specific fact.

He raised a hand to indi-cate a “stop” and continued. “Relax. There’s no name at-tached to this, but apparently someone decided to play the sound of baby’s crying on their PA speaker while they drove through the Courts at 3 or 4 a.m.” He paused ever so briefly, maintained eye contact with me, and said “Again.”

The others sensed the nar-rowing of the sus-pect list and grew quiet (or at least lowered their vol-ume) and began finding something interesting on their phones, the

floor, or just stood there smil-ing and staring at me with big toothy grins. As long as it’s not a lawsuit or a serious part-one offense (the cop equivalent of an in-house felony), it’s fun-ny when your buddy gets in trouble. Just a little funny, of course.

Now instead of gyrations, I took the tack of silent ponder-ing, as if empathizing with the boss. An “I’m on your side” tactic that also doesn’t imme-diately deny or admit to the ac-cusation. My head bobbed and my eyes narrowed, and I start-ed a frown of deep thought.

“What the hell am I going to do with this kind of crap?” the Sarge said. “It’s not like you’re stabbing someone, but this is just…it’s just weird. Who does this?” It was rhetorical, so I de-cided to tread lightly.

“Sarge, I really think we’re making progress out there. Demetrius Talley’s in prison and no one’s replaced him yet. Packer over there,” I tilted my head towards the officer across the office, the origin of whose nickname is one I will never describe in these family-ori-ented pages, “had them square up on him a few days ago.”

This vague reference meant that “they” (the dominant gang operating out of the Courts) took an opportunity during a regular call to surround or get perilously close to the Cop Per-sonal Space Zone in an effort to establish dominance in the Courts and inside their affili-ation (to call them an “organi-zation” would be giving them too much credit), and to test the boundaries of an officer as well. There is something spe-cial about being surrounded by ex- and future cons who are also likely better armed than you (never mind grossly out-numbering you) and on their home turf. Backup is a radio call away, but there is a 10,000-mile disconnect when you’re getting that ass beat and fight-ing to keep your pistol.

“They’re looking for a new boss in there and we’ve just been trying to…you know. Throw them off a little.”

“Well, it’s working,” Sarge said. “They are thrown off as f%& .̂ Now cut that shit out, all of you. It’s just…it’s just weird.” He visibly clicked a mouse button to proceed on, indicating the possibility of discipline had passed.

Shoulders imperceptibly re-laxed, and business went back to normal. I let another few memos pass, and when the time was right—well, that gas I had earlier never truly went away.

For the second time this day, the Sarge just stared at me, and pointed to the door, jaw mus-cles beginning to flex.

Off to work.

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SARGE WAS STARING AT ME WHEN I ENTERED the team office. It wasn’t ominous; getting a notification “to see the captain, I have no idea why,” THAT is “ominous,” but this was definitely curious. (I made a mental note not to produce a mid-line-up speech fart for comic effect as I’d planned just moments ago.)

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“‘It’s not like you’re stabbing someone, but this is just . . . it’s just weird. Who does this?’ It was rhetorical, so I decided to tread lightly.


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