Bailey, Rich

First, Redesign the Question

Thu, 16 May 2013 00:00:00 GMT

If you fail quickly, you learn quickly, and you can move on to the next step faster and with more confidence.

A Squirrel Flies on the Southside

Thu, 09 May 2013 00:00:00 GMT

Enzo's grocery store holds its public grand opening Friday from 7 a.m. – 9 p.m. The Flying Squirrel restaurant-bar by the Crash Pad hostel has been holding private soft opening events, with a grand opening to be scheduled.

The Sound of One Piano Burning

Wed, 01 May 2013 00:00:00 GMT

A couple of weeks ago, combustion returned to the U.S. Pipe site for a few hours. It’s been years since the former iron foundry off South Broad stopped converting liquid metal into pipes and valves for controlling the passage of water.

Celebration of Southern Literature: She’s Not There

Thu, 18 Apr 2013 00:00:00 GMT

I think what Jamie Quatro has done in this book is a weirdly beautiful blend of revelation and concealment, looking through herself as a lens to see something bigger but leaving the reader with a fascinating double vision.

Jake Kelley

Thu, 11 Apr 2013 00:00:00 GMT

“It’s more like you put in the hours and hopefully there will be moments of inspiration that will find you when you’re down in your studio. A lot of times I just go down there to put myself in that space. A lot of times I’ll end up sweeping the floor

WOF: Anything Can Happen

Thu, 04 Apr 2013 00:00:00 GMT

Wide Open Floor was originally created by dancer and Niedlov’s Breadworks co-owner Angela Sweet. More than anything, it answered a need for artists to have a venue to present their work to the most exacting but supportive audience possible...

Portrait of the Artist as Debt Eraser

Thu, 28 Mar 2013 00:00:00 GMT

Tom Gokey could call himself an artist who’s engaging in activism, but he simply wants to create a society in which debt functions differently

A 2D View of Tech’s Future

Wed, 20 Mar 2013 00:00:00 GMT

Maker Day showcased the bleeding edge of a technology that’s just starting to make its way toward the mainstream consumer

A Return to Urban Dreaming?

Thu, 14 Mar 2013 00:00:00 GMT

After years of neglect under Ron Littlefield, will Andy Berke embrace urban design as part of his agenda?

The Ballad of Cadillac Dave: A Saga of Journalism, Drugs & Redemption

Thu, 07 Mar 2013 00:00:00 GMT

“I got saved down in Miami in a biker’s duplex with a chopper sittin’ in the living room and a naked go-go girl on the couch beside me, all the drugs spread out on the table, and a picture of the devil on the wall. That was March 18, 1981.”

Austin Powers’ Music Agent

Thu, 28 Feb 2013 00:00:00 GMT

Former Chattanoogan George S. Clinton is back in town for the Chattanooga Symphony Orchestra’s inaugural Southeast Film Music Symposium. (The “S” is your convenient way to distinguish this George Clinton from the George Clinton who’s famous for funk.

‘Cyclopaedia’ of Distortion

Thu, 21 Feb 2013 00:00:00 GMT

It’s hard to imagine Hinck’s challenging work on that seemingly inevitable slide from cultural threat to comforting staple. But in a world where the average TV commercial would look like avant-garde filmmaking to your grandfather, anything can happen

Main Terrain, Anything But Plain

Thu, 31 Jan 2013 00:00:00 GMT

The new urban art and fitness park opened to the public last week on the west end of Main Street. And if the surprise of finding steel bridge trusses 25 feet above your head isn’t enough, maybe creating such a park from a 1.7-acre strip of land mostl

Teasing the Spirits

Thu, 17 Jan 2013 00:00:00 GMT

The artists, not arts institutions or big projects, should be the focus of Chattanooga’s arts community