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EDITORIAL
Managing Editor Gary Poole
BEGINNINGS: The state of the arts
Contributing Editor Janis Hashe Contributors Rich Bailey • Rob Brezsny • John DeVore Janis Hashe • Matt Jones • Josh Lang Sandra Kurtz • Louis Lee • Marc T. Michael Ernie Paik • Rick Pimental-Habib • Alex Teach
LIVE MUSIC CALENDAR ENTERTAINMENT CALENDAR
Editorial Interns Christopher Armstrong • Jake Bacon Madeline Chambliss
Features ARTS: Inside AVA’s new exhibits
Cartoonists & Illustrators Rick Baldwin • Max Cannon Jen Sorenson • Tom Tomorrow Founded 2003 by Zachary Cooper & Michael Kull
ADVERTISING
Director of Sales Mike Baskin Account Executives Chee Chee Brown • Julie Brown • Rick Leavell Leif Sawyer • Stacey Tyler
MUSIC: Gunpowder & Pearls
“VISIONS & VENUES”
State of the Arts 2014 — Special 40-page pullout section
SCREEN: Exciting year for the city TECH: And the children shall lead
CONTACT
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RECORDS: Local release roundup
DINING: Kitchen at Union Square BUSINESS: What is Mostly French? RADIO: The “new” Cat Country MIXOLOGY: Popping Champagne
Voices
BIG SHOES, BIG HEARTS Big Tymerz Clown Posse is funny, fabulous—and caring
SANDRA KURTZ: Business Forward event highlights green investment ALEX TEACH: Alex recalls good times with his sweet, sweet Caprice
art imitates life! friday, september 19 @miller plaza
flying donut Challenge!
Bikes Art an t 120 r
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Publisher & President Jim Brewer II
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register @art120.org/fly to reserve your launch time! Join Art 120’s Urban Art Bike crew for Park(ing) Day & help enact Chattanooga’s Flying Donut Incident as depicted in Southside's latest mural created by artist, Joseph Giri.
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