The Pulse 16.06 » February 7, 2019

VOL. 16, ISSUE 6 • FEBRUARY 7, 2019

The Wheels On The Bus Chattanooga's public transit, past & present CHATTANOOGA'S WEEKLY ALTERNATIVE • CHATTANOOGAPULSE.COM

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FROM THE EDITOR VOLUME 16, ISSUE 6 • FEBRUARY 7, 2019

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The Wheels On The Bus Imagine more than 300 miles of track connecting the North Shore to St. Elmo…

Downtown to Lookout Mountain…Red Bank to Signal Mountain. Comfortable, efficient, affordable electric vehicles moving thousands of people a day to and from work and shopping. A vision of 2020? No, a memory of 1920.

HOSPICE MEANS HOPE

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“DON’T BREAK DOWN”

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Hospice. It isn’t a word that tends to instill joy or exhilaration. The mere thought of the concept can invoke a forlorn shudder as if a bitterly cold wind swept sharply from nowhere.

“When I really felt like punk was dead, then I realized it was a good time to be a part of it.”

So reads the title page for the website for the Don’t Break Down documentary.

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A NEW GATHERING PLACE

While the city core has been expanding its cultural offerings, Chattanooga east of the Brainerd Road tunnel is getting a little less love.

SPOT Venue aims to change all that.

A SECOND GILDED AGE

The announcement of the (maybe) presidential candidacy for Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz in the past few weeks hasn’t garnered the response he’d likely hoped.

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23 EDITOONS

14 ARTS CALENDAR

22 MUSIC REVIEWS

25 NEW IN THEATERS

17 FREE WILL ASTROLOGY

23 JONESIN' CROSSWORD

26 ON THE BEAT

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CITY LIFE · BETWEEN THE BRIDGES

Hospice Means Hope Journey 2019 supports the mission of Hospice of Chattanooga

By Alex Curry

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Pulse City Editor

She chose twelve pictures of different family members and assigned them each a month. She wrote a love letter to each of them and included candid photographs of that person, often with herself.”

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OSPICE. IT ISN’T A WORD THAT TENDS TO INSTILL JOY or exhilaration. The mere thought of the concept can invoke a forlorn shudder as if a bitterly cold wind swept sharply from nowhere.

Uneasy and even terrifying thoughts of our own mortality creep in.

“Not me,” “Not yet,” “Not someone I love,” “Not ever.” Should this be where our preconceived notions jump? Are we hiding ourselves from discomfort?

A preconception so stark leaves little room for the miracle workers who stand guard day after day. It diminishes the humanity of the people involved with the process, at every level. And it doesn’t allow us to open our own hearts to the people that need it the most.

Hospice of Chattanooga serves 22 counties across Tennessee, Georgia, and North Carolina. On March 9th at 6:30 p.m., the Chattanooga Convention Center will host Journey 2019. The annual event is a black-tie fundraising gala that raises financial support for the organization.

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Each year the event is dedicated to raising funds for a specified program within Hospice of Chattanooga. This year, the funds will benefit Kangaroo Kidz, the region’s only pediatric and perinatal hospice and palliative care program.

Susan Latta, the Bereavement Director of Hospice of Chattanooga, shared a heartfelt story with me that does the subject justice much better than I ever could, so I’ll use her words here instead of mine. Here is what she shared with me, a story that moved me and brought this concept to the forefront of my focus, as I hope it does for you (edited for length).

“I had the honor of working with a 15-year-old girl years ago who was dying of cancer. When I visited her, we would do art projects and talk about her illness

and the reality of her mortality. One day she shared that she wanted to take on the responsibility of picking out her own casket to keep her parents from being ‘too sad’. With her father, she went on the difficult journey, saving her mother form the agonizing reality of picking out a casket for her own daughter.

“She realized that it would be her last Christmas with her family. She shared the idea of creating a ‘Love Calendar’ for her family. She chose twelve pictures of different family members and assigned them each a month. She wrote a love letter to each of them and included candid photographs of that person, often with herself. Of her father, she included a picture from a previous trip to NYC with the two of them in a favorite chocolate store of his.

“I took the calendar to the copy store and, when I went to pick them up with her Mom, there wasn’t a dry eye in the store. Only her mother knew of this precious and beautiful gift. Christmas morning made beautiful memories as she shared the gift with her family.

“Each year, her Mom returns to the copy store where she remakes the calendar for the new year. I learned many things from this 15-year-old girl. She was a gift to her family and to me. She passed a few months later, but she will forever hold a place in my heart. It was an honor to be a part of her journey.”

Journey 2019 tickets are available online at journeyhoc.org. Dancing, cocktails, both silent and live auctions, dinner, and The Downtown Band will fill the evening. Support for organizations like this is at the true pulse of Chattanooga.

Please make plans to support the parts of our community that may often be harder to think about, and have a lovely evening doing it.

Winter Brewfest At The Moxy Come get buzzed in style for a good cause

Cons ider This w ith Dr. Rick

“I have decided to stick with love. Hate is too great a burden to bear.”

— Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

One of the newest hotels to grace downtown is The Moxy, which has focused on being much more than just a place to stay. They’ve made it a point to celebrate everything that makes downtown a destination for both visitors and locals alike.

This Saturday starting at 2 p.m. they are inviting the public to come out to The Railyard and celebrate winter with the first annual Winter Brewfest, which will feature an incredible selection of specialty brewed porters and stouts (and a Winter Cider) from ten local brewing companies.

And those breweries are a who’s who of Chattanooga’s best: Big

River, Chattanooga Brewing, Gypsy Circus Cider, Heaven & Ale, Hutton & Smith, Monkey Town, Naked River, OddStory, WanderLinger, and YeeHaw brewing companies.

The event will also feature live music throughout the day and multiple local food trucks to enjoy while drinking your favorite craft beer—with the proceeds benefiting Chattanooga State Community College’s Scholarship Fund that provides financial assistance to college students.

“A core part of what makes Moxy unique is our ability to create events that highlight the local flavors of Chattanooga and the surrounding area, and do it in a fun, exciting

way so we are creating fantastic memories for our guests and locals alike," explians Captain Dwayne Massengale.

One twist, though, is that passes to the Winter Brewfest need to be purchased online via Eventbrite as they won’t be selling passes at the door.

The early bird package (which is available only through this Friday) runs $25 and gets you admission, an event cup, and six drink tickets. Advance general admission tickets cost $15 and include the event cup.

Day-of passes will run $30. And if you want more to drink, individual drink tickets cost just $2 each.

— Michael Thomas

The gunshot in Memphis over 50 years ago put an end to the life of a man who is one of the most revered figures in American history. His persistent relevance to the condition of the country and its people was remarkable and is eternal. In honor of Black History month, I’d like to embark on a series of wisdom from inspirational black leaders, beginning with a few of MLK’s gems: “Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that.”

“Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere.”

“The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort, but where he stands at times of challenge.”

“Life’s most persistent and urgent question is, ‘What are you doing for others?’”

— Rick Pimental-Habib, Ph.D.

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COLUMN · SHRINK RAP

Be Yours, Be Mine The good doctor on relationship reciprocity and heart health

S Dr. Rick

Pulse columnist

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From our significant others and families of origin to our close friendships and mild acquaintances, relationships form the living, evolving fabric of our lives.”

Rick Pimental-Habib, Ph.D., is a psychotherapist, author, minister, and educator in private practice in Chattanooga. Contact him at DrRPH.com, visit his wellness center at WellNestChattanooga.com

O HERE WE ARE IN FEBRUARY …the month of physical heart health and romantic heart health.

Which reminds me about one of my favorite self-care images—it’s a reminder, really—which is a physiology lesson taught to medical students during their early training: the first task of the heart is to pump blood to itself.

When I give talks I often discuss something I call “healthy selfishness”.

The concept usually raises eyebrows of those who hear it for the first time, so conditioned are we to think of anything associated with the word “selfish” as negative.

Yet healthy selfishness really just means good self-care. Sounds simple enough, but rarely are we taught the value of this. That not only is it okay, but it’s important. Much like the heart, if we are to be present with others, we must first make sure we are present to what’s going on within. We must be able to listen, to hear, and to be fully here in the moment. Being available to yourself means that your mind and body are quietly focused and paying attention.

If you can commit to this level of care with yourself, then you’ll be much better able to extend compassion, understanding and care for others.

And this leads us to the (St. Valentine’s) topic of relationships.

Perhaps one of the most important aspects of being human is found in the quality of our relationships. From our significant others and families of origin to our close friendships and mild acquaintances, relationships form the living, evolving fabric of our lives. They reflect back to us who we are and how we think of ourselves. I regularly remind readers and patients alike how important

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it is to surround ourselves with relationships that bring us happiness, provide unconditional support, and leave room for who we are and who we are not.

A basic self-esteem philosophy is this: if you feel good about yourself, respect and care for yourself, then the people who are close to you will reflect that.

Those who share these traits will be attracted by that. On the other hand, if your long-term self-worth is suffering, then you’ll tend to surround yourself with people who reflect that—treating you with a lack of care or consideration.

In other words, we teach others how to treat us based upon how we treat ourselves.

Take a moment to think about the relationships in your own life. Are you tending to them the best you can? Some are rolling along beautifully, providing just what you need—be that love, someone to confide in, a pal to have fun with, or family members to share good times with. Some have a few wrinkles that need ironing out and may require more attention from you.

I’m asked all the time about how to find a healthy relationship. This is how: Honor and nurture the relationship you have with yourself first. This is where it all begins. One of the most succinct

ways to put this comes from drag queen RuPaul: “Honey, if you can’t love yourself, how the hell are you gonna love anyone else?”

I was talking with some friends and fellow animal advocates recently, and they requested I share the following with you. It’s a pretty good guide for developing and nurturing the healthy relationships you desire. So, back by popular demand…

TEN VALUABLE THINGS DOGS CAN TEACH US ABOUT RELATIONSHIPS 1. Forgive mistakes.

2. Make every day special.

3. Show love in big and small ways.

4. Be loyal.

5. Give each other some space.

6. Don’t pretend to be something you’re not.

7. Avoid biting when growling will do.

8. Trust your instincts.

9. When loved ones come home, always greet them.

10. Things don’t matter; time together does.

Until next time: “Lovers don’t meet somewhere along the way. They’re in one another’s souls from the beginning.” — Rumi

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COVER STORY

The Wheels On The Bus Chattanooga public transit, past and present

By Louis Lee Pulse contributor

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Chattanooga is different today.

It will be even more different tomorrow.

What will public transportation look like in the future?”

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MAGINE MORE THAN 300 MILES OF TRACK CONNECTING the North Shore to St. Elmo…Downtown to Lookout Mountain…

Red Bank to Signal Mountain. Comfortable, efficient, affordable electric vehicles moving thousands of people a day to and from work and shopping. A vision of 2020? No, a memory of 1920.

Chattanooga’s past was marked by one of the most advanced public transit systems in the south. Streetcars were the preferred mode of transportation by many in the city for decades in the early 20th century.

Low interest rates, cheap gas, and movement to the suburbs made the rail less attractive as a way of getting around, and so in the 1940s the streetcar fell out of fashion altogether.

Tracks were paved over and forgotten.

Even today, some of the wider streets in town like Market St. and Rossville Blvd.,

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when undergoing a repaving project, can give up the long-hidden tracks.

For decades after, diesel buses and sedan cabs were the only other public transportation available in the Chattanooga area. A private company, Southern Coach Lines, ran routes to and fro from the end of World War II until 1973 when the Chattanooga Area Regional Transit Authority was created.

CARTA has been the torch-bearer ever since.

But Chattanooga is different today. It will be even more different tomorrow.

What will public transportation look like in the future? What factors must be considered when planning for the movement of a population? It’s not easy. It’s part history lesson, part research, part crystal ball, and all subject to change.

Rather than a crystal ball, CARTA has chosen to take a more measured, a more scientific approach. For the last year, the authority has been conducting surveys, hiring consultants, and holding workshops trying to see where people will be in the near future. Where are the jobs going to be? Where will the new houses and apartments be built?

“We’re in the middle of doing a fiveyear plan,” says Lisa Maragnano, Executive Director of CARTA. “We’ve hired Jarrett Walker Consulting and we just had our second workshop with them last week to look at what transportation

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We did handouts, we did payroll stuffers, we did all these things to try and get [people to ride], and people just didn’t want to use it.” could look like in Chattanooga going forward.”

And yet the best-laid plans don’t always work out, even with research. When Volkswagen first began operations at Enterprise South, it was thought bus routes would need to be added to accommodate the thousands of workers there. But when city leaders realized how much that would cost up front, no one was willing to sign a check.

“When I got here,” Maragnano recalls, “we applied for a grant and were awarded a CMAQ (Congestion Mitigation, Air Quality) grant for a three-year pilot project out to Volkswagen.” Maragnano says she felt the grant would lead to success, but the ridership just wasn’t there. As a result, after the grant ran out, two of the routes were dropped. The city provided funding to keep the downtown loop running.

The failure wasn’t from lack of effort.

“We did handouts, we did payroll stuffers, we did all these things to try and get [people to ride],” claims Maragnano, “and people just didn’t want to use it.”

It’s a recurring theme in Chattanooga

where the independence of owning a car, with the freedom of movement and schedule, outweighs any argument, no matter how valid, that public transportation is good for the pocketbook and the environment.

According to NerdWallet.com, the cost of owning an automobile in the United States averages $8,469 per year. Compare that to around $50 for a 30-day allyou-can-ride pass on CARTA. And fewer cars on the road means fewer pollutants in the air. Yet with all the arguments, Chattanoogans still hold onto their cars.

“The car is like a rite of passage here,” laments Maragnano. “Car ownership is very important to people. It shows that they’ve hit a level of success for them, so it’s more of a status symbol, I think.”

Maragnano says CARTA is even trying to meet these car-lovers half way with a Car Share program.

“We have our Car Share program that is on most of our routes,” explains Maragnano. “You really don’t have to have a car. You can take a bus, you can rent a Car Share vehicle for anywhere from 4 to

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9 dollars an hour, depending on the vehicle. You don’t have to pay for gas, insurance…bring the car back and then use the bus to get home.”

Still, Maragnano knows it’s a tough sell.

It may be a question of the chicken and the egg. Will people not give up their cars until they have a more attractive alternative? Is it time to consider adding extra routes? An electric shuttle like in downtown? A light rail system?

Not so fast, says Maragnano.

“Technology is obviously an issue for us, too,” she says. “I mean every time technology changes, there tends to be a lot of technology challenges for us, trying to keep up with it, trying to figure out what’s going to happen with the autonomous vehicle thing, and what route that’s going to take and…I’ve been doing this for 35 years and I’ve never seen so many changes so quickly. One right after another, after another, and they’re not thoroughly vetted.”

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cades now. The free Electric Shuttle runs between the North Shore and Downtown and the Southside, one of the most successful programs of its type in the country. For several years, CARTA has run eight Hybrid Electric buses on fixed routes and plans to add three all-electric buses to the fixed routes any day now.

Light rail is working in many cities… more in the European Union than in the U.S. But the initial cost is a nonstarter.

“It’s been four years now since the proposal came out,” says Justin Strickland, Chairman of the Chattanooga Transportation Board, “and the moment the money started to be discussed, it was stopped dead in its tracks.”

Even though light rail was a popular choice among city residents at several town hall meetings, no one could provide a work-around to the expense of acquiring rights of way, laying tracks, building stations, and buying trains.

Volkswagen has announced an expansion with another 1,000 workers expected to be added to the payroll,

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[Bird] places dozens to hundreds of electric motorized scooters in a city and advertises an app through which users can locate and rent one of the scooters.” not counting additional supplier hires.

That means an influx of new families to the area.

Philip Pugliese, Transportation System Planner for CARTA, has an idea to enlist some of these new residents.

“Somebody new moves to Chattanooga, what’s the first thing they do?” asks Pugliese. “They go online to EPB and get their electric utility, right? And what’s the very next thing EPB does?

They sell them internet. And then you know what’s the next thing they sell them? An entertainment package.”

Pugliese feels this first point of contact would be a great place to extol the virtues of a public transportation lifestyle. “Why shouldn’t your next choice be a transportation package that’s custom-tailored for your location?”

Pugliese says the EPB Customer Service Representative could inform the new Chattanoogan of bus routes near their new home, the availability of bike share, car share, and parking.

CARTA isn't alone in providing transportation that you don’t have to own. Uber and Lyft look to continue their growth in the Chattanooga area and a new service is due any day now.

Bird is a new company that’s made a big impact in cities across the country. The firm places dozens to hundreds of electric motorized scooters in a city and advertises an app through which users can locate and rent one of the scooters.

However, Bird has been met with mixed reviews. Unlike the bike share

program currently in operation in the Scenic City, there are no collection points for these scooters. Riders just leave them at their destination.

The scooters are GPS tracked by employees who pick them up and charge them.

In San Francisco, this has become a problem as the scooters litter the sidewalks, even blocking access to driveways and doorways to the point that the city is now considering legislation to require more control over the distribution of the devices.

Chattanooga has experienced enormous growth over the last three decades and looks to grow even more in the next twenty years. Expansion of our current public transportation infrastructure will be required, as the streets and highways will be unable to handle the increased traffic without major, expensive expansion projects.

The saving grace is that Chattanooga, like other cities, will not be required to depend solely on buses to move people. Ride Share services, taxis, bike rentals and even little electric scooters will allow Chattanoogans to get from here to there efficiently, effectively and even with a little style.

Louis Lee has been a journalist since high school. After a stint in the U.S. Navy, he worked for a newspaper in Baton Rouge.

He is now an awardwinning documentary filmmaker who still likes to cover local news.

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ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT

A Gathering Place For Olde Town

SPOT Venue is a space for arts and movement

Dine Out For H*Art Gallery For years now, one of the most unique art galleries on the Southside has been the H*Art Gallery. Their extended mission is to supply art materials and mentoring classes to artists impacted by homelessness, mental and physical disabilities, and domestic violence, and to artists who are veterans.

But they can’t do it all by themselves. Which is where you come in to the picture.

If you want a do-over or a break from the traditional Feb. 14 Valentine’s Day hoo-hah, check out H*Art Gallery’s five-course dinner, complete with a signature cocktail and paired wine, on Friday, February 15th.

Enjoy a memorable night out for you and your bestie, buddy, partner, or just you. And no matter who you bring, you’ll be expressing that you have a H*Art by supporting the ongoing mission of H*Art Gallery to provide hope and opportunity through art.

Tickets are $75 per person and may be purchased by contacting the Gallery directly at (423) 521-4707 or online via Eventbrite.

The dinner is being hosted by the Gallery, which is located at 110 E. Main St. No problem if you want to buy a special gift for you and/or your guest, as the gallery boasts beautiful, original art for your home, as well as unique art gifts and jewelry.

— Michael Thomas

Photo by Amy Kenyon

By Jenn Webster Pulse Assistant Editor

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There’s an oldstyle embossed ceiling, so high it’s half-lost in shadow, and fans with blades like birch wood propellers emerging from the dim.”

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HILE THE CITY CORE HAS BEEN EXPANDING its cultural offerings, Chattanooga east of the Brainerd Road tunnel is getting a little less love.

However, private business owners are stepping into a space that can often seem like drive-through territory between East County and downtown. One such entrepreneur is Sarah Yvonne Chappell, proprietress of SPOT Venue at 3214 Brainerd Road.

A former soloist with Alabama Ballet, Chappell has roots in the community; for a while she and her children crowded into a tiny apartment right over the building next door. But now she’s thriving as an event planner, dancer, choreographer, and business owner. And she’s creating a space where magic can

happen. SPOT Venue is part event space, part movement arts studio.

The combination works well, with the event space funding Chappell’s creative work.

“I have to go home and crunch the numbers,” she says breathlessly when we meet. She’s rosy-faced from the cold air, wearing a snug cap, garnet-colored turtleneck, and black Adidas. She looks like a woman on the go, radiating energy.

I soon find out that spirit of can-do! infuses all her projects, especially SPOT. “SPOT began as a way to fill a need,” Chappell says. “[Chattanoo-

ga had] big-time spaces like the Tivoli, UTC, and Barking Legs... Then there were children’s [dance] schools. But there was nothing in between. A place where you can mess up and learn.

A place that graciously allowed for messiness and mistakes.”

When the space on Brainerd Road became available, Chappell took advantage. And what a space it is. It’s nothing more than a big, empty, softly echoing storefront, but it’s magical.

You could imagine the acrobats of “The Night Circus” rehearsing here.

There’s an old-style embossed ceiling, so high it’s half-lost in shadow, and fans with blades like birch wood propellers emerging from the dim.

The marley-over-wood dance floor is large and decently springy.

Two enormous mirrors, mounted on carved wooden frames, can be rolled to make any side “front” or cleared out of the way for performances.

There’s a stage where a band can set up. Even with a big performance space cleared out, there’s plenty of room around for seating and exhibits. If you want to host a shabby-chic wedding, a trendy corporate event, or an album-drop party, SPOT Venue is definitely your spot.

At SPOT, Chappell wanted to initiate her own program of dance teaching and performance. That dream, too, is slowly coming to fruition. SPOT Venue has a home company—the

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At SPOT, Chappell wanted to initiate her own program of dance teaching and performance. That dream, too, is slowly coming to fruition.”

nascent Ballet Esprit—and also offers a curated selection of dance and athletic classes from artists across the community.

In addition to Ballet Esprit’s children’s and adult programs, SPOT is home to Nooga Kids Kung Fu with Master Ziwei Guo and Unfurl Community Yoga. SPOT hosts programs such as TUNE Personal Training; Zy’Mori, a hip hop nonprofit; FIT4MOM; and Doors Open Jazz, another community non-profit.

SPOT Venue has twice hosted “Celebrations”, collaborative live performances, and will host this year’s “The Road: Exploring Healing & Recovery Through the Arts”.

THE BUSINESS EXPERIENCE “[Starting a business] was very intimidating, especially for someone who’s been a stay-at-home mom for 15 years,” says Chappell, who recently obtained a bachelor’s degree in business. “With SPOT, I’ve had to grow in ways I didn’t know existed.

I’m confronted with realities that affect the community.”

For instance, she’s had to balance staying viable as a for-profit—SPOT supports her and her family—while doing business with local community members and nascent artists, many of whom may be struggling financially.

“As supportive as I want to be, I have to support SPOT first,” she concluded.

With other Olde Town business owners, Chappell is looking to make life easier for everyone in the neighborhood, addressing issues such as the speeding on Brainerd Road, which endangers customers and local pedestrians. She’s also trying to create a physically healthy space for people—SPOT is green|spaces certified, and offers an eco-friendly environment with fresh water to drink and clean air to breathe.

New business owners almost inevitably face challenges starting out, and Chappell is no exception. But she’s taken every hurdle as an opportunity to learn, and the result is a synergistic space for collaboration, creativity, and sharing.

To learn more, visit spotvenue.co

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Black Faces, Voices, and Spaces

“Side Show”

Steve Martin’s “The Underpants”

Works with an introspective look of maneuvering through life in America as a black person.

6:30 p.m.

Chattanooga Theatre Centre 400 River St. theatrecentre.com

A cult favorite, though short lived, musical from the 1996 season on Broadway about the conjoined Hilton twins.

7:30 p.m.

Barking Legs Theater 1307 Dodds Ave. barkinglegs.org

Theobald Maske has an unusual problem: his wife's underpants won't stay on. Whoops.

7:30 p.m.

St. Luke UMC 3210 Social Cir. stlukechatt.org

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ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT CALENDAR Aces Casino Night

THURSDAY2.7 Red Wolf Revival Film Screening Noon Reflection Riding Arboretum 400 Garden Rd. (423) 821-1160 reflectionriding.org Urban Farmers Market and Marketplace 3 p.m.

Miller Park 910 Market St. (239) 672-0830 millerparkmarket.com Naughty Knights Chess Meetup 5 p.m.

Hutton & Smith Brewing Co. 431 E. MLK Blvd.

(423) 760-3600 huttonandsmithbrewing.com Vision + Verse: Rhyme n Chatt Bringing New Voices to the Mansion 6 p.m.

The Hunter Museum of American Art 10 Bluff View Ave. (423) 267-0968 huntermuseum.org Maker Night 6 p.m.

Heritage House Arts & Civic Center 1428 Jenkins Rd. (423) 855-9474 chattanooga.gov

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Valentine’s Card Making Social 6 p.m.

Chattanooga Workspace 302 W. 6th St. (423) 822-5750 chattanoogaworkspace.com Bike Bar Hop Honoring Sandy The Flower Man 6:30 p.m.

HiFi Clyde’s 122 W. Main St. (423) 362-8335 hificlydeschattanooga.com Black Faces, Voices, and Spaces 6:30 p.m.

Chattanooga Theatre Centre 400 River St. (423) 267-8534 theatrecentre.com Mr. Showtime David Scott 7:30 p.m.

The Comedy Catch 1400 Market St. (423) 629-2233 thecomedycatch.com Alcoholics Not Anonymous Comedy Open Mic 8 p.m.

Barley Taproom 235 E. MLK Blvd.

(423) 682-8200 chattanoogabarley.com Country Line Dancing Class 8 p.m.

Westbound Bar 24 Station St. (423) 498-3069 westboundbar.com

FRIDAY2.8 Red Wolf Revival Film Screening Noon Reflection Riding Arboretum 400 Garden Rd. (423) 821-1160 reflectionriding.org Out On 8th 5 p.m.

West Village 802 Pine St. (423) 424-1831 westvillagechattanooga.com “Fireflies” 6:45 p.m.

Signal Crest United Methodist Church 1005 Ridgeway Ave. Signal Mountain, TN (423) 886-2330 signalcrestumc.org Aces Casino Night 7 p.m.

Stratton Hall 3146 Broad St. (423) 667-4332 strattonhall.com “Free Solo” 7 p.m.

Tennessee Aquarium IMAX 3D Theater 201 Chestnut St. (423) 266-4629 tnaqua.org/imax “Side Show” 7:30 p.m.

Barking Legs Theater

1307 Dodds Ave. (423) 624-5347 barkinglegs.org Mr. Showtime David Scott 7:30, 9:45 p.m.

The Comedy Catch 1400 Market St. (423) 629-2233 thecomedycatch.com Steve Martin’s “The Underpants” 7:30 p.m.

St. Luke UMC 3210 Social Cir. (423) 877-6447 stlukechatt.org Improv “Movie” Night: Larry Potter And The Amazing Audience Suggestion 8 p.m.

Improv Chattanooga 1800 Rossville Ave. (423) 843-1775 improvchattanooga.com Video Game Night 8 p.m.

Stone Cup Cafe 208 Frazier Ave. (423) 521-3977 stonecupcafe.com Ruby Falls Lantern Tours 8:30 p.m.

Ruby Falls 1720 S. Scenic Hwy. (423) 821-2544 rubyfalls.com Cut-Throat Comedy Couple Kerfuffle 9 p.m.

The Palace Theater

Improv Chattanooga 818 Georgia Ave. (423) 803-6578 chattpalace.com Good, Old-Fashioned Improv Show 10 p.m.

Improv Chattanooga 1800 Rossville Ave. (423) 843-1775 improvchattanooga.com 1st Annual Red Party 11 p.m.

The Palace Theater 818 Georgia Ave. (423) 803-6578 chattpalace.com

SATURDAY2.9 Chattanooga Football Club Open Tryouts 9 a.m.

Finley Stadium 1826 Carter St. chattanoogafc.com Cupid’s Chase 5K Run 9 a.m.

Chattanooga Echelon 822 McCallie Ave. (423) 756-1023 csarmy.org/echelon.asp Jewelry Trunk Show with Theresa St. Romain 11 a.m.

River Gallery 400 E. 2nd St (423) 265-5033 river-gallery.com Red Wolf Revival Film

Screening Noon Reflection Riding Arboretum 400 Garden Rd. (423) 821-1160 reflectionriding.org A Cold One Winter Beerfest 2 p.m.

The Moxy 1220 King St. (423) 664-1180 moxy-hotels.marriott.com “Once on This Island, Jr.” 2:30 p.m.

Chattanooga Theatre Centre 400 River St. (423) 267-8534 theatrecentre.com Bobby Stone Film Series: “Casablanca” 3, 7 p.m.

Tivoli Theatre 709 Broad St. (423) 757-5580 tivolichattanooga.com Save Water Drink Wine 6 p.m.

The Barn Nursery 1801 E. 24th St. Pl. (423) 698-2276 barnnursery.com Winter in West Village 6 p.m.

West Village 802 Pine St. westvillagechattanooga.com “Fireflies” 6:45 p.m.

Signal Crest United Methodist Church

1005 Ridgeway Ave. Signal Mountain, TN (423) 886-2330 signalcrestumc.org “Free Solo” 7 p.m.

Tennessee Aquarium IMAX 3D Theater 201 Chestnut St. (423) 266-4629 tnaqua.org/imax “Don’t Break Down” (Jawbreaker Doc) 7 p.m.

The Palace Theater 818 Georgia Ave. (423) 803-6578 chattpalace.com “Side Show” 7:30 p.m.

Barking Legs Theater 1307 Dodds Ave. (423) 624-5347 barkinglegs.org Mr. Showtime David Scott 7:30, 9:45 p.m.

The Comedy Catch 1400 Market St. (423) 629-2233 thecomedycatch.com Steve Martin’s “The Underpants” 7:30 p.m.

St. Luke UMC 3210 Social Cir. (423) 877-6447 stlukechatt.org Broad Stroke Artists 7:30 p.m.

WanderLinger Art Gallery

1208 King St. (423) 269-7979 wanderlinger.com Your Stories 8 p.m.

Improv Chattanooga 1800 Rossville Ave. (423) 843-1775 improvchattanooga.com Chattanooga Heart Ball Cabaret Late Party 8 p.m.

The Chattanoogan 1201 Broad St. (423) 756-3400 chattanooganhotel.com Romance at Ruby 9 p.m.

Ruby Falls 1720 S. Scenic Hwy. (423) 821-2544 rubyfalls.com Whose Line Chattanooga 10 p.m.

Improv Chattanooga 1800 Rossville Ave. (423) 843-1775 improvchattanooga.com

SUNDAY2.10 Portrait Sculpting Demo 1 p.m.

Art Creations 7351 Commons Blvd.

(423) 266-3626 art-creations.com “Once on This Island, Jr.” 2:30 p.m.

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ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT CALENDAR

“Free Solo” Chattanooga Theatre Centre 400 River St. (423) 267-8534 theatrecentre.com “Side Show” 2:30 p.m.

Barking Legs Theater 1307 Dodds Ave. (423) 624-5347 barkinglegs.org Steve Martin’s “The Underpants” 2:30 p.m.

St. Luke UMC 3210 Social Cir. (423) 877-6447 stlukechatt.org “Free Solo” 6 p.m.

Tennessee Aquarium IMAX 3D Theater 201 Chestnut St. (423) 266-4629 tnaqua.org/imax Mr. Showtime David Scott 7:30 p.m.

The Comedy Catch 1400 Market St. (423) 629-2233 thecomedycatch.com

MONDAY2.11 Publishing Your Creative Writing 5:30 p.m.

Chattanooga Workspace 302 W. 6th St. (423) 822-5750

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chattanoogaworkspace.com Winter Belly Dance Session 5:45 p.m.

Movement Arts Collective 3813 Dayton Blvd.

(423) 401-8115 movementartscollective.com Joggers & Lagers 6 p.m.

Chattanooga Brewing Co. 1804 Chestnut St. chattabrew.com Galentine’s Flower Arranging 6 p.m.

Fox & Fern Botanical Styling 807 Chestnut St. (423) 838-3376 foxandfernstyle.com Beginner Embroidery: Valentine’s Day 6 p.m.

Chattanooga Workspace 302 W. 6th St. (423) 822-5750 chattanoogaworkspace.com

TUESDAY2.12 Wake Up & Run 6 a.m.

Fleet Feet Sports 307 Manufacturers Rd. (423) 771-7996 fleetfeetchattanooga.com Red Wolf Revival Film Screening Noon Reflection Riding Arboretum 400 Garden Rd.

(423) 821-1160 reflectionriding.org Chess K-night 5 p.m.

Mad Priest Coffee Roasters 1900 Broad St. (423) 393-3834 madpriestcoffee.com Winter Wine Dinner Benefitting Battle Academy 6 p.m.

The Feed Co. Table & Tavern 201 W. Main St. (423) 708-8500 feedtableandtavern.com Air Fryer 101 6 p.m.

Chattanooga Workspace 302 W. 6th St. (423) 822-5750 chattanoogaworkspace.com Tuesday Night Chess Club 6 p.m.

Downtown Library 1001 Broad St. (423) 643-7700 chattlibrary.com Paths to Pints along the Riverwalk 6:30 p.m.

The Tap House 3800 St. Elmo Ave. (239) 682-8234 taphousechatt.com “Love and Information” 7:30 p.m.

Lindsay Street Hall 901 Lindsay St. (423) 894-0115 901lindsay.com

WEDNESDAY2.13 Lunch & Learn: EPA Superfund Cleanup of Chattanooga 11:30 a.m. green|spaces 63 E. Main St. (423) 648-0963 greenspaceschattanooga.org Red Wolf Revival Film Screening Noon Reflection Riding Arboretum 400 Garden Rd. (423) 821-1160 reflectionriding.org Main Street Market 4 p.m.

522 W. Main St. mainstfarmersmarket.com Naughty Knights Chess Meetup 7:30 p.m.

The Bitter Alibi 825 Houston St. (423) 362-5070 thebitteralibi.com “Love and Information” 7:30 p.m.

Lindsay Street Hall 901 Lindsay St. (423) 894-0115 901lindsay.com Map these locations on chattanoogapulse.com. Send event listings at least 10 days in advance to: calendar@chattanoogapulse.com

FREE WILL ASTROLOGY AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): Can you sit on your own head? Not many people can. It requires great flexibility. Before comedian Robin Williams was famous, he spontaneously did just that when he auditioned for the role of the extraterrestrial immigrant Mork, the hero of the TV sitcom Mork and Mindy. The casting director was impressed with Williams’ odd but amusing gesture, and hired him immediately. If you’re presented with an opportunity sometime soon, I encourage you to be inspired by the comedian’s ingenuity. What might you do to cinch your audition, to make a splashy first impression, to convince interested parties that you’re the right person?

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): Twitter wit Notorious Debi Hope advises us, “Before you diagnose yourself with depression or low selfesteem, first make sure that you are not, in fact, just surrounded by assho--s.” That’s wise counsel for you to keep in mind during the next three weeks. Let me add a few corollaries. First, stave off any temptation you might have to believe that others know what’s good for you better than you do. Second, figure out what everyone thinks of you and aggressively liberate yourself from their opinions. Third, if anyone even hints at not giving you the respect you deserve, banish them for at least three weeks.

ARIES (March 21-April 19): Climbing mountains has been a popular adventure since the nineteenth century, but there are still many peaks around the world that no one has ever ascended. They include the 24,591-fot-high Muchu Chhish in Pakistan, 23,691foot Karjiang South in Tibet, and 12,600-foot Sauyr Zhotasy on the border of China and Kazakhstan. If there are any Aries mountaineers reading this horoscope who have been dreaming about conquering an unclimbed peak, 2019 will be a great time to do it, and now would be a perfect moment to plan or launch your quest. As for the rest of you Aries, what’s your personal equivalent of reaching the top of an unclimbed peak?

TAURUS (April 20-May 20): Eminem’s song “Lose Yourself” was a featured track in the movie 8 Mile, and it won an Academy Award for Best Original Song in 2003. The creator himself was not present at the Oscar ceremony to accept his award, however. He was so convinced his song would lose that he stayed home. At the moment that presenter Barbra Streisand announced Eminem’s triumph, he was asleep in front of the TV with his daughter, who was watching cartoons. In contrast to him, I hope you will be fully available and on the scene for the recognition or acknowledgment that should be coming your way sometime soon.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20): While enjoying its leisure time, the peregrine falcon glides around at 50 miles per hour. But when it’s motivated by the desire to eat, it may swoop and dart at a velocity of 220 miles per hour. Amazing! In accordance with your astrological omens, Gemini, I propose that we make the peregrine falcon your spirit creature for the next three weeks. I suspect you will have extraordinary speed and agility and focus whenever you’re hunting for exactly what you want. So here’s a crucial question: what exactly do you want?

Childish Gambino when he performs his music. How did he select that alias? He used an online random name generator created by the rap group Wu-Tang Clan. I tried the same generator and got “Fearless Warlock” as my new moniker.

You might want to try it yourself, Libra. The coming weeks will be an excellent time to add layers to your identity and expand your persona and mutate your self-image.

The generator is here: tinyurl.com/ yournewname. (P.S.: If you don’t like the first one you’re offered, keep trying until you get one you like.)

CANCER (June 21-July 22): Now and then the sun shines and rain falls at the same time. The meteorological name for the phenomenon is “sunshower,” but folklore provides other terms. Hawaiians may call it “liquid sunshine” or “ghost rain.” Speakers of the Tangkhul language in India imagine it as “the wedding of a human and spirit.” Some Russians refer to it as “mushroom rain,” since it’s thought to encourage the growth of mushrooms. Whatever you might prefer to call it, Cancerian, I suspect that the foreseeable future will bring you delightful paradoxes in a similar vein. And in my opinion, that will be very lucky for you, since you’ll be in the right frame of mind and spirit to thrive amidst just such situations.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): Leonardo da Vinci’s painting Salvator Mundi sold for $450 million in 2017. Just twelve years earlier, an art collector had bought it for $10,000. Why did its value increase so extravagantly? Because in 2005, no one was sure it was an authentic da Vinci painting. It was damaged and had been covered with other layers of paint that hid the original image. After extensive efforts at restoration, the truth about it emerged. I foresee the possibility of a comparable, if less dramatic, development in your life during the next ten months, Scorpio. Your work to rehabilitate or renovate an underestimated resource could bring big dividends.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): A study by the Fidelity financial services company revealed that in 43% of all couples, neither partner has an accurate knowledge of how much money the other partner earns.

Meanwhile, research by the National Institute of Health concludes that among heterosexual couples, 36 percent of husbands misperceive how frequently their wives have orgasms. I bring this to your attention in order to sharpen your focus on how crucial it is to communicate clearly with your closest allies. I mean, it’s rarely a good idea to be ignorant about what’s going on with those close to you, but it’ll be an especially bad idea during the next six weeks.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): Torre Mayor is one of the tallest skyscrapers in Mexico City. When workers finished its construction in 2003, it was one of the world’s most earthquake-proof buildings, designed to hold steady during an 8.5-level temblor. Over the course of 2019, Virgo, I’d love to see you erect the metaphorical equivalent of that unshakable structure in your own life. The astrological omens suggest that doing so is quite possible. And the coming weeks will be an excellent time to launch that project or intensify your efforts to manifest it.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): Multitalented Libran singer and actor Donald Glover uses the name of

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): We can behold colors because of specialized cells in our eyes called cones. Most of us have three types of cones, but a few rare people have four. This enables them to see far more hues than the rest of us. Are you a tetrachromat, a person with super-vision? Whether you are or not, I suspect you will have extra powerful perceptual capacities in the coming weeks.

According to my analysis of the astrological omens, you will be able to see more than you usually do.

The world will seem brighter and deeper and more vivid. I urge you to deploy your temporary superpower to maximum advantage.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): There are two kinds of minor, boring little tasks. One is when you’re attending to a detail that’s not in service to a higher purpose; the other is when you’re attending to a detail that is a crucial step in the process of fulfilling an important goal. An example of the first might be when you try in vain to scour a permanent stain on a part of the kitchen counter that no one ever sees. An example of the second is when you download an update for an existing piece of software so your computer works better and you can raise your efficiency levels as you pursue a pet project.

The coming weeks will be an excellent time to keep this distinction in mind as you focus on the minor, boring little tasks that are crucial steps in the process of eventually fulfilling an important goal.

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THE MUSIC SCENE

Don’t Break Down Comes To The Palace Celebrate the Socrates to rock-n-roll’s Athens

Overcoming Personal Trauma With Songwriting When tragedy strikes, our emotions are often momentarily fixed in an air of confusion and grief. Moving forward, we attempt to recover, but doing so can be remarkably different for each of us.

For BJ Barham, tragedy would motivate the singer-songwriter to complete his album Birmingham, a personal meditation of abstract nostalgia on individuals and locations he lived amongst.

During November 2015, Barham was in Belgium, only two hours away from the terrorist attacks which struck Paris.

In two days after the fateful attacks, Barham had begun and finished writing Birmingham. The solo LP features conceptual narratives which are fictional yet realistic in Barham’s eyes. He addresses the death of small towns in America, the misfortunes of the blue-collar worker, and even his daughter who was yet to be conceived with picturesque acoustic musings.

Clearly, he sees himself in these challenges, even if he did not actually face them at the time he was writing. Barham’s work is evidence that the abstractions of the past and the future can have a vivid effect on the songwriting of the present.

Fans can see Barham at Songbirds North in the Choo Choo Entertainment Complex this Saturday evening at 7 p.m., performing songs from Birmingham along with his band, American Aquarium. — Jason Dale

By Marc T. Michael Pulse Music Editor

“

Billed as a ‘rags to riches to rags story’, the movie illustrates that punk will never die,”

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“W

HEN I REALLY FELT LIKE PUNK was dead, then I realized it was a good time to be a part of it.”

So reads the title page for the website of Don’t Break Down, the documentary that traced the rise and fall (and, perhaps, rebirth) of Jawbreaker Doc, one of the most important punk acts of the modern era.

There’s a lot to unpack in

that simple quote.

When did punk die? Maybe it was the moment that some marketing types decided it was a saleable commodity.

Maybe it was the 1980 release of Alvin and the Chipmunk’s Chipmunk Punk. Maybe it was the early eighties

when local news programs presented fluff pieces about “those weirdoes with their strange hair and safety pins in their faces” as something to gawk at and ridicule.

Or maybe it never died.

Maybe it just went back to where it was most comfortable, to the dirty basements, garages, and dangerous dive bars in the bad parts of town.

If rock and roll was the rebel music of the prior generation, punk music was the answer to the bloated, neutered, middle-aged carcass rock had become, and that response has never faded.

To the contrary, I would suggest that punk, unlike any other genre, is a musical phoenix that spreads its wings, has a moment in the sun, then evaporates in a burst of flame only to rise from the ashes, renewed.

The Palace Theater, another of Chattanooga’s unsung treasures, is a self-described art house outlet serving up independent, underground, gritty art in all forms and

fashions, including live music and comedy.

This Saturday, they will be screening the Don’t Break Down documentary about Jawbreaker Doc, the band whose turbulent history is itself a snapshot of the punk movement as a whole.

Billed as a “rags to riches to rags story,” the movie illustrates that punk will never die, even as it exposes the forces—both internal and external—that have been hell-bent on killing it since it began.

Two of the area’s favorite punk acts, Dalton’s Chop Top Sawyer and Chattanooga’s own Mixed Signals, will be performing live that night in support of the film, the theater, and the scene. The evening promises to be an

Lady Gwendolyn’s Bleeding Heart Ball

Dark Princess Theatre returns just in time for Valentine’s weekend with a time-traveling romp through the wonderfully seedy and sinful Prohibition era at Gwendolyn’s Bleeding Heart Ball.

Slated for Saturday. February 16th, from 7 to 11 p.m. at the gorgeous Gordon-Lee Mansion ballroom in Chickamauga, the event features dinner, dessert, door prizes, a live performance from the period-appropriate 9th Street Stompers, a silent auction, cash bar, assorted entertainers and a live interactive performance from the Dark Princess Theatre group.

The gin wasn’t made in a bathtub, but otherwise the one-night-only recreation of an era when fun was outlawed, so only outlaws had fun, is picture perfect.

Grab your favorite guy or doll and strap in for a tour de force of entertainment from some of the areas favorite musicians, artists and actors!

Swinging jazz, slinging booze, gorgeous costumes and murder; what better way to celebrate Valentine’s Day this year?

This annual event typically sells out early so get your tickets now at darkprincesstheatre.com — MTM

all-inclusive experience of a genre of music that, nearly fifty years after its birth, continues to carry the rebellious flag of what rock and roll was always supposed to be.

Doors open at 7p.m. and tickets are available now. At $10 a head for two great bands and one of the genre’s most powerful films, it’s a bargain at twice the price.

THU2.7

FRI2.8

SAT2.9

Superbody, Dirty Blonde, Luke Wild, Mariela

Ashley and the X’s

Songwriter Showcase

One of Chattanooga's best bands rocks out a Friday night at one of the Southside's best music venues.

9 p.m.

HiFi Clyde’s 122 W. Main St. hificlydeschattanooga.com

Hara Paper, Toby Hewitt, and Jason Lyles showcase their prodigous talents with a locals only night at The Spot.

7 p.m.

The Spot 1800 E. Main St. spotvenue.co

Get an early start to the weekend with a night of rock-n-roll.

8 p.m.

JJ’s Bohemia 231 E. MLK Blvd. jjsbohemia.com

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LIVE MUSIC CALENDAR Muriel Anderson

THURSDAY2.7 James Crumble Trio 6 p.m.

St. John’s Meeting Place 1278 Market St. stjohnsrestaurant.com Danimal & Friends 6 p.m.

WanderLinger Brewing Co. 1208 King St. wanderlinger.com Locals Only Night 6 p.m.

Puckett’s Grocery & Restaurant 2 Aquarium Way puckettsgro.com John Carroll 6:30 p.m.

Westin Alchemy Bar 801 Pine St. westinchattanooga.com Black Faces, Voices, and Spaces 6:30 p.m.

Chattanooga Theatre Centre 400 River St. theatrecentre.com Open Mic Night 6:30 p.m.

Whole Foods Market 301 Manufacturers Rd. wholefoodsmarket.com Toby Hewitt 7 p.m.

Backstage Bar 29 Station St. backstagechattanooga.com Jesse James & Tim Neal 7:30 p.m.

Mexi-Wing VII

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5773 Brainerd Rd. (423) 296-1073 Faculty Recital: Clint Schmitt Holly Mulcahy, and Tim Hinck 7:30 p.m.

Ackerman Auditorium 4881 Taylor Cir. southern.edu Slo-Time 7:30 p.m.

The Feed Co. Table & Tavern 201 W. Main St. feedtableandtavern.com Superbody, Dirty Blonde, Luke Wild, and Mariela 8 p.m.

JJ’s Bohemia 231 E. MLK Blvd. jjsbohemia.com Jimmy Dormire 8 p.m.

The Social 1110 Market St. publichousechattanooga.com Open Mic Night with Jonathan Wimpee 9 p.m.

The Office @ City Cafe 901 Carter St. citycafemenu.com

FRIDAY2.8 Zech Dallas 6 p.m.

Cadence Coffee Co. 11 E. 7th St. cadencecoffeeco.com Reese & Rosser Band 6 p.m.

Heaven & Ale Brewing Co.

9431 Bradmore Ln heavenandalebrewing.com Preston Ruffing 6:30 p.m.

Westin Alchemy Bar 801 Pine St. westinchattanooga.com Maria Sable 6:30 p.m.

Westin Dorato Bar 801 Pine St. westinchattanooga.com Michael Hitchcock 7 p.m.

The Tap House 3800 St. Elmo Ave. taphousechatt.com Tim Lewis 7 p.m.

El Meson 248 Northgate Park elmesonchattanooga.com Jonathan Wimpee 7 p.m.

WanderLinger Brewing Co. 1208 King St. wanderlinger.com Muriel Anderson 7 p.m.

Songbirds North 35 Station St. museum.songbirds.rocks Cosmic Collective Trio 7 p.m.

Oddstory Brewing Company 336 E. MLK Blvd. oddstorybrewing.co Stellar’s Jay 7 p.m.

Heaven & Ale Brewing Co. 300 Cherokee Blvd. heavenandalebrewing.com

Moniker, Mythical Motors 8 p.m.

Barley Taproom & Bottleshop 235 E. MLK Blvd. chattanoogabarley.com Good Morning Bedlam 8 p.m.

Virgola 608 Georgia Ave. chattanoogawinebar.com Disney’s DCappella 8 p.m.

Tivoli Theatre 709 Broad St. tivolichattanooga.com Amber Carrington 8:30 p.m.

Puckett’s Restaurant 2 W. Aquarium Way puckettsgro.com Rock the 90’s USA 9 p.m.

Songbirds South 35 Station St. museum.songbirds.rocks Radio Tiger 9 p.m.

The Feed Co. Table & Tavern 201 W. Main St. feedtableandtavern.com Ashley and the X’s 9 p.m.

HiFi Clyde’s 122 W. Main St. hificlydeschattanooga.com Chief Kaya, King Shotta, and SpinChilla 9 p.m.

JJ’s Bohemia 231 E. MLK Blvd. jjsbohemia.com Webb Barringer

9:30 p.m.

Tremont Tavern 1203 Hixson Pike tremonttavern.com Aunt Betty 10 p.m.

Bud’s Sports Bar 5751 Brainerd Rd. budssportsbar.com

Martin Sexton

SATURDAY2.9 John Buckner Duo 6 p.m.

The Palms at Hamilton 6925 Shallowford Rd. thepalmsathamilton.com Ryan Oyer 6:30 p.m.

Westin Alchemy Bar 801 Pine St. westinchattanooga.com Gino Fanelli 6:30 p.m.

Westin Dorato Bar 801 Pine St. westinchattanooga.com McKamey's Karen Peck And New River Inspirations Primitive Quartet 6:30 p.m.

Memorial Auditorium 399 McCallie Ave. tivolichattanooga.com Tom Neilson 7 p.m.

Charles & Myrtle’s Coffeehouse 105 McBrien Rd. christunity.org BJ Barham 7 p.m.

Songbirds North 35 Station St. museum.songbirds.rocks Forever Bluegrass 7 p.m.

Westbound Bar 24 Station St. westboundbar.com Tim Lewis 7 p.m.

El Meson 248 Northgate Park elmesonchattanooga.com Songwriter Showcase: Hara Paper, Toby Hewitt, Jason Lyles 7 p.m.

The Spot 1800 E. Main St. spotvenue.co School of Music Pops Concert

8 p.m.

Ackerman Auditorium 4881 Taylor Cir. southern.edu Barrett Baber 8:30 p.m.

Puckett’s Restaurant 2 W. Aquarium Way puckettsgro.com Jerry Garcia Band Cover Band with Winston Ramble 9 p.m.

Songbirds South 35 Station St. museum.songbirds.rocks Sam Holt and Friends 9 p.m.

HiFi Clyde’s 122 W. Main St. hificlydeschattanooga.com Three Star Revival and Vegabonds 9 p.m.

JJ’s Bohemia 231 E. MLK Blvd. jjsbohemia.com Aunt Betty 10 p.m.

Bud’s Sports Bar 5751 Brainerd Rd. budssportsbar.com

SUNDAY2.10 Bobby Burns & Gordy Nichol 11 a.m.

Flying Squirrel Bar 55 Johnson St. flyingsquirrelbar.com Carl Pemberton 11 a.m.

Westin Chattanooga 801 Pine St. westinchattanooga.com Kyle Nachtigal 1:30 p.m.

Flying Squirrel Bar 55 Johnson St. flyingsquirrelbar.com Bluegrass Jam 4 p.m.

Fiddlers Anonymous 2248 Dayton Blvd.

(423) 994-7497 The Other Brothers 5:30 p.m.

WanderLinger Brewing Co. 1208 King St. wanderlinger.com Open Mic with Jeff Daniels 6 p.m.

Long Haul Saloon 2536 Cummings Hwy. (423) 822-9775 Martin Sexton 7 p.m.

Songbirds North 35 Station St. museum.songbirds.rocks

MONDAY2.11 Open Air with Jessica Nunn 6 p.m.

The Granfalloon 400 E. Main St. granfalloonchattanooga.com Mike Mcdade 6:30 p.m.

Westin Alchemy Bar 801 Pine St. westinchattanooga.com

Monday Nite Big Band 7 p.m.

The Coconut Room 6925 Shallowford Rd. thepalmsathamilton.com Very Open Mic with Shawnessey Cargile 8 p.m.

The Well 1800 Rossville Blvd. #8 wellonthesouthside.com

TUESDAY2.12 Yoga/Sound with Maggie, Danimal & Frenchy 6 p.m.

WanderLinger Brewing Co. 1208 King St. wanderlinger.com Matt Downer 6:30 p.m.

Westin Alchemy Bar 801 Pine St. westinchattanooga.com Young the Giant 7 p.m.

The Signal 1810 Chestnut St. thesignaltn.com Danimal 7 p.m.

Backstage Bar 29 Station St. backstagechattanooga.com Space Jam Open Mic with Xll Olympians 7 p.m.

Barley Taproom 235 E. MLK Blvd. chattanoogabarley.com

G. Love & Special Sauce 8 p.m.

Tivoli Theatre 709 Broad St. tivolichattanooga.com Pigeons Playing Ping Pong, with Mungion 8 p.m.

Songbirds South 35 Station St. museum.songbirds.rocks Live Jam Session with Freddy Mc & Friends 8 p.m.

Granfalloon 400 E. Main St. granfalloonchattanooga.com Open Mic with Mike McDade 8 p.m.

Tremont Tavern 1203 Hixson Pike tremonttavern.com

WEDNESDAY2.13 Amber Fults 6:30 p.m.

Westin Alchemy Bar 801 Pine St. westinchattanooga.com Jesse James Jungkurth 7 p.m.

Backstage Bar 29 Station St. backstagechattanooga.com Jazz in the Lounge 8 p.m.

Barking Legs Theater 1307 Dodds Ave. barkinglegs.org Black Magic Flower Power, Pinecone, Genki Genki Panic 8 p.m.

JJ’s Bohemia 231 E. MLK Blvd. jjsbohemia.com Priscilla & Little Rickee 8 p.m.

Las Margaritas 1101 Hixson Pike (423) 756-3332 Sam Carter Band 9 p.m.

The Palms at Hamilton 6925 Shallowford Rd. thepalmsathamilton.com Map these locations on chattanoogapulse.com. Send event listings at least 10 days in advance to: calendar@chattanoogapulse.com

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ERNIE PAIK'S RECORD REVIEWS

New Music From Tonada Baile Cantado, Hama yielding rewards for those who dive into the details and can both make connections between styles and also understand distinctions.

M Tonada Baile Cantado Rueda de Bullerengue, Volume 2 (Names You Can Trust)

Hama Houmeissa (Sahel Sounds)

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The four songs of Rueda de Bullerengue, Volume 2 are crammed on a 7-inch vinyl EP, also available as digital downloads, and once it starts playing, it’s pretty much an unstoppable force, driven by intense and passionate percussion including conga drum beats and rumbles, insistent and jittery maraca shakes, and hand claps.

The women’s voices are organized into charged calland-response exchanges between a solo singer and a chorus, with occasional interjections, as if exploding forth from the song structures, of enthusiastic and uninhibited outbursts and vocalizing—however, the songs are tight and precise, never going off the rails.

The specific rhythms and brisk speed are key to defining these varieties of north Colombian bullerengue music with an energy injection that doesn’t let up for the EP’s duration, and these subtle differences underscore the richness of this culture,

he Rueda de Bullerengue series from the Brooklyn label Names You Can Trust grew from the New York collective Bulla en el Barrio, dedicated to putting a spotlight on Colombian music—bullerengue, in particular—through monthly performances and workshops.

While the first volume of the series was credited to Bulla en el Barrio, the new, second volume was recorded by the ensemble Tonada Baile Cantado, in a studio in its hometown, the north Colombia city of Barranquilla, near the Caribbean Sea and produced by Bulla en el Barrio members Camilo Rodriguez and Diana Herrera.

The bullerengue tradition draws from African and Caribbean sources, with a frantically upbeat and celebratory style of music, incorporating essential elements of hand-struck drum rhythms, spirited chants, and dancing. On these recordings, core rhythms based on the structures of chalupa and fandango are showcased.

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aking a techno version of a traditional folk song might seem like a hopelessly ill-founded idea, and there are supporting examples such as the novelty 1994 Eurodance rendition of “Cotton Eye Joe” by the Swedish band Rednex—a track so obnoxious it goes beyond the realm of mere aesthetics and taste, capable of triggering an allergic reaction for this writer.

Then there’s the keyboardist Hama (real name: Mouhamadou Moussa) from the city of Niamey in the West African nation Niger, whose instrumentals— based on traditional folk song melodies and Tuareg guitar tunes—gained popularity as MP3 files being swapped from cell phone to cell phone.

While his previous album Torodi was created using a hard-to-find Yamaha PSR64 keyboard, which had the capability of playing quarter-tone Arabic scales, since then the keyboard was destroyed in a house fire.

Hama’s new album Houmeissa utilizes a wider variety of keyboards, synthesizers, and beatboxes, made with Niamey-based engineer Harouna Habib, and it’s a pointedly slicker affair than Torodi.

While perhaps the homemade charm of Hama’s previous work isn’t as prominent, Houmeissa needs to be judged on its own terms, being more complicated and expansive than before.

An oddity for techno music is Hama’s use of 3/4 (waltz) time signatures, rather than the standard 4-on-the-floor thump, and familiar, classic drum machine beats (think early ‘90s), particularly the hard-edged bass and snare drum sounds, emphasize patterns that only initially feel unusual.

“Terroir” kicks things off, sounding like it could be the theme song for an ‘80s PBS science show for children, with bright and glossy synth lines that scream “we are in the computer age.”

On tracks such as “Dounia” and “Baoura”, in sharp contrast with deliberate beatbox slams are artificial whooshes and hazy synths, and although the songs are computer-sequenced, echoes of minimalism provide a space for hypnotic meandering.

One of the most interesting tracks on Houmeissa is “Takamba”, which seems to break an unspoken rule, where conflicting music modes are laid on top of each other, causing a compelling, bristling dissonance; however, Hama pulls it off like it’s no big deal, just as his embrace of artificiality to reinterpret African folk melodies just feels natural.

JONESIN' CROSSWORD

EDITOONS

“Shore Thing”—from one side to another.

ACROSS 1 “In ___” (Nirvana album of 1993) 6 506, in Roman numerals 9 Breaks down 13 Diminished 15 Youngest woman to serve in Congress, initially 16 “___ for Steve” (Morley Callaghan short story) 17 Coen Brothers movie of 1991 19 Zip 20 Internet annoyance 21 Lazybones 22 Lenny’s friend on “The Simpsons” 25 2007 T-Pain song feat. Yung Joc 28 Garden pests 30 March Madness org.

31 Queen of Quebec?

32 Sandcastle tool 34 “A Midsummer Night’s Dream” disguise 37 Good value, slangily 41 “___ y Plata”

(Montana motto) 42 “Tres ___” (“Very well,” in Paris) 43 Bindi and Robert Irwin’s mother 44 Crawl around?

46 Bedazzler item 47 Color categorized as #DA1884 and Pantone 219C and trademarked by Mattel 52 Diamond experts?

53 Bird-related 54 Laissez-___ 56 Tolkien trilogy, to fans 57 Islands off the North Carolina coast, or the theme of this puzzle 62 One in the red 63 Volcanic dust 64 “The Death of Actaeon” painter 65 ___ buco (Italian veal dish) 66 ATM charge 67 Word of the future?

DOWN 1 Flash drive letters 2 “___ Carter V” (Lil Wayne album of 2018)

3 Goof 4 Sounding like a clunky engine 5 ___ about (approximately) 6 Every 24 hours 7 Actor Max ___ Sydow 8 “Ew!” 9 Actress Bullock of “Bird Box” 10 Central Florida city 11 City in the Black Forest, when doubled 12 Inspire, as Kondoesque joy 14 Radio features, once 18 It might give you chills 21 “Princess ___” (Gilbert & Sullivan operetta) 22 ___ loading (marathon runner’s strategy) 23 “... partridge in ___ tree” 24 Horned charger 26 Part of SOTU 27 “Because Freedom Can’t Protect Itself” org.

29 ___ Jam Records 32 Dress up fussily 33 Consenting vote 34 Gold, in Latin 35 Monetary stand-in 36 Onion peels 38 Award copresented by the American Theatre Wing 39 State hwy.

40 Hand down to heirs 44 Food court pizza chain 45 Get a victory 46 Go around, as an issue 47 “The Jungle Book” bear 48 Affirms as true 49 Formal ceremonies 50 “___ shoe fits ...”

51 No, in Scotland 55 Triple Crown category in baseball 57 Ungainly one 58 Take advantage of 59 Actress Vardalos 60 Penn of the “Harold & Kumar” films 61 Show with Ego Nwodim, briefly

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FILM & TELEVISION

A Second Gilded Age Generation Wealth succeeds in vignettes, but loses sight of the big picture Two Nights Of Romance With Valentine’s Day just around the corner, this weekend offers two very different cinematic takes on love and music.

This Saturday at 12:55 p.m., The Met: Live in HD comes to East Ridge 18 and Hamilton Place 8 with the classic opera, Carmen.

Clémentine Margaine stars as the fiery but ill-fated temptress Carmen, opposite Roberto Alagna, who captivated Live in HD audiences as Don José in 2010. Louis Langrée conducts Sir Richard Eyre’s production, a favorite in the Met’s repertoire.

Then on Sunday at 4 p.m. and 7 p.m., find out once again why no one puts Baby in the corner with the return of one of the greatest love stories of all time to the big screen: Dirty Dancing.

In the summer of 1963, innocent 17-yearold Baby (Jennifer Grey) vacations at a Catskills resort with her well-heeled parents.

Following the sound of stirring music to the staff quarters, she meets Johnny (Patrick Swayze), the hotel dance instructor, who is as experienced as Baby is naive. Baby defies her parents to become Johnny’s pupil in dance and in love.

What more can you ask when it comes to stirring music, legendary love, and some great dancing? And no matter if your special someone loves opera or classic ‘80s romance, it’s a perfect early date night ahead of the big holiday. And they even have candy for sale. — Michael Thomas

By John DeVore Pulse Film Editor

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Schultz is very much a part of that king-making culture. The obsession with wealth can be found in every avenue of the country, in every class.”

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HE ANNOUNCEMENT OF THE (MAYBE) PRESIdential candidacy for Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz in the past few weeks hasn’t garnered the response he’d likely hoped.

For most, it’s one of indifference.

He claims that both the left and the right have become too extreme and that he is someone solidly in the middle of both parties, although his biggest gripe with the progressives in Congress is that he might have to pay more in taxes, a decidedly billionaire-like stance that has nothing to do with the majority of the people in the country.

Why Schultz, who has never held public office, is suddenly interested in running the country isn’t hard to figure out. The current president has paved the way for rich idiots to spoil elections with their ego. The inherent blindness of the wealthy and privi-

leged is not exactly a new avenue of discussion.

There has been book after book, study after study, article after article decrying and focusing on excess wealth in the United States. The U.S. didn’t create kings and queens, but it did make that sort of lifestyle more attainable.

Schultz is very much a part of that king-making culture. The obsession with wealth can be found in every avenue of the country, in every class, every community, and every ethnicity.

It’s always existed here—we tend to go through cycles of rapid economic expansion which leads to an increase in the divide between rich

and poor.

To say that the U.S. is in a second Gilded Age would be an understatement. Documentary filmmaker and photographer Lauren Greenfield attempts to make a statement about this wealth in her film Generation Wealth, but her outcome is somewhat muddled.

Greenfield got her start photographing and interviewing wealthy children in Los Angeles during the nineties. She focused on places like her own high school, where children like Kate Hudson made their mark by bragging about the fame and status of their parents.

Greenfield comes from a line of privilege herself—her mother was a psychiatrist and her father a physician, both with degrees from Harvard, and her brother is a senior vice president of production at Fox Searchlight pictures.

She rubbed elbows with the very people she made her subjects, likely because of the effect they had on her as a child. Generation Wealth is something of a continuation of her earlier work, where she looks at American culture through the lens of the wealthy and those who aspire to be them.

Her approach is somewhat scattershot—she begins with the children she photographed in the nineties, before jumping into ideas

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The ideas of wealth and glamor pervade much of American culture and it can be easily argued that each of these subjects is driven by their pursuit.” on beauty pageants, pornography, celebrity, plastic surgery, and eventually, her own family.

There’s a connection between all of these things, to be sure. The ideas of wealth and glamor pervade much of American culture and it can be easily argued that each of these subjects is driven by their pursuit. Greenfield makes an admirable attempt at linking them together, but I was never quite sure what she was getting at. I’m not sure she was either.

The result, then, is that the film is an emotional connection of stories of broken individuals damaged by wealth or the pursuit of it.

It becomes more of a “look how strange and damaged these people are” film than one that makes a particular statement.

Greenfield is primarily a photographer, a good one it seems, who is capable of telling stories well in a single image. It follows that her films might not have a

singular narrative focus. One of her previous films, The Queen of Versailles, had a stronger focus because the subject was much more narrow. That’s likely why Generation Wealth isn’t immediately effective—her subject is far too broad and her thesis far too unclear.

Still, the vignettes and stories found in her film are interesting from a fly-on-the-wall perspective.

At one point, she interviews a young man from a wealthy family whose mother drags him into sexually charged clubs night after night. She asks what he wants to do with his life and he responds: “I’d like to DJ for as long as my fingers will let me. But I’m also big into lizards.”

It’s such a strange answer that you can’t help but laugh.

There are a lot of moments like that one. Generation Wealth is a film heavy on examples but light on conclusions.

✴ NEW IN THEATERS ✴

The Lego Movie 2: The Second Part It's been five years since everything was awesome and the citizens are facing a huge new threat: LEGO DUPLO invaders from outer space, wrecking everything faster than they can rebuild.

Director: Mike Mitchell Stars: Chris Pratt, Elizabeth Banks, Will Arnett

What Men Want A woman is boxed out by the male sports agents in her profession, but gains an unexpected edge over them when she develops the ability to hear men's thoughts.

Director: Adam Shankman Stars: Taraji P. Henson, Wendi McLendon-Covey

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COLUMN · ON THE BEAT

COPS: Internal Affairs Edition Officer Alex dares to talk about the elephant in the squad room

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Pulse columnist

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It’s taboo for me to speak of these things, but I’ve never understood the meaning of that word and in fact mostly find it just funny to say aloud so I feel perfectly welcome in discussing this topic.”

When officer Alexander D. Teach is not patrolling our fair city on the heels of the criminal element, he spends his spare time volunteering for the Boehm Birth Defects Center.

F YOU’RE READING THIS LOCAL weekly alternative fish wrapper then you probably also have access to other forms of information such as television, newspapers, and the emperor of all things factual, “The Facebooks”. And if you can get your law-abiding mitts on those, then you know it’s been a banner time for law enforcement in the tri-state area these last several months.

There is great speculation as to the causation of this rash of self-arrests and banishments by local police departments, but the number one question most people have can be narrowed down to three letters: “WTF”.

It’s taboo for me to speak of these things, but I’ve never understood the meaning of that word and in fact mostly find it just funny to say aloud so I feel perfectly welcome in discussing this topic in the name of humility, transparency, and it just being an easy target in general. Allow me to reflect.

Years back I remember discussing this topic with another (extremely) veteran officer in the parking lot of an extra job in the dead of night at one of the most dangerous places in Chattanooga: The Favorite Market at 1265 E. 3rd St. In between watching the indigenous people of East Chattanooga purchase $2 and $3 dollars’ worth of gasoline at a time for reasons I still cannot fathom (given the 10-mile range this would have provided at the time), the topic of a cop who was fired for having been caught shoplifting a figurine from a fantasy role playing oriented business came up (true story).

“I don’t get it man,” this grizzled blue bear began to opine. “Booze and ass?

I get it. I can see getting in trouble for those. Hell, you did years back,” (also

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true), “but at least I can respect that. But a ‘figurine’? What the hell, man? That’s weird. That’s just weird.”

The conversation went on but that’s the gist of it. Cops getting into trouble over booze? Disappointing but not necessarily shocking to the cognoscenti.

Breaking pretty much the first rule you’re taught post-academy graduation by giving in to the novelty of…well, pretty much anything involving the fairer sex whilst in uniform? Again, disappointing but not shocking to the cognoscenti. But rape? Theft? Getting caught doing Rodney King in a 55MPH zone in the age of digital cameras being in everyone’s hip pockets and the front of e’ry cops chest?

WTF indeed.

The problem now is twofold in my firsthand opinion: One, cops are now expected to do more than they ever have with more perfection than ever, and two: They are still hiring actual human beings which unfortunately, much like the last GE ‘fridge I bought, come with flaws you can’t always detect.

It’s not a cop out to say that (see what I did there?), it’s just basic logic. We’ve gone from being the men and women hired to work wrecks, answer burglar alarms, write reports for your insurance companies for the crimes that have al-

ready happened and to chase the bad guys from the ones we’ve stopped in progress, to being the people expected to do those things while also teaching your kids how to read while changing a man’s car tire for him while offering job applications in lieu of arrest citations and factoring in your gender identity and choice as to whether you feel like being arrested or not despite the crime we’ve observed you committing.

We’re hiring either people potentially damaged from participating in the last 16 years of the Global War on Wherever or people who have been taught that “feeling” like doing something overrides “being required to do” something, while the veteran officers are ignored and frustrated by administrators who are now afraid to take a crap in the wrong toilet bowl for fear of upsetting some official or demographic for their choice in porcelain.

This is a fixable problem. These guys are being fired and prosecuted left and right, but at some point we should do what all good cops are supposed to do and address the causation of the problem rather than just constantly respond to it. Criticism is easy, but how about some suggestions? (No, seriously.) Let’s continue this in the Feb. 28th Edition.

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