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Publisher & President Jim Brewer II
EDITORIAL
Managing Editor Gary Poole
BEGINNINGS: The future belongs to us ... Hippity hop to the Bun Run shop
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ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT CALENDAR
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Features
JAZZANOOGA BLOSSOMS Bessie would have loved it—and chances are you will, too
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MUSIC: Very old, very good school NEW MUSIC REVIEWS: New take on Stravinsky, re-release of Molina ART: Still crazy and Pagan after all these years
CONTACT
AUTOMOTIVE: Upping the convertible cool quotient
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FREE WILL ASTROLOGY JONESIN' CROSSWORD
Voices
GOOD CHEAP THRILLS A dark favorite from the Chattanooga Film Festival By John DeVore
“THE MEDIUM IS THE MESSAGE”
SANDRA KURTZ: Newest report on climate change is irrefutable ALEX TEACH: Officer Alex gets a new beat and experiences culture shock
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