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MAY 10-16, 2012 • vol. 9 no. 19
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Urban Design • Rich Bailey surveys the architects, planners and visionaries who are reimagining Chattanooga’s downtown for the future. » 7
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INSIDE » ARTS
Alfred Wertheimer’s “Elvis Presley, Chattanooga” (1956), from the exhibition “Sound and Vision: Monumental Rock and Roll Photography.” See Page 18
honest music
• Local craft beers are now common in Chattanooga, and we now have our own whiskey. But Chattanooga wine? Lee Morse and DeBarge Vineyards open the city’s first urban winery on Rossville Avenue. By Bill Ramsey » 6
local and regional shows
Gold Plated Gold with Crass Mammoth ($3)
Wed, May 9
9pm
Rick Rushing and the Blues Strangers with Dudes Blues and The Hangdog Hearts ($3)
Thu, May 10
9pm
House of the Rising Funk with The Velvet Hand ($3)
Wed, May 16
9pm
Free Irish Music Sunday Nights at 7pm May 13: Chet Vincent and the Big Bend
Full food menu serving lunch and dinner. 11am-2am, 7 days a week. 35 Patten Parkway * 423.468.4192 thehonestpint.com * Facebook.com/thehonestpint
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