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Today

• Birds and Beer - Chimney Swift Roost Watch Party | Wed., May 11 | 7-9 p.m. | Urban Stack, 12 W. 13th St. | Free+, RSVP | Watch migrating swifts as they funnel into a tall chimney downtown. 🐦
• Wednesday Jazz + Ridgedale History | Wed., May 11 | 6 p.m. | Barking Legs Theater, 1307 Dodds Ave. | $5 | Come for the history, stay for the jazz.
• Chattanooga Lookouts vs. Mississippi Braves | Wed., May 11 | 7:15 p.m. | AT&T Field | $6+ | At every Wednesday home game, fans will receive a coupon for a free item at Chick-fil-A. ⚾*

Thursday

• Creative Writing: The Hero's Journey | Thurs., May 12 | 6-7:30 p.m. | The Chattery | $20 | Leave the class with an outline of your own novel or blockbuster movie script. ✍️
• Vision + Verse: Rhyme N Chatt | Thurs., May 12 | 6-7 p.m. | Hunter Museum | Free | Each performance will be inspired by the work of Bisa Butler, found in the Hunter collection, and focused on mental health + Black men.

Friday

• Blueberries 101 | Fri., May 13 | 5:30-7:30 p.m. | Crabtree Farms, 1000 E. 30th St. | $25 | Learn how to become a master, or at least a superb grower, of blueberries.
• Bunny Hop! 2022 | Fri., May 13 | 6-8:30 p.m. | First Horizon Pavilion | $15+ | Families can enjoy a night of kids activities + a silent auction to benefit Chambliss Center for Children. 🐰
• Kenny G | Fri., May 13 | 8 p.m. | Tivoli Theatre | $40+ | This professional American smooth jazz saxophonist will take the Tivoli’s stage.

Saturday

• Hike Bike Brew | Sat., May 14 | 1-5 p.m. | Lula Lake Land Trust | $35+ | At this fundraiser and beer festival, attendees can hike or bike with beer tasters along the path from 10 featured + local breweries. 🥾
• Yoga+Hike for ALL Bodies! | Sat., May 14 | 10 a.m.-12:30 p.m. | Greenway Farms Dog Park, 5051 Gann Store Rd. | $35 | Soft Animal + Outshine Adventures are teaming up to present a yoga and hike for everybody.

We have a monthly guide filled with events + activities you can plan for in advance. Click the button below to bookmark ideas for upcoming date nights, family outings, and time with friends.

TECH

Working from home? Check your bandwidth 

With more and more people having the flexibility to work remotely or from home, or do virtual schooling, it’s important to make sure the bandwidth at home can keep up with the demand. 

So, what exactly is bandwidth? Simply put, it is the ability for data to transfer across a connection or network. As opposed to internet speed, bandwidth is the volume of information that can be sent in a given amount of time, and it’s calculated in megabits per second (Mbps).

NEWS NOTES

Weather

• 86º | Partly cloudy | 7% chance of rain ⛅

Opening

• Local plant shop The Secret Garden will host a grand opening celebration for its new St. Elmo space on Sat., May 14. The event will feature over 25 vendors, a plant swap + a houseplant happy hour. 
• A new art studio is coming soon to Red Bank. Good Works Art & Social, a studio where customers can learn to paint, DIY, and just hang out, will open this Sat., May 14. The studio at 2244 Dayton Blvd. will feature a class and studio space + a gallery and retail space. 🎨

Edu

• The Hamilton County School Board passed its fiscal year 2022-23 $456 million budget. Included in the budget is a 3% raise for teachers + a $15 per hour minimum starting wage for all classified employees. (Chattanooga Times Free Press)

Festival

• The fourth year of the Tennessee Valley’s Valley Vibes Music & Arts Festival will take place from Sept. 23-25. Its “largest, most diverse lineup to date” features Them Dirty Roses, Swayyvo, Behold the Brave, and The Afternooners, among others. Early bird tickets are on sale now. 🎵 (The Pulse)

Community

• On Sat., May 21, the Signal Mountain Police Department + Tennessee Highway Safety Office will host a bike event for attendees to ask questions about bike safety, get helmets fitted, and learn basic bike maintenance. The event will also feature a ~1.5-mile bike ride within Old Towne. 🚲 (Chattanoogan.com)

Plan Ahead

• The Chattanooga Festival of Black Arts and Ideas will kick off its fifth annual Juneteenth celebration on Sat., June 4 with the inaugural RBG Ball + Black Arts Awards. The Juneteenth celebration will last the entire month of June, with activities taking place in various locations throughout the city. Find the schedule of events here.

Watch

• This Sun., May 15, a total lunar eclipse will be visible in Eastern North America. Totality will take place from 11:29 p.m.-12:43 a.m., during which the moon will turn a dark orange or red — known as a “blood moon.” 🌕 (NewsChannel 9)

Job

• UTC’s Center for Professional Education + the Chattanooga Technical Council will host a community-wide information technology career fair on Thurs., May 12. Anyone interested in starting or growing a technology career in the area is welcome to attend the event from 9 a.m.-12 p.m. (Chattanooga Times Free Press)

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Editor's pick: I recently learned that you can rent a pass to Reflection Riding + the Chattanooga Zoo for free with your library card at the downtown public library. I just picked up a pass to Reflection Riding and am so excited to know that I can go for free when passes are available. I'm constantly amazed by all of the resources the Chattanooga library offers — this is just one of many!

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