Toodaloo, Pal! Happy Tuesday!
Welp, we done made it to the last week of Hope on the Porch. I’ve been thinkin’ about all the ways has shown up this month, but I reckon this one might be the easiest to miss: just bein’ there.
Not necessarily with anything smart to say or some grand plan tucked under your arm. Sometimes somebody just needs you sittin’ beside ’em, listenin’ to the thing they’ve been dyin’ to tell somebody.
We got plenty to get into this week, so scoot on over and let’s yap a minute.
Today's Issue Includes:
This week’s tune comes straight from our collaborative Hope on the Porch Spotify playlist. Click the link below before ya start reading if you wanna listen, and thanks for listening along with us throughout the month!
Together with
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What’s Goin’ On in the Scenic City?
Community
Hamilton County Home Show
Friday, October 2 – Sunday, October 4 @ Camp Jordan Arena
If your home project to-do list is a mile long, this one’s for you! Talk through your next project with local home experts, check out live demonstrations, and shop special deals only available during the show. Best of all, admission is free throughout the three-day show!
WTCI PBS Ale +Rail Off the tRack Beer Festival
Saturday, October 3 @ Chattanooga Choo Choo | 4:00 - 8:00 PM
Raise a glass to your favorite local PBS station! WTCI PBS is bringing ten area breweries to the Chattanooga Choo Choo, with Yellow Racket Records providing the soundtrack for the afternoon. Tickets are $40 and include a WTCI PBS taster mug, with proceeds benefiting your local PBS station!
Book & Cover Fall Fest
Saturday, October 3 @ Book & Cover | 8:00 AM - 9:00 PM
Get ready for a perfect fallSaturday at Book & Cover! Kick off the day with an audiobook walk/run and keeps going with author storytime, face painting, Wei To Go for lunch, and the second annual pie contest before wrapping up with a movie under the stars. All of the fall fun is free, with special discounts and a few surprises planned throughout the day.
Music and Entertainment
Scenic City Shakespeare Presents: The Tempest
Friday, October 2 & Saturday, October 3 @ Greenway Farms | 7:30 PM
Shakespeare in the Park is back for the fall! Scenic City Shakespeare opens The Tempest under the stars at Greenway Farms this weekend, with more performances scheduled throughout October. Admission is free, so bring a lawn chair or picnic blanket and settle in for a little Shakespeare outdoors.
3 Sisters Bluegrass Festival
Friday, October 2 & Saturday, October 3 @ Ross’s Landing
The banjos are back at Ross’s Landing! 3 Sisters brings two days of free bluegrass to the riverfront, with The Travelin’ McCourys, Sam Bush, Rhonda Vincent and the Rage, Dan Tyminski Band, and a full slate of musicians taking the stage. Grab a lawn chair or blanket and find yourself a spot by the Tennessee River.
Dear Evan Hansen
Friday, October 2 – Sunday, October 4 @ Chattanooga State
One of Broadway’s biggest coming-of-age musicals is hitting a local stage! Chattanooga State presents Dear Evan Hansen, the Tony Award-winning story of an anxious high school student who finds himself at the center of a lie that quickly gets away from him. The three-day run gives Chattanooga audiences a chance to catch a modern day favorite close to home.
Outdoors ‘n’ Stuff
The Chattanooga Kiki
Friday, October 2 – Sunday, October 4 @ Fireside Camp + Lodge
Climb Beyond the Barrier is bringing the Chattanooga Kiki back for another weekend in the great outdoors! The LGBTQ+ climbing and camping weekend includes a kickoff at High Point, climbing at Foster Falls and Denny Cove, and plenty of time to connect back at queer-run Fireside Camp + Lodge. All experience levels are welcome, and the weekend is completely sober.
Fall Planting with SEED Chatt
Saturday, October 3 @ Stove Works | 9:00 - 11:00 AM
Fall planting season has arrived at Stove Works! Spend the morning alongside SEED Chattanooga helping reset the Community Garden and prepare it for everything that comes next. Volunteering is free, with advance registration and a signed waiver required.
38th Annual Tennessee River Rescue
Saturday, October 3 @ Locations Across the Tennessee River Basin
It’s time for Chattanooga to show the Tennessee River a little love! More than 1,500 volunteers removed 58,000 pounds of trash and 409 tires during last year’s Tennessee River Rescue, and WaterWays is rallying the community to do it again for year 38. Sign up for a cleanup zone and spend the morning helping protect the Tennessee River and the creeks that flow into it.
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This week’s Community Spotlight: Show up with us, Neighbor.
On Sunday, November 1, we’re helping host Chattanooga’s Out of the Darkness Walk at Coolidge Park. Check-in starts at 10 AM, and the walk begins at 11 AM.
Y’all have already shown up in a massive way: we’ve raised $10,096 so far, compared to the $2,937 we had last year. That’s mighty encouraging, and what we’d love most from our Chattynooga neighbors now is your company.
Join the Chattynooga team and come walk with us. Registration is free, and you can come in memory of somebody, in support of somebody, or because you’d like to be among people who care.
You don’t have to explain your reason to belong there. We’d just be glad to see ya and be part of the conversation.
Deep Thoughts with Bubby: Be there (and be square)
I am excellent at sayin’ “Oh shoot yeah pardner, I’ll be there!” on a Tuesday. Thursday Bubby however is… a squirrelly little fella.
A neighbor invited me to their first community craft night she’d put together. She’d been tellin’ me about it for weeks, and I really did wanna see what all the hub-bub is about. But come Thursday, I was on the couch with one shoe on, trying to decide if Meemaw could leave without me. My neighbor would be busy running the dang thing, what if I got in the way or messed something up? Maybe she’d have one fewer person to worry about if I stayed home.
Then Clem hollered from the doorway, “Meemaw’s already got the van started. Are you comin’?” Rude how well she knows me.
So I went. My neighbor set out paint, paper, and a whole gaggle of supplies she’d gathered for people to do as they please. Before I could ask if she needed help moving a table, she started showing me around all the different stations, which idea had started the whole night, what she’d changed at the last minute, and what she hoped folks might make together. So rather than huntin’ for a job to do, I enjoyed myself for once. And everyone had a blast.
When my brain starts tellin’ me folks might be better off if I stay home, I tend to also figure out if I’m just hungry or if I need a little snooze before heading out.
I nearly missed something that someone else was excited to share with me because I was so worried about being useful rather than celebrating the talents and gifts someone brings to the table instead.
I’m still learning to believe folks when I get invited to hangout sessions, and also getting better at showing up, paying attention, and coming back.
Clementine’s Corner: Flu Szn
I’ve got the flu and I don’t have a lot to say. Here’s a list of good things.
If you’ve got something good of your own to add, lemme know. It’ll cheer me up!
Love ya, Chatty. 🫶
I went to Dollywood with my friends!
Taylor Swift has new music!
The Braves are playing OCTOBER BASEBALL, baby!
It’s SPOOKY SEASON!
The Walnut Street Bridge is FINALLY back open this Saturday! And she’s got LIGHTS NOW!
Photo courtesy of our pals at Chattanooga’s Parks and Outdoors Team!
What a Terrific Tuesday Talking (say that three times fast!)
Every week, y’all make this little corner feel more like neighbors actually knowin’ neighbors.
Take care of yourself this week, and we’ll see ya next week as always!
— Bubby and Clementine
