The open enrollment period to purchase health insurance through the federal marketplace begins Nov. 1, and experts urge consumers to do some research about exactly what you are getting. Last year, Tennessee's  uninsured rate was 9.3% , according to the U.S. Census Bureau. Michele Johnson, executive director of the Tennessee Justice Center, said open enrollment enables people to buy affordable, comprehensive health insurance to protect their savings and their family. "One thing that I think many people are concerned about is, can they afford the premiums," Johnson pointed out.

https://www.chattanoogapulse.com/local-news/health-news/open-enrollment-for-health-insurance-begins-november-1st/

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Founded in 2012 and taught by internationally acclaimed artists, Charlie and Iantha Newton, SPLASH is a year-round arts program designed to inspire, empower, and encourage students' discovery through the creative process. The art program supports students between the ages of 4-15 with not only a creative outlet but most importantly with mentoring and social support. This type of support enables students to grow into compassionate and innovative thinkers who see the endless possibilities in the world around them.

http://www.chattanoogapulse.com/citylife/community-spotlight/splash-channels-creativity-to-help-inspire-and-empower-local-

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We'll see you on the patio for wine and live music. Enjoy soulful americana singer and songwriter Cody Harris while you sip $3 glasses of house wine, half price select bottles and $6 pimento cheese and pita, hummus or smoked salmon dip. *Music scheduled weather permitting.

https://www.chattanoogapulse.com/events/live-music-cody-harris

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Tennessee's February 2023 unemployment remained unchanged at 3.5% for the fifth month in a row, according to the latest data released by the Department of Labor and Workforce Development. The state's seasonally adjusted jobless number has been at or below 3.5% since January 2022. In a year-to-year comparison, the statewide unemployment rate is up 0.1 of a percentage point from 3.4% to 3.5%. Tennessee employers continue to create new jobs, which has helped the state's economy thrive. There were 4,800 new nonfarm jobs reported across the state in February.

https://www.chattanoogapulse.com/local-news/business-news/tennessees-jobless-numbers-hold-steady-at-3-5-for-the-fifth/

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The Chattanooga Film Festival will make its long awaited return this summer from June 23rd through 29th. Celebrating its 10th anniversary, after being named one of 'The 25 Coolest Film Festivals in the World' by MovieMaker Magazine , the festival will return to the ground June 23-25, while still offering a virtual experience from June 23-29. While the festival will have various locations around the city, the main venue will be Chattanooga's historic and legendary haunted The Read House Hotel.

https://www.chattanoogapulse.com/arts_entertainment/movie-news/the-chattanooga-film-festival-celebrates-10th-year-with-worl/

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Many seniors in the Chattanooga area are faced with the uncertainty of where they will get their next meal. The Kitchen Incubator of Chattanooga is addressing this problem affecting the senior population with the Senior Hunger Project 2023. Serving 450 seniors, the Senior Hunger Project delivers two meals weekly to each home; a precooked, high-quality, reheatable meal featuring a meat, two vegetables and a bread for ten weeks. The first deliveries began January 11. Thanks to generous support from FABRIC, a local initiative formed to address Chattanooga's food insecurity issues, KIC is able to utilize their culinary entrepreneurs to prepare meals each week at its shared commercial grade kitchen at 5704 Marlin Road.

https://www.chattanoogapulse.com/food-drink/food-news-notes/kitchen-incubator-of-chattanooga-relaunches-senior-hunger-pr/

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Free Pancake Breakfasts at St. Albans' Church (7514 Hixson Pike) Saturday, May 20th: St. Alban's will be hosting a free Pancake Breakfast from 9:30-11:30am. These breakfasts will be on the 3rd Saturday from May-October and will offer live music. The breakfasts will be held indoors with some outdoor seating available for people wishing to bring leashed dogs. We hope you will join us for a free breakfast, stay to enjoy free live music and visit with the vendors at our Hixson Farmers Market.

https://www.chattanoogapulse.com/events/free-pancake-breakfast

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EPB has unveiled artwork by 12 high school students selected from the 2023 ArtSpark Goes to School challenge. Students and their parents attended a public ceremony at EPB's downtown office, where they were recognized by Chattanooga Mayor Tim Kelly, EPB President & CEO David Wade, Hamilton County Department of Education Superintendent Justin Robertson and other community leaders.  'It's inspiring to see the diversity, creativity, and beauty across all the student works selected for this year's ArtSpark Goes to School displays,' said Chattanooga Mayor Tim Kelly.

https://www.chattanoogapulse.com/arts_entertainment/arts-news/epb-installs-student-artwork-across-chattanooga/

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× Expand Lora Miller Artist Talk Ever wonder where an artist's inspiration comes from when standing in front of a blank canvas? Lora Miller, well known painter and member of In-Town Gallery, will share how she gets her creative juices flowing when developing a large abstract painting. Drop by the gallery during your lunch hour and get inspired yourself! Watch Lora create her masterpiece and explain the elements of abstract painting. Subject: 'Developing Large Abstract Paintings" Where: In-Town Gallery, 26A Frazier Ave.

https://www.chattanoogapulse.com/events/in-town-gallery-s-artist-talk-lora-miller-0

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× Expand Mars Michael Adam Michael Allison at Songbirds on 6/16 Doors at 6:00 PM Show at 7:00 PM Seated Show General Admission: $15 Adam Michael Allison is a 40-something pop/rock songwriter hailing from Chattanooga, TN. His music is rooted in personal experience and storytelling, with influences ranging from singer-songwriters to 90s alt rock. Adam has been writing and performing music for most of his life, and his passion for songwriting is evident in every note he sings. Adam's deep rooted influences from his 90s rock and singer songwriter radio upbringing come out in every note.

https://www.chattanoogapulse.com/events/adam-michael-allison-ep-release-show

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Officials with the City of Red Bank invite the public to join them at the 41st Annual Red Bank Jubilee scheduled for Saturday, May 7th.  The free family-friendly and dog-friendly event will be held at Red Bank City Park located at 3817 Redding Road from 11am until 4pm.  The Jubilee will kick off at 8am with a 5k and 10k 'MoonPie Move Run,' sponsored by Scenic City Multisports, a Chattanooga-based company known for putting on unique races and events.  5K runners will start and finish from the Red Bank Jubilee near Food City for a fast and flat route while the 10K will do the same route plus the challenging climb to White Oak Park.

http://www.chattanoogapulse.com/citylife/news/the-41st-annual-red-bank-jubilee-comes-to-city-park-on-satur/

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The 2022 Chattanooga Market season is scheduled to open on Saturday, April 23rd and Sunday, April 24th. Opening weekend always brings a flurry of activity at Chattanooga Market…new vendors, familiar faces and a general feeling that 'spring has sprung'. Organizers are excited to bring back a full schedule of themed events too—one of the many festive aspects of the popular Sunday Market. Executive Director of Chattanooga Market, Chris Thomas, looks forward to the opening weekend, 'The past several months we've been planning, vetting and accepting new vendors, forging new relationships with local non-profits and getting prepared for the entire community to visit us this 2022 season.

http://www.chattanoogapulse.com/citylife/news/the-chattanooga-market-returns-to-the-first-horizon-pavilion

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Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Military Park, in partnership with Reflection Riding Arboretum & Nature Center, is looking for volunteers to help remove exotic invasive plant species along their shared boundary as part of Weed Wrangle 2023. On Saturday, March 4, at 9 am, join National Park Service and Reflection Riding staff along with other volunteers at Reflection Riding (400 Garden Road, Chattanooga, TN 37419) for a workday on a portion of the Lookout Mountain Battlefield, in the location of the former Confederama, to remove exotic invasive plant species, mainly tackling the bamboo forest that has taken over a portion of the battlefield.

https://www.chattanoogapulse.com/citylife/nature-outdoors/chickamauga-chattanooga-national-military-park-seeks-volunte_1/

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× Expand Now hiring: production positions will host a job fair on Friday, June 2 from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. to promote 500+ open production positions. Information sessions will be held during the job fair, where interested attendees can learn about the position, pay, benefits and schedule. Volkswagen staff will also provide an overview of the onboarding process, medical assessment and training. Attendees will be able to tour the Lean Center, which is where all Volkswagen production employees begin.

https://www.chattanoogapulse.com/events/vw-chattanooga-job-fair

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× Expand MacFree Films and IMAX. H370_C021_0105ZN Award-winning cinematographer Jonathan Bird, filming Secrets of the Sea: 3D. Join us for a premiere screening of Secrets of the Sea 3D followed by a discussion with underwater cinematographer, Jonathan Bird. Both the film premiere and conversation will be hosted in the IMAX Theater. Enjoy free ice cream samples from Ben & Jerry's Chattanooga and marine invertebrate animal encounters! Event proceeds will support the Tennessee Aquarium Conservation Institute's research and restoration projects.

https://www.chattanoogapulse.com/events/secrets-sea-3d-evening-jonathan-bird

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Average gasoline prices in Chattanooga have risen 3.5 cents per gallon in the last week, averaging $3.02/g today, according to GasBuddy's survey of 170 stations in Chattanooga. Prices in Chattanooga are 10.0 cents per gallon lower than a month ago and stand 28.9 cents per gallon lower than a year ago. The national average price of diesel has fallen 6.9 cents in the last week and stands at $4.45 per gallon. "Motorists across many areas of the country have seen gas prices inching down for another week, while some states have moved higher.

https://www.chattanoogapulse.com/local-news/automotive/gas-prices-increase-slightly-over-the-past-week-up-just-over/

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The award-winning Rocktoberfest returns to Lookout Mountain Saturday, Oct. 1 through Sunday, Oct. 30 at Rock City Gardens! The 16th annual German-themed harvest festival offers delicious new German food and a variety of themed entertainment from 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. every Saturday and Sunday. Rock City celebrates the German heritage of its founder, Frieda Utermoehlen Carter, and offers live German tunes by Mark Merriman, Nashville-based polka band the Musik Meisters and Chattanooga's premiere oompah band the Wurstbrats.

http://www.chattanoogapulse.com/citylife/nature-outdoors/fall-into-fun-at-rocktoberfest-high-atop-lookout-mountain-at/

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× Expand Karen L. Beisel PSC 70th Anniversary Open House Thursday, October 20, 2022, the Photographic Society of Chattanooga will hold its annual Open House with special guest Matt Harbison. Matt is a life-long astronomer and photographer. After pursuing a degree in Philosophy and Religion in college, and establishing a career as a program director in the Episcopal Church, Matt started a real estate photography business from 2012 until 2018. A recipient of Time Life Magazine's 'Best Astronomical Images of the Year' and NASA's 'Astro Photo of the Day' (APOD), he now continues the discipline with a remote telescope and camera in Marathon, Texas.

http://www.chattanoogapulse.com/events/psc-70th-anniversary-open-house-special-guest-matt-harbison

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Holi, a Hindu spring festival celebrated predominantly in India, Nepal and in parts of the Western world – now including Chattanooga – is known as the "festival of colors" and the "festival of love'.  Bring the whole family in white sundresses and tee shirts to the Sculpture Fields at 11 am on April 30th and leave in a blaze of color! Chattanooga is home to a vibrant Desi cultural community – families descended from Southeast Asian areas of India, Pakistan and Bangladesh. Now Sush Shantha, Sujata Singh and their organization Desi Chattanoogan, along with the Asian Students Association of UTC, are bringing this colorful cultural celebration alive for our own Southeast American region.

http://www.chattanoogapulse.com/citylife/news/holi-mela-celebration-comes-to-the-sculpture-fields-this-sat/

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