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Writers convene in Blue Ridge

Acclaimed novelist Amy Greene will be the keynote speaker for the 15th annual Blue Ridge Writers Conference this weekend at the Blue Ridge Mountains Arts Association in Blue Ridge, Ga.

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Josh Blue, Etta May at Comedy Catch

Known as the comedian who put the "cerebral" in cerebral palsy, Josh Blue will do one show at 7 p.m. Sunday at The Comedy Catch, 3224 Brainerd Road.

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Lookouts open season at home Thursday

The Chattanooga Lookouts, a double-A minor-league affiliate of the Los Angeles Dodgers, open the 2012 season Thursday at 7:15 at AT&T Field, 201 Power Alley.

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Peeps show: Kids can help build a marshmallow structure

Brightly colored and marshmallow soft, Peeps are a springtime favorite for many.

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See a movie at Wilderness Outdoor Movie Theater

Wilderness Outdoor Movie Theater in Trenton, Ga., opens for the season this weekend.

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Chattanooga Zoo kicks off anniversary celebration

When the Chattanooga Zoo opened at Warner Park on June 16, 1937, it consisted of a single cage housing a pair of rhesus monkeys.

Native Plant Sale postponed

Citing "a setback in the nursery," officials at the Chattanooga Arboretum & Nature Center have indefinitely postponed the Spring Wildflower Festival & Native Plant Sale that was scheduled this weekend.

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Wildflower walks set

Guides familiar with the geography, ecology and biology of the Sequatchie Valley will lead spring wildflower walks at the Sequatchie Valley Institute the next two Saturdays.

Wordfest tonight at The Camp House

Wordfest, an evening of storytelling and poetry set to bluegrass and old-time music, will take place tonight at The Camp House, 1427 Williams St.

HullaBowloo

Chattanooga Area Food Bank stirring up a fundraiser

There won’t be bowling, but participants can make a bowl, visit the bowltique and even come dressed in a bowler hat at the Chattanooga Area Food Bank’s fifth annual HullaBowloo on Saturday night.

MLK commemoration scheduled Saturday in Cleveland

Cleveland State Community College, in conjunction with the Bradley County branch of the NAACP, will host a Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. commemoration Saturday in Johnson Cultural Heritage Center on the Cleveland, Tenn., campus.

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Bruce Bruce and Friends

Comedian headlines showat Memorial Auditorium

If you've worked as a barbecue chef, a Frito-Lay salesman and a spokesman for Popeyes Chicken & Biscuits, you've got to have a few good stories.

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First Day Hikes

Start 2012 on the right foot

State parks across the country, including 12 in Southeast Tennessee and Northwest Georgia, are ringing in the new year with a First Day Hike.

CDM hosts noon New Year's party

Most small children will be asleep long before revelers ring in 2012 at midnight Saturday.

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