After insisting to his students at Southwest Whitfield High School that people around the world are inherently good, Dickinson traveled to Europe on a wave of human kindness.

It occurred to me the other day as I watched a patron nearly cause a fight at an Indian restaurant that buffets are a good place to study human behavior as you can learn a lot about somebody by how they approach a table filled with all kinds of culinary choices.

Valeria Duke will leave Chattanooga on Monday to begin a career as lead female vocalist for the Glenn Miller Orchestra.

Saturday’s Bessie Smith Heritage Festival will feature food, dancing, live art and a musical lineup headlined by the soulful blues of the legendary Bobby “Blue” Bland.

At 71, Anne Cotheran might not seem to need a role model.

A cast of almost two dozen, an elaborate set, crazy costumes, singing, dancing, more than enough jokes to offend everyone and one of Mel Brooks’ zaniest plotlines all combined to produce a hilarious evening of theater Friday night at the Chattanooga Theatre Centre as the CTC presented “The Producers.”

Tonya Craft, the former North Georgia kindergarten teacher who was acquitted of 22 counts of child molestation, aggravated sexual battery and aggravated child molestation, will be hosting a talk show on WGOW-FM 102.3 beginning Sept. 7, the station announced Thursday.

Do you remember the “How hot is it?” jokes Johnny Carson was famous for? You know the ones: “It’s so hot I saw two trees fighting over a dog.”

The time that movie crews spent in town shooting the new Robert Pattinson film “Water for Elephants” may have rung up as much as $1 million for city cash registers.

BARRY COURTER: With help from Big Boi and Sean Combs, Janelle Monáe has created one of the most unusual concept albums to come along in a long time.