The Lee University School of Music will present soprano Dr. Lenena Brezna, soprano, in a faculty recital on Monday at 7:30 p.m. in the Squires Recital Hall, located in Lee’s Humanities Center. The evening’s performance will include songs and arias by German composer Richard Strauss and Spanish composer Joaquin Turina. Dr. Brezna will be accompanied by Marybeth Wickes on piano. ... (click for more)

The Lee University Opera Theatre will host an Opera Masterclass with Dr. Elvia Puccinelli on Friday. This free event, taking place from 3:30-5 p.m., will be available for livestream viewing on Lee’s website. Lee Opera Theatre students will perform arias from “Così fan tutte,” “Old Maid and the Thief,” and “The Tender Land,” collaborating with Lee piano students. “We look forward ... (click for more)

Chattanooga Police said they do not believe any gang initiation took place as charged by a man who said on Facebook that he was attacked by a gang near Market Street and Aquarium Way (Second Street). Police said the man, who did not file a police report initially, is now refusing to talk about it. The man said he had to fight off several youths in an incident last Sunday ... (click for more)

The Hamilton County Health Department reported three more deaths from the coronavirus and 274 new positive cases on Wednesday. The case number is down from 384 on Tuesday. The total cases in the county now stands at 59,310. The death total is at 589 in the county. The new deaths are reported to be two men and one woman; two white and one black; two age 41-50 and one age 51-60. ... (click for more)

So they say it's time for redistricting. 'Redistricting' means carving up Hamilton County into nine sections of approximately equal population, right? And, as always, we're promised fairness in the process. But 'equal' is supposedly subject to topography and other unavoidable factors, and it's definitely subject to political whim. And 'fairness' is a very flexible term whose definition ... (click for more)

The first paragraph of a woman’s obituary in Illinois earlier this month was an eye-opener. “Springfield, IL—Candace Cay (Kruger) Ayers, 66, of Springfield, passed away on September 3, 2021, at St. John's Hospital in Springfield, IL. She was preceded in death by more than 4,531,799 others (globally) who were infected with COVID-19. She was vaccinated but was infected by others who ... (click for more)