By Liza Blair, Arts Manager Creative Discovery Museum. If you are a sweet potato fan you may already know this fabulous vegetable is a member of the morning glory family. Sweet potatoes are a tuberous root vegetable, which means the vegetable grows from the roots underground. Even though they are native to the tropical areas [...]
“Countdown” comes to Chattanooga Award-winning author visits Chattanooga The Chattanooga-Hamilton County Bicentennial Library is pleased to announce that Debra Wiles will have a special presentation at The Public Library – Downtown on Monday, March 28, 2011 at 6:30 p.m. Ms. Wiles is the author of children’s and young adult books. In 2002, she won the [...]
Chattanooga Department of Parks and Recreation The Parks and Recreation Department has 16 neighborhood recreation centers featuring gymnasiums, game rooms, art rooms, computer labs, community multipurpose rooms, ball fields, playgrounds, picnic areas, and much more. Two mega recreation complexes South Chattanooga and Brainerd feature indoor swimming pools for year round aquatic activities. Each center has [...]
Tattle tales by Alison Lebovitz My husband and I have always told our three boys that they can tell us anything. But lately we have started to second-guess that decision, because instead of confiding in us about certain things, they are bombarding us with everything. In the process, we have created three tenacious tattletales. Dealing [...]
Keeping it real For 30 years, Barry Louis Polisar has played for kids—not to them By Dave Loftin Photo by Michael G. Stewart Musicians or bands that stay relevant in the biz for more than three decades are rare. That’s even truer when they’re performing music for kids. Barry Louis Polisar has had a long [...]
Model behavior Want appreciative children? Show them what “thankful” looks like By Lynne Mulligan This column usually includes ideas for seasonal activities you can do with your children. But during this month of Thanksgiving, instead of creating activities that might encourage your children to be thankful, try modeling thankful behavior. So many of our days [...]
