Bra-Vo! Is billed as “fashion show celebrating life after cancer.” It is a celebration, but it’s also an essential fundraiser for Breast Cancer Support Services (BCSS) here in Chattanooga. BCSS offers spiritual, emotional and financial support for men, women and their families living under the shadow of breast cancer. Richard Winham talked to Meghan Greene, the executive director at BCSS, along with Beverly Slate, chairperson of the BCSS board and Debbie Fassino, one of the many volunteers at

Since launching in 2014, the annual Chattanooga Film Festival has become a major event, featuring dozens and dozens of feature films and shorts, as well as secret screenings, discussion panels, and parties. Last year's event drew a crowd of more than 10,500 people. This year's festival kicks off April 6th and lasts through the 9th. The full schedule is now online. Festival founder Chris Dortch and his father (also named Chris Dortch) join us to preview this year's event.

Students from the newly formed Gay-Straight Alliance Club in Cleveland, Tennessee visited their local lawmakers to voice concerns over a bathroom bill. The proposed legislation would require public school students to use the restroom corresponding to the gender on their birth certificates. The bill would directly affect transgender sophomore Chase Howard who said classmates come up to him and ask, “’Are you a boy or a girl?’ And I tell them, I’m a boy, and they're like, ‘No you're not.’” Asked

Michael Gray has been hosting and producing the River City Sessions for several years now. The show is recorded live at Gran Falloon on Main Street and then airs on WUTC on the fourth Sunday of every month at 8 in the evening. River City Sessions is a showcase for storytellers, but as Michael Gray told Richard Winham, that wasn’t clear to him when he first began producing the show. The next live taping is Thursday, March 9 at 7 pm.

Chattanooga Mayor Andy Berke finished far ahead of the three challengers who sought to unseat him on March 7.

Dr. Jonathan McNair joins us to discuss "O King," a tribute to Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. that will feature music and spoken-word performances. At the event, two new instrumental works by Dr. Jonathan McNair will premiere. FROM A PRESS RELEASE: Try to imagine what life might be like in the United States if Martin Luther King, Jr. had not developed his ideas and dreams about a more equal and equitable society for all Americans? What if he had not delivered his eloquent, powerful speeches and

Hosting a walkthrough of the Chattanooga Police Department’s new Real Time Intelligence Center (RTIC), Mayor Andy Berke vowed, "Our city will stop at nothing to prevent crime." RTIC will gather data from cameras placed throughout the city starting this week. Police officials said they will use the cameras to create a "near real-time digital data warehouse." The police are installing the cameras in about a dozen locations, including Glass Street, Brainerd Road, and North Chamberlain Street. They

Every year for the past seven years the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga Music department has staged a weekend-long Piano Extravaganza. The Extravaganza, a showcase for UTC students and faculty as well as special guests, was conceived and organized by Dr. Sin Sing Tsai. Dr. Tsai passed away recently, but the music department decided to continue with the Piano Extravaganza as a tribute to Dr. Tsai. In this interview, WUTC's Richard Winham is speaking with Dr. Lee Harris, chair of the UTC

I grew up in Chattanooga hearing rumors of Volkswagen-sized catfish swimming in the river near the dam, and I'll admit it: I was naive enough to think that such tales were unique to my hometown. It turns out people have been saying the same thing for decades in locations all around the South. So are they just rumors? Zeb Hogan, host of Nat Geo Wild's Monster Fish, decided to search for VW-sized catfish in Chattanooga during an episode of his show . He joins us to talk about what he found. Also,

Seun Erinle joins us to talk about upcoming technology classes in downtown Chattanooga. Eirnle founded A.I.R. Labs (Aspire, Imagine, Reason), which offers courses in web development for youth, graphic design, music production, and more. Erinle also talks about starting Blerd Nation , a Web site hub for Black Nerds.