This week in the Arts:

Special Events

The Benwood Foundation, in partnership with UTC, the Ochs Center for Metropolitan Studies, and CreateHere, concludes the 2009 George T. Hunter Lecture Series Tuesday at 7 p.m. in the Roland Hayes Concert Hall in the UTC Fine Arts Center with guest David Brooks, columnist for the New York Times. For more information, visit www.benwood.org.

The 23rd annual Ballet Tennessee Gala will be held at the Sheraton Read House Silver Ballroom on Friday from 6:30-11:30 p.

m. Call 821-2055 for more information.

The Spectrum Live Auction and Gala will be held Saturday beginning at 6:30 p.m. at the Hunter Museum of American Art. For more information, call 267-0968 or visit
www.huntermuseum.org.

The Chattanooga History Center will honor Fletcher Bright and the Dismembered Tennesseans as the recipients of its 4th Annual History Makers Award at a luncheon on Wednesday from 11:30 a.m.-1 p.m. at the Chattanooga Convention and Trade Center. Call 265-3742, ext. 10 for more information.

Art from the Heart, a live and silent auction event to benefit The Bethlehem Center featuring artwork by the Bethlehem Center kids and local artists, will be held Friday at 7 p.m. at BMW of Chattanooga. To purchase tickets or for more information, visit www.artfromtheheart2009.org.

Battle Grounds '09: A Medieval/Renaissance Fair will be held Saturday from 10 a.m.-4 p.m. at Battle Academy. All proceeds will benefit the arts education programming, educational field experiences, and the purchase of instructional materials and resources. For more information, call 209-5747 or visit www.battlerockets.com.

The Chattanooga Market continues Sunday from 11 a.m.-4 p.m. at First Tennessee Pavilion. For more information, visit www.chattanoogamarket.com.

The Jewish Cultural Center will host a traditional Thanksgiving meal for the Chattanooga community on Tuesday at 12 p.m. Musicians Matt Evans (banjo), David Varnell (guitar) and Christie Burns (hammered dulcimer) will play time-honored melodies. To make a reservation or for more information, call 493-0270 ext. 13 or email atreadwell@jcfgc.com.

A Cherokee Ancestry Advanced Workshop will be held at the Chattanooga-Hamilton County Bicentennial Library on Saturday, Nov. 21, from 10 a.m.-12 p.m. Call 757-5317 to register.

Visual Art & Film

The Bessie Smith Cultural Center will unveil "Love Supreme," its new exhibit by Kevin O' Keith inspired by jazz music performed by John Coltrane, on Friday, Nov. 20. For more information, call 266-8658.

The final submission deadline for the 10th Anniversary of AVA's 4 Bridges Arts Festival is Sunday. To submit work, log on at www.zapplication.org or for a full prospectus, visit www.4bridgesartsfestival.org. Applications for "Hot Mess!," an AVA juried member show, are due Monday. Visit www.avarts.org for more information.

Studio Arts will host art classes for children on Fridays or Saturdays, classes for teens on Saturdays and classes for adults on Thursdays through Saturday, Dec. 12. For a complete schedule or more information, call Judith Mogul at 645-3418 or email studioarts_846@msn.com.

Friday Morning Art Group sessions with artist/facilitator Jas Milam continue through Dec. 18 from 10 a.m.-12 p.m. and art classes for kids continue through Tuesday, Dec. 1, from 3:45-4:30 p.m. at the Rivoli Art Mill. Call 322-2514 to register or visit www.jasmilam.com for more information.

A artist reception for Rachel Chantal, Elizabeth Talmidge and Kevin Chambers will be held Friday from 7-9 p.m. at Artful Eye Gallery. The exhibit continues through Friday, Dec. 18. Call 855-7424 or visit www.artfuleye-gallery.com for more information.

Talle Johnson Pottery will host a pottery sale and birthday celebration on Saturday from 11 a.m.-4 p.m. For more information, call Talle Johnson at 228 324-4391 or Marian Heintz at 504-3238.

The award-winning Israeli film For My Father will be shown on Sunday at 2:30 p.m. in the Chattanooga-Hamilton County Bicentennial Library auditorium. Visit www.lib.chattanooga.gov for more information.

The Chattanooga-Hamilton County Bicentennial Library will host Flick's Cafe: Films of the 50s with the showing of Diary of a Country Priest on Tuesday. Visit www.lib.chattanooga.gov for more information.

Theatre, Music & Dance

Regrets Only continues each weekend through Saturday, Nov. 21, at the Chattanooga Theatre Centre. For more information, call 267-8534 or visit www.theatrecentre.com.

The CSO continues its Masterworks series with a performance including Beethoven's Symphony #7 Friday at 8 p.m. at the Tivoli Theatre. Call 267-8583 or visit www.chattanoogasymphony.org for ticket information.

The script submission deadline for the Chattanooga Theatre Centre's 6th Biennial Festival of New Plays is Friday. For more information, visit www.theatrecentre.com.

The Chattanooga Music Club presents A Harvest Hymn Festival and Organ Concert with organist David Friberg, the CSO Chorus, and members of the Chattanooga Symphony on Sunday at 4 p.m. at Memorial Auditorium. Visit www.chattanoogamusicclub.org for more information.

The Shaking Ray Levi Society presents The Stereophonic Confit Festival on Monday at 8 p.m. at the Winder Binder Gallery of Folk Art. Visit www.shakingray.com for more information.

The Mosier Brothers with special guest David Blackmon will perform Friday at 8 p.m. at the Barking Legs Theater. For more information, visit www.barkinglegs.org.

You Can't Take It With You will be performed Friday-Saturday at 8 p.m. and Sunday at 2 p.m. in the Dixon Center Auditorium at Lee University. For ticket information, call 614-8343 or visit www.leeuniversity.edu/theatre.

The UTC Trumpet Ensemble and UTC Tuba/Euphonium Ensemble will present a joint concert on Friday at 7:30 p.m. in the UTC Fine Arts Center. For more information, call 425-4601 or visit www.utc.edu/music.

The Covenant College Drama Association will perform a staged reading of an adaptation of two plays from Dorothy Sayers' Man Born to be King Friday - Saturday at 8 p.m. in the Sanderson Hall auditorium. Call 706 820-1560 for ticket information.

Mountain Music Folk School is offering a Bluegrass Banjo Worskhop with instructor Doc Cullis and an Old Time Fiddle Worskhop with instructor Bob Townsend on Saturday. Visit www.mmfolk.com or call 827-8906 for more information.

The Clean Up Woman will be presented Saturday at 3 p.m. and 8 p.m. at the Tivoli Theatre. Call 757-5050 or visit www.chattanoogaonstage.com for more information.

The Opera in Cinema series contines at the Rave Theater with the showing of Tchaikovsky's Eugene Onegin on Sunday at 1 p.m. For more information and online tickets, visit www.ravemotionpictures.com.

Chattanooga High School Center for Creative Arts presents its annual Jazz Cafe on Sunday at 3 p.m. at the North River Civic Center. For reservations or to purchase tickets, contact Neshawn Calloway at calloway_neshawn@hcde.org or call 802-8860.

The Lee University Symphony Orchestra will present a concert on Tuesday beginning at 7:30 p.m. in the university's Conn Center auditorium. For more information, call 614-8240.

The Covenant Jazz Ensemble and Chamber Orchestra will be in concert Thursday at 8 p.m. in the Dora Maclellan Brown Memorial Chapel on the campus of Covenant College. Call 706 820-1560 for more information.

The UTC Jazz Band will perform on Thursday at 7:30 p.m. in the Roland Hayes Concert Hall of the UTC Fine Arts Center. For more information, call 425-4601 or visit
http://utc.edu/music.

The Sunset Concert Series continues at the North River Civic Center with a performance by the Ralph Miller Band on Friday, Nov. 20, from 7-8 p.m. For more information, call 870-8924.

The Secret Garden will be presented by Chattanooga State Theatre and Music Departments Friday - Saturday, Nov. 20-21, at 7:30 p.m. and Sunday, Nov. 22, at 2:30 p.m. in the Chattanooga State Humanities Theatre. For more information, call 697-3113.

Tennessee Valley Theatre will present Carrie Hassler & Hard Rain on Saturday, Nov. 21, at 7:30 p.m. For reservations or more information, call 365-PLAY.

The Screwtape Letters will be presented at the Tivoli Theatre on Saturday, Nov. 21, at 4 p.m. and 8 p.m. and Sunday, Nov. 22, at 3 p.m. For more information, visit
www.chattanoogaonstage.com or call 642-TIXS.

Mannheim Steamroller will perform at Memorial Auditorium on Sunday, Nov. 22, at 7 p.m. Tickets may be purchased by calling 642-TIXS or visiting www.chattanoogaonstage.com.

Auditions for Destiny Theatre Company's production of Black Nativity will be held Sunday, Nov. 22, at Loose Cannon Studios at 3:30 p.m. Call 242-5156 or email destinytheatre@gmail.com to reserve an audition time.

Writing, Literature & Poetry

The Classic Lit Book Club will meet Tuesday at 6 p.m. at Rock Point Books to review Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte. Visit www.rockpointbooks.com for more information.

Rock Point Books will host a meeting of the C. S. Lewis Society on Friday, Nov. 20, at 7 p.m. For more information, visit www.cslewischattanooga.org.

Rock Point Books presents Fun Fridays, a fun children's reading hour, beginning at 10:30 a.m. on Nov. 20. For more information, please visit www.rockpointbooks.com.

New Voices, a poetry reading event, will be held at Pasha Coffee House on Saturday, Nov. 21. Call 315-0721 or visit http://znaturalist.blogspot.com for more information.

The Urban League of Young Professionals Book Club will meet Tuesday, Nov. 24, at 6 p.m. at Rock Point Books to discuss The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People by Stephen R. Covey. For more information, contact Ken Jones at 504-0638 or kenjones@kejones.net.