Here are the downtown happenings through Monday, Nov. 8:
The UTC Women's Studies Colloquium: Explore, Connect, and Empower Lecture Series will continue on Monday at 5:30 p.m., in the University Center-Chattanooga Room for the second lecture in the Women's Studies Colloquium. Mike Jaynes, lecturer in English and Women's Studies at UTC, will present: "Corporate Pornography: Screwing the World." This event is free and open to the public. For more information, visit www.utc.edu.
The Chattanooga-Hamilton County Bicentennial Library hosts Dr.
Daryl Black at the Central location on Monday at 6:30 p.m. Dr. Black will give a presentation titled “Moved to Profound Silence: Religious Revival Styles in Tennessee and Georgia between 1790 and 1805.” For more information, visit www.lib.chattanooga.gov.
The Chattanooga-Hamilton County Bicentennial Library hosts Flick’s Café on Tuesday featuring the 1948 film Easter Parade. The movie will be shown at the Central Branch downtown at 6 p.m. For more information, visit www.lib.chattanooga.gov.
The Chattanooga-Hamilton County Bicentennial Library will host an urban gardening workshop while sprucing up the library grounds on Friday from 8:30 a.m.-1 p.m. Heather Wagner of Garden Vignettes is the special guest. Please bring a sack lunch and gardening tools. RSVP to kfahs@comcast.net.
Surface Tension: An AVA Invitational will have an opening reception on Friday from 5:30-8 p.m. The first AVA Invitational will feature six professional artists working in oil, acrylic, metal sculpture and installation. For more information, visit www.avarts.org.
The In-Town Gallery hosts Holiday BazART Exhibition with an opening reception on Friday from 6:30-8 p.m. The regional artist-elves at In-Town have created one-of-a-kind, original work especially priced in the spirit of gift giving. For more info, contact Lori Ryan at 205 613-3645 or loriryan@ymail.com.
The River Gallery presents an opening reception for its newest exhibition “Echoes” featuring artists Richard Aerni, Scott Hill, and Iantha Newton. The reception is Friday from 6:30-8 p.m. For more information, visit www.river-gallery.com.
Paul Rudnik’s comedy, Regrets Only, opens Friday at 8 p.m. at the Chattanooga Theatre Center. For more information, visit www.theatrecenter.com.
The Mosaic Market is Saturday from 11 a.m.-5 p.m. Mosaic Market is an indoor artist market located downtown at 412 Market St. next to Chili's. All artists and craftspeople are welcome to participate. For more detailed information, please contact Charlie Newton at 624-3915.
Go mad at the Chattanooga-Hamilton County Bicentennial Library’s signature fundraiser, ClubLib. The affair is on Saturday from 7:30-11 p.m. at the Central Library in downtown Chattanooga. Billed as the best party in town, go “mad” at the library while supporting this important community resource. Tickets are $60 for general admission and $85 for VIP, which include a massage, valet parking and express check-in. For ticket information visit clublibevent.com or call the library at 757-5310.
Join On Point for the fourth annual Chair Affair Art Auction on Saturday at Loose Cannon Studios from 6-8 p.m. The live and silent auction will feature chairs that have been hand painted by local and regional artists. For more information contact Kathryn DeNovo at kathryn@liveonpoint.org or at 899-9188.
The Chattanooga Market features Antiques and Collectibles on Sunday from 11 a.m.-4 p.m. at the First Tennessee Pavilion. For more information, visit www.chattanoogamarket.com.
The UTC Physics, Geology and Astronomy Department's Jones Observatory continues the season of stargazing Sunday with a lecture titled “The International Space Station” on Monday, Nov. 8. Gates open at 5:30 p.m., and the lecture and Planetarium show begin at 6 p.m. Telescope viewing continues until 8 p.m. For more information, please call Jack Pitkin at 425-4518.