This week in the Arts:
Special Events
The Hunter Museum of American Art and the Chattanooga History Center present a program entitled Imagining the West on Thursday at 6 p.m. at the Hunter Museum. For more information, visit www.huntermuseum.org.
Creative Discovery Museum's First Tennessee Free Family Night will be held Thursday from 5:30-8 p.m. Call 756-2738 or visit www.cdmfun.org for more information.
Art.a.ma.jig, a fundraiser for the Arts and Education Council that combines the culinary and fine arts for an evening of exploration with food, wine, artists, and community members, will be held Thursday, July 16, from 6-8:30 p.m. at Tanner Hill Gallery. For more information, visit www.artsedcouncil.org.
The Rhythm & Noon Concert Series and the Friday Market continue at Miller Plaza Friday. Call 265-0771 or visit www.downtownchattanooga.org for more information.
The SHE Expo for Women featuring Stacy London and Paula Deen will be held Saturday and Sunday at the Chattanooga Trade and Convention Center. For more information call 757-6914.
The Chattanooga Market continues Sunday from 11 a.m.-4 p.m. at First Tennessee Pavilion. For more information, visit www.chattanoogamarket.com.
Visual Art & Film
"The Untold Story of the Great Black Jockeys" will be on display at the Chattanooga African American Museum through Friday. For more information, please call 266-8658 or visit www.caamhistory.org.
Shuptrine Fine Art & Framing and Gold Leaf Designs presents an exhibition by artist Stephen Scott Young through August. For more information, please call 266-4453 or visit www.shuptrinefineartgroup.com.
Figurative Sculpture Classes will be held Tuesday and Thursday, July 16, at Decosimo Rogers Studio. For more information, please call 266-0733 or e-mail studio@elizabethrogers.net.
A reception for artist Mary Helen Robert will be held at In-Town Gallery on Friday from 5-8 p.m. Call 267-9214 or visit www.intowngallery.com for information.
Winder Binder Folk Art Gallery will host a grand reopening party on Saturday from 6-9 p.m. The gallery will also host the Art 'til Dark festival on Saturday, July 18. For more information, visit www.winderbinder.com or www.arttildark.com.
Talle Johnson Pottery will host a pottery sale and kiln opening on Saturday from 11 a.m.-5 p.m. Visit www.tallejohnsonpottery.com for more information.
The entry deadline to exhibit in the Mid-South Sculpture Alliance (MSA)'s Sculpture Conference 2009 is Tuesday. The conference will be held Sept. 17-19 in Chattanooga. For complete entry guidelines, visit www.midsouthsculpture.org.
Theatre, Music & Dance
Ring Round the Moon continues through Sunday at the Chattanooga Theatre Centre. Please call 267-8534 for visit www.theatrecentre.com for showtimes and ticket information.
Psycho Beach Party continues through Saturday, July 18, on the CircleStage of the Chattanooga Theatre Centre. For more information, call 267-8534 or visit www.theatrecentre.com.
Auditions for Black Elk Speaks will be held Thursday at Heritage House. For more information, call 488-7755 or visit www.hamiltoncommunitytheatre.com.
Bye Bye Birdie will be presented at St. Luke United Methodist Church Thursday - Saturday at 7:30 p.m. and Sunday at 2:30 p.m. For more information, call 877-6447.
The Nightfall Concert Series continues at Miller Plaza Friday with a performance by Dan Baird & Homemade Sin at 8 p.m. and Joint Effort at 7 p.m. For more information, call 265-0771 or visit www.downtownchattanooga.org.
A World Music Program, featuring Kofi Mawuko and special guests, will be presented every Saturday from Memorial Day to Labor Day from 11 a.m.-5 p.m. at the Incline Railway. Musicians and singers are invited to jam from 4-5 p.m., and dancers are welcome anytime. For more information, please call 698-3873.
The Tennessee Valley Theatre will present Gene Hodge in Elvis, A Tribute on Saturday at 7:30 p.m. For reservations, please call 365-PLAY or visit www.tennesseevalleytheatre.com.
The tenth annual Half-Moon Music Festival will be held on Sunday from 1-6 p.m. on Watts Bar Lake in Ten Mile, Tn. Visit www.halfmoonfest.com for more information.
Verlon Thompson will perform at the Barking Legs Theater on Sunday at 6:30 p.m. For more information, visit www.barkinglegs.org.
Writing & Literature
Author Neil White will sign copies of his book, In the Sanctuary of Outcasts, on Thursday at 7 p.m. at Rock Point Books. For more information, visit www.rockpointbooks.com.
Rock Point Books presents "Fun Fridays," a fun children's reading hour, beginning at 10:30 a.m. on Friday. For more information, please visit www.rockpointbooks.com.