This Week In The Arts

  • Thursday, May 10, 2012

 

Special Events

Chattanooga Gas Free Family Night will be held Thursday from 5:30-8 p.m., and Smash Art, a science and art collaborative workshop on how to transform electronics into repurposed toys, art, and robotics through tinkering, will take place Saturday, May 19, from 1-3 p.m.

at the Creative Discovery Museum. For more information, visit www.cdmfun.org


Tuesday Night Live!, featuring comedian, author, and Emmy Award-winning actor Leslie Jordan, will be held Tuesday beginning at 5:30 p.m. at the Chattanooga Theatre Centre. For tickets or more information, call 267-8534 or visit www.theatrecentre.com.

 

The Hunter Museum of American Art will host Rock the Bluff: A Sound and Vision Party on Friday, May 18, at 7 p.m. Visit www.huntermuseum.org or call 267-0968 to purchase tickets.

 

The Jewish Cultural Center will host a panel discussion about Israel on Friday at 12 p.m. at Mizpah Congregation, and a New York-style deli lunch complete with sandwiches, soups and sides will be held at the Jewish Cultural Center on Thursday, May 17, at 12 p.m. Email rsvp@jewishchattanooga.com or call 493-0270 ext. 10. for reservations.

 

The 6th annual HubFest festival will take place at Heritage Park on Saturday from 11 a.m.-4 p.m. For more information, visit www.facebook.com/chattanoogaeac or www.chattanooga.gov.

 

The Chattanooga Public Library will host an internet genealogy workshop using the recently released 1940 U.S. Census on Saturday at 10 a.m. at the Downtown Library. Call 757-5317 or email helms_m@lib.chattanooga.gov to make a reservation.

 

The Urban Design Challenge continues on Tuesday at 5:30 p.m. at the Central Church of Christ with a presentation by Idea Channel for their concept for the Vine Street Corridor. Visit

www.urbandesignchallenge.com for more information.

     

Theatre, Music & Dance

 

Stellaluna continues each weekend through Sunday, May 20, and Theatre Quest will present The G Play on Saturday at 10:30 a.m. at the Chattanooga Theatre Centre. Visit www.theatrecentre.com for more information.

  

Chattanooga Ballet will present Paquita Grand Pas as well as new works by Frank Hay, Karen Smith, Angela Sweet, and Joellen Wojtowicz Friday-Saturday at 8 p.m. at the UTC Fine Arts Center. Call 425-4269 to purchase tickets.

  

Community Master Classes at Ballet Tennessee will be held on Friday from 7-8:30 p.m. and Saturday from 11:15 a.m.-1 p.m. These intermediate and advanced classes will be taught by Mark Diamond, associate director of North Carolina Dance Theater. Call 821-2055 for more information.

  

The Chattanooga Girls Choir 25th Anniversary Spring Concert will take place Saturday at 3 p.m. at Ridgedale Baptist Church. Email office@chattanoogagirlschoir.com or call 296-1006  for more information.

 

As part of its 25th Anniversary Jubilee, Ballet Tennesse will present the Ballet Tennessee Repertory Program on Friday, May 18, at 8 p.m. and the Spring Festival of Dance 2012 on Saturday, May 19, at 8 p.m. at the UTC Fine Arts Center. Call 425-4269 or visit www.utc.edu/finearts for ticket information.

 

Choral Arts will present Come Away, Love, a concert of love songs in four languages, on Sunday, May 20, at 4 p.m. at First Cumberland Presbyterian Church. Visit www.choralartsofchattanooga.org for more information.

 

Oak Street Playhouse will present The Dixie Swim Club at the Flo Summitt Theatre Thursday-Saturday at 7:30 p.m. and Sunday at 2:30 p.m. For additional information, call 756-2428 or visit www.oakstreetplayhouse.com.

 

Frank Fairfield will perform Thursday at 8 p.m. at the Lindsay Street Hall with the Knob Creek Girls as the opening act. Visit www.chattanoogafolk.com for more information.

 

The Ensemble Theatre of Chattanooga will present their production ofA Doll's House Friday-Sunday at the St. Andrews Center. Tickets may be purchased by calling 987-5141 or visiting www.ensembletheatreofchattanooga.com.

 

The Nightfall Concert Series begins its 24th year on Friday at 8 p.m. at Miller Plaza with a performance by the Alexis P. Suter Band. The opening act is Ashley & The X's. For more information, call 265-0771 or visit www.nightfallchattanooga.com.

 

Auditions for Godspell will be held at The Salvation Army 614 Corps' ReCreate Cafe on Friday from 5-8 p.m. and Saturday from 2-5 p.m. For more information, contact Tenika Dye at 756-1023 ext. 137 or tenika_dye@uss.salvationarmy.org.

 

Saxophonist Travis Laplante and trumpeter Peter Evans will perform Sunday at 7:30 p.m. at the Barking Legs Theater. Call 624-5347 or visit www.barkinglegs.org for ticket information.

 

The Southside Casual Classics series continues with a performance by clarinetist Jay Craven on Monday at 7:30 p.m. at the Camp House. For more information, call 505-6688.

 

The final auditions for the musical Happy Days will be Monday from 6-7 p.m. at the Tennessee Valley Theatre. For additional information, visit www.tennesseevalleytheatre.com.

 

Dollywood's Penguin Players will present Otis, based on the book by Loren Long, on Tuesday at 10:30 a.m. at the Eastgate Library, Tuesday at 2:30 and 3:30 p.m. at the Northgate Library and Wednesday at 10:30 a.m. at the Downtown Library. Visit www.lib.chattanooga.gov for more information.

 

Strung Like a Horse, Lacy Jo, and The Accidental Circus will perform Wednesday at 7 p.m. at the Barking Legs Theater. To purchase tickets, visit www.eventbrite.com/event/3189077617

 

The Ballet in Cinema Series continues at the Majestic 12 Theater on Wednesday at 2:30 p.m. with a showing of the Royal Ballet's performance of LaFille Mal Gardee. Call 826-2375 for more information.

 

The Barking Legs Theater will host a peformance by guitaristPierre Bensusan on Thursday at 7:30 p.m. Call 624-5347 or visit www.barkinglegs.org for additional information.

 

The Gem Players will present their production of Frank W. Wickes'Soldier, Come Home, a play based on family Civil War letters, Friday - Saturday, May 18-19, at 7:30 p.m. and Sunday, May 20, at 2:30 p.m. at the Gem Theater in Etowah, Tn. For more information, call 263-3270.

 

The Sound of Tennessee Chorus will present its annual "Show of Champions," featuring three International Champion Quartets from the Barbershop Harmony Society, on Saturday, May 19, at 7 p.m. atLee University. Visit www.soundoftn.org for ticket information.

 

VisualArtFilmVisual Art & Film

 

Kristen Miller Zohn, Columbus Museum of Art Curator of Collections and Exhibitions, will share some of the stories behind the popular new exhibition, "Sound and Vision: Monumental Rock and Roll Photography," on Thursday at 6:30 p.m. at theHunter Museum of American Art. Visit www.huntermuseum.org for more information.

 

The exhibit featuring new works by Roger Halligan, Jan Chenoweth and Karen Rudolph continues through Saturday, June 16, at the Front Gallery at Chenoweth.Halligan Studios. For more information, contact Jan Chenoweth at chenowethhalliganstudios@gmail.com or  243-3778.

 

A watercolor workshop with Alan Shuptrine will be held Saturday from 10 a.m.-4 p.m. at Shuptrine's Gold Leaf Designs. Call 266-4453 to register.

 

Townsend Atelier will host a portrait painting workshop with instructor Mia Bergeron Wednesday-Thursday, from 10 a.m.-5 p.m. as well as a stone carving class with instructor John McLeod Thursday-Sunday, May 18-20. For additional information, call 266-2712 or visit www.townsendatelier.com.

 

The entry submission deadline for the Tennessee Association of Craft Artists' 2012 TACA Biennial exhibit is Thursday, May 17. Visit www.tennesseecrafts.org for more information.
  

WritingLiteraturePoetryWriting, Literature & Poetry

 

Local cultural anthropologist, archeaologist and author Raymond Evans and David Scott will present a lecture on Notable Naval Actions of the Civil War on Saturday at 2 p.m. at the Chattanooga Public Library. Visit www.lib.chattanooga.gov for more information.

 

The Eastgate Page Turners will meet at the Eastgate Library on Saturday, May 12 to discuss the novel Netherland by Joseph O'Neill.  Call 855-2685 for more information.

 

Poetry readings by Matt Hart and Jenny Sadre-Orafai will take place on Saturday, May 19, at 7 p.m. at the Front Gallery at Chenoweth.Halligan Studios. Email chenowethhalliganstudios@gmail.com for more information.

 

Registration for the Chattanooga Public Library's Summer Reading Program begins Saturday, May 19, and continues through Saturday, July 14.  Call 757-5314 for more information.
 

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