posted November 5, 2009
This week in the Arts:
Special Events
The Spectrum Live Auction and Gala will be held Saturday, Nov. 14, beginning at 6:30 p.m. at the Hunter Museum of American Art. A Preview Party will be held Thursday from 6-7:30 p.m. at the museum. For more information, call 267-0968 or visit www.huntermuseum.org.
The 23rd Annual Ballet Tennessee Gala will be held at the Sheraton Read House Silver Ballroom on Friday, Nov. 13, from 6:30-11:30 p.m. with Martha Reeves as the guest of honor. Call 821-2055 for more information.
The Chattanooga Market Plaza Party, a Thursday market and music series, continues from 4-7 p.m. in the Waterhouse Pavilion at Miller Plaza. For more information, visit
The Center for Creative Arts will host a community open house on Friday from 11 a.m.-2:30 p.m. A complimentary lunch will be served from 12-1 p.m. Reservations can be made by calling 209-5942.
The Handcrafter's Gift Gala will be held Friday from 10 a.m.-7:30 p.m. at the Business Development Center. Visit www.chattanoogahandmade.org or call 413-5897 for more information.
ClubLib 2009, a benefit for the Chattanooga-Hamilton County Bicentennial Library, will be held Saturday from 7:30-11 p.m. at the Central Library. Tickets may be purchased by calling 757-5030 and more information may be found by visiting www.clublibevent.com.
On Point's fourth annual Chair Affair Art Auction, featuring chairs that have been hand-painted by local and regional artists, will be held on Saturday from 6-8 p.m. at Loose Cannon Studios. For more information, contact Kathryn DeNovo Grant at kathryn@liveonpoint.org or at 899-9188.
Normal Park Museum Magnet's Normal-Palooza, a family-friendly street festival offering live music, dance and an art market, will be held on Saturday from 10 a.m.-5 p.m. at the Normal Park Upper School. For more information call 209-5900 or visit www.normalparkmuseummagnet.com.
WTCI will host Family Day, a day where children can meet PBS Kids Characters, see themselves on TV, Touch a Fire Truck and more, on Sunday from 12-3 p.m. Visit www.wtcitv.org or call 702-7800 for more information.
The Chattanooga Market continues Sunday from 11 a.m.-4 p.m. at First Tennessee Pavilion. For more information, visit www.chattanoogamarket.com.
The City of Chattanooga Department of Education, Arts & Culture and Valvoline Racing to Excellence in Education will host a celebration event at Chattanooga Market on Sunday from 11 a.m. - 4 p.m. at the First Tennessee Pavilion. For more information, call 425-7823.
The UTC Physics, Geology and Astronomy Department's Jones Observatory will host a stargazing event Sunday beginning with a lecture entitled "The International Space Station" and a planetarium show at 6 p.m. Telescope viewing continues until 8 p.m. For more information, call 425-4518.
The Friends of Moccasin Bend National Park 2009 Lecture Series concludes Monday at 7 p.m. at the Tennessee Aquarium Auditorium with a presentation from The Hon. Dirk Kempthorne, Secretary of the Interior 2006-2009. Visit www.moccasinbendpark.org for more information.
Author Ruth Ellenson will speak at a luncheon for women on Monday at 12 p.m. at the Jewish Cultural Center. Contact Ann Treadwell at 493-0270 or atreadwell@jcfgc.com to make a reservation or for additional 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, Nov. 13, at 7 p.m. at BMW of Chattanooga. To purchase tickets or for more information, please visit www.artfromtheheart2009.org.
Visual Art & Film
The AEC Fall Indepedent Film Series concludes Thursday at the Majestic Theater with the showing of Lorna's Silence. Visit www.artsedcouncil.org for more information.
"Collaborations: Two Decades of African American Art" continues through Friday, Nov. 13, at the Bessie Smith Cultural Center. For more information, call 266-8658.
A Scratch Game Design Class for kids will be held each Saturday from Nov. 7-Dec. 5 from 10 a.m.-12 p.m. at AVA. Visit www.avarts.org or call 265-4282 ext. 102 to register.
AVA will host the opening reception for "Surface Tension: An AVA Invitational" on Friday from 5:30-8 p.m. The exhibit will be on display until Wednesday, Dec. 16. Visit www.avarts.org for more information.
The final submission deadline for the 10th Anniversary of AVA's 4 Bridges Arts Festival is Sunday, Nov. 15. To submit work, log on at www.zapplication.org or for a full prospectus, visit
www.4bridgesartsfestival.org.
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 gallery talk for the "Laborare est Orare" exhibit will take place Thursday from 6-8 p.m. and an opening reception will be held Friday from 5-8 p.m. at The Gallery. The exhibit will contintue through Thursday, Dec. 3. Call 870-2443 or visit www.redbankgallery.com for more information.
My Color Image Boutique & Gallery will host an artist reception on Thursday from 4-7 p.m. Paintings by Melonie Honea and custom jewelry by Terri Zitrick-Dennehy will be featured throughout the month of December. Call 598-6202 for more information.
The opening reception for the "Echoes" exhibit will take place at the River Gallery Friday from 6:30-8 p.m. The exhibit continues through Monday, Nov. 30. For more information, call 265-5033 ext. 5 or visit www.river-gallery.com.
In-Town Gallery's "Holiday BazART!" begins Friday from 5-8 p.m. and will continue through the month of November. Call 267-9214 visit www.intowngallery.com for more information.
Selected works of artist Savannah Jacobus will be featured at Studio II Gallery II during an opening reception on Friday from 4-7:30 p.m. For more information, call 266-2222.
The City of Chattanooga Department of Education, Arts & Culture is searching for photographers and filmmakers to help tell the story of "What Makes Chattanooga a Renaissance City?" The submission deadline is Wednesday. For more information or to submit work, please email becommunicationsllc@gmail.com.
A artist reception for Rachel Chantal, Elizabeth Talmidge and Kevin Chambers will be held Friday, Nov. 13, 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.
The award-winning Israeli film For My Father will be shown on Sunday, Nov. 15 at 2:30 p.m. in the Chattanooga-Hamilton County Bicentennial Library auditorium. Visit www.lib.chattanooga.gov for more information.
The submission deadline for photographers and digital artists to enter the Asher Love Gallery's "prospectus: The Sweet Baby Jesus Show" exhibit is Sunday, Nov. 15. For more information, email asherlovegallery@gmail.com.
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.
Auditions for The Little Dog Laughed will be held Sunday - Monday at 7:30 p.m., and auditions for If You Give a Mouse a Cookie will take place Monday - Tuesday at 4:30 p.m. at the Chattanooga Theatre Centre. For more information, visit www.theatrecentre.com.
The CSO continues its Masterworks series with a performance including Beethoven's Symphony #7 Thursday - Friday, Nov. 12-13, at 8 p.m. at the Tivoli Theatre. Call 267-8583 or visitwww.chattanoogasymphony.org for ticket information.
The script submission deadline for the Chattanooga Theatre Centre's 6th Biennial Festival of New Plays is Friday, Nov. 13. For more information, visit www.theatrecentre.com.
The Center for Creative Arts will present its String Orchestra, Wind Ensemble, and Chamber Orchestra in concert on Thursday at 7:30 p.m. in the school's auditorium. Call 209-5942 for more information.
The UTC Opera Workshop will perform a series of three different American Operas, Carlisle Floyd's Slow Dusk, Samuel Barber's A Hand of Bridge and Seymour Barab's A Game of Chance, on Friday at 7:30 p.m. and Sunday at 3 p.m. at the UTC Fine Arts Center. For ticket information, call 425-4269 or visit www.utc.edu/music.
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, please call 614-8343 or visit www.leeuniversity.edu/theatre.
Mountain Music Folk School is offering a Cumberland Plateau Banjo Styles Worskhop with instructor Joseph Decosimo and an Irish Fiddle Worskhop with instructor Robby Hilliard on Saturday, November 7th. A Bluegrass Banjo Worskhop with instructor Doc Cullis and an Old Time Fiddle Worskhop with instructor Bob Townsend will be held Saturday, Nov. 14. Visit www.mmfolk.com or call 827-8906 for more information.
The UTC Orchestra will perform Beethoven's "Emperor" Concerto featuring guest artist, Mirian Conti, on Tuesday at 7:30 p.m., and the UTC Trumpet Ensemble and UTC Tuba/Euphonium Ensemble will present a joint concert on Friday, Nov. 13, 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 Thursday - Saturday, Nov. 12-14, at 8 p.m. in the Sanderson Hall auditorium. Call 706 820-1560 for ticket information.
The Opera in Cinema series contines at the Rave Theater with the showing of Tchaikovsky's Eugene Onegin Thursday, Nov. 12, at 7 p.m. and Sunday, Nov. 15, at 1 p.m. For more information and online tickets, visit www.ravemotionpictures.com.
Martha Reeves and the Vandellas will perform at Memorial Auditorium on Saturday, Nov. 14, at 8 p.m. Call 642-TIXS or visit www.chattanoogaonstage.com for ticket information.
Chattanooga High School Center for Creative Arts presents its annual Jazz Cafe on Sunday, Nov. 15, at 3 p.m. at the North River Civic Center. For reservations or to purchase tickets, please contact Neshawn Calloway at calloway_neshawn@hcde.org or call 802-8860.
Writing & Literature
Rock Point Books presents Fun Fridays, a fun children's reading hour, beginning at 10:30 a.m. on Friday. For more information, visit www.rockpointbooks.com.
Author Dr. Peter Messmore will present the program at the Chattanooga Writers Guild Meeting on Tuesday at 7 p.m. at the Chattanooga-Hamilton County Bicentennial Library. Visit www.chattanoogawritersguild.org for more information.
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