Special Events
The Hunter Museum of American Art will host Rock the Bluff: A Sound and Vision Party on Friday at 7 p.m.
Visit
www.huntermuseum.org or call
267-0968 to purchase tickets.
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 from 1-3p.m. at
the Creative Discovery Museum. The TINKERTOY: Build Your Imagination! exhibit will open Saturday, May 26. For more information, visit www.cdmfun.org.
The Southside ArtStroll, celebrating our artists, musicians, photographers, craftsmen, chefs, roasters, stylists, galleries, businesses, hostels, and neighborhoods, will be held Friday, May 25, from 5-8 p.m. View the Southside ArtStroll Facebook page for more information.
The Chattanooga Public Library will host an internet genealogy workshop using the recently released 1940 U.S. Census on Saturday, May 26, at 10 a.m. at the Eastgate Library. Call 855-2685 or email helms_m@lib.chattanooga.gov to make a reservation.
Theatre, Music and Dance
As part of its 25th Anniversary Jubilee, Ballet Tennesse will present the Ballet Tennessee Repertory Program on Friday at 8 p.m. and the Spring Festival of Dance 2012 on Saturday at 8 p.m. at the UTC Fine Arts Center. Call 425-4269 or visit www.utc.edu/finearts for ticket information.
Performances of Stellaluna conclude Sunday 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.
Choral Arts will present Come Away, Love, a concert of love songs in four languages, on Sunday at 4 p.m. at FirstCumberland Presbyterian Church. For more information, visit www.choralartsofchattanooga.org.
The Black Jacket Symphony will perform the Beatles' Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band with the CSO Orchestra on Thursday, May 24, at 8 p.m. at the Tivoli Theatre. To purchase tickets, call 642-TIXS or visit www.chattanoogaonstage.com.
The Senior Choir of St. Paul's Episcopal Church will sing Choral Evensong on Thursday at 7:30 p.m. with a reception following. Call 266-8195 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 continues on Friday at 8 p.m. at Miller Plaza with a performance by Seven Handle Circus. The opening act is The Dismembered Tennesseans. For more
information, call 265-0771 or visit www.nightfallchattanooga.com.
The Barking Legs Theater will host a peformance by guitaristPierre Bensusan on Thursday at 7:30 p.m. as well as The Evan Cobb Quintet on Thursday, May 24, 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 at 7:30 p.m. and Sunday 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 at 7p.m. at Lee University. Visit www.soundoftn.org for ticket information.
Joan Faulkner will perform at the Tivoli Theatre on Sunday, May 27, at 6 p.m. with special guest comedian Jonathan Slocumb. For more information, visit www.chattanoogaonstage.com.
Visual Art & Film
Lakshmi Luthra, UTC Assistant Professor of photography, media arts and graphic design will discuss celebrity photography as it relates to the new exhibition"Sound and Vision: Monumental Rock and Roll Photography" on Thursday at 6 p.m. at theHunter Museum of American Art. Visit www.huntermuseum.org for additional information.
Film Chattanooga will meet on Thursday at 6:30 p.m. at the Downtown YMCA with a focus on the topic of screenwriting. For more information, visit www.filmchattanooga.org.
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.
Townsend Atelier will host a stone carving class with instructor John McLeod Thursday-Sunday as well as a portrait painting workshop with instructor Mia Bergeron Wednesday-Thursday from 10 a.m.-5 p.m. 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. Visit www.tennesseecrafts.org for more information.
An artist demonstration will be held by multimedia artist Wade Brickhouse on Satruday from 11 a.m.-4 p.m. and Sunday from 1-4 p.m. at River Gallery. For more information, call 265-5033 ext. 5 or visit www.river-gallery.com.
The Jewish Cultural Center will host a Jewish Film Series beginning May 23 at 7 p.m. with the showing of Kaddish for a Friend. Call 493-0270 for additional information.
Writing, Literature & Poetry
Poetry readings by Matt Hart and Jenny Sadre-Orafai will take place on Saturday 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 and continues through Saturday, July 14. Call 757-5314 for more information.