Coming Events At The Tivoli Theatre And Memorial Auditorium

Thursday, September 06, 2012

Black Jacket Symphony performs Hotel California

Tivoli Theatre

Friday, Sept. 7 at 7:30 pm EDT

Back by popular demand! The Black Jacket Symphony performs the Eagles' Hotel California in its entirety. This network of top-notch musicians reproduce classic albums in a live environment, spending an enormous amount of time, energy and resources to perform the album in its entirety—note for note—with first-rate lighting and video production. All seats reserved at $25 and $30 plus convenience fees. Tickets are on sale now online at ChattanoogaOnStage.com and at the Auditorium box office. Call (423) 642-TIXS or 757-5050.

Closed Door Entertainment Presents Grease

Tivoli Theatre
Fri-Sat, September 14-15 at 7:30 pm EDT
Sunday, September 16 at 2:00 pm
Closed Door Entertainment, a non-professional theatre troupe from north Georgia, presents this classic high-energy 1950s nostalgic musical. All seats reserved from $20 to $28.50 plus convenience fees. Tickets are on sale now at the Auditorium box office and online at ChattanoogaOnStage.com. Call (423) 642-TIXS or 757-5050.

CSO Season Premiere: Heroes—Napoleon to Superman

Tivoli Theatre

Saturday, September 22 at 8:00 pm EDT

This grand Opening Night concert features performances of Beethoven's Eroica Symphony, originally dedicated to French hero Napoleon Bonaparte, and the Metropolis Symphony by American composer Michael Daugherty, whose music is heavily influenced by pop culture—in this case Superman! Tickets are available now at the CSO box office and online at chattanoogasymphony.org. Call the CSO box office at (423) 267-8583.

Sister Act

Soldiers and Sailors Memorial Auditorium

Tuesday-Wednesday, September 25-26 at 7:30 pm EDT

Broadway's feel-amazing musical comedy smash, launching nationally from Chattanooga! Sister Act tells the story of Deloris Van Cartier, a wannabe disco diva whose life takes a surprising turn when she witnesses a crime and the cops hide her in the last place anyone would think to look—a convent! All seats reserved from $32.50 to $57.50 plus convenience fees. $20 discount for age 17 and under. Presented by TAPA. Tickets are on sale now at the Auditorium box office, online at ChattanoogaOnStage.com, or call (423) 642-TIXS.

Carl Hurley & Jeanne Robertson
Tivoli Theatre
Tuesday, October 2 at 2:00 pm EDT
DOUBLE FUNNY Tour 2012! These two stars of Sirius/XM satellite comedy radio go together like sausage and grits, sunshine and flowers, George and Gracie. Their side-splitting stories will lighten your heart, lift your spirit, and tickle your funny bone. For tickets call toll free (800) 955-4746 or email sue@carlhurley.com.

CSO Pops: The Beatles' Revolver & Rubber Soul
Tivoli Theatre
Saturday, October 6 at 8:00 pm EDT
CSO favorites JEANS 'N' CLASSICS return to perform some of the Beatles' greatest hits! Voted #3 and #5 in Rolling Stones' Top 500 albums of all time, Revolver and Rubber Soul include classics like Eleanor Rigby, Girl, What Goes On and of course, Yellow Submarine. Tickets are available now at the CSO box office and online at chattanoogasymphony.org. Call the CSO box office at (423) 267-8583.

Eric Church in Concert
Tivoli Theatre
Monday-Tuesday, October 8-9 at 7:30 pm EDT
For his first ever live album, ERIC CHURCH will record back-to-back concerts at the Tivoli Theatre. Be part of this country music mega-event—who knows, you may be seen on Eric’s concert DVD! Tickets are $37.50 and $47.50 plus convenience fees. Tickets go on sale at 10am on Friday, Sept. 14 at the Auditorium box office, online at ChattanoogaOnStage.com, or call (423) 642-TIXS.

Mike Epps: I'm Still Standing Tour
Soldiers and Sailors Memorial Auditorium
Saturday, October 13 at 8:00 pm EDT
This stand-up comedian, actor, film producer, writer and rapper is best known for playing "Day-Day Jones" in Next Friday and its sequels, and also appearing in The Hangover, as "Black Doug." All seats reserved from $39.50 to $46.50 plus convenience fees. Tickets are on sale now at the Auditorium box office, online at ChattanoogaOnStage.com, or call (423) 642-TIXS.

CSO Masterworks: Beethoven & Brahms
Tivoli Theatre
Saturday, October 20 at 8:00 pm EDT

Special guest pianist Alexander Schimpf joins the CSO for a performance of Beethoven's Piano Concerto No. 4, a standard classic in piano-orchestral repertoire. Also featuring Overture to the Magic Flute by Mozart, Piano Concerto No. 4 in G major by Beethoven, and Symphony No. 2 in D Major, op. 73 by Brahms. Tickets are available now at the CSO box office and online at chattanoogasymphony.org. Call the CSO box office at (423) 267-8583.

A Song for the Children featuring Vince Gill
Tivoli Theatre
Friday, October 26 at 8:00 pm EDT

Annual benefit concert for the Children’s Advocacy Center of Hamilton County. Tickets go on sale at 10am on September 17th at the Auditorium box office, online at ChattanoogaOnStage.com, or call (423) 642-TIXS.


LATER SHOWS ON SALE NOW AT MEMORIAL AUDITORIUM BOX OFFICE 

Comedian Ron White: Moral Compass Tour
Tivoli Theatre

Sunday, November 4 at 7:00 pm EST
FOR MATURE AUDIENCES
Comedian Ron "Tater Salad" White, best known as the cigar smoking, scotch drinking funnyman from the "Blue Collar Comedy" phenomenon returns to Chattanooga with his new stand-up show Moral Compass. All seats reserved from $44.75 to $54.75 plus convenience fees. Tickets are on sale now at the Auditorium box office, online at ChattanoogaOnStage.com, or call (423) 642-TIXS.

Thomas Friedman Lecture
Tivoli Theatre
Tuesday, November 13 at 7:00 pm EST
FREE ADMISSION
The George T. Hunter lecture series welcomes the renowned author, reporter, and columnist—the recipient of 3 Pulitzer Prizes and the author of 6 bestselling books, among them From Beirut to Jerusalem and The World Is Flat. Sponsored by the Benwood Foundation and UTC.

Randy Owen in Concert
Tivoli Theatre
Thursday, November 15 at 7:30 pm EST
Come celebrate the Mary Ellen Locher Foundation's 10th Anniversary with Ft. Payne's own Randy Owen, former lead singer with the group Alabama, in this Pink Carpet Country Celebration! All seats reserved at $51.50 plus convenience fees. Tickets are on sale now at the Auditorium box office, online at ChattanoogaOnStage.com, or call (423) 642-TIXS.

Sesame Street Live! Elmo Makes Music
Soldiers and Sailors Memorial Auditorium
Friday-Sunday, November 23-25 - 5 SHOWS!
Mark your calendar for a musical event like no other—monsters making music! Elmo, Abby Cadabby, Big Bird and all their Sesame Street friends are taking to the stage to share their love of music in Sesame Street Live Elmo Makes Music. All seats reserved from $12 to $28, with a limited number of “Sunny Seats” available at $50. Tickets are on sale now at the Auditorium box office, online at ChattanoogaOnStage.com, or call (423) 642-TIXS.

Closed Door Entertainment presents A Christmas Carol
Tivoli Theatre
Friday-Saturday, November 23-24 at 7:30 pm EST
Sunday, November 25 at 2:00 pm

Closed Door Entertainment, a non-professional theatre troupe from north Georgia, presents Charles Dickens’ holiday classic. All seats reserved from $20 to $28.50 plus convenience fees. Tickets are on sale now at the Auditorium box office and online at ChattanoogaOnStage.com. Call (423) 642-TIXS or 757-5050.


See Rock City This Summer With Old Time Travelers and Rock City Raptors

Memorial Day Weekend at Rock City means the sights and sounds of Rock City Raptors Birds of Prey Shows and Summer Music Weekends.  The Old Time Travelers, formerly the New Binkley Brothers, play every Friday, Saturday, Sunday and holiday, 11 a.m.-5 p.m. through Labor Day. Hear them live while dining at Café 7, Rock City’s new outdoor restaurant featuring southern cuisine with ... (click for more)

Shakespeare Chattanooga Presents All’s Well That Ends Well

After being absent from the theatre scene for a year, Shakespeare Chattanooga is returning with “All’s Well That Ends Well” in August, a co-production with the Grace Players. “We are delighted to be partnering with Grace Episcopal Church’s Grace Players to present ‘All’s Well,’ and the show will be presented at their facility in Brainerd,” said producer Janis Hashe.  The ... (click for more)

Woman Killed In Early-Morning Wreck On Thrasher Pike

A woman was killed in a single-vehicle crash in the 1200 block of Thrasher Pike early Saturday morning. Soddy Daisy Police Chief Phillip Hamrick said a female passenger was ejected from the vehicle. She was transported to Erlanger Hospital by LifeForce helicopter about 3:15 a.m. The driver was transported by Hamilton County EMS. It is believed he had non-life threatening injuries. ... (click for more)

City May Move Forward On $47 Million Wilcox Tunnel Project

City officials may move forward on a $47 million project to upgrade the narrow Wilcox Tunnel through Missionary Ridge. The City Council on Tuesday is to consider a resolution to apply for a $25 million federal TIGER grant. The city would still have to come up with $21,825,000 through "local funds or grants." The city has already spent $175,000 on the project. Improving ... (click for more)

Rep. Eric Watson Reflects On Memorial Day

Memorial Day is the time for Americans to reconnect with their history and the core values that make this country great by honoring those who gave their lives for the ideals we cherish. Soldiers are people who come from all walks of life, from every corner of this great land of ours. They are our fathers, our sons, our mothers and our daughters, our friends, and our neighbors.  ... (click for more)

Roy Exum: A Dose Of Foxhole Humor

During my quest this week for jokes and funny stories that would brighten my day, a surprising number of friends sent me hilarious samples of “fox-hole humor” and it made perfect sense. It was the most famous Marine – Chesty Puller – who once announced to his troops in Korea, “All right, they're on our left, they're on our right, they're in front of us, they're behind ... (click for more)