Arts Calendar - Sep 11-17

THEATER

CHATTANOOGA THEATRE CENTRE - 400 River St. 423-267-8534, www.theatrecentre.com. Auditions for "A Christmas Story, The Musical, " Main Stage production, with 30 roles available for children and adults, Sept. 15-16; 4:30 p.m. for ages 9-15 and 7:30 p.m. for ages 16 and up (younger actors may audition in the evening if unable to attend afternoon session). Show dates Dec. 5-23.

CLOSED DOOR ENTERTAINMENT - Abba's House, 5208 Hixson Pike. closeddoorentertainment@gmail.com, www.cdoorent.com.

• At Abba's House, 5208 Hixson Pike: "Murder at the Tonylou Awards," 7:30 p.m., Sept. 12-13; preceded by dinner at 7 p.m.

• At Robert Kirk Walker Memorial Theatre, Memorial Auditorium, 399 McCallie Ave.: "Chicago," 7:30 p.m. Sept. 19, 2 and 7:30 p.m. Sept. 20.

COLONNADE PLAYERS - 264 Catoosa Circle, Ringgold, Ga. 706-935-9000, www.colonnadecenter.org. Auditions for "Babes in Toyland," 6-8 p.m. Sept. 15-16 (show dates Nov. 14-15, 21-22).

CUMBERLAND COUNTY PLAYHOUSE - 221 Tennessee Ave., Crossville, Tenn. 931-484-5000, www.ccplayhouse.com.

• "Smoke on the Mountain," through Oct. 4. $13-$25.

• "It Ain't Nothing But the Blues," through Oct. 25. $13-$25.

• "Damn Yankees," Sept. 12-Nov. 8 or 9. $13-$26.

CURTAIN CALL DINNER THEATRE - Crossville Outlet Mall, 228 Interstate Drive, Crossville, Tenn. "Curtain Call Rat Pack" dinner show, featuring music of Frank Sinatra, Sammy Davis Jr. and Dean Martin, 5:45 p.m. dinner, 6:45 p.m. show, Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays through September (held over); doors open at 5:15 p.m. (all times Central). 931-337-7469.

ENSEMBLE THEATRE OF CHATTANOOGA - Eastgate Town Center, 5600 Brainerd Road. 423-987-5141, www.ensembletheatreofchattanooga.com. "Othello," with all-female cast, 7:30 p.m. Sept. 11-13, 2:30 p.m. Sept. 14. $15 adults, $10 students with valid ID.

TENNESSEE VALLEY THEATRE - 184 W. Jackson Ave., Spring City, Tenn. 423-365-7529, www.tennesseevalleytheatre.com. "The Cemetery Club," 7:30 p.m. Sept. 12-13, 2 p.m. Sept. 14.

TIVOLI THEATRE - 709 Broad St. 423-642-8497, 423-757-5156, www.ChattanoogaOnStage.com. Theatrical adaptation of C.S. Lewis' "The Great Divorce, 4 and 8 p.m. Sept. 20. $29-$59 adults, $25 students with ID. For group reservations (10+), call 866-476-8707. www.cslewisonstage.com, 800-514-3849.

FILM EVENTS

MOVIES AT CENTER PARK - 728 Market St. Three-week series kicks off with "The Breakfast Club" (Viewers Choice Night), 7 p.m. Sept. 13 (with buskers, food trucks, beer and wine vendors; bring chairs or blanket). Free.www.moviesatcenterpark.com.

ART CLASSES

BEGINNING CLASSICAL DRAWING - Townsend Atelier, 201 West Main St., Suite 107, Chattanooga. 423-266-2712. www.townsendatelier.com. Two day workshop. Students will learn how to use variety of tried and true classical drawing techniques. This workshop is intended for beginners but all levels are welcome. Instructor: Laura Hausler. Adults and ages 13 and up. Pre-registration required. Sept. 13-14, 9 a.m.-4 p.m.

ART EVENTS

ALL ABOARD FOR SCULPTURE: VIVA ITALIA - Sculpture Fields at Montague Park, 1100 E. 16th St. Italian-themed dinner aboard a vintage Tennessee Valley Railroad Museum train and cocktails at depot home of Pamela and John Henry, 5:30-9 p.m. Sept. 25. $175 per person, $300 couple. 423-266-7288, sculpturefields.org.

PAINT & SIP PARTY - Georgia Winery, 6469 Battlefield Parkway, Ringgold, Ga. Create a custom painting to take home with Artsy U, 2-5 p.m. Sept. 13. $40 includes wine tastings and light hors d'oeuvres. Reservations requested: 706-937-9463, georgiawines.com.

ARTISTS/EXHIBITS

ARTISAN DEPOT GALLERY - 201 E. Cumberland St., Cowan, Tenn.

• "Miniatures," by Franklin County Arts Guild members, through Sept. 20.

• "Human Form" member show, Sept. 25-Nov. 8. Franklin County artists may submit work for inclusion by 5 p.m. CDT Sept. 20.

AVA GALLERY - 30 Frazier Ave. 423-265-4282, www.avarts.org. "Needle & Thread," through Oct. 31.

BESSIE SMITH CULTURAL CENTER - 200 E. M.L. King Blvd. Admission: $7 adults, $3 children 6-12, $5 seniors and students. 423-266-8658.

• "Emancipation and Its Legacies," through Oct. 4.

• "Textile: The Work of the Zuri Quilting Guild," through Dec. 5. Artists talk, 6 p.m. Sept. 11.

• "The Threads That Bind," through Dec. 5.

CRESS GALLERY OF ART - UTC Fine Arts Center, 752 Vine St. 423-425-4600. www.utc.edu/cressgallery. "We Keep Having This Conversation," graphic designs by Keetra Dean Dixon and J.K. Keller," Sept. 16-Oct. 21.

GALLERY 5 AT THE MACC- Mountain Arts Community Center, 809 Kentucky Ave., Signal Mountain. "Plants, Patterns and Portraits" by Carolyn Wright, Sept. 12-Oct. 17. Opening reception, 5-7 p.m. Sept. 12.

GALLERY AT BLACKWELL - Blackwell Automotive, 71 Eastgate Loop, Eastgate Mall. 423-344-5643, www.chattanoogaphoto.org. "Iconic Chattanooga," through October.

GRACE EPISCOPAL CHURCH - 20 Belvoir Ave. "Silent Wonders" by North Georgia Sky Painters Society, through Oct. 28. 423-698-2433.

HARRIS ARTS CENTER - 212 S. Wall St., Calhoun, Ga. 706-629-2599, www.harrisartscenter.com. Glass artists and Ansley Sproull exhibition, through Sept. 26.

HUNTER MUSEUM OF AMERICAN ART - 10 Bluff View. Admission: $9.95 adults, $4.95 children. 423-267-0968. www.huntermuseum.org.

• "Hunter Invitational III," through Oct. 19.

• Artful Yoga by the Moon, 6 p.m. Sept. 11.

• Artful Yoga: Quilting Together an Experience of Music, Art & Yoga, 1:30 p.m. Sept. 13.

• Brunch at the Hunter, featuring Shane Morrow and Friends, presented by Jazzanooga, 11 a.m.-1 p.m. Sept. 14.

• Hunter Invitational III: A Chairman's Circle Reception, featuring artists Jan Chenoweth, Phillip Lewis, Jeffrey Morton and Greg Pond, 6 p.m. Sept. 18.

IN-TOWN GALLERY - 26A Frazier Ave. 423-267-9214. www.intowngallery.com. "Fowl Play," works by Linda Thomas, through Sept. 30.

JEWISH CULTURAL CENTER - 5461 North Terrace. 423-493-0270, ext. 13. "Wings," contemporary works by 30 Southern and Israeli artists, through Sept. 19.

NORTHSHORE GALLERY OF CONTEMPORARY ART - 505 Cherokee Blvd. 423-400-9797, www.hillcityart.com. "Please Seat Yourself," photographic essay on Zarzour's Cafe by Bradley Shelton, through Oct. 1.

REFLECTIONS GALLERY - 6922 Lee Highway. 423-892-3072. "Literary Art," through Oct. 23.

RIVER GALLERY - 400 E. Second St. 423-265-5033, ext. 5; www.river-gallery.com.

• "True to Nature," ultra-miniature acrylic paintings by Christina Goodman, hand-painted porcelain pots by D. Langford Kuhn and oil paintings by Eleanor Miller, Sept. 1-30.

• "Inside & Out," steel botanical sculptures by Grace Cathey, through May in Sculpture Garden.

UNIVERSITY ART GALLERY - 735 University Ave., Sewanee, Tenn. 931-598-1223. "David Southwood: N1 and Beach Boys," photo exhibition on the National Road One project, the longest freeway in South Africa, and the group of stowaways who live among its infrastructure in Cape Town, through Oct. 12.

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