Arts Calendar - March 6-12

THEATER

ABBA'S HOUSE - 5208 Hixson Pike. 423-290-8515, www.cdoorent.com. Closed Door Entertainment presents "I'm Getting Murdered in the Morning," murder-mystery, 7:30 p.m. March 14-15; with chicken or vegetarian dinner at 7 p.m. $22 adults, $17 students/seniors; free for children under 5.

CHATTANOOGA CHRISTIAN SCHOOL - 3354 Charger Drive. Rodgers and Hammerstein's "Cinderella," 7 p.m. March 6-8, 13-15; doors to Fine Arts Center open at 6:30 p.m. $12. Reserve tickets at ccsk12.com.

CHATTANOOGA THEATRE CENTRE - 400 River St. 423-267-8534, www.theatrecentre.com. "The Taming of the Shrew," Shakespeare comedy reinterpreted by CTC's Scott Dunlap, 7 p.m. March 6, 8 p.m. March 7-8, 7 p.m. March 13, 8 p.m. March 14-15. $12.50-$25.

COLONNADE - 264 Catoosa Circle, Ringgold, Ga. 706-935-9000, www.colonnadecenter.org. "Seussical, The Musical," 7:30 p.m. March 7, 1 and 7:30 p.m. March 8. $15 adults, $12 seniors/students, $11 groups.

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

* "Grease," through March 9. $13-$26.

* "The Dixie Swim Club," through March 21. $13-$25.

*"The Foreigner," through April 25. $13-$26.

ENSEMBLE THEATRE - Eastgate Town Center, 5600 Brainerd Road. 423-987-5141, www.ensembletheatreofchattanooga.com.

* March 7-9: "Home on the Morning Train," about young Jewish children escaping Nazi Germany, 7:30 p.m. Friday; 2:30 p.m. Saturday and Sunday. $10.

* March 13-22: "Fat Pig," social commentary on an "unequal" couple, 7:30 p.m. Thursday-Saturday, 2:30 p.m. Sundays. $15 adults, $10 students.

* March 15: Stage reading of "Chatting With the Tea Party," including Chattanooga interviews and with visit by playwright Rich Orloff, 2:30 p.m. $10.

STAGEWORKS OF CLEVELAND - George R. Johnson Cultural Heritage Building,Cleveland State Community College, 3535 Adkisson Drive, Cleveland, Tenn. 423-380-8073. "Almost, Maine," 8 p.m. March 7, 3 and 8 p.m. March 8. $15 adults, $10 students/seniors.

FILM EVENTS

EASTGATE SATURDAY CINEMA - Eastgate Public Library, 5705 Marlin Road, Suite 1500, 5900 Building. Weekly big-screen showings of the latest motion pictures and classics, including "The Butler" (PG-13), 2:30-4:45 p.m. March 8. Bring your own snacks and drinks with lids. Free. 423-855-2689.

FATHOM EVENTS -Hamilton Place 8, 2000 Hamilton Place Blvd.; East Ridge 18, 5080 South Terrace; UEC Theatres 14, 137 Pleasant Grove Road, McDonald, Tenn."Elton John: The Million Dollar Piano," concert film captured live at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas, 7 p.m. March 18 and March 26. $15. www.fathomevents.com.

LOCAL HERO PROJECT - Mellow Mushroom, 205 Broad St. Viewing party for Mini/mini Film Festival of 3-minute serene to extreme outdoor activity films, 5:30 p.m. March 20. Deadline to submit films: March 13. Download online or drop off hard copy at L2 Boards, downtown Mellow Mushroom or Rock/Creek Outfitters. www.TheLocalHeroProject.com.

UNITARIAN UNIVERSALIST CHURCH - 3224 Navajo Drive. 423-624-2985. Screening by MoveToAmend and UU's Social Justice Committee of "Inside Job," winner of the 2010 Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature, exposing corruption leading up to the 2008 banking crash, 7-9 p.m. March 7. Free. 423-602-7496.

ARTISTS/EXHIBITS

CHICKAMAUGA CIVIL WAR CENTER AND HERITAGE MUSEUM - 100 Gordon St. (railroad depot), Chickamauga, Ga. 706-375-4488. Admission: $2 adults, $1 children. World War II weapons, uniforms and equipment, through March 31.

COMFORT SKATESHOP - 1467 Market St. "The Shadow, the Window, the Frame, Pt. 1," painting and collage show by Devon Kronenberg, through March 28. 423-653-5090.

CRESS GALLERY OF ART - UTC Fine Arts Center, 752 Vine St. 423-425-4600. www.utc.edu/cressgallery. "Michelle Segre: Sculptures and Drawings," part of Diane Marek Visiting Artist Series, through March 20.

EXUM GALLERY & MEMORIAL GARDEN - St. Paul's Episcopal Church, 305 W. Seventh St. 423-266-8195, www.stpaulschatt.org. "Analogy & Exaggeration," by Lolly Durant and Bradley Wilson, through March 9.

GRAFFITI - 505 Cherokee Blvd. 423-400-9797, www.hillcityart.com. Sculpture and drawings by Bryan Rasmussen, through March 15.

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

* "Slavery: A Continued Legacy," through April 6.

* "African American Art: Harlem Renaissance, Civil Rights Era and Beyond," organized by the Smithsonian American Art Museum, through May 25.

* Art + Issues: "Dancing Around the Dollar," discussion about debt, class, labor and money facilitated by Tom Gokey, visual artist and organizer with the debt resistance movement Strike Debt, 6 p.m. March 6. Free.

LYNN H. WOOD ARCHAEOLOGICAL MUSEUM - Hackman Hall, Southern Adventist University, Collegedale. 423-236-2030, www.southern.edu/archaeology.

* "Vessels in Time: A Journey Into the Biblical World," permanent exhibit.

* "The Battle Over King David: Excavating the Fortress of Elah," through April.

NATIONAL MEDAL OF HONOR MUSEUM - Northgate Mall, 5000 Hixson Pike. 423-877-2525. www.mohm.org. Examines exploits of America's heroes through photos, narratives, uniforms and artifacts.

NORTH RIVER CIVIC CENTER - 1009 Executive Drive, Suite 102, Hixson. 423-870-8924.

* "East Asian Inspired Art: 7 Artists," exhibit of sumi-e brush paintings mounted on scrolls, East Asian-themed paintings on canvas and watercolor, and photographs, through May 29. Reception, 4-6 p.m. March 16.

* Demonstration of art of bonsai and origami, 4-6 p.m. March 16.

REFLECTIONS GALLERY - 6922 Lee Highway. 423-892-3074. "Members Exhibition," through March 20.

SIXTH CAVALRY MUSEUM - 2 Barnhardt Circle, Fort Oglethorpe, Ga. Admission: $3 adult, $2 child or senior adult. 706-861-2860, www.6thcavalrymuseum.com. Display chronicles the "Fighting 6th" from 1861 to present.

THE ART CENTER - 420 W. Main St., Blue Ridge, Ga. 706-632-2144, www.blueridgearts.net. "The Art of Keith Burgess," through March 29.

UNIVERSITY ART GALLERY - 735 University Ave., Sewanee, Tenn. 931-598-1223. "Laurel Nakadate: Strangers and Relations," through April 6. Artist talk/reception, 4:30 p.m. April 4.

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