THEATER
ARTISTIC CIVIC THEATRE – 907 Gaston St., Dalton Ga. 706-278-4796. “Dracula,” 8 p.m. Oct. 21-22; 2 p.m. Oct. 23; 8 p.m. Oct. 27; 8 and midnight Oct. 28; 8 p.m. Oct. 29. $11-$15 (discounts for members).
ATHENS COMMUNITY THEATRE – Athens Arts Center, 320 N. White St., Athens, Tenn. 423-745-8781. “Win/Lose/Draw,” Oct. 27-Oct. 29. $10-$15.
BACK ALLEY PRODUCTIONS – Mars Theatre, 117 N. Chattanooga St., LaFayette, Ga. 706-621-2870. “The War of the Worlds,” 7:30 p.m. Oct. 21-22, 7:30 p.m. Oct. 28, 7:30 p.m. and midnight Oct. 29. $12-$15.
BAYLOR SCHOOL – Roddy Theater, Williams Island Ferry Road. 423-267-8506, ext. 276. Baylor Players present “Animal Farm,” 7:30 p.m. Oct. 26-27, 2:30 and 7:30 p.m. Oct. 29, 2:30 p.m. Oct. 30. $5.
CHATTANOOGA STATE COMMUNITY COLLEGE – Humanities Theater, 4501 Amnicola Highway. 423-697-3246. Wednesday Night Comedy Improv, 7:30 p.m. Oct. 26.
CUMBERLAND COUNTY PLAYHOUSE – 221 Tennessee Ave., Crossville, Tenn. 931-484-5000.
* “The Secret Garden,” through Oct. 23. $12-$25.
* “The Addams Family,” through Nov. 12. $12-$25.
HILLTOP PLAYERS – Bryan College, 721 Bryan Drive, Dayton, Tenn. 423-775-7271. “Into the Woods,” Oct. 27-29. $7-$11.
JEWISH CULTURAL CENTER – 5461 North Terrace. National tour of “Old Jews Telling Jokes,” 7:30 p.m. Oct. 27. Adult language and themes. $36. Reservations: 423-493-0270.
ROBERT KIRK WALKER COMMUNITY THEATRE – Memorial Auditorium, 399 McCallie Ave. Comedian Nate Bargatze’s Oct. 21 show, canceled.
SIGNAL MOUNTAIN MIDDLE/HIGH SCHOOL – 2650 Sam Powell Trail, Signal Mountain. 423-886-0880.”The Laramie Project,” Oct. 27-29.
FILM EVENTS
CINE-RAMA – 100 W. Main St. thecinerama.org/schedule.
* Frightening Ass Film Festival special screening, “Evolution,” 8:30 p.m. Oct. 28. $10.
* Frightening Ass Film Fest, including five feature films with special guests, short film contest, horror-themed art show, haunted house, live bands, costume contest and FAFFterparty, 11 a.m.-3 a.m. Oct. 29. $8-$25.
THE MET: LIVE IN HD – East Ridge 18, 5080 South Terrace, and Hamilton Place 8, 2000 Hamilton Place Blvd. www.metopera.org/hdlive. Mozart’s “Don Giovanni,” with behind-the-scenes interviews with cast, crew and production team, 12:55 p.m. Oct. 22.
ART EVENTS
4 BRIDGES ARTS FESTIVAL –
* Applications due by Oct. 31 for 150-artist juried show presented by Association for Visual Arts, April 21-23. Must be 18 or older. Awards total $15,000. $40 jury fee; up to three applications may be submitted. Prospectus and application at www.4bridgesartsfestival.org.
* Entries due by Oct. 31 in national call to artists for 4 Bridges Art Festival promotional poster. Free entry for AVA members, $25 nonmembers. Chosen artist receives free booth space at 2017 festival.
CARTECAY CORK & CANVAS – Cartecay Vineyards, 5704 Clear Creek Road, Ellijay, Ga. Create your own masterpiece with instruction from artist Jan Dappen, 6-9 p.m. Oct. 22. $45 includes instruction, supplies, two glasses of wine and souvenir glass. RSVP: 706-698-9463 or darlene@cartecayvineyards.com.
FACES UNMASKED – Church on Main, 1601 Rossville Ave. Art sale to benefit Faces, which serves children with craniofacial disorders, 5:30-8 p.m. Oct. 27. $50. 423-266-1632, www.facesunmasked.org.
EXHIBITS
ARC STUDIO – 1511 Williams St. 423-521-5753. Open studio day for resident artist Ryder Richards, 11 a.m.-6 p.m. Oct. 31.
ARTCRAFTERS GALLERY – 1356 Market St., Dayton, Tenn. 423-775-1401. “Fall Into Fun,” through Nov. 2.
ARTISAN DEPOT GALLERY – 204 E. Cumberland St., Cowan, Tenn. 931-308-4130.
* Community art show, “Animals With Attitude,” through Oct. 23.
* Member show, “Jenny’s Menagerie,” through Oct. 29.
* Community art show, “Patriotism,” Oct. 27-Nov. 20. Intake dates, Oct. 20-23.
ATHENS ARTS CENTER – 320 N. White St., Athens, Tenn. 423-745-8781.
* “Follow Innocence,” through Nov. 4.
* Entry deadline for “One World,” themed art competition and exhibit, 5 p.m. Oct. 28 (exhibit dates Nov. 7-Jan. 6).
AVA GALLERY – Association for Visual Arts, 30 Frazier Ave. 423-265-4282.
* Main Gallery: Tennessee Watercolor Society’s 35th Biennial Exhibition, through Oct. 28.
* Landis Education Gallery: Works by students from Trousdale School, through Oct. 28.
BESSIE SMITH CULTURAL CENTER – 200 E. M.L. King Blvd. Admission fees. 423-266-8658. Gee’s Bend Quilt Exhibit, through Oct. 29.
THE BLUE TREES PROJECT – Environmental art installation led by Konstantin Dimopoulos at various sites around town. RSVP to help paint at connect.chattanooga.gov/publicart.
* Oct. 20: Volunteer shifts at Riverfront Parkway beneath Market Street Bridge, 9 a.m.-noon or 1-4 p.m.
* Oct. 22: Family Fun Day, help the artist paint saplings to be planted in tree-needy neighborhoods, 10 a.m.-noon at Sculpture Fields, 1800 Polk St.
* Oct. 31-Nov. 4: Volunteer shifts, 9 a.m.-noon or 1-4 p.m. daily at Bessie Smith Cultural Center, 200 E. M.L. King Blvd.
CREATIVE ARTS GUILD – 520 W. Waugh St., Dalton, Ga. 706-278-0168. Indoor Festival! exhibit, through Oct. 21.
GALLERY 5 AT THE MACC – Mountain Arts Community Center, 809 Kentucky Ave., Signal Mountain. 423-886-1959. Tennessee Craft Week exhibition, through Oct. 30.
GALLERY AT BLACKWELL – Blackwell Automotive, 71 Eastgate Loop. 423-344-5643. Photographic Society of Chattanooga winter show, “What Inspires Me,” through Jan. 27.
HARRIS ARTS CENTER – 212 S. Wall St., Calhoun, Ga. 706-629-2599. Works by Pear Street Painters and Lisa Q Caldwell, through Oct. 24.
HOUSTON MUSEUM OF DECORATIVE ARTS – 201 High St. Admission fees. 423-267-7176. “A Country of, by and for the People,” through Nov 6.
HUNTER MUSEUM OF AMERICAN ART – 10 Bluff View. Admission fees. 423-267-0968. “Animating the Still Life,” through December.
IN-TOWN GALLERY – 26A Frazier Ave. 423-267-9214. “Out of Town,” through Oct. 31.
McMINN COUNTY LIVING HERITAGE MUSEUM – 522 W. Madison Ave., Athens, Tenn. Admission fees. 423-745-0329. Annual Quilt Show, through Oct. 29.
MUSEUM CENTER AT FIVE POINTS – 200 E. Inman St., Cleveland, Tenn. Admission fees. 423-339-5745.
* Centenary Avenue flea market, benefiting the museum, 8 a.m.-noon Oct. 22.
* “Novelties and Knickknacks,” through Oct. 22.
* “One River, Many Stories: Ocoee River History & Heritage,” through Dec. 17.
NORTH RIVER CIVIC CENTER – 1009 Executive Drive, Suite 102, Hixson. 423-870-8924. “Passions and Places: Felt From the Heart,” through Nov. 30.
RINGGOLD ART & FRAME GALLERY – 7825 Nashville St., Ringgold, Ga. 706-935-2844. “Life on the Farm,” through Nov. 8.
RIVER GALLERY – 400 E. Second St. 423-265-5033, ext. 5.
* Works by Brad Robertson, through Oct. 31.
* Meet-the-artist demonstrations by Mia Kaplan in Sculpture Garden, 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Oct. 21-22.
SOUTHERN ADVENTIST UNIVERSITY – McKee Library, 4851 Industrial Drive, Collegedale. 423-236-2788. “Falling,” through Dec. 1.
SOUTHSIDE MAKER ART CENTER – 1511 Williams St. Art 120 hosts inaugural Dia de los Muertos fundraiser, with El Mercado Latinoamericano de Chattanooga market featuring Latino vendors, noon-6 p.m. Oct. 29. Includes mobile Art Bike community altar, live music, crafts and mask-making, bilingual storytelling, art sale and auction and traditional foods. Vendor booths and performance slots available. 901-831-4052, art120.org.
SWINE GALLERY – 100A W. Main St. 423-521-1716. Call to artists for “Horrorshow,” a horror-themed art show, Oct. 29-30. Deadline Oct. 23. Artist waiver form at https://goo.gl.nmvTGU.
THE ART CENTER – 420 W. Main St., Blue Ridge, Ga. 706-632-2144.
* SAAG National Juried Show, through Nov. 12.
* Fourth-quarter artist-in-residence Connie Gaertner, through Jan. 7.