THEATERS
ARTISTIC CIVIC THEATRE – 907 Gaston St., Dalton Ga. 706-278-4796, www.actdalton.org. “The Musical Adventures of Oliver Twist,” 7 p.m. Sept. 22-23, 2 p.m. Sept. 24. $9-$15.
ATHENS COMMUNITY THEATRE – Athens Arts Center, 320 N. White St., Athens, Tenn. 423-745-8781, www.athensartscouncil.org. “Come Back to the 5 & Dime, Jimmy Dean, Jimmy Dean,” 7:30 p.m. Sept. 23-24, 2 p.m. Sept. 25, 7:30 p.m. Sept. 29-Oct. 1. $15 adults, $10 students.
BACK ALLEY PRODUCTIONS – Mars Theatre, 117 N. Chattanooga St., LaFayette, Ga. 706-621-2870, www.backalleyproductions.org. Auditions for “It’s a Wonderful Life,” walk-in auditions 6:30-8:30 p.m. Sept. 23, by appointment 1-9 p.m. Sept. 24 (show dates Dec. 2-18).
BLUE RIDGE COMMUNITY THEATER – 2591 E. First St., Blue Ridge, Ga. 706-632-9223, www.BlueRidgeCommunityTheater.com.
* Auditions for “The Bench: A Christmas Story,” 8 a.m. Sept. 26 and 5 p.m. Sept. 27 (show dates Nov. 25-Dec. 11).
* “The Wild Guys,” Sept. 29-Oct. 16.
CHATTANOOGA THEATRE CENTRE – 400 River St. 423-267-8534, www.theatrecentre.com. “Fiddler on the Roof,” Mainstage musical, 7 p.m. Sept. 22, 8 p.m. Sept. 23 (Girls Night Out with snacks and signature cocktail), 8 p.m. Sept. 24, 2:30 p.m. Sept. 25. $12.50-$25.
COVENANT COLLEGE THEATRE – 14049 Scenic Highway, Lookout Mountain, Ga. 706-419-1051, boxoffice@covenant.edu. “The Bald Soprano,” Sept. 30-Oct. 8: $7 adults, $5 seniors, students, staff. Final dress rehearsal, 8 p.m. Sept. 29: $5 and $3.
CUMBERLAND COUNTY PLAYHOUSE – 221 Tennessee Ave., Crossville, Tenn. 931-484-5000, www.ccplayhouse.com.
* “Lend Me a Tenor,” through Sept. 22. $12-$25.
* “The Secret Garden,” through Oct. 23. $12-$25.
* “The Addams Family,” Sept. 30-Nov. 12. $12-$25.
DALTON LITTLE THEATRE – 210 N. Pentz St., Dalton, Ga. 706-226-6618, www.daltonlittletheatre.com. “August: O’Sage County,” 7 p.m. Sept. 23-24, 2 p.m. Sept. 25, 7 p.m. Sept. 30-Oct. 1. $15 adults, $12 seniors and members, $10 students (age 13 through college with ID), $5 children 12 and younger.
LEE UNIVERSITY THEATRE – Buzz Oates Black Box Theatre, Communication Arts Building, 345 Church St NE, Cleveland, Tenn. 423-614-8360. “The Christians,” a new play by Lucas Hnath about how theology affects life and the difficulty of changing one’s mind, 7:30 p.m. Sept. 23-24, Sept. 29-Oct. 1, with talk-back sessions with School of Religion faculty following each performance. $10 adults, $7 children, seniors, students.
OAK STREET PLAYHOUSE – 418 Oak St. (at First-Centenary United Methodist Church). 423-756-2428, www.oakstreetplayhouse.com. “The Charitable Sisterhood of the Second Trinity Victory Church,” Sept. 30-Oct. 9. $15 adults, $12 seniors/groups, $10 students.
THE WHOLE BACKSTAGE THEATRE – Albertville Fine Arts Center, Albertville, Ala. 256-582-7469, www.wholebackstage.com. “Jekyll & Hyde: The Musical,” Sept. 30-Oct. 9.
ART EVENTS
CONFAB – Mid-South Sculpture Alliance hosts events with internationally known sculptor John Henry, Sept. 24. Registration/meet-and-greet starts at 9 a.m. Nonmembers: $115 adults, $65 students for daytime events; $50 dinner. Reservations: admin@midsouthsculpture.org, 423-903-5648. To become a member: http://midsouthsculpture.org/membershiplevels.
* 10 a.m.-1:30 p.m. Keynote address by Henry and discussion with audience, followed by buffet lunch and pop-up exhibition of small sculptures at Chattanooga State Community College, 4501 Amnicola Highway.
* 2-4 p.m. Tour of newly opened Sculpture Fields and Henry’s studio complex, 1800 Polk St.
* 6-8 p.m. Masters Award Dinner at Henry’s studio home with presentation of MSA’s Masters Award for lifetime achievement. Dinner also features author/artist Michael Hall, curator of the Columbus (Ohio) Museum of Art.
FACES UNMASKED – Call to artists through September for art show/auction benefiting Faces: The National Craniofacial Association. Artists may work with provided mask (pick up at Hart Gallery, 110 E. Main St.), create their own or not use a literal mask. Finished works will hang in the gallery in October before main gala at Church on Main on Oct. 27. www.facesunmasked.org.
EXHIBITS & EVENTS
ARTISAN DEPOT GALLERY – 204 E. Cumberland St., Cowan, Tenn. 931-308-4130, www.fcaguild.wordpress.com.
* Community art show, “Animals With Attitude,” through Oct. 23.
* Franklin County Arts Guild member show by Jenny Flatt, “Jenny’s Menagerie,” Sept. 22-Oct. 29. Opening reception, 5-7 p.m. CDT Sept. 30.
ATHENS ARTS CENTER – 320 N. White St., Athens, Tenn. 423-745-8781, www.athensartscouncil.org.
* “Follow Innocence,” by Richard Whitehead, through Nov. 4. Opening reception, 5:30-7 p.m. Sept. 23.
* Applications due by Sept. 30 for Holiday Trunk Show, indoor exhibition of fine arts and crafts Nov. 18-19, coinciding with Athens’ Old-Fashioned Downtown Christmas.
AVA GALLERY – Association for Visual Arts, 30 Frazier Ave. 423-265-4282, www.avarts.org. “Fresh 2016,” emerging artists exhibition, through Sept. 30.
BESSIE SMITH CULTURAL CENTER – 200 E. M.L. King Blvd. Admission fees. 423-266-8658, www.bessiesmithcc.org. Gee’s Bend Quilt Exhibit, new and ancestral works by women of Gee’s Bend, Ala., through Oct. 29.
DALTON FREIGHT DEPOT – 305 Depot St., Dalton, Ga. Bandy Heritage Center for Northwest Georgia opens “Dalton and the World: The Odyssey of Lenna Gertrude Judd,” with memorabilia recalling the community leader and world traveler who moved from New York to Dalton in the early 20th century, 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Sept. 28; continues through March. 706-581-8025.
EXUM GALLERY & MEMORIAL GARDEN – St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, 305 W. Seventh St. 423-266-8195, www.stpaulschatt.org. “Artistry in Wood,” by Bill Hassel, through Oct. 16.
GALLERY 5 AT THE MACC – Mountain Arts Community Center, 809 Kentucky Ave., Signal Mountain. 423-886-1959, signalmacc.org. “Advancing a Vision: Paintings and Sketches,” by Thomas Caleb Goggans, plus pottery by Charlie Pfitzer, through Oct. 1
GALLERY 1401 – 1478 Market St. 423-265-0015, www.gallery1401.com. “Expressions of Joy II,” by Marcy Gregg, through Oct. 3.
GALLERY AT BLACKWELL – Blackwell Automotive, 71 Eastgate Loop, Eastgate Mall. 423-344-5643, www.chattanoogaphoto.org. Photographic Society of Chattanooga fall show, “Around the Town,” through Nov. 4.
HARRIS ARTS CENTER – 212 S. Wall St., Calhoun, Ga. 706-629-2599, www.harrisartscenter.com. 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, www.thehoustonmuseum.com. Program on Sand Mountain pottery by Joey Brackner, director of the Alabama Center for Traditional Culture, and Danny Maltbie, collector and expert, followed by Q&A, 1:30-4 p.m. Sept. 25. Limited seating; call for reservations. Free admission; donations welcome.
HUNTER MUSEUM OF AMERICAN ART – 10 Bluff View. Admission fees. 423-267-0968, www.huntermuseum.org.
* Beyond an Illustration: Meaning and Memory Through the Work of Harvey Dunn and His Students, 6-7 p.m. Sept. 22.
* “Masters of the Golden Age: Harvey Dunn and His Students,” through Oct. 2.
* “Animating the Still Life,” through December.
IN-TOWN GALLERY – 26A Frazier Ave. 423-267-9214, www.intowngallery.com. “Towers,” by Doug McCoy, through Sept. 30.
JEWISH CULTURAL CENTER – 5461 North Terrace. 423-493-0270, ext. 13. “Psalms Beyond Boundaries,” by artists from the American South and Hadera region of Israel, through Sept. 30.
LYNN H. WOOD ARCHAEOLOGICAL MUSEUM – Hackman Hall, Southern Adventist University, Collegedale. 423-236-2030, www.southern.edu/archaeology. New exhibit, “A World in Miniature: Creation, Cosmos and Ecology on Seals From Biblical Times.”
McMINN COUNTY LIVING HERITAGE MUSEUM – 522 W. Madison Ave., Athens, Tenn. Admission fees. 423-745-0329, www.livingheritagemuseum.com.
* Enter quilts for October quilt show, 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Sept. 22-26. Judging, 10 a.m.-noon Sept. 27.
* Annual Quilt Show, Oct. 1-29.
MUSEUM CENTER AT FIVE POINTS – 200 E. Inman St., Cleveland, Tenn. Admission fees. 423-339-5745, www.museumcenter.org.
* “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,” by Durinda Cheek and Cam Busch, through Nov. 30. Artists reception, 2-4 p.m. Oct. 2.
RINGGOLD ART & FRAME GALLERY – 7825 Nashville St., Ringgold, Ga. 706-935-2844, ringgoldartandframegalleryllc.tripod.com. “Perspectives: Contemporary Art by MMIA,” by Mixed Media Inspired Artists, through Sept. 30.
RIVER GALLERY – 400 E. Second St. 423-265-5033, ext. 5; www.river-gallery.com.
* Works by Lissa Hunter and David Swanagin, through September.
* Felt-making demonstration by fiber artist Rachel Nicholson, 11 a.m.-4 p.m. Sept. 24.
SAS GALLERY – St. Andrew’s-Sewanee School, 290 Quintard Road (Simmonds Hall), Sewanee, Tenn. 931-968-0210, ext. 3151. Multicolor cut paper works by Kate Gunderson, through Sept. 28.
SOUTHERN ADVENTIST UNIVERSITY – McKee Library, 4851 Industrial Drive, Collegedale. 423-236-2788, www1.southern.edu/academics/academic-sites/library. “Falling,” by Civic Arts League, through Dec. 1. 423-236-
THE ART CENTER – 420 W. Main St., Blue Ridge, Ga. 706-632-2144, www.blueridgearts.net.
* Third-quarter artist-in-residence Rhonda Roddy, through Oct. 9.
* Blue Ridge Mountains Arts Association’s National Juried Photography Show, through Oct. 9.
* “Plein Air International Paint Out” exhibit, through Oct. 9.
UNIVERSITY ART GALLERY – 735 University Ave., Sewanee, Tenn. 931-598-1223, gallery.sewanee.edu. “Operable Units,” by Sarah Lindley, through Oct. 14. Artist talk, 4:30 p.m. CDT Sept. 23 in Convocation Hall, with reception to follow.