April
Today: Chocolate Fling, The Mill, 1601 Gulf St., 2 p.m., $25 in advance, chocolate dessert sampling to benefit Epilepsy Foundation. 634-1772
20 UnBought and UnBossed awards breakfast, The Chattanoogan, 7:30 a.m., $40 per person, benefits Girls Inc., 11 female community leaders to be honored. www.UnBoughtandUnBossed.net or 624-4757.
22 Wine & Pearls, BMW of Chattanooga dealership on East Brainerd Road at I-75, 6-9 p.m., $75, benefits Minnie Pearl Cancer Foundation, cocktail reception and silent auction sponsored by Parkridge Medical Center. www.minniepearl.org/events or call 877-467-1936, ext. 105.
24 Oh, What a Night! CSO Guild Gala, Chattanooga Convention Center, 6 p.m., $150 per person, dinner, auction, entertainment by CSO musicians and Broadway Pops International, dancing to Broad Street Exit, benefits Chattanooga Symphony & Opera. 267-8583.
30 Breakfast of Champions, Orange Grove Center, 7:30 a.m., free but invitation reqired, UTC Lady Mocs basketball coach Wes Moore is featured speaker, board members Thomas Caldwell Jr. and Charles Comer will be honored. To learn how to be added to the invitation list, call 308-1160 or e-mail pr@orangegrove.org.
* Bunny Hop!, First Tennessee Pavilion, 6-8:30 p.m., $35 adults, $15 children, $100 per family, benefits Children’s Home/Chambliss Shelter. 468-1130.
May
1 Do the Derby, Engel Stadium, 4:30-10 p.m., $60 per person, $100 couple, includes afternoon and dinner buffet, complimentary beer and wine, one mint julep, one chance on grand prize, benefits Chattanooga Kids on the Block, www.kidsontheblock.net or 757-5259.
* Green Tie Affair, Ashland Farms, 5 p.m., food by 212 Market, music by Kathy Tugman and the Dave Walters Trio, $150 per person, $1,500 for table for six, benefits Tennessee River Gorge Trust, Hale Booth receives Adele Hampton Life Achievement Award for Conservation. www.trgt.org
* Kentucky Derby Party, Bluewater Grille, 3:30-7:30 p.m., $25 per person, $45 couple, $30 at door, benefits Chattanooga Room in the Inn. 266-4200 or www.bluewaterchattanooga.com.
3 WTCI’s Art of Dining wine dinner, St. John’s Restaurant, 5:30 p.m. cocktails, 6 p.m. dinner seating, $150 per person, $175 per person for seat at chef’s table and VIP discussion with St. John’s wine steward; guests will sample winning wine from PBS special “The Winemakers,” limited seating, reservations required. 702-7808
4 Women of Distinction, Chattanooga Convention Center, 11 a.m., $60 until April 12, $65 after that, table sponsorships start at $1,000, benefits American Lung Association of Tennessee. 629-1098.
11 Vintage luncheon, Museum Center at Five Points, Cleveland, Tenn., 11:30 a.m., $35 per person, $325 table of eight. 339-5745.
* Tuesday Night Live, Chattanooga Theatre Centre, 5:30-7:30 p.m., $50, dinner, auction and entertainment to benefit CTC. 267-8534.
13 Re:Start — Center for Adult Education’s 50th anniversary benefit, 6 p.m., Tivoli Theatre, $15 per person, $10 group rate for schools; educator Erin Gruwell, author of “The Freedom Writers Diary” will be the featured speaker. 642-TIXS.