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Things to do in the Chattanooga area this weekend include Chatt Town Cool Down, watermelon and brewers festivals

Staff photo by Olivia Ross / Giovanni Velazquez holds his snake Banana at Repticon at Camp Jordan on March 24. Repticon returns to Camp Jordan this weekend, featuring vendors and breeders, offering everything needed to care for reptiles, amphibians, invertebrates, arachnids and small exotic animals.
Staff photo by Olivia Ross / Giovanni Velazquez holds his snake Banana at Repticon at Camp Jordan on March 24. Repticon returns to Camp Jordan this weekend, featuring vendors and breeders, offering everything needed to care for reptiles, amphibians, invertebrates, arachnids and small exotic animals. Staff photo by Olivia Ross / Giovanni Velazquez holds his snake Banana at Repticon at Camp Jordan on March 24. Repticon returns to Camp Jordan this weekend, featuring vendors and breeders, offering everything needed to care for reptiles, amphibians, invertebrates, arachnids and small exotic animals.

By Sam Still 12 min read

Chatt Town Cool Down returns for its second year this weekend, bringing plenty of activities to both sides of the Tennessee River so Chattanoogans can cool off as the summer comes to an end. If river-based activities don’t float your boat, there’s the inaugural Watermelon Festival and the Rail and Hops Brewers Festival, among many other weekend festivities. Here’s the chronology.

ARTS

— Creative Arts Guild, 520 W. Waugh St., Dalton, continues two exhibitions. In Gallery Five20, there is “Samuel Shootingstar: A Whimsical Space Adventure,” featuring works by Adam Sanford. In Gallery One11, there is “The Pointillism of Life,” featuring works by Rick Watts. Gallery hours are 10 a.m.-7 p.m. Monday-Thursday, 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Friday and by appointment Saturday-Sunday. The exhibitions will run through Aug. 30. Learn more at creativeartsguild.org.

— In-Town Gallery, 26A Frazier Ave., continues its exhibition, “Home and Away,” featuring works by guest artist Suzanne Mortimer. Gallery hours are 11 a.m.-6 p.m. Monday-Saturday and noon-5 p.m. Sunday. The exhibition will run through Aug. 31. Learn more at intowngallery.com.

— ClearStory Arts, 1673 S. Holtzclaw Ave., continues its exhibition, “The Reverend Dr. James Dabney Curtis: A Celebration of Life and Art,” featuring paintings, prints and photographs spanning the length of Curtis’s fine arts career. Gallery hours are by appointment Tuesday-Friday. The exhibition will run through Aug. 31. Learn more at clearstoryarts.com.