OCTOBER
23 BARNETT & CO. SUNDAY SHOWCASE, UTC Fine Arts Center, 752 Vine St., 4-6 p.m., $10 adults, $5 students, free for children 5 and younger, all tickets have $1 added processing fee; nine youth groups perform in fundraiser for Performing Arts League. 423-425-4269.
27 COCKTAILS AND COSTUMES IN COLOR, Hunter Museum of American Art, 10 Bluff View, 6-8 p.m., $15 Hunter members, $20 general public; dress up as your favorite character from a painting for tour of Hunter with cocktails from Flying Squirrel bartenders at the benefit for the museum. www.huntermuseum.org.
27 FACES UMMASKED, The Church on Main, 1601 Rossville Ave., 5:30-8 p.m., $50; art sale to benefit FACES: The National Craniofacial Association, 423-266-1632.
NOVEMBER
3-5 BOOK SALE, Chattanooga Public Library, 1001 Broad St., doors open at 10 a.m. each day; “Book Lovers and Holiday Delights” offers holiday and gift books, children’s books and fiction for sale to benefit public library. 423-643-7747.
11 PINK BANDANA BALL, Stratton Hall, 3146 Broad St., 6:30-11 p.m., $100; barbecue, live and silent auctions, dancing and mining for gems at benefit for Emily’s Power for a Cure. 423-667-4332.
12 SPECTRUM, Hunter Museum of American Art, 10 Bluff View, 6-10 p.m., $100; annual black-tie dinner and art auction to benefit museum. 423-267-0968.
17 DINNER OF FIRSTS, The Chattanoogan, 1201 Broad St., 7 p.m., $150 per person; Chattanooga State Community College’s annual roast and toast to raise scholarship funds; the event honors Edna Varner, principal and teacher coach for the Public Education Foundation, 423-697-3359.
To be included, email event information to Susan Pierce at spierce@timesfreepress.com.