BARRY COURTER: Lisa, I’m not sure even death is an acceptable excuse for not being able to find something cool to do this coming week. I mean, there is always something on the calendar, but yowsa. Where to start?
Lisa Denton and Barry Courter
Cinerama, the new independent movie project from the Mise En Scenesters, opens Saturday in the old Grocery Bar space. They plan to show movies, host workshops, bring in guest speakers and collaborate with other groups with similar goals to keep the place busy. Saturday is the first of several planned soft openings. They have music, poetry and a secret film planned for the event.
Also, Richard Lloyd of Television fame headlines Nightfall on Friday, the same night that Summer Dregs, a local trio, will debut its new light and sound show. And on Saturday, the Chattanooga Public Library downtown hosts Zine Fest, a celebration of independent writers, bookmakers and general all-around free thinkers.
LISA DENTON: I pride myself on free thinking. And thank you for permission to say that.
That reminds me, the next Noontunes performer is Jamal Traub, a Chattanooga transplant since 2012 who describes his music as “infectiously quirky, free-spirited madness” – which, incidentally, is also how I describe my driving.