THEATER
BUTTONWILLOW CHURCH CIVIL WAR DINNER THEATER — 1060 Main St., Whitwell, Tenn. 423-658-7478, www.buttonwillowchurch.com. “Grandaddy’s Watch,” dinner and two-hour live show based on events during the “real War Between the States,” 5:15 p.m. CDT Fridays and Saturdays year-round and other days for groups.
CHATTANOOGA THEATRE CENTRE — 400 River St. Box office: 267-8534, www.theatrecentre.com. “Pig Farm,” CircleStage production of Tom, Tina and Tim and the pig farm that occupies their lives through to their confrontation with gun-toting Teddy of the EPA, 8 p.m. May 28-29, June 4-5 and June 11-12.
CLEARSTORY — 400 E. Main St. 544-6534, www.zachlaliberte.com. “Improv With Zach Laliberte, Class and Performance,” by former Chattanoogan who is now a performer in Los Angeles, 7 p.m. Wednesday.
* CUMBERLAND COUNTY PLAYHOUSE — Crossville, Tenn. All times Central. 931-484-5000, www.ccplayhouse.com.
* “Duck Hunter Shoots Angel,” comedy finds a tabloid reporter and photographer searching for a headline in the Alabama backwoods but finding something else, through June 6. $13-$24.
* “Tinyard Hill,” new musical is a bittersweet love story in which two rural American blacksmiths try to continue the family’s 200-year tradition in the field, through July 11. $13-24.
* Hello, Dolly!” classic musical profiles meddling matchmaker Dolly Levi and her pursuit of wealthy merchant Horace Vandergelder, through Aug. 22. $13-$24.
DALTON LITTLE THEATRE — 210 N. Pentz St., Dalton, Ga. 706-226-6618, www.daltonlittletheatre.com. Auditions for “The Jungle Book,” summer children/youth theater production needs children of all ages who can read and memorize lines, 4:30 p.m. Monday and Tuesday (show dates July 15-25).
ENSEMBLE THEATRE — 1918 Union Ave. (St. Andrews Center). 987-5141, www.ensembletheatreofchattanooga.com. Cross discipline artistic collaboration that includes “columbinus,” a highly stylized United States Theatre Project account of the 1999 Columbine High School murders, and a series of poems in response to the play by local poet Laurie Perry Vaughen. Performances: 7:30 p.m. today, 3 p.m. Sunday, 7:30 p.m. May 28, 3 p.m. May 30 (“columbinus”). $10 adults, $8 students. Poetry project: 2 p.m. Saturday and May 29. $8. Combination ticket, $15.
VAUDEVILLE CAFE — 138 Market St. 517-1839. www.funnydinner.com. Audience-interaction comedy-mysteries with various themes feature Italian dinner, 7 p.m. Thursdays, 6 and 8:30 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays. $21.50 to $26.50 adults, $14 children 3-11.
Film events
FLICKS CAFE — Downtown Bicentennial Library, 1001 Broad St. The Director’s Cuts film series, hosted by library director David Clapp, features films from the 1980s. Coffee/desserts sold at 6 p.m.; film at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday’s title: “Manon of the Spring.” $1. Proceeds go to buy new materials for library’s fine arts collection. Patrons should use 11th Street entrance to reach cafe (auditorium). 757-5310, www.lib.chattanooga.gov.
ARTISTS/EXHIBITS
ASHER LOVE STUDIO AND GALLERY — 3914 St. Elmo Ave. 822-0289. “Seeds,” work by Daniel Liam Gill, through May 31.
BESSIE SMITH CULTURAL CENTER — 200 E. M.L. King Blvd. $7 adults, $3 children 6-12, $5 seniors and students. 266-8658. Permanent exhibit: a look back at black history through African artifacts, oral histories, documents, photographs, art and personal effects.
CHATTANOOGA STATE TECHNICAL COMMUNITY COLLEGE — CBIH/Olan Mills Building, 4501 Amnicola Highway. 697-4404, 866-547-3733 or www.chattanoogastate.edu. Tennessee Watercolor Society 32nd Exhibition through June 25. Opening reception, 2-5 p.m. Saturday.
CREATIVE ARTS GUILD — Dalton, Ga. 520 W. Waugh St. 706-278-0168, www.creativeartsguild.org. “Paint the Town Red,” Dalton Education Foundation alumni exhibit, through today.
GANNON ART GALLERY — 3250 Brainerd Road. 622-8236. Watercolors by Ellen Franklin, through July 1.
HOUSTON MUSEUM OF DECORATIVE ARTS — 201 High St. $9 nonmembers, $3.50 children. 267-7176. www.thehoustonmuseum.com. “Birds of a Feather,” through June.
HUNTER MUSEUM OF AMERICAN ART — 10 Bluff View. $9.95 adults, $4.95 children. 267-0968, www.huntermuseum.org.
* “Twenty Original American Etchings,” through June 6.
* “Themes of Identity: Selections From the Hunter Museum Collection,” through June 6.
* Photographs From Wuxi: Chattanooga’s Sister City in China,” through June 13.
* “Transformation 6: Contemporary Works in Glass,” through Oct. 24.
IN-TOWN GALLERY — 26A Frazier Ave. 267-9214. www.intowngallery.com. “A Breath of Fresh Art,” new work by 33 regional artists, through May 31.
JEWISH CULTURAL CENTER — 5461 N. Terrace. 493-0270, ext. 13. “Form and Space,” sculptural clay pieces by Austin Center and paintings by Lawrence Mathis, through June 3.
NORTH RIVER CIVIC CENTER — 1009 Executive Drive, Suite 102, Hixson. 870-8924. “Picture This!” exhibition by six local artists through May 31.
RIVER GALLERY — 400 E. Second St. (Bluff View Art District). 265-5033, ext. 5. www.river-gallery.com. “All That Jazz,” fiber work of Carole Harrison, through May 31.
SHUPTRINE FINE ART GROUP — 2646 Broad St. 266-4453, www.ShuptrineFineArtGroup.com.
* “Horizons,” featuring oil paintings by Brett Weaver and photographs by David McDowell, through Wednesday.
* Exhibit of fresh coastal scenes by Alan Shuptrine, through July 15.
TANNER/HILL GALLERY — 3069 S. Broad St., Suite 3, and Warehouse Row, 1110 Market St. 280-7182, www.tannerhillgallery.com. “Solid and Round,” work by Verina Baxter, through June 11.