LEISURE
CLIMBING CLINICS — Tennessee Bouldering Authority, 3804 St. Elmo Ave. Women’s climbing clinic with Kasia Pietras, 6-7 p.m., and “Intro to Climbing Through Bouldering” with Luis Rodriguez, 7-8 p.m. Thursday. Free. 822-6800, lurod@tbagymn.com.
COMEDIAN JOHN BISHOP — Palace Theatre, 72 S. Main St., Crossville, Tenn. Performance at 7 p.m. Saturday. $12 adults, $9 seniors, $8 children under 12. 931-484-6133, www.crossvilletn.gov (click on Departments, then Parks and Recreation).
GENEALOGY WORKSHOPS — Whitfield-Murray History Center & Archives, 715 Chattanooga Ave., Dalton, Ga. “Walking Back on the Paper Trail,” 9 a.m.-12:30 p.m., “Rigor of Proof — Lineage Societies, 1-4:30 p.m. Saturday. Both are intermediate-level sessions. $25 half-day, $25 whole day; $5 for optional sack lunch for break between sessions. To register, e-mail Ellen Thompson at ekthompson@optilink.us or call 706-581-3173.
ILLUSTRATED ART LECTURE — Lynn Wood Hall Chapel, Southern Adventist University, 4881 Taylor Circle, Collegedale. Giselle Hasel, assistant professor of art history, will present “Art, Politics and Propaganda: Rome’s Struggle for Supremacy in the Counter-Reformation,” 3:30 p.m. Saturday. Free. 236-2089.
TRAIN RIDES — Departing from Tennessee Valley Railroad, 4119 Cromwell Road. 894-8028, www.tvrail.com.
Missionary Ridge Local: Six-mile, 55-minute ride through East Chattanooga and to TVRM’s repair shop where locomotive is rotated and repositioned for ride back, on limited Saturday schedule (10:40 a.m. and 12:05 p.m.) through February. $15 adults, $9 children ages 3-12, free to younger kids.
WINE-TASTING PARTY — Georgia Winery, 6469 Battlefield Parkway, Ringgold, Ga. Includes a blind taste test and a wine-tasting seminar, 6:30-8:30 p.m. Jan. 29. $15. Reservations required. 706-937-WINE.
ZEN SESSIONS — ClearSpring Yoga, 17 N. Market St. Zenkai Taiun Michael Elliston, founder and abbot of the Atlanta Zen Center and the Silent Thunder Order, visits for all-day zazen sitting (zazenkai), one-on-one meetings (dokusan) and dharma talk at close of the meditation, noon-9 p.m. Saturday. Free. 622-2862.
BOOKS/AUTHORS
BICENTENNIAL LIBRARY
All locations of Chattanooga-Hamilton County Bicentennial Library system have programs and activities. Call downtown, 757-5314; Eastgate, 855-2685; Northgate, 870-0636; Ooltewah/Collegedale, 396-9322; South Chattanooga, 825-7237. The central information number for all branches is 757-5310. www.lib.chattanooga.gov.
CLASSIC LITERATURE BOOK CLUB — The CampHouse, 1427 Williams St. Reading “A Doll’s House” by Henrik Ibsen; meeting 6 p.m. Tuesday. February title is “A Separate Peace” by John Knowles. Contact: Joel Swanson, 432-8579, bookclub.classics@gmail.com.
WRITER’S FESTIVAL — Lee University, Cleveland, Tenn. Free admission to all sessions. Contact: Kevin Brown, 423-614-8232, kbrown@leeuniversity.edu.
* Today: Presentation by novelist Alexandria LaFaye, 7 p.m., Edna Minor Conn Theater.
* Saturday: Sigma Tau Delta Symposium, 9 a.m., Humanities Theater; screening of “Endings,” a film by Chris Hansen, 2 p.m., Edna Minor Conn Theater.
CHILDREN/TEENS
BICENTENNIAL LIBRARY
All locations of Chattanooga-Hamilton County Bicentennial Library system have programs and activities. Call downtown, 757-5314; Eastgate, 855-2685; Northgate, 870-0636; Ooltewah/Collegedale, 396-9322; South Chattanooga, 825-7237. The central information number for all branches is 757-5310. www.lib.chattanooga.gov.
CHILDREN’S STORY HOUR
* Barnes & Noble, 2100 Hamilton Place Blvd., 11 a.m. Wednesdays.
* Books Never-Ending, 2547 Cloud Springs Road, Rossville, 10:30-11:30 a.m. Saturdays for ages 3-8. 706-891-0774, www.booksneverending.com.
CREATIVE DISCOVERY MUSEUM — 321 Chestnut St. Winter hours: 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Monday-Saturday (closed Wednesdays), noon-5 p.m. Sundays. $10.95 for children and adults. 756-2738, www.cdmfun.org.
* Saturdays through May 14: Science demo, “Run, Jump, Slide,” various times.
* Jan. 29: Opening date for “Good for You: Healthy Fun on the Run,” through May 15.
DANCE
APPALACHIAN-STYLE CLOGGING — East Ridge Community Center, 1517 Tombras Ave. Session, 6-8 p.m. each Tuesday and Wednesday. $4. 875-2847.
BALLROOM — Alexian Brothers Senior Neighbors, 250 E. 10th St. 755-6100.
* Intermediate dance lessons, 10 a.m. Wednesdays. Monthly dance party, 7 p.m. Thursday. Bring finger food to share. $5.
BALLROOM — The Dance Floor, 3733 Ringgold Road, East Ridge. 697-1891.
Introduction to ballroom (half-hour lesson followed by practice session), 8 p.m. each Monday and Thursday. $5 per session.
BALLROOM — Studio 125, 125 Inman St., Cleveland, Tenn. 883-0133
* Wednesdays: Adult ballroom group class, 7:30-8:30 p.m., $5.
* Fridays: Adult group class, 8-9 p.m., $5.; dance party, 9-11 p.m., $5.
BEACH MUSIC — Chattanooga Billiard Club East, 110 Jordan Drive. Choo Choo Shag Club meeting, 7 p.m. each Thursday in Tropicana Room. $5 members, $7 nonmembers. 752-4586.
CONTRA — All Saints Academy, 310 E. Eighth St. Chattanooga Traditional Dance Society sponsors dance, with music by Free Association and caller Harry Delugach, 8-11 p.m. Saturday. Lesson at 7:30 p.m. $8 adults, $5 students and seniors. 876-7359, www.chattaboogie.com.
COUNTRY — Troy’s Place, 320 Emerson Drive, Ringgold, Ga. Dance, 8-11 p.m. each Friday and 7-11 p.m. each Saturday. $6. No smoking or alcohol. 423-855-9662.
DANCESPORT — 4295 Cromwell Road, Suite 512. 296-0282, www.chattanooga-dancesport.com. Dance classes in a variety of styles.
* Saturday: Women’s intermediate pole fitness, 11 a.m.-noon, $20; women’s beginning pole fitness, noon-1 p.m., $20. Ballroom dance lesson, 7:30-8:30 p.m., $20; dance party, 8:30-10:30 p.m., $10.
* Sunday: Argentine tango, 4-5 p.m., $5; tango practice, 5-6 p.m., free.
* Tuesday: Women’s Latin dance, 6-7 p.m., $10.
* Wednesday: Women’s pole fitness, 9-10 p.m., $20.
* Thursday: Beginning bellydance, 6-7 p.m., $10; advanced bellydance, 7-8 p.m., $10.
LINE — St. Jude Parish Hall, 930 Ashland Terrace. Instruction by Jeanette Bowen for beginners and intermediates, 5:30-7 p.m. each Thursday. $3. 580-4879.
LINE — North River Civic Center, 1009 Executive Drive. Boots & Buckles Club holds classes each Wednesday. Beginners 5:30-6:30 p.m., intermediates 6:30-7:30. $4. 580-4879.
LINE & SQUARE — Jones Memorial United Methodist Church, 4131 Ringgold Road. East Ridge Grand Squares dances: line, 6:30-7 p.m., and square, 7-9:30 p.m. each Monday. $4. 706-375-1088.
SENIORS — Eastgate Senior Center, 5600 Brainerd Road. Dance, 1-3 p.m. each Monday. Free. 855-9444.
SENIORS — 4431 Bonny Oaks Drive. Dance to the music of The Bounty Hunters Country Band, 7-10 p.m. each Saturday. $5. 332-6833.
SINGLES — Bourbon Street, 2000 E. 23rd St. Dance to music of 1970s-90s, 8 p.m.-midnight each Tuesday. Contact: Diane Saynes, dsaynes@att.net.
SQUARE & LINE — Cross of Christ Lutheran Church, 3204 Hixson Pike. Dancing, 7-9:30 p.m. each Thursday. 580-4879.
SQUARE — Cross of Christ Lutheran Church, 3204 Hixson Pike. Dixie Daisies, 8:15-10 p.m. each Thursday. 580-4879.
SQUARE/ROUND/LINE — Ringgold Old Nutrition Center, 5282 Evitt St, Ringgold, Ga. Class at 7 p.m. each Friday, dance at 8. $4 donation. Friday Nite Live Club, 706-937-7544 or 423-508-8367.
WESTERN SQUARE DANCE — Christian Life Center, Ooltewah United Methodist Church, 6131 Relocation Way. Patriotic Squares, 8 p.m. each Friday. $4. 706-866-6601.