THEATER
BUTTONWILLOW CHURCH CIVIL WAR DINNER THEATER – 1060 Main St., Whitwell, Tenn. 423-658-7478, www.buttonwillowchurch.com. “Granddaddy’s Watch,” dinner and two-hour live show, 5:15 p.m. CDT Fridays-Saturdays, other days for groups.
CHATTANOOGA THEATRE CENTRE – 400 River St. 423-267-8534, www.theatrecentre.com.
• “The Secret Garden,” 7 p.m. Sept. 12, 8 p.m. Sept. 13, 2:30 p.m. and 8 p.m. Sept. 14, 2:30 p.m. Sept. 15, 7 p.m. Sept. 19, 8 p.m. Sept. 20, 2:30 p.m. and 8 p.m. Sept. 21, 2:30 p.m. Sept. 22. $25.
• “Wiley and the Hairy Man,” Youth Theatre production, 7:30 p.m. Sept. 20, 2:30 p.m. Sept. 21-22, 2:30 p.m. Sept. 28-29, 7:30 p.m. Oct. 4, 2:30 p.m. Oct. 5-6. $10.
COLONNADE – 264 Catoosa Circle, Ringgold, Ga. 706-935-9000, www.colonnadecenter.org.
• “Over the River and Through the Woods,” 7:30 p.m. Sept. 13-14, 7:30 p.m. Sept. 20, 1 and 7:30 p.m. Sept. 21.
• Auditions for “It’s a Wonderful Life,” 6-8 p.m. Sept. 16-17 (show dates, Nov. 15-23).
CUMBERLAND COUNTY PLAYHOUSE – 221 Tennessee Ave., Crossville, Tenn. 931-484-5000, www.ccplayhouse.com.
• “Man of La Mancha,” through Sept. 27. $12-$24.
• “Ring of Fire,” through Oct. 19. $12-$25.
• “To Kill a Mockingbird,” through Nov. 3. $12-$24.
• Golden Dragon Acrobats of China, 7:30 p.m. Sept. 21, 2:30 p.m. Sept. 22 and 10 a.m. Sept. 23 (all times Central).
DALTON LITTLE THEATRE – 210 N. Pentz St., Dalton, Ga. 706-226-6618, www.daltonlittletheatre.com. “Steel Magnolias,” 7 p.m. Sept. 20-21, 7 p.m. Sept. 27-28, 2 p.m. Sept. 29, 7 p.m. Oct. 4-5. $15 adults, $12 seniors/members, $10 students, $5 ages 12-under.
ENSEMBLE THEATRE – Eastgate Town Center, 5600 Brainerd Road. 423-987-5141, www.ensembletheatreofchattanooga.com. “The Tempest,” 7:30 p.m. Sept. 12-14, 2:30 p.m. Sept. 15. $15 adults, $10 students.
GEM THEATER – 700 S. Tennessee Ave., Etowah, Tenn. 423-263-3270, www.gemplayers.com.
• Youth Showcase, 7 p.m. Sept. 20-21. $8 adults, $5 students/children.
• Adult Showcase, 7 p.m. Sept. 27-28. $8 adults, $5 students/children.
TIVOLI THEATRE – 709 Broad St. 423-642-8497, www.ChattanoogaOnStage.com. “Disney’s Beauty and the Beast,” new touring company of Broadway musical, Sept. 21-22. $39-$75 (plus fees).
FILM EVENTS
CENTER PARK – 728 Market St. “Ferris Bueller’s Day Off” in Movies at Center Park, beginning at 7 p.m., with local band, food trucks, beer vendors; bring chairs or blanket. Free.
CHATTANOOGA FILM SOCIETY – Downtown YMCA, 301 W. Sixth St. 423-266-3766, www.chattanoogafilmsociety.org. Screening of “56 Up” in Summer Point of View Film Series, 6:30 p.m. Sept. 16. Free.
JOE STOCK MEMORIAL PARK – Wardlaw and North Main streets, LaFayette, Ga. 706-639-1519. “Gone With the Wind,” in conjunction with Battle of Chickamauga 150th anniversary, 7 p.m. Sept. 21.
ARTISTS/EXHIBITS
ART CREATIONS – 201 Frazier Ave. 423-266-3626. Demonstration of Strathmore mixed media, 5:30-7:30 p.m. Sept. 13. $5.
ARTCRAFTERS GALLERY – 1356 Market St., Dayton, Tenn. 423-775-1401, www.artcraftersdayton.com.
• Art At Nite exhibit, through Sept. 19.
• Sketches by Mattie Belisle, Sept. 21-Oct. 5. Reception, 1-3 p.m. Oct. 5.
ATHENS ARTS CENTER – 320 N. White St., Athens, Tenn. 423-745-8781, www.athensartscouncil.org. “Climbing the Great Spiral, Poems and Prayers of Hope and Healing,” through Oct. 25. Opening reception, 5:30-7 p.m. Sept. 13.
AVA GALLERY – 30 Frazier Ave. 423-265-4282, www.avarts.org. “Fresh,” through Oct. 25.
BESSIE SMITH CULTURAL CENTER – 200 E. M.L. King Blvd. Admission fees. 423-266-8658. “For All the World To See: Visual Culture and the Struggle for Civil Rights,” through Oct. 20.
CHATTOOGA ACADEMY SCHOOLHOUSE MUSEUM – 304 N. Main St., LaFayette, Ga. 706-639-1519. “The Army of the Tennessee and General Bragg in LaFayette,” 1-3:30 and 7-8:30 p.m. Sept. 21.
CREATIVE ARTS GUILD – 520 W. Waugh St., Dalton, Ga. 706-278-0168, www.creativeartsguild.org.
• Sept. 20: Patron Party and Taste of Dalton, 7 p.m. RSVP by Sept. 16 to Leanne Lawson, 706-217-6677.
• Sept. 20-22: Festival 2013.
CRESS GALLERY OF ART – UTC Fine Arts Center, 752 Vine St. 423-425-4600. www.utc.edu/cressgallery. Department of Art Faculty Exhibition, through Oct. 4.
HAMILTON COUNTY COURTHOUSE – 625 Georgia Ave. “In Visible,” through fall.
HUNTER MUSEUM OF AMERICAN ART – 10 Bluff View. Admission fees. 423-267-0968. www.huntermuseum.org. “Whitfield Lovell: Deep River,” through Oct. 13.
IN-TOWN GALLERY – 26A Frazier Ave. 423-267-9214. www.intowngallery.com. “Flavor of the Market,” through Sept. 30.
JEWISH CULTURAL CENTER – 5461 North Terrace. 423-493-0270, ext. 13. Exhibit highlighting front pages of Chattanooga Jewish newspaper, through Oct. 4.
LUPTON LIBRARY – University of Tennessee at Chattanooga. www.lib.utc.edu/archivist. “They Played the Roundhouse: Concert Posters and Flyers From the 1980s and 1990s,” through Sept. 27.
MARSH HOUSE MUSEUM – 308 N. Main St., LaFayette, Ga. 423-718-9918, 706-638-5187, www.marshhouseoflafayette.com. Guided history tours 1:30-3:30 p.m. Thursday, Saturday, Sunday and groups by appointment. Alsoopen 7-8:30 p.m. Sept. 21 for Battle of Chickamauga anniversary events.$5 adults, $1 children.
MOUNTAIN ARTS COMMUNITY CENTER – 809 Kentucky Ave., Signal Mountain. 423-886-1959.Regional Art Alliance exhibition, through Oct. 11.
MUSEUM CENTER AT FIVE POINTS – 200 E. Inman St., Cleveland, Tenn. Admission fees. 423-339-5745, www.museumcenter.org. “Cleveland Works!,” through Oct. 12.
NATIONAL MEDAL OF HONOR MUSEUM – Northgate Mall, 5000 Hixson Pike. 423-877-2525. www.mohm.org. Examines exploits of America’s heroes. Free.
RIVER GALLERY – 400 E. Second St. 423-265-5033, ext. 5. www.river-gallery.com. “Journeys,” through Sept. 30.
ST. PAUL’S EPISCOPAL CHURCH – 305 W. Seventh St. 423-266-8195, www.stpaulschatt.org. “Icons in Transformation,” through Nov. 9.
SHANKS CENTER FOR THE ARTS – 140 N. Main St., Crossville, Tenn. 931-787-1936, www.shankscenter.org. Works by regional artists, through September; “Artists in Their Own Right,” by Cumberland County schoolteachers, through October.
SIXTH CAVALRY MUSEUM – 2 Barnhardt Circle, Fort Oglethorpe, Ga. Admission fees. 706-861-2860, www.6thcavalrymuseum.com.
• Display chronicles the “Fighting 6th” from 1861 to present.
• “Lives and Lands of the Civil War,” through Oct. 26.
THE ART CENTER – 420 W. Main St., Blue Ridge, Ga. 706-632-2144, www.blueridgearts.net.
• The Art of Pebbie Mott,” through Sept. 27.
• National Juried Photography Exhibit, through Oct. 13.
• Fall Plein Aire Festival, Sept. 17-Oct. 13.
TOWNSEND ATELIER – 201 W. Main St. 423-266-2712, www.townsendatelier.com. “Women Painting Women: Revolution 2013,” through Sept. 28.
WAREHOUSE ROW – 1110 Market St. 423- 267-1127. “Crafted by Southern Hands,” through Sept. 30.