THEATER
BUTTONWILLOW CIVIL WAR DINNER THEATER – 1060 Main St., Whitwell, Tenn. 423-658-7478, www.buttonwillowchurch.com. “Granddaddy’s Watch,” daily lunch and dinner shows (11 a.m. and 5 p.m CST Monday-Thursday, 11 a.m. Friday, 2 p.m. Sunday), by reservation only. $35 adults, $18 ages 6-12, $5 younger children (free if sharing adult’s plate).
CLOSED DOOR ENTERTAINMENT – Phoenix Theatre, 3708 Ringgold Road. closeddoorentertainment@gmail.com, www.cdoorent.com. Open-call auditions for Disney’s “The Lion King Jr.,” 6-8 p.m. Jan. 2-3 (show dates Feb. 17-25).
MERCY JUNCTION PEACE AND JUSTICE CENTER – 1918 Union Ave. Open call for African-American actors (men and women 45 to 50 and 25 to 30 years old and 7- to 10-year-old girl) for N2 The Woods Productions’ “Shorts in the Fall, noon-4 p.m. Jan. 7. (show date Feb. 25). 423-847-2170.
TIVOLI THEATRE – 709 Broad St. 1-800-514-3849, www.ChattanoogaOnStage.com. Comedian Ron White, 7 p.m. Jan. 13; doors open at 6 p.m. $49.50, $64.50 and $84.50 plus fees. 423-757-5580, www.tivolichattanooga.com.
FILM EVENTS
FATHOM EVENTS -Hamilton Place 8, 2000 Hamilton Place Blvd.; East Ridge 18, 5080 South Terrace. www.fathomevents.com.
* Dec. 29: Encore screening of Christmas episode “Doctor Who: The Return of Doctor Mysterio,” 7 p.m., East Ridge 18.
* Jan. 7: The Met: Live in HD presents Verdi’s “Nabucco,” in Italian with English subtitles, 12:55 p.m. at East Ridge 18 and Hamilton Place 8.
* Jan 8: “The Bowden Dynasty: A Story of Faith, Family and Football,” 6 p.m. at East Ridge 18 and Hamilton Place 8.
* Jan. 8, 11: 60th anniversary screening of “Carousel,” starring Gordon MacRae and Shirley Jones, 2 and 7 p.m. at East Ridge 18.
HERITAGE HOUSE – 1428 Jenkins Road. 423-855-9474. Russian Film Series: “The Carnival Night,” featuring comedian Igor Ilyinsky in a story about the clash of youth culture with the Soviet state on New Year’s Eve, 6 p.m. Jan. 8; preceded at 5 p.m. by potluck dinner with Russian Film Fellowship (bring simple side or nonalcoholic beverage to share). Free.
EXHIBITS & EVENTS
ATHENS ARTS CENTER – 320 N. White St., Athens, Tenn. 423-745-8781, www.athensartscouncil.org.
* “One World,” themed art competition and exhibit celebrating myriad cultures in the area for artists from McMinn and surrounding counties, through Jan. 6.
* A bead-making polymer clay demonstration by artist Ginny Schild for Arts on the Side, noon Jan. 3. Brown-bag lunches welcome.
* “Shades,” by Chattanooga artist Charlie Newton, Jan. 9-Feb. 17. Reception, 5:30-7 p.m. Jan. 13 (followed by Sisters in House Blend concert).
AVA GALLERY – Association for Visual Arts, 30 Frazier Ave. 423-265-4282, www.avarts.org. Take Art/Leave Art, Jan. 6-13. Opening reception, Jan. 6.
BESSIE SMITH CULTURAL CENTER – 200 E. M.L. King Blvd. Closed through Jan. 2. Admission: $7 adults, $3 children 6-12, $5 seniors and students. 423-266-8658, www.bessiesmithcc.org. “We Wear the Mask: Redefining a Double Consciousness” by Clifford Gordon, through Jan. 31.
CREATIVE ARTS GUILD – 520 W. Waugh St., Dalton, Ga. 706-278-0168, www.creativeartsguild.org. “The Art of the Cinema,” artwork, vintage movie posters, advertisements and cultural iconography from private collections, Jan. 6-Feb. 24. First Friday receptions, 5:30-7:30 p.m. Jan. 6 and Feb. 3. Movie screenings: 7:30 p.m. Jan. 6, Jan. 13, Feb. 3 and Feb. 10.
DALTON FREIGHT DEPOT – 305 Depot St., Dalton, Ga. Bandy Heritage Center for Northwest Georgia opens “Dalton and the World: The Odyssey of Lenna Gertrude Judd,” with personal mementos recalling the community leader and world traveler who moved from New York to Dalton in the early 20th century, through March. 706-581-8025.
EXUM GALLERY & MEMORIAL GARDEN – St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, 305 W. Seventh St. 423-266-8195, www.stpaulschatt.org. “Deck the Walls,” by 19 Mountain Art Guild artists, through Jan. 8.
FOODWORKS RESTAURANT – 205-C Manufacturers Road. 423-580-2270. “It’s Always Modern and Contemporary,” paintings and photographs by Civic Arts League, through April 20. 423-277-9464, 423-619-8959.
GALLERY 5 AT THE MACC – Mountain Arts Community Center, 809 Kentucky Ave., Signal Mountain. 423-886-1959, www.signalmacc.org. Student Art Exhibit, Jan. 1-31.
GALLERY AT BLACKWELL – Blackwell Automotive, 71 Eastgate Loop, Eastgate Mall. 423-344-5643, www.chattanoogaphoto.org. Photographic Society of Chattanooga winter show, “What Inspires Me,” through Jan. 27.
HERITAGE HOUSE – 1428 Jenkins Road. Craft N Crop, monthly relaxed artist/crafter mixer for creatives of all types, 6-9 p.m. Jan. 5. Bring potluck dish and project to work on.
HUNTER MUSEUM OF AMERICAN ART – 10 Bluff View. Admission: $15 ages 18 and older. 423-267-0968, www.huntermuseum.org.
* “Verina Baxter,” sculptures and abstractions by the late local artist, through Jan. 22.
* Museum closes at 3 p.m. Dec. 31.
* Throwback Thursday, 4-7:30 p.m. Jan. 5. Free admission to permanent collection, $5 admission to “Verina Baxter.”
* Verse and Verse: Strength and Beauty, featuring performance by poet Erika Roberts-Blackmon as inspired by sculpture by Verina Baxter, 6 p.m. Jan. 5.
IN-TOWN GALLERY – 26A Frazier Ave. 423-267-9214, www.intowngallery.com.
* “Unbolted,” acrylic canvas collages by Coyee Langston and handmade jewelry by Barbara Murnan, through Dec. 31.
* “Terra,” paintings by Lee Glascock, Jan. 1-31. Opening reception, 5-8 p.m. Jan. 6.
McMINN COUNTY LIVING HERITAGE MUSEUM – 522 W. Madison Ave., Athens, Tenn. Admission: $5 adult, $3 student or senior adult. 423-745-0329, www.livingheritagemuseum.com. Alvin C. York World War I exhibit, through Feb. 4.
MUSEUM CENTER AT FIVE POINTS – 200 E. Inman St., Cleveland, Tenn. Closed Dec. 31. Admission: $5 adults, $4 students and seniors. 423-339-5745, www.museum center.org.
* “College Hill Heritage,” exploring history of College Hill High School, through March 25.
* Third annual Old Christmas celebration, with Cleveland Storytelling Guild, 6-7:30 p.m. Jan. 5. $5; free for museum and guild members.
NANCY CANTRELL DENDER GALLERY – Etowah Arts Commission office, 700 Tennessee Ave., Etowah, Tenn. 423-263-7232. “My Community: My World,” photos by middle-school students documenting an Etowah summer, through Jan. 6.
RIVER GALLERY – 400 E. Second St. 423-265-5033, ext. 5; www.river-gallery.com.
* New works by the Whipple family (Marty, Jim, John and Lynn), through Dec. 31.
* Ceramic faces, still lifes and nudes by Georgia artist Kimmy Cantrell, Jan. 1-31. Opening reception, 6:30-8 p.m. Jan. 6 (snow date, 2-4 p.m. Jan. 7).
* “Inside/Out,” works by Mia Kaplan in Sculpture Garden, through May.
TENN ARTS STUDIO – 1801 Rossville Ave., Suite 108. Wayne-O-Rama, yearlong installation of puppets and depictions of local people and places by Chattanooga native Wayne White, a four-time Emmy Award-winning artist. Free; donations welcome. www.wayne-o-rama.com.
THE ART CENTER – 420 W. Main St., Blue Ridge, Ga. Closed through Jan. 2. 706-632-2144, www.blueridgearts.net.
* Holiday Show & Sale, concludes Jan. 3.
* Fourth-quarter artist-in-residence Connie Gaertner, through Jan. 7.
TOWNSEND ATELIER – The Arts Building, 301 E. 11th St. 423-266-2712, www.townsend atelier.com. An Evening With the Artist, painting demonstration from live model and talk by Seth Haverkamp, 6-7:30 p.m. Jan. 13. Free.
UNIVERSITY ART GALLERY – 735 University Ave., Sewanee, Tenn. 931-598-1223, gallery.sewanee.edu. “Love Thy Neighbor,” quilts and drawings by Jessica Wohl that grapple with the nation’s polarization, through Jan. 27.