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3 BREAKFAST OF CHAMPIONS, Tyner United Methodist Church, 6805 Standifer Gap Road, 7:30 a.m., free, but love offering will be accepted, table sponsorships $1,000; gospel singing and presentation honoring Willie Kitchens; proceeds benefit Bethlehem Center’s after-school and summer programs. 266-1384, ext. 6.
5 DENIM AND DIAMONDS, Chattanooga Convention Center, 1100 Carter St., 7 p.m., $125 per person includes live and silent auctions, dinner and dancing; Heroes and Villains is theme of annual fundraiser for Project Access sponsored by Chattanooga-Hamilton County Medical Society, Medical Foundation of Chattanooga and Medical Alliance. 622-2872.
5 CORK AND CANVAS, Blue Ridge Mountains Arts Association 420 W. Main St., Blue Ridge, Ga., 7-9 p.m., $25 museum members, $30 nonmembers; wine tasting to benefit museum. 706-632-2144.
8 ODYSSEY, Chattanooga Convention Center, 1100 Carter St., 11 a.m., $65; Alma Powell, wife of Gen. Colin Powell and chairwoman of the board of America’s Promise Alliance, is featured speaker at benefit for Chattanooga Girls Leadership Academy. 468-4105.
8 RUTH HOLMBERG ARTS LEADERSHIP AWARD, Hunter Museum of American Art, 10 Bluff View, 6 p.m., $35; Fletcher Bright honored for his contributions to building a stronger arts community. 756-2787.
10 MASTERPIECE EXPERIENCE WINE DINNER, 212 Market Restaurant, 212 Market St., 6 p.m., $150 per person, $275 for Chef Table ticket; Chef Susan Moses serves five-course gourmet meal featuring local ingredients at benefit for WTCI. 702-7819.
11 ‘SHARK TANK’ STAR LORI GREINER, Chattanooga Convention Center, 1100 Carter St., 11:30 a.m., $50 per person; QVC host and television star headlines Mad, Bad and Dangerous entrepreneurial weekend sponsored by Girls Preparatory School. 634-7600.
12 ST. CHATTY’S DAY PARADE, march from downtown to North Shore, noon; free event to celebrate St. Patrick’s Day benefits Chattanooga’s Kids on the Block. 757-5259.
12 BREW-HA-HA, Museum Center at Five Points, 200 E. Inman St., Cleveland, Tenn., 4-8 p.m., $35 museum members, $50 nonmembers; beer tastings and food samples from local distributors to benefit museum, postponed from Feb. 20. 339-5745.
22 POSSIBILITIES LUNCHEON, Chattanooga Convention Center, 1100 Carter St., 11:30 a.m.-1 p.m.; featured speaker is Grant Korgan, first spinal cord-injured athlete to ski 80 miles to Antarctica’s South Pole, $75 individuals, benefits Siskin Hospital for Physical Rehabilitation. SiskinRehab.org.
– To be included, send event information to Susan Pierce at spierce@timesfreepress.com.