Later this month, comedian Leanne Morgan will play three shows in four days in front of capacity audiences at Memorial Auditorium. Meanwhile, just a few blocks away, the Tivoli Theatre is undergoing an expansion and renovation, promising to turbocharge the theatrical entertainment at that venue.
Later this month, the Hunter Museum of American art welcomes a new exhibit by painter Lumen Martin Winter, and stages around town — from The Signal to the Comedy Catch at the Choo Choo — will be hopping this summer with performances for every taste.
While some may lament the “pause” in the city’s iconic Riverbend festival this summer, with its stages going dark for the first time since the 1980s, there remains a growing need for performance stages in Chattanooga. As the city strives to become a vibrant urban hub for arts and entertainment, a diverse range of venues is essential.
Meanwhile, the city’s culinary scene is ever expanding, to the astonishment of old-timers who can remember a time when the city had only a handful of high-quality restaurants.
Too, the promise of a new entertainment, retail and residential community built around the new $120 million Lookouts Stadium near South Broad Street, means the urban growth and cultural renewal that defined the late decades of the 20th century is alive and well in the 21st.