The snow has melted, which means it’s time to start planning for the weekend. There’s the Lookout Wild Film Festival, the Sandhill Crane Festival and Dolly Days, featuring several different ways to celebrate Dolly Parton’s birthday. For ways to observe Martin Luther King Jr. Day, check out the Chattanooga Times Free Press holiday calendar. Otherwise, here’s this weekend’s chronology.
ARTS
— Liquidambar Art Gallery at Sequatchie Valley Institute, 1233 Cartwright Loop, Whitwell, is open to showcase ceramics, glass, metal ornaments, kaleidoscopes and paintings by local artists. All items are available for purchase. Visitors can also walk the forest nature trails while at the gallery. Gallery hours are 11 a.m.-4 p.m. CST on weekends, and other times are by appointment (call 404-698-5444). Learn more at svionline.org or liquidambarsvi.wordpress.com.
— In-Town Gallery, 26A Frazier Ave., will have an opening reception for its exhibition, “In the Open Air,” at 5 p.m. Wednesday. The exhibition features plein air watercolors by Lora Miller. Gallery hours are 11 a.m.-6 p.m. Monday-Saturday and noon-5 p.m. Sunday. The exhibition will run through Jan. 31. Learn more at intowngallery.com.
— Association for Visual Arts, 30 Frazier Ave., will have an opening reception for its exhibition, “Keeping Tradition Alive,” at 6 p.m. Wednesday. The exhibition features figurative works by Stan Townsend. Gallery hours are noon-5 p.m. Wednesday-Thursday, noon-6 p.m. Friday-Saturday and noon-5 p.m. Sunday. The exhibition will run through Feb. 21. Learn more at avarts.org.