Author and poet Jose Olivarez will be in town Saturday, Feb. 22, for a poetry workshop and reading at The Edney, 1100 Market St.

The Ringgold Playhouse will open its 2020 season with John Cariani's quirky romantic comedy "Love/Sick." Five performances will be presented over one weekend beginning Thursday, Feb. 13.

The cast of Lee University Theatre has planned an interactive audience experience for its premiere of "A Dollhouse Project" on Friday, Feb. 14.

Signal Mountain Playhouse will open its winter show on Friday, Feb. 14, with a new director in the newly restored auditorium of Mountain Arts Community Center, 809 Kentucky Ave. on Signal Mountain.

Entering its 13th year of production, Ensemble Theatre of Chattanooga will explore the nature of responsibility in its 2020 season.

Audience interaction is part of the all-new tour Blue Man Group: "North American Tour," which stops in the Tivoli Theatre, 709 Broad St., for two shows at 7:30 p.m. on Monday and Tuesday, Feb. 17-18.

Continuing its "Outside the Box" programming, the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga Theatre Company is presenting "Outlook/Overlook" in the UTC University Center. The production began Wednesday, Feb. 4, and continues through Sunday, Feb. 9.

Just in time for Valentine's Day, In-Town Gallery will open Denice Bizot's exhibit "Hella Hearts!" with a reception on Friday, Feb. 7, from 5 to 8 p.m. at the gallery, 26-A Frazier Ave.

The Colonnade Players will open "The Savannah Sipping Society" on Friday, Feb. 7, for six performances over two weekends at The Colonnade in Ringgold, Georgia.

The first Red Clay Renaissance Art Show will open in the Visitors Center of Red Clay State Park on Saturday, Feb. 8, from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. This state park is located at 1140 Red Clay Park Road, Cleveland, Tennessee.

Southern Lit Alliance is taking applications for its second presentation of the Barnett Prize for Local Distinguished Author. The deadline to apply is Feb. 28.

Jo Koy has come a long way from his modest beginnings performing in a Las Vegas coffeehouse. The comedian, who pulls inspiration from his family, specifically his son, now sells out arenas and theaters around the world.

The Museum Center at Five Points will be filled with new and vintage quilts when the annual Stitches in Time Quilt Show opens Thursday, Jan. 30, at the museum in Cleveland, Tennessee.

Fans of the work of Oscar Wilde have three chances left to catch "The Importance of Being Earnest" presented by Artistic Civic Theatre in Dalton, Georgia.

The biblical story of Moses leading his people to freedom will be presented in a 70-minute ballet on Friday night, Jan. 31, at ChristChurch Presbyterian in Dalton, Georgia.

Eight shows a week, Keri Rene Fuller thrills audiences at "Cats" with the show-stopping ballad they've all come to hear: "Memory." Even theatergoers who know nothing else about the Andrew Lloyd Webber musical know that classic song.

A reception opening a collection of work by potters Winton and Rosa Eugene and painter James Conner will be held Saturday, Feb. 1, from 2 to 4 p.m. at River Gallery, 400 E. Second St.

Tennessee Valley Theatre will present the comedy "Squabbles" in four performances over two weekends at the theater, 184 W. Jackson Ave. in Spring City, Tennessee.

Southern Lit Alliance, in partnership with Bessie Smith Cultural Center, will host author Jeffrey Blount for a discussion of his novel, "The Emancipation of Evan Walls," on Wednesday, Feb. 5, at 6 p.m. in the Bessie Smith Cultural Center, 200 E. M.L. King Blvd.

Two rising stars and the Queen of Country Comedy will be in town over the next week offering three chances to laugh out loud at their wit. Here's a rundown of where to find them.

Reservations are being taken now for the next Painting For a Purpose, which returns to the 6th Cavalry Museum on Thursday, Jan. 30, from 5:30 to 8 p.m.

Hollywood writer and producer Brent Forrester will present his "Comedy Knowledge Drop" in the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga's University Center auditorium at 7 p.m. on Friday, Jan. 24.

Christian Family Theater will open the family-friendly Western, "Mystery at Crooked Snake Junction," on Friday, Jan. 24, for three performances this weekend.