Upcoming events in the Chattanooga region.

A Chattanooga native has a central role in a new summer movie about the aftermath of a gay teen's suicide.

The new Mark Wahlberg-starring drama "Joe Bell," directed by Reinaldo Marcus Green, is based on a true story that took place in 2013, when a lumber worker, Joe Bell (Wahlberg), set out on a journey to walk from La Grande, Oregon, to New York City.

Riverfront Nights is back from hiatus, Patten Square is ready for its closeup and a guitar shredder is scheduled for Nightfall. Here are some highlights from the weekend entertainment schedule:

A list of what events are coming up this week in the Chattanooga area.

A list of what events are coming up this week in the Chattanooga area.

A list of what events are coming up this week in the Chattanooga area.

Fast cars, big stars, snack bars: The summer movie season is back, Jack.

Here's a list of upcoming events in the Chattanooga region. Find more events, and add your own, at ChattanoogaNow.com.

Chattanooga's premier arts festival returns as a live event this weekend, Finley Stadium is hosting Chattanooga's largest-ever professional soccer tournament and the Bobby Stone Film Series has the perfect movie for 4/20.

Barely a week after the first Easter Bunny sighting of the season at Hamilton Place mall, their numbers are multiplying - as are other Easter preludes. Here's what's coming up.

Although 2020 didn't exactly make a lot of people swoon, the past 12 months did feature a few notable films of love and whimsy, of laughter and sweetness, of hope and connection.

There's a trend in higher education called experiential learning.

Bring on the sentimental holiday rom-coms, the chorus of Christmas music specials and the nostalgia of last century's animated charmers. We'll take any and all feel-good moments in a year of scarcity.

The movie "42," much of which was shot in Chattanooga at Engel Stadium, was a launching pad for actor Chadwick Boseman, but it kickstarted to a much smaller degree Gary Miller's acting career, as well.

The brazen humor of "The Ren & Stimpy Show" will be revisited in a new Comedy Central version of the animated series.

When John Carter Cash approached noted Nashville-based photographer/director David McClister about producing a new music video, McClister suggested that Cash find a song that meant the most to him.

Two friends thru-hiking the Grand Canyon.

A manic, moderately diverting baby sitter of a Pixar movie, "Onward" does gets there by the end - "there" being the place where the freneticism recedes, the main characters' emotional setbacks and defenses crumble and the audience is encouraged, by every possible storytelling mechanism, to cry along with the teenaged brothers voiced by Tom Holland and Chris Pratt.

Unraveling the dusty bandages of H.G. Wells' classic 1897 science-fiction novel, writer-director Leigh Whannell has refashioned "The Invisible Man" as a bracingly modern #MeToo allegory that, despite its brutal craft, rings hollow.

A Peter Pan story told from Wendy's perspective sounds either too precious to be true or ripe for a skewering.

I'm as surprised as anyone to report that "Sonic the Hedgehog," the adaptation of the popular '90s Sega video game, is actually good.

Retooling the late '70s/early '80s ABC prime-time staple "Fantasy Island" as a sinister gotcha! outing isn't a bad idea.