Around the Region

TODAY

* Holiday Safety Fair: Kohl's Department Store, Highway 153, 11 a.m.-3 p.m., free. Event sponsored by Kohl's and T.C. Thompson Children's Hospital at Erlanger's Safe and Sound Program; car seat demonstrations, bike and helmet safety, children's crafts and face painting. 778-9294.

* Holiday Studio Tour: Craft Artists of Southern Tennessee's tour of studios in Sewanee and Monteagle, Tenn. Take Interstate 24, exit 134, follow yellow signs. Tours maps at all tour locations and at In-Town Gallery and Blue Skies stores in Chattanooga. 10 a.m.-5 p.m. CST. Free. www.cast-taca.org.

* Singing Christmas Tree: Tivoli Theatre, 709 Broad St., 2 and 7:30 p.m., $10-$30. Chattanooga Boys Choir's 50th anniversary performance with Ballet Tennessee, CSO Youth Orchestra and CBC Alumni Choir. 642-TIXS.

* Yard sale: Lookout Baptist Church, Family Life Center, 8645 Highway 193 in the High Point community, 8 a.m.-2 p.m. Proceeds will help fund youth travel to state retreat in Macon, Ga. 706-820-9452.

SUNDAY

* Holiday Studio Tour: Craft Artists of Southern Tennessee's tour of studios in Sewanee and Monteagle, Tenn. Take Interstate 24, exit 134, follow yellow signs. Tours maps at all tour locations and at In-Town Gallery and Blue Skies stores in Chattanooga. Noon-5 p.m. CST. Free. www.cast-taca.org.

MONDAY

* Chattanooga Engineers Club: DoubleTree Hotel, 407 Chestnut St., noon, $16. Sharyn Moreland, director of the Tennessee Small Business Development Center, Chattanooga, will speak on services for small businesses. www.ChattanoogaEngineersClub.org.

* NAACP meeting: EPB Community Room, 10 W. M.L. King Blvd., 6 p.m., visitors welcome. Question-and-answer session with executive committee, refreshments. valoria@chattanooganaacp.ccsend.com.

TUESDAY

* Chattanooga Scleroderma Group: Siskin Hospital for Physical Rehabilitation, first-floor outpatient conference room, 1 Siskin Plaza, 6 p.m., new group for scleroderma patients and their families. 886-6000.

WEDNESDAY

* Season of Remembrance: Ceremony to honor victims and survivors of crime, Hamilton County/Chattanooga Courts Building arboretum, 11:15 a.m., free, sponsored by Partnership for Families, Children and Adults. Family members are asked to bring an ornament to hang on courthouse tree in memory or honor of loved ones. 697-3829.

THURSDAY

* United Daughters of the Confederacy: Wally's Restaurant, 6521 Ringgold Road, 11 a.m., Missionary Ridge chapter 1777 open to any woman age 16 or older who has a Confederate ancestor. Program by Evelyn Lynch on "Christmas Surprises." 443-5856.

FRIDAY

* Tabernacle Christmas Market: 101 Hooker Road, Rossville, Ga., two blocks west of Gordon Avenue traffic light, 6-10 p.m. Women's ministry fundraiser with vendors, live music and refreshments. 653-7171.

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