Weekend events in Chattanooga area include ‘Voice’ contestant, Nitty Gritty Dirt Band alumni
If you need a break from the whirl of holiday festivities, here are some options -- with a couple of exceptions.
Stories by Lisa Denton
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Your weekly planner of Chattanooga-area events (including ‘Nutcracker,’ elf workshop, ugly sweaters)
Here's what's happening in the Chattanooga area this week.
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Chattanooga hotels, shopping centers amp up the ambiance with holiday decor
With thousands of visitors passing through Chattanooga's hotels and shopping malls during the holiday season, these signature properties roll out an extra meas…
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Live Nativity, Christmas music, movies on Chattanooga area’s weekend calendar
The holiday season is in full force as we enter December. Here's a look around the region at Christmas-themed events over the next few days.
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BlueCross Bowl, Watergate journalist lecture, open mics in the Chattanooga area’s weekend entertainment mix
Comedian Henry Cho, country band Little Texas and the BlueCross Bowl are among the weekend entertainment highlights not related to the holidays.
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Your weekly planner of Chattanooga-area events (including MainX24, live Nativity, Handel’s ‘Messiah’)
Here's what's happening in the Chattanooga area this week.
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Chef Jonathan Valadez fuses flavors from the coast, the South, New Orleans at Cyra’s in Dalton, Georgia
Jonathan Valadez was born in the Baja region of Mexico, spending much of his childhood between Guadalajara, Mexico, and San Diego, where he earned his culinary…
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Get your Thanksgiving pumpkin fix with a no-bake pie
Even if pumpkin pie isn't your favorite sweet on the Thanksgiving dessert bar, it seems almost a travesty if it didn't make some kind of appearance on the Than…
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Holiday weekend in Chattanooga area offers mix of Thanksgiving, Christmas traditions to entertain
Welcome to what begins a long holiday weekend for many.
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Chattanooga area holiday events: Santa’s on his way and light shows power up
There's no need to hang the stockings quite yet, but it's time to get those wish lists ready as there are more places to greet Santa starting this weekend.
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Chattanooga-area's weekend events include Leslie Jordan memorial and Thanksgiving celebrations
Thanksgiving is in the forefront this week, as is a fashion expo, a National Geographic photographer and a memorial to Chattanooga native Leslie Jordan that pr…
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Your weekly planner of Chattanooga-area events (including Santa sightings, NoogaLights)
Here's what's happening in the Chattanooga area this week.
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38 places in the Chattanooga area offering free food for Veterans Day
Friday is Veterans Day, and many area restaurants, supermarkets and convenience stores will offer free or discounted food for veterans and active-duty military…
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Chattanooga-area fall festivals this weekend set the holiday mood
Producers of seven outdoor arts festivals in the Atlanta area will move north this weekend for the debut of the Chattanooga Art Fest at Coolidge Park.
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Asian Lantern Festival, Disney Junior Live highlight Chattanooga-area’s weekend entertainment calendar
Veterans will be feted at various ceremonies around the region, a Disney Junior tour stops in Chattanooga and Chattanooga Zoo debuts a holiday light extravagan…
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Your weekly planner of Chattanooga-area events (including Veterans Day commemorations, beard contest)
Here's what's happening in the Chattanooga area this week.
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Submit designs for the 2022 Times Free Press Wrapping Paper Contest
Submit your student's entry for this year's wrapping paper contest.
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Gingerbread Shoppe, Tangled Tinsel festivals help kick-start the holiday season in Chattanooga area
The Tangled Tinsel Holiday Market has a new home. The festival originally scheduled this weekend at Collegedale Commons has moved about 20 miles north to Bradl…
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Feeling overwhelmed by the holiday feast? Chattanooga-area restaurants are ready to help
Need help cooking a turkey for your holiday meal?
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Chattanooga area’s weekend events include Head of the Hooch, baseball greats, lots of laughs
World-class rowers and former professional baseball players are in Chattanooga for events this weekend.
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Times Free Press Wrapping Paper Design Contest now open for student submissions
If it's beginning to feel like Christmas at your house, give the kids a project.
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Your weekly planner of Chattanooga-area events (including Halloween street parties, Head of the Hooch)
This week's roundup of Chattanooga-area events.
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Chattanooga’s fall tourists, locals add spooky places, activities to their itineraries for Halloween
Visits to Chattanooga's spookiest places may peak this weekend, but the bewitching season doesn't completely end at Halloween. Some of Chattanooga's haunted at…
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Chattanooga-area weekend festivals highlight pumpkins, Big Green Eggs
If you haven't picked out a pumpkin or made your way through a corn maze this season, time is running out.
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These Chattanooga-area weekend entertainment options don’t require a costume or candy bag
Looking for entertainment that doesn't require a costume and candy bag this weekend?
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Try this patty melt with a side of pickle relish salad
Enjoy this patty melt.
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Make these apple cakes with apples or applesauce
Good morning, fare companions.
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Dessert is seeped in the flavors of autumn (bourbon, brown sugar, pecans)
Autumn has always been my favorite time of year.
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34 places around the Chattanooga area to celebrate Halloween, Day of the Dead
Ready to get your spook on this weekend? Here are 34 places to celebrate Halloween and/or Mexico's Day of the Dead.
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Your weekly planner of Chattanooga-area events (including trunk or treat, Tunnel of Terror, cemetery tours)
A list of Chattanooga-area events happening this week.
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Time is running out for Chattanooga area’s haunted attractions
Not afraid of things that go bump in the night?
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Debut of East Ridge Fall Festival among weekend festival highlights in Chattanooga area
The success of the East Ridge centennial celebration last year has spawned the city's first fall festival, set for Saturday at Camp Jordan Park.
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Comedy festival, Fire Up the Fields, Repticon among Chattanooga-area weekend events
Multiday events Chattanooga Comic Con and the Lookout Comedy Festival are among the entertainment highlights in the area this weekend. Details follow.
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Your weekly planner of Chattanooga-area events (including a Titans ticket deal, sculpture burn)
Here's what's happening in the Chattanooga area this week.
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Chattanooga area’s weekend fall festivals highlight food, art, good causes
This weekend's fall festivals are destined to sate a variety of appetites, with cornmeal, apples, whiskey and vegan fare among the sustenance available around …
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Chattanooga-area weekend events bring cars, zombies, outdoor concerts
An original horror film, a Shakespearean ghost story and a zombie hunt are on the weekend calendar as the Chattanooga Motorcar Festival rolls into town. Here's…
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Your weekly planner of Chattanooga-area events (including Chattanooga Motorcar Festival, Hip-Hop Week)
Here's what's happening in the Chattanooga area this week.
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Wine Over Water, Chattanooga Oktoberfest highlight area’s weekend fall festivals
Some of the Chattanooga area's most anticipated fall events are happening this weekend, including Wine Over Water and the New Salem Mountain Festival, which ar…
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Pride of the Southland Band, 'Feathers and Teeth' comedy-horror play, Lodge Museum among Chattanooga area’s weekend highlights
Get ready to sing along with "Rocky Top" as the Pride of the Southland Band stops in Chattanooga for a pep rally with local football fans Thursday.
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Pair savory meatloaf with Egyptian okra, endive beet salad
It's glorious October when, as in every other season, your presence is simply indispensable.
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Your weekly planner of Chattanooga-area events (including Kyiv City Ballet, Pride of the Southland Band)
Here's what's happening in the Chattanooga area this week.
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Chattanooga-area woodworker Andrew Nigh turns his scraps into sculptures and sets them on fire
Later this month, local artist Andrew Nigh, 47, will preside over the finale of Fire Up the Fields, a Burning Man-inspired event at the Sculpture Fields at Mon…
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Rocktoberfest at Rock City among weekend’s Chattanooga-area fall festivals
The Hamilton County Fair is off the schedule, but the first weekend of Rocktoberfest will rock on at Rock City.
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Hispanic Heritage Month events, a new art show celebrating Black artists, NoonTunes and more happening in Chattanooga this weekend
A forecast of rain from Hurricane Ian has forced the cancellation of the Hamilton County Fair at McDonald Farm and championship races by the Outboard Drag Boat…
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Your weekly planner of Chattanooga-area events (including 3 Sisters Festival, new seasons for Chattanooga Symphony, Theatre Centre)
Here's what's happening in the Chattanooga area this week.
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Fright Nights ahead as haunted houses rise up around Chattanooga area
Are you afraid of the dark? Then you'll want to avoid Nyctophobia Haunted Attraction in Fort Payne, Alabama, which amplifies fear of the dark in more than just…
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Chattanooga area’s weekend fall festivals focus on gardening, pumpkins, pickles
If you enjoy the bright palette of leaves and blooms that arrive in autumn, the Master Gardeners of Hamilton County can show you how to incorporate the change …
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Ironman, music festivals, Alice Cooper highlight weekend in Chattanooga area
This weekend, hundreds of top athletes will compete in Ironman Chattanooga, Alice Cooper will be rocking at Memorial Auditorium and a home show will gather ven…
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Your weekly planner of Chattanooga-area events (including fall home show, Alice Cooper, Ironman)
Here's what's happening in the Chattanooga area this week.