Chattanooga Has Fun 2.5

Candlelight Vigil
A service honoring the lives of those who have served and are serving, and the lives that have been lost in Armed Forces service. Hosted by Operation Hooah (212 wives and mothers).
Thursday, July 1, 2010.  Assembling on the front steps of the Soldiers and Sailors Memorial Auditorium immediately following the Patriotic Concert

For more information call 423.425.7823.

The Chattanooga Association of REALTORS® Community Outreach Committee, in cooperation with the Chattanooga Area Food Bank, is sponsoring a food drive contest. Two Wii Gaming Systems will be given away one (1) to the business, group or organization with the most items donated and one (1) to the individual with the most items donated.

For organizations, the Food Bank will deliver collection barrels to your office, building or place of business upon request and the barrels will be picked up by July 14th to be counted and sorted the day of the event.

Individuals can participate by coming by the Food Bank (located at 2009 Curtain Pole Road off of Amnicola Hwy in Chattanooga) on Friday, July 16th from 3pm – 6pm. Drive around the back of the warehouse and drop off your donations to be counted.

For more info: (423) 622-1800 or www.chattfoodbank.org.

Drive-by Donations
Pull up in front of Soldiers and Sailors Memorial Auditorium to drop off your donations for Troop Care Packages, Operation Hooah (212 wives and mothers) and local veterans organizations will be out on the front sidewalk to receive donations.
Thursday, July 1, 2010 from 7:30am to 1:30pm and from 4 to 6pm

For more information call 423.425.7823.

The Chattanooga Music Club hosts the 4th Annual Patriotic Celebration on Thursday, July 1st, beginning at 7pm at Memorial Auditorium.

Dr. Jeannine Jordan, an internationally known concert organist and recording artist, will be the special guest at this annual patriotic salute to the armed forces sponsored by the Chattanooga Music Club. Admiral Vance Fry has arranged a patriotic salute to the armed services which will include a full color guard and recognition of veterans and active duty military personnel. The Auditorium will also be accepting donations for Troop Care packages July 1 on the front steps from 7:30am to 1:30pm, and from 4:00pm to 6:00 pm. A candlelight vigil for fallen veterans will assemble at the front entrance immediately following the concert.

For more info: ChattanoogaOnStage.com

7 p.m. Vaudeville Café, 138 Market St. (423) 517-1839. www.funnydinner.com

Miki Boni Studios, 1611 Mitchell Avenue, Chattanooga, TN.
To prepare for this photographic exhibit, Boni mingled with the bikes, the bikers, and everything Harley for three days during the H.O.G. State Rally at the Chattanooga Choo Choo. This series offers an expressionistic take on that colorful event. For more information, contact Miki Boni at 423-475-5533, kaosart@gmail.com.  Gallery Hours: During Last Friday ArtWalks and by Appointment.
http://www.mikiboni.com/

Imax Theater at the Tennessee Aquarium, 1 Broad St. (800) 265-0695; http://www.tnaqua.org/IMAX/IMAX.aspx

James Cameron’s AVATAR, is coming to the giant screen at the Tennessee Aquarium IMAX 3D Theater beginning on Friday, May 21st.

The IMAX 3D Theater has been requesting the film for months, but until now, we were not able to get a contract to show the film. Priority to show first-run films, such as Avatar, goes to the large theater chains that can show the film repeatedly on multiple screens throughout the day for the length of the film contract. These theater chains have the right to block other theaters in close proximity from showing these films.

Persistence has paid off, and the IMAX 3D Theater is now able to bring Avatar to Chattanooga’s largest screen. Excitement has been expressed on the Aquarium’s Facebook page where fans have posted comments such as, “This is super great – I had to go all the way to Chicago to see it in IMAX 3D more »

Chattanooga Football Club will be hosting a series of soccer camps this summer for all boys and girls ages 4-14. Current CFC players and coaches will be in attendance to instruct and guide the campers through engaging and developmental activities and games, designed to improve technical skills and soccer knowledge.

Upcoming camp dates include June 1-4, June 14-17, and June 28-July 1. The cost is $80 for early registrants and $100 for those campers who don’t make the early registration deadlines. The registration fee includes a soccer ball and t-shirt for each camper. Team and family discounts are available. Each camp is limited to 75 campers.

For more information or to register, visit www.chattanoogafc.com.

It’s slimy, it’s noisy, it’s smelly, it’s bumpy, and it’s GROSS this summer at Creative Discovery Museum!  Grossology:  The (Impolite) Science of the Human Body will be the featured exhibit from May 29 – Sept. 6, 2010.  With colorful, interactive displays and games, kids are sure to love learning about the body and how it functions.  Based on the best-selling book, Grossology by science teacher Sylvia Branzei, this exhibit has been presented in major museums, science centers and theme parks.

Kids have plenty of questions about the human body that aren’t always appropriate to discuss around the dinner table.  Grossology gives kids a fun environment to explore the answers to many of the slimy, oozy, crusty, stinky questions they love to ask about the human body.

Stepping through a giant mouth and tongue, visitors are introduced to the world of Grossology with a spectrum of bright exhibit areas to greet them. more »

Imax Theater at the Tennessee Aquarium, 1 Broad St. (800) 265-0695.  http://www.tnaqua.org/IMAX/imax.aspx

7 a.m. Pasha Coffeehouse, 3914 St. Elmo. (423) 475-5482. www.pashacoffeehouse.com

9 a.m. Exum Gallery, 305 W. 7th St. (423) 593-4265.

9 a.m. Shuptrine Fine Art Group, 2646 Broad St. (423) 266-4453. www.shuptrinefineartgroup.com

9 a.m. Jewish Cultural Center, 5461 N. Terrace Rd. (423) 493-0270.

Hunter Museum of American Art, 10 Bluff View; (423) 267-0968; http://www.huntermuseum.org/

Monday, June 28th, 2010 – Friday, July 2nd, 2010

Price: Non-members – $205.00; Members – $164.00

Join the Hunter and the Chattanooga Theatre Centre for a week of art and theatre. Walk in the paint covered footsteps artists and become a living interpretation of their work. The week will draw to a close with performances in the galleries worthy of a standing ovation!

Ages 7 to 9 years old.

Contact Erin Noseworthy (432.752.2051) to register by phone.

Admission:
Non-members – $205.00; Members – $164.00

Schedule:
Monday: 9 a.m. – 4 p.m.
Tuesday: 9 a.m. – 4 p.m.
Wednesday: 9 a.m. – 4 p.m.
Thursday: 9 a.m. – 4 p.m.
Friday: 9 a.m. – 4 p.m.

10 a.m. Hunter Museum of American Art, 10 Bluff View. (423) 266-0944. www.huntermuseum.org

This retrospective exhibition of contemporary glass sculptor, Stephen Rolfe Powell, will feature selections of the artist’s work from the last 20 years.

Powell, who is recognized both nationally and internationally for his colorfully patterned pieces, draws his inspiration from nature, and ancient Italian murrini techniques. Included in the exhibition will be work from his Teasers, Whackos and Screamers series. Many of the works are new and have never been shown before.

10 a.m. My Color Image Boutique and Gallery, 330 Frazier Ave. (423) 598-6202.

10 a.m. Chattanooga African American Museum, 200 E. MLK Blvd. (423) 266-8658.

10 a.m. River Gallery, 400 E. 2nd St. (423) 265-5033. www.river-gallery.co.

10 a.m. Bill Shores Frame and Gallery, 307 Manufacturers Rd. (423) 756-6746. www.billshoresframes.com

Title: “Jellies: The Living Art” Exhibition
Location: Hunter Museum of American Art
Link out: Click here
Description: Hunter Museum of American Art, 10 Bluff View. (423) 266-0944.
Start Date: 2009-07-01
Start Time: 10:00
End Date: 2011-05-26

10 a.m. Hunter Museum of American Art, 10 Bluff View. (423) 266-0944. www.huntermuseum.org

Transformation 6: Contemporary Works in Glass features the work of 28 glass artists—both emerging and internationally recognized—who are finalists and winners of the Raphael Founder’s Prize. This prize honors artists who are working in glass, metal, clay, wood and found materials, and expanding the boundaries in their fields through new techniques, ideas and approaches to their mediums. Techniques used by the participating artists combine traditional forms of glass-making with painting, sculpture and installation.

This exhibition was organized by the Society for Contemporary Craft, Pittsburgh, PA.

10 a.m. My Color Image Boutique & Gallery, 300-A North Market St. (423) 598-6202.

11 a.m. Hanover Gallery, 11 Frazier Ave. (423) 648-0533.

11 a.m. Gallery 1401, 1401 Williams St. (423) 265-0015. www.gallery1401.com

11 a.m. AVA Gallery, 30 Frazier Ave. (423) 265-1282. www.avarts.org

11 a.m. In-Town Gallery, 26A Frazier Ave. (423)267-9214. www.intowngallery.com

This summer, kids will set sail for VBS fun on the HIGH SEAS! Kids and feel the sea spray on their face as sails snap overhead.

They’ll experience the deep rolling waters of God’s love and His Word. It’s easily the best time they will have all summer.

Don’t miss the ship—register now to be a part of this High Seas Expedition VBS at Brainerd Baptist Church, 300 Brookfield Avenue!

Each night starts at 6:30 p.m. and goes to 8:20 p.m. beginning on Sunday, June 27 and going to Thursday, July 1.

VBS is open to children ages K5 to 5th grade.

Start Date:  June 27, 2010; 6:30pm

Event Website:  http://www.groupvbspro.com/vbs/ez/brainerdbaptist/gpgs/home.aspx

9 a.m. North River Civic Center, 1009 Executive Dr. Ste. 102. (423) 870-8924.

Art Days on Main with Katie Knutson
June 3, 2010 through July 8, 2010
PLAnET aLTEred, 48 E. Main Street, Chattanooga, TN
Art Days on Main is a once a week art class designed for Pre-K through rising 3rd graders.  Explore shape, color, design, and construction using pencils, markers, paint, pastels, collage, printmaking and papermache. Take a break from the heat this summer, and let that creativity take off!  Schedule for one or all classes!
Thursdays 10:-10:45 3 yrs to rising Kindergarteners  Thursdays 2:00-3:15 6 yrs to rising 3rd graders.
Contact Katie Knutson at 423-902-8088 or katiewardknutson@yahoo.com or info@planetaltered.com http://www.planetaltered.com

A six-week Beginning Throwing Pottery class will be held at the EAC Pottery Studio in the John A. Patten Recreation Center on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 6:00 – 8:00 p.m. beginning Thursday, June 24.  For more information, contact Carlin Mcrae at mcrae.carlin@gmail.com.

THURSTY THURSDAYS @ THE ELK’S LODGE #440 located @ 1211 Dodds Ave.  Adult Socializing, Good Music & Dancing, Beer Specials and Free Food for the Soul(while it lasts) EACH AND EVERY THURSDAY!  For more information, send emails to K-Boogie at smiddy08@yahoo.com

Start Time:  7:00pm

Every Thursday Night @ 7:30pm – T-Bones Sports Cafe, 1419 Chestnut Street, Chattanooga, TN 37402-4420; (423) 266-4240; http://www.chattanoogatrivia.com