Chattanooga Has Fun 2.5

Team Magic hosts the 6th Annual Chattanooga Waterfront Triathlon on Sunday, July 11th, with race routes planned throughout the North and South Shores of Chattanooga. Organizers announce individual registrations have been sold out as of Friday, June 18th. There are still a few relay team openings and individuals can register on a wait list.

Register Online For Individual Waitlist Or Register A Relay Team: www.team-magic.com.

Other upcoming events:
OLD HICKORY LAKE TRIATHLON
June 26, 2010
400 yd swim / 1.5 mi run / 12.5 mi bike / 1.5 mi run
Sumner County, TN – north of downtown Nashville

Team Magic started our Tennessee triathlon adventure with this event at just over 180 racers and now we sell out at our event capacity of 448 racers. So, don’t wait, plan to join us for this unique triathlon, with the run course split into two segments.

The host community – the cities of Hendersonville and Gallatin more »

11am – 4pm.  For more information visit http://www.chattanoogamarket.com

July is home to the annual Ice Cream Social event, a favorite for all kids and adults alike.  Each year promises to give ice cream lovers samples from the best creameries Chattanooga has to offer including Brusters, Mayfield, Southern Home brand by Bi-Lo and Clumpies.  For a $5 ticket, you’ll get generous samples from each of the creameries – and you’ll be donating to a good cause.  All proceeds will benefit the Chattanooga Chambliss Shelter who works hard in Chattanoooga to preserve family unity and to prevent the dependency, abuse, delinquency and neglect of children by responding to the community’s childcare needs.

There will 2 People’s Choice Awards to the creameries voted best in each category: Best Pure Flavor Ice Cream and Best Ice Cream with Add-ins.

Join Chattanooga Market in supporting the “Booth For A Cause” !

SHE, An Expo for Women
July 10th, 2010 (11am – 7pm) & July 11th, 2010 (12pm – 6pm)
Chattanooga Trade and Convention Center

General Admission: $30

Presented by Chattanooga Times Free Press / Sponsored by Memorial Health Care System

She is a fabulous two-day event featuring over 150 vendors, with exciting new products, fashions, food and ideas. This event offers women two days filled with food, fun, shopping and entertainment. You’ll also have opportunities to pamper yourself and shop till you drop!

Celebrity Guests for the two day event will be:
(July 10^th) Jillian Michaels star of NBC’s The Biggest Loser & (July 11^th) The Neely’s, Patrick (Pat) and Gina, stars of the Food Network’s  Cooking with the Neely’s.

This event also features professional runway fashion shows, health screenings and informative seminars about what matters most to Southern women.

Get your tickets early. You don’t want to miss She 2010!  To purchase tickets, visit more »

WASH & WAG

Sunday, July 11 12-4pm

Get a wet hair cut at Legends Salon (1930 Gunbarrel Road) for only $25 and all proceeds will benefit the animals at the McKamey Center.  Animals will also be available for adoption at the salon.  For more information, visit www.mckameyanimalcenter.org.

2:30 p.m. Chattanooga Theatre Centre, 400 River St. (423) 267-8534. www.theatrecentre.com

The Chattanooga Bellydance Collective is an open-forum discussion picnic for those affiliated with the bellydance community in Chattanooga, or those that would like to be!  It is important that each art form present a unified front to the public for the preservation of its integrity and education.   Bellydance is one of the most misconstrued and misunderstood forms of dance expression.  Thus, it becomes the responsibility of every bellydancer to serve as the custodian of the purity and meaning of our art form.

Students are encouraged to participate.  Bring a blanket, picnic lunch, and topics to discuss…doumbek, zills and hula-hoops are welcomed!

It is imperative to the vitality of this art form in the Chattanooga area that each studio and troupe be represented.  Please make every effort to attend. Your voice is so important to this collective art.

For more information, click more »

10 p.m. JJ’s Bohemia, 231 East M L King Blvd. 423-266-1400.  www.jjsbohemia.com

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

The Asher Love Studio + Gallery presents “Keeping It Alive” – a street art installation by graffiti artist, Sourone – from July 10th thru August 29th 2010.  The two-month show will feature original art painted directly onto the walls and surfaces at the gallery. Additional works on canvas, board, signs and other found materials and objects will also be a part of the site-specific installation which intends to bring the outside indoors. An opening night reception will be held on Saturday, July 10th from 6:00pm-9pm. The event is free and open to the public. The Asher Love Gallery is located in the newly revitalized business district of downtown St. Elmo directly behind Pasha’s Coffee House and Blacksmith’s Bistro at the foot of Lookout Mountain. Gallery hours are Thursday and Friday 1-7pm, Saturdays 11-6 and Sundays 12noon-5pm. More information is available on the gallery’s website at http://asherlovegallery.blogspot.com, via email more »

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 »

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/

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 »

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

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

9:30 a.m. Houston Museum of Decorative Arts, 201 High St. (423) 267-7176. www.thehoustonmuseum.com

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Sundays, 2-5pm

The Rivoli Art Mill, 2301 East 28th Street, Chattanooga, TN. Join the artists at the Rivoli Art Mill on Sunday afternoons for an open, non-instructional Figure Drawing Session. A live model will be posing in fifteen 1-minute gestures, three 5-minute sketches and one 15-minute pose. Three 30-minute poses will follow with breaks in between for the model. Cost: $10.00 per person. Please provide your own materials and easel. The space can hold 10-12 people comfortably. Please arrive 15-20 minutes early to reserve your spot. For more information, contact Daniel Liam Gill at daniel@figuredrawing.net

http://www.figuredrawing.net