Chattanooga Has Fun 2.5

WINE TASTING
Tasting Series 2010
“Pairing Wine with Food”
part one – featuring white wine selections
Thursday, July 8; 6 to 8pm

What foods really go best with your favorite wine? How do you elicit the best flavors from your food and character of your wine when creating a menu? Learn that and so much more with your host Michael Vasta, Bluff View’s Wine Director, during this installment of Tasting Series 10: Pairing Wine with Food – Part One, featuring white wine varietal selections. Sample the very best in cuisine prepared for you by the talented chefs at Back Inn Cafe while sipping premium white wine selections chosen specifically for each dish.

Reservations recommended.

Please call the event coordinator for seating or simply RSVP online and a staff member will be contact you to confirm. (Please note: a credit card is needed to confirm your reservation.)

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Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Military Park and Outdoor Chattanooga will offer a guided historical bicycle ride to Moccasin Bend National Archeological District on Thursday, July 8 at 6:00 p.m. beginning at Outdoor Chattanooga, 200 River Street.  For more information, please call (423) 643-6888.

AEC Back Row Film Series: The Spaghetti West

6 p.m. Lindsey Street Hall, 901 Lindsay St.  (423) 755-9111. www.artsedcouncil.org

The Arts & Education Council (AEC) has been enriching the Chattanooga community through innovative film programs for over 40 years, first with the Independent Film Series and now with the Back Row Film Series.

The Back Row Film Series takes film beyond the screen. Film screenings are paired with guest speakers, musical performances, culinary presentations and visual art. Program topics address issues that are relevant to the community – local history, renewable energy, education and sustainable food, for example – and draw a diverse and engaged audience.  The result is an innovative approach to film viewing that connects each art form and prompts conversations.

Created in 2005, in response to the Chattanooga community’s demand for more film programming, the Back Row Films Series is held from May through September at various venues in the community.  more »

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

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

8 p.m. The Comedy Catch, 3224 Brainerd Rd. (423) 629-2233. www.thecomedycatch.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

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/

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

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

9:30 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.

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.

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

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

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

7:15 p.m. AT&T Field, 201 Power Alley. (423) 267-2208. www.lookouts.com

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