Chattanooga Has Fun 2.5

8:30 p.m. Vaudeville Café, 138 Market St. (423) 517-1839. www.funnydinner.com

Friday, July 9, 2010; 9:00pm

JJ’s Bohemia,  231 MLK Blvd, Chattanooga, TN; 231 MLK Blvd

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 »

Chattanooga Parks and Rec announces a Free Youth Football Camp on Friday and Saturday, July 9th and 10th, at the Washington Hills Recreation Center. Current and former Pro players be here to work with children ages 6-18!

Philadelphia Eagles Jason Avant, Quintin Demps, King Dunlap Seattle Seahawks Justin Forsett, Jamar Adams Former Seahawks Koren Robinson, Marquise Weeks and Trainer Greg Pease will be in Chattanooga to provide a fun football camp for youth ages 6 – 18 Friday, July 9th and Saturday, July 10th at the Washington Hills Recreation Center located at 4628 Oakwood Drive.

Each year the City of Chattanooga Parks and Recreation Department and co-sponsors host a free football camp where local children get to work with NFL players, coaches, and trainers. Registration for each day is 8:00 to 9:00 am with the Training Camp from 9:00 am to 2:00 pm. more »

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. 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. 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. 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. 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 p.m. Colonnade Center, 264 Catoosa Cir. Ringgold, GA. 706-935-9000. www.colonnadecenter.org

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

Two Shows: 7:30 p.m. & 10 p.m.  The Comedy Catch, 3224 Brainerd Rd. (423) 629-2233. www.thecomedycatch.com

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

8 p.m. Signal Mountain Playhouse, corner of Rolling Way and James Blvd. Signal Mountain, TN. (423) 886-5243. www.smph.org

Signal Mountain Playhouse presents their summer performance “Brigadoon.”

Synopsis:

As two American hikers explore the Scottish highlands they encounter something not on their map. They discover the lost town of Brigadoon, which resulting from a miracle from God, comes to life only for one day every century. One of the Americans, Tommy Albright, happens to fall in love with a local girl, Fiona MacLaren. The problem is that if Tommy stays in the town for more than a day, he can never return home to New York. Not trusting him emotions, Tommy returns home to his fiancée , Jane Ashton, whom he really does not want to marry. In the end, at the last minute, Tommy cancels his wedding and returns to Scotland to look for Fiona.

Performance dates will be July 9, 10, 15, 16, more »

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

12 a.m. Images, 6065 Lee Hwy. (423) 855-8210. www.imagesbar.com

The Pet Placement Center, located at 5975 Dayton Blvd, is happy to announce a special half price ($45) adoption event the LAST Friday of every month (beginning May 28th) from 10:00 a.m until 5:00 p.m. for cats over 6 months of age and dogs who have been at the shelter over 6 months.

Adoption includes spay/neuter, vaccinations, flea preventative, de-wormer, Feline Leukemia and FIV test (cats) and heartworm test and preventative (dogs). Now that’s a deal!

5975 Dayton Blvd, Chattanooga, TN 37415

Date:  05/28/2010; 10:00 AM

Event Website:  http://www.thalppc.com

D.T.E. presents Live Fridays @ Coltrane’s on 9th Street.  Happy Hour from 4pm – 8pm. Live Performances from 8pm – 12am.  Party with DJ MIX from 12am – 2:30am.  Coltrane’s has a fully stocked bar as well as kitchen.  For more information, email smiddy08@yahoo.com

Chattanooga Presents presents the Nightfall Concert Series 2010, a free summer music series that takes place most Fridays

Nightfall Concert Series 2010:

July 23 Mooreland & Arbuckle (opening act Roughwork)
July 30 Plants and Animals (opening act Ramble Horse)
Aug. 6 Hot Club of Cowtown (opening act Gerle Haggard)
Aug. 13 Black 47 (opening act Id and the Superegos)
Aug. 20 Civil Twilight (opening act Moonlight Bride)
Aug. 27 Warren Hood (opening act Third Lobby)
Sept. 3 Carolina Chocolate Drops (opening act New Binkley Brothers)
Sept. 10 Katie Herzig (opening act Noah Collins)
Sept. 17 Sarah Lee Guthrie and Johnny Irion (opening act Amber Fults)
Sept. 24 The Lost Fingers (opening act Dismembered Tennesseans)

This FREE summer-long program, held each Friday evening from Memorial Day weekend through the last weekend of September at Miller Plaza in downtown Chattanooga, Tennessee, features headline more »

CHOO CHOO CENTENNIAL THEATER, 1400 Market Street, Chattanooga, TN

Shows Friday and Saturday Nights at 7:30 p.m.

Rock and Roll Spectacular: Musical celebration of the 50’s, 60’s, 70’s and 80’s.  Live band, vocalists, dancers and illusionist.  Take a walk down memory lane.  To purchase tickets or for more information, visit http://www.choochoocentennialtheatre.com/

Festive Fridays @ The Office on 3rd St. located @ 1401 E. 3rd St.  Delicious Food & Drinks, Good Music & Dancing and Adult Socializing all set in a Mature Setting. So let The Office on 3rd St. be your place to unwind from the Hustle & Bustle of the workweek and the place to kick off your weekend each and every Friday! 

For more information: smiddy08@yahoo.com.

Every Friday Night @ 9pm – Amigo’s Mexican Restaurant, 5450 Hwy 153, Hixson, TN 37343; (423) 875-8049; http://www.chattanoogatrivia.com