This Week In The Arts

  • Thursday, May 1, 2025

Thursday, May 1

 

Chattanooga Ballet’s Relevé Spring Gala at Common House

 

Alex Lopez and Memphis Lightning as The Lightning Xpress at Barking Legs Theater

 

East Lake Expression Engine Spring Concert at New City Fellowship East Lake

 

Art Wise: Aurora Robson at the Hunter Museum of American Art

 

Throwback Thursday at the Hunter Museum of American Art

 

Open Mic Night at Songbirds

 

Inside the Art, Outside Ourselves: In Kyoung Chun at Stove Works

 

Life Drawing | Open Studio at Townsend Atelier

 

Broadway at the Memorial Auditorium: Hamilton

 

Chattanooga Public Library’s Write & Chatt at Adelle’s Creperie

 

 

Friday, May 2

 

Art 120’s Where the Wild Things Art at Walden Peak Farm

 

blank / slate at Barking Legs Theater

 

Ally Venable at Songbirds

 

Excavations Exhibit Opening Reception at Stove Works

 

Opening Reception: Post-Ironic-Neo-Imaginative-Structures at Stove Works

 

Arts for Older Adults: Drawing the 3D Form at the Northgate Library

 

Broadway at the Memorial Auditorium: Hamilton

 

Nightfall Concert Series at Miller Park Stage

 

Campfire Concert Series at Reflection Riding

 

Spring Studio Sale – Timur Akhriev at Townsend Atelier

 

 

Saturday, May 3

 

Art 120’s We Make Festival on The Chattanooga Green

 

Ballet in the Park at Coolidge Park

 

Chit Chatt with CSO Music Director Ilya Ram at Be Caffeinated Northshore

 

101 Dalmations Dogs and Friends Festival at the Chattanooga Theatre Centre

 

blank / slate at Barking Legs Theater

 

In the Company of Wolves at Songbirds

 

SPLASH Youth Arts Workshop Class at the Chattanooga Public Library

 

Odd Market: May Mayhem at Stove Works

 

Spring Chicken Art Market 2025 at ClearStory Arts

 

Broadway at the Memorial Auditorium: Hamilton

 

Artivism: “Our Voices” in Action with WTCI-PBS and Poet Erika Roberts at the Chattanooga Public Library

 

Intro to Embroidery at The Knot and Needle

 

Ink & Imagination: Art Expression Workshop at H*art Gallery

 

 

Sunday, May 4

 

CSO Chamber Series Concert at Chattanooga State Community College

 

Wonder Metal Arabesque at Barking Legs Theater

 

Yantra Workshop at Townsend Atelier

 

Broadway at the Memorial Auditorium: Hamilton

 

Midsouth Symphonic Band at the Volkswagen Conference Center

 

 

Monday, May 5

 

Chattanooga Youth Symphony Spring Concert at the UTC Fine Arts Center

 

Monday Nite Big Band at Barking Legs Theater

 

Free Community Dance Class at Studio34

 

Jericho Brass Band Concert at the Collegedale Commons

 

 

Tuesday, May 6

 

Mixed Media Surface Design with Handmade Paper, Fabric and Geli Plates at Townsend Atelier

 

Theatre Department Showcase at Chattanooga State Community College

 

 

Wednesday, May 7

 

Wednesday Jazz: Alan Wyatt Quartet at Barking Legs Theater

 

SPLASH Youth Arts Workshop Class at the Chattanooga Public Library

 

Life Drawing | Open Studio at Townsend Atelier

 

 

Thursday, May 8

 

Chattanooga Boys Choir Concert at First Baptist Church Chattanooga

 

Free Family Night at Creative Discovery Museum

 

Blah Blah Blah: Artist Talks at Stove Works

 

Introduction to Playwriting at The Chattery Downtown

 

Life Drawing | Open Studio at Townsend Atelier

 

 

Friday, May 9

 

Disney’s 101 Dalmatians, Kids at the Chattanooga Theatre Centre

 

Military Family Clay Workshop at Scenic City Clay Arts

 

Donna The Buffalo at Songbirds

 

Far East Deep South Screening at Stove Works

 

Arts for Older Adults: Slow Stitching at the Eastgate Library

 

Create & Connect: Friday Night Art Club at The Chattery Downtown

 

Make Your Own Ceramic Planter with Scenic City Clay Arts at The Chattery Downtown

 

Nightfall Concert Series at Miller Park Stage

 

Learn to Spin Yarn at The Knot and Needle

 

 

Saturday, May 10

 

Commissions, Contracts and Clients Workshop at AVA

 

Chattanooga Girls Choir Spring Concert at Northside Presbyterian Church

 

CSO Sensory-Friendly Concert at the Chattanooga Theatre Centre

 

Disney’s 101 Dalmatians, Kids at the Chattanooga Theatre Centre

 

Day of Play Block Party at the Creative Discovery Museum

 

Art After Dark: Teen Edition at the Hunter Museum of American Art

 

Spin & Smash at Scenic City Clay Arts

 

Dock Party at Songbirds

 

SPLASH Youth Arts Workshop Class at the Chattanooga Public Library

 

Paper Making and Pulp Painting Workshop at Stove Works

 

Jewelry Demo with Nola Smodic at River Gallery

 

Monthly Intro to Quilting Class at The Knot and Needle

 

 

Sunday, May 11

 

Disney’s 101 Dalmatians, Kids at the Chattanooga Theatre Centre

 

Nels Cline Guit Together at Barking Legs Theater

 

Sunday Studio at the Hunter Museum of American Art

 

Wilco at Memorial Auditorium

 

 

Current Exhibitions

 

An AVA Member Printmaking Show and Creative Discovery Museum CityArts Program at AVA

 

Inspired at the Chattanooga Metropolitan Airport

 

SPLASH Art Exhibit at CHI Memorial Hospital

 

Celestial Bodies and Excavations at Stove Works

 

May Exhibit at River Gallery

 

All Member Spring Show at In-Town Gallery

 

Radical Kindness III at the Jewish Cultural Center

Happenings
TN Republican National Committeeman Oscar Brock To Speak At North River Pachyderm Club May 8
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Oscar Brock, Republican National Committeeman for Tennessee, will speak during the North River Pachyderm Breakfast Meeting on Thursday, May 8 at 7:30 a.m. at Lillie Mae’s Place Restaurant. ... more

Chattanooga Writers' Guild Hosts Freelancing Presentation May 13
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The Chattanooga Writers' Guild will host a Beginner's Guide to Making Money as a Freelance Book Professional with Hannah Sandoval on May 13. Ms. Sandoval has spent almost a decade as a full-time ... more

Walker County Animal Shelter To Participate In Empty The Shelters Event May 1-15
Walker County Animal Shelter To Participate In Empty The Shelters Event May 1-15
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The Walker County Animal Shelter will join nearly 400 shelters across the country to offer reduced adoption fees during the BISSELL Pet Foundation Empty the Shelters event. This will be the first ... more