Events Calendar

To include a listing in the Out & About calendar, submit your events at www. ChattanoogaNow.com. Questions? Call Susan Pierce at 423-757-6284.

Leisure

ARCHERY CLASS — Outdoor Chattanooga, 200 River St. Free indoor class offers hands-on chance to learn about sport of archery; open to ages 6 and up, no prior experience required. 3:30-6 p.m. Wednesday, March 27. 423-643-6888.

ASTRONOMY — UTC Jones Observatory, 10 S. Tuxedo Ave. off Brainerd Road. Gates open 6:30 p.m., lecture and planetarium show on “Stellar Nucleosynthesis — We Really Are Stardust” at 7 p.m., telescope viewing until 9 p.m. Featured constellation is Leo. Sunday, March 24. 423-425-4518.

BIOETHICS LECTURE — Lee University, Science and Math Complex, Room 255, Cleveland, Tenn. Bioethics lawyer Nikolas T. Nikas presents “Who’s Your Daddy? Human Cloning, Animal-Human Hybrids & 3-Parent Embryos. What Every Student Should Know About Law, Morality, Science and the Brave New World.” Free. 5:30 p.m. Friday, March 22. mscully@leeuniversity.edu

BOOMERS, SHAKERS AND BEYOND — Christ United Methodist Church, 8645 East Brainerd Road. Gloria Smartt and Tom Losh lead class on “Climbing Your Family Tree,” reviewing basics on gathering family information from relatives, online databases and search tools. For ages 50 and older. 1 p.m. Tuesday, March 26. www.ChristChurchChatt.org

CHATTANOOGA GHOST TOURS

— 57 E. Fifth St. Walking tours through downtown, ghost hunts through University of Tennessee at Chattanooga and Citizens Cemetery. Adults $17.95 plus tax, ages 12 and under $11 plus tax. Tours 8:30 p.m. Friday or Saturday nights by appointment. 423-800-5998.

CHATTANOOGA AFRICAN VIOLET SOCIETY — McDonald Road Seventh-day Adventist Church, 5440 McDonald Road, McDonald, Tenn. Lynda Smith speaks on soil for healthy African violets, covering how to mix, water and maintain proper soil to promote growth. 2 p.m. Sunday, March 24. 423-645-5009.

EASTER BUNNY ARRIVAL PARTY — Hamilton Place, 2100 Hamilton Place Blvd. Join the bunny, his woodland pals from Chattanooga Zoo and from Reflection Riding Arboretum & Nature Center for cookie decorating, coloring, giveaways. Noon-2 p.m. Saturday, March 30. 423-894-7177.

GARDENING WORKSHOP — Ascension Lutheran Church, 720 S. Germantown Road. Sally Wencel leads free workshop on native landscaping for curb appeal with door prizes and lunch provided. 9:30 a.m.-2 p.m. Saturday, March 30. Registration required: 706-278-3979.

HEARTS FOR THE ARTS — Chattanooga Golf and Country Club, 1511 Riverview Road.

Performing Arts League fundraiser includes fashion show by K Boutique, MILK and Abby Lane, lunch and performance by Thomas West, a PAL vocal scholarship recipient; $65 per person. 11 a.m. Thursday, April 4. www. palchattanooga.org. Reservation deadline: March 29.

HIKES, TENNESSEE — Led by Soddy-Daisy Hiking Club. Bring water and snack. Carpool locations given for those who want to meet group. For more information: 423-332-6517 or 423-240-3443.

› Saturday, March 23: Hike from Lower Leggett Road trailhead to Retro Hughes Road trailhead, about 7.5 miles. Vehicle staging will be required. Meet at Durham Street parking lot in Soddy-Daisy at 8:30 a.m. › Tuesday, March 26: Fort Mountain, west half of Gahuti

Loop, easy-to-moderate 4 miles. Meet in East Ridge behind the closed Wendy’s restaurant at 8:30 a.m.

› Saturday, March 30: Roaring Creek trailhead to Gilbreath Creek and return, about 9.2 miles. Meet at Soddy-Daisy ballfields adjacent to Soddy Creek at 8:30 a.m.

HOLD ME TIGHT MARRIAGE WORKSHOP — St. Stephen Church, 7111 Lee Highway. Workshop for engaged or married couples hosted by graduate interns of Lee University Marriage and Family Therapy and Play Therapy Center. Fee is $40 per couple, which includes materials, light refreshments and Saturday lunch; additional $25 fee per child to attend simultaneous social skills workshop. 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Saturday, March 30; 1-4 p.m. Sunday, March 31. 423-892-2310. Reservation deadline today, March 21.

HOLOCAUST SURVIVOR’S TALK — Southern Adventist University, Iles P.E. Center, Collegedale. Holocaust survivor Eva Kor and her twin sister, Miriam, were subjected to experimentation by Josef Mengele at Auschwitz concentration camp, both suffering long-term effects. Kor gives inspirational talk sharing her story. Free. 11 a.m. Thursday, March 28. 423-236-2814.

NIGHT MARKET — Collegedale Commons, 4950 Swinyar Drive. Southern Adventist University’s Student Association holds first 423 Night Market with 40 vendors of handcrafted items. 9-11 p.m. Saturday, March 23. www. southern.edu

PHOTOGRAPHIC SOCIETY OF CHATTANOOGA — St. John United Methodist Church, 3921 Murray Hills Drive. Vinny Colucci, member of Nikon’s Professional Series, speaks on “Packing Light: A Wildlife & Nature Photographer’s Transition to Mirrorless” at 7 p.m. Today, March 21. Boot camp at 6 p.m. on photographing water. 423-34-5643.

PLANT GIVEAWAY — Daisy United Methodist Church, 9508 Dayton Pike, Soddy-Daisy. Limit of three free plants per person, and person must be present to pick out their plants; may add up to five additional plants for $2 apiece. 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Saturday, April 6. 423-326-9248

REFLECTION RIDING ARBORETUM AND NATURE CENTER— 400 Garden Road. Hours of operation 9:30 a.m.-6:30 p.m. Tuesdays-Fridays, 11 a.m.-6:30 p.m.

Saturdays-Sundays. Closed Mondays. Admission $10 adults, $7 ages 4-11 and ages 65 and older. 423-821-1160. › Saturday, March 23: 250K Tree Day, 11 a.m.-6:30 p.m. Tree-planting project to plant up to 250,000 seedlings in all 95 Tennessee counties. Reflection Riding is pickup location for Tree Day to receive seedlings to plant on your property. Programming every half hour.

SOIREE FOR THE SCHOOLS — Chattanooga Public Library, 1001 Broad St. Junior League of Chattanooga hosts fundraiser with beer, wine, hors d’oeuvres, live music, dancing and silent

auction to benefit JLC’s A League of Learners initiative; $60 per person. 7-10 p.m. Saturday, March 30. www. jlchatt.org

SPRING GARDEN FESTIVAL — Museum Center at Five Points, 200 E. Inman St., Cleveland, Tenn. Bradley County Master Gardeners host free event with vendors, seminars, demonstrations and Kinder Garden for ages 3-7 to learn about planting seeds and hear garden-related storytelling. 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Saturday, March 30. 423-728-7004.

TRAIN RIDES, CHATTANOOGA — Departing from Tennessee Valley Railroad,

4119 Cromwell Road. 423-8948028. Check website for designated weekend train rides such as Chickamauga Turn, Dinner on the Diner and Hiwassee River Rail Adventure. www.tvrail.com.

› Missionary Ridge Local: Six-mile, 55-minute ride through East Chattanooga to TVRM’s repair shop. $17 adults, $11 ages 2-12. March schedule: Trains depart every Saturday and Sunday at 10:40 a.m., 12:05, 1:15, 2:25 and 3:35 p.m. Trains also depart on Mondays through Fridays at 10:40 a.m. and 12:05 p.m.

WOMEN’S HISTORY PROGRAMS — Chickamauga Battlefield, 3370 LaFayette Road, Fort Oglethorpe, Ga. Living history weekend focuses on Women’s Army Corps training facility at Chickamauga Battlefield during World War II. Visitors interact with WAC living historians at training stations, youth have opportunity to earn special Junior Ranger Badge or WAC Training Certificate. Formal living-history presentations on WACs at 11 a.m. and 1 p.m; 90-minute, one-mile hike to ruins of the training facility at 2 p.m. each day. All programs start at Visitor Center. 9 a.m.-4 p.m. Saturday-Sunday, March 23-24. 706-866-9241 time. The Downtown, Eastgate and Northgate libraries have Adventure Club for children ages 6 and up. The library’s teen center, Teen Stack, is located in the Downtown Library. For more information about all programming held in the Downtown, Eastgate, Northgate or South Chattanooga libraries, call 423-6437700 or visit www.chattlibrary. org.

› Lego Clubs: Downtown branch, every Monday, 5-6 p.m., for ages 5-11, free; Northgate branch, first Saturday of each month, 2-3 p.m., for ages 3 and up, free. 423-643-7785.

› Toddler Time: Learning program for ages 18-36 months and parents/guardians, registration not required.

Wednesdays: 10:30 a.m. Eastgate Library, 10 a.m. and 11 a.m. Northgate Library.

Saturday: 11 a.m., downtown branch. › Baby Bounce: Wednesdays and Saturdays, 10-10:30 a.m., Eastgate branch, 423-6437770. Finger play, songs and stories for infants up to 18 months and their parent/ caregiver.

› Saturday, March 23:

Saturday matinee, 2:30 p.m., Eastgate branch, “Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald.”

› Wednesday, March 27:

Craft-a-Nooga Creative Art Table, 4 p.m., Northgate branch

CHILDREN’S STORY HOUR — Barnes & Noble, 2100 Hamilton Place Blvd., 11 a.m. Saturday, storytime. 423-893-0186.

› Saturday, March 23: Escape This Bookstore, 2 p.m., children solve puzzles and riddles to pass challenges and get to next level of adventure.

CREATIVE DISCOVERY MUSEUM — 321 Chestnut St. Hours: 10 a.m.-5 p.m. every day except Wednesday. $14.95 adults and children. 423-7562738, www.cdmfun.org.

› Current exhibit: “Native Voices”

› Today-Sunday, March 21-24: Artist-in-residence Lakosh (Joshua Hinson), noon

DALTON-WHITFIELD COUNTY, GA., PUBLIC LIBRARY — 310 Cappes St., Dalton, Ga. 706-876-1360.

› Today, March 21: Art at the Library, make a leprechaun hat with clovers for ages 18 and up, 5:30 p.m.

› Saturday, March 23: Local

author fest and Super Awesome Dog Man Party, 10 a.m.

› Monday, March 25: TWIST meeting, 4:30 p.m.

› Tuesday, March 26: Teen virtual reality experience 4:30 p.m., signed permission forms required.

› Wednesday, March 27: Pokemon league, 5:30 p.m.

ROSSVILLE PUBLIC LIBRARY — 504 McFarland Ave., Rossville, Ga. Ready to Read story hour, crafts and songs for preschoolers. 10:30-11:30 a.m. Tuesdays. 706-866-1368. 8:30-10:30 p.m. Fridays. 423-771-3646.

ENGLISH COUNTRY DANCE — Heritage House at Heritage Park, 1428 Jenkins Road. Free introductory class for new dancers that teaches fundamental moves, then several dances from the historical repertoire. Bring

soft-sole shoes (sneakers or flats) for dancing. No experience or partner needed. 7-9 p.m. Tuesday, March 26. 423-855-9474

SHAG, BOP, SWING, JITTERBUG — Elks Lodge 91, 1067 Graysville Road at East Brainerd Road. $5 members, $7 guests. 7-10 p.m. Thursdays.