Arts Calendar DANCE PERFORMANCE

UTC FINE ARTS CENTER — 752 Vine St. 423-425-4269,

To include a listing in the Arts calendar, submit your events at www.Chattanooga Now. com. Questions? Call Lisa Denton at 423-757-6281.

ARTISTIC CIVIC THEATRE — 907 Gaston St., Dalton Ga. 706-278-4796, www. actdalton.org. “Christmas Jubilee,” a holiday-themed installment of “Gospel Jubilee,” 8 p.m. Nov. 30, Dec.

1-2, 2 p.m. Dec. 3. $9-$15.

BACK ALLEY PRODUCTIONS — Mars Theatre, 117 N. Chattanooga St., LaFayette, Ga. 706-356-7437, www.bapshows.com. “A Christmas Carol,” 7:30 p.m. Dec. 1-2, 2:30 p.m. Dec.

3, 7:30 p.m. Dec. 8-9, 2:30 p.m. Dec. 10, 7:30 p.m. Dec. 15-16, 2:30 p.m. Dec. 17. $12-$15. BLUE RIDGE COMMUNITY THEATER — 2591 E. First St., Blue Ridge, Ga. 706-6329223, www.BlueRidgeCommunityTheater.com. “White Christmas,” Nov. 24-Dec.

10 (7:30 p.m. Thursday-Saturday, 2 p.m. Sunday). CHATTANOOGA STATE COMMUNITY COLLEGE

— Humanities Theater, 4501 Amnicola Highway. 423697-3246. “The Nutcracker Christmas Carol,” 7:30 p.m.

Dec. 1-2, 2:30 p.m. Dec. 3.

$15 adults, $10 non-Chatt State students with ID, $5 children 12 and younger. www.chattanoogastate. edu/theatre.

CHATTANOOGA THEATRE CENTRE — 400 River St. 423-267-8534, www.theatrecentre.com. “Beauty and the Beast,” based on Disney’s 1991 Academy Award-winning animated movie, Dec. 8-30.

CUMBERLAND COUNTY PLAYHOUSE — 221 Tennessee Ave., Crossville, Tenn. 931-484-5000, www. ccplayhouse.com. › “Inspecting Carol,”

through Dec. 17. $14-$27. › “Sanders Family Christmas,” through Dec. 22.

$14-$27. GEM THEATER — 700 S. Tennessee Ave. (Highway 411), Etowah, Tenn. 423-2633270. Gem Players present Truman Capote’s “Holiday Memories (The Thanksgiving Visitor/A Christmas Memory),” Dec. 8-17. $8-$12.

OAK STREET PLAYHOUSE

— First-Centenary United Methodist Church, 419 McCallie Ave. (enter at church welcome center, 418 Oak St.) www.oakstreetplayhouse. com. Tickets: 1-800-8383006, option 1, www.brownpapertickets.com. “The Bench: A Christmas Story,” about two men waiting for their wives to finish their shopping, Dec. 1-2, 7-10.

TENNESSEE VALLEY THEATRE — 184 W. Jackson Ave., Spring City, Tenn. 423-365-7529, www. tennesseevalleytheatre. com. Reservations: https:// tockify.com/e/tvt4me. “Annie,” Dec. 1-10. $12.

info@dancetonightcha.com. Silver Slippers Dance Academy presents “The Lion King Dance Spectacular,” 3 p.m.

Dec. 2-3. $10. 423-551-4519.

FILM EVENTS

JEWISH FILM SERIES — Jewish Cultural Center, 5461 North Terrace. 423-493-0270, rsvp@jewishchattanooga. com. “The Outrageous Sophie Tucker,” about a Ukrainianborn American entertainer in the early 20th century, 7 p.m. Nov. 27. Second of three documentary films shown on three consecutive Mondays. $8, includes popcorn and soft drink.

EXHIBITS & EVENTS

ARTCRAFTERS GALLERY

— 1356 Market St., Dayton, Tenn. 423-775-1401, www. artcraftersdayton.com. “Extraordinary Techniques of Art,” through Nov. 30.

ARTISAN DEPOT GALLERY — 204 E. Cumberland St., Cowan, Tenn. 931-308-4130, www.fcaguild.wordpress.com. › Community art show, “Holiday,” through Dec. 24.

Opening reception, Dec. 1. › Member show, Nov. 24Dec. 24. Reception, Dec. 1.

ATHENS ARTS CENTER — 320 N. White St., Athens, Tenn. 423-745-8781, www.athensartscouncil.org.

“Building America,” Athens Area Council for the Arts’ annual themed art competition and exhibit, through Jan. 5.

AVA GALLERY — Association for Visual Arts, 30 Frazier Ave. 423-265-4282, www.avarts. org. “AVA Juried Members Exhibition,” Dec. 1-22. Opening reception, Dec. 1.

BLUE RIDGE MOUNTAINS ARTS ASSOCIATION — 420 W. Main St., Blue Ridge,

Ga. 706-632-2144, www. blueridgearts.net. ›

Fourth-quarter artist-in-residence Rae Breed, through Jan. 6. ›

Holiday Show & Sale, through Jan. 6. ›

Christmas at the Art Center open house (during Light Up Blue Ridge), 11 a.m.-5 p.m. Nov. 25.

CHATTANOOGA WORKSPACE — 302 W. Sixth St. 423-822-5750, www.chattanoogaworkspace.com. Open Studio Night, “Deck the Walls,” 5:30-8:30 p.m. Dec. 1. CREATIVE ARTS GUILD — 520 W. Waugh St., Dalton, Ga. 706-278-0168, www. creativeartsguild.org. Works by Paula Gregg and Alexa Lett,

through Dec. 15. Reception, 5:30-7:30 p.m. Dec. 1.

CRESS GALLERY OF ART — UTC Fine Arts Center, 752 Vine

St. 423-425-4600. www.utc. edu/cressgallery. “Fearless & Resilient,” by outsider artists Ken Grimes, Laura Craig McNellis and Dan Miller, plus curated works by 12 emerging artists of Chattanooga AIM Center, through Dec. 10.

EXUM GALLERY & MEMORIAL GARDEN — St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, 305 W. Seventh St. 423-266-8195, www. stpaulschatt.org. Chattanooga Area Art Instructors’ annual exhibit, through Dec. 31.

GALLERY 5 AT THE MACC — Mountain Arts Community Center, 809 Kentucky Ave., Signal Mountain. 423-8861959, signalmacc.org. Works by Mountain Arts Guild members, through December.

GALLERY AT BLACKWELL — Blackwell Automotive, 71 Eastgate Loop. 423-344-5643, www.chattanoogaphoto. org. Photographic Society of Chattanooga holiday show, “Photographer’s Choice,” through Feb 2.

HARRIS ARTS CENTER

Ga. — 212 706-629-2599, S. Wall St., Calhoun, www. harrisartscenter.com. Festival of Trees, through Dec. 10.

HUNTER MUSEUM OF

AMERICAN ART — 10 Bluff View. Admission fees. 423267-0968, www.huntermuseum.org.

› “Thrill After Thrill: Thirty Years of Wayne White,” through Dec. 31.

› “Beauty Is Embarrasing” screening, in conjunction with “Thrill After Thrill” exhibit, 11:30 a.m.-1 p.m. Nov. 24. Free screening; regular admission to also view exhibition.

IN-TOWN GALLERY — 26A Frazier Ave. 423-267-9214, www.intowngallery.com. Holiday Show, featuring new members Marie Bergheimer, Margaret Park and Linda Wicksell, through Nov. 30. MICHAEL’S FINE ARTS — 1325 Dug Gap Road, Dalton, Ga. 706-278-8840, www.michaelsfinearts.com. “Expressions,” by Judy Wright, Faye Wolfe and Janice B. Kennedy, through Nov. 30.

MUSEUM CENTER AT FIVE POINTS — 200 E. Inman St., Cleveland, Tenn. Admission fees. 423-339-5745, www. museumcenter.org. “Tennessee Archaeology,” through Feb. 3.

NORTH RIVER CIVIC CENTER — 1009 Executive Drive, Suite 102, Hixson. 423870-8924. Works by members of the AIM Center, through December. RIVER GALLERY — 400 E. Second St. 423-265-5033, ext. 5; www.river-gallery.com. › New work by Jim Kransberger and Cynthia Tollefsrud, through Nov. 30.

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Artist demonstrations by Barbara Bussolari (mixed media), Karen Linduska (fiber) and Mary Ann Pope (oil/ acrylic/watercolor), 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Nov. 24. ›

Artist demonstrations by Mike Berry (pastel/acrylic) and Judy Klich (encaustic), 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Nov. 25. TOWNSEND ATELIER — The Arts Building, 301 E. 11th St. 423-266-2712, www. townsendatelier.com. “Elevate,” invitational exhibition by 24 artists, through Dec.

2. Closing reception, 9 a.m.-6 p.m. Dec. 2.

UNIVERSITY ART GALLERY — 735 University Ave., Sewanee, Tenn. 931-598-1223, gallery.sewanee.edu. “A Living Tradition: Chinese Ink and Color Paintings From the Berninghausen Collection,” through Dec. 15.