THEATER

BLUE RIDGE COMMUNITY THEATER -- 420 W. Main St., Blue Ridge, Ga. 706-632-9223, www.BlueRidgeCommunityTheater.com. "On Golden Pond," 7:30 p.m. Oct. 3-5, 2 p.m Oct. 5, 7:30 p.m. Oct. 10-12, 2 p.m. Oct. 13, 7:30 p.m. Oct. 17-19, 2 p.m. Oct. 20.

CHATTANOOGA THEATRE CENTRE -- 400 River St. 423-267-8534, www.theatrecentre.com.

* "Wiley and the Hairy Man," Youth Theatre production, 7:30 p.m. Oct. 4, 2:30 p.m. Oct. 5-6. $10.

* Auditions for "A Christmas Story," 4:30-6 p.m. (children), 7:30-9:30 p.m. (adults) Oct. 7-8 (show dates, Dec. 6-22).

COLONNADE -- 264 Catoosa Circle, Ringgold, Ga. 706-935-9000, www.colonnadecenter.org. "Oklahoma," 7:30

p.m. Oct. 11-12 and Oct. 18, 1 and 7:30 p.m. Oct. 19. $15 adults, $12 seniors/students, $11 groups.

CUMBERLAND COUNTY PLAYHOUSE -- 221 Tennessee Ave., Crossville, Tenn. 931-484-5000, www.ccplayhouse.com.

* "Ring of Fire," through Oct. 19. $12-$25.

* "To Kill a Mockingbird," through Nov. 3. $12-$24.

* "Ragtime," Oct. 11-Nov. 16.

DALTON LITTLE THEATRE -- 210 N. Pentz St., Dalton, Ga. 706-226-6618, www.daltonlittletheatre.com. "Steel Magnolias," 7 p.m. Oct. 4-5. $15 adults, $12 seniors/DLT members, $10 students, $5 ages 12-under.

LEE UNIVERSITY'S EDNA MINOR CONN THEATRE -- Corner of Church and 11th streets (Room 305, Vest Building), Cleveland, Tenn. 423-614-8343, www.leeuniversity.edu/theatre.edu. "The Mousetrap," Oct. 10-14.

OAK STREET PLAYHOUSE -- Flo Summitt Theatre, First-Centenary United Methodist Church, 419 McCallie Ave. 756-2428, www.oakstreetplayhouse.com.

* "The Hallelujah Girls," 7:30 p.m. Oct. 3-5, 2:30 p.m. Oct. 6. $10 adults, $8 seniors/groups, $5 students.

* Auditions for "Those Crazy Ladies in the House on the Corner," roles available for five women and four men of varying ages, 7 p.m. Oct. 6-7. 544-1958.

THEATER FOR THE NEW SOUTH -- 1604 Reggie White Blvd. 503-0589, www.brownpapertickets.com/event/468407. "Prometheus Bound," 2,000-plus-year-old story of a god who forsook his own kind to bring fire and knowledge to humans, 7:30 p.m. Oct. 3-6. $15-$20.

UTC FINE ARTS CENTER -- 752 Vine St. 423-425-4269, tickettracks.com. "Mill Fire," 7:30 p.m. Oct. 3-4, 2 and 7:30 p.m. Oct. 5. $12 adults, $10 students.

FILM EVENTS

WAREHOUSE ROW -- 1110 Market St. 423-267-1127. Screening of Southern Foodways Alliance documentary "Pride & Joy" (as part of fundraiser), 6:30 p.m. Oct. 11. $50 per person, $75 per couple.

ARTISTS/EXHIBITS

ARTCRAFTERS GALLERY -- 1356 Market St., Dayton, Tenn. 423-775-1401, www.artcraftersdayton.com. Sketches by Dayton artist Mattie Belisle, through Oct. 5. Reception, 1-3 p.m. Oct. 5.

ATHENS ARTS CENTER -- 320 N. White St., Athens, Tenn. 423-745-8781, www.athensartscouncil.org. "Climbing the Great Spiral, Poems and Prayers of Hope and Healing," through Oct. 25.

AVA GALLERY -- 30 Frazier Ave. 423-265-4282, www.avarts.org. "Fresh," through Oct. 25.

BESSIE SMITH CULTURAL CENTER -- 200 E. M.L. King Blvd. Admission fees. 423-266-8658. "For All the World To See: Visual Culture and the Struggle for Civil Rights," through Oct. 20.

BLUNT HOUSE -- 506 S. Thornton Ave., Dalton, Ga. 706 278-9760, 706 271-8702, www.whitfield-murrayhistoricalsociety.org. "Pillowcases to Pincushions," through Nov. 1.

CRESS GALLERY OF ART -- UTC Fine Arts Center, 752 Vine St. 423-425-4600. www.utc.edu/cressgallery. Department of Art Faculty Exhibition, through Oct. 4.

E.G. FISHER LIBRARY -- 1289 Ingleside Ave., Athens, Tenn. 423-475-7782. "Spooky Night at the Library," through Oct. 31.

HAMILTON COUNTY COURTHOUSE -- 625 Georgia Ave. "In Visible," through fall.

HUNTER MUSEUM OF AMERICAN ART -- 10 Bluff View. Admission fees. 423-267-0968. www.huntermuseum.org.

* "Whitfield Lovell: Deep River," through Oct. 13.

* Free First Sunday, noon-4:30 p.m. Oct. 6, with musical guest Jennifer Daniels performing at 1 p.m.

IN-TOWN GALLERY -- 26A Frazier Ave. 423-267-9214. www.intowngallery.com. "Texture and Glaze," through Oct. 25. Opening reception, 5-8 p.m. Oct. 4.

JEWISH CULTURAL CENTER -- 5461 North Terrace. 423-493-0270, ext. 13. Exhibit highlighting front pages of Chattanooga Jewish newspaper, through Oct. 4.

LYNN H. WOOD ARCHAEOLOGICAL MUSEUM -- Hackman Hall, Southern Adventist University, Collegedale. 423-236-2030, www.southern.edu/archaeology.

* "Vessels in Time: A Journey Into the Biblical World," permanent exhibit.

* "The Battle Over King David: Excavating the Fortress of Elah," through April.

McMINN COUNTY LIVING HERITAGE MUSEUM -- 522 W. Madison Ave., Athens, Tenn. Admission fees. 423-745-0329, www.livingheritagemuseum.com. "The Year of the Art Quilt," through Oct. 19.

MUSEUM CENTER AT FIVE POINTS -- 200 E. Inman St., Cleveland, Tenn. Admission fees. 423-339-5745, www.museumcenter.org.

* Demonstration of the process of creating sculpture and tools with hot metal by Josh Coleman, 1 p.m. Oct. 5.

* "Cleveland Works!," through Oct. 12.

PLANET ALTERED -- 48 E. Main St. 400-4100, www.planetaltered.com. "The Sky Is the Limit," through Dec. 31.

ST. PAUL'S EPISCOPAL CHURCH -- 305 W. Seventh St. 423-266-8195, www.stpaulschatt.org. "Icons in Transformation," through Nov. 9.

SHANKS CENTER FOR THE ARTS -- 140 N. Main St., Crossville, Tenn. 931-787-1936, www.shankscenter.org. "Artists in Their Own Right," through October.

THE ART CENTER -- 420 W. Main St., Blue Ridge, Ga. 706-632-2144, www.blueridgearts.net.

* National Juried Photography Exhibit, through Oct. 13.

* Fall Plein Aire Festival exhibit, through Oct. 13.

* "The Art of Marc Moss," Oct. 5-Jan. 10.

UPTOWN ART -- 2 Cherokee Boulevard, Suite 100. "The Art's Meow: First Annual Celebration of Community Cats," exhibit and sale, with proceeds to Wally's Friends spay and neuter clinic, noon-4 p.m. Oct 13.