Arts Calendar - Aug 14-20

THEATER

ATHENS ARTS CENTER - 320 N. White St., Athens, Tenn. 423-745-8781, www.athensartscouncil.org. Community auditions in Tennessee Wesleyan College's Townsend Auditorium, 204 E. College St., Athens, for "Our Town," 6-9 p.m. Aug. 18 and 6-6:30 p.m. Aug. 19; student auditions 6:30-9 p.m. Aug. 19 (show dates Sept. 25-28, Oct. 2-4). Email cahill@twcnet.edu to check out copy of the play.

BACK ALLEY PRODUCTIONS - Colonnade, 264 Catoosa Circle, Ringgold, Ga. 706-621-2870, backalleyproductions.org.Auditions for "Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde," 6-8 p.m. Aug. 18-19 (show dates Oct. 17-25).

BLUE RIDGE COMMUNITY THEATER - 2591 E. First St., Blue Ridge, Ga. 706-632-9223, www.BlueRidgeCommunityTheater.com. "The Cemetery Club," Aug. 21-Sept. 7 (7:30 p.m. Thursday-Saturday, 2 p.m. Sundays).

CALHOUN LITTLE THEATER - Harris Arts Center's Ratner Theater, 212 S. Wall St., Calhoun, Ga. 706-629-2599, www.cgarts.org. "Nunsense," 7 p.m. Aug. 22-23, 7 p.m. Aug. 29-30, 3 p.m. Aug. 31. $15 general admission, $12 seniors/students, $10 members.

CATOOSA COMMUNITY PLAYHOUSE - Colonnade, 264 Catoosa Circle, Ringgold, Ga. 706-935-9000, ColonnadeCenter.org.

• "The Little Mermaid Jr.," 7:30 p.m. Aug. 15-16 and Aug. 22, 1 and 7:30 p.m. Aug. 23. $15 adults, $12 students and seniors, $11 groups of 15 or more.

• "The Little Mermaid Jr." Princess Tea, 11:30 a.m. Aug. 23. $25.

CURTAIN CALL DINNER THEATRE - Crossville Outlet Mall, 228 Interstate Drive, Crossville, Tenn. "Rat Pack" dinner show, 5:45 p.m. dinner, 6:45 p.m. show, Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays through August; doors open at 5:15 p.m. (all times Central). 931-337-7469.

DALTON LITTLE THEATRE - 210 N. Pentz St., Dalton, Ga. 706-226-6618, www.daltonlittletheatre.com.$15 adults, $12 seniors and members, $10 students (age 13 through college with ID), $5 children 12 and younger. Auditions for Arthur Miller's "The Crucible," with roles for 10 men and 10 women from teens to 40s, 6:30-9 p.m. Aug. 18-19 (show dates, Sept. 26-27, Oct. 3-5, 10-11).

GEM THEATER - 700 S. Tennessee Ave. (Highway 411), Etowah, Tenn. 423-263-3270, www.gemplayers.com. "Welcome Back to Ivy Gap," Aug. 22-Sept. 7).

MILLENNIUM REPERTORY COMPANY - 128 E. Main St., Manchester, Tenn. 931-570-4489, millenniumrep.org. All times Central. Discounts on tickets purchased online. Auditions for "Duck Hunter Shoots Angel" by Mitch Albom," roles for seven men, two women, 2 p.m. Aug. 17 and 6 p.m. Aug. 18 (show dates Oct. 10-19).

FILM EVENTS

NORTHGATE LIBRARY - 278 Northgate Mall Drive, Hixson. Screening of "Divergent," 2:30 p.m. Aug. 16. Free. Rated PG-13; children under 13 must have parent or parent's permission to attend. 423-870-0635.

ARTISTS/EXHIBITS

ARTISAN DEPOT GALLERY - 201 E. Cumberland St., Cowan, Tenn. "Miniatures" by Franklin County Arts Guild members, through Sept. 20.

ATHENS ARTS CENTER - 320 N. White St., Athens, Tenn. 423-745-8781, www.athensartscouncil.org. "Roots of Our Art: Collected Works by Athens' Own," featuring art by Ethel Carroll, Betty Grater, Francis Graves, Martha B. Hale and Rhodelle Cunningham Miller, Sept. 2-Oct. 31. Opening reception, 5:30-7 p.m. Sept. 12. Deadline to submit digital images of works that might be considered for inclusion in show Aug. 15.

AVA GALLERY - 30 Frazier Ave. 423-265-4282, www.avarts.org. "AVA All Member Salon Show," through Aug. 29.

BESSIE SMITH CULTURAL CENTER - 200 E. M.L. King Blvd. Admission fees. 423-266-8658. "Bright Ideas: African American Inventors and Inventions," through Aug. 30 (held over).

GALLERY AT BLACKWELL - Blackwell Automotive, 71 Eastgate Loop, Eastgate Mall. 423-344-5643, www.chattanoogaphoto.org. "Iconic Chattanooga," through October.

HARRIS ARTS CENTER - 212 S. Wall St., Calhoun, Ga. 706-629-2599, www.harrisartscenter.com. Regional Art Show, through Aug. 25.

HUNTER MUSEUM OF AMERICAN ART - 10 Bluff View. Admission fees. 423-267-0968. www.huntermuseum.org. "Hunter Invitational III," through Oct. 19.

IN-TOWN GALLERY - 26A Frazier Ave. 423-267-9214. www.intowngallery.com. "Summertime and ..." paintings by Eugenia "Jeanie" Johnston, through Aug. 30.

JEWISH CULTURAL CENTER - 5461 North Terrace. 423-493-0270, ext. 13. "Wings," contemporary works by 30 Southern and Israeli artists, Aug. 14-Sept. 19. Opening reception, 5:30 p.m. Aug. 14.

NORTH RIVER CIVIC CENTER - 1009 Executive Drive, Suite 102, Hixson. 423-870-8924. Pastel, oil and watercolor paintings by Judi Ann Hostetter, through Aug. 27.

REFLECTIONS GALLERY - 6922 Lee Highway. 423-892-3072. "Abstract & Contemporary," works by 23 local artists, through Aug. 14.

RIVER GALLERY - 400 E. Second St. 423-265-5033, ext. 5; www.river-gallery.com. "Immortalized," through Aug. 31.

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