Friday Five: Chattanooga's Best Events 3/10-3/17
Check out our list of upcoming Chattanooga area events happening locally from Friday, March 10 to Friday, March 17.
Saturday, March 11
A Girl and A Gun - Meet and Greet
When: 1-5 p.m.
Where: Shooter’s Supply and Indoor Range, 4824 Hixson Pike
Free
The A Girl and A Gun Women's Shooting League is launching the Chattanooga chapter. The league, founded seven years ago, has grown to include one hundred chapters across the country. Current membership is over 5,000 members and a social media following of more than 30,000 fans. A Girl and A Gun is a ladies organization established by women shooters for women shooters for pistol, rifle and shotgun sports. The mission of the league is to educate and encourage women about the opportunities of recreational and sport shooting, and to promote women's interest and participation in the competitive shooting sports. The chapter will have regularly scheduled events every month for ladies to socialize and practice their shooting skills. Events will include Girl's Night Out, Breakfast & Bullets, and Trigger Time. The event welcomes girls of all ages and experience to come together to shoot and get to know other ladies who enjoy shooting.
March 11-12 and 18-19
Rock City's Shamrock City
When: 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Where: Rock City Gardens, 1400 Patten Rd., Lookout Mountain, GA 30750
Cost: $12.95 - $22.95
Get your green on for Rock City's 10th Irish celebration and festival featuring music, food and other entertainment. Enjoy listening to several bands scheduled to perform in the pavilion-favorites returning as well as new live performers. Taste some Irish food, specialty beer and Rock City's famous fudge with a "green" twist. This event was selected as a Top 20 Event for 2015 by Southeast Tourism Society! For more information, visit www.seerockcity.com/shamrockcity.
Wednesday, March 15
Black Coffee Discussion Series
When: 8-9 a.m.
Where: Jazzanooga Arts SPACE, 431 E MLK Blvd.
Cost: Free
The best conversations happen over a cup of coffee. Black Coffee is a new dialogue series created to grow connections between Chattanooga's communities of Color and local arts and culture efforts. Each month, join the group for a morning of free coffee, a presentation and some conversation led by artists of color and representatives from Chattanooga's arts organizations. This monthly gathering will be moderated by Jazzanooga's co-founder, James McKissic. This month's guest speaker is Nadini Murdandi, Chief Curator at Hunter Museum of American Art. For more information, visit facebook.com/events.
Wednesday, March 15
Earth, Wind and Fire
When: 7-11:45 p.m.
Where: Tivoli Theatre, 709 Broad Street
Cost: $39 - $125
Earth, Wind & Fire, America's seventh top-selling musical group of all-time was born in Chicago in 1969. With a signature sound beyond categories and a groove as deep as the soul of the planet, the band's legendary journey has set the standard for music of all genres. One of the most important, innovative, and commercially invincible contemporary forces of the 20th century, Earth, Wind & Fire has released a total of 23 albums. They have recorded eight #1 R&B singles and eight Double Platinum Top 10 Pop Albums. EWF has earned more than 50 Gold and Platinum albums and sold over 90 million albums worldwide, earning them a solid spot on the list of all-time best selling music artists. For more information or to purchase tickets, visit tivolichattanooga.com/events.
March 16-19
Steel Magnolias
When: Specific times available on website
Where: Christ United Methodist Church, 8645 East Brainerd Road
Cost: $10
East Brainerd Community Theater proudly presents its production of Steel Magnolias by Robert Harling. A much loved play, Steel Magnolias reveals the friendship and love of six strong, honest, wisecracking Southern women as they move through life's challenges in a small community in Louisiana. Tickets are available online here. Tickets are also available 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. at Christ UMC March 13-17 or at the door (if available). All cash donations collected at intermission will benefit The Next Door, a program that assists women who are currently incarcerated to gain job and life skills to assist them as they reenter into society.
