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Waterlogged? Explore the Great Indoors this Week Monday, September 21, 2009
Join your neighbors this week for some great community events, rain or shine.
Tuesday 5:30 to 7
Mainx24 Planning Meeting
@ green|spacesJoin the organizers of Mainx24 for their first planning meeting on September 22 at 5:30 pm, hosted at green|spaces. Interested in helping coordinate, participate, volunteer? Maybe you just want the inside scoop on events and programming? This meeting’s for you. Plan to attend with your neighbors, business owners and friends in preparation to make our annual neighborhood event the best in the city.
Tuesday, 5:30 to 8
The Arts Take a Stand
@ the Center for Creative ArtsAVA teams up with Chattanooga Stand and CreateHere to host a night of thoughtful discussion about the future of the arts in Chattanooga. Held at the Center for Creative Arts, the “Arts Take a Stand” event invites artists and advocates from all over the region to come together from 5:30 to 8 pm to share hopes, ideas, and possible solutions.
“This is a great opportunity for everyone who appreciates the importance of a strong arts community,” says LeadHere fellow and AVA member Katie Waddell. “It’s both a means to have a hand in planning the future of Chattanooga’s cultural landscape and to meet like-minded people who are also trying to have an impact.”
For more information on the event, contact Katie Boerema at 423.265.4282 or Sarah Lester at 423.648.6499.
Friday, 5 to 7
Last Fridays on Main
@ participating galleries and venuesWe still have a few more weeks of warm, walking weather, but only one Last Fridays on Main left in the season. Hop around for one last round at your favorite Southside galleries and shops.
Friday, 6 to 8
Persona | Anima Opening Reception
@ CreateHereHow often is our persona determined by the people that surround us? And how often is our anima—or our perception of self—determined by our social roles? “I think, therefore I am.” Is it really that simple? Persona | Anima is an exhibition hosted at 55Here that pairs traditional and non-traditional figurative artwork, as well as interactive activities to tackle questions of identity.
Persona | Anima opens today (surprise!) and features work by Mia Bergeron, Ana Marie Cox, Kimara Dawn, Matt Grady, Tara Harris, Thomas Shaw, Michael Woods, and Daniel Wroe. In addition to 2D and 3D works, the exhibition features an interactive component that allows visitors to explore and document the many parts of their persona.
55Here will host an opening reception for Persona | Anima on Friday, September 25 from 6 to 8 pm. The event features live music from Dolphin Mouth of local group Forest Magic. Additionally, Persona | Anima, which runs through October 31, will feature weekly community events to engage and push boundaries around issues of identity.
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An Epic Milestone: Stand Hits 25,000 Friday, September 18, 2009
Chattanooga Stand collected its 25,000th response to a four question visioning survey today. In the blink of an eye, we passed our goal (but have no fear, we’re accepting surveys through the end of September). In the oh-so-quick video below, Stand Campaign Coordinator Sarah Lester ushers in this milestone.
Thank you, Chattanooga, for helping us reach this goal!
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A Week in the Life of a Fellow
For an editorial fellow, I haven’t done much writing this week. Instead, I spent a few days building our new mobile idea wall for Park(ing) Day.
I started working at CreateHere about two weeks after graduating from UTC with a degree in English. For the five years it took me to finish school, I worked as a carpenter for Brown Dog Construction, my family’s remodeling company. During this time, I did everything from laying tile to running electric to helping build walls and decks — but where I really found my place was in the woodshop, building cabinets.
Like writing, cabinetry requires a lot of flexibility. Because one project is never the same as the last, a good craftsman has to be creative and resourceful. Because every detail counts, she must also be meticulous in execution. And because the end result is never quite the same as the original idea, she must acknowledge and accept that a piece will never be perfect — that it will never truly feel “finished.” While some of these traits may come more naturally to me than others, they’re goals that I hope to achieve in everything that I craft, from words to relationships to clothing to walls.
On Monday, CreateHere’s Design Department handed me a five inch drawing and an idea. From this, we measured, planned, and in the end, built a wall from some plexiglass, PVC pipe, buckets of concrete, spray paint and zip-ties.
As I write this, I’m sitting on a couch in a parking space on Main Street. There is a rotating handful of my coworkers drawing their hopes and ideas with colorful paint pens onto the clear plastic wall. As it fills with words and imagery, I realize what a diverse and passionate crowd we are. Musicians, athletes, artists, activists, and craftsmen. In this place, we bring our various talents and perspectives together to see what comes out.
By Alison Burke, Editorial Fellow
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The Chattanooga Market presents Plaza Parties: Inauguaral Event Tomorrow Wednesday, September 16, 2009
Join your neighbors for the launch of Chattanooga’s new Market & Music Series, held at Miller Plaza every week from 4 pm until 7pm every Thursday, starting tomorrow. These Plaza Parties will run through the end of October, then resume in May for a full 26-week season in 2010. Just like Sunday’s Chattanooga Market, this family-friendly event will feature live music, local produce and regional arts & crafts.
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Mainx24 Planning Meeting: September 22 @ green|spaces
Last year on December 6, Main Street was taken over by pancakes, Santas, tacos, bluegrass music, dedications, and dancing, and it lasted 24 hours. Feel like you missed out on last year’s Mainx24? Want to do more to make this epic event bigger, better, and even more community-owned?
Join the organizers of Mainx24 for their first planning meeting on September 22 at 5:30 pm, hosted at green|spaces. Interested in helping coordinate, participate, volunteer? Maybe you just want the inside scoop on events and programming? This meeting’s for you. Plan to attend with your neighbors, business owners and friends in preparation to make our annual neighborhood event the best in the city.
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