Editorial

Crafted by Southern Hands at Warehouse Row

This summer

Warehouse Row’s Civil War era buildings is serving as the host of an event series dubbed Crafted by Southern Hands. The event showcases fashion, art, décor and food created below the Mason-Dixon Line.

Crafted by Southern Hands kicked off with a combination Bradley Gordon artwork exhibition and Billy Reid pop-up in June. Second in the series, from July 25 through 29, is an Alabama Chanin sewing workshop and exclusive exhibition of the one-of-a-kind, barbecue-smoked wedding dresses by designer Natalie Chanin. The third event will be a clothes hanger exhibition with Old Try, an old-fashion custom print shop, and the Chattanooga Print Cooperative, hosted on August 30 and 31.

For more information about Crafted by Southern Hands, visit www.warehouserow.net.

Harvested Here Restaurant Week

Friday, July 12-Friday, July 19

In its third year, Harvested Here Restaurant Week has become an event for locals and tourists to the Chattanooga area. Held July 12-19, each participating restaurant will be offering a menu of summer picks from foods grown within 100 miles of Chattanooga.

Harvested Here Restaurant Week began as an awareness event to highlight local restaurants and farms and to encourage patrons to learn more about the source of the food they’re eating when dining out. This year, over 25 Chattanooga area restaurants (mostly downtown) will participate in the event.

Farms have a major role in the event as well. Many will increase their growing capacity of certain foods that restaurants will be buying for the event. Tomatoes, herbs, greens, berries and more are “in season” for July and will be peaking on menus during the event week.

Restaurants participating in the 2013 Harvested Here Restaurant Week include: 212 Market; Alleia; Back Inn Cafe; Blacksmith’s Bistro & Bar; Cafe on the Corner, Community Pie; Easy Bistro & Bar; Elemental: Enzo’s Market; Famous Nater’s World Famous; Flying Squirrel; Good Dog; Lupi’s; Milk & Honey; Public House; St. John’s Meeting Place; St. John’s; Sushi Nabe; Taco Mamacita; Terra Nostra Tapas & Wine; TerraMae Applachian Bistro; The Blue Plate; Broad Street Grille; Tony’s Pasta Shop & Trattoria; Urban Stack; and Whole Foods.

More information about participating restaurants and special menus for the week, visit www.GrowChattanooga.org.

Chattanooga Waterfront Triathlon

Sunday, July 14

• The Chattanooga Track Club and Team Magic have partnered to produce the Chattanooga Waterfront Triathlon on Sunday, July 14 beginning at 7 a.m. Spectators can watch the swimming, cycling and running from the Walnut Street Bridge or Ross’ Landing.

History Center gallery preview

Tuesday, July 16

• The Chattanooga History Center will present the sixth lecture in a special preview series, Gallery Talks, at 7 p.m. Tuesday, July 16th.  The series is examining each gallery visitors will encounter in the center’s new exhibit, scheduled to open late this year.  The July 16 presentation is titled We All Live On The Same Street. The gallery covers TVA, World War II and the post-war era.  CHC Executive Director and Historian Dr. Daryl Black, will present the program, which will examine the reasons certain artifacts were chosen for the exhibit, and will include a visit to the space in the new facility the gallery will occupy to gain an understanding of how it relates to the whole.  The fee is $5 per person (CHC members free).  Space is limited. Pre-registration is required by Monday, July 15.  Call 423-265-3247 to register. 

Chattanooga Theater Center 2013-2014 schedule

• The Chattanooga Theatre Centre will mark the group’s 90th anniversary with a 2013-2014 season of favorites selected from the community theatre’s unbroken 90-year string of productions. The Secret Garden will play Sept. 6-22 in the Main Theatre; Noel Coward’s Blithe Spirit, a haunting comedy, will play Oct. 18-Nov. 3 in the Mildred M. Montague Circle Theatre; A Christmas Story: The Musical is slated for Dec. 6-22 in the Main Theatre; and Neil Simon’s The Odd Couple will be Jan. 24-Feb. 16, 2014 on the Circle Stage. Shakespeare’s The Taming of the Shrew will play Feb. 28-March 16, 2014 in the Mildred M. Montague Circle Theatre; And Then There Were None by Agatha Christie will run March 21-April 6, 2014 in the Main Theatre; Pump Boys and Dinettes, a musical with Chattanooga roots, will play April 11-May 4, 2014 in the Mildred M. Montague Circle Theatre; Harper Lee’s drama To Kill A Mockingbird will play May 16-June 1 in the Main Theatre; Pippin will play June 6-July 5, 2014 in the Mildred M. Montague Circle Theatre; and Les Miserables, inspired by Victor Hugo’s novel, will run July 11-27, 2014 in the Main Theatre.