With the release of the last Harry Potter book in the seven book series, Chattanooga book stores are gearing up for some Harry Potter parties. Here is a run down of some locations where the muggles can party and get Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows right at 12:01 a.m:
Where I will be:Rock Point Books
401 Broad Street
423-756-2855
The party starts at 10 pm and will include a costume contest, muggle snacks, wand making, trivia contests, owl experts, and other magical surprises. They still have vouchers available for pre-purchase of the book, but can’t guarantee that vouchers will be there when the party starts.
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Homeschooling families in Chattanooga have discovered ways to make learning fun and part of family life together. Parents, grandparents- find out a way (in the sea of many ways) to spark a love of learning in the heart of a child you love.
No matter how you choose to educate your child, you an enrich the learning experience at home. Find out how at the 25th annual Home Education Expo.
Eighty-five exhibitors from across the U.S can provide you with delightful books, games, CD-ROMs, art supplies, toys, and videos- all great for family time activities or wholesome birthday and Christmas gifts. Many of these products are not found in stores. Most of the vendors are home educators themselves and can give you the insight you need to involve your whole family in creating a lifestyle of learning.
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Join the Hunter Museum of American Art this Wednesday, July 4th from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. as the art of Grandma Moses comes to life with music, pie baking contests, petting zoos and more. This event is Free to all.
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New to the area, Susan asked where to see fireworks on July 4th. And this is where I admit, that in the eight years that I have called Chattanooga home, I have only been in the Chattanooga area once over the 4th of July holiday.
Every year our family heads to Lake Martin, Alabama to spend the time with my husband’s family. The 4th is almost bigger than Christmas in the hierarchy of family get togethers. I think my mother-in-law gets more upset when we can’t come for the fourth than she does when we tell her we are going elsewhere for Christmas.
But there was that one year where the 4th of July fell on a Wednesday and I couldn’t get the time off on the days surrounding. So we stayed here in Chattanooga and experienced the festivities here.
We took a picnic dinner to Coolidge Park and listened to Pops on the River, followed by fireworks. We went with a bunch of friends and played Frisbee on the greenspace while we waited for it all to begin or it got too crowded to safely throw the Frisbee. I remember being slightly disappointed by the fireworks display, but that is because I still think the Riverbend fireworks are the best ever.
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The Creative Discovery Museum celebrates the Fourth with Red, White, and Blue Days, July 1st through 4th. Every day from noon to 4 p.m., kids make noisemakers, hats and other patriotic crafts, then parade around the Museum at 2 p.m. Check out the parade for a spectacular display of “pedestrian pyrotechnics.”
For more information, call 756-2738, or visit CDMFun.org.
Chattanooga is gearing up for some “classic” visitors on Sunday, July 1. Roaring into town, lead by Chattanooga’s own Corky Corker (of Corker Tire), will be classic cars, hot rods, muscle cars, and street rods all participating in The Great Race.
The history of The Great Race began
in 1982 when an auto enthusiast, Curtis Graf, and a close friend, Tom McRae, both of Dallas, Texas, learned about a cross-country rally for classic cars. They approached Norman Miller, a fellow Texan and president of Interstate Batteries, about sponsoring the pair if they entered the race. Miller agreed. Within weeks, the original promoter had lost interest and the entrepreneurial McRae soon found himself in partnership with Miller in promoting the inaugural Interstate Batteries Great American Race.
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Chattanooga is a very musical city, and it just keeps coming. Friends of the Festival is now contributing to the city by offering Riverfront Nights. Riverfront Nights is a free music series that began last Saturday on a floating barge next to the Chattanooga Pier down on the riverfront.
You can go down to the 21st Century Waterfront, set up your chairs, enjoy food and drinks, and listen to the sounds that Chattanooga has to offer.
The international award winning Latin jazz group Rolando Matias & The Afro-Rican Ensemble will be coming from the river barge. The event is being sponsored by Bluewater Grill and Big River restaurants.
[tags]chattanooga, chattanooga music, riverfront nights, friends of the festival[/tags]
This Friday Rock Point Books has the honor of hosting a reception and announcement of the winner of the Jefferson Press Fiction Prize.
Jefferson Press was founded in 2002 in Oxford, Mississippi, by author and publisher David Magee. The offices have been relocated to Lookout Mountain, Tennessee. Jefferson Press has a dedication to finding new and talented voices, voices that reflect the literary spirit of William Faulkner’s home town and the launching pad of many other outstanding writers.
On Friday, June 21st at 6PM a reception followed by the Jefferson Press Fiction Prize for the Best New Voice in Fiction Award Ceremony, will be held at Rock Point Books. Hundreds of manuscripts have been reviewed for the contest, and the winner will receive a $5,000 cash prize. Official judges of the contest include William Gay, Tom Franklin, and Wyatt Prunty, who will all be present at the ceremony.
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Executive Women International will be presenting One Road, a documentary film about The Passage at Chattanooga’s waterfront.
The story of the Cherokee artists from Oklahoma who created and installed the highly acclaimed Southeastern Native American art in The Passage at Ross’s Landing was produced by local filmmaker Mary Barnett and written by Ann Coulter. The documentary was selected from among more than 1,700 entries for screening at the Nashville Film Festival. One Road was released on DVD in December of 2006, available for purchase at the Chattanooga Regional History Museum.
The film will be shown at the Walden Club, Tuesday, June 12th at 11:30 a.m.
[tags]Chattanooga, Chattanooga documentary, The Passage, One Road, Mary Barnett, Ann Coulter[/tags]
Sunday is the birthday of Maurice Sendak, the author and illustrator of Where the Wild Things Are. In celebration of Mr. Sendak’s birthday (he will be 79), Rock Point Books is inviting you and your children to a birthday party.
The event begins at 11 am on Saturday, June 9th. Children will get to hear the book Where the Wild Things Are read aloud and get free juice and cookies. They will get a coloring page and activity sheet to take home.
[tags]Chattanooga, Rock Point Books, Maurice Sendak[/tags]
