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A Summer For “Jews, Blues & All That Jazz” In Chattanooga

WUTC

Published June 8, 2023 at 4:24 PM EDT

A painting by Tom Farnam, part of the arts exhibition for “Jews, Blues & All That Jazz.”

“Jews, Blues and All That Jazz” is a summer collaboration across cultures here in Chattanooga.

It begins on Sunday, starting at 2 PM, at the Jewish Cultural Center with the opening of an art exhibition and a CD release.

The series continues with Jazz in the Lounge concerts at Barking Legs Theater through the end of next month - and a film screening at the Bessie Smith Cultural Center the weekend after Independence Day.

Ann Treadwell is with the Jewish Federation of Greater Chattanooga.

Bruce Kaplan is with Barking Legs Theater.

A painting of jazz clarinetist Benny Goodman by Maxine Hess, part of the arts exhibition for “Jews, Blues & All That Jazz.”