Community Calendar

Been meaning to check out the Free Store?

Here’s your chance!

We’ll be open for shopping (clothes & household goods), and we’ll have volunteers available to talk to you about ways to volunteer and donate!

Presented by award-winning Georgia author Donna Coffey Little, “Wofford’s Blood: The Odyssey of a Cherokee Family” tell the true story behind her new book, which focuses on the life of James Daugherty Wofford- a mixed-race Cherokee boy who is caught up in the mounting tensions between Cherokee and Anglo-American worlds in early nineteenth century north Georgia. Wofford must come to grip with where his loyalties lie and the challenges of growing up in a society where racial slavery and its cultural consequence have increasingly becoming an establish part of everyday life.

Dr. Donna Coffey Little is a Professor of English at Reinhardt University and founded Reinhardt’s Etowah Valley Low-Residency MFA in Creative Writing. Her historical novel Wofford's Blood was published by Mercer University Press in 2024. It was named Book of the Year by the Southern Literary Review and Best Historical Novel of 2024 by the national Independent Press Association. Her other publications include the poetry chapbook Fire Street as well as creative nonfiction essays, poems and scholarly articles in StorySouth, Tiferet, Georgia Backroads, Calyx, The Atlanta Review, The Florida Review, Women’s Studies, Modern Fiction Studies, and Contemporary Women’s Writing.

This event is free and open to the public

Mark your calendars for September 14, 2026, as we celebrate a decade of making a difference at the beautiful Lookout Mountain Club golf course. Hosted by the Morning Pointe Foundation, this annual tournament supports our mission to provide caregiver support programs and fund clinical scholarships to advance the care of seniors.

Your participation helps us continue this vital work. Join us for a day of golf, camaraderie, and giving back. Together, we can make a lasting impact on senior care.

Cumberland Hope is a place of healing and change for severely traumatized children and their families. We provide safety, innovative and evidence-based treatments, physical, mental, spiritual, and whole family support to help the hardest-to-reach children and their families.

Would love for you to join our fundraising event to help keep our mission possible.

Everyone is invited so tell your friends, family, church, organizations, etc. Join us for a FREE Community Festival that is raising funds for the nonprofit, Cumberland Hope. Activities include and are still growing:

1. Petting zoo
2. Bounce houses
3. Food (BBQ plates, Hotdogs and Nachos) along with Sweet Treats ice cream truck.
4. Tractor Hayrides
5. Hug-A-Cow
6. Craft vendors with a Silent Auction
7. Sensory room along with a Free Buddy System for those wanting to hang out with a buddy during the event.
8. Facepainting

Would love to have volunteers to help if you know anyone or are willing to help. Just visit CumberlandHope.org and place a FREE Ticket with us and let us know you’re interested and willing to help.

FREE Admission for everyone!!

Interested in becoming a Vendor? Visit CumberlandHope.org and scroll down for Vendor Application and let’s get your spot registered.

Everyone is invited so tell your friends, family, church, organizations, etc..

Art of Spirits: Cocktails. Canvas. Chattanooga.

Join Chattanooga artist Brandi Donan for Art of Spirits, a cocktail-inspired art exhibit at Townsend Atelier during First Friday.

This three-year project brings together Chattanooga’s restaurant, bar, and hospitality scene through original oil paintings inspired by local cocktails, non-alcoholic drinks, their stories, and the places behind them. Each painting began with a drink — its name, ingredients, mood, or backstory — and became a still life that tells a larger story about creativity, place, and the many kinds of artists who shape a city.

Guests will be able to view the original paintings, explore the stories behind the drinks, and enjoy select cocktails and non-alcoholic options from the project. Books, prints, and original artwork will be available for purchase.

All cocktail sales from the evening will benefit the Tennessee River Gorge Trust.

Free admission.

Date: Friday, October 2, 2026
Time: 5–8 PM
Location: Townsend Atelier, 301 E 11th Street, Chattanooga, TN 37403

Come raise a glass — with or without the booze — to Chattanooga’s artists, bartenders, restaurants, and the stories that make this city worth painting.