Explore Chattanooga Summer 2025

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Showing all Summer IMAX 3D – ELEPHANTS: GIANTS OF THE DESERT 3D Elephants is an epic journey across Africa’s Namib Desert, getting up close and personal with the largest land mammals on the planet. Making one of the world’s oldest desert home, the desert elephants are one of nature’s most inspiring examples of survival and adaptation. Follow the journey of an elephant baby, Little Foot, as she learns how to elephant from her elephant family, led by a wise Matriarch. Brave the desert’s elements and use some elephant superpowers, from finding underground aquifers to foreseeing sandstorms. The film will reveal the hidden magic of a seemingly otherworldly and formidable landscape, where a cast of iconic animals from giraffes, monkeys to lions form a unique canvas of life. tnaqua.org/imax Jun 6 NATIONAL DAY OF CAVES & KARST / RUBY FALLS Ruby Falls is celebrating the National Day of Caves and Karst on June 6. This special day raises awareness of the crucial roles both caves and karsts play in our lives and environment. Tennessee has over 10,000 known caves – more than any other state. Caves and karst are rich in natural resources, including the most productive groundwater on earth with 175 different minerals; some of which are found only in caves. www.rubyfalls.com/events/ national-day-of-caves-and-karst

Jun 14 SOUTHSIDE JUNETEENTH JUBILEE

The Bethlehem Center is hosting its annual Juneteenth celebration again this year with the Chattanooga community. The event includes booths selling goods by local vendors. It is an open celebration for all of Chattanooga to show support and celebrate the African American community. 1pm – 4pm. thebeth.org/juneteenthjubilee Now Through September 1 WALK THIS WAY: FOOTWEAR FROM THE STUART WEITZMAN COLLECTION OF HISTORIC SHOES Explores how shoes have transcended their utilitarian purpose to become representations of culture—coveted as objects of desire, designed with artistic consideration, and expressing

complicated meanings of femininity, power, and aspiration for women and men alike. This exhibition uses examples from the designer Stuart Weitzman’s substantial private collection to contemplate

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