• Food Truck Friday | Friday, Sept. 1 | 11 a.m.-3 p.m. | Kitchen Incubator of Chattanooga, 5704 Marlin Rd., Chattanooga | Price of purchase | Grab your lunch from the 12+ local food trucks available.
• Barista Battle: Third Degree Burn | Friday, Sept. 1 | 6 p.m. | Burlaep Print and Press, 801 E. 11th St., Chattanooga | $10 | Watch local baristas battle it out with their latte art skills.
• Nightfall | Friday, Sept. 1 | 7 p.m. | Miller Plaza, 850 Market St., Chattanooga | Free+ | Come out for the last Nightfall of the season featuring live music performances by Swayyvo + Jemere Morgan.

• Butterfly Festival | Saturday, Sept. 2 | 10 a.m.-3 p.m. | Heritage High School, 3960 Poplar Springs Rd., Chattanooga | $10-$50 | Enjoy a day of live entertainment, food vendors, and games + end the festival with a mass balloon and butterfly release.
• Flapper and Tap’R’ | Saturday, Sept. 2 | 10 a.m.-4 p.m. | Mountain Arts Community Center, 809 Kentucky Ave., Signal Mountain | Free+ | This roaring 20s-themed festival will feature live music, arts + craft vendors, and a magic show.
• Local Comic Creators Showcase | Saturday, Sept. 2 | 12-3 p.m. | Infinity Flux Comics & Games, 3643 Hixson Pk., Chattanooga | Free+ | Celebrate local comic illustrators and writers with a meet and greet + book signing.

• Fall Food Truck Rally | Sunday, Sept. 3 | 11 a.m.-4 p.m. | First Horizon Pavilion, 1826 Reggie White Blvd., Chattanooga | Free+ | Try bites from various local food trucks in block-party fashion while enjoying the Chattanooga Market.

• The City of Chattanooga has launched its first-ever Affordable Housing Search Tool — an interactive, data-driven resource designed to help connect housing providers with prospective tenants who qualify. Try it out for yourself.

• The Noontunes concert series will return in September + October with a new location. Folks can enjoy free afternoon fun from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. every Friday beginning Sept. 8 at Aquarium Way (extending to the second block of Broad Street).

• If you had to give neighborhoods in Chattanooga a zodiac sign, what would its chart say? Let us know which neighborhood matches each astrological sign in this survey. We’ll share the results in an upcoming newsletter.

Why go?

• This region is brimming with bucolic beauty — from the country’s oldest wineries to impressive Vanderbilt-era mansions. Plus, the Hyde Park-based Culinary Institute of America has inspired an impressive range of culinary talent throughout the region.

Act like a local

• Check out Hudson’s Cafe Mutton, heralded as “America’s Most Delightfully Unpredictable New Restaurant” by Bon Appétit, for fresh crêpes, orange muffins + homemade bologna.

Where to stay

• Vrbo: Sunset Cottage in Hudson (~$308/night)*

• The piece of furniture we’re drooling over: this Poly & Bark leather ottoman pouf in cognac brown. Hello, soft leather and beautiful living room.

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