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🎃 Take a stab at it, gourd-geous

Try this: NOOGAtoday’s 2023 pumpkin carving contest
NOOGAtoday | Pumpkin Carving Contest
Don’t forget that you can roast the pumpkin seeds in the oven for a crunchy fall snack. | Photo by @signalmtnnursery
Carve some time into your schedule. We’ve got a festive contest for you to take part in this spooky season — the NOOGAtoday Pumpkin Carving Contest.

Whether you planned to carve a pumpkin this season or not, this is your excuse to run to the nearest pumpkin patch or garden store, pick out your perfect pumpkin, and get creative. Don’t forget the carving kit.

The rules + details:

Create your own pumpkin masterpiece; carve, paint, shave, use stickers, or get creative in a way that is fun for you.

To make a submission, take a picture of your pumpkin + submit it here, along with a name for your art, a short description, your name, and your email address. Submissions are open through 11:59 p.m. on Sunday, Oct. 15.

While traditional pumpkin carvings and designs will be accepted, bonus points will be awarded to original and locally-themed designs. (Think: local landmarks, businesses, and icons.) Any submissions with offensive language or artwork will not be accepted.

Finalists will be selected by our team and announced in our newsletter on Friday, Oct. 20. These finalists will go head-to-head for the chance to be crowned best jack-o’-lantern of 2023 — you, our readers, will be the ones to vote — and the winner will be announced on Friday, Oct. 27.

NOOGAtoday | Brianna's pumpkin

Bonus: Here’s a pumpkin former Editor Brianna made back in her days at NOOGAtoday

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Photo by Brianna Williams

Want some pumpkin art inspo before you get started? Here are a few no carve ideas as well as some pumpkin carving pro tips.
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Don’t be a cheater, cheater pumpkin eater — show us your skills.
Be the pick of the pumpkin patch
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Events
Today, Oct. 2
  • Monday Meditation: Focus on Our Emotional Response to Color | Monday, Oct. 2 | 6:30-8 p.m. | The Chattery, 1800 Rossville Ave., Chattanooga | $25 | For Breast Cancer Awareness Month, join artist and breast cancer survivor Kerri Besse for meditation + a discussion regarding your emotional response to the color pink.
Tuesday, Oct. 3
  • Chattanooga Pride Paddle | Tuesday, Oct. 3 | 5:30-7:30 p.m. | Coolidge Park, 100 River St., Chattanooga | $25-$50 | Join Outshine Adventures for Chattanooga Pride Week with a guided paddle boarding experience — bring your own paddle to use discount code “BYOBPride.”
  • Declan McKenna | Tuesday, Oct. 3 | 8 p.m. | The Signal, 21 Choo Choo Ave., Chattanooga | $37.37 | See the English singer-songwriter behind the hit song “Brazil” take the stage in the Scenic City.
Wednesday, Oct. 4
  • Arts for Older Adults: Photography Walk and Talk | Wednesday, Oct. 4 | 10-11:30 a.m. | Reflection Riding Arboretum & Nature Center, 400 Garden Rd., Chattanooga | $5 | This class for adults 65+ will teach you the basic techniques of composing a photo while walking around Reflection Riding’s campus.
Thursday, Oct. 5
  • Art Wise | Thursday, Oct. 5 | 6-7 p.m. | Hunter Museum of American Art, 10 Bluff View Ave., Chattanooga | Price of admission | Meet artist Angela Fraleigh + learn about her process in creating the work featured in the exhibition “Gilded: Contemporary Artists Explore Value and Worth.”
  • Dread Hollow: Camp Dread | Thursday, Oct. 5-Sunday, Oct. 8 | Times vary | Dread Hollow, 321 Browns Ferry Rd., Chattanooga | $25 | Get ready to scream during an evening of haunts + thrills.
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Festival

Events

We’re revved up about the Chattanooga Motorcar Festival next weekend
Presented by a NOOGAtoday Partner
Slideshow of historic and vintage cars on display at the Chattanooga Motorcar Festival.
Experience the ultimate automotive extravaganza at the Chattanooga Motorcar Festival. | Photos provided by the Chattanooga Motorcar Festival
From classic American muscle cars to meticulously restored European classics, hundreds of classic cars are set to converge here in NOOGA for the fourth annual Chattanooga Motorcar Festival next Friday-Sunday, Oct. 13-15.

Blending European style with Southern hospitality, the festival offers a packed schedule of unique experiences for vintage car lovers, including:
  • The high-speed Targa Sixty Six exhibition at the Pace Grand Prix at The Bend
  • The 75th Anniversary of Porsche celebration
  • Mecum Auctions at the Chattanooga Convention Center
  • Live music and a laser show featuring The B-52s
  • An exhilarating drift exhibition with Adam LZ
  • The elegant Concours d’Elegance on Sunday, Oct. 15 in West Village
Best of all, the fun is for a good cause — proceeds from the festival go towards Alzheimer’s and neuroscience research, benefiting the Neuroscience Center at CHI Memorial and the Neuroscience Innovation Foundation.

Grab your family and friends and consider yourself busy next weekend celebrating automotive history + innovation in the Scenic City.
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News Notes
Open
  • Kai Bistro — an Asian American restaurant featuring Korean, Chinese, Japanese, Vietnamese, Thai, and Hawaiian dishes — is now open at 625 E. Main St. Check out the menu + operating hours to stop by for lunch or dinner.
Community
  • La Paz Chattanooga will have its Roads to Reading grand opening on Monday, Oct. 9 from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. at East Lake Language and Arts (4501 13th Ave.). The program provides books + audio-visual resources that have been translated for families with Guatemalan heritage.
Edu
  • The Chattanooga State Foundation has received $25,000 from MedicTests to establish the Charles P.B. “Scobey” Newman Jr. Memorial Scholarship. The scholarship pays tribute to Scobey’s legacy + will aid ChattState students pursuing EMT or paramedic programs.
Cause
  • Chattanooga Room in the Inn is in need of winter coats and jackets for the women and children in its care. If you’re interested in donating, contact Sharon Collins via email or by phone at 423-624-6144 ext. 3.
Eat
  • The annual Rossville BLVD Taco Tour will be happening Thursday, Oct. 5-Wednesday, Oct. 11. In celebration of Hispanic Heritage Month, you can get $3 tacos from local taquerias. Check out the participating spots.
Arts
  • Southern Adventist University’s School of Visual Art and Design will display the original pen + ink illustrations of John Fleming Gould beginning Thursday, Oct. 5. Gould was the prominent illustrator for Saturday Evening Post and created ~15,000 illustrations for the magazine industry.
Outdoors
  • Prep for your fall garden with the Tennessee Valley Chapter of Wild Ones Fall Native Plant Sale on Saturday, Oct. 7. From 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., you can head to the Grace Episcopal Church and shop from local nurseries.
Finance
  • One platform is unlocking the $1.7 trillion “billionaires asset class” for everyday investors. Introducing Masterworks, an award-winning platform for investing in blue-chip art. Investors have benefited from 16 sales with returns including 13.9%, 27.3%, and 35.0%. Interested? NOOGAtoday readers can skip the waitlist and join.†*
Correction
  • In Friday’s newsletter, we shared details about the Vision Plan for Montague Park. We wrote that Montague Park would become the future home of the Main St. Farmers Market, the move is currently being discussed for the market’s future plans but has not been guaranteed.
† Past performance is not indicative of future returns; investing involves risk. See disclosures masterworks . com/cd
 
Environment

Water you doing if not volunteering?

Clean up during the Tennessee River Rescue
NOOGAtoday | TN River Rescue
Help keep our waterways safe and clean during this statewide initiative. | Photo provided by the Tennessee Aquarium
Rolling on the river can often be debris left by us. Enter: the 35th annual Tennessee River Rescue — a statewide cleanup initiative across the southeast on Saturday, Oct. 7.

From 9 a.m. to 1 p.m., folks can volunteer at several local waterways to help keep the river clean + safe for the community and creatures that inhabit them.

Pro tip: Check out the rescue’s website for information on each location including zone leaders, directions + level of difficulty of the site work. Once you decide on the project you want to volunteer for, RSVP online.
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The Wrap
 
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Today’s edition by:
Haley Bartlett
From the editor
It’s time to wake up, sleepyhead — the second location of Sleepyhead Coffee has officially opened up at the corner of Main Street + Dodds Avenue. Get a sneak peek at the new space.
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