Scenic Roots

Richard Winham shares a virtual performance by The Alan Wyatt Quartet from Barking Legs Theater in Chattanooga.

Loretta Lynn-Bell is a Marine Corps veteran who was diagnosed many years ago with post-traumatic stress disorder. For the past fifteen years, she has practiced yoga to relieve her stress and anxiety. About a year ago, Loretta began to teach yoga - including classes for other female veterans - and started her own business, BeYogaFull. Despite the pandemic, she’s still teaching in this area:  both i...

The Styles L. Hutchins Fellowship and Chattanooga’s future. Loretta Lynn Leda on teaching yoga to fellow female vets. From Barking Legs Theater:  The Alan Wyatt Quartet. These voices - and more - on this edition of “Scenic Roots.”

(Isis Music Hall) Richard Winham shares the second part of a virtual performance by bluegrass group Cane Mill Road for the Mountain Spirit Acoustic Series at the Isis Music Hall in Asheville, NC.

(Chattanooga Ballet) This year, “The Nutcracker” here in Chattanooga has been filmed at locations iconic to this city. Chattanooga Ballet has partnered with WTCI-TV to broadcast the holiday classic starting on Saturday through Christmas Day. Brian McSween is the ballet’s artistic director.

For more than fifty years, the Forgotten Child Fund has given Christmas gifts to children in need here in the Chattanooga area. This season, the nonprofit is also looking for a new home. Kelly Simmons is president of the Forgotten Child Fund.

(Creative Commons) Dr. Keilan Rickard is director of the Counseling Center on our campus, the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga.  Born and raised here in East Tennessee, he joined UTC over the summer - in time for the first full semester this fall for students during the pandemic.

Dr. Keilan Rickard, director of UTC’s Counseling Center. “The Nutcracker” - filmed on location around Chattanooga. Mountain Spirit Acoustic Series:  Cane Mill Road / Part II. These voices - and more - on this edition of “Scenic Roots.”

(Josh Green) Josh Green plays percussive patterns while triggering a range of other musical and vocal sounds - and speaks with our own Richard Winham - on this week’s “Scenic Roots:  Live In The Library,” recorded live at The Granfalloon with The Chattanooga Public Library. Watch Josh Green's videos on YouTube here .

(Wild Nettle Wellness) Jeanette Jordan guides people into deep relaxation through sounds - from crystal singing bowls and hand pans to chimes, drums and song. She says the ambience helps align the nervous system, relax the mind and rejuvenate the spirit. Jeanettte runs Wild Nettle Wellness in McMinnville - and Friday night, starting at 6 PM, she will host a sound immersion workshop at MUNE Studio...

(Marie Cameron / johnseed.com) John Seed is author of the book, “Disrupted Realism:  Paintings For A Distracted World.” It’s a profile of works by contemporary painters who are challenging and reshaping an artistic tradition. On Sunday at 3 PM, John will give an online talk and presentation for Townsend Atelier here in Chattanooga, as part of its virtual series. I asked John how artists in disrupt...

(Danny Grzesik) Imagine toys as a leadership tool.  Danny Grzesik will tell you how. Here on our campus - the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga - Danny is the director of leadership development and programs at UTC’s Center for Career and Leadership Development. In that role, he works with the Arts-Based Collaborative at UTC:  ABC@UTC.

(rivercitystreetpoet.com) Meredith Jade is known as the River City Street Poet. And wherever the poet goes here in Chattanooga, so goes her typewriter as she weaves her verses on the spot.

Meet Meredith Jade, the typewriting River City Street Poet. UTC’s Danny Grzesik on arts-based learning and leadership. “Disrupted Realism” - Sound Immersion - and more. These voices - and more - on this edition of “Scenic Roots.”

(Kaki King Music) Richard Winham shares the second part of a conversation with guitarist and composer Kaki King.

This month, we are sharing conversations with you about the long road to Moccasin Bend as it is today - and its future.  Here in Chattanooga, Forever Moccasin Bend is the fundraising campaign to build parking and new visitor amenities at the Gateway Site of the Moccasin Bend National Archeological District.   Former Congressman Zach Wamp led the effort in Washington to create the District. He work...

Forever Moccasin Bend:  Former Congressman Zach Wamp. Talking Writing:  Guitarist and composer Kaki King / Part II. These voices - and more - on this edition of “Scenic Roots.”

(alanshikoh.com) Richard Winham shares the second part of a virtual performance by guitarist Alan Shikoh at Barking Legs Theater in Chattanooga.

(Matt Hamilton / Chattanooga Times Free Press) Community groups here in the Chattanooga area have been working together to launch virtual learning centers for Hamilton County students at urban churches affiliated with the group Kingdom Partners. The Rev. William Terry Ladd is pastor at First Baptist Church on East Eighth Street.

( Preface Project) This fall, the McCallie School and East Lake Elementary here in Chattanooga joined a multilingual program to improve childhood literacy. J.T. Wu - who graduated from McCallie in 2012 - is the founder and executive director of Preface, a nonprofit in Atlanta. Through Preface, students at McCallie who are studying Spanish are reading and talking in English with Hispanic students a...

A project for childhood literacy that crosses languages. Virtual learning centers at urban churches in Chattanooga. Barking Legs Theater:  Guitarist Alan Shikoh / Part II. These voices - and more - on this edition of “Scenic Roots.”

(Cane Mill Road) Richard Winham shares the first part of a virtual performance by bluegrass group Cane Mill Road for the Mountain Spirit Acoustic Series at the Isis Music Hall in Asheville, NC.

(Veatrice Conley) Veatrice Conley is an author here in Chattanooga who also hosts “X Times Amour:  The Podcast” - for women about relationships. She leads guided reflections that can touch on difficult themes - especially during this pandemic - and the need for what she calls “self-care.”

(Chattanooga Times Free Press) In communities around the Cumberland Plateau, life under COVID-19 has complicated how to feed people in need. But a partnership in Sewanee is meeting that challenge. Thanks to a donation from the Rotary Club, the Community Action Committee - the outreach ministry of Otey Memorial Parish Church - uses a tray sealer machine to freeze repurposed food from the University...

A community partnership in Sewanee feeds people in need. Author Veatrice Conley on her “X Times Amour” podcast. Mountain Spirit Acoustic Series:  Cane Mill Road / Part I. These voices - and more - on this edition of “Scenic Roots.”