Scenic Roots

(Nina Ricci Music) Nina Ricci is a folksinger and songwriter whose first album pays tribute to folk music legend Joan Baez.  Listen to her performance - and her conversation with Richard Winham - recorded live downtown at The Chattanooga Public Library.

(Rising Rock Media / UTC) On this special edition of "Scenic Roots," listen to the student storytellers of Rising Rock here on our campus, the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga.

(arts4all.org ) Richard Winham shares the first part of a conversation with guitarist and composer Kaki King.

(Chattanooga Public Library) Here in Chattanooga, Forever Moccasin Bend is a fundraising effort to build parking and new visitor amenities at the Gateway Site - the Hamm Road entrance - of the Moccasin Bend National Archeological District. One person who knows well the history of Moccasin Bend - and has helped to shape what it is today - is Mickey Robbins, now on the board of National Park Partner...

Forever Moccasin Bend:  Mickey Robbins & Tricia Mims. Talking Writing:  Guitarist and composer Kaki King / Part I. These voices - and more - on this edition of “Scenic Roots.”

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

(Mizpah Congregation) The Jewish festival of Chanukah begins next week.  Tomorrow night starting at 6 PM, Rabbi Craig Lewis of Mizpah Congregation here in Chattanooga will teach a virtual class about it through The Chattery - titled “History Happy Hour: The History and Mystery of Chanukah.”

(Reflection Riding Arboretum and Nature Center) Red wolves are apex predators, critical to ecological balance.  Without them, the rest of us - humans, other animals and plants - cannot succeed.  Red wolves are endangered:  only seven known in the wild - and 250 under human care. Here in Chattanooga, Mark McKnight is president and CEO of Reflection Riding Arboretum and Nature Center - and Tish Gail...

(Landrace Bioscience) Here in Chattanooga, Landrace Bioscience is a CBD startup that manufactures high-quality hemp extracts. This fall, it received the Spirit of Innovation Award from the Chattanooga Area Chamber of Commerce. James Dawson is Landrace’s vice president for sales and marketing.

James Dawson of Chattanooga CBD startup Landrace Bioscience. Reflection Riding’s Mark McKnight & Tish Gailmard on red wolves. Rabbi Craig Lewis on Hanukkah - and Barking Legs Theater. These voices - and more - on this edition of “Scenic Roots.”

(lazybirds.net) Richard Winham shares the second part of a virtual performance by roots band Lazybirds for the Mountain Spirit Acoustic Series at the Isis Music Hall in Asheville, North Carolina.

(Wreaths Across Chattanooga / Facebook) Each year, our fallen veterans are honored with wreaths at their grave markers in cemeteries around the country on National Wreaths Across America Day. This year’s remembrance on Saturday, December 19th has been adjusted because of the pandemic, including here in Chattanooga - where today is the last day to order a wreath. Mickey McCamish is co-chair of Wrea...

(Chattanooga Theatre Centre) How do you take the story of a Christmas movie classic - released right after World War II - and tell it on the stage? As a live radio play - the way it might have been performed back in the 1940’s, during the early years of radio. Starting on Friday, Chattanooga Theatre Centre will present “It’s A Wonderful Life:  A Live Radio Play” - which will run through Sunday, De...

CTC’s Chuck Tuttle on “It’s a Wonderful Life:  A Live Radio Play.” Mickey McCamish on this year’s Wreaths Across Chattanooga. Mountain Spirit Acoustic Series:  Lazybirds / Part II. These voices - and more - on this edition of “Scenic Roots.”

(lorinelsonspielman.com) Richard Winham shares a conversation with Lori Nelson Spielman - author of “The Life List” and “Sweet Forgiveness” - talking about her third and latest novel:  “The Star-Crossed Sisters of Tuscany.”

(Chattanooga Times Free Press) In Oak Ridge, Tennessee - the U.S. Department of Energy recently declared a 2,200 acre site to be cleaned up and ready for industrial reuse. The project - which took more than two decades - is the largest cleanup of its kind completed in the department’s history.  Dave Flessner is business editor of The Chattanooga Times Free Press.

(UTC) Since the summer, we’ve introduced you to teaching artists and other talented people at what is now the Arts-Based Collaborative here on our campus, the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga. Madison Parker is a senior at UTC - she serves as a student assistant at ABC @ UTC.

(Foundation House Ministries) Dozens of pregnant women - or women with newborns - who are struggling with addiction, no jobs of their own and no place to call home here in the Chattanooga area have turned to a nonprofit for help. Foundation House Ministries in Cleveland provides full-time residency to these women - training and employing them to make and sell candles, soaps and lotions.  Suzanne B...

Suzanne Burns of Foundation House Ministries. Madison Parker of ABC @ UTC on arts-based learning. Talking Writing:  Author Lori Nelson Spielman. These voices - and more - on this edition of “Scenic Roots.”

(Barking Legs Theater) Richard Winham shares a performance by David Schwab on bass and Stephen Powers on guitar streamed from Barking Legs Theater in Chattanooga.

(EPB) EPB’s Holiday Windows will be revealed tomorrow evening here in Chattanooga. People can visit the windows virtually or in person until January 4th on the Broad and Market Street sides of EPB’s headquarters at 10 West Martin Luther King, Jr. Boulevard. Scottie Summerlin and Lauren Obermark are with EPB.

(Ruby Falls) More than 10,000 caves are known to lie beneath the surface here in Tennessee - and thousands more can be found in the states that surround us. Michael Ray Taylor tells that story in his book, “Hidden Nature:  Wild Southern Caves.” (Vanderbilt University Press)

Michael Ray Taylor on “Hidden Nature:  Wild Southern Caves.” Scottie Summerlin & Lauren Obermark on EPB Holiday Windows. From Barking Legs Theater:  David Schwab & Stephen Powers. These voices - and more - on this edition of “Scenic Roots.”

Richard Winham shares the first part of a virtual performance by roots band Lazybirds for the Mountain Spirit Acoustic Series at the Isis Music Hall in Asheville, North Carolina.

(Chattanooga Times Free Press) Feeding people in need is all about partnerships. Allen Corey is founder and CEO of SquareOne Holding Company, which owns the Stir and State of Confusion restaurants here in Chattanooga. Jens Christensen is CEO of the Chattanooga Community Kitchen.