Scenic Roots

Mark Hilling of The Chattanooga Area Food Bank. Will Davis talks about building The PodLab here at UTC. Barking Legs Theater:  Shawn Perkinson & Nathan Warner. These voices - and more - on this edition of "Scenic Roots."

(StoryCorps / WUTC) Today on Tennessee Valley StoryCorps, Brittany Alcala and her husband Daniel Alcala. Tennessee Valley StoryCorps brings you conversations from people who went to the StoryCorps recording booth in Chattanooga's Miller Park in the spring of 2019. You can subscribe to the Tennessee Valley StoryCorps podcast wherever you get your podcasts. This series is produced and edited by Will...

Richard Winham shares a recent virtual performance by singer-songwriter Tret Fure for the Isis Music Hall in Asheville, North Carolina.

Nancy Lawson is a writer, editor and naturalist who lives in Maryland, halfway between Baltimore and Washington, DC. She is author of “The Humane Gardener:  Nurturing a Backyard Habitat for Wildlife” - and she founded an initiative to help people find that harmony with the animals in their backyards. Tonight, she will appear online - starting at 6 PM - through the Tennessee Valley Chapter of Wild...

The Tennessee Aquarium here in Chattanooga has been recognized year after year as one of the top facilities of its kind in the country. But this has been no ordinary year, because of COVID-19. When the coronavirus pandemic struck our area back in March, the Aquarium was forced to close - reopening over the summer, with limited capacity for visitors who have to follow safety guidelines such as wear...

Thom Benson of The Tennessee Aquarium in Chattanooga. Wisdom from Nancy Lawson, "The Humane Gardener." Mountain Spirit Acoustic Series:  Singer-songwriter Tret Fure.  These voices - and more - on this edition of "Scenic Roots."

Richard Winham shares a performance by Emily Kate Boyd - musician, songwriter, painter and development director at SoundCorps - recorded live downtown at The Chattanooga Public Library for this week's "Scenic Roots:  Live In The Library."

Richard Winham speaks with reporter Don Mathisen, who was on the scene at the Twin Towers of the World Trade Center in New York City during the terrorist attacks on the United States on September 11th, 2001.

Staci Spring is a professional bassoonist, educator and advocate for the arts here in Chattanooga. In the past year, Staci has been one of the teaching artists working in our community through the Wolf Trap program at UTC’s Southeast Center for Education in the Arts, now known as the Arts-Based Collaborative at UTC.

Bassoonist Staci Spring on teaching music with meaning. Reporter Don Mathisen remembers 9/11 in New York City. These voices - and more - on this edition of "Scenic Roots."

(Bessie Smith Cultural Center) Each week online, the Bessie Smith Cultural Center here in Chattanooga features community members reading children’s books - to spur dialogue on race relations. The digital series is called “Bessie’s Front Porch” - and last week, Erika Roberts read:  "Last Stop on Market Street" - by Matt De La Peña. Watch the entire readings from “Bessie’s Front Porch” on the Facebo...

(The Brand Guild) This weekend, the Tennessee Whiskey Festival - and 4 Courses And Supper Club - are presenting a virtual event. The "4 Courses and Whiskey Supper" takes place on Sunday. Proceeds will benefit the Future Ready Institute of Hamilton County's Brainerd High School Culinary Arts Program. Monica Maples Kinsey is with the Festival - and Carmen Davis is with 4 Courses.

This morning, live on WUTC, Chattanooga Mayor Andy Berke joined us for our monthly conversation.

Our monthly conversation with Chattanooga Mayor Andy Berke. Monica Maples Kinsey & Carmen Davis on 4 Courses & Whiskey Supper. These voices - and more - on this edition of "Scenic Roots."  

Richard Winham presents an encore performance by saxophonist Greg Tardy and his Quartet, recorded earlier this year at Chattanooga's Barking Legs Theater.  

When Silicon Ranch - based in Nashville - built a solar farm here in Chattanooga eight years ago, it was the largest solar power facility in Tennessee. The 65-acre farm helped to make the Volkswagen plant here the greenest car plant in the world at that time. Now, Silicon Ranch is building a new complex in Jackson, Tennessee - to power Facebook’s data center in Gallatin - and this solar complex wi...

Matt Kisber of Silicon Ranch on solar power in Tennessee. This week's Tennessee Valley StoryCorps by Will Davis.  Barking Legs Theater:  Saxophonist Greg Tardy's Quartet. These voices - and more - on this edition of "Scenic Roots."

Richard Winham presents a virtual performance by Lara Herscovitch, a newfolk singer-songwriter poet, for the Mountain Spirit Acoustic Series for the Isis Music Hall in Asheville, North Carolina.  

Richard Winham presents a performance by finger-style guitarist Nicholas Edward Williams on this week's on this week's "Scenic Roots:  Live In The Library," recorded downtown at The Chattanooga Public Library.

George Singleton of Spartanburg, South Carolina is a storyteller who peers into human nature with a sharp wit. “You Want More” is his new collection of 30 short stories from eight books over twenty years as a published author.

Liz Norell teaches political science at Chattanooga State Community College. She is sharing her knowledge of how government on all levels works in a virtual series of classes - now under way - hosted by The Chattery.

(The Chattanooga Times Free Press) Dave Flessner is business editor at The Chattanooga Times Free Press. We caught up with him recently to talk about a few of his stories:  one on the future for electric power in the Tennessee Valley - and the other on the prospects for Chattanooga’s economy beyond the pandemic.

Dave Flessner of The Chattanooga Times Free Press. Chattanooga State Prof. Liz Norell on teaching civics. Author George Singleton talks about “You Want More.” These voices - and more - on this edition of "Scenic Roots."

Richard Winham speaks with poet Cynthia Robinson Young - author of "Migration" - in the final part of their conversation on this week's "Talking Writing."

YA-hoo Fest is Chattanooga’s celebration of young adult literature. This year, it takes place online - through Zoom - starting Monday, September 14th through Thursday, September 17th. Joel Henderson - who chairs the humanities department at Chattanooga State Community College - is director of YA-hoo Fest. Lynda LeVan is executive director of Southern Lit Alliance.