Scenic Roots

(Creative Commons) There is a book about food - and more than food - here in Appalachia. It’s called “The Food We Eat, the Stories We Tell:  Contemporary Appalachian Tables.” The book is a collection of essays and poetry, published by Ohio University Press - and edited by Prof. Elizabeth Engelhardt of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, with Lora Smith.   Elizabeth joined me for a con...

"The Food We Eat, the Stories We Tell" in Appalachia. This Week's Tennessee Valley StoryCorps:  The Britt Family. From Barking Legs Theater:  More from David Jacobs-Strain. These voices - and more - on this edition of "Scenic Roots."

(StoryCorps / WUTC) Today on Tennessee Valley StoryCorps, John Britt III talks to his son John Britt IV and his mother Ruth Britt about education. 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 on iTunes or Google Podcasts and...

(everybodylovesthefarmerandadele.com) Richard Winham presents a sampling of Western swing from The Farmer & Adele on "QuaranTunes at Noon" by WoodSongs Dalton to benefit The DEO Clinic.

(Onsight Fitness) How we view fitness has changed due to COVID-19. Gyms will have to look different because of social distancing. People who have had to stay at home on lockdown have more time - or less - to work out, or they don’t know how, or they want to avoid a big gym.   Matt Averyhart is the founder of Onsight Fitness, a startup here in the Chattanooga area that provides personal training fo...

(Tennessee Woman Suffrage Heritage Trail) The bust of Nathan Bedford Forrest sits inside the Tennessee state capitol in Nashville, roped off from the public. Forrest was a Confederate general, slave trader and an early leader of the Ku Klux Klan.   As Confederate statues and symbols have come down around the South and elsewhere, Tennessee Governor Bill Lee has called for the State Capitol Commissi...

Paula Casey of Tennessee Woman Suffrage Heritage Trail. Matt Averyhart of Onsight Fitness in Chattanooga. From “QuaranTunes at Noon”:  The Farmer & Adele. These voices - and more - on this edition of "Scenic Roots."

On this week's "Scenic Roots:  Live In The Library," Richard Winham presents a performance by The FridgE, recorded last year in the downtown Chattanooga Public Library. 

(Creative Commons) And now, two local voices from the world of personal finance share their perspectives during this pandemic. Rebecca Brooks is a professional financial coach here in Chattanooga. She and her husband Dylan Pollock are the owners of R&D Financial Coaching. With the ongoing economic fallout from COVID-19, Rebecca told me in the past month that she’s been hearing from plenty of c...

(Creative Commons) In the past month, TVA reopened most recreation areas and campgrounds which had been closed due to COVID-19. Last week, we heard from Angelo Giansante, park manager for Hiwassee / Ocoee State Park; Keith Jenkins, who owns Quest Expeditions, a rafting business - and James Everett, manager of TVA’s River Forecast Center.

(Creative Commons) Tuesday is the deadline here in Tennessee to register to vote in next month’s state and Federal primary elections - and in county general elections. The League of Women Voters of Chattanooga is partnering with two women’s groups to share information on voter registration through places of worship. Valerie Armstrong is with Chattanooga Alumnae Chapter of Delta Theta Sigma Sororit...

(Bessie Smith Cultural Center) This week, the Bessie Smith Cultural Center here in Chattanooga launched a digital series to spur dialogue on race relations. The series is called “Bessie’s Front Porch” - featuring community members reading children’s books. Elijah Cameron is director of community relations for the Bessie Smith Cultural Center. More information online at bessiesmithcc.org - on Faceb...

Elijah Cameron of The Bessie Smith Cultural Center. Reopening on the Ocoee River under COVID-19. A voter registration drive - and, personal finance. These voices - and more - on this edition of "Scenic Roots."

(Christone "Kingfish" Ingram) On this week's "Talking Writing," Richard Winham presents an encore from last year of Christone "Kingfish" Ingram, a blues guitarist and singer from Clarksdale, Mississippi.

(Movement Arts Collective) Movement Arts Collective is a dance and yoga studio in Red Bank - offering classes and workshops in yoga, bellydance and more. Stacy Nolan is director and owner - and Lisa Jordan is a teacher and dancer there.

(The Bethlehem Center) The Bethlehem Center in Chattanooga’s Alton Park neighborhood is a nonprofit learning center devoted to empowering inner city youth and families, stepping up to challenge after challenge - especially in the past few months. Reginald Smith II is the center’s executive director.

Reginald Smith II of The Bethlehem Center in Chattanooga. Stacy Nolan & Lisa Jordan of Movement Arts Collective. Barking Legs Theater:  An encore from The Alan Wyatt Trio. These voices - and more - on this edition of "Scenic Roots."

(Barking Legs Theater) From Barking Legs Theater, Richard Winham presents an encore sampling of jazz from The Alan Wyatt Trio - with Alan Wyatt, Shawn Perkinson and David Schwab.

This month, Chattanooga Design Studio made a public call for change that included these words:  “We acknowledge that to address the systemic presence of racism - and to confront our disgust at the racist practices existing in our society - we must start within.” Eric Myers is the studio’s executive director.

Eric Myers of Chattanooga Design Studio on change from within. Tennessee Valley StoryCorps:  Jim Ledbetter & Katie Larue. Barking Legs Theater:  An encore from The Alan Wyatt Trio. These voices - and more - on this edition of "Scenic Roots."

(Mike Morbeck) Richard Winham presents a sampling of bluegrass duo Tony and Heather Mabe - performing at their home in Walnut Cove, North Carolina - on “QuaranTunes at Noon," the livestream concert series from WoodSongs Dalton that benefits The DEO Clinic.

(Sunny Montgomery) Time for a trip back to the cabin. That’s one of the stories you’ll find in the summer issue of “Get Out Chattanooga” magazine - available on Wednesday. Sunny Montgomery is digital editor of the magazine at The Chattanooga Times Free Press.

(Alex Paul Loza / Chattanooga Public Library) Maybe you’ve seen his portraits of frontline workers in the Chattanooga area during this pandemic. Or maybe you’ve read about the sculpture he’s working on now - of a Civil War icon known as the “Father of the 14th Amendment.” Or maybe you’re signed up for his drawing and discussion class online this evening through the Chattanooga Public Library and t...

Alex Paul Loza on frontline heroes and Thaddeus Stevens. Sunny Montgomery on the latest "Get Out Chattanooga." From QuaranTunes at Noon:  Tony & Heather Mabe. These voices - and more - on this edition of "Scenic Roots."

On this week’s “Scenic Roots:  Live In The Library,” Richard Winham presents a performance by Rye Baby, recorded last year in the downtown Chattanooga Public Library.