Scenic Roots

(UTC) Next week, this campus - the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga - will hold its annual Martin Luther King, Jr. Day of Celebration.   Dr. Steve Perry - a renowned educator - will speak as part of the event on Friday, January 24th - open to public and beginning at 10:30 AM in the University Center Auditorium.   Chris Stokes is assistant director of UTC’s Office of Multicultural Affairs...

(Lookout Wild Film Festival) The Lookout Wild Film Festival begins tonight at Chattanooga’s Tivoli Theatre - with screenings through Sunday.   This year’s lineup features outdoor adventure and conservation films from more than a dozen countries, including the United States - with a number of films from here in the Southeast, including a record six from Tennessee.   Andy Johns is the Festival’s dir...

(Giant Steps Music) Giant Steps Music in Hixson, Tennessee sells new instruments - and repairs old ones - for students and high schools in this area.   They have been in business for more than forty years - and now, they are assessing each of the public schools in Hamilton County with a band program to help identify their needs.   SoundCorps, the music advocacy nonprofit here in Chattanooga, is pa...

Giant Steps Music partners with SoundCorps on musical instruments. Dr. Steve Perry, renowned educator, coming to UTC's MLK Day of Celebration. Improv Chattanooga moves forward - and how to explore the art of caving. These voices - and more - on this edition of "Scenic Roots." Ray Bassett is the host of "Scenic Roots" - produced by Haley Solomon, Karley Dodson and Will Davis.

Writers in Chattanooga and the Tennessee Valley will have a chance to meet - and learn from - fellow writers this weekend.   On Saturday, The Chattanooga Writers Guild hosts its Winter Writers Workshop - from 9:30 AM to 5 PM - at Chattanooga State Community College.   Mark Anderson with the Guild joins us, along with four writers featured at the workshop:  Kelle Z. Riley, Karen Babine, Deborah Lev...

(Young Yogaletts of Chattanooga) Young Yogaletts teaches yoga to children as young as three years old up to age 16 around the Chattanooga area.   Johnny Martin is the owner of Young Yogaletts - both he and his wife Tammy are the instructors...

  Last month, two of the most notable poets in this area appeared at Star Line Books here in Chattanooga:  KB Ballentine and Linda Parsons. Not long ago, KB stopped by “Scenic Roots” - and Linda joined us by phone - for a conversation of our own...      (kbballentine.com) (Knoxville Writers Guild)             

(J.D. Frost & Company) Entrepreneurs will gather in Chattanooga tomorrow for NoogaCon.    Business experts from around the area - and across the country - will speak at this year’s conference, which takes place at The Turnbull Building from Noon to 7 PM.   J.D. Frost is founder and managing partner of J.D. Frost & Company, the sponsor of NoogaCon...   

J.D. Frost talks about NoogaCon for entrepreneurs in Chattanooga. A conversation with KB Ballentine and Linda Parsons. Young Yogaletts - and the Chattanooga Writers Guild's workshop.  These voices - and more - on this edition of "Scenic Roots." Ray Bassett is the host of "Scenic Roots" - produced by Haley Solomon, Karley Dodson and Will Davis.

Downside Up is a nonprofit here in Chattanooga that provides support, education and encouragement for parents, families and others who love and care about people with Down syndrome and other disabilities. Theresa Nix is the founder and CEO...

(Chattanooga Workspace) Murals are part of the scenery here in Chattanooga - and Kevin Bate has painted many of them. Perhaps you have seen his work on the Southside, M.L. King Boulevard, the North Shore, Highland Park - or recently, the memorial mural for the Fallen Five.   Kevin is teaching a class on murals for The Chattery at Chattanooga Workspace on Saturday, from 10 AM to 11:30 AM...

Here in Chattanooga, the Jewish Cultural Center will screen a series of four documentaries, starting tomorrow night and each Wednesday night through February 5th. Stephen Black, Frank Miller and Ann Treadwell are with the Jewish Federation of Greater Chattanooga...

Muralist Kevin Bate fills in the spaces on the walls of Chattanooga. Chattanooga's Jewish Cultural Center screens a documentary film series. Downside Up's Theresa Nix on the nonprofit's parent-centered mission.  These voices - and more - on this edition of "Scenic Roots." Ray Bassett is the host of "Scenic Roots" - produced by Haley Solomon, Karley Dodson and Will Davis.

Meghan Mangrum of The Chattanooga Times Free Press on fixing schools. LAUNCH CHA's team on raising Chattanooga's entrepreneurs. Steve Redenbaugh of Summit for Soldiers on "adven-therapy." These voices - and more - on this encore edition of "Scenic Roots." Ray Bassett is the host of "Scenic Roots" - produced by Haley Solomon, Karley Dodson and Will Davis.    

(The Chattanooga Times Free Press) If you are new to Chattanooga - as I am - you might be curious about the other newcomers to this city and the Tennessee Valley:  “Who are they?  Where did they move from?  What brought them here?”   Mary Fortune covers business news for The Chattanooga Times Free Press - and she is the editor of EDGE Magazine, where she recently profiled a few of those newcomers....

(Adventure Sports Innovation) An electric vehicle on four wheels has spider-like arms to grapple with off-road terrain.   It’s called the Swincar E-Spider, and you can get behind the wheel at Adventure Sports Innovation - a Chattanooga business that brings high-tech into outdoor experiences.   Patrick Molloy is CEO of ASI...

A nonprofit here in Chattanooga aims to provide group piano lab lessons to children and teens in the Eastdale area.   The E.N. Bates Music Enrichment Program is holding a series of benefit concerts - and the first is tomorrow night at The Granfalloon, starting at 7 PM.   It’s “A Tribute to Anita Baker:  An Evening with Karla Felecia Scaife.”   Celeste Bates Scaife is Karla’s mother - and director...

Riverbend returns to Chattanooga in May - with many changes made, acts announced with more to come, and tickets on sale.   Mickey McCamish is executive director of Friends of the Festival - and before the holidays, he stopped by “Scenic Roots”...   

(Viget) A new arrival to the tech landscape here in Chattanooga is a digital agency. The firm Viget - which specializes in branding, designing and building software products and programs - chose to locate its newest office in Chattanooga and Hamilton County, with plans to hire.   Brian Williams is co-founder and CEO of Viget - and Zach Robbins is director of business development...

  Viget's Brian Williams & Zach Robbins on a new office in Chattanooga. Mickey McCamish of Friends of the Festival on Riverbend 2020. Celeste Bates Scaife on the E.N. Bates Music Enrichment Program. These voices - and more - on this edition of "Scenic Roots." Ray Bassett is the host of "Scenic Roots" - produced by Haley Solomon, Karley Dodson and Will Davis.

(thechattery.org) Where do you want to be in 2020? Marlee Elaine is a motivational speaker and life coach who can help guide you there.     Here in Chattanooga, she’s teaching a class at The Chattery on Saturday from Noon to 2 PM...  

(River City Company) ArtSpark covers traffic signal boxes in downtown Chattanooga with designs printed on vinyl from artists in this area.     Submissions for designs to cover a second round of boxes are now open until January 31st.     Amy Donahue is director of marketing and communication for River City Company...  

LAUNCH CHA helps develop opportunities for entrepreneurs here in Chattanooga - and starting next week, it will offer that help through its ten-week Business Entrepreneurship Academy.   Hal Bowling is LAUNCH CHA’s executive director, DeJuan Johnson is director of business support - and Bex Feldbin manages p.r. and communications...

Tomorrow night, River City Sessions is back for 2020 here on this campus - the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga - starting at 7:30 PM.   Mike Gray is the founder of the monthly concert series - and Bob Boyer is director of UTC Performances...

Mike Gray & Bob Boyer on this month's River City Sessions at UTC. LAUNCH CHA's team on raising Chattanooga's entrepreneurs. ArtSpark's next round of covering traffic signal boxes in Chattanooga. These voices - and more - on this edition of "Scenic Roots." Ray Bassett is the host of "Scenic Roots" - produced by Haley Solomon, Karley Dodson and Will Davis.