Scenic Roots

Keelah Jackson (keelahjackson.com) Here in Chattanooga, Keelah Jackson is known as “The Mastercreative.” She’s a writer, an educator, a singer-songwriter, a mixed-media artist, a model, an actress, a voiceover talent and a motivational speaker. At the heart of Keelah’s latest work is a new self-help book: “I Am the Gospel of Me.” Its pages of art therapy, anecdotes of encouragement and moral suppo...

Art, Life & Soul: Keelah Jackson’s “I Am The Gospel Of Me.” United for Working Families, Episode 10: Financial Stability. These voices - and more - on this edition of “Scenic Roots.”

The Jazzy Buildings in downtown Chattanooga. (The Jazzy Buildings in downtown Chattanooga. / Preserve Chattanooga) Every year, students in a class here on our campus - the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga - focus their senior thesis projects on a historic building. This year, the students in UTC’s Interior Architecture and Design program revisited The Jazzy Buildings - stretching from Market...

From “Ecliptic Education,” a story from the Spring 2024 Semester of UTC’s Rising Rock class. (Rising Rock) Rising Rock is a multimedia storytelling class here on our campus, the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga. This Thursday on “Scenic Roots,” we’ll share the latest showcase of stories by Rising Rock students from this past semester. Billy Weeks teaches the class in UTC’s Communication Depa...

Dr. Reinhold Mann (Angela Foster / UTC) How will quantum technology shape our world in years to come? You’ll find a few answers here in Chattanooga - including our campus, the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga. UTC’s Initiative in Quantum Information Science and Engineering aims to cultivate and apply the emerging technology in education, innovation and economic development. Partnerships are...

What is UTC’s Quantum Initiative? Ask Dr. Reinhold Mann. For student storytellers, the place to be: Rising Rock on WUTC. By Design: Students at UTC reimagine The Jazzy Buildings. These voices - and more - on this edition of “Scenic Roots.”

(Chattanooga Business Resource Collective) It’s Chattanooga Entrepreneur Week. Business owners are attending talks and meetups at fully booked events across the city to gather commercial tips and make local connections - hosted by the Chattanooga Business Resource Collective. William Newlin of Chattamatters looks at how this week fits into Chattanooga’s vast network for small business. _____ Chatt...

The Howard School in Chattanooga. (Hamilton County Schools) More than three million dollars will be invested to improve and expand career and technical education at four sites across Hamilton County. This month, the Hamilton County Commission approved the funding, proposed by County Mayor Weston Wamp. Haley Bartlett is city editor at NOOGAtoday.

(Coca-Cola) In this series, we explore the impact that workplace policies have on our local families and children - and how United Way of Greater Chattanooga is looking to close the gaps. For this episode, we talk about financial stability with Kent Pearson of Coca-Cola Bottling United - and Jessica Pilcher, Director of United for Working Families at United Way of Greater Chattanooga.

Art cars from Chattanooga’s We Make Festival. (Art 120) This weekend in downtown Chattanooga, you’ll see a celebration bursting in colors - from art cars and international food to student art exhibits and works by local artists. The We Make Festival - a family-friendly celebration of this city’s creative community, presented by the nonprofit Art 120 - is this Saturday, from 11 AM to 4 PM, on the C...

Stephan Bisaha (Gulf States Newsroom) When workers at Chattanooga’s Volkswagen plant voted on whether to join the United Auto Workers union, the vote story was part of a larger story for the South and the country - and part of Stephan Bisaha’s beat. Stephan is a reporter, based in Birmingham, who covers wealth and poverty for the Gulf States Newsroom - a regional collaboration between NPR and memb...

“Ain’t Misbehavin’” banner at CTC (Chattanooga Theatre Centre) “Ain’t Misbehavin’ - the song by jazz great Fats Waller - was first performed at a Harlem nightclub in New York in 1929. At that time, what is today known as Chattanooga Theatre Centre was in its first decade. Now celebrating its centennial season, CTC is presenting “Ain’t Misbehavin’” - the musical revue tribute to Waller that premier...

Retired U.S. Army Gen. B.B. Bell - on the UTC campus. (Angela Foster / UTC) Chattanooga is home to the longest, continuously staged Armed Forces Day Parade in this country. The military co-chairs for the first parade in 1949: Tennessee’s Alvin York, this nation’s most decorated soldier in World War I - and Charles H. Coolidge, Chattanooga’s own decorated hero in World War II. This Friday, the 75th...

Seventy-five years for Chattanooga’s Armed Forces Day Parade. A Jazz Age jaunt in music & moves: “Ain’t Misbehavin’” at CTC. We Make Festival: Art 120’s Kate Warren & artist Briah Gober. These voices - and more - on this edition of “Scenic Roots.”

(Taras Malyarevich / VistaCreate) Sips, small bites and books are on the menu at SoLit, the literary arts hub here in Chattanooga. On Tuesday, starting at 6 PM, the nonprofit will host “Literary Libations” - a wine and book pairing - at Common House at 1517 Mitchell Ave. Chelsea Risley is executive director of SoLit. (SoLit)

(ELLA Library) This weekend here in Chattanooga: Dia del Nino. On Saturday, starting at Noon, ELLA Library - the community arts organization in the East Lake neighborhood - will host the family-friendly celebration, along with the nonprofit Culture Chatt, at East Lake Park at 3000 34th St. Jazmine LeBlanc is cofounder and executive director of ELLA Library. Jaime Kerns is cofounder of Culture Chat...

Hamilton County Mayor Weston Wamp, delivering the State of the County 2024 Address at the Tennessee Aquarium in Chattanooga. (Hamilton County Mayor’s Office) Why do we have a Mayor for the City of Chattanooga and a Mayor for Hamilton County? What’s the difference between city government and county government? What are some key issues facing the County today? Nathan Bird of the Chattanooga Civics p...

(Quantum Zeitgeist) Chattanooga - and our campus here at UTC - are at the forefront of cutting-edge technology in more ways than one. Artificial intelligence is an example. Another is quantum. UTC is a member of the newly-formed Chattanooga Quantum Collaborative, which is now partnering with EPB to offer weeks of activities to explore quantum technology for learners of all ages and levels at gigci...

(UTC) Here on our campus - the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga - an initiative is preparing students, faculty and staff for the emerging world of artificial intelligence, from the job market to research. The initiative is known as “Chattanooga’s Artificial Intelligence”: CH-AI or “CHAI.” On Monday, April 29th and Tuesday, April 30th, Jules White - a Professor at Vanderbilt University, and a...

CHAI - Chattanooga’s Artificial Intelligence - here at UTC. All aboard all things quantum at Gig City Goes Quantum. Chattanooga Civics. Día del Niño. Literary Libations. These voices - and more - on this edition of “Scenic Roots.”

Outside The Book & Cover in Chattanooga. (The Book & Cover) The last Saturday in April is a celebration of independent bookstores around the country. At The Book & Cover here in Chattanooga, that celebration is dubbed “The Ink Drink” - this Saturday from 7 AM to 8 PM - at 1310 Hanover St. Sarah Jackson, Blaes Green and Emily Lilley are the owners of The Book & Cover. (The B...

One model of a Boxvana home by MLDR Brands, headquartered in Chattanooga. (Rendering by MLDR Brands) At a time when single-family homes are becoming limited, a company in Chattanooga is bringing customizable modular homes to market - aimed at filling the need for residential dwellings. Kristen Templeton is senior city editor for NOOGAtoday. This Boxvana home by MLDR Brands will be one of the units...

RISE Chattanooga at 2901 Taylor St. in East Chattanooga. (RISE Chattanooga) ArtsBuild - the nonprofit that supports the arts and artists in Chattanooga and Hamilton County - is another community partner for the inaugural Chattanooga Entrepreneur Week. Since last fall, it has hosted its first cohort of nearly two dozen artists in Periscope Chattanooga, a business development program that connects a...

Chattanooga Entrepreneur Week Among the community partners for the inaugural Chattanooga Entrepreneur Week: Tennessee Valley Federal Credit Union, which is presenting the week with the Chattanooga Business Resource Collective - and the Chattanooga Area Chamber of Commerce. Marcus Cade-Johnson is a commercial lender with TVFCU. Darian Scott is Director of Economic Inclusion at the Chamber.

(Chattanooga Entrepreneur Week) Next week here in Chattanooga, entrepreneurship is calling. The inaugural Chattanooga Entrepreneur Week is Monday, April 29th through Friday, May 3rd, presented by Tennessee Valley Federal Credit Union and the Chattanooga Business Resource Collective. It includes a free three-day conference at the Finley Stadium Ultra Club and partner events throughout the week - in...