Scenic Roots

Preserve Chattanooga: Historic preservation learning at UTC. Noël Coward’s “Blithe Spirit” opens UTC Theatre Co.’s new season. Outdoor Bard: “The Winter’s Tale” by Scenic City Shakespeare. These voices - and more - on this edition of “Scenic Roots.”

Gen. Ulysses S. Grant, photographed by Mathew Brady during the Civil War. (Library of Congress) During the Civil War, Chattanooga was the Gateway to the Confederacy. In the fall of 1863 - months after the Battle of Gettysburg in Pennsylvania - Union and Confederate troops fought for control of this area in the Battle of Chickamauga and the Battles for Chattanooga. The Union prevailed here - but wh...

Wyatt Hall, home to the Chattanooga School for Arts and Sciences - the next promising candidate for historic landmark status in Chattanooga. (Preserve Chattanooga) The City of Chattanooga adopted an ordinance in the 1990’s that allows the designation of buildings as Local Historic Landmarks. Buildings that receive the designation - similar to Local Historic Districts, such as St. Elmo to Fort Wood...

Preserve Chattanooga: Growing Chattanooga’s landmarks. General Grant revisited at the Moccasin Bend Lecture Series. These voices - and more - on this edition of “Scenic Roots.”

Charles White near his home in Nashville, TN. (William Newlin / Chattamatters) The Chattanooga Lookouts played the final game of their season last week. Once upon a time, segregation forced some of Chattanooga’s greatest talents to play on other local baseball teams. One of them: Charles White, who pitched professionally for the all-Black Chattanooga Stars in the 1950’s, as William Newlin of Chatt...

Flowers in the foreground with the Orchard Knob Battle Monument in the distance in the background. (Orchard Knob Neighborhood Association) Orchard Knob and Ridgedale are two of the most historic neighborhoods here in Chattanooga. We’ll talk about the history of those communities - and today’s grassroots preservation there - in this first part of our fall conversation series with Preserve Chattanoo...

Preserve Chattanooga: Orchard Knob and Ridgedale. Chattamatters: Charles White on segregated baseball. These voices - and more - on this edition of “Scenic Roots.”

A craniofacial patient. (FACES: The National Craniofacial Association) Here in the Chattanooga area, FACES: The National Craniofacial Association helps make surgeries possible across the country for children and adults with facial differences because of genetics, diseases or accidents. Kim Teems Fox is president of FACES, which holds its Fearlessly Different Art Show and Contest on Sunday, Novembe...

Avis Wanda McClinton (Avis Wanda McClinton) Manumission is defined as the act of enslavers freeing the people they enslaved - and the legal document that records that act. “The 339 Manumissions and Beyond Project: A reparative search for descendants of formerly enslaved Africans” began as a response to the release by Haverford College in Pennsylvania of newly-digitized manumission papers for 339 A...

(Stove Works) Theresa Kereakes is a photographer - and one of the original punks in Los Angeles during the 1970’s. With her camera, she captured unknown and up-and-coming artists in what was then an emerging punk music scene, about to burst into the mainstream - turning several of those artists into stars who remain household names. “Retrospect” is an exhibition of Theresa’s photos from that era,...

Snapshots of early punk in “Retrospect” at Stove Works. The legacy of Quaker enslavement - explored at UTC. A Fearlessly Different show for a fearlessly different FACES. These voices - and more - on this edition of “Scenic Roots.”

A sampling of Ole Whiskey Moonshine at the Tennessee Whiskey Festival. (Tennessee Whiskey Festival) Here in Tennessee, whiskey is not only distilled - but also honored. The Tennessee Whiskey Festival returns for its ninth year to downtown Chattanooga on Saturday, September 30th - from 1 PM to 5 PM - at the First Horizon Pavilion next to Finley Stadium. Monica Kinsey with Caravan Tribe gives us a s...

Bomani Armah, from the cover of his “Baba Got BARS” album. (babagotbars.wordpress.com) Bomani Armah - a.k.a. Baba Bomani - is a poet, producer, hip-hop MC and a Kennedy Center teaching artist. He’s based in Prince George’s County, Maryland - and next month, he visits Chattanooga for this year’s Chattanooga Hip-Hop Summit. On Saturday, October 14th, starting at 10:30 AM, he will present a workshop...

Ramon DeGennaro (American Institute for Economic Research) What does it mean for maximizing shareholder wealth? What are the upsides, the downsides and the misperceptions? Ramon DeGennaro is Professor Emeritus of Banking and Finance at the University of Tennessee in Knoxville. On Thursday, September 28th, he will give a talk on shareholder theory and ESG on our campus - the University of Tennessee...

Mike Bradshaw (Angela Foster / UTC) Five years ago, our campus - the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga - launched the Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship. The Center - part of the Gary W. Rollins College of Business - engages, equips and encourages innovators and entrepreneurs here at UTC. Two years ago, Mike Bradshaw joined the Center as its first Entrepreneur-in-Residence - and last...

Mike Bradshaw of UTC’s Center for Innovation & Entrepreneurship. “Shareholder Value & ESG” - the Probasco Chair Fall Lecture At UTC. In the learning groove for “Integrating Hip-Hop into the Classroom.” These voices - and more - on this edition of “Scenic Roots.”

(The Company Lab) Chattanooga is a magnet for startups from this area, from around the country and from around the world. A new podcast by The Company Lab, or CO.LAB, gets on board. Welcome to “Startup Station." Ashlyn Gentile and Angela Poffenbaugh are with CO.LAB.

Jeff Speck (jeffspeck.com) Jeff Speck writes and talks about how cities like Chattanooga can and should become more walkable for the people who live there. Jeff is a city planner and author of the books “Walkable City” and “Suburban Nation.” Next week, he is the featured guest here in Chattanooga for CIVIQ, the speaker series presented by Chattanooga Design Studio - on Thursday, September 28th, st...

Walkable city lessons to step into Chattanooga’s future. “Startup Station” - a new podcast from The Company Lab. These voices - and more - on this edition of “Scenic Roots.”

Blaine Lindsay as Peter Pan and Jason Russell as Captain Hook in “Peter Pan: The Musical” at Chattanooga Theatre Centre. (CTC) How do you kick off a centennial season for one of the oldest and largest community theatres in the country? A musical about a boy who never grows up. “Peter Pan: The Musical” opens Friday at Chattanooga Theatre Centre, starting at 7:30 PM. Julia Peacock plays Wendy Darlin...

(CO.LAB) For startups here in Chattanooga, “sustainable mobility” is a new frontier of opportunity. The nonprofit Company Lab - or CO.LAB - defines it as the “future-forward movement of goods, people, energy and data.” Think of electric and autonomous vehicles, freight logistics, urban planning, smart traffic solutions, technology for auto batteries and for quantum computing. This spring, CO.LAB l...

The Hamilton County Courthouse in downtown Chattanooga. (Hamilton County Mayor’s Office) Among Tennessee’s 95 counties, Hamilton County is home to the fourth-largest population in the state. County Mayor Weston Wamp recently named two people to newly-created leadership roles, part of a push to modernize county government for long-term projects and better manage future growth. David Roddy (Hamilton...

Hamilton County Government’s David Roddy & Lee Brouner. Scaling sustainable mobility startups in the Chattanooga area. “Peter Pan: The Musical” opens CTC’s centennial season. These voices - and more - on this edition of “Scenic Roots.”

(Chattanooga Food Truck Festival & Expo) How is UTC in the community beyond campus? Hear how in this conversation on the Chattanooga Food Truck Festival and Expo - Saturday, September 23rd from 4 PM to 9 PM - at the Kitchen Incubator of Chattanooga , powered by LAUNCH , at 5704 Marlin Road. DeJuan Jordan is Co-CEO of LAUNCH. Pat Rowe of BBQ Rowe and Cardell Davis of Down Home Bakes are with th...

(UTC Advancement) This week is Founder’s Week here at UTC. Next month - on Tuesday, October 3rd - is Mocs Give Day , the 24-hour online fundraising and engagement drive that celebrates all things blue and gold. Amy Donahue is assistant vice chancellor of communication and constituent relations for UTC Advancement.