Scenic Roots

(chimpwithcan / Creative Commons) Next week, UTC hosts its annual Meacham Writers’ Workshop - Thursday, September 21st through Saturday, September 23rd - on campus and at Stove Works. Sybil Baker - UC Foundation Professor and Associate Head of the Department of English - is Director of the Meacham Writers’ Workshop. Jasmine Tabor is a Meacham Fellow. Charlotte Caldwell is founder and director of S...

The theme of Hispanic Heritage Month 2023. (UTC Office of Multicultural Affairs) This half hour, we talk all things UTC as our campus - the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga - celebrates Founder’s Week. Friday is the anniversary of the first day of what is today UTC opening its doors in 1886 - and the start of this year’s Hispanic Heritage Month. Edwin Murillo is Associate Professor of Spanis...

¡Bienvenidos! Celebrating Hispanic Heritage Month at UTC. On Campus and Beyond: UTC’s Meacham Writers’ Workshop. Soaring together for the students of UTC on Mocs Give Day. These voices - and more - on this edition of “Scenic Roots.”

Troy Wayne Poteete (National Park Partners) A founding member of the Trail of Tears Association is the first speaker for this fall’s Moccasin Bend Lecture Series here in Chattanooga. Troy Wayne Poteete - now the association’s executive director - will talk about “Cherokee Resilience: Triumph Over Tragedy” on Monday, September 18th starting at 7 PM at the Tennessee Aquarium’s IMAX Theater. A storyt...

Jeremy Huw Williams (jeremyhuwwilliams.com) Jeremy Huw Williams is a baritone opera singer from Wales. A vocalist of global renown, he makes himself heard in contemporary classical music. Next week, Jeremy will perform here on our campus - the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga - at the Cadek Recital Hall on Tuesday, September 19th starting at 7:30 PM. While at UTC, he will also conduct a mast...

A baritone opera singer from Wales - on his way to UTC. “Cherokee Resilience” at the Moccasin Bend Lecture Series. These voices - and more - on this edition of “Scenic Roots.”

An American red wolf. (Reflection Riding) American red wolves and Eastern box turtles have one place in common: Reflection Riding Arboretum and Nature Center here in Chattanooga. There, how the conservation nonprofit cares for those species - and how it connects with the community - counts. Mark McKnight is president and CEO of Reflection Riding. Tish Gailmard is its engagement and learning specia...

(Hachette Book Group) Jonathan Taplin is a writer, scholar and film producer. He produced “Mean Streets,” Martin Scorsese’s first major feature film - as well as other films and documentaries. He led the Annenberg Innovation Lab at the University of Southern California Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism - and he has served on the California Broadband Task Force and the City of Los A...

Author Jonathan Taplin with CO.LAB’s CEO Tasia Malakasis. At Reflection Riding in Chattanooga, pivoting the model. These voices - and more - on this edition of “Scenic Roots.”

Dr. LeAndrea Ware, Woodson Carpenter and Susan Cowden. (Community Foundation of Greater Chattanooga) For this episode of "One for All," Woodson Carpenter of the Community Foundation of Greater Chattanooga speaks with Dr. LeAndrea Ware and Susan Cowden.

(SoundCorps) Each month, SoundCorps - the music nonprofit here in Chattanooga - showcases five locally-produced songs in “SoundBites,” which supports our own musicians. Stratton Tingle - executive director of SoundCorps - shares the latest SoundBites with us.

The U.S. Constitution. (Lynn Melchiori / Creative Commons) Constitution Day marks the signing of the U.S. Constitution in Philadelphia on September 17th, 1787. Here on our campus - the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga - this year’s Constitution Day Lecture Series, presented by the Center for Reflective Citizenship, is Wednesday the 13th starting at 7:30 PM in the University Center’s Tennesse...

The performers for “Sounds of Healing.”<br/> (Be the Change Youth Initiative) Next week in downtown Chattanooga, an evening to raise awareness and support for suicide prevention. “Sounds of Healing” - presenting music, speakers and a discussion - is Monday starting at 7 PM at Songbirds, featuring the nonprofit Be the Change Youth Initiative. Sydney Guerrette is founder of Be The Change. Her...

(United Way of Greater Chattanooga) How many families with children here in the Chattanooga area struggle to pay their bills? Nearly 40 percent. How many new parents in the local workforce have to return to work just two weeks after their child is born? One out of four. Those are a few statistics from a study commissioned by the United Way of Greater Chattanooga, which recently launched a new coal...

United for Working Families in the Chattanooga area. Constitution Day at UTC; Sounds of Healing at Songbirds. SoundBites: Point Of Reference, Swayyvo - and more. These voices - and more - on this edition of “Scenic Roots.”

Roger Ricco (The AIM Center) Creating art from the outside has the power to heal on the inside. Roger Ricco is an artist who co-founded a gallery in New York City that exhibits what is known as “outsider art” - art by self-taught masters. For decades, the Ricco / Maresca Gallery has showcased works by outsider artists, creating a marketplace - and earning a reputation - for them. Over the years, R...

Setting the stage at Coosa Mill. (The Pop-up Project / Mill Town) This time last year, Coosa Mill sprang to life here in Chattanooga. Inside the abandoned textile mill flowed music, dance, installation art, aerials and projection lighting for a series of performances, curated by The Pop-up Project and presented by Mill Town. This fall, the immersive arts experience returns to Coosa Mill for “Until...

(RPA) Chattanooga is growing. So is the rest of Hamilton County. How should we plan for future growth and development - for neighborhoods, housing, transportation, infrastructure, businesses, parks, rural areas? The Chattanooga-Hamilton County Regional Planning Agency is now leading parallel initiatives with community input to create detailed area plans across the map. One process, Plan Chattanoog...

Dan Reuter on Plan Chattanooga, mapping the city’s future. “Until the Sun Rises” - immersive art this fall at Coosa Mill. Artist Roger Ricco and “Creating Place” at The AIM Center. These voices - and more - on this edition of “Scenic Roots.”

(CDC) This month, health care professionals here in the Chattanooga area are talking about a leading cause of death across the country. September is National Suicide Prevention Awareness Month. A series of events for local health care professionals begins Wednesday - organized by the Medical Foundation of Chattanooga, the University of Tennessee Health Science Center College of Medicine, LifeBridg...

Brooks Lamb (Brooks Lamb) Year after year, farmers here in the Southeast and around the country confront adversities and uncertainties - the weather and the economy are just a few. Why do some small and mid-size farmers choose to stick with their business and care for their land? Brooks Lamb talked to a few farmers here in Tennessee about that. He is the author of “Love for the Land: Lessons from...

Brooks Lamb on TN farmers in his new book “Love for the Land.” Local health care professionals on suicide prevention awareness. These voices - and more - on this edition of “Scenic Roots.”

UTC’s Fine Arts Center. (UTC) Artists out of the ordinary are the heart of a new performing arts series here on our campus, the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga. Bob Boyer is director of UTC Live!, which presents its first performance near the end of October.

A Bootleg Bash glass at Ruby Falls. (Ruby Falls) Tennessee whiskey survived the Prohibition era a century ago by diving deep into caves. For whiskey makers and moonshiners, caves across the state provided shelter, water and seclusion to stay in business and out of jail. The weekend after Labor Day, Ruby Falls on Lookout Mountain, partnering with the Tennessee Whiskey Trail, will sip that legacy by...

Whiskey vistas for the tasting: the Bootleg Bash at Ruby Falls. UTC Live! A new series for performing arts on our campus. These voices - and more - on this edition of “Scenic Roots.”