Scenic Roots

Janet Jackson and Tupac Shakur in “Poetic Justice,” the film that will be shown at The Chattery on Thursday, February 16th as part of its Black History Month celebration. (Alamy Stock Photo) A card-making social, the history of hip-hop, a movie night - and a game night with a live DJ. These are the activities celebrating Black History Month at The Chattery - on Thursdays this month starting at 6 P...

Matt Folz (Hamilton County Mayor's Office) Matt Folz is settling into a new job with a familiar background: the outdoors. He’s the new director of Hamilton County Parks and Recreation, appointed by County Mayor Weston Wamp and approved unanimously by the County Commission. The past few years, Matt has served the county as superintendent of the Tennessee Riverpark - and his experience includes stin...

Matt Folz, Hamilton County’s new parks & rec director. Celebrating this year's Black History Month at The Chattery. Artists of “Abiding in the Moment” at Townsend Atelier. These voices - and more - on this edition of “Scenic Roots.”

Chloé Morrison (TEDxChattanooga) And now, one more voice from TEDxChattanooga. The latest series of talks by community speakers - independently organized under the TED program’s global initiative of “ideas worth spreading” - was held in November at Common House in downtown Chattanooga. Here’s Chloé Morrison on “Finding Pride in Chattanooga.” Our thanks to Maggie Carruth O’Connor of TEDxChattanooga...

Acumen Wealth Advisors in Chattanooga (Emily Lester Photography) Here on our campus - the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga - students manage a real stock portfolio like a mutual fund at an investment firm. It’s called the Student-Managed Investment Learning Experience Fund - or SMILE Fund - at the Gary W. Rollins College of Business - and the fund has a real client, the UC Foundation. Reese...

Reese Veltenaar & Grant Allen of Acumen Wealth Advisors. From TEDxChattanooga: Chloé Morrison on finding pride. These voices - and more - on this edition of “Scenic Roots.”

(Performing Arts League) This weekend, young performers will display their talents to support the Performing Arts League. The Sunday Showcase starts at 3 PM in the Fine Arts Center on our campus, the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga - featuring choral and instrumental music, dance, drama and musical theater. Proceeds benefit the League’s grants and scholarships program, which helps young per...

From the Chattamatters video: “How to end chronic homelessness.” (Chattamatters) More than 400 people here in Chattanooga are chronically homeless. One solution is what is known as permanent supportive housing. That’s the focus of the latest story from Chattamatters, a project at The Enterprise Center that helps Chattanoogans better understand local government and local issues. Listen to part of t...

(The Enterprise Center) Here in Chattanooga and Hamilton County, it is possible to hold two local elected offices at the same time. Reporter Ellen Gerst wrote the story on why for The Chattanooga Times Free Press.

Peter Hayes (Miriam Lomaskin / United States Holocaust Memorial Museum) Why wasn’t the Holocaust prevented or stopped? Author and speaker Peter Hayes has explored that question for years. He is a professor emeritus of history and Holocaust studies at Northwestern University - and one of the historians featured in the recent Ken Burns documentary, “The U.S. and the Holocaust.” Peter is visiting Cha...

Reflections on the history of the U.S. and the Holocaust. Serving in more than one local office at the same time. From Chattamatters: permanent supportive housing. These voices - and more - on this edition of “Scenic Roots.”

Chattanooga Theatre Centre Jane Austen wrote “Pride and Prejudice” - her romance novel of manners - more than two hundred years ago. On Friday, a stage adaptation for today’s audience premieres at Chattanooga Theatre Centre, at 8 PM. Beth Gumnick is the director - and Evangeline Carter is the stage manager - for “Pride and Prejudice.”

(Chattanooga Area Chamber of Commerce) Three years ago, the Chattanooga Area Chamber of Commerce led a community visioning process for this city and Hamilton County. The result: a strategic master plan, dubbed “Chattanooga Climbs.” Now, as the Chamber prepares to update that plan, it is conducting an online survey this month, soliciting input from people who live and/or work in Chattanooga and Ham...

(Mayor’s Council for Women) Next week, the Statewide Women’s Policy Conference returns to Chattanooga for a fifth year. The conference takes place on Thursday, February 2nd and Friday, February 3rd at The Westin. Dr. Carol Berz - a member of the Chattanooga City Council - chairs the Mayor’s Council for Women and this year’s conference.

Entrance to “Americans and the Holocaust” exhibition. (U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum) Friday is International Holocaust Remembrance Day. It’s a commemoration of the six million Jewish victims murdered in the Holocaust - and millions of other victims persecuted by Nazi Germany. Starting Friday through February 27th, the Chattanooga Public Library is one of fifty libraries in the country to host “A...

“Americans and the Holocaust” comes to Chattanooga. The Statewide Women’s Policy Conference at five years. Chattanooga Climbs Higher; “Pride & Prejudice” at CTC. These voices - and more - on this edition of “Scenic Roots.”

TEDxChattanooga (CWLI) Sheaba Chacko is a licensed mental health professional here in Chattanooga. An anxiety relief therapist, her private practice is called “Fearless Permission.” Back in November, she gave one of talks by community speakers at TEDxChattanooga - at Common House in downtown Chattanooga. Her talk: “Imposter Syndrome - It’s Not You, It’s What Happened To You.”

Hamilton County Mayor Weston Wamp (Hamilton County Mayor's Office) On Monday afternoon, live here on WUTC, Hamilton County Mayor Weston Wamp stopped by our studio for a conversation.

Pete Thornton (TEDxChattanooga) And now, another voice from the recent TEDxChattanooga. The latest series of talks by community speakers - independently organized under the TED program’s global initiative of “ideas worth spreading” - took place in November at Common House in downtown Chattanooga. Here’s Pete Thornton on “Building a Dream Machine.”

Passengers line up to check their luggage at Chattanooga Airport in June 2022. (Matt Hamilton / Chattanooga Times Free Press) Passenger boardings at the Chattanooga Airport rose nearly 15 percent last year over 2021. The boardings by 432,312 passengers last year are 21.9 percent below the all-time annual mark before the pandemic - more than half a million boardings in 2019 - but the trajectory for...

Building back air traffic to pre-pandemic at Chattanooga Airport. TEDxChattanooga: Pete Thornton on “Building A Dream Machine.” These voices - and more - on this edition of “Scenic Roots.”

Sandhill cranes. (Reflection Riding Arboretum and Nature Center) This time of year, thousands of sandhill cranes migrate through - or even spend the winter - on or near the Hiwassee Wildlife Refuge, about 45 minutes northeast of Chattanooga. Last weekend, fans of the birds flocked to the Refuge for the annual Sandhill Crane Festival. This weekend, Reflection Riding Arboretum and Nature Center here...

Dr. Angela Davis (UTC) Next week, our campus - the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga - hosts its annual Martin Luther King, Jr. Day celebration. It’s the tenth year for the keynote speaker series - and the first in person since the onset of the pandemic. This year’s keynote speaker: Dr. Angela Davis - on Tuesday at 12:30 PM at the Roland Hayes Concert Hall in the Fine Arts Center. Here at UTC...

Cast members from “Much Ado About Nothing.” (Artistic Civic Theatre) Tales of love and intrigue swirl in “Much Ado About Nothing,” one of the most performed comedies by William Shakespeare. On Friday at 7:30 PM, the play premieres - with a 1940’s twist - at Artistic Civic Theatre in Dalton. Meg Phinney is the director.

(WoodSongs Dalton) “Music that matters” is the mantra of WoodSongs Dalton. The concert series with an Americana flavor returns with a performance on Saturday, January 28th at the First Presbyterian Church, starting at 6 PM - with a second performance in February and a third in March. Proceeds from the series benefit the DEO Clinic in Dalton - which provides free health care to people with low or n...