Scenic Roots

Rachel McIntyre Smith (rachelmcintyresmith.com) Richard Winham shares a conversation with Rachel McIntyre Smith, the Chattanooga singer-songwriter, on her new album “Glory Daze.”

(Wordsworth Editions) William Shakespeare’s “A Midsummer Night’s Dream” comes to the Dalton area. Tomorrow through Saturday, the play runs at Prater’s Mill in nearby Varnell - then next week, the production moves to Burr Park in downtown Dalton from Thursday, June 23rd through Saturday, June 25th. The show begins at 8 PM for all performances, presented by the Conasauga Shakespeare Coalition and Cr...

Eric Atkins, at right, holding the Juneteenth flag. (Unity Group of Chattanooga) Juneteenth commemorates African-American emancipation in the United States after the Civil War. Now a Federal holiday, it falls this year on Sunday, also Father’s Day. On Saturday, the Unity Group of Chattanooga will lead the Juneteenth National Freedom Day Parade. The lineup starts at 3 PM at Carver Recreation Center...

The Juneteenth National Freedom Day Parade in Chattanooga. “A Midsummer Night’s Dream” on stage in the Dalton area. Talking Writing: Rachel McIntyre Smith on “Glory Daze.” These voices - and more - on this edition of “Scenic Roots.”

Lew Card, left & Roger Alan Wade, right in The Woodshop. (The Woodshop / Facebook) Richard Winham shares the first part of a performance from May 2021 by Roger Alan Wade and Lew Card - along with Lew’s daughter Josie - live in The Woodshop on St. Elmo Avenue in Chattanooga. (First aired in early 2022)

Dylan Kussman (dylankussman.com) Dylan Kussman is an actor, screenwriter, musician, filmmaker and teacher. He may be best known for his breakout role as Richard Cameron in the 1989 classic film, "Dead Poets Society” - but with more than four decades in entertainment under his belt, this Los Angeles native has amassed an impressive array of credits. Now, Dylan lives and works right here in Chattano...

(Outshine Adventures & TrailBlazUS Outdoors) This weekend in Chattanooga, you’ll find one celebration of Juneteenth on the water. On Saturday, TrailblazUS Outdoors and Outshine Adventures are leading a Juneteenth Paddle Experience on North Chickamauga Creek at Greenway Farm. The goal: encourage more people of color to connect with nature and each other in the outdoors - and celebrate African-A...

Nighttime at Bonnaroo (Bonnaroo Music and Arts Festival) Pick a music festival here in the Southeast - and Barry Courter will tell you plenty about it. Barry is entertainment writer and columnist for The Chattanooga Times Free Press. He covered the return of Riverbend the weekend before last - and he’s getting ready for this year’s Bonnaroo, which runs Thursday through Sunday on the Farm in Manche...

Barry Courter of The Chattanooga Times Free Press. Welcoming waters at the Juneteenth Paddle Experience. In The Woodshop: Roger Alan Wade & Lew Card, Part I. These voices - and more - on this edition of “Scenic Roots.”

Jaron Utt (Jaron Utt) Richard Winham shares a session by Jaron Utt - singer, singer and multi-instrumentalist from the mountains of North Carolina and now living in Chattanooga - recorded live in The Woodshop in Chattanooga’s St. Elmo neighborhood.

(Bull City Press / christianjcollier.com) Christian J. Collier’s latest collection of poems is titled “The Gleaming of the Blade.” On Thursday evening at 6 PM, Christian will read from his work outdoors at the Hunter Museum of Art in downtown Chattanooga. Christian J. Collier (christianjcollier.com)

Amy Liu (livingcities.com) This week, the Chattanooga Area Chamber of Commerce hosts its Diversify Virtual Summit. It takes place Wednesday from 10 AM to 11:30 AM, presented by Blue Cross Blue Shield of Tennessee. This year’s guest speaker: Amy Liu of The Brookings Institution - who will discuss how inclusive business cultures can spur regional economic growth. I spoke with her - and Lorne Steedle...

This year’s DIVERSITY Virtual Summit here in Chattanooga. Poet Christian J. Collier at Chattanooga’s Hunter Museum. In The Woodshop: Singer-songwriter Jaron Utt. These voices - and more - on this edition of “Scenic Roots.”

Bear Ley (Bear Ley) Richard Winham shares a session by singer-songwriter Louis Rubino of Columbia, South Carolina - who makes music as Bear Ley - recorded live downtown at The Chattanooga Public Library.

Weston Wamp (Chattanooga Festival of Black Arts and Ideas) (aired Thu 6/09/22) This evening, the Chattanooga Festival of Black Arts and Ideas: Juneteenth Independence Day comes to Proof Bar and Restaurant. Starting at 6 PM, Proof will host the opening reception for the Festival’s featured visual artist La-Tesia Danielle - including a one-on-one conversation with her, and the smooth sounds of saxop...

Weston Wamp (contributed photo) Weston Wamp is the Republican candidate for Hamilton County Mayor. The general election is August 4th. On Monday, he sat down with us for this one-on-one conversation.

LaDarius Price speaks to the audience of students, families, and officials at a Lighthouse Collective discussion at Brainerd High School on gun violence on June 7, 2022. (Olivia Ross / Chattanooga Times Free Press) La Shawn Pagán is a reporter for The Chattanooga Times Free Press. She covers crime and the courts - and that beat includes the recent mass shootings here in Chattanooga and their after...

Reporter La Shawn Pagán of The Chattanooga Times Free Press. Weston Wamp, GOP candidate for Hamilton County Mayor. The latest from the Chattanooga Festival of Black Arts & Ideas. These voices - and more - on this edition of “Scenic Roots.”

Barking Legs Theater (Barking Legs Theater) Richard Winham speaks with Courtenay Cholovich, Andrew Ledbetter and Matt Harris, the three standup comedians producing, hosting and performing in the Scenic City Super Show on Saturday night at Barking Legs Theater in Chattanooga.

Memorial Auditorium in downtown Chattanooga. (Tivoli Theatre Foundation) Let’s stay with the theatre, but change the venue - and talk about the upcoming season of Broadway at the Memorial Auditorium here in Chattanooga. Nick Wilkinson is CEO of the Tivoli Theatre Foundation.

Aneja Raiteri, Jeffrey Pinkerton and Chelsea Branch appear in Chattanooga Theatre Centre's production of August Wilson's "Joe Turner's Come & Gone." (Brad Cansler) From 1982 until 2005, August Wilson wrote a series of ten plays about the Black experience in Pittsburgh during the 20th Century - with one play set in each decade. The series is known as the Century Cycle - and on Friday, the secon...

The stage is set for “Joe Turner’s Come and Gone” at CTC. Nick Wilkinson on Broadway at the Memorial Auditorium. Talking Writing: The Scenic City Super Show at Barking Legs. These voices - and more - on this edition of “Scenic Roots.”

Alexa Rose (Alexa Rose) Richard Winham shares the second part of a session by Alexa Rose, live in The Woodshop in Chattanooga’s St. Elmo neighborhood. (First aired in November 2021)

An interactive map of Chattanooga’s parks (Chattanooga Parks and Outdoors) Think of Chattanooga as a city in a park. The City of Chattanooga is now developing a Parks and Outdoors Plan to achieve that vision. Tomorrow at 5 PM, a community workshop at the Bessie Smith Cultural center will give the public a chance to learn more - and offer input. Scott Martin is administrator of the City of Chattano...

“Namaste” from “Different Strokes” by Lourans Mikhail (louransmikhail.com) Lourans Mikhail is a muralist, sculptor, painter and graphic designer here in Chattanooga. A Marine veteran, his work has been shown in galleries in Los Angeles, San Diego, Chicago and Chattanooga - and he’s painted large-scale murals from San Diego, Anaheim and New Orleans to Chattanooga, Nashville and Memphis. Lourans Mik...