Scenic Roots

The new Songbirds, reimagined for guitarcentric learning. A summer stretch for the Lookout Wild Film Festival. TheatreQuest; “The Hairy Ape” - and “The Great Gatsby.” These voices - and more - on this edition of “Scenic Roots.”

(jenniferdaniels.com) Listen to Richard Winham share the rest of his conversation with singer, songwriter and author Jennifer Daniels on this week’s “Talking Writing.”      

(Tennessee Wildlife Federation) The Tennessee Valley Authority has been asking for public comment on a proposal to build ten barriers along lock and dam sites on the Tennessee River to curb the spread of Asian carp or invasive carp.   TVA is one of several agencies on the Federal and state level that cooperated on the proposal to control the fish. Dennis Baxter manages the river and reservoir comp...

Curbing the spread of invasive carp on the Tennessee River. Talking Writing:  Singer / songwriter Jennifer Daniels, Part II. These stories - and more - on this edition of “Scenic Roots.”     

(South For Winter / Facebook) Richard Winham shares the second part of a performance by the Nashville trio South for Winter from Isis Music Hall’s Mountain Spirit Acoustic Series in Asheville, NC.      

(Creekside Flower Farm) What does Wendell Berry have to do with flowers? Morgan Sharpe will tell you. She runs Creekside Flower Farm in Flintstone, Georgia - where she grows annual cut flowers for weddings and wholesalers.

(Scenic City Montessori) Two Montessori schools will open in the Chattanooga area this month. Classes begin at Montessori Elementary at Highland Park on Thursday - and the first day of classes at Scenic City Montessori in Hixson will be August 16th. The founders of Scenic City Montessori are Anisa Lowrey, who will be head teacher - and Mercedes Thrush, who will be head of school.

(Nature Kin Farm and Forest School) On a fifty-acre farm at the foot of Raccoon Mountain - just ten minutes away from downtown Chattanooga - a new school where Nature is the classroom opens this month. Nature Kin Farm and Forest School will provide outdoor learning for children ages nine to eleven.      The founder is Dr. Jean Lomino, founder and former director of the Wauhatchie School. I spoke w...

Nature Kin Forest & Farm School; Scenic City Montessori. Creekside Flower Farm - and Part II of South For Winter. These voices - and more - on this edition of “Scenic Roots.”

(isisasheville.com) Richard Winham shares the first part of a performance by the Nashville trio South for Winter from Isis Music Hall’s Mountain Spirit Acoustic Series in Asheville, NC.      

(lopho / Creative Commons) This summer, students from the University of North Carolina in Chapel Hill came to Chattanooga to study its role as a Smart City. The Morehead-Cain scholars - who were hosted by the Enterprise Center - examined tech projects here, including from UTC’s Center for Urban Informatics and Progress. Now, meet the students who stopped by our studio a few weeks ago.

(Chattanooga Autism Center) How can a theater help build community for people on the autism spectrum - the neurodivergent - and what can those people teach the theater?      These questions are at the heart of a collaboration between the Chattanooga Autism Center and Ensemble Theatre of Chattanooga. Alyce Benson is clinic director at the Autism Center - and Garry Posey is founder of Ensemble Theat...

How the world of theater meets people with autism. UNC Chapel Hill students on Chattanooga as a Smart City. Mountain Spirit Acoustic Series:  South for Winter, Part I. These voices - and more - on this edition of “Scenic Roots.”

(nathanbellmusic.com) Richard Winham shares a performance by singer / songwriter Nathan Bell, recorded live downtown at The Chattanooga Public Library.      

(EPB) Kelvin Boyd works for EPB here in Chattanooga. He was hired as a fiber optic technician - one of the first to install fiber in this city. Now, he’s on the marketing side - and for the past few years in the Hamilton County Schools, he has been known as Professor Gig-A-Watt, giving presentations to thousands of students before the pandemic hit.   We talked about that - and his connection with...

(Jill Woodruff / UTC) Twenty-five years ago, the Olympics came to Southeast Tennessee. In 1996, the Ocoee River hosted the whitewater slalom competition for the Summer Olympics in Atlanta.   The Ocoee Whitewater Center was built for the occasion - and stands to this day.     Competing for the United States:  Wayne Dickert from Bradley County - and Horace Holden. (Allen Mincey / Cleveland Daily Ban...

On the Ocoee River for an Olympic whitewater odyssey. A visit with Kelvin Boyd, EPB’s “Professor Gig-A-Watt.” These voices - and more - on this edition of “Scenic Roots.”

(jenniferdaniels.com) Listen to Richard Winham share the first half of a conversation with singer, songwriter and author Jennifer Daniels on this week’s “Talking Writing.”      

(WTCI PBS) “Root for the Home Team” is the next short film in the “Greater Chattanooga” series - out next week from our public media partner WTCI PBS.      Looking at the field today, you would not be able to tell that as recently five years ago, Howard High School here in Chattanooga did not have a baseball team - but dedicated student athletes were determined to have a baseball team for their se...

(Savannah Technical College) Roger Moss Jr. grew up here in Chattanooga - attending one of the first desegregated high schools in this city. For many years now, Roger - a professional singer - has made his home in Savannah, Georgia - from his work as a founding member of the Savannah Children’s Choir and the Savannah Classical Academy to his latest endeavor:  the Savannah Exploratory Charter Acade...

From Chattanooga to Savannah with Roger Moss, Jr. Talking Writing:  Singer / songwriter Jennifer Daniels, Part I. These voices - and more - on this edition of “Scenic Roots.”

(Barking Legs Theater) Richard Winham shares the rest of a session at Chattanooga’s Barking Legs Theater - the first performance inside before a live audience in a long time - featuring Shawn Perkinson on guitar, Jon Steele on bass and Yattie Westfield on drums.

(Girl Stance) Roe Anderson was born and raised here in Chattanooga. She is the founder of Girl Stance, a Chattanooga nonprofit that teaches yoga - and life skills - to young Black girls.

(Habitat for Humanity of Greater Chattanooga) Habitat for Humanity of Greater Chattanooga helps low-income families build homes that they would not be able to afford on their own. A few months ago, Jens Christensen became Habitat’s new president and CEO, after David Butler retired.      Jens worked for the Chattanooga Community Kitchen for seventeen years, serving as its leader for the past seven....

Jens Christensen, Habitat for Humanity of Greater Chattanooga. Roe Anderson, founder of the yoga nonprofit Girl Stance. Barking Legs Theater:  Perkinson, Steele & Westfield - Part II. These voices - and more - on this edition of “Scenic Roots.”