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On Thursday afternoon, live here on WUTC, Chattanooga Mayor Tim Kelly joined us for our monthly conversation. Among the topics: homelessness, public safety in downtown Chattanooga, AAA bond ratings for the City, the Chattanooga Airport and the challenges for cities to catch the wave for electric vehicles.

Hamilton County’s Innovative Response to Opioids Grants. Music at Mizpah with the Emily Nelson Rodgers Quartet. These voices - and more - on this edition of “Scenic Roots.”

Mizpah Congregation here in Chattanooga was founded by members of the Jewish community in 1866, the year after the end of the Civil War. On Sunday, November 5th, starting at 3 PM, the congregation will present Music at Mizpah, featuring the Emily Nelson Rodgers Quartet.

Hamilton County is among local governments here in Tennessee receiving money to fight the opioid epidemic - and it is implementing a strategy on how and where to spend those dollars. One piece of that strategy: 500,000 dollars in grants to community organizations for addiction treatment.

Over the summer, an exhibition about an exhibition opened at the downtown Chattanooga Public Library. Our own Richard Winham spoke with Bob Stagner of the Shaking Ray Levi Society, which partnered with the Library on the “History Funhouse: The Wayne-O-Rama Story."

The past few years, TEDxChattanooga has presented talks by community speakers, independently organized under the TED program’s global initiative of “ideas worth spreading.” This year, the flagship event for TEDxChattanooga is Wednesday, November 15th at Barrelhouse Ballroom.

The show must go on - and for the past thirty years, it has at Barking Legs Theater on Dodds Avenue here in Chattanooga. From the start, the concert hall has opened its doors to performing artists - in particular, those from marginalized communities - here in the Southeast and beyond.

Ann Law & Marcus Ellsworth on 30 years of Barking Legs Theater. History Funhouse Backstories: Bob Stagner on “Wayne-O-Rama.” “Awaken” for this year’s flagship talks at TEDxChattanooga. These voices - and more - on this edition of “Scenic Roots.”

How much do arts and culture nonprofits power the economy here in the Greater Chattanooga area? Quite a lot - and in more ways than one - according to Arts and Economic Prosperity 6, a recently released study by Americans for the Arts. James McKissic is president of ArtsBuild.

Richard Winham shares a session from Alan Shikoh, recorded live downtown at The Chattanooga Public Library.