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What does it take to restore the voting rights of a person who has served a sentence for a felony conviction here in Tennessee? Ellen Gerst is a reporter for The Chattanooga Times Free Press.

Ellen Gerst, reporter for The Chattanooga Times Free Press. Reed Caldwell on this year’s Youth Talent Show at Songbirds. Sarah Moore on the upcoming 4 Bridges Arts Festival. These voices - and more - on this edition of “Scenic Roots.”

A crescent moon hovers at the top of the poster for this year’s 4 Bridges Arts Festival. Chattanooga’s premier showcase for the visual arts - presented by the Association for Visual Arts - returns to First Horizon Pavilion on Saturday, April 22nd and Sunday, April 23rd with a preview party on Friday, April 21st.

Opportunities to showcase young musicians how music is deeply woven into the cultural fabric of this city. - and next month, the Songbirds Foundation will host its Youth Talent Show: Friday, April 21st at the Songbirds Guitar and Pop Culture Museum.

The two guests on this month’s Open Book are the Chicago-based writer Rebecca Makkai and local writer and essayist Gwen Mullins.

Poetry at the Hunter explores two iconic Black creatives. A community focus for the Meacham Writers’ Workshop. Brick by brick to commemorate the Medal of Honor. These voices - and more - on this edition of “Scenic Roots.”

Marsha Mills of Rhyme N Chatt will be one of the poets at the Hunter Museum of American Art in Chattanooga on Thursday evening for “Vision + Verse: Delaney and Baldwin” - a poetic exploration of the friendship between Beauford Delaney and James Baldwin.

On Saturday, here in Chattanooga, writer and visual artist Gabrielle Bates appears at two events hosted by the Meacham Writers’ Workshop, a biannual series of events for writers supported in part by our campus, the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga.

Saturday is National Medal of Honor Day. That morning, at 11 AM, the Charles H. Coolidge National Medal of Honor Heritage Center here in downtown Chattanooga will hold its quarterly Bricks of Valor ceremony.

On Wednesday afternoon, Chattanooga Mayor Tim Kelly joined us live here on WUTC for our monthly conversation.