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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.

On the edge of our campus - the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga - you’ll find The Hope House. Our own Richard Winham tells us more.

TFP’s Dave Flessner on the Chattanooga Convention Center. Ready to Rock the Riverfront with spinning Los Trompos. Art in Provence for a Chattanooga cause. Hope House at UTC. These voices - and more - on this edition of “Scenic Roots.”

The Chattanooga Convention Center opened its doors on Carter Street in 1985, nearly forty years ago - far exceeding its expectations. Now, the city’s tourism industry - which earned record revenues last year - is looking into whether it’s time for a new and larger convention center.

Think of a spinning top. Make it larger-than-life. Wrap it in colorful fabric with traditional Mexican designs. Climb into the top for a ride - or make it spin from the outside. Eight of these tops, in various shapes and colors - known as Los Trompos - are the heart of this year’s Rock the Riverfront, starting Friday in Chattanooga.