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This week, Make Music Day Chattanooga is back. The citywide music festival on Friday, June 21st - the longest day of the year - is part of a global celebration of learning and creating music open to people of all ages and skill levels through free, in-person events.

On the map: Planning for Chattanooga’s Civic Center District. Summer solstice learning in the sky at UTC’s Jones Observatory. These voices - and more - on this edition of “Scenic Roots.”

The nonprofit Chattanooga Design Studio is launching a six-month process - with consultant partners and community input - to develop recommendations and visions for the Civic Center District. The process begins with an open house for the public on Monday at Waterhouse Pavilion starting at 6 PM.

To mark this year’s summer solstice, the Clarence T. Jones Observatory - part of our campus, the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga - is opening its doors for a free public seminar on Thursday.

Artist Alex Paul Loza is the next guest on “The A List with Alison Lebovitz” - this Thursday at 8:30 PM on our public media partner WTCI PBS.

Joshua Ward of Terminus Technologies on urban data mining. Atlanta’s Jay Bailey at this year’s DIVERSIFY in Chattanooga. Sangria on the Southside. The Chattanooga Jewish Film Series. These voices - and more - on this edition of “Scenic Roots.”

Terminus Technologies is a startup in Britain that describes itself as an “urban data mining company” whose expertise aims to help cities be “smarter, safer and more efficient.” It is involved in several projects in this country, including here in Chattanooga.

In Atlanta, the H.J. Russell Innovation Center for Entrepreneurs - or RICE - develops, grows and scales Black entrepreneurs. Jay Bailey, the nonprofit’s president and CEO, is next week’s keynote speaker at the annual DIVERSIFY Summit, presented by the Chattanooga Area Chamber of Commerce.

La Paz Chattanooga is celebrating twenty years of serving the Hispanic and Latino community in this area - and that includes a comeback for its once-annual sangria event after a five-year hiatus. Sangria on the Southside is Friday, June 14th at First Horizon Pavilion starting at 7 PM.

This month and next, films produced in Israel, Italy and the United States will be screened in person and virtually at this year’s Chattanooga Jewish Film Series. The first in-person screening for the series of Jewish-themed films is Monday, June 10th, starting at 7 PM at the Jewish Cultural Center.