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Shades of Poetry at the James Baldwin Festival of Words. A Chattanooga honor during this Black Philanthropy Month. United For Working Families, Episode 14: Lesley Scearce. These voices - and more - on this edition of “Scenic Roots.”

James Baldwin, writer and civil rights activist, was born a hundred years ago this month - on August 2nd, 1924. This weekend, a celebration of his life and work - the James Baldwin Festival of Words - returns to this city, as part of the Chattanooga Festivals of Black Arts and Ideas.

John Edwards III is the founder and publisher of The Chattanooga News Chronicle, a weekly newspaper serving this city’s Black community. This Wednesday, starting at 11:30 AM, he will be honored at a Black Philanthropy Month luncheon at the Bessie Smith Cultural Center.

TEDxChattanooga “Sessions”: Nicholas Edward Williams, Part I. Coming To WTCI PBS: “The Light We Share” and “Essential.” These voices - and more - on this edition of “Scenic Roots.”

“The Light We Share” is a film by the co-founders of The Pop-up Project about creating the connections of vulnerable art in Chattanooga during the pandemic. On Thursday, August 29th, WTCI PBS will present the broadcast premiere of the film - and its own making of documentary, "Essential."

Guiding a future vision for Chattanooga’s Civic Center District. From a Chattanooga startup, a friend-finding compass for festivals. Come one, come all at this year’s “Intermission” for ArtsBuild. These voices - and more - on this edition of “Scenic Roots.”

Chattanooga Design Studio is now guiding a planning process with community input on the future of the downtown's Civic Center District. The next chance for people to connect with the process is a charrette on Monday, August 12th at the Chattanooga Public Library, starting at 4 PM.

Imagine you’re at a music festival with huge crowds. Your friends are there, too. But somewhere along the way, you can’t find them, they can’t find you - and for whatever reason, your phones won’t reconnect you. Totem is a startup here in Chattanooga that is launching a friend-finding compass.

An intermission is a short break - for a play, in a movie, at a concert. For the nonprofit ArtsBuild, “Intermission” is the annual event that celebrates the impact of the arts here in the Chattanooga area. It takes place Wednesday, September 25th - starting at 5:30 PM - at Chattanooga Theatre Centre.

The Reverend Naomi Tutu - Episcopal priest, activist, educator and daughter of the late South African Archbishop Desmond Tutu - is the guest this Thursday at 8:30 PM for this season’s finale of “The A List with Alison Lebovitz” on public media partner WTCI PBS.