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Kimberly Bowen is senior vice president of talent and inclusion at Unum. She moved from Cleveland, Ohio to Chattanooga four years ago to start her job with the insurance company. We last spoke during the summer of 2019, before the onset of the pandemic.

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

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

Bessie Smith - the “Empress of the Blues” - was born here in Chattanooga more than a century ago, during the era of Jim Crow segregation. Next Monday, a concert at Memorial Auditorium will present full orchestral arrangements of her music.

Back in the frame for the return of “Photo Night” here at UTC. In Northwest Georgia, a new space preserves local Black history. Dr. Daniel Haulman, military historian on the Tuskegee Airmen. These voices - and more - on this edition of “Scenic Roots.”

Elizabeth Fite, reporter for Chattanooga Times Free Press. Be the Change Youth Initiative for the arts in Red Bank. “Astrobiology and Christian Belief” - a talk coming to UTC. These voices - and more - on this edition of “Scenic Roots.”

The Tivoli Theatre here in downtown Chattanooga - now more than a century old - is known as “The Jewel of the South.” For now, that jewel is under renovation - closing last year, set to reopen next year - as part of a project that also includes a new performing arts center next door in the former Fowler Brothers Building.

BlueCross BlueShield of Tennessee is the largest health insurer in the state - and the largest private employer here in Chattanooga. Its first-ever Health Equity Report - recently released - analyzes data to track the impact of disparities in health outcomes by race, ethnicity and other social factors.

As we celebrate the arts in our schools this month, we hear from a few voices from one community partnership for youth and the arts here in Chattanooga and Hamilton County.

Nick Wilkinson, Tivoli Theatre Foundation's executive director. A first-ever report on health equity across Tennessee. Youth, arts & learning in Chattanooga & Hamilton County. These voices - and more - on this edition of “Scenic Roots.”