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(Aired Thu 3/27/25) If Chattanooga is a crossroads, the new play “InterseXtions” has plenty to say. Written by Peggy Douglas of Southern Exposure - and directed by Jason Tinney of Next Exit Productions - the play opens Friday at Barking Legs Theater, for mature audiences only.

(Aired Thu 3/27/25) Goodwill Industries of the Greater Chattanooga Area serves Southeast Tennessee and Northwest Georgia. The nonprofit provides education, training and employment for people across 23 counties - and it partners with our campus, the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga.

Fighting opioids: Hamilton County’s Overdose Prevention Team. Music + entrepreneurship: Violinist Sarah Whitney at UTC. Their words, their stories in “Chattown Chatta: Our Homeless.” These voices - and more - on this edition of “Scenic Roots.”

This month, Hamilton County Government launched a new initiative to help fight the opioid crisis. The Overdose Prevention Team through Hamilton County EMS will deliver lifesaving medication to people with opioid use disorder - and connect people struggling with substance abuse to recovery resources.

What are the stories of people who are homeless here in Chattanooga? “Chattown Chatta: Our Homeless” is a collection of interviews with some of those people. The book version, edited by Mark Anderson, contains twenty-one interviews - transcribed from three-and-a-half hours of video, while the documentary film runs 58 minutes.

Sarah Whitney is a violinist celebrated around the world for pushing the boundaries of classical music by blending contemporary sounds. A performer, an educator and a career coach for musicians, Sarah will be in residence this week - Wednesday through Friday - here on our campus, the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga.

(Aired Weds 3/12/25) For the past ten years, Welcome Home of Chattanooga has provided hospice care to people with terminal illness who have no other place to go at the end of life. On Friday, starting at 6 PM, the nonprofit will celebrate its 10th anniversary with “Love and Grief."

(Aired Weds 3/12/25) He’s a writer and poet who was born here in Chattanooga. His words - from poetry and prose to plays and novels - have reverberated around the world. Ishmael Reed is returning to Chattanooga.

(Aired Weds 3/12/25) This year marks forty years of the Chattanooga Bach Choir. David Long is celebrating twenty years as the Choir’s artistic director. On Thursday, the Choir holds a 40th Anniversary Gala. On Saturday, March 29th, the Choir performs a Masterworks concert.

(Aired Thu 3/13/25) Last year, the City of Chattanooga’s reserve fund hit a record high - more than 150 million dollars. William Newlin of Chattamatters tells us why the city is spending down some of that fund.