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Food is one key to learning about - and experiencing - other cultures. This weekend here in Chattanooga, the first Jewish food festival will be held in this city. Nosh-a-Nooga is on Sunday, from Noon to 2 PM, at Waterhouse Pavilion.

When storytelling meets poetry, you have to “Dig a Little Deeper.” That’s the name of a play by Peggy Douglas of the Southern Exposure monologues and Marsha Mills Davis of Rhyme ‘N Chatt. This Sunday, Barking Legs Theater will host a dynamic stage reading of the play, starting at 3 PM.

Year two for Chattanooga’s United for Working Families Summit. Chattanooga Civics: Outdoor Chattanooga. ETC’s “Southbridge.” “How to Sue the Klan” - in conversation with a student at UTC. These voices - and more - on this edition of “Scenic Roots.”

Near the end of this month, the United for Working Families Summit returns for a second year - on Tuesday, August 27th starting at 8:30 AM at The Westin in downtown Chattanooga. Terran Anderson is vice president of community and corporate engagement at United Way.

Outdoor Chattanooga is celebrating twenty years of serving residents of - and visitors to - this city. Nathan Bird recently profiled the division of the City of Chattanooga’s Department of Parks and Outdoors on his podcast, Chattanooga Civics.

“Southbridge” is the latest production at Ensemble Theatre of Chattanooga. The play by Reginald Edmund premieres Saturday at Rivermont Presbyterian Church - 3319 Hixson Pike in Chattanooga - at 7:30 PM. Garry Posey is artistic director of ETC - and the director of “Southbridge.”

Alfred Bolden - a communication student here on our campus, the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga - spoke this summer with John Beder and Nicole Brown about the documentary "How to Sue the Klan," as part of his internship at WUTC.

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.

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.”

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.