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For a Broadway musical, “I Do! I Do!” is spare. Two actors - a man and a woman - play a married couple, from newlyweds on their wedding day to when they sell their home fifty years later. “I Do! I Do!” is now on stage through Sunday at the Oak Street Playhouse Theatre here in Chattanooga.

In the next few years, a new home for the Federal courthouse here in Chattanooga will be built on Vine St. It will replace the Joel W. Solomon Federal Building and U.S. Courthouse on Georgia Avenue across from Miller Park. William Newlin of Chattamatters tells the story of this iconic building.

(Aired Tues 2/04/25) Next month, TEDxChattanooga returns to present its first event for 2025: Sessions - at Songbirds on Friday, March 28th. Among the musicians at Sessions II last October: Abe Houck, a singer / songwriter whose music spans folk and garage rock to post-punk and country.

(Aired Thu 2/06/25) On Chattanooga’s Missionary Ridge, you’ll find one of the oldest historically Black cemeteries in Tennessee. Pleasant Garden Cemetery was recently nominated to the National Register of Historic Places, thanks to a vote by the Tennessee Historical Commission.

(Aired Weds 2/05/25) Mon Rovîa describes himself this way: “Afro Appalachian folk artist. Rescued by grace from the Civil War in Liberia - here to instill peace.” Last October, he was one of the musicians who performed and told his story at TEDxChattanooga’s Sessions II at Songbirds.

(Aired Thu 2/06/25) Here in Chattanooga, the Urban Forestry program is one of the quieter departments in city government. William Newlin of Chattamatters tells us more - and spoke with who’s in charge of Chattanooga’s tree canopy.

(Aired Thu 2/06/25) Maria Jordania - who performs as LVNDR - is a singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist from Chattanooga. Last October, she was among the featured artists at Songbirds for TEDxChattanooga’s Sessions II.

(Aired Weds 2/12/25) In this corner of the Southeast, Thrive Regional Partnership reaches 16 counties where Tennessee, Alabama and Georgia meet - including the Greater Chattanooga area. The nonprofit’s mission: to cultivate what it calls “responsible and inspired growth.”

Talking tariffs - and their impact - in Chattanooga area. At the Chattanooga Airport, soaring to new heights. “Glass From The Past” - and the Chattanooga Film Festival. These voices - and more - on this edition of “Scenic Roots.”

Last month, President Trump announced his plan for tariffs on imports, with many twists and turns since - including a pause - for consumers, businesses, nations and markets. How will all of this shake out for the economy and jobs here in the Chattanooga area? Two voices in economics here at UTC weigh in.