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From Chattanooga to Israel through Partnership2Gether. “For Colored Girls”: A production full circle for NoogaVision. “Celestial Bodies”: Art to illuminate on display at Stove Works. These voices - and more - on this edition of “Scenic Roots."

Partnership2Gether - known as “P2G” - connects Jewish communities within Israel and Jewish communities around the world, including here in Chattanooga and the Southeast. Last month, members of the Jewish Federation of Greater Chattanooga traveled to Israel through P2G.

In dramatic expression, a choreopoem blends poetry, music, dance and song. The word was coined a half-century ago by the writer of the work “For Colored Girls…” - now on stage here in Chattanooga, presented by NoogaVision Theatre and Performing Arts Co.

On a clear night, when you can see the constellations in the sky, the stars can appear ever close and yet ever far. For Neena Wang, the constellations are “our oldest ancestors.” A multidisciplinary artist, Neena is the curator of “Celestial Bodies” - opening Friday at Stove Works here in Chattanooga.

Voices from Israel to tell their stories here in Chattanooga. Talking “Economics and Etiquette” on the UTC campus. “I Do! I Do!” - the musical on stage at Oak Street Playhouse. These voices - and more - on this edition of “Scenic Roots.”

Amit Yagur and Noga Hila Motana live in an area of Israel that shares a bond with the Jewish community here in Chattanooga - a bond that has only deepened since October 7th, 2023 up to today. They are traveling to Chattanooga for a dinner Tuesday at the Jewish Cultural Center.

How do economics - and etiquette - share a path that spells success for a civil society? Next week, a panel discussion here on our campus - the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga - will explore “Economics and Etiquette” on Thursday, February 27th.

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.