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For this Black History Month, art, tradition, film, sports and music are on the calendar that begins Saturday at the Bessie Smith Cultural Center in downtown Chattanooga. Elijah Cameron is with The Bessie.

For teaching artists, the classroom is the stage - and children and educators are the audience. Singer-songwriter Jennifer Daniels of Lookout Mountain is a teaching artist in the Wolf Trap program at the Arts-Based Collaborative here on our campus, the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga.

When you weave yarn and fabric into fine art, what you get is fiber art. This weekend, the first Scenic Stitches Fiber Festival premieres in downtown Chattanooga - on Saturday and Sunday at the Chattanooga Convention Center.

“Yes, and…”: The joy of freeform at Improv Chattanooga. At The Signal: The Houston Museum’s Antiques Show & Sale. Beyond Sunset: “Follow The Fire” at Reflection Riding. These voices - and more - on this edition of “Scenic Roots.”

Improv is about listening - to yourself and your audience. It’s about practice - whatever your experience and wherever you perform. Above all, improv is about a sense - and spirit - of play. In this area, Improv Chattanooga aims to spread the joy of this craft to everyone and for everyone.

Here in Chattanooga, the Houston Museum of Decorative Arts hosts one of the premier antiques shows in the South. With the Museum under renovation and now operating out of a nearby pop-up space, its Annual Antiques Show and Sale for this year comes to the Signal Ballroom at the Choo-Choo.

(Aired Tues 1/14/25) To confront and curb homelessness here in this area takes people who know the streets - who bring help to those without shelter wherever they are and whatever their condition. Some of those people here in Chattanooga belong to the Regional Outreach Cooperative.

(Aired Weds 1/15/25) On Tuesday, Chattanooga Mayor Tim Kelly stopped by our studio for our latest conversation. Topics: Novonix; Chattanooga Airport; the Chattanooga Land Bank Authority; Invest Chattanooga - and this year’s MLK Day of Service in Chattanooga.

(Aired Weds 1/15/25) Look at a map of economic development projects in downtown Chattanooga, and you’ll see the profile of River City Company. For nearly four decades, the nonprofit has partnered with local government, business and philanthropy to revitalize and reshape downtown.

Discover, Report, Solve: Solutions Journalism at UTC. Chattamatters: Expanding tree canopy in Chattanooga. Hitting the notes for 2025 at Make Music Chattanooga. These voices - and more - on this edition of “Scenic Roots.”