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Lourans Mikhail, a multidisciplinary artist in Chattanooga. Scott Martin on Chattanooga’s Parks and Outdoors Plan. Rewind From The Woodshop in St. Elmo: Alexa Rose, Part II. These voices - and more - on this edition of “Scenic Roots.”

Lourans Mikhail is a muralist, sculptor, painter and graphic designer here in Chattanooga. A Marine veteran, his work has been shown in galleries in Los Angeles, San Diego, Chicago and Chattanooga - and he’s painted large-scale murals from San Diego, Anaheim and New Orleans to Chattanooga, Nashville and Memphis. I spoke with him after he completed a month-long artist residency at Chateau Orqueveaux in France.

From 1982 until 2005, August Wilson wrote a series of ten plays about the Black experience in Pittsburgh during the 20th Century - with one play set in each decade. The series is known as the Century Cycle - and on Friday, the second play in the Cycle, “Joe Turner’s Come and Gone,” premieres at Chattanooga Theatre Centre.

Let’s stay with the theatre, but change the venue - and talk about the upcoming season of Broadway at the Memorial Auditorium here in Chattanooga. Nick Wilkinson is CEO of the Tivoli Theatre Foundation.

Richard Winham shares the second part of a session by Alexa Rose, live in The Woodshop in Chattanooga’s St. Elmo neighborhood. (First aired in November 2021)

The stage is set for “Joe Turner’s Come and Gone” at CTC. Nick Wilkinson on Broadway at the Memorial Auditorium. Talking Writing: The Scenic City Super Show at Barking Legs. These voices - and more - on this edition of “Scenic Roots.”

Richard Winham speaks with Courtenay Cholovich, Andrew Ledbetter and Matt Harris, the three standup comedians producing, hosting and performing in the Scenic City Super Show on Saturday night at Barking Legs Theater in Chattanooga.

Think of Chattanooga as a city in a park. The City of Chattanooga is now developing a Parks and Outdoors Plan to achieve that vision. Tomorrow at 5 PM, a community workshop at the Bessie Smith Cultural center will give the public a chance to learn more - and offer input.

Make music happen with the Chattanooga Music Census. Carmen Davis & Brian Smith with the City of Chattanooga. Andrew Schwartz of The Chattanooga Times Free Press. These voices - and more - on this edition of “Scenic Roots.”

The Chattanooga Music Census is a citywide initiative - launched a few days ago at ArtsBuild - that seeks input from local music makers and from the community on what this city’s music scene can be, should be in years to come.