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This year’s holiday for Martin Luther King, Jr. was a few days ago - but next week, the celebration continues here in Chattanooga with "O King." The tribute in music and words is Thursday, January 25th at the Bessie Smith Cultural Center - free and open to the public.

Memories can endure in the homes in which they were made. Crystalize them through creativity - and they become art. A case in point: "The Dutch House" - an exhibiton of paintings at the Institute of Contemporary Art on our campus here at UTC.

Buy a pint and raise a glass for our public media partner WTCI PBS here in Chattanooga. WTCI has teamed up with local craft breweries to launch the Ale tRail for people 21 and older. The R in tRail is capitalized in honor of this city’s rail past.

Music that matters at the WoodSongs Dalton concert series. “Reading 9 to 5” on Dolly Parton’s birthday in Chattanooga. From Chattamatters: Shred! The world of mountain biking. These voices - and more - on this edition of “Scenic Roots.”

WoodSongs Dalton is an Americana concert series that supports the DEO Clinic, a health care nonprofit for low-income uninsured residents in the Dalton area. At the end of this month, the series returns with the first of four concerts on Saturday, January 27th at First Presbyterian Church.

For Dolly Parton’s birthday on Friday, the Chattanooga Public Library and Signal Centers are celebrating from … you guessed it: 9 to 5. “Reading 9 to 5” is a Dolly-themed takeover at the Library on Friday from 9 AM to 5 PM that highlights literacy and the singer’s Imagination Library.

Chattanooga is a magnet for mountain bikes. Miles of wooded trails create a playground for the local cycling community - and attract adventure seekers from across the Southeast. William Newlin of Chattamatters looks at the local mountain biking scene - and the newest set of trails to open here.

Matthew Dutton is a creative whirlwind here in Chattanooga. As an artist, he explores attraction, repulsion and what you might call “whimsical horror” in his work. Explore Matthew’s world in “Beautifully Bizarre” - the latest story by “Greater Chattanooga” from our public media partner WTCI PBS.

Digging into stories of local food with Food as a Verb’s David Cook. Creative connectivity: “Networked Nature” at the Hunter Museum. These voices - and more - on this edition of “Scenic Roots.”

“Stories that feed people” is the media menu at Food as a Verb. The online startup tells the stories of local food, farmers, chefs and restaurants - and the deeper stories behind those stories - here in the Chattanooga area. David Cook is its co-founder and main writer.