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This week, Concert for a Cause highlights mental health with an evening of music and storytelling in downtown Chattanooga. On Friday starting at 6:30 PM, four local singer-songwriters will perform at ArtsBuild, sharing how their lives and their music have been impacted by suicide - as September marks National Suicide Prevention Awareness Month.

Next year, Creative Arts Guild will celebrate sixty years as a home for the arts in Dalton and surrounding counties in Northwest Georgia. Next month - from Friday, September 16th to Sunday, September 18th - the Guild will host its annual Festival of Fine Arts and Crafts.

Just two years ago, a radio show recorded in front of a live audience at Songbirds would have been impossible. At that time, as the pandemic forced the earlier version of the museum to close, Chattanooga native Dagan Beckett captured that story in the feature documentary "Songbirds," now available through video on demand streaming worldwide.

This month, Sam Gooden - Chattanooga's own and one of the founding members of The Impressions - died at age 87. Last week, I spoke with DJ Griffin - Sam's grandson - in a conversation at the Bessie Smith Cultural Center.

Reginald Smith II of The Bethlehem Center in Chattanooga. SoundCorps’ Stratton Tingle on the return of Rail and Hops. The taste of success at Double Cola turning 100 years old. These voices - and more - on this edition of “Scenic Roots.”

The Bethlehem Center is a faith-based nonprofit that serves children and families in Southside Chattanooga. It is located in the Alton Park neighborhood, where most residents are African-American with low to moderate incomes. Reginald Smith II is the center's executive director.

This weekend, the Rail & Hops Brewers Festival returns to downtown Chattanooga. Lee Fields and the Expressions will headline Saturday’s gathering, which starts at 5 PM in Miller Park. The festival supports SoundCorps, the nonprofit for Chattanooga area musicians.

Tomorrow night in downtown Chattanooga, the debut of something new: “The Songbirds Radio Hour.” It’s a new monthly show of music and interviews, hosted in front of a live audience at the Songbirds Guitar and Pop Culture Museum - and each show will have a theme that digs into and beyond the music.

How well do students here in Hamilton County perform at grade level on tests taken across the State of Tennessee? Carmen Nesbitt is education reporter for The Chattanooga Times Free Press - and this weekend, in an article for Sunday’s edition, she analyzes the data on student proficiency and where it needs deep improvement.

Reed Caldwell on the premiere of “The Songbirds Radio Hour.” Dawn Hjelseth of River City Company on this year’s “Noontunes.” These voices - and more - on this edition of “Scenic Roots.”