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On Friday and Saturday, writers from around the region will gather here in Chattanooga for the SouthWord Literary Festival. Now in its 40th year, the festival celebrates writers from - and now living and working - here in the South.

For years, the Children’s Nutrition Program of Haiti - a nonprofit here in Chattanooga and the Tennessee Valley - has helped women and families to break the cycle of malnutrition in a remote and mountainous area of southern Haiti.

Juneteenth commemorates the emancipation of enslaved African-Americans after the Civil War. Eric Atkins is co-chairman of the Unity Group, which is hosting several events in Chattanooga leading up - and during - the holiday on Monday, June 19th.

A deeper dive into data for Hamilton County Government. Act II for The Velvet Chair Experience in Chattanooga. These voices - and more - on this edition of “Scenic Roots.”

Here in Chattanooga, the Velvet Chair Experience - a concert series fusing jazz and uptown soul - premiered last month at the Bessie Smith Cultural Center, where the next concert will be held on Sunday, June 25th starting at 6 PM.

Doing the work of inclusion - and measuring it - in Chattanooga. Jazz & uptown soul for the Velvet Chair Experience at the Bessie. These voices - and more - on this edition of “Scenic Roots.”

At the end of this month, a new concert series - the Velvet Chair Experience - rekindles the music scene of when Martin Luther King, Jr. Blvd. was Ninth St. - the Big 9 - in downtown Chattanooga. The first concert - featuring jazz and uptown soul from vocalist Karen Collins - is on Sunday, May 28th starting at 7 PM at the Bessie Smith Cultural Center.

This weekend, the Mayor’s Council on Livability and Aging in this city presents an event here on our campus, the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga: Aging with Grace is on Saturday from 9 AM to 4:30 PM in the University Center.

These days, Chattanooga Design Studio is involved in a few major projects for this city’s future, from the Westside to Broad Street to Montague Park. On this episode of Scenic Roots, we’re talking with the Studio's Eric Myers and Johanna Heywood.

Dr. Tyrone McKinley Freeman wrote a biography of Madam C.J. Walker, the African-American entrepreneur and philanthropist. On Thursday, he will participate in a presentation on "The Gifts of Black Folk" at the Tennessee Aquarium in Chattanooga.