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Sounds that stir and soar at Bessie Smith’s Big 9 Music Fest. Honoring Latino leaders across Chattanooga. Creative Arts Guild. “Transformation” reveals the art of Chattanooga’s Barry Moser. These voices - and more - on this edition of “Scenic Roots.”

Lessons for localities from “The Economics of Placemaking.” A milestone for The Speech & Hearing Center in Chattanooga. Voices of an orchestral concert for the Empress of the Blues. These voices - and more - on this edition of “Scenic Roots.”

Bessie Smith, known as the “Empress of the Blues,” was born here in Chattanooga in the middle of this month in 1894. A concert earlier this year at Memorial Auditorium presented full orchestral arrangements of her music.

Next week here in Chattanooga, urban planner James F. Lima talks “The Economics of Placemaking” at The Camp House on Thursday, May 4th starting at 5:30 PM for the CIVIQ speaker series hosted by Chattanooga Design Studio. Here's the rest of our conversation with James.

Charles Wood is the new president and CEO of the Chattanooga Area Chamber of Commerce. A native of South Mississippi, he headed economic development at the Chamber for the past decade. Since late last year, he also served as interim leader of the Chamber, which is supported by businesses, the City of Chattanooga and Hamilton County Government.

“All the world’s a stage…” at Greenway Farms in Hixson. That’s where Scenic City Shakespeare presents “As You Like It,” starting on Friday. Among the cast: Emma Collins, Arche Twitty and Hunter Rogers.

Each month, SoundCorps - the music nonprofit here in Chattanooga - showcases five locally-produced songs in “SoundBites,” which supports our own musicians. Stratton Tingle - executive director of SoundCorps - shares the latest SoundBites with us.

James F. Lima will talk about “The Economics of Placemaking” here in Chattanooga - at The Camp House on Thursday, starting at 5:30 PM - for the CIVIQ speaker series hosted by Chattanooga Design Studio.

Our full conversation with James F. Lima, next at CIVIQ. Fun stories ahead from Rising Rock students at UTC. These voices - and more - on this edition of “Scenic Roots.”

“Rising Rock” is a class for storytellers here on our campus, the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga. The Spring Semester showcase of audio stories from Rising Rock will air Monday here on “Scenic Roots.”