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Barry Moser is a printmaker best known for his wood engravings and his illustrations of literature. UTC Special Collections holds the largest selection of his work - and starting Friday, several dozen of his pieces will go on display at AVA in Chattanooga.

This weekend, the music will be jumping at the Bessie Smith Cultural Center in downtown Chattanooga. On Saturday and Sunday, the center hosts Bessie Smith’s Big 9 Music Fest, a celebration of and for the city’s African-American community around the time of the singer’s birth in this city.

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.