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“Spirit of Wild” - the latest book of poems by KB Ballentine. An arts advocacy coalition for students across Tennessee. These voices - and more - on this edition of “Scenic Roots.”

KB Ballentine is a poet who lives in Chattanooga. She teaches creative writing, theater arts and literature to high school and college students in our area. Her latest collection of poems - “Spirit of Wild” - was just released during this National Poetry Month.

Richard Winham shares a session from Angel Snow, recorded live downtown at The Chattanooga Public Library.

A few months ago, a new gallery opened at the Tennessee Aquarium here in Chattanooga: a multi-sensory journey through the streams of Southern Appalachia. Nardia Ingram, a student intern for Scenic Roots this semester here at UTC, paid a visit.

The dance of “The Legacy Project” with Carolyn Dorfman. Student storytellers on Immersion Gallery & Ridges to Rivers. These voices - and more - on this edition of “Scenic Roots.”

Carolyn Dorfman is a choreographer and the child of Holocaust survivors. Her work - "The Legacy Project" - honors her Jewish heritage. Next month, her contemporary company based in New York will come to Chattanooga for a community residency, including a performance here at UTC.

In downtown Chattanooga, Immersion Gallery offers an ever-changing world of art - local and regional, accented in mystery and oddity. Mya Mckinney, a student intern for Scenic Roots this semester here at UTC, checked it out.

For seventy years, The Speech & Hearing Center has helped thousands of people in the Chattanooga area who have a speech or hearing impairment. Taylor Bostwick is the Center’s president and CEO.

This year’s return of the SouthWord Literary Festival. From Chattanooga’s Alton Park: “Stories of Resilience.” “The Cake” serves comedic food for thought at CTC. These voices - and more - on this edition of “Scenic Roots.”

“The Cake” is the next entree on stage at Chattanooga Theatre Centre. The comedy by Brenda Brunstetter - which opens on Friday, April 21st for mature audiences at CTC - tells the story of Della, a cake shop owner in North Carolina whose world is turned upside down.