Scenic Roots

(Aired Thu 9/10/26) Another taste of jazz returns to Chattanooga this fall. On Sunday, October 25th, The Chattanooga Jazz Fest brings local jazz, blues and funk to the Choo-Choo Gardens for a second year.

(Aired Thu 9/10/26) On Thursday, September 17th, jazz pianist Benny Green performs a solo concert here on our campus at UTC for this fall's jazz benefit concert for WUTC.

(Aired Thu 9/10/26) Here in Chattanooga, atop the Parkway Towers building - where for years the word “JUNK” in capital letters could be read as far as the eye could see - there is now another four-letter word in all caps: “LOVE.”

(Aired Thu 9/10/26) In Bradley County, Project River is a proposed development that would build an energy campus - powered by natural gas and woody biomass - that could host a data center.

(Aired Weds 9/09/26) What do Founder's Week here at UTC - and this year's Constitution Day - have in common? Dr. Claudia Kramer is the Scott L. Probasco Distinguished Chair of Free Enterprise in UTC's Gary W. Rollins College of Business.

(Aired Weds 9/09/26) On this episode of "The Parkside Podcast," we're talking about building a legacy with Tennessee's 70th State Park. Our guests: Ryan Jenkins and Meghan Ploch of the Tennessee State Parks planning team.

(Aired Tues 9/08/26) This summer, a recent arrival on Chattanooga’s theatre scene presented a play on Søren Kierkegaard here on our campus, the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga.

(Aired Tues 9/08/26) This weekend, the Chattanooga Writers Guild celebrates 25 years of supporting writers in this community. The Guild will gather on Saturday from 5 PM to 7 PM at the Greenway Farm Conference Center in Hixson.

(Aired Tues 9/08/26) This Friday marks 25 years since the terrorist attacks of September 11th, 2001 - and the Chattanooga premiere of a musical on how the people of a town in Canada responded beyond that day.

(Aired Tues 9/08/26) The discovery of Ruby Falls is the starting point for an underground murder mystery at the onset of the Great Depression. Gin Phillips is the author of “Ruby Falls: A Novel.”