Scenic Roots

This weekend in downtown Chattanooga, you’ll see a celebration bursting in colors - from art cars and international food to student art exhibits and works by local artists. The We Make Festival - presented by the nonprofit Art 120 - is this Saturday on the Chattanooga Green.

Stephan Bisaha is a reporter, based in Birmingham, for the Gulf States Newsroom - a regional collaboration between NPR and member stations in Alabama, Mississippi and Louisiana. We spoke about his background in public radio when he came to Chattanooga for the vote at VW.

Stephan Bisaha is a reporter, based in Birmingham, for the Gulf States Newsroom - a regional collaboration between NPR and member stations in Alabama, Mississippi and Louisiana. We spoke about his background in public radio when he came to Chattanooga for the vote at VW.

“Ain’t Misbehavin’ - the song by jazz great Fats Waller - was first performed at a Harlem nightclub in New York in 1929. Chattanooga Theatre Centre is now presenting “Ain’t Misbehavin’” - the musical revue tribute to Waller- in its Circle Theatre through this Saturday, May 4th.

“Ain’t Misbehavin’ - the song by jazz great Fats Waller - was first performed at a Harlem nightclub in New York in 1929. Chattanooga Theatre Centre is now presenting “Ain’t Misbehavin’” - the musical revue tribute to Waller- in its Circle Theatre through this Saturday, May 4th.

Chattanooga is home to the longest, continuously staged Armed Forces Day Parade in this country. The grand marshal for Friday's parade - the 75th: retired U.S. Army Gen. B.B. Bell. I spoke with him - and Mickey McCamish of the Chattanooga Area Veterans Council.

Chattanooga is home to the longest, continuously staged Armed Forces Day Parade in this country. The grand marshal for Friday's parade - the 75th: retired U.S. Army Gen. B.B. Bell. I spoke with him - and Mickey McCamish of the Chattanooga Area Veterans Council.

Seventy-five years for Chattanooga’s Armed Forces Day Parade. A Jazz Age jaunt in music & moves: “Ain’t Misbehavin’” at CTC. We Make Festival: Art 120’s Kate Warren & artist Briah Gober. These voices - and more - on this edition of “Scenic Roots.”

Seventy-five years for Chattanooga’s Armed Forces Day Parade. A Jazz Age jaunt in music & moves: “Ain’t Misbehavin’” at CTC. We Make Festival: Art 120’s Kate Warren & artist Briah Gober. These voices - and more - on this edition of “Scenic Roots.”

This weekend in downtown Chattanooga, you’ll see a celebration bursting in colors - from art cars and international food to student art exhibits and works by local artists. The We Make Festival - presented by the nonprofit Art 120 - is this Saturday on the Chattanooga Green.