Scenic Roots

Today on Tennessee Valley StoryCorps , Rose Carr and her wife, Jude Afolake Olubodun.

All the world’s a stage - even if the show must go online. Scenic City Shakespeare here in Chattanooga will present "Malvolio: A Sportful Malice" live on Facebook and YouTube tomorrow and Saturday, starting at 8 PM.

Move over, Netflix and Hulu: The Chattanooga Film Festival is going online this Memorial Day weekend. The Festival was set for last month at Songbirds - until the shutdowns for COVID-19. But thanks to a partnership with Microsoft, the festival will take place - as an interactive and virtual gathering, starting tomorrow through Monday.

Stay-at-home orders and social distancing during the pandemic have prompted concerns in the past month about cases of domestic violence.

The AIM Center here in Chattanooga provides a variety of services for adults living with serious mental illness - including employment, education and housing. Its work is ever critical - but especially in times such as these.

Donna Maddox of Chattanooga's AIM Center on mental health. Carla Sewell of The Partnership for Families, Children and Adults. The Chattanooga Film Festival - and Scenic City Shakespeare - online. These voices - and more - on this edition of "Scenic Roots."

Singer / songwriter Joel Harris is our own Richard Winham's guest for this week's "Talking Writing" on "Scenic Roots."

Time to talk about birdwatching. Laura Marsh is an ornithologist by trade - and recently, she founded Nova Conservation, which seeks to connect people with wildlife experiences.

Signal Centers here in Chattanooga is marking Global Accessibility Awareness Day by launching a four-week webinar program, starting tomorrow at 1 PM. The day highlights digital accessibility and inclusion for people with disabilities and impairments.

Drones can survey and capture data over distances without one person having to set foot in the area. Here in Chattanooga, Andy Carroll is co-founder of Skytec, one of the leading companies in this country for unmanned aerial systems.