Author Susan Zurenda with Lynda LeVan of Southern Lit Alliance. Opening soon: The Tennessee Aquarium's Turtles of the World gallery. New Bloom Labs - and Chattanooga's Performing Arts League. These voices - and more - on this encore edition of "Scenic Roots."

Each month, Green Steps here in Chattanooga organizes community cleanups to pick up litter.

Edible ecology, trail towns - and swimruns. Just a few things you’ll find in the latest issue of “Get Out Chattanooga” - arriving this weekend from The Chattanooga Times Free Press.

What happened to the Cherokee at the end of the Trail of Tears? How did they endure making a new life in Indian Territory - now Oklahoma?

Susan Zurenda lives in Spartanburg, South Carolina. She has taught literature, composition and creative writing to high school and college students for more than thirty years - and now, she has written her debut novel, “Bells for Eli.”

Author Susan Zurenda with Lynda LeVan of Southern Lit Alliance. Park ranger Will Wilson on the Cherokee arrival in Indian Territory. Sunny Montgomery on The Chattanooga Times Free Press. These voices - and more - on this edition of "Scenic Roots." Ray Bassett is the host of "Scenic Roots" - produced by Haley Solomon, Karley Dodson and Will Davis.

What looks like a community library box - but instead of filling it with books that people can borrow and share, you fill it with food?

Have you ever heard of the “apple core theory”? Tish Gailmard is director of wildlife at Reflection Riding Arboretum and Nature Center here in Chattanooga - and she can tell you all about it...

Next week, a philosophy professor at Vanderbilt University who writes about refugees will speak on this campus, the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga.

Around for nearly a decade, The Performing Arts League here in Chattanooga promotes youth involvement in theater, dance and music - both instrumental and vocal. The League - which includes active professionals and retirees - offers scholarships, grants, dance camps and instrument lessons to youths who might not have the funds otherwise.