Scenic Roots

Perhaps you’re a fan of cosplay - or gaming - or comics - or all of the above. You’ll find those genres - along with anime, sci-fi, fantasy, horror and more - at this year’s Con Nooga.

“The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe” makes its way to Chattanooga Theatre Centre. The adaptation of the timeless tale by C.S. Lewis - presented by CTC’s Youth Theatre - opens tomorrow night and runs through March 1st.

Tomorrow, Chattanooga Design Studio holds its first-ever City Celebration - to further its mission and vision for improving the city’s quality of life through collaborative and effective urban design.

Tonight on this campus, the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga, the story of Nathan Bedford Forrest before the Civil War. Timothy Huebner - a history professor at Rhodes College in Memphis - will tell that story about the Confederate General, who was born here in Tennessee.

Scholar Timothy Huebner on Confederate Gen. Nathan Bedford Forrest. Eric Myers & Kelly Fitzgerald on Chattanooga Design Studio's City Celebration. "The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe" enchants CTC - and, Con Nooga. 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.

On Friday night, Chambliss Center For Children here in Chattanooga hosts its annual Mardi Gras Gala - this time at a new venue, Stratton Hall - starting at 7 PM.

Tomorrow night, Yellow Dragon Productions here in Chattanooga presents the premiere of “Knight Court: The Enchanted Forest” - at St. Luke United Methodist Church, starting at 7:30 PM.

Fuze Trio is a cutting-edge chamber music ensemble whose members are faculty here on the UTC campus: Ronda Benson Ford plays the flute, Erika Schafer plays the trumpet - and Jenny Parker plays the piano.

Tomorrow night, a presentation here in Chattanooga looks back at a case that rocked this city, four decades ago. In 1980, four black women were hit with birdshot fired from a moving car outside a nightclub on what was then Ninth St. - “The Big 9” - and now, Martin Luther King Boulevard. A fifth woman was injured by flying glass. All of the women lived.

Tiffany Herron on the 1980 KKK shooting of black women in Chattanooga. UTC's Fuze Trio: Ronda Benson Ford, Erika Schafer and Jenny Parker. "Knight Court" at Yellow Dragon Productions - and, a Mardi Gras for Chambliss. 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.