In East Chattanooga, a bookshop that opened months before the pandemic is devoted to literacy and community. You can find All-Good Coffee Shop and Used Books on Glass Street. Betty Patterson started the business - and now the owner is her granddaughter, Jacquelyn Allgood-White.

The restaurant business is a difficult one, even in the best of times. But whatever the odds, entrepreneurs embrace the challenge. In downtown Chattanooga, the Big 9 Street Food recently opened on MLK Boulevard. Matthew Davis is the co-owner and head chef.

This fall, a new school opens amid the natural landscape of the Tennessee River Gorge, just fifteen minutes away from downtown Chattanooga.

A new home for outdoor learning at River Gorge Forest School. The Big 9 Street Food - and All-Good Coffee Shop & Used Books. Mountain Spirit Acoustic Series: The Foreign Landers, Part II. These voices - and more - on this edition of “Scenic Roots.”

Richard Winham shares the first half of a performance by The Foreign Landers - featuring folk-and-bluegrass married duo David and Tabitha Benedict - for the Mountain Spirit Acoustic Series at the Isis Music Hall in Asheville, NC.

Here in Chattanooga, there is a new vision for Reflection Riding Arboretum & Nature Center.

A framework for the future at Chattanooga’s Reflection Riding. Mountain Spirit Acoustic Series: The Foreign Landers, Part I. These voices - and more - on this edition of “Scenic Roots.”

Richard Winham shares a session from Jason Lyles and The Legitimizers, performing their brand of Americana and electronic-infused pop rock - recorded live downtown at The Chattanooga Public Library.

A few weeks ago, Back Alley Productions in LaFayette, Georgia reopened the Mars Theatre - closed due to the pandemic - for its production of “The Little Princess.” The last two shows are tomorrow and Saturday night.

“Bye-Bye Birdie” opens tomorrow night on Signal Mountain, as our own Richard Winham tells us.