A teaching residency program here in Chattanooga is partnering with a national effort to recruit, develop and retain Black educators. Project Inspire - run by Chattanooga’s Public Education Foundation - is participating in the Black Educators Initiative through the National Center for Teacher Residencies.

Investing in the future of Chattanooga’s Black educators. This year’s Signal Centers Accessibility Awareness Summit. Talking Writing: Flynn Berry on her novel “Northern Spy.” These voices - and more - on this edition of “Scenic Roots.”

Richard Winham presents a recent virtual set from Knoxville-based saxophonist Will Boyd and bassist David Becher from Barking Legs Theater in Chattanooga.

This weekend, the Spring Garden Festival returns to Chattanooga. The Master Gardeners of Hamilton County - along with the University of Tennessee Extension - will present the outdoor festival on Saturday, starting at 10 AM, around the Hamilton County Extension Ag Center and Bonny Oaks Arboretum.

Zaire Love is a filmmaker, music maker and writer in Mississippi. In her short documentary film "Trees," her grandmother Dorothy is the star - and storyteller.

Mississippi filmmaker Zaire Love on her documentary “Trees.” Suzanne Ford & Carlton Mathis on the Spring Garden Festival. Barking Legs Theater: A virtual set by Will Boyd & David Becher. These voices - and more - on this edition of “Scenic Roots.”

Richard Winham presents the second half of a set from the Baltimore-based quartet Ultrafaux, performed at the Isis Music Hall in Asheville, NC for the Mountain Spirit Acoustic Series.

One day, Rodney Gipson had an idea: he wanted to recreate NPR’s Tiny Desk Concert Series. Rodney is music director at Morris Innovative High School in Dalton - and this year, he is giving his music technology students the chance to learn how to stage their own Tiny Desk Concerts in the school library.

Karen White is a bestselling author who now lives near Atlanta, but grew up in London. Her latest novel - “The Last Night in London” - is her most personal yet, set in the home where she lived with her family.

Author Karen White on her novel “The Last Night in London.” Students in Dalton learn how to stage Tiny Desk Concerts. Mountain Spirit Acoustic Series: Baltimore’s Ultrafaux, Part II. These voices - and more - on this edition of “Scenic Roots.”