The 15th annual Moccasin Bend Fall Lectures Series wraps up with a very special afternoon of music and a lively discussion of the influence of indigenous cultures on the evolution of jazz music - and vice versa! Nez Perce musician and educator Julia Keefe will share her beautiful music and extensive knowledge of how jazz music is rooted in American Indian cultures, and continues to grow and change along with those cultures.

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The 15th annual Moccasin Bend Fall Lecture Series continues with “Revisiting The Passage: Ancient Cherokee Art Meets the 21st-century Waterfront.” This virtual panel discussion will feature Bill Glass and Demos Glass, the Glass Studio Artists who lead and created The Passage as part of the 21st Century Waterfront in downtown Chattanooga. They will be joined by Ken Foster, the project linguist who researched the Cherokee alphabet and translations. Facilitating the panel will be Ann Coulter, with A. Coulter Consulting, and Mary Barnett with National Park Partners. In 2007, Barnett and Coulter created One Road, a documentary short about the creation of The Passage as told from the artists’ perspective. Guests will have the opportunity to submit questions during the talk for live Q and A.

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The 15th annual Moccasin Bend Fall Lecture Series kicks off with Chattanooga native Lisa Hendy, Chief Ranger of Great Smoky Mountains National Park. Lisa’s 26-year career includes assignments at many of the most visited National Parks and extensive experience with search + rescue, fire, and emergency response events. Guests will have the opportunity to submit questions to Lisa during the talk for live Q and A.

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