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John Petrey - Artist on NPT's Tennessee Crossroads

John Petrey – Artist

Chattanooga, TN

We normally find elegant evening gowns and fine men's suits made from a variety of colorful fabrics and found in shops, boutiques, and department stores across the country. Tennessee Crossroads found a tailor of sorts in Chattanooga, TN who often creates his unique fashions from materials he finds, in of all places, a junk yard.


Red Grooms on NPT's Tennessee Crossroads

Red Grooms

Beersheba Springs, TN

Tennessee Crossroads spends the day at the Cumberland mountain art studio of a famous Native Tennessean who has taken an interest in the Civil War. Join Nashville Public Television's Tennessee Crossroads to find out more about Red Grooms.


Goostree Metal Works on NPT's Tennessee Crossroads

Goostree Metal Works

Lebanon, TN

It wasn't too many years ago that folks had the same career their entire life, but these days, more people are enjoying two or more careers, and for some like Dan Goostree, the second career is the polar opposite of the first one. Join Nashville Public Television's Tennessee Crossroads to find out more about Goostree Metal Works.


Salvatore Palazzolo on NPT's Tennessee Crossroads

Salvatore Palazzolo

Hendersonville, TN

Tennessee Crossroads profiles an artist in Hendersonville, TN who is now entering his second century in both life and art. Join Nashville Public Television's Tennessee Crossroads to find out more about Salvatore Palazzolo.


Emery Franklin - Artist on NPT's Tennessee Crossroads

Emery Franklin – Artist

Arlington, TN

All of us have probably been given one of those water color paint sets, you know the metal ones with 6 or 8 colors and a brush. I guess we were expected to discover and use our artistic talents. I don't know about you, but it didn't work for me. But, Tennessee Crossroads met an Arlington, TN artist who not only found his talents early in life, he added musical skills along the way and now creates some paintings you can almost hear. Join Nashville Public Television's Tennessee Crossroads to find out more.


Cup Collector on NPT's Tennessee Crossroads

Cup Collector

Culleoka, TN

Tennessee Crossroads met a Culleoka, TN man who is into numbers rather than rarity. Still, you could call Charles T. Hubbell, the King of Cups. Join Nashville Public Television's Tennessee Crossroads to find out more about Charles T. Hubbell - Cup Collector.


JR Collections on NPT's Tennessee Crossroads

JR Collections

Decherd, TN

Have you ever known someone who seems to collect just about everything? Tennessee Crossroads heard about two brothers who live at the foot of Monteagle Mountain who fall into that category. They collected just about anything you can think of, and what they don't collect, they create themselves. Rob introduces us to JR Scott and Dick Keetley.


Edgar Lowe - Pipe Organ Restorer on NPT's Tennessee Crossroads

Edgar Lowe – Pipe Organ Restorer

Goodlettsville, TN

When we think about retirement, it's usually about slowing down and taking life a bit easier. If we're lucky, we spend much of our lives planning for the time when we can move on to more relaxing things. Tennessee Crossroads met a retiree in Goodlettsville, TN who, rather than retiring, has spent his time restoring an old pipe organ.


TSLA POW Diary on NPT's Tennessee Crossroads

TSLA POW Diary

Nashville, TN

The Tennessee State Library and Archives helps solve the mystery of a POW diary from WWII.


Volunteer State Paranormal Research on NPT's Tennessee Crossroads

Volunteer State Paranormal Research

Spring Hill, TN

Halloween only comes once a year, but for the team of investigators you are about to meet, ghosts are a year round obsession. Nashville Public Television's Tennessee Crossroads joins a group of paranormal researchers on a hunt for spirits in a pre-Civil War mansion near Spring Hill, TN.


Mid-South Raptor Center on NPT's Tennessee Crossroads

Mid-South Raptor Center

Memphis, TN

When it comes to health care, human beings have it pretty good, and so do our pets and domestic animals. But did you ever think of what happens to wild animals, especially birds, when they become sick or injured? Join Nashville Public Television's Tennessee Crossroads to find out more about a man in Memphis, TN recently who has devoted much of his life to taking care of some very special feathered.


Metal Jewelry Artist on NPT's Tennessee Crossroads

Metal Jewelry Artist

Watertown, TN

Tressa Bush travels to Watertown to visit a woman who is making jewelry using a technique that can be traced back to the ancient Egyptians.Tennessee Crossroads travels to Watertown, TN to visit a woman who is making jewelry using a technique that can be traced back to the ancient Egyptians. Join Nashville Public Television's Tennessee Crossroads to find out more about Metal Jewelry Artist.