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Alan Daigre - Chairmaker on NPT's Tennessee Crossroads

Alan Daigre – Chairmaker

Readyville, TN

Tennessee Crossroads visits a former psychological counselor in Readyville, TN who left his career to make rocking chairs that are truly unique. Join Nashville Public Television's Tennessee Crossroads to find out more about Alan Daigre - Chairmaker.


Jane Bius - Afro-Lachian Art on NPT's Tennessee Crossroads

Jane Bius – Afro-Lachian Art

Morristown, TN

Jane Bius went to a yard sale a few years ago and it truly changed her life. She saw something there that brought out a side of her that she never knew existed: her artistic side. Tennessee Crossroads traveled to Morristown, TN to see what Jane can do with a gourd. Join Nashville Public Television's Tennessee Crossroads to find out more about Afro-Lachian Art.


Larry's Trains on NPT's Tennessee Crossroads

Larry’s Trains

Clarksville, TN

Tennessee Crossroads profiles a man in Clarksville, TN who has taken his model train hobby to a whole new level. Join Nashville Public Television's Tennessee Crossroads to find out more about Larry's Trains.


Gourd Lady at Pappy's Picket Fence on NPT's Tennessee Crossroads

Gourd Lady at Pappy’s Picket Fence

Gainesboro, TN

Tennessee Crossroads' Tressa Bush meets a woman in Gainesboro, TN who makes everything from jewelry to pocketbooks to night lights out of gourds. Join Nashville Public Television's Tennessee Crossroads to find out more about Gourd Lady at Pappy's Picket Fence.


Treehouse on NPT's Tennessee Crossroads

Treehouse

Nashville, TN

Tennessee Crossroads makes a visit to Horace Burgess, a man who loves treehouses so much that he might just have built the world's largest. Watch this and more episode segments of Nashville Public Television's Tennessee Crossroads.


Thistle Farms -  Magdelene House on NPT's Tennessee Crossroads

Thistle Farms – Magdelene House

Nashville, TN

When you plant a seed, you sometimes get more than you thought you would. That's what happened to the Nashvillians who decided to help women who had had very hard lives. They started with five women in Nashville, TN. Now their efforts have extended to the other side of the world. Rob Wilds recently met the women of Nashville's Magdelene House.


Joe Brown - Blacksmith 2009 on NPT's Tennessee Crossroads

Joe Brown – Blacksmith

Readyville, TN

Ken Wilshire travels the back roads of Middle Tennessee to visit a blacksmith who is both a traditional blacksmith and an artist.


Gigi's Cupcakes on NPT's Tennessee Crossroads

Gigi’s Cupcakes

Nashville, TN

Tennessee Crossroads meets up with a baker in Nashville, TN who found her bliss making mini concoctions of flour, butter, and sugar. Join Nashville Public Television's Tennessee Crossroads to find out more about Gigi's Cupcakes.


Joe Brown - Blacksmith 2009 on NPT's Tennessee Crossroads

Joe Brown – Blacksmith 2009

Readyville, TN

In the 1700's and 1800's there were hundreds of thousands of blacksmiths throughout the country. Tennessee Crossroads traveled the back roads of Readyville, TN and found a bit of the past with a modern day twist. Join Nashville Public Television's Tennessee Crossroads to find out more about Joe Brown - Blacksmith.


Guitar Mill on NPT's Tennessee Crossroads

Guitar Mill

Murfreesboro, TN

We talk a lot about folks who have a plan for their life, but what do you do when that plan may not work out. That's exactly what happened to Mario Martin. He lived many years with just one goal, but lucky for him and a lot of other folks like him the plan that found him is music to the ears. Join Nashville Public Television's Tennessee Crossroads to find out more about Guitar Mill in Murfreesboro, TN.


Bead Maker on NPT's Tennessee Crossroads

Bead Maker

Oak Ridge, TN

Oak Ridge Tennessee is a place of creation. In fact, the whole city was built to create ways to harness the heat of atomic energy. So, it's a bit ironic that an artist who is fascinated by flame lives and works in the atomic city. Tennessee Crossroads met Teresa Brittain and watched her use heat and flame to create works of art and beauty. Join Nashville Public Television's Tennessee Crossroads to find out more about Teresa Brittain - Bead Maker.


College Grove Grocery on NPT's Tennessee Crossroads

College Grove Grocery

College Grove, TN

Tennessee Crossroads' Susan Watson travels to College Grove, TN to find out what its like to retire from the corporate world and then run a small town grocery. Join Nashville Public Television's Tennessee Crossroads to find out more about College Grove Grocery.