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Tennessee Crossroads

December 05, 2019

Season 31 | Episode 20

On Nashville Public Television's Tennessee Crossroads, a once a professional dancer now creates homemade vegetable soups for a legion of loyal customers. Travel to Northwest TN and find out how a local businessman shaped his legacy by reshaping the landscape. Visit a Nashville artist who uses actual objects to create unique portraits. Also, we revisit Tennessee's tiniest school.

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Soup Lady

Jackson, TN

When you specialize in one particular food product, you want it to be the best of its kind. Whether it's barbecue, bread or soup. Tennessee Crossroads visits the kitchen of a former professional dancer. A lady who's now mastering the steps making quality soups for a hungry following who is fondly know as, Soup Lady. Watch this and more episode segments of Nashville Public Television's Tennessee Crossroads.

Wayne Brezinka Portrait Artist

Nashville, TN

There is something about the actual objects someone used or wore or created that makes us feel a connection to that person. Wayne Brezinki feels that connection, too and, as Tennessee Crossroads found out when we visited his Nashville, TN studio, Wayne uses objects in the unique portraits he creates. Join us Nashville Public Television to find out more.

Discovery Park of America

Union City, TN

When you travel to Northwest Tennessee you'll find rich river bottom lands that support the mostly agricultural economy. In nearby Reelfoot Lake being formed by an earthquake, a well-known local businessman is shaking up the area by reshaping the landscape. Join Nashville Public Television's Tennessee Crossroads to find out more about Discovery Park of America in Union City, TN.