Spring Hill, TN
You know, you don’t get a moniker like Music City without some great musicians to make the music. And those players can’t make great music without quality-crafted guitars. With so many choices out there though, it takes a special talent that stands out above the crowd of talented craftsmen. Tennessee Crossroads visits one named Mark Piper a recent trip to Spring Hill, TN. Join Nashville Public Television's Tennessee Crossroads to find out more.
Pleasant Hill, TN
We take public education for granted now a days, but that was not the case back in the 1880s. Thanks to the efforts of northern missionaries, Pleasant Hill Academy became one of the few educational bright spots in Tennessee. Ed Jones recently toured one of the school's original buildings, which is now a museum that pays tribute to life and learning on the plateau 140 years ago. Join Nashville Public Television's Tennessee Crossroads to find out more.
Chattanooga, TN
Works of art should be seen, experienced, and even commented on. That's the theory at one of the state's premiere museums of American Art. Tennessee Crossroads visited the Hunter Museum to see how recent expansion has brought the Hunter down the hill and to the people of Chattanooga, TN. Watch this and more episode segments of Nashville Public Television's Tennessee Crossroads.
Dunlap, TN
Tressa Bush visits Dunlap to get a taste of the Blue Orchid Bistro and find out why an aspiring chef from Florida would head to the hills of South Central Tennessee to seek her fortune.
Nashville, TN
The relationship a musician has with their musical instrument can often be very special, even profound. That's why keeping artists, especially Music City artists, in tune is serious business. Tennessee Crossroads takes us to Glaser Instruments in Berry Hill, TN where Joe Glaser and his team rebuild, repair and restore the instruments played on some of the greatest albums ever recorded. Watch this and more episode segments of Nashville Public Television's Tennessee Crossroads.
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