Chapel Hill, TN
The Mediterranean ancestors of the little donkeys you're about to meet may have been beasts of burden, but this generation has got it made in the shade. Tennessee Crossroads' Susan Watson spent the day with a couple who are down-right devoted to their donkeys. Join Nashville Public Television's Tennessee Crossroads to find out more about Half Ass Acres in Chapel Hill, TN.
Nashville, TN
A musician is someone who plays an instrument. A luthier is someone who makes stringed instruments, and often they do both.Tennessee Crossroads visits the workshop of Jennifer Halenar and Randy Hunt, a place where they stay engrossed in a world of wood and strings. Watch this and more episode segments of Nashville Public Television's Tennessee Crossroads.
Signal Mountain, TN
From Signal Mountain, TN to the Nation's Capitol one creative Chattanooga, TN artist has brought recognition to the state in so many colorful ways. Her name is Susan Parry and she's well-known for her jewelry and small sculptures, not to mention some very special Christmas tree ornaments. It's been quite a journey for her as Tennessee Crossroads discovered when we paid a visit to her studio not too long ago. Join Nashville Public Television's Tennessee Crossroads to find out more about Susan Parry - Glass Artist.
Murfreesboro, TN
Back in the day when horses were the major means of transportation, if your family steed needed new shoes it was off to the local blacksmith, and just like transportation has changed, so has the role of blacksmiths. Tennessee Crossroads discovered a creative new way some Tennessee metalsmiths are serving society.
McMinnville, TN
Joe Elmore travels to Cumberland Caverns to find out about the Bluegrass Under Ground Concert Hall, 300 feet below the ground.
Clarksville, TN
The art of making stained glass windows has been around for ages. When they're found in churches they usually have a story to tell. Tennessee Crossroads has a story to tell about stained glass in a Clarksville church and, in the process, we met an extremely talented young artist with some uncanny, or we should say, "canny" works of art. Join Nashville Public Television's Tennessee Crossroads to find out more about Miranda Herrick - Artist.
Brentwood, TN
Getting older can be a lonely experience. Friends and family pass away and that may make us feel alone and isolated, but it doesn't have to. A group of ladies got together at a senior center for an arts and crafts class to learn how to make cards and wound up making friends as well. Rob Wilds went to the Martin Fifty Forward Center in Brentwood, TN to meet the members of the Card Crusaders. Watch this and more episode segments of Nashville Public Television's Tennessee Crossroads.
