Monday August 11, 2008

Last Updated: 08/31/2008 17:50:10

Midnight

Plein Air, Painting The American Landscape "The Tongass Rain Forest, En Plein Air" 00:26 #102H (Rpt) PBSPL (DVS)
Three plein air artists, Matt Smith, Kenn Backhaus and Jean LeGassick, travel to remote southeast Alaska to paint the Tongass Rain Forest, renowned for towering old growth cedar, hanging moss and incessant rainfall. LeGassick proves that it takes tenacity, gear and considerable know-how, to paint in a rainforest. The iconoclastic painter of Mt. McKinley, Sidney Laurence is introduced. His paintings, created in the early 1900s, have come to epitomize the Alaska landscape. Professor Kesler Woodward examines Laurence's life and art in the context of modern times. (2 of 6). [TVG] R on 8/18 12

12:30AM

Anatomy of a Hurricane 00:26 PBS
This program goes inside the National Hurricane Center in Miami, Florida, during the 2004 hurricane season. With satellite images courtesy of NOAA and NASA, the program takes a revealing look at the stressful work of the dedicated staff who deal with unique and unexpected challenges, and struggle to make the most accurate predictions. [TVPG]

1AM

Katie Brown Workshop "Welcome" 00:26 #303H APTEX (DVS)
Katie and the Workshop crew put a creative spin on the traditional welcoming party for new neighbors with a mailbox vase and personalized steamer trays. Then, tips on making tasty chicken kebabs and a tiramisu bowl. [TVG] R of 8/10 4pm

1:30AM

For Your Home "Backyard Makeover, Part 2" 00:26 #2304H APTEX (DVS)
Vicki and Sloan share tips for hiding less appealing yard features; planting flowers for all seasons;and, adding shade in your backyard. [TVRE] R of 8/10 4:30pm

2AM

Chef Paul Prudhomme's Always Cooking! "Roll It Out" 00:26 #119H APTEX (DVS)
Chef Paul prepares: Louisiana Meat Pies, Cream Cheese & Ham Tortilla Rolls, Apple Pie with Chiles and Cheese. [TVG] R of 8/10 5pm

2:30AM

Gardenstory: Inspiring Spaces, Healing Places "The Garden as Muse: The Garden of Harlem Renaissance Poet Anne Spencer, Lynchburg, Virginia" 00:26 #101Z APTEX
The role of the garden in the lives of inner-city children is explored. The Prudential Outdoor Learning Center of the Greater Newark Conservancy is one of the most creative and effective instruments of environmental education in the country. It's New Jersey's first urban environmental education resource center, a facility that serves low-income youth, grades pre-K through 12, from Newark and surrounding urban areas. (1 of 10) [TVG] R of 8/10 5:30pm

3AM

Rochester International Jazz Festival "Christian Scott Band" 00:56 #204H APTEX
For nine days each June, Rochester, New York transforms into one of the jazz capitals of the world, offering fans of all ages multiple genres of creative improvised music. Trumpeter Christian Scott performs. He's one of the brightest jazz stars to emerge in the last few years. Scott delivers a smart, grooved and plugged-in set of tunes. A New Orleans native, Scott represents the next generation of Crescent City horn blowers whose lineage started with the legendary King Oliver and Louis Armstrong and has continued with such marquee trumpeters as Wynton Marsalis,Terence Blanchard and Nicholas Payton. [TVG] R of 8/10 6pm

4AM

History Detectives "The Spirit of St. Louis/Gary Powers' "Suicide Pin"/Image of Apache Warrior Geronimo" 00:56 #301Z (Rpt) PBS
Two brothers from Parsippany, NJ, grew up listening to their uncle's claim that he built the engine for the Spirit of St. Louis--the plane made famous by Charles Lindbergh's nonstop flight across the Atlantic. The family legend leads to a forgotten history in Lucky Lindy's legendary flight. A man in Kansas City, MO, found two peculiar pins, wrapped in a newspaper dated 1960, that had been manipulated to contain liquid. Could these pins be the prototypes of a poison-filled pin that U2 pilot Gary Powers was carrying when his spy-plane was shot down over the Soviet Union? A New Mexico woman's great-great-grandfather was lieutenant governor of the New Mexico territory in the 1870s. She has a photo of an Indian warrior on horseback. The connection is explored between her relative and Geronimo. First of a 5-part season. [TVG] R on 8/26 2pm

5AM

Boohbah "Hot Dog" 00:28 #125Z (Rpt) PBS (DVS)
The Boohbahs scrunch up small, and stretch out big. In Storyworld, Grandmamma and Grandpappa are eating a hot dog, but it keeps falling apart. Will a bottle of sauce help them eat their meal? [TVY] R of 8/8 5:30am; 8/9 5am; 8/10 5:30am

5:30AM

Boohbah "Treasure Chest" 00:28 #126Z (Rpt) PBS (DVS)
The Boohbahs skip and march, and fall down. In Storyworld, the Treasure Chest is locked, and Auntie can't open it. How will Auntie open the chest, and what treasure is inside? [TVY] R on 8/12 5am

6AM

JAKERS! The Adventures of Piggley Winks "Father's Day" 00:28 #134H (Rpt) PBS
Piggley needs to help his father with some chores around the farm. But, when Piggley takes a more-creative-than-practical approach in painting the milk cart, and builds a castle of hay for the new chicks, his father thinks Piggley is playing, instead of working. In the end, Piggley's overworked father sees the joy Piggley is getting from his work, and rediscovers his own sense of play. Jakers! Live and Learn: Cobi Jones introduces some friends, who find a fun way to clean up a messy room. [TVY]

6:30AM

It's A Big Big World "Burdette Queen Ant/One Monkey Too Many" 00:28 #104H (Rpt) PBS (DVS)
Burdette decides to be the Queen of the World Tree. Wartz wants to be a monkey instead of a frog. [TVY] R on 8/15 6:30am; 8/16 6:30am; 8/17 6:30am

7AM

Super Why! "The Princess and the Pea" 00:28 #116Z (Rpt) PBS
Princess Pea is worried she won't win a Golden Crown at the Annual Junior Princess Competition. [TVY] R of 8/5 7am

7:30AM

WordWorld "Boppin' with the Bug Band/Shuffleword" 00:28 #111H (Rpt) PBS (DVS)
When Pig is too sick to cook, his friends step in to help. Pig and Ant argue while playing a game. [TVY]

8AM

Sesame Street "The Golden Triangle of Destiny" 00:58 #4161H PBS (DVS)
Legend has it that the Golden Triangle of Destiny is on Sesame Street and Minnesota Mel is there on an adventure to find it. [TVY]

9AM

Buffett & Gates Go Back to School 00:56 PBS
Berkshire Hathaway CEO Warren Buffett and Microsoft Corporation founder Bill Gates travel to the University of Nebraska-Lincoln for a lively discussion on business and ethics. They share their points of view on investments and their success, while also offering insightful glimpses into their personal and professional lives. The two good friends also provide advice on how to get a job, how to find success, and how to help change the world, which set the stage for Buffett's unprecedented contribution to Gates' foundation. [TVG]

10AM

China from the Inside "Freedom and Justice" 00:56 #104H (Rpt) PBS
Religious worship in China is problematic for Tibetan Buddhists, Catholics separated from Vatican influence, the 40 million adherents of China's unofficial churches and the Falun Gong. Civic problems include forced evictions, government cover-up of AIDS, corruption and land grabbing. Filmed in Tibetan temples, newspaper offices and a labor camp, this final episode asks: what are the limits of freedom--and the threats to stability? [TVPG] R of 8/9 12

11AM

Hidden Child 00:56 PBS
Of the 1.6 million Jewish children who lived in Europe before WWII, only 100,000 survived the Holocaust. Most were hidden, shuttered away in attics, cellars, convents or in villages and farms. This program chronicles the wartime experiences of Maud Dahme, one of an estimated 5,000 Jewish children hidden from the Nazis by righteous gentiles in the Netherlands. Unlike Anne Frank, Dahme was separated from her parents, and she and her younger sister were raised Christian and grew up in Dutch farm country. Holland, viewed as a safe haven for Jews, proved not to be. At the start of the WWII, there were 140,000 Jews in the Netherlands. At the end of the war, nearly 75% of the Dutch Jewish population had been exterminated, a higher percentage than in any other Western European country. Dahme, forced to take on assumed names to conceal her Jewish identity, talks about having to lie in order to survive, of dodging bullets and of the compassion of strangers who risked their own lives to save hers. [TVPG]

Noon

NOVA "Dimming Sun" 00:56 #3310Z (Rpt) PBS (DVS)
As global warming turns up the heat, researchers are stunned to discover that the planet Earth is actually growing dimmer. Increasing air pollution allows less and less sunlight to reach earth's surface, a "global dimming" that's linked to severe droughts. In an even more alarming twist, there is concern that solving the dimming problem could greatly accelerate global warming, melting ice caps and flooding coastal cities. This baffling climate conundrum is examined, as the implications for the planet Earth's future is followed. [TVG] R of 8/5 7pm

1PM

This Old House Hour "New Orleans Project, Part 3" 00:56 #619Z PBS
Norm Abram works on the side porch of the project house in Holy Cross while homeowner Rashida Ferdinand strips paint from the historic windows that will be reused on her home. Louis Aubert shows host Kevin O'Connor how he is bringing color to the project house along with other homes in the neighborhood with bright color schemes applied in a historic and accurate manner. At Musicians' Village, Norm and Kevin lend a hand to some of the volunteers who are raising walls, laying decking, and installing windows, one house at a time. Roger Cook makes a dark walkway safer by adding low voltage landscape lighting, and Richard Trethewey helps a homeowner replace her old kitchen faucet. [TVG]

2PM

History Detectives "Coca-Cola Trade Card/Vicksburg Map/Lawrence Strike" 00:56 #403Z (Rpt) PBS
A man from Tucson, AZ, owns a map he believes is connected to the Civil War siege of Vicksburg, MS. His great grandfather commanded several batteries in this pivotal 1863 battle. In Parkersburg, WV, a man owns what seems to be an extraordinary piece of memorabilia: a pocket-sized card apparently dated 1886, advertising a strange-sounding beverage. And one man owns a billy club with the words "Lawrence Strike" and the date 12/1/1912. In January, 1912, tens of thousands of immigrant women, men, and children led the Bread and Roses strike at a textile factory in Lawrence, MA. [TVG] R on 8/23 4am

3PM

Rick Steves' Europe "North Wales: Feisty and Poetic" 00:26 #402H (Rpt) APTEX
From towering Mount Snowdon, to evocative medieval castles, to sweeping Victorian promenades, North Wales is a poem written in landscape. We'll climb a mountain aboard a steam train, learn some Welsh, follow a miner deep into a slate mine, herd sheep with a very clever dog, and work in a pop pilgrimage to the Beatles' Liverpool. [TVG] R on 8/12 3am

3:30PM

Smart Travels--Europe with Rudy Maxa "Medieval Europe" 00:26 #312H (Rpt) APT
The medieval world is one of the big draws of European travel. Moody ruins, "tippy" towers, cobbled streets, sparkling mosaics, monasteries, castles, and cathedrals form the core of many a tourist'sdreams. Rudy Maxa revisits some favorite spots, and toss in a few new sights, as he makes a little sense out of a fascinating 1000 years--from the fall of Rome, to the dawn of the Renaissance. He sorts it all out with several short itineraries in Ireland, Austria, Germany, and France. [TVG] R on 8/12 3:30am

4PM

Lidia's Italy "The Potato Work-Out" 00:26 #126Z (Rpt) APTEX
Lidia demonstrates how to make an appealing gnocchi stuffed with prunes--a favorite among children and adults alike. [TVG] R on 8/12 1am

4:30PM

Chefs A' Field: Culinary Adventures That Begin On The Farm "Chef Todd Gray--Equinox: Washington, DC" 00:26 #208H (Rpt) APT
Chef Todd Gray and veteran "waterman" Beatrice Taylor go on a sailing adventure, in the Chesapeake Bay, to catch one of his favorite ingredients--soft-shell crab. Recipes: Soft-Shell Crab & Anchovy Butter; and Melon & Watercress Salad. [TVG] R on 8/12 1:30am

5PM

Desert Speaks "Ageless Mud: Adobe Homes in the Desert" 00:26 #1710H (Rpt) APTEX
Host David Yetman and expert architect Bob Vint travel around Tucson, Arizona, to see how adobe--the perfect desert building material was used in the past and is still used today. Yetman and Vint spend time at the San Xavier Mission to watch a restoration crew use new adobe to repair and restore the existing adobe exterior. Near Marana, Yetman visits a commercial brickyard to see how these "desert building blocks" are created from start to finish. They also travel to the Tucson Mountains to observe masons constructing adobe walls and visit a completed adobe home to see the finished results. [TVG] R on 8/12 2am

5:30PM

Seasoned Traveler "Scottish Castles" 00:26 #209Z (Rpt) APT
George Bauer takes a trip back in time, beginning his castle trek on the River Tweed, at Traquair, the oldest continuously-inhabited house in Scotland. In central Scotland, he visits Stirling Castle-the must-see abode of Renaissance royalty including Mary, Queen of Scots-and Doune Castle, highlighted in the 1974 movie Monty Python and the Holy Grail. In western Scotland, George stops at Culzean Castle, a cliff-top edifice with a commanding view of the sea. [TVG] R on 8/12 2:30am

6PM

Antiques Road Show "Hampton Court, Pt 1" 00:29 #2707 BBC
Michael Aspel and the team head for Hampton Court uncovering more treasures. Amongst the valuables coming to light are a bronze produced by Rodin, one of the earliest long case clocks to be seen on the Roadshow and an early sketch by abstract artist Mondrain valued between £50-70,000.

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Monday August 11, 2008

Last Updated: 08/31/2008 17:50:10

6:30PM

I Remember "Ralph Bronner,Dr. Bronner's Magic Soaps" 00:27 #1411H (Rpt) WMVS
Host Jim Peck interviews Ralph Bronner, the son of Emmanuel Bronner, soap-making pioneer and founder of the environmentally friendly company, Dr. Bronner's Magic Soaps.

7PM

Antiques Roadshow "Providence, Ri - Hour Two" 00:56 #1014Z PBS
The visit to Providence, RI, is continued--home of the renowned culinary school at Johnson and Wales University. Mark Walberg and appraiser J. Michael Flanigan meet at the school's archives and museum, to sink their teeth into the world of vintage kitchen collectibles. Things are really heating up at the Rhode Island Convention Center, where appraisers discover such tempting treats as a set of dollhouse furniture made in the 1920s by Providence manufacturer Tynie Toys, and decorated by students at the Rhode Island School of Design; original production puppets from the 1964 animated film Rudolph, The Red-Nosed Reindeer; and a rare 1908 first edition copy of Anne of Green Gables, bought at a flea market for about $5, and since stored in an attic--valued at $12,000 to $18,000. [TVG] R on 8/13 10am

8PM

History Detectives "Black Tom Shell/Uss Olympia Glass/Ny Blockhouse" 00:56 #607H PBS
A woman in New Jersey has an explosive artifact in her possession: a large, intact artillery shell, along with a note in her mother's handwriting that reads "Black Tom Explosion of 1914." The contributor's mother's record-keeping is off: It was not 1914, but July 30, 1916, when a German spy ring carried out a well-planned set of synchronized explosions on Black Tom Island in New York's harbor, using the United States' own cache of munitions produced to aid Britain and France in World War I. Two million pounds of exploding ammunition rocked the country as far away as Philadelphia and blew the windows out of nearly every high rise in lower Manhattan, injuring hundreds. Gwendolyn Wright travels to Maryland and New Jersey to determine whether this shell was involved in one of the earliest foreign terrorist attacks on American soil. USS Olympia Glass - The door of a farmhouse in eastern Nebraska has an etched glass window with a depiction of a ship [TVG] R on 8/13 11am

9PM

Muhammad Ali: Made In Miami 00:56 PBS
Miami played a critical role in the evolution of one of the significant cultural figures of our time: Muhammad Ali (nee Cassius Clay). This film chronicles Cassius Clay's arrival in Miami in the fall of 1960 (fresh from earning a gold medal in the Rome Olympics), his life in Overtown--a neighborhood that was considered "Harlem South" and a vibrant center of black entertainment and commerce--and his affiliation with the famed Fifth Street Gym in Miami Beach. Over the course of the next few years--coinciding with the height of the national civil rights movement, Clay evolved both professionally and politically, piling up victories in the ring and adopting the black separatist teachings of the Nation of Islam. It was during this time that Cassius Clay became Muhammad Ali. [TVPG]

10PM

Concerts on the Square 2008 "Salute to America: Hong-En Chen, Piano" 00:57 #802
The Wisconsin Chamber Orchestra, lead by Maestro Andrew Sewell performs from the grounds of the State Capitol in Madison. Hong-En Chen's piano selections include the "1812 Overture" and the "Battle Hymn of the Republic." (2 of 3)

11PM

Inland Seas: Understanding and Protecting The "Waters of the Great Lakes" 00:48
Water is becoming a limited commodity throughout the world, including the Great Lakes region. In order to secure the future of freshwater resources, public participation in decisions surrounding water use and protection is vital. Dr. Rebecca Klaper, a scientist at the Great Lakes WATER Institute, UW-Milwaukee, and Matthew Radcliff, M.A., a science filmmaker based in Washington, DC, explore the purpose of the Great Lakes Compact Agreement, water diversions, and the importance of water protection. They explain the critical role citizens play in impacting water use and the policies surrounding water protection. R of 8/6 7:01pm; 8/9 2pm

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