On Q November 2012
Odd Couples An Evening with Ken Burns A preview of The Dust Bowl and an on-stage interview with Michael Krasny. Don’t miss a chance to see a sneak preview of the new two-part Ken Burns documentary The Dust Bowl, which surveys the causes of the worst manmade ecological disaster in U.S. history: the catastrophic dust storms of the 1930s. Vivid interviews with survivors combined with dramatic photographs and seldomseen movie footage bring to life stories of incredible human suffering and equally incredible human perseverance.
This special event is presented by KQED in partnership with Charles River Associates, Subaru and Kraw Law Group.
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Thursday, November 8, 2012, 7:30pm The Castro Theatre, San Francisco $12 KQED Members (use code KQED), $18 nonmembers, $12 students Tickets available through City Box Office. 415.392.4400; cityboxoffice.com
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visits her Great Dane surrogate mother, a juvenile gibbon choosing to live with a family of capuchins and so on. Instincts gone awry? The subject has mystified scientists for years. Now, Nature investigates why animals form these special bonds. Informed by the observations of caregivers and noted scientists Temple Grandin and Marc Bekoff, the new program explores what these relationships suggest about the nature of animal emotions.
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Despite the odds, there are countless stories of the most unlikely cross-species relationships imaginable: a goat guiding a blind horse, a doe who regularly
Watch The Dust Bowl Sunday, November 18, and Monday, November 19, at 8pm or 10pm on KQED 9. KQED.org
Funding for The Dust Bowl is provided by Bank of America, the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, the Arthur Vining Davis Foundations, the Public Broadcasting Service, theNational Endowment for the Humanities, the Rockefeller Foundation, the Wallace Genetic Foundation and members of the Better Angels Society, including the Dana A. Hamel Family Charitable Trust and Robert and Beverly Grappone.
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